Wednesday Ratings: ‘Daisies’ and ‘Practice’ Hold Strong
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, Ratings,
Wednesday night saw another close race between ABC and CBS. Although Pushing Daisies and Private Practice both saw a drop in viewers, their demos helped the Alphabet network win the evening.
8pm
- Deal or No Deal (12.3 million, 3.1/9 in 18-49 demo) had another strong night and grabbed the hour’s largest audience.
- Although down 250,000 viewers, Pushing Daisies (9.7 million, 3.6/10) had the biggest numbers in the valuable age group.
- Kid Nation (7.4 million, 2.4/7) improved up on last week’s numbers.
- Back to You (6.9 million, 2.3/7) and ‘Til Death (7 million, 2.7/7) both saw slight increases.
- America’s Next Top Model (5 million, 2.5/7) lost about 300,000.
9pm
- Private Practice (11.8 million, 4.3/11 in 18-49) had the evening’s best demo turnout.
- At 14.9 million, Criminal Minds (3.9/10) had the night’s largest audience.
- NBC’s Bionic Woman (8.5 million, 3.3/8) dropped over 1.5 million fans.
- Kitchen Nightmares (6.7 million, 3.2/8) held steady from last week.
- Gossip Girl (2.4 million, 1.2/3) turned away about 450,000.
10pm
- CSI: NY (13.9 million, 4.1/11 in 18-49) won the hour in both numbers.
- Dirty Sexy Money (8.6 million, 3.1/9) lost several million from it’s lead-in.
- Life (7.7 million, 2.8/8) was down about 490,000 viewers.
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Daily Show Video Archive Online
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Comedy, Talk Shows, Cable, Daily Show, The, Cable/Satellite, Internet,
Daily Show fans, rejoice! Since fans couldn’t get their fill of The Daily Show on YouTube, they can now visit a site dedicated to the show, called (aptly enough) DailyShow.com. And, while the site excludes the earliest years when Craig Kilborn played host, you can visit and see every tasty bit of the show during Jon Stewart’s reign. The site just went live today, and I’ve already checked it out and, dare I say, I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. You’ve got to see it and relive the glory days of Colbert, Stewart and Carell. Good times, with more than 16,000 video clips to choose from the past nine years. Yep, I could probably spend a good chunk of my free time over there reminiscing about the good times. And for fans of “Craigers” (Kilborn, that is), it’s expected that those clips may be up in 2008. I think Jon Stewart is the bomb, but it would be fun to see those old Kilborn episodes too. And, if you missed the previous night’s episode, the home page will feature clips there so you can stay up to date on all your Daily Show news. A helpful timeline of clips, plus search tools and tags by celebrity or correspondent should make searching for your favorite clips a bit easier.
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All Dogs Go To Ellen: An Opinion
Posted by David Onda Categories: Comedy, Daytime, Talk Shows, Syndication, Editorial, Features, News,
When I first started writing this, I had every intention of trashing Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show meltdown from earlier this week. My thoughts on the subject have, however, changed somewhat. Despite this, I do still feel that Ellen’s sob story during the opening moments of her daytime talk show were ridiculous. To tell your audience that you can’t be funny and do your show as usual because “things are going so terribly wrong right now” seems to be a little - er - melodramatic. This isn’t the week following September 11, 2001. There hasn’t been some horrible death in your family. You haven’t been stricken with an incurable illness - deal with it. More horrible things have happened.
With that said, I move on with my thoughts.
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One Colbert Nation Under All?
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, Cable, Daily Show, The, Gossip,
Daily Show fans got a surprise treat this week when Stephen Colbert rode in on a wagon pulled by Uncle Sam. This, on an episode already promising prestigious actress Meryl Streep. Colbert pulled out a bale of hay and kicked back to enjoy a brew he produced from within, accepting a huge round of applause from Comedy Central studio fans. It was Jon Stewart’s show that launched Colbert’s success, eventually leading to a spinoff and the birth of the Colbert Nation (the nickname given to Colbert fans). Colbert gave Stewart a note card containing questions he wanted asked, then surprised fans with his official announcement to officially consider whether – or not – he was going to run for the office of the President of the United States of America. Colbert added that he hoped to make the announcement of his decision on a more prestigious show. Fifteen minutes later, on The Colbert Report, he did.
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Tuesday Ratings: CBS and ‘NCIS’ Step In For The Win
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, House, Ratings,
Although House fans may have been bummed, several networks were thrilled to see a baseball-filled night on FOX. With its stiff competition removed, CBS had a rare Tuesday night audience victory.
8pm
- A Bones-less 8pm helped NCIS (17.4 million, 4.1/12 in 18-49 demo) score the night’s best audience.
- FOX’s Red Sox/Indians game (3.6/10) averaged 12.7 million.
- Cavemen (6.9 million, 2.7/8) was on par with last week’s numbers; Carpoolers (6.9 million, 2.7/7) was slightly down.
- Not many viewers cared about Matt Lauer’s exclusive Dateline interview with Sen. Larry Craig (5.7 million, 1.7/5).
- Beauty and the Geek (1.7/5) gained 400,000 viewers and rounded off the hour with 3.5 million.
9pm
- Without House knocking on its door, Dancing With the Stars (17 million, 4.3/11 in 18-49 demo) soaked up another 1 million viewers for the 9pm win.
- CBS’ The Unit (12.3 million, 3.5/9) and NBC’s The Biggest Loser (6.9 million, 3.0/8) both saw increases.
- Reaper (3.2 million, 1.5/4) was up 600,000 fans from last week.
10pm
- Law and Order: SVU (12.5 million, 4.8/13 in 18-49 demo) continued its rule over the 10pm hour.
- Boston Legal (10.2 million, 2.8/8) was about even with last week.
- Cane (8.5 million, 2.2/6) was down another 600,000 this week.
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Beauty And The Geek: ‘It’s Good To Be King”
Posted by David Onda Categories: Comedy, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Editorial, Features,
The contestants of Beauty and the Geek came one step closer to fulfilling the transformation that this social experiment strives for. Although tonight’s ever-popular “makeover” episode left something to be desired.
Tonight’s episode began with the return of Jesse and Erin from the elimination room. Last week they knocked off the powerhouse team of Will and Rebecca. Man-beauty Sam eagerly awaited the return of the winning team and hoped that it would be his love-muffin Rebecca walking through the door. Now, last week I had a lot of unflattering things to say about Sam. I will admit, however, that my thoughts on Sam have changed a lot since the last episode. So read on after the break to find out why. As was expected, everybody but Sam was happy to see Jesse and Erin enter the room and everyone celebrated with hugs and boisterous talking.
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Remember when the Wayans brothers were a force to be reckoned with? I’m not sure what Marlon, Shawn or Keenen Ivory are up to these days, but Damon is giving TV another go. And he hasn’t been away for long, seeing as his popular show My Wife and Kids, which premiered in 2001, just ended in 2005. He’s coming back to ABC and has another pilot in the works. Of course, you can expect laughs from Wayans (that’s what he does best), but there will be a little sorrow too—he plays a widower who has to look after his estranged teenage stepson. Again, he’ll be playing the dad and this show will feature multiple cameras versus the single camera comedies of late. Wayans doesn’t seem to be fading from the spotlight anytime soon—after My Wife and Kids, he also exec produced a Showtime series called The Underground. Is anyone else hoping for the In Living Color reunion? How great would it be to get the Wayans family, David Alan Grier, Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson and Jim Carrey together again?
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TV on DVD: October 16, 2007
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Reality, ABC, Cable, FOX, NBC, Medium, DVD,
Here are some of the TV-on-DVD options you can find on the shelves today:
- Absolutely Fabulous (White Box)
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (Season 1)
- Medium (Season 3)
- Deadliest Catch (Season 2)
- Ironside (Season 2)
- That 70’s Show (Season 7)
- Roseanne (Season 9)
Click here to see the new titles released on HD DVD and Blu-Ray.
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Monday Ratings: Good Debut for ‘Samantha Who’
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Dancing With The Stars, Heroes, Prison Break, The Bachelor, Ratings,
Monday’s competition saw the introduction of a new show (Samantha Who?) and the sports-related interruption of a few others (Prison Break, K-Ville). By night’s end, it was a one-two finish for ABC and CBS.
8pm
- With 19.3 million viewers, Dancing With the Stars (4.6 rating/11 share in 18-49) took the 8pm hour.
- Chuck (8.2 million, 3.2/8) had a huge gain from last week in the demo market.
- How I Met Your Mother (8 million, 3.1/9) remained fairly steady as did Big Bang Theory (8.2 million, 3.2/8).
- FOX’s Indians/Red Sox game 3.0/7) averaged 9.9 million viewers.
9pm
- Samantha Who? (14.3 million, 4.4/10 in 18-49) kept a large part of the DWTS audience.
- Heroes (11.3 million, 5.1/12) had the highest demos of the whole evening.
- Both Two and a Half Men (13.8 million, 4.8/11) and Rules of Engagement (11 million, 4.0/9) saw improvements in the 18-49 age group.
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Assessing (and Ignoring) the New Fall Season
Posted by David L. Williams Categories: Comedy, Daytime, Drama, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Editorial,
As I type this, I’m listening to the new Radiohead album, In Rainbows, and I’m in a terrifically good mood. See, I love Radiohead like Tyra Banks loves … well, Tyra Banks, and so you would think that this good mood would make me put together a list of wonderful things about the new fall TV season.
Yeah, not so much. To be honest, I haven’t watched a lot of the new fall network TV shows. But it’s worthwhile to take a look at these shows and for me to say what I watched, what I thought, and why I didn’t watch a lot of them. Well, it’s worthwhile for me anyway. Plus it goes well with Radiohead (not really, but it’s not like I’m gonna stop listening). Here goes:
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