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The TV Addict Trend Watch: Television’s Most Annoying Characters

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7 Posted in Featured, Trend Watch

Morning Static: GLEE, GOSSIP GIRL, THE VAMPIE DIARIES & More!

• Pilot Watch: Christina Ricci in talks to star in ABC’s PAN AM. • In response to Rosie…GLEE’s Ashley Fink knows what boys like. • Rumor Patrol: Mark Burnett reportedly wooing Cee-Lo Green and Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine to judge his NBC singing competition THE VOICE. • Ever wonder what it’s like directing GOSSIP [...]

0 Posted in Morning Static

Good News, Bad News: TERMINATOR THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, FOX’s Fall Sked & EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND

The TV Addict (left) with star Thomas Dekker on the set of TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, Fall 2007 Good News: TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES is returning to the small screen. Bad News: Make that, reruns of TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES are returning to the small screen, with Syfy acquiring the rights to [...]

0 Posted in Fox, HBO, Terminator, The Sarah Connor Chronicles

On TV Tonight: Tuesday February 22, 2011

NET 8PM 8:30PM 9PM 9:30PM 10PM 10:30PM ABC No Ordinary Family V Primetime: WhatWould You Do? CBS NCIS NCIS: Los Angeles The Good Wife CW One Tree Hill Hellcats FOX Glee Raising Hope Traffic Light Lights Out (FX) NBC Biggest Loser: Couples Parenthood MISC Southland (TNT)White Collar (USA)

0 Posted in on tv tonight

Attention GetGlue, Philo, Miso and IntoNow… Check This!

If you’re anything like this TV Addict, odds are fairly certain that since reading Tiffany Vogt’s fantastic piece from earlier in the day in which she pulled back the curtain on the 16,000 or so Nielsen families whose viewing habits play far too an integral role in dictating what shows remains on the air, you’ve [...]

1 Posted in Random Musings

TV Ratings: Monday February 21, 2011 (THE CHICAGO CODE Reverses Ratings Slide!)

Source: MediaWeek, Ratings: in millions Time Network Show Rating 18-49 8PM FOX House 9.90 3.1/8 ABC The Bachelor 9.90 3.1/8 CBS How I Met Your Mother 9.44 3.6/10 NBC Chuck 5.51 1.7/4 CW 90210 1.50 0.7/2 8:30PM CBS Mad Love 8.02 2.8/7 9PM CBS Two and a Half Men (R) 11.52 3.0/8 CBS The Bachelor [...]

4 Posted in Nielsen Overnight TV Show Ratings

We Charge DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Creator Marc Cherry with Crimes Against Hilarity

After almost seven seasons of mystery and mayhem, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES’ uncanny ability to keep us on our toes has never ceased to amaze. Unfortunately, the most amazing thing about this season thus far has been the shabby treatment of star Vanessa Williams. Despite the show’s spotty track record when it comes to handling new additions [...]

0 Posted in Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, vanessa williams

The Nielsen Conundrum: Why An Entire Nation of TV Addicts Are Being Held Hostage By 16,000 Viewers

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If you are a television viewer today, you probably have scratched your head in bewilderment at how television ratings are determined.  Simply put, there are an estimated 16,000 viewers that have Nielsen black boxes, and those 16,000 people are determining what the rest of us are allowed to watch on television.   Essentially, if you [...]

13 Posted in Bubble Watch, Featured, WTF?!

Morning Static: FIREFLY, AMERICAN IDOL, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE & More!

• Confirmed: AMERICAN IDOL will debut online voting this year. • The signal can’t be stopped! Fans launch ‘Help Nathan Fillion Buy FIREFLY’ movement. • Club kidding, Nightlife stooge Stefon takes SNL by storm. • The signal can’t be stopped! (Part II): Alan Tudyk joins ABC comedy. • Nice girls get pilots, A look at [...]

0 Posted in Morning Static

On TV Tonight: Monday February 21, 2011

NET 8PM 8:30PM 9PM 9:30PM 10PM 10:30PM ABC The Bachelor Castle CBS How I Met Your Mother Mad Love Two and a Half Men Mike & Molly Hawaii Five-0 CW 90210 Gossip Girl FOX House The Chicago Code NBC Chuck The Cape Harry’s Law MISC Pretty Little Liars(ABC Family) Greek (ABC Family) Amanda Knox: Murder [...]

0 Posted in on tv tonight