With the Network UpFronts just around the corner, theTVaddict.com’s Bubble Watch continues with special correspondent Nawfal Faizullah’s look at BETTER WITH YOU and MR. SUNSHINE’s prospects for renewal amidst an embarrassment of Wednesday night comedy riches that include THE MIDDLE, MODERN FAMILY, HAPPY ENDINGS and COUGAR TOWN. Working in their favour: In terms of quality, [...]

When a show’s executive producer takes to his Twitter account to implore fans to watch (“New Chuck Monday. Building up to the finale. Will be blunt: get ppl to watch tmrrw!”) it’s never a good sign. But just how dire are things for CHUCK — a show no stranger to the bubble — with NBC’s [...]

Each year, it is always the same.  As April and May come around, the clock ticks down on a number of television shows whose time has run out.  While some shows will go quietly into the night, others will feel like we have been slapped in the face by a bucket of cold water.  But [...]

Is the fate of your favorite show keeping you up at night? Does the very notion of May UpFronts leave you dizzy in anticipation? Never fear, theTVaddict.com is here with Health Watch: TV 2011, a comprehensive guide that takes the fate of your favorite show to an entirely new level. Which is to say, you [...]

In accordance with our recent conversation with a highly-placed executive at one of the big four networks, theTVaddict.com’s “Bubble Watch 2011? continues with a closer look at BROTHERS & SISTERS renewal chances. Ratings: Suffice to say, there is a reason most shows finds themselves perilously perched on the proverbial bubble come spring, and in the [...]

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 [...]

In accordance with our recent conversation with a highly-placed executive at one of the big four networks, theTVaddict.com kicks off our “Bubble Watch 2011″ with a closer look at CHUCK’s chances for a fifth (and possibly final) season. Ratings: With its unique blend of humorous and heartfelt moments, CHUCK is a lot of things. Unfortunately, [...]

In a continued effort to get a better understanding of the decision making process that goes into renewing or canceling our favorite shows, we asked Michael Hinman, editor-in-chief of Airlock Alpha to shed some light on one of the most important, albeit least talked about factors: The license fee. Ratings make the television world go [...]

If five years of television blogging has taught us anything, it’s that nothing attracts more attention to a website than alerting a fandom to the fact that their show is on the proverbial “bubble.” So let’s get right to it shall we… But before we do (We’re sorry, we know good link bait when we [...]