The World Series was the big ratings winner last week, but with New York involved, everyone kind of expected that, right? What nobody expected — most notably ABC — was the success of the V premiere. The numbers weren’t just good. It was the highest rated scripted program on the network, topping the Housewives and […]
FlashForward is one of the more interesting shows of the new season where ratings are concerned. On the one hand, so far it has been a huge upgrade for the 8-9 spot on ABC. And while it has been surpassed by Survivor, it does continue to hold off Bones in the demo. On the other […]
It was a strange week for ratings. Brett Favre playing against Green Bay made for a huge Monday Night Football (21.84m/9) audience on ESPN. And then the baseball playoffs ran through the rest of the week, calling a lot of the seemingly odd drops in viewers into question. Despite that increased competition, there was some […]
As quickly as the dead are stacking up for me in the new fall season, I am incredibly surprised at how many new shows I’m not just “giving another shot,” but rather that I find myself looking forward to. Usually, the most a new series will do for me these days is get me to […]
Week two of the full-tilt-boogie season brought with it some interesting things, including premieres for Animation Domination, The Amazing Race, Trauma, Hank, and The Middle. We also saw more huge numbers from House, NCIS, and Grey’s. But after all of that, the most interesting story again comes from the show with the worst ratings on […]
Yes, it really was that bad. Kelsey Grammer’s return to the small screen in Hank was a complete bomb … followed by the creepy sounds of a laugh track. Actually, that kind of killed it from the start. When Hank and his wife, Tilly (Melinda McGraw), walk outside of their (presumably) New York apartment building, and […]
I had a pretty full slate of TV to watch last night, and as I wrote this it was still not over (I’ve got my guilty pleasure of Ghost Hunters up any minute now). I’ve also got Cougar Town sitting on the DVR for later. It’s crazy, I tell you! Let me quickly make note of the […]
