Survivor Micronesia: “You Guys Are Dumber Than You Look”
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Survivor, Features,
For the latest round of Survivor, CBS decided to spice things up a bit and incorporated a little old with the new. In this installment, ten die-hard fans will be competing against ten former contestants. Last night, we saw the debut of Survivor: Micronesia – otherwise known as ‘Fans vs. Favorites’.
The premiere episode kicked off with the newbies arriving by boat to a rain-soaked island. After a quick welcome by Jeff Probst, the unsuspecting participants learned the cold, hard truth: they were going to compete against seasoned pros.
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This Week On TV (2/4-2/10)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Late Night, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Talk Shows, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FOX, MTV, NBC, The CW, American Idol, House, Nip/Tuck, Survivor,
(You can view the whole Revamped TV Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY (2/4)
- Welcome to the Captain (CBS, 8:30): Series premiere. “A Hollywood wunderkind in a career slump is persuaded by his friend to move into his famous Tinseltown apartment building with an eclectic group of tenants.” Eclectic = show gone soon.
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX, 9pm): “John discovers the figure may be bleaker than he imagined.” I’m confused. If he’s currently in 2007, he should have already seen what the future looks like in Rise of the Machines.
- The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS, 9:30): Season Three premiere. “Christine gets overly nervous about sleeping with Mr. Harris (Blair Underwood) for the first time.” I think I already saw this episode…..on Sex and the City.
- Late Night With David Letterman (CBS, 11:30): Hillary Clinton sits down with the talk show host. Any woman who can make us forget Paris Hilton deserves to be President.
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Reality Renewals: ‘Survivor’, ‘Judge Judy’, ‘Gladiators 2000’
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Daytime, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Syndication, Survivor, Renewals,
With Survivor: Micronesia days away from debut, CBS has already moved on to its programming future. Realizing their aging reality show is still a ratings hit, the network has just announced they’ll be bringing it back for more. This means we will see two more installments of this Mark Burnett production following the ‘Fans vs. Favorites’ version premiering next month. And, of course, the dimpled Jeff Probst will be there to guide us to the end.
If you want to start prepping your next Survivor pool now, you can get a rundown of the contestants here. In the meantime, set your Tivos for Thursday, Feb. 7th @ 8pm.
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Sunday Ratings: ‘Survivor’ Outlasts the Competition
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Family Guy, Survivor, Ratings,
A 2-hour finale/reunion combo gave CBS the largest audience of the evening. Meanwhile, the Dallas Cowboys/Tony Romo meltdown contributed to FOX’s victory in the demos.
8pm
- The Survivor finale (15.1 million, 5.1/12 in 18-49) was the evening’s largest draw.
- Sunday Night Football averaged 14 million viewers.
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (11.8 million, 4.2/10) was down approx. 1 million.
- The Simpsons (10.1 million, 4.8/12) and King of the Hill (8.5 million, 4.2/10) were both up from last week.
9pm
- Both Family Guy* (8.5 million, 4.2/10 in 18-49 demo) and American Dad (7.2 million, 3.5/8) were both up about 700,000.
- Desperate Housewives* (2.4/6) rounded up 7.5 million.
10pm
- About 12.2 million saw Todd Herzog win during the Survivor Reunion Show (4.5/11 in 18-49).
- Brothers & Sisters (1.7/4) closed off the night with 5.4 million.
*denotes repeat
(You can review last Sunday’s ratings here.)
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Survivor China Finale: “A Slippery Little Sucker”
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Survivor,
With Peih-gee out, we were now left with four members of the original Fei Long tribe: Courtney, Denise, Todd and Amanda. While it could be argued that three of them fought hard to remain in the game, Courtney admittedly “slipped through the cracks to get to the top.”
On Day 37, the starving survivors got their next piece of tree mail; it alluded to a food prize at the end of their next Reward Challenge. Since energy was now more important than ever, they were all desperate to snag this important win.
For a feast consisting of pizza, brownies, beer and soda, the competitors had to work with a miniaturized Great Wall of China. Starting on top of the wall, the challengers had to first race down a ladder and run across a bridge. At a second bridge, they had to place planks down an unfinished walkway before going over it. Once they had reached the end of the course, they then had to load puzzle blocks into a traditional Chinese yoke and bring them back to the start. After retrieving all their blocks, the opponents then had to figure out how the puzzle pieces fit into their section of the wall.
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Thursday Ratings: CBS Owns the Night
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey’s Anatomy, Saturday Night Live, Survivor, The Office, Ratings,
A whole new slate of fresh programming easily gave CBS a wide lead over its competitors. The network dominated with both the viewers and the demos:
8pm
- Survivor (14.47 million, 4.513 in 18-49 demo) was steady with last week.
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (8.97 million, 2.5/7) was up about 300,000.
- An hour-long episode of The Office* (2.7/8) drew 5.87 million.
- Ugly Betty* (1.4/4) scored 4.97 million.
- Smallville (3.84 million, 1.5/4) was up about 1 million.
9pm
- With 19.79 million viewers, CSI (6.1/16 in 18-49) was the evening’s hottest ticket.
- Don’t Forget the Lyrics (7.53 million, 2.7/7) was up about 800,000.
- Grey’s Anatomy* (2.6/7) came in third with 7.18 million.
- 30 Rock (5.58 million, 2.8/7) was slightly down from last week.
- Supernatural (3.2 million, 1.2/3) saw an increase of about 1 million.
10pm
- Without A Trace (4.0/12 in 18-49) topped the hour with 15.13 million.
- The Saturday Night Live special (2.7/8) entertained 5.72 million.
- Private Practice* (1.7/5) rounded off the hour with 4.75 million.
*denotes repeat
(You can review last Thursday’s ratings here.)
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Survivor: China: “Hello, I’m Still a Person!”
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Survivor,
With Erik now voted out of the game, Peih-gee was feeling like the most unpopular person at the Hae Da Fung camp. Being the last Zhan Hu tribal member left really bothered her; she didn’t like being the outsider. Meanwhile, Denise struggled with the decision she made at the last Tribal Council. She knew voting Erik off could have cost her a place in the Top Three. That move may have been the biggest mistake she had made in the whole competition.
At the next Reward Challenge, the survivors went old school with their game of darts. Using a replica of an ancient Chinese repeating crossbow, the competitors had to hit a wall made up of their names. Each time an arrow hit their name, they would earn a point. The twist? Each player had to secretly distribute the five bows they were given to the other players.
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This Week on TV (12/10-12/16)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, FX, HBO, MTV, NBC, Showtime, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, Nip/Tuck, Saturday Night Live, Survivor, The Hills,
MONDAY (12/10)
- I Want a Dog, Charlie Brown (ABC, 8pm): “Linus and Lucy’s little brother, Rerun, hangs with Snoopy and his own sibling, the desert-dwelling Spike.” Was I the only one not aware of the What’s Happening!/Peanuts crossover episode?
- How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8pm): “Ted asks his doctor on a date and his friends try to discourage him from dating someone he sees regularly.” Relationships clearly work best when you never see them at all.
- Notes from the Underbelly (ABC, 9:30pm): “Lauren tries to convince her sister to move to LA so she can be nearby when the baby is born.” Lauren’s sister isn’t stupid. She knows what ‘be nearby’ means.
- The Hills (MTV, 10pm): Season finale. “Lauren gets an offer to go to Paris.” I really hope MTV doesn’t take their version of quality programming overseas (again). The French hate us already.
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Thursday Ratings: Split Decision for ‘Greys’ and ‘CSI’
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, My Name Is Earl, Scrubs, Survivor, The Office, Ratings,
It was another heated battle in the ratings last night. When the dust settled, ABC had a claim on the demos while CBS was left with the viewers.
8pm
- Survivor (4.5/12 in 18-49) topped the hour with 14 million.
- A new episode of Ugly Betty (9.3 million, 2.8/8) came in second.
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (8.7 million, 2.3/6) was about even with last week.
- My Name is Earl (7.4 million, 3.0/9) was up about 800,000; 30 Rock (5.8 million, 2.7/7) remained steady.
- Smallville* (2.81 million, 1.1/3) did about the same.
9pm
- With 18.6 million, CSI (5.4/13 in 18-49) had the night’s largest audience.
- Grey’s Anatomy (17.6 million, 7.1/17) scored Thursday’s best demos.
- Don’t Forget the Lyrics* (6.71 million, 2.1/5) lost about 2 million.
- The Office* (4.99 million, 2.5/6) and Scrubs (4.86 million, 2.4/6) were both down about 1 million.
- Supernatural* (2.04 million, 0.8/2) saw a 200,000 increase.
10pm
- Without a Trace (3.2/8 in 18-49) led the hour with 12.7 million.
- The hour’s best demos went to Barbara Walters: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2007 (11.7 million, 4.6/12).
- ER’s 300th episode was down about 500,000 from last week.
*denotes repeat
(You can review last week’s ratings here.)
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Survivor: China: “Going for the Oscar”
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Survivor,
After returning from one of the most shocking Tribal Councils yet, the six remaining survivors were in a celebratory mood; they had just successfully blindsided James, the holder of the two hidden immunity idols. Todd was relieved that his biggest threat was now out of the picture. Meanwhile, Peih-gee was ecstatic to see that the former Fei Long members had started to turn on each other.
Before beginning their next Reward Challenge, the contestants got a nice surprise: visitors from home. The family members/friends were there to give their smelly loved ones reluctant hugs….and to help them with their competition. One by one, the weepy survivors welcomed their guests: Erik’s mother, Peih-gee’s father, Todd’s sister, Denise’s husband, Amanda’s sister and Courtney’s father. (Am I the only one who found it strange that Denise was the only one with a significant other?)
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