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 are not one of the privileged few with a Nielsen black box, then you are simply a calculated-statistic based on the viewing patterns of one of those 16,000 who may be in the same age group as you – regardless of the fact that you may have better taste in television shows.
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On TV Tonight: Monday February 21, 2011
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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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 on Trial in Italy (Lifetime) |
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:
Robin Givens and Lauren Cohan cause trouble on CHUCK (Monday, 8PM NBC), Kyle MacLachlan confronts Ted on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (Monday, 8PM CBS), Adrian Pasdar swoops into to CASTLE (Monday, 10PM ABC), Dane Cook touches down in HAWAII FIVE-0 (Monday, 10PM CBS), Anthony Michael Hall guests on NO ORDINARY FAMILY (Tuesday, 8PM ABC), Amy Sedaris yuks it up on RAISING HOPE (Tuesday, 9PM FOX), America Ferrera returns to television on THE GOOD WIFE (Tuesday, 10PM CBS), Nick Swisher steps up to BETTER WITH YOU (Wednesday, 8:30PM ABC), LuAnn de Lesseps visits LAW & ORDER: SVU (Wednesday, 10PM NBC), Eliza Coupe snoops around COMMUNITY (Thursday, 8PM NBC), David Koechner returns to THE OFFICE (Thursday, 9PM NBC), Chloe Grace Moretz tells 30 ROCK to let me in (Thursday, 10PM NBC), Serinda Swan returns to SMALLVILLE (Friday, 8PM CW), Kim Cattrall discovers WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? (Friday, 8PM NBC)
TV Ratings: Sunday February 20, 2011 (Not-so-AMAZING numbers for RACE premiere)
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | Amazing Race: Unfinished Business | 9.11 | 2.4/7 |
ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | 9.11 | 2.3/6 | |
FOX | The Simpsons | 6.44 | 2.8/8 | |
NBC | SNL: Just Commercials (R) | 5.44 | 2.8/8 | |
8:30PM | FOX | Bob’s Burgers | 4.87 | 2.2/6 |
9PM | ABC | Desperate Housewives | 10.74 | 3.1/8 |
CBS | Undercover Boss | 9.95 | 2.4/6 | |
FOX | Family Guy | 6.56 | 3.3/8 | |
NBC | SNL: Backstage | 6.44 | 1.9/5 | |
9:30PM | FOX | Cleveland Show | 5.42 | 2.6/7 |
10PM | CBS | CSI: Miami | 10.36 | 1.8/5 |
ABC | Brothers & Sisters | 6.60 | 1.8/5 | |
NBC | SNL: Backstage | 6.28 | 2.2/6 |
On TV Tonight: Sunday February 20, 2011
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | Desperate Housewives | Brothers & Sisters | |||
CBS | Amazing Race Unfinished Business | Undercover Boss | CSI: Miami | |||
HBO | Big Love | |||||
FOX | The Simpsons | Bob’s Burgers | Family Guy | Cleveland Show | ||
NBC | Saturday Night Live Just Commercials | Saturday Night Live Backstage | ||||
SHO | Californication | Episodes | Shameless |
A “Legendaddy” First Look: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER’s Barney Meets the Parents!
Think you know everything there is to know about Barney’s upcoming face-to-face with his estranged father Jerry (John Lithgow)? Well, think again! Because as it turns out, a father won’t be the only new family member Barney meets on the upcoming March 21st episode appropriately titled “Legendaddy.” Joining Jerry will be wife Cheryl (Nancy Travis) and half-brother J.J. (Will Shadley). More first look photos of which can be found after the jump.
TV Ratings: Wednesday February 16, 2011 (ABC Smiling Less Amidst SUSPECT Competition)
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | FOX | American Idol | 19.12 | 6.6/20 |
CBS | Survivor: Redemption Island | 11.02 | 3.1/9 | |
ABC | The Middle | 7.96 | 2.3/7 | |
NBC | Minute To Win It | 3.72 | 1.0/3 | |
CW | Nikita (R) | 1.40 | 0.4/1 | |
8:30PM | ABC | Better With You | 5.86 | 1.8/5 |
9PM | FOX | American Idol | 23.76 | 8.4/22 |
CBS | Criminal Minds | 12.48 | 3.1/8 | |
ABC | Modern Family | 10.54 | 4.3/12 | |
NBC | Minute To Win It | 3.44 | 0.9/2 | |
CW | The Vampire Diaries (R) | 846,000 | 0.3/1 | |
9:30PM | ABC | Mr. Sunshine | 7.01 | 2.6/7 |
10PM | CBS | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | 13.07 | 3.3/10 |
NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 6.92 | 2.1/6 | |
ABC | Off The Map | 4.37 | 1.5/4 |
On TV Tonight: Wednesday February 16, 2011
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | The Middle | Better With You | Modern Family | Mr. Sunshine | Off the Map | |
CBS | Survivor: Redemption Island | Criminal Minds | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | |||
CW | Nikita (R) | The Vampire Diaries (R) | ||||
FOX | American Idol | Justified (FX) | ||||
NBC | Minute to Win It | Minute to Win It | Law & Order: SVU |
TV Ratings: Tuesday February 15, 2011
Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | NCIS | 19.47 | 2.7/11 |
FOX | Glee | 10.46 | 4.2/12 | |
NBC | Biggest Loser: Couples | 6.92 | 2.3/7 | |
ABC | No Ordinary Family | 5.04 | 1.5/4 | |
CW | One Tree Hill | 1.73 | 0.8/2 | |
9PM | CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles | 16.83 | 3.3/9 |
NBC | Biggest Loser: Couples | 8.10 | 2.9/8 | |
FOX | Raising Hope | 5.57 | 2.2/6 | |
ABC | V | 5.39 | 1.9/5 | |
CW | Hellcats | 1.61 | 0.7/2 | |
9:30PM | FOX | Traffic Lights | 3.57 | 1.5/4 |
10PM | CBS | The Good Wife | 11.40 | 2.1/6 |
ABC | Detroit 1-8-7 | 5.21 | 1.2/3 | |
NBC | Parenthood | 5.10 | 1.9/6 |
Anything CLEVELAND SHOW’s Mike Henry Can Do, a Machine Can’t Do Better!
Great news for humans currently living in fear that this week’s Man vs. Machine battle on JEOPARDY is merely the opening salvo in the eventual enslavement of the human race by our soon-to-be Robot overlords. When the inevitable does happen, there will still be a need for a handful of fairly talented flesh-bots. Or at least that was what the titular voice of THE CLEVELAND SHOW, executive producer Mike Henry (pictured above, top left), indicated during a recent conference call with reporters.