Time | Network | Show | Viewers | 18-49 |
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8PM | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 19.08 | 4.0/12 |
FOX | 24 | 8.36 | 2.6/8 | |
CBS | How I Met Your Mother | 8.17 | 3.5/11 | |
NBC | Chuck | 5.06 | 1.8/5 | |
CW | Gossip Girl (R) | 898,000 | 0.4/1 | |
8:30PM | CBS | Rules of Engagement | 8.23 | 3.3/9 |
9PM | CBS | Two and a Half Men | 15.37 | 5.0/13 |
ABC | The Bachelorette | 10.46 | 3.0/8 | |
FOX | 24 | 9.00 | 2.8/7 | |
NBC | Chuck | 5.06 | 1.8/5 | |
CW | One Tree Hill (R) | 570,000 | 0.2/1 | |
9:30PM | CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 14.78 | 5.2/13 |
10PM | CBS | CSI: Miami | 12.38 | 3.2/9 |
ABC | The Bachelorette | 8.63 | 2.8/8 | |
NBC | Law & Order | 7.60 | 1.9/5 |
Archives for May 2010
Crap CBS Says
Someone needs to give the folks at CBS a reality check.
In responding to the predictable ire in some circles regarding the title of the otherwise completely innocuous and unworthy of attention series $H*! MY DAD SAYS, the network is pointing out that “the program is inspired by the wildly popular Twitter phenomena, which now has more than 1.5 million followers.”
Um, 1.5 million is a lot of followers… on twitter. On television? Not so much. If the show managed to bring in twice as many viewers as it has followers, it would still be considered a huge, massive, undeniable, cancel-it-for-the-love-of-God-we-are-bleeding-money failure.
There was absolutely no reason that CBS couldn’t have gone with the title CRAP MY DAD SAYS… except, of course, for the fact that in doing so, they wouldn’t have gotten the free publicity they’ve gotten for a show that is, by all accounts, no MODERN FAMILY.
Your TV Quotes of the Week
Must Read TV: GLEE, LOST, 24 & More!
• Just Jack finally makes it to Broadway, as Sean Hayes gets set to host this year’s Tony Awards.
• Clock runs out on 24, which according to the LA TIMES goes out on a high note.
• Interesting claim: LOST ruined by its own fans!
• Plot hole of the week: Why were Penny and Desmond in the chapel?
• Awards Watch: Matthew Fox, Alexander Skarsgard, Matt Bomer, Bryan Cranston, and John Hamm drop by The Hollywood Reporter for an Emmy Roundtable.
• Sue Sylvester 2012! GLEE earns a third (yes, third!) season pickup from FOX.
• Still not ready to let go? @TheTVShowGirl’s Instant Dharma is a highly entertaining critics roundup of the LOST finale.
TV Ratings: Sunday May 23, 2010 (LOST found by a season high number of viewers)
Time | Network | Show | Viewers | 18-49 |
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8PM | ABC | Lost: The Final Journey | 10.09 | 4.1/12 |
CBS | Brooks & Dunn: The Last Rodeo | 8.79 | 1.4/4 | |
FOX | The Simpsons | 5.73 | 2.5/8 | |
NBC | Minute To Win It | 5.01 | 1.5/4 | |
8:30PM | FOX | Cleveland Show | 4.90 | 2.3/7 |
9PM | ABC | Lost | 13.09 | 5.6/15 |
CBS | Brooks & Dunn: The Last Rodeo | 10.80 | 2.0/5 | |
NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 8.40 | 3.0/8 | |
FOX | Family Guy | 6.12 | 3.0/8 | |
9:30PM | FOX | Family Guy | 6.38 | 3.2/8 |
10PM | ABC | Lost | 13.08 | 5.7/15 |
NBC | Celebrity Apprentice | 10.31 | 3.7/10 | |
CBS | CSI (R) | 6.75 | 1.3/3 |
LOST Series Finale: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
The Good: What started with an eye opening pilot (in every sense of the word) ended with an eye closing — and our favorite story-telling device “the bookend” — as Jack died a heroic death, successfully defeating Ol’Smokey, single-handidly saving humanity from an uncorked island of evil, and in doing so, allowing for Sawyer, Kate, Claire, Miles, Richard and Frank to escape in one piece. Add to that a fitting end (or beginning if you will) for Hurley (aka. the “New Jacob”) who was left as the island’s protector (with a redemptive Ben Linus as his number two), a much-anticipated homage to The Lion King confrontation between Jack and Locke who finally took the gloves off in a fight to the death on the edge of a cliff (Cue Hans Zimmer score in 3… 2… 1…), a stop-over with a happy Rose, Bernard and Vincent doing their best impersonation of The Swiss Family Robinson, and a flurry of flashbacks/character reunions (Sawyer and Juliet FTW!) that highlighted some of the show’s most memorable moments, and fans were left with a super-sized love letter to those of us who had invested six years of our life into this unforgettable odyssey.
Must Read TV: LIFE UNEXPECTED, LOST, GLEE & More!
• Quelle Surprise! Carrie Bradshaw switches from Mac to PC.
• Vincent Lives! Plus more fun tidbits from Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse’s pre-finale interview with Jimmy Kimmel. (Part 2)
and here’s your first look of Tuesday’s episode.
• It’s so on! Conan and Leno to battle it out at this year’s Emmys.
• An unexpected ride, creator Liz Tigelaar talks candidly about what it was like to not know the fate of LIFE UNEXPECTED until this week’s UpFront.
Watch, PVR, Pass: Friday May 21, 2010
Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Television’s Most Boring Couples
Mike and Susan, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
These two should have been Wisteria Lane’s supercouple. Instead, we’re voting them Couple Most Likely To Get Fast-Forwarded Through. Every single time the show has had a chance to make Mike and Susan a root-for couple again, they’ve blown it.
Serena and Dan, GOSSIP GIRL
To be honest, we don’t much care for Serena with anyone. But with Nate, there was at least a bit of a spark… plus, it gave the woefully underused Chace Crawford something to do. Serena and Dan were a snoozefest from the get go and nothing’s changed since.
An In Depth Look At… The New Stories Rocking THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS!
It ain’t easy being rich. Just ask THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS’ Abby, who is part Newman, part Abbott, and all brat! This week, the scheme queen — who is now being played by fan favorite Marcy Rylan (ex-Lizzie, GUIDING LIGHT) — pushes her parents to the limit with her out-of-control antics. “Abby wants to be the star of her own reality show,” explains Soaps In Depth executive editor Richard M. Simms. “But Victor and Ashley have told their daughter in no uncertain terms that they aren’t handing over a dime of her trust fund. So what’s a poor little rich girl to do?” In a scandal worthy of the Lohan clan, Abby decides to sue her parents!