Survivor Micronesia: That’s Baked, Barbecued and Fried!
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Survivor, Editorial, Features,
Wow – the decisions made by this year’s crop of players never cease to amaze me. We’re already four weeks in now, and I’m not quite yet sure whether Survivor: Micronesia boasts the stupidest or the cleverest cast of characters yet.
The strange choice to eliminate Yau-Man continued to have aftershocks long after the Tribal Council. Ami apologized to Cirie for surprisingly writing her name down, but said she only did it because she didn’t like how Cirie was going back and forth. Later, Jonathan had his own exchange with the swing vote – but that conversation was far less cordial. He accused her of being far more manipulative and devious than he.
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Thursday Ratings: ABC Gets Lost Behind FOX
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Apprentice, The - Donald, Lost, My Name Is Earl, Survivor, Ratings,
The introduction of American Idol’s results show changed up the Thursday landscape. FOX added another night to its win column.
8pm
- American Idol (8.4/21 in 18-49) topped the evening with 23.2 million.
- Survivor (12.5 million, 4.0/10) saw 600,000 viewers eliminated.
- Lost* (1.7/4) kicked off ABC’s evening with 5.5 million.
- My Name is Earl* (4.5 million, 1.7/4) provided a little comedy to the hour.
- Supernatural* (1.0/3) brought 2.6 million to Smallville’s usual slot.
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Survivor Micronesia: I Should Be Carried on the Chariot-Type Thing
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Survivor,
The first two weeks of Survivor: Micronesia have given us several head-shaking Tribal Councils in a row. Let me assure you, Week 3 was no different.
Mikey B. – who was completely blindsided by Mary’s elimination last week – quickly figured out that Joel was behind the whole plan. Unfortunately, he just couldn’t figure out why the firefighter did it. “I don’t blame the move as long as the move wasn’t you trying to take that whole crew.” (Uhh, what other reason would he have?) Mikey felt Mary’s dismissal was a completely wasted move. Instead of getting rid of the weak links on their team, he thought Joel was far too focused on the long game.
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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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This Week on TV (2/18-2/24)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Late Night, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, Cable, FX, NBC, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Nip/Tuck, Prison Break, Saturday Night Live, Survivor,
MONDAY (2/18)
- Prison Break (FOX, 8pm): Tonight may be the end of the show as we currently know it. Maybe Michael can finally let go of that steely gaze now.
- Dance War (ABC, 8pm): The next Dancing with the Stars contenders will be announced during the spinoff’s season finale. Finally, a reason for me to watch.
- Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious (CW, 9pm): Robin Antin is searching for a gal to complete an entirely different musical act. With Danity Kane already taken, she had to settle for the 2nd crappiest group name available.
- My Dad is Better Than Your Dad (NBC, 9pm): “This competition series features fathers and their children in challenges that test the patriarch’s strength, intelligence and parenting skills.” Since when did NBC start stealing ideas from Nick TV?
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Thursday Ratings: No Love for Eli Stone
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Apprentice, The - Donald, Lost, Survivor, Ratings,
While romantic date nights could explain declining performances for Lost and Eli Stone, the same reason doesn’t apply to Celebrity Apprentice’s improvement. By night’s end, CBS was again a winner with the viewers while ABC had the edge in the demos.
8pm
- Survivor: Micronesia (13.1 million, 4.5/13 in 18-49) lost 800,000 deserters.
- Deal or No Deal (11 million, 3.4/10) saw a 1.7 million improvement.
- Lost* (6.2 million, 2.0/6) slid by 300,000.
- Coverage of the NAACP Image Awards (1.4/4) drew 3.9 million.
- Smallville (3.7 million, 1.5/4) was off by about 300,000.
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Survivor Micronesia: The Sounds of Jungle Love
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Survivor, Features,
After just two weeks, Survivor: Micronesia has already proven to be quite an interesting season. I don’t know if it’s because the editors have gotten smarter over the past 15 installments or the players have just grown wiser. Whatever the reason – the past two episodes have kept us on our toes with some nice twists and turns up until the final vote.
Malakal – having just eliminated the controversial Jonny Fairplay – returned to camp feeling like a whole new group. Although his unexpected departure threw off some individual plans, it was hard to deny that life was better without his annoying presence.
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This Week on TV (2/11-2/17)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Daytime, Drama, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, FX, FOX, NBC, American Idol, Apprentice, The - Donald, Nip/Tuck, Survivor,
(You can view the whole Revamped TV Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY (2/11)
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX, 8pm): “Sarah meets a stranger (Brian Austin Green) who shares a similar past.” They were once both white rappers?
- Dance War (ABC, 8pm): “The touring company of ‘High School Musical’ performs.” The contestants, now left with inferiority complexes, are unable to go on.
- Flavor of Love (VH1, 9pm): Third season premiere. Is it a coincidence that a Flav-ex has since show up on Celebrity Rehab?
- Prison Break (FOX, 8pm): “The escape attempt is successful for some, if not all, of the escapees.” Apparently you can miss weeks of this show and not miss a thing.
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Reality News: ‘WWE’, ‘Big Brother’, ‘Dancing with the Stars’, ‘Survivor’
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Daytime, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, The CW, Dancing With The Stars, Survivor, Cancellations, Gossip,
After ten years with the CW/UPN organizations, the wrestlers of the WWE are now in search of a new home. Friday Night Smackdown - a decent ratings earner for the network - wasn’t apparently considered worthy of its renewal price. Displeased with recent negotiations, World Wrestling Entertainment has started shopping its product around town.
Although the loss of the show will now create a two-hour void in CW‘s weekend lineup, the network will now have a place to shelve their experiments gone wrong (e.g. Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants). Or maybe they can use the spot to air marathons of America’s Next Top Model or Beauty and the Geek?
Whatever they ultimately do, they have until Sept. 12th to figure it out.
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Thursday Ratings: A Disappointing Debut for ‘Lipstick Jungle’
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Apprentice, The - Donald, Lost, Survivor, Ratings,
ABC found success in the demos thanks to Lost‘s two-week winning streak. Meanwhile, the debut of Survivor: Micronesia helped CBS with the viewers.
8pm
- Approximately 13.9 million saw the 16th season of Survivor: Micronesia (4.7/13 in 18-49).
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (9.5 million, 2.7/7) actually bested Howie Mandel.
- Deal or No Deal (9.3 million, 2.6/7) found itself in a rare third place.
- Lost* (6.5 million, 2.2/6) sunk 7 million from last week.
- Smallville (4.0 million, 1.8/5) remained even with its last outing.
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