NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | No Ordinary Family (R) | V | Detroit 1-8-7 | |||
CBS | NCIS | NCIS: Los Angeles | The Good Wife | |||
CW | One Tree Hill | Hellcats | ||||
FOX | Glee (R) | Million Dollar Money Drop | Lights Out (FX) | |||
NBC | Biggest Loser: Couples | Parenthood | ||||
MISC | White Collar (USA) |
Archives for February 2011
Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Questions with DETROIT 1-8-7 Star James McDaniel
As a giant lover of animals, dogs in particular, we wanted to start off by asking about your first love: Is it true that growing up you originally wanted to be a veterinarian?
James McDaniel: First of all I wasn’t into dogs or cats, I was into horses and livestock. When I was a kid I was an equestrian and I figured that would be a normal transition. Unfortunately the thing I didn’t take into account was that it would be a very rural lifestyle. Driving a pick up truck from town to town, dirt roads, walking through cow patties with a rubber glove going up to my shoulder. I hadn’t thought about the lifestyle. And once I figured out that maybe that wasn’t the lifestyle for me, being a city boy I though maybe I could be an actor.
Were you at all apprehensive about signing onto DETROIT 1-8-7 having spent almost a decade on NYPD BLUE, one of television’s most iconic cop shows?
I don’t see much of a comparison between the two shows. The genre doesn’t really matter that much because at the end of the day being a Cop is what we do, but that’s not what we’re really showing the American public. The better you get to know these people, each episode is about a certain theme, a certain part of humanity. It doesn’t matter if you’r wearing cowboy hats, fireman or if we’re doctors or whatever, the reason they pick these genres because generally they present life and death situations so the stakes are very very high. So the fact that i’m playing another cop doesn’t matter to me, it’s a very different cop and I defy anyone to detect there are any strains between NYPD Blue’s Arthur Fancy and Jesse Longford.
The TV Addict Trend Watch
TV Ratings: Monday January 31, 2011
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | ABC | The Bachelor | 9.24 | 2.9/8 |
FOX | Human Target | 7.84 | 2.2/8 | |
CBS | How I Met Your Mother (R) | 7.38 | 2.5/7 | |
NBC | Chuck | 5.76 | 1.8/5 | |
CW | 90210 | 1.87 | 0.8/2 | |
8:30PM | CBS | Rules of Engagement (R) | 7.44 | 2.5/7 |
9PM | CBS | Two and a Half Men (R) | 11.21 | 3.1/8 |
ABC | The Bachelor | 9.56 | 3.3/8 | |
FOX | Lie to Me | 7.06 | 2.1/5 | |
NBC | The Cape | 5.18 | 1.5/4 | |
CW | Gossip Girl | 1.60 | 0.8/2 | |
9:30PM | CBS | Mike & Molly (R) | 9.12 | 2.4/6 |
10PM | NBC | Harry’s Law | 10.71 | 2.0/5 |
CBS | Hawaii Five-0 (R) | 6.99 | 1.7/5 | |
ABC | Castle (R) | 6.61 | 1.9/5 |
The Backlot: Al Jabieber
Is Romance Dead on Television?
When looking out over the television landscape today, one would be hard pressed to find even a few crumbs of romance. There are oodles of relationships, people sharing intimacy, and more than a fair share of people breaking-up and making-up. But there is very little actual romance. As a viewer who is drawn to the likes of classic Jane Austen, I find myself shifting through the primetime television shows in search of even a sliver of a romance. In fact, it feels rarer than if one were to go panhandling for gold itself.
Romance is not about people falling into bed, shacking-up, or making out with their flavor of the month boyfriend or girlfriend. Instead, it is something much more delicate and elusive. Romance is a hint of a soft whisper, the briefest of caress, or a stolen look of desire. Perhaps it is naive to believe that viewers are even looking for romance on television today.
But I imagine that there are more than just a few of us turning the channels, pouring over our TV schedules and praying for a miracle as we watch what is currently being broadcast. Crime procedurals, legal dramas, medical dramas, family dramedies and teenage angst are all fine — if that is what you are in the mood for. But, then there are the days, when I sit in front of my television wishing that it could magically offer an escape from the harsh world we live in — to be transported some place where there is beauty, love and engaging stories of people searching for and finding love.
Morning Static: Russell Hantz, Katy Perry, Kristen Bell & More!
• Outwit, outplay, outspoil! Survivor Spoiler exposes Russell Hantz as his source.
• The incredible shrinking series! CBS orders additional episodes of MIKE & MOLLY and RULES OF ENGAGEMENT to fill the void left by TWO AND A HALF MEN.
• Kristen Bell finally takes our advice, books a first class ticket back to TV courtesy of Showtime’s HOUSE OF LIES comedy pilot.
• “I’m the mother!” Get your first look at Katy Perry’s HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER guest appearance.
• Pilot Watch: Teri Polo, Darrell Hammond Book Pilots, BOARDWALK adds a recurring role.
• Why Nielsen ratings are inaccurate, and why they’ll stay that way.