Friday Ratings: Frosty Evening for CBS
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Back-to-back episodes about Frosty the Snowman had CBS feeling festive this weekend. The network won both the demos and the viewers on Friday.
8pm
- Frosty the Snowman (2.4/8 in 18-49) rang in 7.63 million; Frosty Returns (7.66 million, 2.4/8) did slightly better than the first 1/2 hour.
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (6.3 million, 1.3/4) picked up 800,000.
- NBC’s Greatest Holiday Moments (5.1 million, 1.0/4) rounded up 700,000 more.
- Wife Swap (1.2/4) pulled in 3.9 million.
- An Everybody Hates Chris block (0.6/2) had 1.6 million laughing.
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Monday Ratings: Viewers Go for the Laughs on CBS
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Heroes, Prison Break, Ratings,
Despite a Charlie Brown special and Boston Legal finale on ABC, CBS’ comedies continued to show growth last night. The network’s first three programs had their best numbers all season while Worst Week had its best performance since the premiere.
8pm
- A Charlie Brown Christmas (3.8/10 in 18-49) drew in 11.4 million for ABC.
- The Big Bang Theory (10.8 million, 3.7/10) was up 2.8 million since last week; How I Met Your Mother (10.5 million, 4.2/11) added on 2.5 million.
- Chuck (6.9 million, 2.4/6) lost 400,000.
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (5.2 million, 1.8/5) was down 600,000.
- Gossip Girl (3 million, 1.5/4) did about the same.
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Sunday Ratings: FOX and CBS on Top
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Amazing Race, The, Desperate Housewives, Family Guy, Ratings,
Thanks to an earlier battle between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys, FOX was easily the winner last night with the demos. Meanwhile, 60 Minutes’ strong showing made CBS Sunday’s most-watched network.
8pm
- Sunday Night Football (11.8 million, 4.5/11 in 18-49) was down 1.8 million.
- The 13th finale of The Amazing Race (10.6 million, 3.1/7) was up 7% from last season.
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (10.3 million, 3.3/8) was up a notch.
- FOX‘s BCS Selection Show (3.9/10) drew in 9.6 million.
- The Simpsons (6.2 million, 2.8/7) fell 1.8 million.
- CW‘s airing of The Cutting Edge (1.6, 0.6/1) gave the network its best Sunday numbers all season.
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TV on DVD: December 9, 2008
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, CBS, HBO, Lost, DVD,
Still looking for a few Christmas ideas? Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- Deadwood (Complete Series)
- Dragon Ball GT (Season 1)
- Gunsmoke (Season 3, Vol. 1)
- Happy Days (Season 4)
- Lost (Season 4)
- McLeod’s Daughters (Season 7)
- Not On Your Nellie (Season 1)
- Rawhide (Season 3, Vol. 2)
- Swingtown (Season 1)
- The Wire (Complete Series)
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This Week on TV (12/8-12/14)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FOX, MTV, NBC, The CW, Survivor, The Office,
(You can view TV Envy’s Master Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY 12/8)- A Charlie Brown Christmas (ABC, 8pm): “The gang mounts a holiday pageant as Charlie Brown bemoans Yuletide commercialism.” Sorry, Charlie. Not much has changed since 1965.
- Boston Legal (ABC, 9pm): Series finale. “Financial problems may force Crane Poole & Schmidt to be put up for sale.” If the economy keeps going the way it’s going, that might not be the only thing ABC has up for sale.
- Two and a Half Men (CBS, 9pm): “Alan considers early retirement when Evelyn offers to foot the bill for Jake’s college education.” After looking at his latest 401K statement, he then realizes that retirement won’t come anytime soon.
- The Hills (MTV, 10pm): “Whitney interviews for a job in New York City.” Top resume skill: Able to effectively communicate in short sentences.
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Wednesday Ratings: Angels and Reindeers Score for CBS
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Talk Shows, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Ratings,
CBS surprisingly did well yesterday without its usual Wednesday lineup. The network’s night of variety - Rudolph, Grammys, Heidi - ended up taking the night’s demos. Meanwhile, crime-free competition helped NBC pick up a rare win with the viewers.
8pm
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (4.2/12 in 18-49) drew in 11.7 million.
- Christmas in Rockefeller Center (2.2/6) had 10.4 million feeling festive.
- Approximately 6.7 million watched the debut of Secret Millionaire (2.3/7).
- Pushing Daisies (4.9 million, 1.5/4) was up 10%.
- Stylista* (0.5/1) registered 1.3 million.
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Tuesday Ratings: The Mentalist Keeps Getting Stronger
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, House, Ratings,
Who knew Simon Baker could get any hotter? Last night - thanks to the absence of DWTS - a very good show managed to get even better. The Mentalist even outperformed the always strong NCIS.
8pm
- NCIS (18.5 million, 3.7/10 in 18-49) picked up 300,000.
- House (12.4 million, 5.0/13) had the night’s best demos.
- ABC‘s presentation of Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (3.1/8) entertained 9 million.
- The Biggest Loser: Families (8.7 million, 3.4/9) gained 1.9 million.
- 90210* (0.5/1) turned in 1.2 million.
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Monday Ratings: ABC Suffers Without DWTS
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Heroes, Prison Break, Ratings,
Life post-Dancing with the Stars is always hard for ABC. Despite the Alphabet network’s holiday specials and programming originals, the network was beat by a slate of repeats on CBS.
8pm
- Approximately 11.2 million welcomed back Shrek the Halls* (3.3/9 in 18-49); How the Grinch Stole Christmas (11.7 million, 3.8/9) did slightly better.
- The Big Bang Theory* (2.5/7) and How I Met Your Mother* (2.8/7) both attracted 8 million.
- Chuck (7.3 million, 2.5/6) picked up 700,000 more.
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (5.8 million, 2.2/6) was up 26% thanks to the weakened competition.
- Gossip Girl (3.1 million, 1.5/4) added on 200,000.
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TV on DVD: December 2, 2008
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, ABC, Cable, CBS, NBC, Saturday Night Live, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- Cannon (Season 1, Vol. 2)
- A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All
- InuYasha (Season 6)
- Jake and the Fatman (Season 1, Vol. 2)
- Kyo Kara Maoh (Season 2, Vol. 9)
- Law & Order (Season 6)
- Metalocalypse (Season 2)
- Password (Best of)
- Perry Mason (Season 3, Vol. 2)
- Saturday Night Live (Season 4)
- The Story of Saiunkoku (Season 1, Part 2)
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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.)
MONDAY 12/1)- 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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