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Barbara Walters’ Not-So-Fascinating List for 2010

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Specials, ABC, Gossip,

In the event you failed to renew your Us Weekly subscription last year, Barbara Walters will help get you caught during her upcoming ABC special.

For her annual year-end list, the ABC personality/journalist (apparently) pored through the tabloids to find the names she -- not necessarily we -- found most interesting.

Although she still has room to surprise us with the final two names, you can preview most of her selections after the jump.

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Wednesday Ratings: ABC Not as Fascinating as CBS

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Specials, Talk Shows, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, So You Think You Can Dance, Ratings,

Note to Barbara Walters: Maybe you shouldn’t reveal your fascinating list before the show actually airs? Despite drawing over 10 million last night for the annual special, ABC - along with FOX - lost out to CBS in both the viewers and the demos.

8pm

• Shrek the Halls* (2.6/8 in 18-49) had 8.5 million laughing…again.
• The New Adventures of Old Christine (7.5 million, 2.2/7) had its best audience of the season.
• The Middle (2.5/7) roped in 7.6 million.
• Gary Unmarried (2.4/7) turned in 7 million.
• Mercy (1.8/5) also registered 7 million.
• So You Think You Can Dance (2.3/7) saw 6.6 million tune in.

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Read More | Variety

This Week on TV (12/7-12/13)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, Showtime, 30 Rock,

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• How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8pm):  “Marshall finds a letter he wrote when he was young, and it has a dramatic effect on him.” Up until then, he had completely forgotten all about Sarah Marshall.
• Cake Boss (TLC, 9pm):  “The crew makes a holiday-themed cake for a drag queen.” The holiday? Cher’s birthday.
• Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food, 10pm):  “Guy Fieri visits North Pole, Alaska, for a taste of local Christmas favorites, including holiday ham with wild Alaskan cranberries; Reindeer hoagies; and “Santa” burgers.” For this trip, Fieri will be joined by a special guest: The Grinch.

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Thursday Ratings: Viewers Fascinated by Barbara Walters

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, Survivor, The Office, Ratings,

Despite the predictable names on the already-disclosed list, Barbara Walters’ annual special pulled in nice numbers this Thursday night. The highly-promoted lovefest helped ABC win the demos while CBS was on top with the viewers.

8pm

• Survivor: Gabon (4.0/11 in 18-49) got 12.8 million caught up in the game.
• Ugly Betty (2.6/7) entertained 8.5 million.
• My Name is Earl (6.1 million, 2.5/7) was down 10%; Kath & Kim (4.9 million, 2.2/6) was off by 11%.
• Kitchen Nightmares* (1.5/4) cooked up 3.7 million.
• Smallville* (0.8/2) turned in 2.3 million.

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Read More | The Hollywood Reporter

This Week on TV (12/1-12/7)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, TNT-HD, Amazing Race, The, Desperate Housewives, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes,

(You can view TV Envy’s Master Programming Schedule here.)

• Shrek the Halls (ABC, 8pm): Hopefully this Mike Myers laugher will help us all forget The Love Guru.
• Inside the Actor’s Studio (Bravo, 8pm):  “Daniel Radcliffe, star of the Harry Potter film franchise, charts his career journey.” I’m not sure I want to see James Lipton enthusiastically talking about Radcliffe’s nude Broadway performance.
• Heroes (NBC, 9pm):  “Ando, Sam and Frack try to restore Hiro’s memory with a comic book.” Any person trying to follow this series should be given an instruction manual.
• Boston Legal (ABC, 10pm):  “When Denny receives bad news about the state of his Alzheimer’s, Alan goes before the Massachusetts Supreme Court to plead for access to an experimental drug that can help his condition.” Alzheimers? Maybe Shatner simply forgot why George Takei dislikes him so.

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