Thursday Ratings: CBS Wins the Idol-Free Night
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Apprentice, The - Donald, Lost, My Name Is Earl, Survivor, Ratings,
Despite two hours of repeats, CBS was able to step up and take the night back from FOX.
8pm
- Survivor (13.1 million, 4.2/13 in 18-49) was the most watched show of the evening.
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (9.3 million, 2.7/8) came nowhere close to Idol numbers.
- Lost* (1.8/5) kicked off its block with 5.3 million.
- My Name is Earl* (1.6/5) averaged 4.3 million in its hour.
- Smallville (3.8 million, 1.6/5) was up by 1.5 million.
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Wednesday Ratings: FOX Pleased with American Idol’s Results
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, America’s Next Top Model, American Idol, Ratings,
Even though the most exciting part of American Idol happened during the last 5 minutes, the show’s whole hour dominated the evening.
8pm
- The Moment of Truth (10.4 million, 4.1/12 in 18-49) lost 5 million without Idol support.
- Deal or No Deal (10.2 million, 2.5/7) nipped on Truth‘s tails.
- Wife Swap (6.3 million, 2.4/7) was up by over a million.
- Big Brother (5.4 million, 1.8/5) kissed 500,000 goodbye.
- America’s Next Top Model (1.8/5) held firm at 3.6 million.
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Tuesday Ratings: CW Has a Miserable Night
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Ratings,
8pm
- Approximately 29.3 million watched American Idol (10.8/28 in 18-49) and sang along to Beatles’ tunes.
- NCIS* (8.6 million, 1.5/4) took a 2 million hit.
- The Biggest Loser (7.7 million, 2.9/8) plunged by 1 million.
- Just for Laughs (4.7 million, 1.2/3) was off by 200,000.
- The debut of Beauty and the Geek (1.9 million, 0.9/2) saw a 44% drop from the show’s last premiere.
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Saturday Night Live Replaces Janet Jackson with Mariah Carey
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Late Night, Music, NBC, Saturday Night Live, News,
An untimely illness has forced Janet Jackson to cancel an upcoming appearance on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live. (It was reported that the singer made a trip to the emergency room earlier this week due to a case of the flu.)
Luckily for Lorne Michaels, the show was able to able to book someone with an equally high profile: Mariah Carey.
The gig is actually a win-win situation for the two parties. Not only does the diva have an upcoming album to promote (E=MC2 comes out on April 15), the program has been trying to get the artist back on their stage for over 10 years.
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Monday Ratings: CBS Slips Past NBC
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, The Bachelor, Ratings,
FOX’s new dramas failed to muster up much attention. The network fell in third last night behind CBS and NBC.
8pm
- The Bachelor special (7.7 million, 2.6/8 in 18-49) had a narrow victory in its hour.
- The premiere of Canterbury’s Law (7.6 million, 1.7/5) had to settle for second place.
- The New Adventures of Old Christine (7.5 million, 2.7/7) did 2 million better than last week’s Captain episode.
- My Dad is Better Than Your Dad (6.9 million, 2.1/6) didn’t do much better than most.
- How I Met Your Mother* (6.7 million, 2.2/7) was off a tick from last week.
- Gossip Girl* (0.5/1) trailed far behind with 1.2 million.
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Spears’ Cameo Forces Silverstone to Quit
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, CBS, NBC, Scrubs, Gossip,
Yesterday, we told you that Britney Spears would be making an upcoming appearance on How I Met Your Mother. Unfortunately, her announced entrance was followed by someone else’s exit.
Alicia Silverstone, who was supposed to be involved in a romantic storyline with Ted, has opted out of her guest role. It seems Alicia didn’t like the idea of Spears’ cameo overshadowing her her spotlight. (The pop singer was slated to play her receptionist.)
Sarah Chalke - Dr. Elliot Reid from Scrubs - will now be stepping in to fill the Clueless star’s shoes. Unfortunately, her schedule will only allow her to be in one episode….not several, as was intended for Silverstone. This most likely means will not know the identity of the show’s ‘mother’ anytime soon.
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Friends actress Lisa Kudrow, in association with Is or Isn’t Entertainment and Wall to Wall, will soon bring a new series to NBC, the network desperate enough to put anything on the air. The series, Who Do You Think You Are?, will take viewers and participants on a historical journey. Each hour-long episode is derived from a British hit where celebrities are taken through their own genealogy. In the English version, stars are often brought to tears as decades- and centuries-old skeletons are pulled forth from ancestral closets. I couldn’t possibly be more disinterested in this.
Show creator and Wall to Wall CEO Alex Graham calls it “incredibly moving.” NBC has green lighted the project on certain conditions only, all of which hinge upon the cast. Several celebs are currently being researched, though as of right now NBC isn’t releasing any names.
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Sunday Ratings: ABC Wins Despite Lower Numbers
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings,
Fans of Oprah were feeling slightly less charitable this week. Although her show was still a hit in its hour, the program took a bit hit as well.
8pm
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition* (12.4 million, 4.0/11 in 18-49) was off pace by 2.4 million.
- A 100 Most Outrageous Moments* repeat (2.0/6) averaged 7.28 million over two hours; The Simpsons (3.5/10) brought in a similar total.
- Big Brother (6.5 million, 2.2/6) delivered 300,000 more than last week.
- King of the Hill (6.2 million, 3.0/8) tanked by 1.5 million.
- Everybody Hates Chris (1.4 million, 0.5/1) was off by 100,000; Aliens in America (1.2 million, 0.4/1) was up by the same amount.
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Tucker Carlson Out at MSNBC
Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Talk Shows, Cable, NBC, Cancellations, News,
The seemingly lone conservative at MSNBC is out of the anchor chair, at least for now. The Associated Press reports that Tucker Carlson’s “Tucker” show on that cable news network has been cancelled. He’ll reportedly be replaced by NBC firebrand David Gregory. Gregory’s show, Race for the White House, begins one week from tonight at 6 p.m.
MSNBC says this and other changes the network is making are in response to the growing demand for more political news. (Gosh, it seems like that is all they do now besides all those prison reality shows and constant repeats of To Catch a Predator.) Other changes announced are that NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell will now permanently anchor one hour a day on MSNBC Monday through Friday and that Countdown With Keith Olbermann will rerun every night at 10 p.m.
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Amy Poehler’s Fierce Impression of Christian Siriano
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Late Night, NBC, Saturday Night Live, Video,
In case you didn’t catch Saturday Night Live this past weekend, here was the best part of what was yet another unevenly funny program.
In addition to Amy Poehler’s imitation of Project Runway winner Christian Siriano, we get cameos from ‘Tim Gunn’ and ‘Heidi Klum’.
(UPDATE: Real-life Christian apparently enjoyed the skit as well.)
Gallery: Amy Poehler’s Fierce Impression of Christian Siriano
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