Why didn’t last year’s shows with African-American leads do well? Could I have done something to support them? Were ‘Undercovers,’ ‘Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior’ and ‘HawthoRNe’ really that bad?
While new series may have had a rough go of it this past season, I for one enjoyed the recently concluded year of television. Here’s what my TV Wednesdays looked like during the 2010-2011 season.
Whoa… The broadcast networks only managed six new bits of programming last week. So… yeah… not a lot of numbers to talk about. But that doesn’t mean we can’t still have a ratings post.
As usual, the arrival of the holidays has the network schedules grinding to a halt. That leads to strange things like CBS only having three new hours, and ABC only having two. Or, NBC previewing one of their new shows and having nobody watch it.
The big story for the broadcast networks was the horrible debut of ‘Skating With The Stars’ in the ‘Dancing With The Stars’ slot. Over on cable, ‘The Walking Dead’ hit series highs with the fifth episode.
Cable premieres lead the weekly ratings news, with the return of ‘Psych’ and ‘Burn Notice’. There was good news for ‘The Walking Dead’ as well. On the networks, are the numbers telling us that ‘Nikita’ is now in trouble?
The big story in ratings last week came from the huge numbers AMC enjoyed for the premiere of ‘The Walking Dead’. Over on the broadcast networks, the return of Penny to ‘Big Bang Theory’ had that show riding high as well.
