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Tonight’s TV Addictions: March 11, 2009

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE (8PM CBS) There’s something to be said about being the responsible person in a friendship. When Christine experiences it for the first time, what she has to say is… “Um, yeah, this isn’t for me.” GARY UNMARRIED (8:30PM CBS) Gary and Allison disagree on what extracurriculoar [...]

3 Posted in America's Next Top Model, American Idol, Damages, Law & Order, Tonight's TV Addictions

TV Ratings: Tuesday March 10, 2009

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM FOX American Idol 21.43 7.7/22 CBS NCIS (R) 13.33 2.7/8 NBC The Biggest Loser 9.31 3.8/9 ABC Homeland Security, USA 5.15 1.4/4 CW Reaper 2.17 .08/2 8:30PM FOX American Idol 25.82 9.4/25 9PM FOX American Idol 26.63 9.8/25 CBS The Mentalist (R) 14.25 2.8/7 [...]

1 Posted in Nielsen Overnight TV Show Ratings

In Defense of Nathan Fillion’s CASTLE

With Entertainment Weekly calling CASTLE “an implausible muddle,” the Washington Post proclaiming it to be a “misbegotten MOONLIGHTING imitation” and theTVaddict.com’s very own Aleks Chan admitting that it’s “actually very boring,” one can only imagine the excitement this TV Addict was feeling for Nathan Fillion’s new series CASTLE. Which is why I waited until late [...]

21 Posted in Castle, Nathan Fillion

First Look Video: GLEE

What do you get when you combine the twisted and brilliant mind of Ryan Murphy (NIP/TUCK, POPULAR) with the — for lack of better word — awesomeness, that are Jane Lynch (BEST IN SHOW), Jayma Mays (UGLY BETTY, HEROES), Jessalyn Gilsig (NIP/TUCK) and Matthew Morrison (Broadway’s HAIRSPRAY)? A gleeful TV Addict who cannot wait for [...]

5 Posted in Glee

Tonight’s TV Addictions: March 10, 2009

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: AMERICAN IDOL (8PM FOX, CTV in Canada) We’re not gonna lie. Our IDOL excitement pales in comparison to the fact that we finally get to replace last season’s grimy old IDOL fridge magnet with a shiny new one. [See Pic] NEW & NOTABLE: REAPER (8PM CW) Sam really can’t catch a break. [...]

3 Posted in American Idol, Reaper, Tonight's TV Addictions

TV Made Me Do It!

A recent trip down memory lane with a good friend from high school who may-or-may-not-have dyed her hair to match Angela’s from MY SO-CALLED LIFE or once asked her hairdresser for “the Rachel” recently got this TV Addict thinking. What is the silliest, most embarrassing and/or regrettable thing you did when you were younger as [...]

25 Posted in Random Musings

TV Ratings: Monday March 9, 2009

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM ABC Dancing with the Stars 21.28 5.4/14 FOX House 12.13 4.8/13 CBS The Big Bang Theory 9.46 3.6/10 NBC Chuck 5.69 2.0/5 CW Gossip Girl (R) 1.15 0.5/1 8:30PM CBS How I Met Your Mother 8.51 3.5/9 9PM ABC Dancing with the Stars 23.72 [...]

8 Posted in Nielsen Overnight TV Show Ratings

Why Do Terminators Time-Travel Naked?

As much as this hilarious and slightly not-safe-for-work video does its best to answer the age-old question, “Why do Terminators time-travel naked?” We’re still left asking, how does it explain Summer Glau. Thoughts?

1 Posted in Summer Glau, Terminator, The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Tonight’s TV Addictions: March 9, 2009

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: THE BIG BANG THEORY (8PM CBS, CTV in Canada) Nerd Alert! Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Dr. George Smoot makes a cameo appearance. Oh, and some girl named Summer something-or-other also drops by [see pic] DANCING WITH THE STARS (8PM ABC, E! in Canada) Two Words: Vote WOZ! CHUCK (8PM NBC, CityTV in Canada) [...]

3 Posted in Castle, Chuck, Dancing with the Stars, Heroes, How I Met Your Mother, Tonight's TV Addictions

TV Ratings: Sunday March 8, 2009

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 8.6 2.7/8 CBS The Amazing Race 10.22 2.9/8 NBC SNL: Just Commercials 5.73 2.0/6 FOX The Simpsons 5.99 2.8/8 CW Easy Money (Movie) 872,000 0.2/1 8:30PM FOX King of the Hill 4.92 2.4/6 9PM ABC Desperate Housewives 13.33 4.6/11 [...]

7 Posted in Nielsen Overnight TV Show Ratings