Sunday Ratings: Grammys Fail to Entertain
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings,
Last night’s Grammys telecast failed to strike a chord with viewers. (Only two other broadcasts in Grammy history have achieved lower numbers.) Regardless, the awards show still gave CBS a decisive win in the viewers and demos.
7pm
- About 13 million watched the Obama/Clinton interviews on 60 Minutes (2.5/7 in 18-49).
- America’s Funniest Home Videos (3.0/8) tickled 9.6 million.
- The last hour of the Pro Bowl game (3.2/9) scored 8.9 million.
- American Gladiators* (1.4/4) averaged 3.6 million over two hours.
- CW Now (700,000, 0.3/1) made an effort.
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TV on DVD: February 12, 2008
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Daytime, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Cable, CBS, HBO, NBC, The CW, General Hospital, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- Blade (Complete Series)
- Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav
- Dallas (Season 8)
- The Dragnet Collection (Volume 1)
- The Equalizer (Season 1)
- Family Ties (Season 3)
- General Hospital: Night Shift (Season 1)
- George of the Jungle (Complete Series)
- Girlfriends (Season 3)
- Pokemon (Season 1, Vol. 3)
- 60 Minutes: Saddam’s Confessions
- 60 Minutes: House of Cards
- Tactics (Complete Series)
- Tell Me You Love Me (Season 1)
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TV on DVD: February 5, 2008
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Kids, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Talk Shows, ABC, Cable, CBS, NBC, Syndication, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- Anthony Bourdain (Collection 2)
- Beauty & The Beast (Final Season)
- Comic Relief: The Greatest…and the Latest
- Dirty Jobs (Collection 2)
- The DL Chronicles (Season 1)
- Fullmetal Alchemist (Season 2, Part 1)
- Go Diego Go: Diego’s Magical Missions
- Ironside (Season 1, Vol. 1)
- Jerry Springer: Undressed, Unleashed and Uncensored (Vol. 1-3)
- McLeod’s Daughters (Season 5)
- My Favorite Martian (Season 3)
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection (Volume 10.2)
- Perfect Strangers (Seasons 1 & 2)
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Sunday Ratings: Football-Free Night Helps ABC
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Family Guy, Ratings,
A one-week break from football gave a few other networks to shine. ABC was tops in the demos while CBS scored a victory with the viewers.
7pm
- 60 Minutes (14.4 million, 2.7/7 in 18-49) nearly doubled last week’s Global Warming special.
- America’s Funniest Home Videos (8.3 million, 2.8/8) was up 2 million.
- The 2-hour US Figure Skating Championships (0.8/2) only wowed 4.8 million.
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?* (1.5/4) pulled in 4.3 million.
- Both CW Now (770,000, 0.3/1) and Aliens in America* (880.000, 0.4/1) actually saw gains.
8pm
- The two episodes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (5.1/12 in 18-49) averaged 13.6 million.
- A new episode of Shark (2.0/5) bit off 11.1 million viewers.
- Two episodes of The Simpsons (3.7/9) - one old, one new - averaged 7.6 million.
- Life is Wild (0.4/1) actually broke the million mark (1.1 mill).
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TV on DVD: January 29, 2008
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Cable, FX, HBO, NBC, PBS, TNT-HD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Volume 5)
- Chancer (Season 2)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 6)
- Damages (Season 1)
- Emergency! (Season 4)
- JAG (Season 5)
- Masterpiece Theatre: Mansfield Park
- Ranma 1/2: Martial Mayhem (Season 5)
- 60 Minutes: The Face Behind Facebook
- 60 Minutes: The King of Sushi
- 60 Minutes: The War Against Women
- Spongebob SquarePants: To Love A Patty
- Thomas the Tank Engine: Thomas and the Treasure
- Witchblade (Volume 4)
(Click here to see the HD DVD and Blu-ray options for this week.)
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TV on DVD: January 15, 2008
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, PBS, Extras, Family Guy, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options you can find on the shelves today. This week’s selections include the recent Golden Globe winner for Best TV Comedy (Extras):
- Alex Haley’s Queen
- ‘Allo ‘Allo (Complete Series Seven)
- Criss Angel: Mindfreak (Season 3)
- Dora the Explorer: Undercover Dora
- Extras (Complete Series)
- Family Guy: Blue Harvest
- Frontline: On Our Watch
- Frontline: The Undertaking
- National Geographic: Incredible Human Machine (1975)
- The New Adventures of Old Christine (Season 1)
- The Rockford Files (Season 5)
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Season 3)
- WWE: Armageddon 2007
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Sunday Ratings: FOX Terminates the Competition
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Sports, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Amazing Race, The, Family Guy, Ratings,
The tail end of the Dallas Cowboys/ NY Giants game combined with the debut of Terminator gave FOX an indestructible evening.
8pm
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (18.3 million, 7.6/18 in 18-49) had the best demos for any scripted debut in three years.
- Approximately 11.6 million wished Jen Happy Birthday/Goodbye on The Amazing Race (3.8/9).
- The first of two Extreme Makeover: Home Editions (3.8/9) built a 10.8 million-sized audience.
- A two-hour Dateline special (4.4 million, 1.1/4) went barely noticed.
9pm
- The first of three Comanche Moon installments (3.3/8 in 18-49) wrangled up 15.7 million.
- Part two of Extreme Makeover (13.9 million, 5.6/13) grew 3 million from the first hour.
- Family Guy (11.5 million, 5.6/12) and American Dad (8.6 million, 4.1/9) had a nice lead-in to thank.
- NBC’s coverage of the Golden Globes (5.8 million, 1.7/4) was hardly something to celebrate.
- One Tree Hill* (0.4/1) averaged 1.2 million over two hours.
10pm
- A new episode of Brothers & Sisters (4.2/11 in 18-49) returned to 10.9 million fans.
- American Gladiators* (1.9/5) took down 4.7 million.
*denotes repeat
Hollywood Reporter
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Christmas Day TV
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Animation, Comedy, Daytime, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, MTV, NBC, TNT-HD, Family Guy, The Hills,
Looking for a distraction from the holiday season? Want to check out that new HD TV Santa left under the tree? Or, do you just want to put something on the tube to undercut happy holiday melodrama? Use Christmas Day TV to give you an escape when holiday pressure has you looking for the nearest exit.
ABC will offer fanciful diversion for the kids with the Walt Disney World parade starting at 10 am. Later in the afternoon, the network will offer NBA action while CBS gets sporty with golf. NBC will show the Holiday Celebration on Ice in the afternoon. On cable, ABC Family will showcase holiday movies including A Very Brady Christmas and Santa Baby. At 6 in the evening, Disney’s The Incredibles will offer CGI delight.
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‘Star Trek’ Remastered for HD DVD
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Animation, Sci-Fi/Horror, DVD, HDTV, Video,
Highly original and ground-breaking in its day, Star Trek offered viewers a glimpse of the possible future. Now, it is the future…and Trek is offering viewers a glimpse of what the series might have been if it were made today.
In a new HD DVD set, season one of The Original Series is being released to the public with digitally enhanced footage. Here’s the problem: true Trekkies don’t want anything digitally remastered or updated. The perfection is in the purity. The exterior special effects features on TOS were updated and enhanced with CGI technology. In some scenes, entire ships were replaced by digital effects.
The new additions look great and may help re-introduce younger generations to this old favorite, but some die-hard Trekkies will no doubt be up in arms over any change, no matter how great-looking.
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This Week on TV (12/24-12/30)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Award Shows, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, The CW, Amazing Race, The,
MONDAY (12/24)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (ABC, 8pm): Am I the only one who still gets creeped out when I see the Grinch? He’s not exactly kid-friendly.
- It’s A Wonderful Life (NBC, 8pm): You officially have one last chance to be grateful before Christmas officially begins.
- Cheaper by the Dozen (FOX, 8pm): In case you need a reminder why having more kids during the holidays might not be a good thing.
- Madagascar (ABC, 9pm): If you don’t want to get your child a pet, force them to watch this movie and convince them that animals were meant to be free.
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