Overall, the first full week of sweeps was a bit slow. The big surprise came as NBC’s ‘The Voice’ managed to improve on what was an outstanding debut the week before. Over on cable, can you imagine ‘L&O CI’ on USA beating new ‘L&O LA’ on NBC?
NBC had the big news for the week, with the premiere of ‘The Voice’. Over on cable, week two of ‘Game of Thrones’ was right on pace with the premiere, while ‘Sanctuary’ gave ‘SGU’ fans a little more ammo.
A big week of releases includes ‘Mad Men’, ‘In Plain Sight’, ‘Treme’, ‘Big Time Rush’, ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’, ‘Vega$’, ‘Xena’, ‘Hercules’, ‘Emergency!’, ‘Bullwinkle’, ‘Lucy’, ‘Dennis The Menace’, ‘Peanuts’, and ‘Gangland’.
Yes, it’s almost winter already, and here’s our usual winter/spring schedule for what’s premiering and when. We will update it regularly, along with the subscribable calendar, so check back often!
With summer officially starting, the week brought more premieres from ABC, and over on cable. The news was good for some (‘Rookie Blue’, ‘Futurama’, ‘Memphis Beat’), and not so good for others (‘Scoundrels’, ‘Boston Med’).
The NBA Finals again made for a banner week over at ABC. On cable, HBO execs can breathe a sigh of relief. The return of ‘True Blood’ means someone is watching again. And TV Land found success with their first original sitcom.
The big numbers on broadcast last week came from the NBA Finals and ‘Glee’. Over on cable, Chumlee was a bigger demo draw than even Michael Westen as ‘Pawn Stars’ returned to more great numbers.
