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As much as I love The Mentalist, one pattern that almost always holds annoying true is that the biggest guest star is the murderer. It almost never fails. Marguerite MacIntyre from Kyle XY and The Vampire Diaries shows up in “Scarlett Fever,” and kills out of revenge for her daughter’s death. In Kaiser Soze style, […]
I’ve just finished watching last week’s episode of The Mentalist, and I’m taking a break from my usual religion, Kripkeaism, to worship at the altar of Bruno Heller. I’ve loved The Mentalist since it premiered, but this season has elevated the awesomeness to levels worthy of the holy trinity: Bruno Heller, Simon Baker and Tim […]
FOX has been waiting all season to drop the big hammer, and the time has finally come. Idol returned last week, and the ripple effect of adding over 20 million viewers to Tuesday and Wednesday was felt by a number of shows, but not all of them. Despite Idol adding some 24 million viewers to […]
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 […]
Believe it or not, we have reached the mid-point in the 2009-10 television season. Unlike the past few years, this season may turn out to be one of the most successful. Thanks in part to some new and old comedies. After years of shunning comedy scripts for proceurals and serialized dramas, the networks have filled their schedules with some laughs rather than sobs.
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 […]
The biggest premiere last week came from cable, as AMC finally released their modern take on The Prisoner. I had been planning for months to make a comparison between that and media-darling Mad Men. I always find the amount of coverage that Mad Men is able to generate, despite the fact that its latest season […]
