Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | George Strait: AMC Artist of the Decade | 9.78 | 1.7/6 |
ABC | Wipeout | 9.24 | 3.2/10 | |
FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 7.19 | 2.9/10 | |
NBC | Law & Order: CI (R) | 5.11 | 1.1/3 | |
CW | America’s Next Top Model (R) | 1.23 | 0.5/2 | |
9PM | CBS | George Strait: AMC Artist of the Decade | 11.82 | 2.5/7 |
FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 9.36 | 3.8/10 | |
NBC | Law & Order: SVU (R) | 6.68 | 1.7/4 | |
ABC | The Goode Family | 3.93 | 1.6/5 | |
CW | Hitched or Ditched (R) | 1.11 | 0.5/1 | |
9:30PM | ABC | Surviving Suburbia | 2.83 | 1.0/3 |
10PM | CBS | Criminal Minds (R) | 8.80 | 2.0/6 |
NBC | Law & Order (R) | 6.47 | 1.8/5 | |
ABC | The Unusuals | 3.91 | 1.2/3 |
Archives for May 2009
Help Recast the Network’s Fall Shows!
Like clockwork, or a second-rate reality TV offering from the CW, it happens every year; The post-network Upfront shuffle. That awkward week following the Upfronts when networks quietly begin to recast and retool the shows they just spent the week touting to advertisers/ media buyers as the Fall’s “Next Big Thing!”
According to the Hollywood Reporter (who is living up to their namesake by reporting), ABC’s FORGOTTEN has jettisoned its lead investigator played by British import Rupert Penry-Jones, NCIS: LOS ANGELES is dropping Louise Lombard and THREE RIVERS is continuing the trend that seems to plague star Alex O’Loughlin (see: MOONLIGHT) by recasting the female lead originally played by Julia Ormond. Changes are also in store for TRAUMA, THE GOOD WIFE and NBC’s 100 QUESTIONS (details of which can be found here.)
Which is where you come in.
Question of the Day: The GREY’S ANATOMY Season Finale
This just posted scoop on the rumored fate of George O’Malley just reminded me of a question I’ve been meaning to throw out there since GREY’S ANATOMY’s recent season finale.
What made you angrier: The manner in which Shonda Rhimes may have written off T.R. Knight, or the fact that as an ER fan from way back, you still didn’t manage to see that coming?
Tonight’s TV Addictions: May 27, 2009
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
GREAT PERFORMANCES (8PM PBS)
Grab your Piragua and buckle up for this Tony treat. The story of the 2009 Tony award-winning musical IN THE HEIGHTS, from early in its production to its broadway success.
NEW & NOTABLE:
WIPEOUT (8PM ABC)
Clearing up the mystery of where have all the television viewers have gone is this ABC offering that brings a solid hour of people falling in the mud. Awesome stuff, really.
THE GOODE FAMILY (9PM ABC, CityTV in Canada)
Good yes, funny… unfortunately, not so much.
YOUR WORST ANIMAL NIGHTMARES (9PM Animal Planet)
Cue theme to Jaws
Say What? Our TV Quote of the Day
“I don’t want to look at the world through rose-colored glasses… I want the world to be rose colored! I want people to be nice. People should be nice. Nice should be the norm. I hate it that I can’t trust anyone. I hate it that I can’t put my daughter on the front lawn by herself. I hate it that I have to lock my car and I have to worry about an alarm system in my house and I can’t send cash in the mail. That’s not the way it’s supposed to be!” — Karen Fairgate MacKenzie’s famous “Pollyanna” speech, KNOTS LANDING
We’ve Got Your Economic Bailout Right Here: Win THE CLOSER on DVD
In keeping with today’s theme of TV on DVD to help get you through the network’s summer offerings of reruns and reality comes your very own economic bailout. Yes, theTVaddict.com is thrilled to be giving away the just released fourth season of THE CLOSER on DVD.
Starring the multiple award–winning Kyra Sedgwick as one of television’s feistiest and most provocative police women, this DVD will showcase all 15 episodes from the series’ fourth year, as well as bonus material in a four-disc collection. All of which can be yours (for free!) should you be able to answer this ridiculously challenging skill-testing question: How many degrees is Kyra Sedgwick away from Kevin Bacon and why?
One winner will be chosen at random and notified via email on June 3, so be sure to enter using a valid email address. Not a winner? THE CLOSER Season 4 is now available on Amazon for only $25.99.
Snap Judgements: MELROSE PLACE, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE
MELROSE PLACE
According to the official CW description: The new MELROSE PLACE features a dynamic ensemble of up-and-coming stars, along with two original cast members reprising the roles they made famous: Laura Leighton as Sydney Andrews and Thomas Calabro as Dr. Michael Mancini. MELROSE PLACE promises to deliver all the backstabbing and sizzle of the original series.
According to this TV Addict: We’re cautiously optimistic, assuming of course that the proverbial powers that be learned a lesson or two (of five!) from the colossal disappointment that was 90210’s first season. Plus, having Sydney Andrews (Laura Leighton) and Michael Mancini (Thomas Calabro) back in our living room on a weekly basis to wreak havoc sure sounds like fun.
TV Ratings: Tuesday May 26, 2009
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | NCIS (R) | 12.23 | 2.2/7 |
NBC | TV’s 50 Funniest Phrases | 5.72 | 1.7/5 | |
FOX | House (R) | 4.23 | 1.7/5 | |
ABC | According to Jim | 3.74 | 1.1/3 | |
CW | Reaper | 2.22 | 0.9/3 | |
9PM | CBS | The Mentalist (R) | 12.32 | 2.4/6 |
NBC | TV’s 50 Funniest Phrases | 7.41 | 2.3/6 | |
FOX | Mental | 5.80 | 2.1/5 | |
ABC | Diamonds | 3.26 | 0.6/2 | |
CW | Hitched or Ditched | 1.46 | 0.7/2 | |
10PM | CBS | Without a Trace (R) | 9.57 | 2.1/6 |
NBC | Law & Order: SVU (R) | 6.40 | 2.1/6 | |
ABC | Diamonds | 3.10 | 0.6/2 |
Our Summer Survival Guide Day 2: TV on DVD
In Day 2 of theTVaddict.com’s Summer Survival Guide, we take a look at affordable, brilliant-but-cancelled TV on DVD that are a must own for TV Addicts everywhere.
KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL
Before THE HANGOVER propels small screen star Bradley Cooper into the big screen leading man that he so richly deserves to be, why not be the quasi-obnoxious guy/gal who can say, “I remember him when!” by checking out his 13 episode stint as brilliant bad boy chef Jack Bourdain, in the short-lived FOX series that took us behind-the-scenes of the zany and unpredictable world of New York Eateries. A behind the scenes that we should also mention features an unforgettable supporting cast including Nicholas Brendon, John Francis Daley, Jaimie King, Bonnie Somerville, Owain Yeoman, John Cho, Frank Langella, Sam Pancake and guest appearances by John Larroquette and Michael Vartan. (Only $13.99 on Amazon)
Tonight’s TV Addictions: May 26, 2009
NEW & NOTABLE:
ACCORDING TO JIM (9PM ABC)
According to us, ACCORDING TO JIM really should have saved an appearance by former NFL star William “Refigerator” Perry for sweeps. We’re just sayin’
REAPER (9PM CW)
The second (and final) season concludes with Sam attempting to trap the Devil into playing a game to win back his soul. Fingers crossed it doesn’t end on a cliffhanger.
MENTAL (9PM FOX, Global in Canada)
Good News: FOX is taking a break from HOUSE repeats to offer up a new dramatic series starring PRISON BREAK’s Chris Vance. Bad News: Viewers would probably be better off with a HOUSE repeat than this unimaginative procedural that, as The Boston Globe so accurately put it, “really, really, really wants to be HOUSE in a hospital psych ward.”