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TV Ratings: Friday December 17, 2010

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM CBS Yes, Virginia (R) 4.84 1.2/5 NBC Minute to Win It (R) 4.06 1.0/4 ABC Supernanny 4.00 1.0/4 FOX Are We There Yet? (Movie) 2.76 0.8/3 CW The Vampire Diaries (R) 1.57 0.6/2 8:30PM CBS Frosty the Snowman (R) 5.60 1.6/6 9PM NBC Dateline [...]

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Your TV Tech Fix: IBM’s Watson is a JEOPARDY Playing Machine… Literally.

This coming February television and technology are going to collide in a bizarre, yet totally awesome way. IBM’s Watson, a JEOPARDY playing supercomputer, is going to take on the game’s two greatest champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, over three shows airing February 14th, 15th, and 16th. It’s man versus machine in the biggest thing to [...]

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Morning Static: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, THE BIG BANG THEORY, MODER FAMILY & More!

• As the Twitter Turns, Eric Braeden defends his exit from HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. • Big Raise, for BIG BANG THEORY star Kunal Nayyar. • Is TV ready for tough-but-damaged female hero Jessica Jones? Discuss. • There’s something about Matt [Dillon], who has been tapped to play Claire’s ex on an upcoming episode [...]

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ABC Gets its Mid-Season Report Card

The Good: Suffice to say, “good” doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface when it comes to THE MIDDLE, BETTER WITH YOU, MODERN FAMILY and COUGAR TOWN, ABC’s Wednesday night comedy block that may in fact be laugh-for-laugh, our favorite televised two hours of the week. Also falling under the category of good are aging [...]

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Watch, PVR, Pass: Friday December 17, 2010

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Neil Patrick Harris Calls Daytime Star Out!

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Holy star wars! It looks like Doogie Howser has declared war on Victor Newman! Earlier today, Neil Patrick Harris (Barney, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER) took Eric Braeden (aka THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS’ tyranical tycoon, Victor) to task via twitter. “Eric Braeden is a D-Bag,” read Harris’ tweetstream of the daytimer who has guested [...]

8 Posted in Featured, Neil Patrick Harris, Stuff That's Awesome!

We Cast ABC’s BEING ERICA Reboot

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Following yesterday’s news that has ABC developing a U.S. version of the Canadian hit BEING ERICA, it was only natural that our twitter stream flooded with suggestions as to who would be the perfect actress to take the reins from Canada’s Erica (Erin Karpluk). That said, despite some truly fantastic suggestion from the likes of [...]

10 Posted in Being Erica, Featured

TV Ratings: Thursday December 16, 2010

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM CBS The Big Bang Theory 13.51 4.1/13 ABC A Charlie Brown Christmas 6.39 1.9/5 FOX Bones (R) 5.16 1.3/4 NBC Community (R) 3.19 1.2/4 CW The Vampire Diaries (R) 1.76 0.7/2 8:30PM CBS $#*! My Dad Says 10.47 3.0/9 NBC 30 Rock (R) 3.64 [...]

0 Posted in Nielsen Overnight TV Show Ratings

Morning Static: SUPERNATURAL, STARGATE, FRINGE & More!

• SUPERNATURAL: Why it still rocks. • RIP: STARGATE UNIVERSE • Living up to their namesake as in sly as a… FOX exec spills on their FRINGE ‘deathslot’-spoofing promo and plans to attract new viewers. • Being Eric?! Erin Karpluk’s take on ABC’s just announced adaptation of BEING ERICA. • Bloody Scoop! Sam Trammell teases [...]

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The Backlot: Imagine… What Now?

8 Posted in Syfy, The Backlot