On Gear Live: Xiaomi 17 Review: The Compact Flagship That Forgot to Act Small

With baseball out of the picture, Hugh Laurie was free to reclaim his reign over Wednesday night’s ratings.

8pm

  • At 17.1 million, (3.7/10 in 18-49 demo) had the hour’s best audience and demo performance. Cane
  • (3.1/9) came in 2nd with 8.8 million viewers.
  • (6.9 million, 3.2/9) was up from last week; (6.8 million, 2.3/7) did better than last week’s Dateline special.
  • Both (6.9 million, 2.2/6) and (7.1 million, 2.4/6) were about even from one week ago.
  • (3.2 million, 1.6/4) was slightly down.

9pm

  • (17.9 million, 7.6/18 in 18-49 demo) had the night’s largest numbers in both categories.
  • (17.8 million, 4.4/11) came in a close 2nd with viewers.
  • (10.9 million, 3.0/7) was down from last week as was (2.6 million, 1.2/3).

10pm

  • (12.2 million, 4.7/13 in 18-49 demo) easily dominated the 10pm hour.
  • A special episode of (2.8/8) drew in 10.9 million.
  • CBS’s (8 million, 2.0/5) dropped another 500,000.

Gallery: Tuesday Ratings: Viewers Return to Hugh Laurie’s ‘House’


Advertisement

Beauty and the GeekIt was the Sam and Nicole show once again this week on The CW’s . This week’s episode started with Sam and Nicole’s return from the elimination room after handedly disposing of Katie and Luke. When the man-beauty and lady-geek reappeared to the rest of the teams, there was a decidedly unhappy reaction to their return. Whereas most teams are cheered and hugged, Sam and Nicole awkwardly stood in front of the crowd and smiled and clapped for themselves as they explained how happy they were to return. Sam once again explained how lucky it was that he had spent so much time studying.

Find out who went home this week, which team is slowly imploding and who won the superhero challenge after the jump.

Click to continue reading Beauty And The Geek: ‘Super Geek’

Gallery: Beauty And The Geek: ‘Super Geek’


Pushing DaisiesGood news, pie lovers!  TV Guide is reporting that Wednesday’s newest hit, , has been picked up for a full season.  So now we’ll have an additional 9 episodes (for a total of 22) to follow the tasty gem. 

If that’s not a good enough reason to go eat some dessert right now, I don’t know what is!

(BTW—if you’re a fan of the show and haven’t had a chance to join the lively discussion about my ‘nagging question’, click here.)

Read More | TV Guide

Gallery: ‘Pushing Daisies’ Gets A Full Season


Thanks to a baseball-less Monday on FOX (and a startling collapse on Dancing With the Stars), ABC easily took last night’s win.

8pm
Journeyman

9pm

  • In its second week, ? (14.3 million, 4.6/10 in 18-49) remained strong compared to last week’s debut.
  • Both (13.7 million, 4.8/11) and (10.8 million, 3.9/9) scored larger audiences than that NBC show.
  • (10.7 million, 4.9/11), down another 560,000, barely eked out the hour’s largest demo (not including Dancing).
  • (6.1 million, 2.0/5) remained about even.

Click to continue reading Monday Ratings: Osmond Went Down, ‘Dancing’ Went Up

Read More | Variety

Gallery: Monday Ratings: Osmond Went Down, ‘Dancing’ Went Up


Steven WeberWhat’s your TV screen been lacking these days? If you’re like me, you may have been thinking . Then again, he’s probably not the first name to come to mind, but he’s welcome on my TV any day. Weber, if you recall, last starred on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which while overrated, was no fault of his. Think back a bit further and you may recall him from the series Wings, one of those classic little sitcoms with the great ensemble cast. Incidentally, how amazing does Weber’s Wings co-star look on ? Put him in the “never ages” hall of fame with ! Huh…? Oh, sorry, just daydreaming a bit there. Back to Weber, who will next be seen on NBC’s comedy Zip—this show has been bumping along without a green light since last spring, but once Weber was signed on as single dad/con man Trip Stringer, the show got the go-ahead. He’s replacing Rob Huebel, who starred in the original pilot. And speaking of Rob Lowe territory, Weber will make a guest appearance on this season.

Read More | Zap2it

Gallery: Steven Weber Returns to Television


The one-two punch from FOX’s sports coverage helped the network take Sunday’s win (followed by ABC, NBC and CBS).

8pm

  • A football overrun combined with a Boston Red Sox victory helped score FOX (6.4/16 in 18-49 demo) an average of 17.9 milllion fans. ColdCase
  • (13.6 million, 5.0/12) was up over 1 million from last week.
  • NBC’s Broncos/Steelers game (4.2/10) averaged 10.4 million fans.
  • (1.2/3) kissed it’s run goodbye with 6.4 million.
  • (1.6 million, 0.5/1) did what it does.

9pm

  • With 17.8 million fans, (7.1/16 in 18-49 demo) held its own against the sports lineup.
  • (11.4 million, 2.6/6) was down from last Sunday.

10pm

  • (11.4 million, 4.6/11 in 18-49 demo) lost over a million from last week.
  • CBS’s (2.4/6) rounded off the evening with 10.9 million viewers.

Read More | Variety

Gallery: Sunday Ratings: Major League Victory for FOX


Here are some of the TV-on-DVD options you can find on the shelves this Tuesday:

Description

  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (Volume 1)
  • American Gangster (Season 1)
  • Veronica Mars (Season 3)
  • The L Word (Season 4)
  • NCIS (Season 4)
  • The Sopranos (Season 6, Part 2)
  • Tales from the Crypt (Season 7)
  • Mind of Mencia (Season 9)

Click here to see the latest releases on HD DVD and Blu-Ray.

Gallery: TV on DVD: October 23, 2007


Scrubs

 

MONDAY (10/22)

**No new episode of Ellen today.  She’s still recovering from all the doggy drama**

  • Live With Regis and Kelly (ABC, syndicated):  will be pulling double-duty this week as he fills in for Regis Philbin in NY and tapes his show in LA.  (I’m guessing we’ll still be seeing him on as well.)  If we’re lucky, Guillermo will fill in for Gelman too.
  • Prison Break (FOX, 8pm):  The show returns tonight after being preempted by baseball last week.  What?  You don’t care either?
  • Heroes (NBC, 9pm):  Many fans have been waiting for Kristen Bell’s debut tonight.  Unfortunately, she’s one more new character I’ll have to ignore.

Click to continue reading This Week On TV (10/22-10/28)

Gallery: This Week On TV (10/22-10/28)


The debut of CBS’s Viva Laughlin (and the temporary departure of Without A Trace) should have made it an easy night for ABC.  But despite low numbers at 10pm, CBS still came very close to taking the night in both viewers and demos.

8pm

  • With 13.4 million viewers, the aging (4.3/13 in 18-49 age group) shows no signs of slowing down. Viva Laughlin
  • FOX’s Red Sox/Indians game (3.3/8) averaged about 11.6 million fans through the evening.
  • (9.7 million, 3.1/9) dropped about 730,000 viewers this week.
  • NBC’s (7.3 million, 2.7/8) and (6.3 million, 2.6/7) were both down from last week.
  • (5.1 million, 2.0/6) saw a 300,000 increase.

9pm

  • (20.8 million, 6.4/15 in 18-49) gained over 1 million new viewers to claim the night’s biggest audience.
  • (17.7 million, 7.1/17) took another 9pm win in the demos category.
  • An hour-long episode (8.5 million, 4.4/11) lost about 400,000.
  • (1.3/3) rounded off the hour with 3 million viewers.

10pm

Jon StewartYesterday, after I posted about the new Daily Show website, I went over and tried to find some of my favorite clips. Only, I couldn’t get it to load. Seems other rabid fans were jamming up the works and so I was left broken hearted. I did check in later last night and was able to find a favorite clip, so life is good again. And life is great for , who has extended his contract with . Under the extension, he will continue to host the show through 2010. Ahh. Let’s all take a collective sigh of relief… although could you really expect him to go anywhere just yet? And Stewart is pleased as well, saying, “I love doing this show. I feel like I work with and for the best in the business. I look forward to using this extension to having great fun at President Colbert’s expense.” Stewart is, of course, riding high with both ‘s and ‘s success, and will have a new show from his Busboy Productions Inc., called Important Things with Demetri Martin. The man is no slouch, that’s for sure.

Read More | Zap2it

Gallery: Jon Stewart Continues Daily Show Through 2010


Advertisement