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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This Week on TV (6/16-6/22)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Daytime, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Talk Shows, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FOX, MTV, NBC, Showtime, The CW, Top Chef,
(You can view TV Envy’s Summer Television Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY (6/16)
- The Bachelorette: DeAnna Tells All (ABC, 8pm): “With six bachelors remaining, DeAnna Pappas assesses the competition to win her heart so far, as do her six beaus.” Apparently revealing their boxers just hasn’t told her enough.
- Weeds (Showtime, 10pm): Season premiere. “Nancy, Andy and the boys, on the run after she set fire to their house, head to the beach and a ‘heartwarming family reunion’ with Judah’s grandmother.” Had I known this show was only 30-minutes long, I could have caught up a long time ago!
- The Mole (ABC, 10pm): “The contestants, clad in nothing but their underwear, hit the streets of Santiago, Chile and solicit clothing.” At this point, the show could probably use a little skin to ramp interest up a bit.
- Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Showtime, 10:30pm): Series premiere. “A high-priced London escort entertains a middle-aged client who enjoys role-playing and has a penchant for being down on the farm.” I think that summary says it all.
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Thursday Ratings: Basketball Courts the Fans
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, My Name Is Earl, So You Think You Can Dance, Ratings,
The Boston Celtics’ surprise comeback last night was the biggest attraction of the evening. Thanks to the heated contest, ABC had its 8th consecutive win in the demos on a Thursday.
8pm
- A Wednesday edition of Million Dollar Password (9.5 million, 2.0/7 in 18-49) topped its hour.
- Jimmy Kimmel (2.9/10) kicked off the basketball coverage with 7.8 million; the NBA pre-game special (8.2 million, 3.2/11) grew from there.
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (1.8/6) tested 6.1 million.
- My Name is Earl* (1.1/4) had 3.5 million entertained.
- Smallville* (1.9 million, 0.8/3) did slightly better than before.
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Thursday Ratings: Lost Finds A Win
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Lost, The Office, Ratings,
While it was down about 17% from last year’s numbers, Lost was still the night’s top draw. The season finale gave ABC a win in both the viewers and the demos.
8pm
- So You Think You Can Dance (9.4 million, 3.6/11 in 18-49) climbed by 800,000.
- Lost* (2.1/7) helped 6.8 million get caught up.
- The Big Bang Theory* (4.8 million, 1.4/5) improved by 500,000; How I Met Your Mother* (4.9 million, 1.5/5) tacked on another 400,000.
- The Office* (1.2/4) checked in with 3.5 million.
- Smallville* (1.9 million, 0.7/2) was down 300,000.
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This Week on TV (5/26-6/1)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, Bravo, Cable, FOX, MTV, NBC, The CW, Lost, So You Think You Can Dance,
(You can view TV Envy’s Summer Television Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY (5/26)
- American Gladiators (NBC, 8pm): “A tree climber tries to rise above a SWAT officer.” If tree boy gets a chance at the wall, his opponent will have no choice but to gas him.
- Flavor of Love 3 (VH1, 9pm): “The cast of Season 3 reunites.” I often wonder what a sober Brigitte Nielsen thinks about this.
- Denise Richards: It’s Complicated (E!, 10pm): “Denise goes on a blind date with a so-called regular guy.” When you’re getting alimony and child support from your celebrity ex, you can afford to go out with “regular guys”.
- Living Lohan (E!, 10:30): The title of the tonight’s premiere is “Mommy Will Fix It.” I hope she’s referring to Ali’s hair.
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Thursday Ratings: ABC Finales End on High Note
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, Ratings,
Even though Ugly Betty and Grey’s Anatomy have seen better scores for their finales (this year was their lowest ever), both shows got their best post-strike numbers. Grey’s even turned out the highest 18-49 performance for any scripted drama in nearly three months.
8pm
- A 90-minute Deal or No Deal (10.3 million, 2.5/8 in 18-49) was the winner of its hour.
- So You Think You Can Dance? (3.4/10 in 18-49) debuted to 8.6 million.
- Approximately 8.8 million saw Lindsay Lohan torment Ugly Betty (2.8/9).
- The Big Bang Theory* (1.2/4) pulled in 4.3 million for its special Thursday airing; How I Met Your Mother* (4.5 million, 1.5/5) did slightly better.
- Smallville* (2.2 million, 0.7/2) was down 1.6 million from last week.
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This Week on TV (5/19-5/25)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Daytime, Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Grey’s Anatomy, So You Think You Can Dance,
(You can view TV Envy’s Summer Television Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY (5/19)
Tonight’s Finales: The Big Bang Theory, Bones, CSI: Miami, Gossip Girl, How I Met Your Mother, One Tree Hill, Paradise Hotel 2, Rules of Engagement, Two and a Half Men
- Gossip Girl (CW, 8pm): “Blair comes to Serena’s defense and faces off with Georgina.” Well, I don’t think this is a fair fight at all. Georgina’s got mad Buffy skills!
- Dancing with the Stars (ABC, 8pm): Will it come down to the Olympic gold medalist, NFL’s Man of the Year or the Chilean actor? Never underestimate a man who telenovela fans supporting him.
- How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8:30pm): “Ted has an accident, and his close call with death finds him reevaluating his life and his relationship with Stella.” Yeah, I have no idea how he’s going to share her with Zach Braff either.
- The Bachelorette (ABC, 9pm): Season premiere. “DeAnna Pappas, the finalist who was spurned in 2007 by Brad Womack, is now dispensing the roses herself.” Why would anyone want to win if losing meant headlining your own show?
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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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Summer Reality Part 3: Everything’s Coming Up Roses
Posted by David L. Williams Categories: Prime Time, Reality, MTV, Hell’s Kitchen, Top Chef, Editorial, Features,
Having been so negative for a few weeks, I thought I would take this week to be all about accentuating the positive, being a gigantic cheerleader for summer reality shows. Like Poison so sagely warned us, though, all of these roses will have a few thorns, but I’ll try to get past them. Oh, and Poison also taught us that you can unashamedly rhyme the words “tonight” and “all night” (because that’s when they wanted action and satisfaction, respectively). Here are some of the reality shows I’ve been watching and why you should join me.
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NBC Offers Plenty of Summer Reality Programming
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Prime Time, Reality, NBC,
Sigh. The reality show possibilities have really taken off, huh? Hold on, because NBC is promising to serve up loads of reality this summer with the return of America’s Got Talent, Last Comic Standing and The Biggest Loser, plus Age of Love, a new dating show. To shake things up a bit, the three returning shows will have new hosts. You may have already heard that Jerry Springer will be filling Regis Philbin’s shoes on Talent, beginning on May 29th at 9 p.m. After a two hour debut, the show moves to Tuesday at 8 p.m. Last Comic Standing finally brings in a fresh host to replace Anthony Clark—and although I’d rather see Jay Mohr come back, instead hosting duties go to Bill Bellamy. To which I say “eh, could be worse.” Comic starts its fifth season on June 13th at 9 p.m. The Biggest Loser will now be hosted by soap opera queen Alison Sweeney (taking over for Caroline Rhea). No word yet on when the show will start. And finally, a new dating show called Age of Love debuts on June 18th at 10 p.m. with Mrs. Kelly Ripa (Mark Consuelos) hosting.
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