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Tuesday Ratings: Idol Clashes with DWTS

Despite its dominance on Monday, DWTS couldn’t outperform the crew at American Idol.  The 9pm overlap flattened the ballroom champ and put ABC in second place for the night.

8pm
Miss Guided

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Tuesday Ratings: CW Has a Miserable Night

8pm
Beauty and the Geek

  • Approximately 29.3 million watched (10.8/28 in 18-49) and sang along to Beatles’ tunes.
  • * (8.6 million, 1.5/4) took a 2 million hit.
  • (7.7 million, 2.9/8) plunged by 1 million.
  • (4.7 million, 1.2/3) was off by 200,000.
  • The debut of (1.9 million, 0.9/2) saw a 44% drop from the show’s last premiere.

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This Week on TV (3/10-3/16)

The Real Housewives of New York City

(You can view TV Envy’s Post-Strike Television Schedule here.)

 

MONDAY (3/10)
  • The Bachelor: Where Are They Now? (ABC, 8pm):  “Highlights from past seasons include segments catching up with past bachelors (Andrew Firestone and Aaron Buerge) and former contestants.”  So the whole point of the show is to say there is no point to this show.  Look at how successful it’s been!
  • Canterbury’s Law (FOX, 8pm):  Series premiere.  “Julianna Margulies stars as a maverick defense lawyer who plays by her own rules to help the falsely accused.”  I’m guessing will still be on long after this program goes off the air.
  • New Amsterdam (FOX, 9pm):  Regular day and time.  If you didn’t watch last Tuesday or Thursday, I’m sure you won’t tonight either.
  • October Road (ABC, 9pm):  Special time.  In the season (series?) finale, “Eddie’s ex-girlfriend shows up to reconnect with him, causing problems in his relationship with Janet.”  Since we may never get a satisfactory resolution from this ratings-starved show, let’s just pretend Janet kicks her ass.

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Tuesday Ratings: New Amsterdam Has Solid Debut

A post-Idol slot gave New Amsterdam the chance to draw a few first impressions.  Question is:  Will it be able to survive in its regular Monday time slot?

8pm
New Amsterdam

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CW Hands Out the Renewal Notices

Everybody Hates ChrisCW has followed up ABC’s lead and released its list of 2008-09 renewals.  At this point, there are several shows still sitting on top of the fall programming bubble.

Those making a return next year:

  • America’s Next Top Model
  • Everybody Hates Chris
  • Gossip Girl
  • One Tree Hill
  • Smallville
  • Supernatural

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Tuesday Ratings: Viewers Show Little Interest in NBC’s Quarterlife

Last night, the Peacock network gave audiences a special glimpse of its new show, Quarterlife.  (Its scheduled to regularly air on Sundays.)  Unfortunately, viewers were apparently too busy having a life to watch.

8pm
Quarterlife

  • Approximately 28.4 million watched the Top 10 Men on (11.0/27 in 18-49).
  • * (11.2 million, 2.1/5) grew slightly from last week.
  • (8.1 million, 3.1/8) did about the same as a week ago.
  • (4.7 million, 1.3/3) remained fairly even.
  • * (1.8 million, 0/7/2) repeated its last performance.

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Tuesday Ratings: CBS Sees Little Success

Although fared well enough to rank third last night, the network’s programs showed major declines in just their second week.

8pm
Carpoolers

  • About 28.8 million (11.2/27 in 18-49) saw the Top 12 Men on .
  • * (10.8 million, 2.1/5) did about one-third as well as the monster hit.
  • (3.3/8) weighed in at 8.2 million.
  • (1.2/3) had an amusing 4.6 million viewers.
  • * (0.8/2) trailed far behind the pack with 1.8 million.

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Post-Strike Television Schedule

Now that we have come to the end of the , it’s time to once again update our television programming schedules.

Mid-season replacements have had seen their debuts shuffled (e.g. New Amsterdam), some programs are coming back with new episodes (e.g. Scrubs, 30 Rock) while other shows aren’t slated to return until next year (Pushing Daisies).

Here you can find a

compilation of the 2008 post-strike schedules

for the five major networks.  I would highly recommend printing this out since there are major changes across the board.

Two notes:

  1. This is the updated schedule as of May 6.  Be prepared to see more changes and settling in the weeks to come.
  2. The list consists of premieres and dates for new episodes.
  3. If a particular time slot/network is not mentioned, either nothing has changed or no specific announcement has been made yet.
How I Met Your Mother

MONDAY


8pm:

  • Dancing With the Stars, ABC
  • My Dad is Better Than Your Dad, NBC
  • The Big Bang Theory, CBS
  • Bones, FOX (new as of 4/14)
  • Gossip Girl, CW (new as of 4/21)

8:30pm:

  • How I Met Your Mother, CBS

9pm:

  • Two and a Half Men, CBS
  • House, FOX (new as of 4/28)
  • One Tree Hill, CW (new as of 4/14)

9:30pm:

  • Samantha Who?, ABC (new as of 4/7)
  • Rules of Engagement, CBS (returns 4/14)

10pm:

  • The Bachelor, ABC
  • CSI: Miami, CBS

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This Week on TV (2/18-2/24)

America's Next Top Model

 

MONDAY (2/18)
  • Prison Break (FOX, 8pm):  Tonight may be the end of the show as we currently know it.  Maybe Michael can finally let go of that steely gaze now.
  • Dance War (ABC, 8pm):  The next contenders will be announced during the spinoff’s season finale.  Finally, a reason for me to watch.
  • Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious (CW, 9pm):  Robin Antin is searching for a gal to complete an entirely different musical act.  With Danity Kane already taken, she had to settle for the 2nd crappiest group name available.
  • My Dad is Better Than Your Dad (NBC, 9pm):  “This competition series features fathers and their children in challenges that test the patriarch’s strength, intelligence and parenting skills.”  Since when did NBC start stealing ideas from ?

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Wednesday Ratings: Viewers Less Interested in the Truth

8pm
Sam Waterston, Law and Order

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