Best Television Series Drama
AMERICAN HORROR STORY
BOARDWALK EMPIRE
BOSS
GAME OF THRONES
HOMELAND
Best Television Series – Comedy/Musical
NEW GIRL
ENLIGHTENED
EPISODES
GLEE
MODERN FAMILY
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Best Television Series Drama
AMERICAN HORROR STORY
BOARDWALK EMPIRE
BOSS
GAME OF THRONES
HOMELAND
Best Television Series – Comedy/Musical
NEW GIRL
ENLIGHTENED
EPISODES
GLEE
MODERN FAMILY
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Time | Network | Show | Rating | 18-49 | VS. |
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8PM | CBS | NCIS | 19.13 | 3.6/10 | |
ABC | Last Man Standing | 7.51 | 2.2/7 | ||
FOX | Glee | 7.13 | 3.0/8 | ||
NBC | William & Kate: Inside the Royal Marriage | 5.25 | 1.2/3 | ||
CW | 90210 (R) | 760,000 | 0.3/1 | ||
8:30PM | ABC | Last Man Standing (R) | 6.17 | 2.0/5 | |
9PM | CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles | 16.40 | 3.0/8 | |
FOX | New Girl | 6.82 | 3.3/9 | ||
NBC | The Biggest Loser | 7.81 | 2.7/7 | ||
ABC | The Middle (R) | 4.56 | 1.5/4 | ||
CW | Ringer (R) | 610,000 | 0.2/1 | ||
9:30PM | FOX | Raising Hope | 4.98 | 2.3/6 | |
ABC | Suburgatory (R) | 3.75 | 1.3/3 | ||
10PM | CBS | Unforgettable | 11.30 | 2.2/6 | |
NBC | The Biggest Loser | 7.81 | 2.7/7 | ||
ABC | Body of Proof (R) | 4.81 | 1.1/3 |
Every time award nominations are announced there is the usual hoopla about whether the various films, TV shows, actors and actresses were expected to get nominations — or if some miracle happened and someone out-of-the-blue nabbed a nomination. Today was no exception as the Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced and rising-star Patrick J. Adams’ name was announced for his work in the USA Network series SUITS.
Some critics were incredulous and some were ecstatic. Here at theTVaddict.com, we are among the ecstatic and are not at all incredulous at Patrick’s nomination. In fact, it was well-deserved. [Read more…]
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | The Middle (R) | Suburgatory (R) | Modern Family (R) | Barbara Walters Presents The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011 | ||
CBS | Survivor: South Pacific | Criminal Minds | CSI | |||
CW | America’s Next Top Model (R) | Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (R) | ||||
FOX | The X Factor | I Hate My Teenage Daughter | American Horror Story (FX) | |||
NBC | Up All Night (R) | Whitney (R) | Harry’s Law (R) | Law & Order: SVU (R) | ||
MISC | Work of Art (Bravo) | State of Play (BBC America) Psych (USA) Top Chef: Texas (Bravo) |
Carrying on with the tradition of casting well-known actors in guest-starring roles as both a fun nod to the fans and the actors who just want to have a bit of fun, in the mid-season finale of PSYCH, Jason Priestley makes a cool appearance as the mysterious Clive who surfaces during Shawn and Juliet’s romantic getaway vacation in the episode “Neil Simon’s Lover’s Retreat.” In a recent conference call with press, Jason talked candidly about his character Clive and how he got the chance to appear on the hilarious comedy series PSYCH. [Read more…]
In the after-math of LOST, an interesting trend has begun to emerge in television viewing patterns: viewers are now gun-shy of investing in serialized television. Viewers are no longer willing to invest their time and energy into a show that may take them some place they do not want to go.
For LOST not only dared to kill off its principal characters, it ultimately killed off 9 of its 13 principal characters: Boone, Shannon, Charlie, Jack, John Locke, Sayid, Jin, Sun, Michael – leaving Kate, Sawyer, Hurley and Claire ambiguously alive, and who were revealed to be dead in the final episode. It also killed off a majority of its supporting characters, including Daniel Faraday, Charlotte, Danielle Rousseau, Alex, Juliet, Libby, Ana-Lucia, and Eko.
LOST became the “gold standard” in story-telling because it achieved the remarkable feat of luring in nearly 24 million viewers and ran 6 successful seasons, winning numerous awards along the way. But, in the end, there was a significant amount of “viewer fatigue.” Pulling in only 8 million viewers by its final episode, LOST is also a great example in how to disenfranchise an audience.
LOST secured its initial amazing viewership numbers because it offered an array of fascinating characters, so much so that viewers could not wait to learn more about each of them. The breadcrumbs LOST offered were eagerly snatched-up and analyzed and it become part the cultural zeitgeist and popculture.
But it also became a television teaching-tool; it taught viewers that steadfast devotion is not necessarily rewarded in the end. LOST broke too many hearts, upset its core fan-base and became a “shell” of its former self by the end. The fact that it ended with the reveal that a large number of its characters were living in a version of purgatory awaiting their chance to “move on” as their fellow comrades joined them one-by-one in the after-life was thoroughly discouraging. [Read more…]
In an effort to combine our TV watching addiction, with our more recent PostSecret one (A new mobile app that facilitates the sharing of secrets anonymously) we thought it might be fun to periodically take the time to highlight a handful of funny and poignant television-related ones in this second in an occasional series. Just how powerful of a medium is television really? Find out for yourself after the jump. [Read more…]
• Laugh Break: Jimmy Kimmel guarantees an entirely new crop of kids therapy (Above).
• Move Over Eric Balfour, Teri Polo sinks another series!
• REVENGE Scoop: William Devane joins cast as Grayson patriarch.
• Spotlight: The new adventures of Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
• FX FTW! Network renews THE LEAGUE for a fourth season.
• THE GOOD WIFE Bosses: We Don’t Want Will and Alicia To Be a Will-They-Or-Won’t-They Couple.
NET | 8PM | 8:30PM | 9PM | 9:30PM | 10PM | 10:30PM |
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ABC | Last Man Standing | Last Man Standing (R) | The Middle (R) | Suburgatory (R) | Body of Proof (R) | |
CBS | NCIS | NCIS: Los Angeles | Unforgettable | |||
CW | 90210 (R) | Ringer (R) | ||||
FOX | Glee | New Girl | Raising Hope | |||
NBC | William & Kate: Inside the Royal Marriage | Biggest Loser | ||||
MISC | Good Morning, Killer (9-11PM, TNT) | The Conan One Hour Earlier Best of Spectacular (TBS) |