Tuesday Ratings: The Mentalist Has Best Outing to Date
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Dancing With The Stars, House, Ratings,
Maybe CBS has a repeat of Fringe to thank? Whatever the reason, The Mentalist hit a season high last night with its sixth episode. The freshman series then helped out Without a Trace’s numbers. All this activity gave the the network its best Tuesday since December ‘07. Unfortunately, House‘s hot demos meant FOX still had the lead last night in the 18-49 group.
8pm
- NCIS (17.1 million, 3.4/9 in 18-49) did the same as last week.
- House (13.1 million, 5.3/14) killed in the demos.
- ABC‘s presentation of It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (3.4/9) had 10.4 million reminiscing.
- The Biggest Loser: Families (8 million, 3.1/9) packed on 700,000 more pounds.
- 90210 (1.6/4) returned to 3.2 million.
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Tuesday Ratings: Dancing with the Stars Helps Out DWTS
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Dancing With The Stars, House, Ratings,
Thanks to ABC’s smart decision to can Opportunity Knocks, the network’s first two hours saw big improvements over last week. Unfortunately, its third hour (Eli Stone) didn’t benefit from the programming change. By night’s end, CBS was the winner with the viewers while FOX was tops with the demos.
8pm
- NCIS (17.1 million, 3.6/10 in 18-49) lost 800,000.
- House (12.9 million, 5.5/15) had the best demos of the night.
- A Dancing with the Stars* recap show (9.3 million, 2.0/6) did 4 million better than last week’s Knocks.
- The Biggest Loser: Families (7.3 million, 2.9/8) was down slightly.
- 90210* (1.4 million, 0.6/2) was down 400,000.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Tuesday Ratings: ABC Not Singing About Eli Stone
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Dancing With The Stars, House, Ratings,
Although it had the opportunity to piggyback off a nice lead-in, Eli Stone‘s premiere was down 45% from its debut last year. The show also came in third in its hour. In the end, CBS was once again the winner with the viewers while FOX was on top with the demos.
8pm
- NCIS (17.9 million, 3.8/11 in 18-49) gained 2.2 million.
- House (12.8 million, 5.1/14) had the night’s best demos.
- The Biggest Loser: Families (3.0/8) averaged 7.5 million over two hours.
- Opportunity Knocks (5.3 million, 1.3/4) slid by 700,000.
- A 90210* repeat (0.8/2) pulled in 1.8 million.
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Variety
Tuesday Ratings: Larger Audience for Second Debate
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Dancing With The Stars, House, Ratings,
While it didn’t draw Palin/Biden-sized numbers, last night’s Presidential debate did improve over the first. In total, approximately 63.2 million watched the town hall event. That’s up 21% from Debate #1 (which drew 52.4 million). Of all the networks, ABC attracted the most viewers for its political coverage.
8pm
- NCIS (15.7 million, 3.6/10 in 18-49) was down 1.8 million.
- Approximately 13.4 million watched saw Rocco DiSpirito saved on Dancing with the Stars (3.2/9).
- The Biggest Loser: Families (7.5 million, 3.0/8) was up a notch.
- A House* repeat (2.6/7) pulled in 6.3 million.
- 90210 (3.1 million, 1.6/4) did about the same.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Tuesday Ratings: Wins for CBS and FOX
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Dancing With The Stars, House, Ratings,
Although most shows have seen ratings drop-offs after their premieres, CBS’ Tuesday lineup remained steady. For the second week, the Eye network attracted the most viewers while FOX was the winner with the demos.
8pm
- NCIS (17.5 million, 3.5/10 in 18-49) was only off by 200,000.
- House (13 million, 5.4/15) had the night’s best demos.
- The Biggest Loser: Families (7.4 million, 2.9/8) had 200,000 more weighing in.
- Opportunity Knocks (6 million, 1.8/5) lost 600,000.
- 90210 (3.2 million, 1.7/5) improved by 200,000.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Casting Corner: Boston Legal, CSI: NY, House and More
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, ABC, Cable, FX, FOX, The CW, House, Nip/Tuck,


Here’s a quick look at some of the casting announcements made recently:
CSI: NY: To celebrate its 100th outing, CSI: NY will be doing it old-school Terminator style. In the sweeps episode, several guest stars - including Rumer Willis, Daughtry and Scott Wolf - will become targets of a serial killer. In the original Terminator, women named Sarah Connor became Arnold Schwarzenegger’s targets. This time around, the suspect is aiming to knock off those named Mac Taylor. (That would be the name of Gary Sinise’s character.) You can expect the star-studded episode to air on November 19.
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Entertainment Weekly
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Cable, FX, HBO, Entourage, Editorial, Features,

Even though the previous television season was marred by the annoying writers’ strike, I find myself really excited for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards. Not only will this ceremony give us a chance to start anew, it’ll be the academy’s chance to celebrate what’s new.
Tonight, two basic cable shows (Damages, Mad Men) will get a chance to win for Outstanding Drama Series. (That would be an Emmy first.) Meanwhile, nominees in several categories will have an opportunity to compete in a Sopranos-less environment. An added bonus? A new category. This year, reality show hosts will finally be acknowledged for their programming contributions as well.
So who won? Who lost? Who ran up and grabbed the award even though they didn’t win? Read our West Coast play-by-play account of this evening’s telecast and find out!
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Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Tuesday Ratings: House Dominates for FOX
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, House, Ratings,
Good news and bad news for FOX last night. Although House saw its lowest Tuesday ratings since 2005, the show did well enough to slaughter the competition. Meanwhile, Fringe saw a dramatic improvement over its premiere thanks to the strong lead-in.
8pm
- Approximately 14.7 million saw the season premiere of House (5.6/16 in 18-49).
- NCIS* (1.8/5) checked in with 9.6 million.
- The Biggest Loser: Families (3.2/9) weighed in with 7.9 million.
- The season finale of Wipeout (2.0/6) waved goodbye to 6 million.
- 90210 (3.3 million, 1.7/5) did about the same as last week.
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Variety
This Week on TV (9/15-9/21)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Bravo, Cable, FX, FOX, HBO, NBC, The CW, Entourage, Prison Break,

(You can view TV Envy’s Fall Television Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY (9/15)
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX, 8pm): “John’s schoolwork suffers, but his social circle widens when he makes a new friend.” Uhh, what exactly does he need to learn? He already knows that he’s in charge of saving the world.
- Prison Break (FOX, 9pm): “Michael and Linc happen upon T-Bag by chance.” Seriously, by chance? That’s like saying I just stopped watching this show…by chance.
- I Want to Work for Diddy (VH1, 9pm): “The teams must each throw a party that meets the high standards of a Diddy event, attending to such details as theme, decor, signature cocktails and guest list.” How would they know how to throw a Diddy event if they’ve never been invited to a Diddy event?
- Luke’s Parental Advisory (VH1, 10:30pm): “Luke tells Lacresha and Luther Jr. that they have a 2-year-old half brother. Later, he tries to bond with the child during a weekend visit.” What would we do without television cameras to record special family moments like these?
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Tuesday Ratings: CW Strikes Gold Again
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, House, Ratings,
So far early premiere dates have helped out the CW. The network followed up Monday’s Gossip Girl numbers with a record turnout for 90210. In the end, CW was the winner with the demos while NBC was on top with the viewers.
8pm
- America’s Got Talent (10.6 million, 2.8/8 in 18-49) had the night’s best numbers.
- NCIS* (8 million, 1.6/4) improved by 700,000.
- A House* block (2.4/6) pulled in 6.4 million.
- Wipeout* (5.9 million, 2.1/6) had a 600,000 slump.
- 90210‘s premiere (4.9 million, 2.6/7) had the best demos for any scripted CW show ever.
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