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Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Top 5 Stupefying Moments From Last Night’s Premiere of THE BACHELOR

Brad’s shock. Seriously, dude? You didn’t think the two women you dumped during the final episode last time around would be trotted out? Have you never seen a reality show… including the one that made you the most hated bachelor in America? The vampire chick. Seriously, dude? How did you not immediately notice that the [...]

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We Preview the New Season of V with Scott Wolf

Allow us to set the scene: It’s an unseasonably chilly August morning in beautiful Vancouver British Columbia. Hundreds of angry protestors have surrounded the entrance to CBC’s [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation] Headquarters. In the middle of which is your very own TV Addict, huddled amidst a gaggle of television reporters. It starts to rain. As we [...]

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TV Ratings: Monday January 4, 2011

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM CBS How I Met Your Mother 10.37 3.9/11 ABC The Bachelor 8.87 2.6/7 FOX House (R) 4.66 1.4/4 NBC Chuck (R) 2.85 0.8/2 CW 90210 (R) 1.17 0.5/1 8:30PM CBS Rules of Engagement 9.90 3.4/9 9PM CBS Two and a Half Men 15.34 4.6/11 [...]

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The Ugly Truth About the TV Ratings Game

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By: Tiffany Vogt   In response to my article “The Year Round Programming Debate: Do We Want Our Summer Shows in Winter?” one program executive provided the following rationale for why networks are doing so.  He proffered that it was for “strategic business reasons” in order to attract and secure Fall ad sales and to [...]

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Morning Static: GREEK, SKINS, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER & More!

• HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: By the Numbers. • Q&A: GREEK Creator Sean Smith talks Season 4. • Baring all that it can, SKINS is arriving soon on MTV. • For the next time your parents tell you that all that TV watching won’t amount to anything… bookmark this! • Ensure you don’t miss [...]

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Your TV Addict Cheat Sheet: What’s Worth Watching on TV This Week!

Guest Stars, Premieres & Award Shows Oh My! Your [new] weekly guide to what’s worth watching courtesy of this week’s TV Addict Cheat Sheet GUEST STARS: Laura Prepon heats up CASTLE (Monday, 10PM ABC), Ricky Schroder and Annie Wersching swoop into NO ORDINARY FAMILY (Tuesday, 8PM ABC), Jane Badler infest V (Tuesday, 9PM ABC), James [...]

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On TV Tonight: Monday January 3, 2011

NET 8PM 8:30PM 9PM 9:30PM 10PM 10:30PM ABC The Bachelor Castle CBS How I MetYour Mother Rules ofEngagement Two and aHalf Men Mike &Molly Hawaii Five-0 CW 90210 (R) Gossip Girl (R) FOX House (R) Lie to Me (R) NBC Chuck (R) Biggest Loser: Where Are They Now? (R) ABCFAM Pretty Little Liars Greek MISC [...]

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Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Things You Didn’t Know About PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Star Ashley Benson

She’s still on the show. For the seven or eight fans who spent the better part of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS’ hiatus fretting over whether or not Hanna survived last season’s not-so-fatal car crash that capped off the first half of ABC Family’s surprise summer smash, worry not. “The episode starts off with my character Hanna [...]

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TV Ratings: Sunday January 2, 2011

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM NBC Football Night in America 15.81 5.5/15 CBS CSI: Miami 11.72 2.0/5 ABC Extreme Makeover: HE 8.21 2.1/6 FOX The Simpsons (R) 6.25 2.7/7 8:30PM NBC Sunday Night Football 16.72 6.0/15 FOX Cleveland Show (R) 4.98 2.2/6 9PM NBC Sunday Night Football 16.37 5.8/14 [...]

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January TV 2011: Print and Download Your Calendar Here!

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Were you one of those silly TV Addicts who eschewed your small screen duties over the holidays to spend so-called quality time with family and friends? Big Mistake! Because starting tonight, Networks will be making up for lost time with a deluge of new and returning favorites. And here, as usual, to help you keep [...]

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