This Week on TV (6/30-7/6)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen,
(You can view TV Envy’s Summer Television Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY (6/30)
- American Gladiators (NBC, 8pm): “Four amateur athletes who successfully lost weight are featured.” That’s exactly the way Wolf likes them: nice and skinny.
- The Bachelorette: The Men Tell All (ABC, 9pm): “Fifteen of DeAnna’s suitors dish with - and about - the Bachelorette who let them get away.” Thankfully, this version is not the one we would get on MTV.
- 46664: A Concert for Nelson Mandela (VH1, 9pm): Those helping to celebrate Mandela’s life outside bars include performers who should be behind them (e.g. Amy Winehouse).
- Verminators (Discovery, 10pm): “The source of a roach infestation at an apartment building shocks Mike.” There’s a reason why they say ignorance is bliss.
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Friday Ratings: Dance Machine No SYTYCD
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Ratings,
Dance Machine - ABC’s latest contribution to the dancing genre - was out of sync with Friday night’s competition. CBS wound up winning the viewers while NBC nabbed the demos.
8pm
- Ghost Whisperer* (5.6 million, 1.4/6 in 18-49) was up 200,000.
- Most Outrageous Moments* (4.5 million, 1.2/5) tacked on another 700,000.
- Friday Night Smackdown (4.3 million, 1.4/5) grew by 400,000.
- Approximately 3.8 million watched the debut of Dance Machine (1.0/4).
- XXX: State of the Union (1.2/5) pulled in 3.3 million for FOX.
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Thursday Ratings: Hopkins Provides Ratings Drama
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey’s Anatomy, So You Think You Can Dance, Ratings,
Although ABC was fourth last night, the debut of Hopkins did well in its hour despite lousy lead-ins. Meanwhile, CBS was the winner in both categories yesterday.
8pm
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (6.9 million, 1.8/6 in 18-49) lost 900,000 from last week.
- Million Dollar Password* (6.8 million, 1.7/6) was a close second.
- Last Comic Standing (5.3 million, 2.1/7) pulled in another 800,000.
- Ugly Betty* (3.5 million, 0.8/3) tacked on an additional 400,000.
- Smallville* (1.6 million, 0.6/2) shrunk by 600,000.
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Wednesday Ratings: A Nice Debut for Baby Borrowers
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, So You Think You Can Dance, Ratings,
Last night, the debut of The Baby Borrowers delivered some nice numbers for its network. Unfortunately, NBC was not able to get in front of FOX in either the viewers or the demos.
8pm
- So You Think You Can Dance (8.1 million, 3.0/10 in 18-49) stumbled by 600,000.
- Deal or No Deal (6.6 million, 1.6/6) took a 1.6 million hit.
- The Price is Right* (5.9 million, 1.4/5) was up slightly.
- Wife Swap* (4.5 million, 1.7/6) remained even with last week.
- America’s Next Top Model* (1.1 million, 0.4/2) slipped by 200,000.
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Tuesday Ratings: Wipeout Wipes Out Competition
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Food & Home, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, Ratings,
American Gladiators’ ratings slide didn’t stop another reality competition from making a splashy debut yesterday. Last night, Wipeout had the best debut for any freshman summer series since last year. The show gave the ABC a win in the demos while NBC had a hold on the viewers.
8pm
- The debut of Wipeout (9.9 million, 3.7/12 in 18-49) had the night’s best demos.
- Celebrity Family Feud (2.3/8) premiered to 8.8 million.
- NCIS* (7.7 million. 1.2/4) fell in the middle of the pack.
- A repeat of Hell’s Kitchen* (1.3/4) pulled in 3.3 million.
- Beauty and the Geek* (1.2 million, 0.5/2) repeated last week’s numbers.
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Celebrity Feuds Win for NBC
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Games, Prime Time, Reality, NBC, Editorial,
The first ever spin-off of Family Feud, a game show which itself was originally a spin-off, premiered last night on NBC. Very few changes to the standard show format, along with celebrities and much larger cash prizes helped NBC pull down promising ratings for this summer show.
Feud first began airing in 1976 with host Richard Dawson at the helm. His charm, slightly chiding nature and constant kissing quickly cemented him as one of TV’s best-loved hosts. In those early days, ABC owned the show, which was canceled by the network in 1985.
The show was born again on CBS in 1988, this time with petite Ray Combs holding center stage. This version was officially canceled in 1993, but continued as a syndicated version (amid some host troubles) until 1995. The show would not return again until 1999 on FOX as a daytime syndicated spot. Nine years of set changes and host changes have kept Feud on FOX ever since, with re-runs always available on GSN.
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TV’s Turning Japanese!
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Games, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Cable, FOX, Gossip,
I think we’re turning Japanese. Flip your TV to ABC and you’ll see weird costumes and almost unbelievable stunts on Wipeout and I Survived a Japanese Game Show, two series based on popular Japanese game shows. FOX plans to release a similar show, their version of Japan’s Hole in the Wall, this coming fall.
What do these shows bring to the U.S. gaming table? In two words, shock value. Anyone who has viewed the You Tube clips can see that Japanese games are daring, daunting…and at times very, very bizarre. Hole, for instance, makes competitors face off against solid walls with strangely-shaped openings offering the only survival. And if they fail? They fall into water, and lose the game. Many Japanese game shows require extreme physical exertion, along with an element of the oddly and brutally funny, in equal measure. If you laugh when you see someone fall down and possibly hurt themselves, for instance, Japanese game shows are probably your bag.
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Sunday Ratings: CBS and NBC Split Boring Night
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings,
NBC was the only network to bring all-new material the table last night. Unfortunately, all that effort only gave the Peacock network a win in the demos. (CBS was the winner with the viewers.)
8pm
- Million Dollar Password (8.3 million, 1.5/5 in 18-49) easily won its hour.
- NBC‘s coverage of the U.S. Olympic Trials (2.0/6) attracted 6.24 million gymnastics fans.
- A two-hour block of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition* (1.9/6) averaged 6.21 million.
- The Simpsons* hour (4.1 million, 1.9/6) was up 400,000.
- Everybody Hates Chris* (700,000, 0.2/1) and Aliens in America* (680,000, 0.2/1) pulled in similar numbers.
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This Week on TV (6/23-6/29)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FX, FOX, MTV, NBC, Showtime,
(You can view TV Envy’s Summer Television Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY (6/23)
- I Love the New Millennium (VH1, 10pm): “Eight-part series featuring stars reminiscing about pop culture phenomena of the new millennium begins with the year 2000.” Is it too soon to wonder what VH1 will cover in 2011?
- Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods (MTV,10pm): “The ladies perform with a canine costar: Bruiser, the dog from the musical.” I had no idea Ashton Kutcher revived Punk’d.
- Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal (A&E, 10pm): “A 14-year-old boy, who claims to see spirits of people and animals, is introduced to siblings close to his age who supposedly have paranormal gifts.” I’m always happy when freaky kids find someone to play with.
- Weeds (Showtime, 10pm): “Celia’s hard time in county lock-up gets harder when her cellmate decides to make Celia her ‘special girl’.” Yeah - that would definitely suck.
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Thursday Ratings: Another Win for Reality Fare
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey’s Anatomy, So You Think You Can Dance, The Office, Ratings,
So You Think You Can Dance continues to leap over its direct competitors. The show, along with 5th Grader, gave FOX another dual win last night.
8pm
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (7.8 million, 1.9/7 in 18-49) saw its score improve by 1.7 million.
- How I Met Your Mother* (1.3/5) dialed up 4.2 million; Rules of Engagement* (4.4 million, 1.4/5) did slightly better.
- The Office* (1.2/5) settled in with 3.5 million.
- Ugly Betty* (0.8/3) chalked up 3.1 million.
- Smallville* (2.2 million, 0.8/3) was up 300,000.
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