Sunday Ratings: Desperate Housewives Has Welcome Return
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Amazing Race, The, America’s Next Top Model, Desperate Housewives, Family Guy, Ratings,
Despite being down approximately 5% since last year, the retooled Desperate Housewives was easily last night’s best draw. Unfortunately, the show couldn’t fight off the Bears and Eagles alone. NBC - with the help of Sunday Night Football - was once again tops in both categories last night.
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- Approximately 15.4 million (6.3/15 in 18-49) saw the Chicago Bears beat the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday Night Football.
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (3.7/9) had 11.9 million feeling emotional.
- The Amazing Race (3.1/8) took 10.3 million along on the first leg of its race.
- The Simpsons (9.3 million, 4.4/12) was down 6% from last year; King of the Hill (7 million, 3.3/8) fell 13%.
- Privileged* (1.2 million, 0.6/1) did about the same.
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The Hollywood Reporter
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TV on DVD: September 23, 2008
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, CBS, Showtime, Syndication, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- Ax Men (Season 1)
- Boston Legal (Season 4)
- Brothers & Sisters (Season 2)
- Cashmere Mafia (Complete Series)
- CSI: NY (Season 4)
- Friday the 13th: The Series (Season 1)
- Gangland (Season 1)
- iCarly (Season 1)
- Killinaskully (Season 1)
- Meerkat Manor: The Next Generation, (Season 4)
- One Piece (Season 1, Second Voyage)
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This Week on TV (9/28-9/21)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, HBO, NBC, Amazing Race, The, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, ER, Family Guy, Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes, My Name Is Earl, Survivor, The Office,
(You can view TV Envy’s Fall Television Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY (9/22)
Season premieres: The Big Bang Theory, Boston Legal, CSI: Miami, Dancing with the Stars, Heroes, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Worst Week
- Dancing with the Stars (ABC, 8pm): Special two-hour premiere. “The season begins with 13 new celebrities.” Any time a reference is made about Kim Kardashian’s butt or cut foot, take a drink.
- Two and a Half Men (CBS, 9pm): “Charlie runs into an ex-girlfriend whose son bears a striking resemblance to him.” As if Charlie Sheen really needed to get involved in another custody issue.
- Heroes (NBC, 9pm): Special two-hour premiere. “Suresh makes an important breakthrough.” It’s taken him two seasons to realize how boring his character is.
- Worst Week (CBS, 9:30pm): Series premiere. “Disaster-prone Sam Briggs, and his girlfriend, Melanie, visit her parents – who don’t like Sam – to tell them that they are engaged and expecting a child.” It’s always good to get the disappointing news out all at once.
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Casting Corner: Eli Stone, Brothers & Sisters, Ugly Betty
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Gossip, News,
Here’s a quick look at some of the casting announcements made recently:
Vantage Point‘s Sigourney Weaver will be taking a temporary break from the big screen for a quick stop on ABC.
The Oscar-nominated actress, who recently lent her voice to WALL·E, will offer up her professional counseling advice to a troubled Eli Stone.
This isn’t the first star scheduled for a cameo on the sophomore series this year. Katie Holmes will also be be guesting as non-profit lawyer.
Eli Stone will return on Tuesday (a new day), October 14.
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Entertainment Weekly
2008 Primetime Emmy Nominations
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Cable, CBS, FX, FOX, HBO, NBC, Showtime, TNT-HD, Entourage, Grey’s Anatomy, House, Lost, Saturday Night Live, The Office, News,
Bright and early this morning, Kristin Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Harris announced the nominations for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards.
This year, we saw many first-timers named, a long list of cable acknowledgements (for pay and basic channels) and several 6-way races.
Topping the noms for drama programs was newcomer Mad Men; NBC’s 30 Rock lead all comedy programs. In total, HBO was the most-nominated network while ABC came in second.
This year’s ceremony will be held on Sept. 21 on ABC.
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Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Emmy Finalists for Acting Categories
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Late Night, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Cable, CBS, FX, FOX, HBO, NBC, Showtime, Entourage, Grey’s Anatomy, House, Lost, Medium, Saturday Night Live, The Office, Rumors,
Last week, we told you which Emmy contenders were still in the running for the Best Comedy and Best Drama categories. And while these names are not official, we now have the rumored finalists for several of the main acting awards. (NOTE: Some categories have not yet been leaked.)
Best Actor, Drama
- Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment
- Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
- Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
- Patrick Dempsey, Grey’s Anatomy
- Michael C. Hall, Dexter
- Jon Hamm, Mad Men
- Eddie Izzard, The Riches
- Hugh Laurie, House
- Denis Leary, Rescue Me
- James Spader, Boston Legal (last year’s winner)
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TV Guide
Sunday Ratings: Regis Philbin A Primetime Hit
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings,
Apparently Regis Philbin’s appeal is not limited to daytime hours. The host (and his Million Dollar Password) helped CBS win the viewers last night. Meanwhile, NBC - the only other network with originals yesterday - placed first in the demos.
8pm
- Million Dollar Password (2.2/7 in 18-49) engaged 10.7 million.
- A two-hour Most Outrageous Moments block (1.6/5) averaged 5.4 million.
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition* (1.4/5) nailed down 5 million.
- The Simpsons* (2.0/7) kept 4.5 million amused; King of the Hill* (1.9/6) did the same for 4 million.
- Everybody Hates Chris* (920,000, 0.3/1) and Aliens in America* (880,000, 0.3/1) tied in the demos.
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Variety
Sunday Ratings: NASCAR Races Past Repeats
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Ratings,
The NASCAR event on FOX easily outmaneuvered the aging competition.
8pm
- FOX‘s sports coverage (2.5/10 in 18-49) averaged 7.5 million viewers between 7-10pm.
- A 2-hour Cold Case* block (1.2/4) took in 6.4 million.
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition* (5.1 million, 1.4/6) plummeted by 6.1 million.
- Dateline (0.8/3) had 4.2 million tuning in.
- Everybody Hates Chris* (916,000, 0.4/1) slipped by nearly 500,000; Aliens in America* (897,000, 0.3/1) was off by 300,000.
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Programming Insider
2008 Summer Television Programming Schedule
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Grey’s Anatomy, House, So You Think You Can Dance, The Office,
A new season calls for a new schedule.
If you’re without anything to do this summer, this updated programming schedule may help keep you occupied. Over the next few months, networks will be introducing a crop of reality shows (Celebrity Circus, Greatest American Dog), some experimental dramas (Swingtown, Fear Itself) and the usual horde of repeats.
This list is a
compilation of the calendarsfor the five major networks.
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Sunday Ratings: Survivor Outplays ABC
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Survivor, The Office, Ratings,
Last night’s three-hour Survivor finale helped CBS make a dent in ABC’s long streak. The Eye network took a win in the viewers and narrowly took the demos as well.
8pm
- Approximately 13 million saw Parvati Shallow win Survivor: Micronesia (4.4/12 in 18-49).
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (11.9 million, 4.0/11) nailed down another 450,000.
- The Simpsons (6 million, 2.9/9) was down a few notches; King of the Hill (5 million, 2.5/7) took a 700,000 hit.
- Everybody Hates Chris (1.2 million, 0.5/1) did the same as last week; Aliens in America (1.1 million, 0.4/1) was up slightly.
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Variety
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