Archives for August 2010
Time-Slot Showdown: BONES vs THE BIG BANG THEORY vs COMMUNITY
Attention TV Addicts: Come September, assuming you’re still living in the stone-age (translation: unlucky enough to not own a DVR) you’re screwed you’ve got some fairly big decisions ahead of you. CASTLE versus HAWAII FIVE-0! PARENTHOOD versus THE GOOD WIFE! THE BIG BANG THEORY versus COMMUNITY! Suffice to say, it’s the TV Addict equivalent of Sophie’s Choice. And why, as we inch closer and closer to our favorite time of the year (read: Fall TV!) we’ll be spending some time shining the spotlight on a few of the week’s most compelling time-slot showdowns. With today’s focus being on one of the most interesting showdowns to come along since CBS pitted SURVIVOR against FRIENDS, the jam-packed Thursday at 8PM face-off between FOX’s BONES, NBC’s COMMUNITY and new arrival CBS’ THE BIG BANG THEORY. [Read more…]
Today’s TV Addict Top 5: Challenges We’re Throwing Out There
We challenge AMERICAN IDOL to revamp its judging process.
Rather than allowing the judges to trot out the same old tired catchphrases every week (“It was just alright for me, dawg”), they need to watch a few episodes of the far superior SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE and see what actual critiques look like.
We challenge viewers to try something new as summer winds down.
Despite the fact that several networks have put an actual effort into offering programming that doesn’t involve eating-’til-you-vomit challenges or supposedly-real housewives who are never seen, you know, cleaning, viewers simply aren’t tuning in. ABC should be rewarded for putting out fun fare such as THE GATES and SCOUNDRELS, and NBC’s PERSONS UNKNOWN should have been the perfect summer fodder. Instead, both failed to find an audience. So come on, folks, give these or some other scripted summer series a try… otherwise, next summer, the networks will go back to doing what they do best: pumping out reality crap that’s cheaper than a hooker’s shoes. [Read more…]
TV Ratings: Wednesday August 25, 2010
Time | Network | Show | Viewers | 18-49 |
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8PM | CBS | Big Brother 12 | 7.88 | 2.8/9 |
NBC | Minute to Win It | 6.29 | 1.8/6 | |
FOX | MasterChef | 4.92 | 2.1/7 | |
ABC | The Middle (R) | 4.29 | 1.1/4 | |
CW | America’s Next Top Model (R) | 1.36 | 0.5/2 | |
8:30PM | ABC | The Middle (R) | 4.49 | 1.3/4 |
9PM | NBC | America’s Got Talent | 10.32 | 2.6/8 |
CBS | Criminal Minds (R) | 6.62 | 1.7/5 | |
FOX | MasterChef | 5.25 | 2.2/7 | |
ABC | Modern Family (R) | 4.09 | 1.4/4 | |
CW | Plain Jane | 1.13 | 0.4/1 | |
9:30PM | ABC | Cougar Town (R) | 3.17 | 1.1/3 |
10PM | CBS | CSI: NY (R) | 6.19 | 1.2/4 |
NBC | Law & Order: SVU (R) | 5.63 | 1.7/5 | |
ABC | Castle (R) | 3.33 | 0.8/3 |
First Look: Justin Bieber Rocks CSI*
If Sawyer’s boxers netted a ridiculous $850 dollars at this past weekend’s LOST auction, just how much do you think some crazed fan would pay for the cotton swab that touched Justin Bieber’s mouth? That’s just one of the questions we’ve been pondering after perusing these just released photos highlighting the teen sensation’s not-at-all-overhyped guest appearance on the upcoming eleventh season premiere of CSI. More first look photos of which can be seen after the jump. [Read more…]
Emmy Predictions 2010: Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
In anticipation of the upcoming 62nd Annual EMMY Awards (Airing Sunday August 29th at 8PM on NBC) theTVaddict.com is proud [or not-so-proud depending on how things turn out] to once again present our GUARANTEED EMMY WINNERS 2010*
NOMINEES: Jim Parsons (THE BIG BANG THEORY), Larry David (CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM), Matthew Morrison (GLEE), Tony Shalhoub (MONK), Steve Carell (THE OFFICE), Alec Baldwin (30 ROCK)
SHOULD WIN: Jim Parsons, THE BIG BANG THEORY
Jim Parsons is to THE BIG BANG THEORY what Hugh Laurie is to HOUSE. Need we say more?
Must Read TV: BONES, BEING ERICA, MAD MEN & More!
• Bone of contention, Hart Hanson and Co. look to be stretching out Booth and Brennan’s will-they-or-won’t-they foreeeeeeevvvvveeerrrr! (See Trailer for the new season above)
• Strange happenings, when BEING ERICA returns for a highly-anticipated third season.
• Mad about Christina Hendricks? You’re not the only one.
• County General Reunion Alert, Julianna Margulies to present ER co-star George Clooney with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award on this weekend’s Emmy telecast.
• No Ordinary Series, the inside story on how NO ORDINARY FAMILY will reinvent the family comedy.
• From the department of it’s not show-friends it’s show-business, comes the news that Conan’s TBS show nears Leno and Letterman pricing.
Get Your GLEEK On!
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to share with you this first look at GLEE’s second season slushie-soaked promotional art, remind you that the gang from New Directions returns on Tuesday September 21 at 8PM on FOX (that’s less than a month away!), and ask whether or not you’re a fan of Rachel’s new bangs (For the record, we’re not)
Time-Slot Showdown: CRIMINAL MINDS vs LAW & ORDER: SVU
Attention TV Addicts: Come September, assuming you’re still living in the stone-age (translation: unlucky enough to not own a DVR) you’re screwed you’ve got some fairly big decisions ahead of you. CASTLE versus HAWAII FIVE-0! PARENTHOOD versus THE GOOD WIFE! THE BIG BANG THEORY versus COMMUNITY! Suffice to say, it’s the TV Addict equivalent of Sophie’s Choice. And why, as we inch closer and closer to our favorite time of the year (read: Fall TV!) we’ll be spending some time shining the spotlight on a few of the week’s most compelling time-slot showdowns. Tonight we tackle Wednesday’s at 9PM where CBS’ gruesome CRIMINAL MINDS will face-off against NBC’s often more-chilling LAW & ORDER: SVU. [Read more…]