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Ratings Clack – Favre and Baseball create havoc

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 […]

by Brett Love

Should have seen the ending coming with The Mentalist’s casting

It wasn’t that long ago that our fearless leader pointed out that, should one cast a Cylon in something, it would be wise to use him.  It’s a maxim that has existed for millennium. Okay, more like a couple of months, but the idea has been around forever. Hell, just take a look at every […]

by Ivey West

Ratings Clack – Is Dollhouse about to get pulled?

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 […]

by Brett Love

Quotation Marks – Van Halen, vampires, and vamps

Dollhouse “The human mind is like Van Halen. If you just pull out one piece and keep replacing it, it just degenerates.” — Topher Big Bang Theory “I’m not crazy, my mother had me tested.” — Sheldon “Just fine … ah dude, the fourth Harry Potter movie was just fine!” — Raj — “[fine is] […]

by Ivey West

Ratings Clack – Greg, Anthony, and Meredith rule

Holy smokes. After a summer without a lot of numbers to really be excited about, last week was just stuffed to the gills. There were season and series premieres everywhere, bringing in ratings that ran the gamut from outstanding to horrible. The big winners were House, NCIS, and Grey’s Anatomy. On the other end of […]

by Brett Love

Patrick “The Mentalist” Jane is not a cop

Last night’s season premiere of The Mentalist addressed an issue that has always sorta bugged me in this type of show. You’ve got a precinct of police officers and detectives working to solve crimes every day, all of them fully disciplined and licensed to uphold the law, apprehend suspects and question witnesses. Enter expert Mr. […]

by Keith McDuffee

TV on DVD for September 22nd

There are so many shows premiering this week that no work is getting done down at the DVD factory. At least, that’s my theory. How else do you explain the shortened list of releases this week? Despite that, there are still a few big ones to take notice of: 30 Rock, Castle, The Mentalist, Terminator, […]

by Brett Love
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