Another week of bloodshed in the ratings where nobody was safe. Even ‘Idol’ took quite a hit, which at least suggests that we could be approaching a time where ‘Idol’ is just another show.
Thanks to ‘Survivor’, CBS took the early lead in the final sweeps event of the season. You can bet that American Idol will have something to say about that next week. Over on cable, why isn’t anyone watching ‘Party Down’?
Just when I think I’ve seen the most brutal battle scene imaginable, ‘The Pacific’ serves up something even more vicious. The landing at Iwo Jima was incredible to watch, especially seeing Basilone’s heroism again.
As we race toward the end of this television season, last week was another full of crazy lows. Crazy, like Community and 30 Rock not even managing 4 million viewers. On the plus side, the NFL’s Thursday prime time first round was a big success.
That run across the airfield last week was as harrowing as anything I’d seen on film, until this week, that is. The stretcher-bearer sequence was almost too hard to watch. These guys ran through hell again, and again, and again.
The singing kids of ‘Glee’ returned to FOX and rode the ‘Idol’ wave to huge numbers. Over on cable, Discovery had a return of their own as the men of ‘Deadliest Catch’ opened a new crab season.
Now that we’re past the halfway mark of the series, I’m beginning to wonder what is the story supposed to be about?
