Tuesday Ratings: NBC Falls Behind
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Saturday Night Live, Ratings,
NBC suffered last night without its reality hit, The Biggest Loser. The network - which came in second last week - dropped to fourth in total viewers this time around.
8pm
- Approximately 24 million listened in on American Idol‘s Andrew Lloyd Webber night (8.8/24 in 18-49).
- NCIS (14.1 million, 2.9/8) dipped by 800,000.
- Both According to Jim (1.4/4) and Most Outrageous Moments (1.3/4) brought in 4.2 million viewers.
- Beauty and the Geek (1.6 million, 0.7/2) scraped up another 100,000.
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Tuesday Ratings: The Biggest Loser Weighs in Nicely for NBC
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Ratings,
The Biggest Loser finale helped NBC place a strong second behind FOX’s hit reality combo.
8pm
- About 23 million watched Mariah Carey night on American Idol (8.6/23 in 18-49).
- NCIS (14.9 million, 3.1/8) improved by 1 million.
- A nice 11.2 million saw Ali win on The Biggest Loser (4.4/11).
- According to Jim (1.3/3) averaged 3.8 million over its hour.
- Beauty and the Geek (1.5 million, 0.7/2) soured by 300,000.
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Tuesday Ratings: Viewers Not Interested in Secret Talents
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Ratings,
Apparently not many cared that Mya is a fabulous tap dancer or that Sasha Cohen is as bendy as a Chinese acrobat. The new CBS reality show placed last in its hour. Meanwhile, FOX rolled away with another Tuesday win.
8pm
- American Idol (24 million, 8.9/24 in 18-49) was out of tune by 1.2 million.
- A new NCIS (13.9 million, 2.9/8) was up 3.7 million from last week.
- The Biggest Loser (3.7/9) weighed in at 9.1 million.
- Just for Laughs (5.5 million, 1.4/4) did the same as before.
- Beauty and the Geek (1.8 million, 0.8/2) was up a few ticks.
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TV on DVD: April 8, 2008
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, HBO, NBC, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available today.
- Ben 10: Race Against Time
- Corner Gas (Seasons 1 and 2)
- The Cosby Show (Seasons 7 and 8)
- Deadliest Catch (Season 3)
- Def Poetry (Season 6)
- Hell’s Kitchen (Season 1)
- The Last Detective (Series 4)
- Living with Ed (Season 1)
- Matlock (Season 1)
- Meerkat Manor (Season 2)
- Mythbusters (Collection 3)
- Nanny 911 (Season 1)
- Perry Mason (50th Anniversary Edition)
- Rock of Love (Season 1)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Season 6)
- Three Sheets (Season 2)
- UFC: Ultimate Fighter (Season 6)
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This Week on TV (4/7-4/13)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Talk Shows, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Hell’s Kitchen, American Idol, Desperate Housewives, ER, Medium, Scrubs, The Bachelor, The Office,
(You can view TV Envy’s Post-Strike Television Schedule here.)
MONDAY (4/7)
- Today (NBC, 10am): Kathie Lee Gifford returns to morning TV this week. And I thought the New Kids were getting old.
- Samantha Who? (ABC, 9:30pm): New episode. “Samantha has to move back into the apartment when she learns that she could be evicted for subletting it to Todd.” The girlfriend you hate gets amnesia and you get to keep her apartment. Todd has seriously been getting off easy so far.
- The Bachelor (ABC, 10pm): “It’s an afternoon of tennis and tea for six of the ladies.” I’ve seen what an afternoon of women’s tennis can look like on The Real Housewives of NYC. This won’t end pretty.
- Medium (NBC, 10pm): “Rosanna Arquette stars as an older seductress linked to the brutal murders of two younger men.” Maybe it’s best her relationship with Paul McCartney fizzled out.
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Top Chef Chicago: Manuel Packs His Knives and Goes
Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Cable, Top Chef, Cable/Satellite, Editorial, News,
Episode 4 of Top Chef Chicago on Bravo TV was all about meshing technique with imagination. In the end, gentlemanly chef Manuel paid the price for his partner Spike’s lack of both. Manuel is out and classically trained molecular gastronomist Richard was Top Chef of the night thanks to his team’s whimsical take on a salmon dish inspired by Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory.
This episode began with a rather mundane Quickfire Challenge. Guest judge, French Chef Daniel Boulud, asked them to create a vegetable plate showcasing classic techniques, including three specific techniques designed to impress the reknowned French chef. Boulud says technique is the foundation of any worthy chef.
We learned that front-runner Richard and pretty boy Ryan both worked for Chef Boulud at some point in their careers. But Ryan brushed it off saying his stint with Boulud didn’t last long because it wasn’t his style of cooking. (For a short biography of each chef competing in season 4 click here .)
Most of the chefs seemed intimidated by this challenge. Lisa said “classical” isn’t her style. (I’m getting the feeling that applies to ANYTHING she doesn’t like to do.) In the end Chef Boulud’s least favorites were Nikki’s use of endive as a boat (too simple). Lisa’s plate was deemed too cluttered and unfocused and Manuel’s plate did not express enough technique. Chef Boulud called it “level one”.
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Tuesday Ratings: FOX Cooks Up the Win
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Ratings,
Hell’s Kitchen - a usual summer staple - made an appetizing debut last night. Combined with American Idol, the show helped FOX win in both the demos and the viewers.
8pm
- American Idol (25.2 million, 9.3/25 in 18-49) grew in size since last week.
- NCIS* (10.2 million, 2.1/6) was up 800,000.
- The Biggest Loser (8.2 million, 3.3/8) tacked on 300,000 lbs.
- Just for Laughs (1.4/4) took in just 5.5 million.
- Beauty and the Geek (1.6 million, 0.7/2) did the same as before.
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Top Chef Chicago: Episode 3
Posted by Jacci Lewis Categories: Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Bravo, Cable, Top Chef, Cable/Satellite, Editorial, Features, News,
I’ve decided to enact a strict “three episode” policy for all reality shows. I won’t judge how good or bad the show is until I’ve sat through three entire episodes. This policy is painful at times, but necessary to weed awful shows out of the limited time I have to watch TV. (See Here Come The Newlyweds.)
I’ve now completed my preliminary obligation to Top Chef Chicago and despite some reservations (no pun intended) after the first two episodes, I’ve decided this could end up being a good season after all.
The fourth installment of the popular Bravo reality series takes 15 would-be celebrity chefs to the culinary mecca of Chicago. This season is a familiar blend of stereotypical characters from seasons past with one big exception: this time around there is a lesbian couple among the competitors (they compete separately, of course).
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This Week on TV (3/10-3/16)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, American Idol, The Bachelor, Top Chef,
(You can view TV Envy’s Post-Strike Television Schedule here.)
MONDAY (3/10)
- The Bachelor: Where Are They Now? (ABC, 8pm): “Highlights from past seasons include segments catching up with past bachelors (Andrew Firestone and Aaron Buerge) and former contestants.” So the whole point of the show is to say there is no point to this show. Look at how successful it’s been!
- Canterbury’s Law (FOX, 8pm): Series premiere. “Julianna Margulies stars as a maverick defense lawyer who plays by her own rules to help the falsely accused.” I’m guessing ER will still be on long after this program goes off the air.
- New Amsterdam (FOX, 9pm): Regular day and time. If you didn’t watch last Tuesday or Thursday, I’m sure you won’t tonight either.
- October Road (ABC, 9pm): Special time. In the season (series?) finale, “Eddie’s ex-girlfriend shows up to reconnect with him, causing problems in his relationship with Janet.” Since we may never get a satisfactory resolution from this ratings-starved show, let’s just pretend Janet kicks her ass.
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Post-Strike Television Schedule
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, American Idol, Apprentice, The - Donald, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, House, Lost, Medium, Prison Break, Survivor, The Bachelor,
Now that we have come to the end of the writers’ strike, it’s time to once again update our television programming schedules.
Mid-season replacements have had seen their debuts shuffled (e.g. New Amsterdam), some programs are coming back with new episodes (e.g. Scrubs, 30 Rock) while other shows aren’t slated to return until next year (Pushing Daisies).
Here you can find a
compilation of the 2008 post-strike schedulesfor the five major networks. I would highly recommend printing this out since there are major changes across the board.
Two notes:
- This is the updated schedule as of May 6. Be prepared to see more changes and settling in the weeks to come.
- The list consists of premieres and dates for new episodes.
- If a particular time slot/network is not mentioned, either nothing has changed or no specific announcement has been made yet.
MONDAY
8pm:
- Dancing With the Stars, ABC
- My Dad is Better Than Your Dad, NBC
- The Big Bang Theory, CBS
- Bones, FOX (new as of 4/14)
- Gossip Girl, CW (new as of 4/21)
8:30pm:
- How I Met Your Mother, CBS
9pm:
- Two and a Half Men, CBS
- House, FOX (new as of 4/28)
- One Tree Hill, CW (new as of 4/14)
9:30pm:
- Samantha Who?, ABC (new as of 4/7)
- Rules of Engagement, CBS (returns 4/14)
10pm:
- The Bachelor, ABC
- CSI: Miami, CBS
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