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Guide to 2010-2011 midseason TV season & series premieres

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!

by Keith McDuffee

CliqueClack’s mid-season report card: the cable networks

Just as programs on the Big Four and a Half networks are taking a break for the holiday, the same thing is happening on cable. Unfortunately, some of these shows have been on break since the late summer-early fall. While we’ve been missing them to death, the good news is that many, including Leverage, Psych, White Collar, Damages, and Burn Notice, are about to return to complete their seasons.

by Richard Keller

Ratings Clack – CBS takes advantage and NBC goes unscripted

It was another very holiday week on television, with schedules full of repeats and seasonal specials. CBS was the only network that really tried, and it paid big dividends. With all new programming on Monday through Thursday the network won all 12 hours in viewers, and 11 of them in the demo. Of course, just […]

by Brett Love

Ratings Clack – January isn’t that far away

The scheduling shenanigans continue as we race toward the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Last week saw more holiday themed specials, and a lot of repeats. Fortunately, there were a few interesting numbers mixed in with all of the seasonal offerings. Things like big gains for The Middle, which is looking much better now that […]

by Brett Love

Californication’s finale left me feeling cold and alone

I saw this episode many weeks ago. I wrote this review many weeks ago. And yet the cold shakes that I felt by episode’s end are still with me. Wow. How much I wished to never see Mia (Madeline Zima) again. Look, I’ve never been in Hank’s position. But as someone who’s at least created […]

by Aryeh S.

Ratings Clack – Is FlashForward doomed?

ABC has now announced that FlashForward will be taking a little break, with new episodes returning March 4th. And that really couldn’t have come at a worse time. Television is not usually a place where absence makes the heart grow fonder. More likely, viewers forget what you were up to and can’t be bothered to […]

by Brett Love

Californication’s awkward lunch … at least this time they were all clothed

If I was Hank, and I had walked into that backyard for lunch, I would have run far, and I would have run fast. Who cares what it might look like, or what he’d have had to deal with later at home from Karen. Felicia, Karen, Hank, Jackie, and Jill all together for a meal? […]

by Aryeh S.
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