Sunday Ratings: CBS Steels the Win

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Family Guy, Saturday Night Live, Ratings,
Last night’s Steelers/Ravens playoff game was by far the evening’s biggest draw. The competition on the gridiron - coupled with a special episode of The Mentalist - gave CBS easy wins in both categories.
8pm
- Approximately 40.6 million watched Pittsburgh beat Baltimore on CBS.
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (8.6 million, 2.9/7 in 18-49) was down 1.7 million.
- Dateline (1.1/3) pulled in 5.8 million.
- A block of The Simpsons* (2.0/4) averaged 4.35 million.
- CW‘s broadcast of Mr. Mom (0.4/1) entertained 1.2 million.
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TV on DVD: January 20, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, NBC,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday:
- Criss Angel: Mindfreak (Season 4)
- Emergency! (Season 5)
- Johnathan Creek (Season 3)
- Jurassic Fight Club (Season 1)
- The Last Detective (Complete Series)
- MI-5 (Volume 6)
- MonsterQuest (Season 2)
- Moonlight (Complete Series)
- My Three Sons (Season 1, Vol. 2)
- Paranormal State (Season 2)
- The Powerpuff Girls: 10th Anniversary Collection (Complete Series)
- The Rockford Files (Season 6)
- This American Life (Season 2)
- Waking the Dead (Season 3)
Click here to see the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.
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TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (1/12)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Bravo, Cable, FOX, HBO, NBC, ER, Renewals,

Here’s an update on the shows you’ll be seeing more of in the months to come:
EXTENSIONS
- ER (NBC) - Three more episodes ordered
RENEWALS
- Baldwin Hills (BET) - Season 3
- Cash Cab (Discovery) - Season 4
- College Hill (BET) - Season 6
- Destination Truth (Sci Fi) - Season 3
- Keeping Up with the Kardashians (E!) - Season 3
- The Life and Times of Tim (HBO) - Season 2
- Mad Men (AMC) - Season 3
- Make Me a Supermodel (Bravo) - Season 2
- The Real Housewives of New York City (Bravo) - Season 2
- ‘Til Death (FOX) - Season 4
(To get a look at TV Envy’s Midseason Programming Schedule, click here.)
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TV on DVD: January 13, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, BBC, Cable, FOX, HBO, NBC, WB,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- Ben 10 Alien Force (Season 1, Vol. 2)
- Dallas (Season 10)
- House of Payne (Volume 3)
- Little Britain USA (Season 1)
- Lovejoy (Season 4)
- Man vs. Wild (Season 2)
- Matlock (Season 2)
- Reba (Season 5)
- Saxondale (Seasons 1 & 2)
- Skins (Volume 1)
- ‘til Death (Season 2)
- Walker, Texas Ranger (Season 6)
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This Week on TV (1/12-1/18)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, HBO, MTV, NBC, Showtime, The CW, 24, American Idol, Everybody Hates Chris, The Office,

(You can view TV Envy’s Midseason Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY 1/12)
- 24 (FOX, 8pm): “Jack is released from his Senate subcommittee hearing to help with the domestic threat and the investigation into former colleague Tony Almeida.” I can’t imagine what he would do to just to get out of jury duty.
- Kyle XY (ABC Family, 9pm): Season 3 premiere. “Lori, Declan, Josh and Andy deal with the choices they made at the prom.” Whatever happens at prom, stays at prom.
- Man vs. Wild (Discovery, 10pm): “An adventure in the jungles of Belize has the host reckoning with a 9-foot boa constrictor and a dangerous white-water river.” The longer the snake, the more skin to pee in.
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TV on DVD: January 6, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Cable, CBS, NBC, Showtime,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Collection 3)
- Battlestar Galactica (Season 4)
- Duckman (Seasons 3 & 4)
- Eon Kid (Season 1, Vol. 2)
- Frisky Dingo (Season 2)
- Hell Girl (Season 1)
- Laredo (Season 2, Part 2)
- Mannix (Season 2)
- Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Season 1)
- Transformers Animated (Season 2)
- Tripping the Rift (Season 3)
- The Tudors (Season 2)
- The Waltons (Season 8)
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Tuesday Ratings: CBS Breaks 13-Year-Old Record

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, House, Ratings,
What do you get when House is a repeat and DWTS is gone? Another stellar evening for CBS. Despite a two-hour Biggest Loser finale, the Eye network had its best Tuesday viewership since 1995. Meanwhile, a strong night of reality helped NBC tie CBS in the demos.
8pm
- NCIS (19.9 million, 3.9/11 in 18-49) had its largest audience in its six-year history.
- Approximately 11.7 million watched Michelle Aguilar win The Biggest Loser: Families (4.5/12).
- ABC‘s Charlie Brown Christmas (2.9/8) kept 8.3 million entertained.
- House* (6.4 million, 2.4/7) lost 7.5 million.
- 90210* (1.1 million, 0.5/1) was down a smidge.
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TV on DVD: December 16, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Reality, Cable, CBS, NBC, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this week.
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Volume 6)
- The A-Team (Season 1)
- Crime 360 (Season 1)
- Gangland (Season 2)
- Ice Road Truckers (Season 2)
- Mushi-Shi (Complete Series)
- Petticoat Junction (Season 1)
- School Rumble (Season 2, Part 2)
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Monday Ratings: More High Notes for CBS

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Heroes, Prison Break, Ratings,
The CBS ratings train keeps rolling along. Last night, the network’s lineup topped some of their best numbers…once again.
8pm
- The Big Bang Theory (11.4 million, 4.2/11 in 18-49) reached a series high; How I Met Your Mother (11.4 million, 4.6/11) had its best demo performance yet.
- Chuck (7.6 million, 2.6/7) raised 700,000.
- ABC‘s I Want a Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown! (7.4 million, 2.2/6) did 4 million less than last week’s Peanuts special.
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (5.3 million, 1.9/5) was up slightly.
- Gossip Girl* (1.6 million, 0.7/2) was down 1.4 million.
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Sunday Ratings: Football Outplays Survivor

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Family Guy, Survivor, Ratings,
Although it was pitted against a three-hour Survivor finale, last night’s game between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys was yesterday’s hottest ticket. The event gave NBC a double-win in the ratings yesterday.
8pm
- Approximately 19.6 million watched the Cowboys pull out a win on Sunday Night Football (7.5/17 in 18-49).
- Around 14.9 million watched Bob Crowley win Survivor: Gabon (4.5/10).
- The Santa Clause 2 (2.7/7) had 8.7 million feeling jolly.
- The Simpsons* (5.7 million, 2.5/6) was off by 500,000; King of the Hill* (2.0/5) pulled in 4.6 million.
- CW‘s airing of Spaceballs (0.4/1) had 1.2 million laughing.
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