On the whole, it was a rather uneventful week of ratings. The most interesting story might have been what we didn’t see. As in, new programming on CBS. Despite the lack of anything of note to report in the ratings (even Harper’s Island was a repeat), CBS managed to average the most viewers on six […]
The best part of this latest episode of Better Off Ted is that my wife and I probably made up a full percentage of the total people who saw it. No that’s not it, but damn those ratings are sad. The reason I like Ted is the sharp writing. I loved the Asian lab tech’s […]
The surprise deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett made for a strange week in the numbers, as the networks quickly moved things around to get news programming on the air. The results were improved numbers, but that’s not saying much, given how a lot of the summer programming is going. There were some notable […]
It’s Tuesday. Only three more months till the fall TV season begins. Yes, that sound you heard was the collective sigh of depressed television viewers everywhere. It’s Crimetime Tuesday on CBS (though, isn’t every night on CBS Crimetime?) with repeats of NCIS, The Mentalist, and 48 Hours Mystery. Antonio Sabato Jr. and Traci Scoggins guest […]
The 2008-2009 television season is quickly coming to a close. Last week saw some 30 season/series finales hitting our screens. The resulting numbers were all over the place. Some shows took advantage of the situation, pulling out all the stops and hitting numbers they hadn’t seen in some time. Others held steady. And a few […]
We’re on the verge of it now. Over the next two weeks all of our favorite shows are going to be ending, and some of those tough decisions will have to be made by the networks. These final few ratings numbers will play heavily in those decisions. With that in mind, the week brought good […]
Better Off Ted went out about the same way it came in. This season finale didn’t offer any spectacular twists, exciting developments or jaw-dropping cliffhangers. Instead, it offered us another over-the-top parody of life in corporate Ameerica. The theme this week was morale and individuality. I know when I worked in a giant corporation, it […]
