The summer TV season hit with full force last week, as we saw the networks spending more time airing repeats than originals. Sports helped ease the transition a bit. The NBA, NASCAR, and the NHL all entered prime time, to wildly differing results. On cable, Paris Hilton is back…
We can officially put the 2010-2011 season in the books now, and the more things change, the more they stay the same (‘Ido’l and ‘DWTS’ are still huge). As the season ends, it’s time to welcome the onslaught of summer programming. Hello ‘Bachelorette’ and ‘So You Think You Can Dance’.
A frat party vibe takes over this first episode of ‘The Bachelorette,’ with male posturing, a drunk guy getting tossed out and lots of flirting. Welcome back, show!
On the networks, the big show for last week was ‘The Bachelorette’. You can bet on seeing another run next summer. Over on cable, did you see the new ‘iCarly’? Lots of other people did.
Another slow week for the networks means the big story was over on cable. ‘Mad Men’ kicked off another season, but how would Don Draper stack up against the ratings power of Snookie?
It looks like Ivey isn’t alone in picking ‘Covert Affairs’ as the best show of the summer. In its second episode, the ratings were up, landing it well ahead of ‘White Collar.’ ‘Rizzoli & Isles’ had a pretty good second week as well.
The big news this week was on cable, with six big premieres. The new shows, ‘The Glades’, ‘Covert Affairs’, and ‘Rizzoli & Isles’, looked very good next to ‘White Collar’, ‘Psych’, and ‘The Closer’.
