• SUITS Post Mortem: Boss on That Very Revealing Cliffhanger, Harvey’s Trust Issues and More.
• Da! FX renews THE AMERICANS for Season 2.
• The Business of Show: Nielsen Ratings To Add TV Watching Via Broadband.
• Mark Your Calendars: Justin Timberlake to host SNL for the fifth time in March.
• Pilot Shuffle: Robbie Amell to star in TOMORROW PEOPLE, Ryan Hansen BAD TEACHER, Kim Dickens in SECOND SEASON and ABC’s RECKLESS adds two.
Archives for February 2013
TV Ratings: Wednesday February 20, 2013 (AMERICAN IDOL Down But Not Out)
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | FOX | American Idol | 14.24 | 4.1/11 |
CBS | Survivor Caramoan | 9.45 | 2.5/7 | |
ABC | The Middle | 8.17 | 2.2/7 | |
NBC | Whitney | 3.26 | 1.1/3 | |
CW | Arrow | 3.12 | 0.9/3 | |
8:30PM | ABC | The Neighbors | 6.29 | 1.9/5 |
NBC | Guys With Kids | 2.96 | 1.1/3 | |
9PM | FOX | American Idol | 14.24 | 4.1/11 |
CBS | Criminal Minds | 10.74 | 2.7/8 | |
ABC | Modern Family | 10.57 | 3.9/10 | |
NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 5.71 | 1.7/4 | |
CW | Supernatural | 3.12 | 0.9/3 | |
9:30PM | ABC | Suburgatory | 5.89 | 2.0/5 |
10PM | CBS | CSI | 10.54 | 2.3/7 |
NBC | Chicago Fire | 6.42 | 1.9/5 | |
ABC | 20/20 Special: Mad About Oscar | 4.98 | 1.3/4 |
On TV Tonight: Thursday February 21, 2013
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Zero Hour | Grey’s Anatomy | Scandal | |||
CBS | The Big Bang Theory | Two and a Half Men | Person of Interest | Elementary | ||
CW | The Vampire Diaries | Beauty and the Beast | ||||
FOX | American Idol | Archer (FX) | Legit (FX) | |||
NBC | Community | Parks and Recreation | 1600 Penn | Law & Order: SVU (R) | ||
Misc | Project Runway (Lifetime) Anger Management (FX) | Suits (USA) Kathy (Bravo) King of the Nerds (TBS) |
The Business of Show: Is the Practice of Releasing Pilots Early Online Doing More Harm Than Good?
By: BigTVFan
Apparently the less than stellar ratings for ABC’s ZERO HOUR hasn’t deterred ABC. Now they’ve released the RED WIDOW pilot 2 weeks early. I questioned this decision a few weeks ago. (Why release Zero Hour early?) Now there’s even more evidence that in most cases the negatives for this practice outweigh any positive. I think this trend is self-defeating . Every show this year except REVOLUTION that was released early has tanked. Most recently, any show released early has tanked horribly. SMASH had its first hour released a few weeks early and the 2 hour premiere opened at a low 1.2. DO NO HARM was on every online outlet weeks before and garnered the lowest premiere in broadcast network history and is already off the air. ZERO HOUR was ABCs lowest rated premiere in the all important 18-49 demo, EVER. [Read more…]
Morning Static: PARKS AND RECREATION,UP ALL NIGHT, NETFLIX & More!
• Pilot Watch: NECESSARY ROUGHNESS’ Marc Blucas joins ABC Drama KILLER WOMEN.
• More Bad News for UP ALL NIGHT: Will Arnett to headline Greg Garcia Comedy for CBS.
• PARKS AND RECREATION Wedding: 5 Spoilery bits from Amy Poehler, Adam Scott and Mike Schur.
• Mark Your Calendars: Fox moves NEW GIRL and THE MINDY PROJECT to Thursday for one week.
• Britain’s Got Judges! AMERICA’s GOT TALENT hires Mel B to replace Sharon Osbourne.
• The Business of Show: How Netflix and the internet might impact this year’s Emmy Race.
ONCE UPON A TIME First Look: “The Queen is Dead”
Wondering which Queen exactly those smarter-than-your-average-scribes are referring to when it comes to the appropriately titled Sunday March 3 episode of ONCE UPON A TIME? We sure as heck were, which is precisely why we’ve decided to post some spoilerific first look photos after the jump. [Read more…]
Laugh Break: The Cast of DOWNTON ABBEY Covers One Direction’s ‘What Makes You Beautiful’
TV Ratings: Tuesday February 19, 2013 (CULT Fails to Live Up to Namesake in Disappointing Series Premiere)
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | NCIS | 20.93 | 3.5/10 |
ABC | The Taste | 4.89 | 1.6/5 | |
NBC | Betty White’s Off Their Rockers | 4.65 | 1.3/4 | |
FOX | Raising Hope | 3.70 | 1.5/5 | |
CW | Hart of Dixie | 1.37 | 0.5/1 | |
8:30PM | NBC | Betty White’s Off Their Rockers | 4.69 | 1.4/4 |
FOX | New Girl (R) | 2.82 | 1.3/3 | |
9PM | CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles | 16.34 | 2.7/7 |
ABC | The Bachelor | 8.14 | 2.6/7 | |
FOX | New Girl | 4.36 | 2.2/6 | |
NBC | Go On | 3.32 | 1.1/3 | |
CW | Cult | 940,000 | 0.3/1 | |
9:30PM | FOX | The Mindy Project | 3.04 | 1.6/4 |
NBC | The New Normal | 2.83 | 1.0/2 | |
10PM | CBS | Vegas | 9.67 | 1.5/4 |
ABC | Body of Proof | 6.66 | 1.2/3 | |
NBC | Smash | 3.29 | 0.9/2 |
On TV Tonight: Wednesday February 20, 2013
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | The Middle | The Neighbors | Modern Family | Suburgatory | A Special Edition of 20/20: Mad About Oscar with Katie Couric | |
CBS | Survivor: Caramoan – Fans vs Favorites | Criminal Minds | CSI | |||
CW | Arrow | Supernatural | ||||
FOX | American Idol | The Americans (FX) | ||||
NBC | Whitney | Guys with Kids | Law & Order: SVU | Chicago Fire | ||
Misc | WWE Main Event (ION) | Southland (TNT Necessary Roughness (USA) Hot in Cleveland/Happily Divorced (TV Land) Workaholics/Kroll Show (Comedy) Top Chef: Seattle (Bravo) |
Morning Static: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, DOWNTON ABBEY, PILOT-PALOOZA & More!
• Trailer Park: IFC’s new original animated series OUT THERE.
• Spoiler Alert: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT season four will feature a couple of big name guest stars.
• An Offer They Could Refuse: HBO passes on James Gandolfini’s CRIMINAL JUSTICE pilot.
• The Business of Show: DOWNTON ABBEY’s third season finale nabs 8.2 million viewers.
• Must Read TV: 18 things THE WEST WING got wrong.
• Pilot Watch: Tricia Helfer, Tate Donovan, Ari Graynor Geoff Stults, Jason Lee, Mandy Moore and Catherine O’Hara attach themselves to pilots.