This Week on TV (1/26-2/1)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Sports, ABC, Cable, FOX, MTV, NBC, TNT-HD, Scrubs, The Office,
(You can view TV Envy’s Midseason Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY 1/26)
- Jon & Kate Plus 8 (TLC, 9pm): “Jon and Kate take the kids to see their new home.” The new place comes with extra bathrooms…and a new set of parents.
- The Closer (TNT, 9pm): Series return. “The fate of Detective Sanchez, who was shot three times and airlifted to a hospital, is revealed.” I don’t know how Sanchez is doing, but the suspense has been killing me!
- Bromance (MTV, 9pm): “Brody tricks the final four into attending a fake launch party for his line of designer jeans, where he asks them to walk the red carpet in pants that are entirely too tight.” Huh. I have no idea why people think this is really a dating show.
- Trust Me (TNT, 10pm): Series premiere. “Eric McCormack and Tom Cavanagh star as two best friends working as creative partners at a top-ranked Chicago ad agency.” Kinda like Mad Men, but without the booze and cigarettes. At least not in the office.
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Thursday Ratings: CSI’s Loss is Anatomy’s Gain
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Ratings,
William Petersen’s departure from CSI brought the show’s numbers back to Earth. As a result, the Alphabet network had the best demos of the evening. Unfortunately, ABC’s lucky streak probably won’t last long. We’re now just weeks away from the premiere of Survivor: Tocantins.
8pm
- Approximately 10 million (2.9/8 in 18-49) welcomed Bones to its new Thursday time slot.
- NCIS* (2.2/6) pulled in 8.6 million.
- Ugly Betty (2.4/7) turned in 7.5 million.
- My Name is Earl (6.5 million, 2.6/8) was down 600,000; Kath & Kim (2.2/6) registered 4.9 million.
- Smallville (3.8 million, 1.6/4) was off 500,000.
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NBC Returns: George Clooney, Amy Ryan
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, NBC, ER, The Office, Gossip,
UPDATE: Entertainment Tonight now says Margulies will be returning with Clooney.
After months and months of speculation, several sources are now claiming that George Clooney will be reporting for ER duty after all. The news comes despite denials last year from the Academy Award winner himself.
It’s not known when Doug Ross will resurface on the show, but the network recently extended the series’ 15th - and final - season by three episodes. (The hospital will now officially close its doors on April 2.) It’s also unclear whether Julianna Margulies will be checking in as well. Although we’ve already seen appearances from Shane West, Anthony Edwards and Alex Kingston (Noah Wyle and Eriq La Salle will arrive later), Margulies said back in November that she had no intentions of returning. “I feel like I left Carol Hathaway in the best scenario possible,” Julianna told the AP.
Clooney, who was last seen in a 2000 episode, will film his scenes later this week.
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This Week on TV (1/19-1/25)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, Cable, FOX, MTV, NBC, The CW, TNT-HD, House, Lost, The Office,
(You can view TV Envy’s Midseason Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY 1/19)
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family, 8pm): “Ricky’s dad arrives in town with a proposal for how Ricky should handle impending fatherhood.” Apparently leaving town is an option?
- House (FOX, 8pm): “Cuddy discovers that caring for her newly adopted baby leaves her little time to run the hospital.” Taking care of House and a baby is an impossible feat.
- Bromance (MTV, 9pm): “The guys embark on a camping trip, but before reaching their destination, they stop at a biker bar where each must face off against a huge biker in the parking lot.” The reality is, many people want to kick Brody Jenner‘s ass. It’s time to hone their defense skills now.
- Paranormal State (A&E, 10pm): Season premiere. “A family believes their new home in suburban New Jersey is haunted. The team’s investigation leads them to dig in the yard for possible answers.” Haunting or no haunting, buried things in my yard is reason enough to move.
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Thursday Ratings: Big Sendoff for CSI’s Grissom
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey’s Anatomy, My Name Is Earl, Scrubs, The Office, Ratings,
After weeks of buildup, William Petersen finally made his grand exit last night. The farewell episode attracted CSI’s largest audience since 2007’s premiere and gave CBS an easy double win.
8pm
- An early CSI* (3.1/8 in 18-49) got 13.7 million warmed up.
- A My Name is Earl block (one original, one repeat) averaged 6.6 million (2.4/6).
- Back-to-back Scrubs* episodes averaged in 5.7 million (1.8/5).
- Kitchen Nightmares* (1.6/4) dished up 4.1 million.
- Smallville (4.3 million, 1.8/5) had its best audience since November.
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This Week on TV (1/12-1/18)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, HBO, MTV, NBC, Showtime, The CW, 24, American Idol, Everybody Hates Chris, The Office,
(You can view TV Envy’s Midseason Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY 1/12)
- 24 (FOX, 8pm): “Jack is released from his Senate subcommittee hearing to help with the domestic threat and the investigation into former colleague Tony Almeida.” I can’t imagine what he would do to just to get out of jury duty.
- Kyle XY (ABC Family, 9pm): Season 3 premiere. “Lori, Declan, Josh and Andy deal with the choices they made at the prom.” Whatever happens at prom, stays at prom.
- Man vs. Wild (Discovery, 10pm): “An adventure in the jungles of Belize has the host reckoning with a 9-foot boa constrictor and a dangerous white-water river.” The longer the snake, the more skin to pee in.
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Thursday Ratings: BCS is BEST
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey’s Anatomy, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Ratings,
College football season ended yesterday with a bang. The BCS game on FOX easily gave the network a double win last night. Meanwhile, Private Practice‘s official Thursday debut did well for ABC. The medical drama even bested that other medical drama on NBC.
8pm
- Approximately 26.8 million watched Florida beat Oklahoma in FOX‘s BCS game.
- CSI: NY* (2.0/5 in 18-49) nailed down 8.5 million.
- Ugly Betty (7.5 million, 2.4/6) was down 900,000 from its last new episode.
- My Name is Earl (5.5 million, 2.0/6) was off by 17%; Kath & Kim (4.2 million, 1.7/4) lost 22%.
- Smallville (0.9/2) turned in 2.3 million.
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Thursday Ratings: CBS Wins Repeat-Filled Night
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey’s Anatomy, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Ratings,
Let’s face it - there really wasn’t much going on yesterday. (And there probably won’t be for a while.) Despite several repeats, CBS still managed to top the competition in both the viewers and the dmeos.
8pm
- Million Dollar Password (8.3 million, 1.5/5 in 18-49) won the hour in viewers.
- The finale of Secret Millionaire (6.4 million, 2.0/6) had the hour’s best demos.
- My Name is Earl* (4.7 million, 1.7/5) lost 1.9 million; Kath & Kim* (3.8 million, 1.6/5) gave up 1.5 million.
- Ugly Betty (4.6 million, 1.3/4) was down 800,000.
- Smallville* (2.1 million, 0.8/2) whittled away 400,000.
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2009 Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations (TV)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, ABC, Cable, FOX, HBO, NBC, Showtime, TNT-HD, 24, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, House, The Office, News,
Even though SAG members are currently debating whether to strike, today’s award nominations gave them all a brief distraction. If the upcoming Oscars telecast doesn’t go on as planned, next month’s Screen Actors Guild Awards (scheduled for January 25th on TNT and TBS) could be the last time actors have a reason to celebrate.
Here are some of the noteworthy mentions from this year’s list of television nominees:
- 30 Rock, Boston Legal, The Closer, John Adams and Mad Men all scored three noms each.
- Dexter is up for its first win in the Outstanding Drama Series Ensemble category.
- Desperate Housewives - a nominee for Best Ensemble - received no individual honors.
- Debra Messing (The Starter Wife), Kevin Connolly (Entourage), January Jones (Mad Men), Anna Paquin (True Blood) and Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) all received Golden Globe nominations, but no SAG noms.
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Alba, Leachman to Join Jack Black on The Office
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, NBC, The Office,
Although most shows would be perfectly happy with just two seconds of Jack Black, NBC is not letting its Super Bowl year go to waste.
On February 1st, a list of stars will be making cameos on a rare Sunday installment of The Office. Joining a previously announced Black will be actresses Jessica Alba and Cloris Leachman.
In the special post-game episode, several employees of Dunder Mifflin will attempt to download a bootlegged movie during work hours. (The title of the show is appropriately titled “Stress Relief.”) Jack, Jessica and Cloris will all be featured in that film.
Football fans will also get an added bonus. That installment of The Office will run a full hour.
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