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Tonight’s TV Addictions: April 9, 2009

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: THE OFFICE (8PM NBC) Michael assembles his new company’s dream team, which means Ryan should expect a phone call any minute now. PARKS AND RECREATION (8:30PM NBC) In the series premiere, mid-level bureaucrat Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) must turn an abandoned construction site into a community park. Which sure sounds simple enough, [...]

3 Posted in 30 Rock, Harper's Island, Parks and Recreation, The Office, Tonight's TV Addictions

TV Ratings: Wednesday April 8, 2009

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM FOX Lie to Me 8.41 2.5/8 CBS The New Adventures of Old Christine 7.30 2.1/7 NBC Law & Order: CI (R) 4.67 1.8/6 ABC Scrubs 4.67 1.8/6 CW America’s Next Top Model 3.7 1.7/5 8:30PM CBS Gary Unmarried 7.30 2.2/7 ABC Better Off Ted [...]

0 Posted in Nielsen Overnight TV Show Ratings

Why Casting Leonard Nimoy on FRINGE is Highly Illogical

Putting aside the welcome ratings bump that FOX will undoubtedly see when Leonard Nimoy makes his first appearance of what is said to be a multi-episode arc on the May 12th finale of FRINGE, this TV Addict can’t help but feel that the casting of Leonard Nimoy as the mysterious William Bell is, well… highly [...]

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Review: HARPER’S ISLAND

By: Aleks Chan When I first heard CBS had picked up HARPER’S ISLAND last spring, I was intrigued: killing off attendees of a wedding party on a secluded island every week sounded like it could be Agatha Christie-style fun, especially with the decision to make it a limited series with a set end date. It [...]

10 Posted in Harper's Island

AMERICAN IDOL Season 8 Results: Who Went Home

Dying to know which contestant America sent home packing tonight, but not enough to actually sit through the commercial-filled, over-produced, hour-long borefest that was tonight’s AMERICAN IDOL results show? No problem, that’s what theTVaddict.com is here for!

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Tonight’s TV Addictions: April 8, 2009

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: SCRUBS (8PM ABC, CityTV in Canada) Good News: The Janitor and Lady plan a fake wedding in the Bahamas in an effort to score gifts. Bad News: The plot backfires when all of the invitees accept. LOST (9PM ABC, “A” in Canada) Finally, one LOST mystery definitively solved: Ben is not Jewish. [...]

4 Posted in America's Next Top Model, American Idol, Lie to Me, Lost, Tonight's TV Addictions

Must See TV Saturday: ABC Announces Airdates for Final Episodes of PUSHING DAISIES, ELI STONE and DIRTY SEXY MONEY

Having no life is finally about to pay off! Thanks to today’s announcement courtesy of ABC that the remaining episodes of some of your favorite brilliant-but-cancelled series will burn off their final batch of episodes throughout the summer on Saturdays at 10PM. With PUSHING DAISIES airing on Saturday May 30th through Saturday June 13 at [...]

10 Posted in ABC, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, Pushing Daisies

FRINGE Recap: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

The Good: With the mysterious serial killer known only as “the Artist” providing FRINGE fanatics with genuine Silence of the Lambs inspired fears, and Olivia Dunham’s emotional connection to a mysterious folic-ally challenged child delivering the tears, last night’s installment of FRINGE was far and away our favorite episode of the series thus far. The [...]

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TV Ratings: April 7, 2009

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM FOX American Idol 21.99 7.8/22 CBS NCIS 17.55 3.6/10 NBC The Biggest Loser 6.75 2.4/7 ABC It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown 4.43 1.2/3 CW Reaper 2.28 0.9/2 8:30PM ABC Charlie Brown All-Stars 4.70 1.3/3 9PM CBS The Mentalist 16.75 3.6/9 ABC Dancing with [...]

9 Posted in Nielsen Overnight TV Show Ratings

Mini-Review: THE UNUSUALS

By: Aleks Chan If RESCUE ME wanted to be a network dramedy it might try to be like this. Or not. About New York cops who take up cases both off-kilter and Serious, it can’t seem to figure out how to react to either situation, making THE UNUSUALS more disjointed than engaging. The cast is [...]

5 Posted in ABC