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Has reality TV run out of pretty people? Just Askin’

In this new recurring column, we tackle some of today’s biggest… or at least most interesting… … or at least vaguely interesting to us… questions. This week, we ask… … has reality TV run out of pretty people? That’s the only explanation we can come up with to explain some of the casting that has [...]

1 Posted in big brother, Random Musings

Watch, PVR, Pass: Thursday August 19, 2010

0 Posted in on tv tonight

Emmy Predictions 2010: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

In anticipation of the upcoming 62nd Annual EMMY Awards (Airing Sunday August 29th at 8PM on NBC) theTVaddict.com is proud [or not-so-proud depending on how things turn out] to once again present our GUARANTEED EMMY WINNERS 2010* NOMINEES: Aaron Paul (BREAKING BAD), Martin Short (DAMAGES), Terry O’Quinn (LOST), Michael Emerson (LOST), John Slattery (MAD MEN), [...]

5 Posted in Emmy Coverage

TV Ratings: Wednesday August 18, 2010 (Interest in BIG BROTHER, err… rises)

Source: MediaWeek, Viewers: in millions Time Network Show Viewers 18-49 8PM CBS Big Brother 12 7.54 2.6/9 NBC Minute to Win It 5.65 1.6/5 FOX MasterChef 4.83 1.9/7 ABC The Middle (R) 3.92 1.0/4 CW America’s Next Top Model (R) 1.55 0.6/2 8:30PM ABC The Middle (R) 3.97 1.1/4 9PM NBC America’s Got Talent 10.16 [...]

0 Posted in Nielsen Overnight TV Show Ratings

Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Shows Julianna Margulies Has Apparently Never Seen!

“I think that is the first time network television has had an oral sex scene,” declared Julianna Margulies after reporters were shown clips from the upcoming season, including one which showed, um, how her alter ego on THE GOOD WIFE earned that name. When asked by a reporter if she’d researched that statement, the actress [...]

6 Posted in The Good Wife

Must Read TV: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, Chelsea Handler, AMERICAN IDOL & More!

• Chelsea Hander to host the VMAs, or as she puts it, “let the ass-kissing begin.” • We love the 90′s! MELISSA & JOEY nets ABC Family its best-ever debut in the key 18-49 demo. • HIMYM Spoiler Alert! Details on the MOTHER of all twists! • Mark your calendars, USA announces plans for Fall/Winter [...]

1 Posted in Morning Static

Watch, PVR, Pass: Wednesday August 18, 2010

0 Posted in on tv tonight

Channel Surfing with CT: TRUE BLOOD, BIG BROTHER, AMERICAN IDOL & More!

Hell hath no fury like a vampire scorned. Just ask Russell Edgington, the bloodsucker who, after interrupting a TBBN telecast and declaring to the world “We will eat you, after we eat your children”, changed the game as it is played in the TRUE BLOOD universe. From the beginning, the show existed in an alternate [...]

1 Posted in American Idol, big brother, Channel Surfing, True Blood

TV Ratings: Tuesday August 17, 2010 (America Loves Talent and Wipeout)

Source: MediaWeek, Viewers: in millions Time Network Show Viewers 18-49 8PM ABC Wipeout 8.86 3.0/10 CBS NCIS (R) 8.70 1.3/4 NBC Minute to Win It (R) 5.24 1.5/5 FOX Glee (R) 3.91 1.4/5 CW Plain Jane (R) 1.21 0.4/1 9PM NBC America’s Got Talent 10.29 2.9/8 CBS NCIS: Los Angeles (R) 7.64 1.4/4 ABC Shaq [...]

0 Posted in Nielsen Overnight TV Show Ratings

Why The CW Needs To Play In The Summer Sandbox

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If a show premieres in the Fall and nobody hears about it, does it attract an audience? When said audience lives in an era of unprecedented access to an immeasurable number of entertainment options at the click of a mouse (or fingertip), probably not. And why —following another dismal ratings report from the CW that [...]

5 Posted in CW News, Featured