Three NBA games stole the glory for the week on the broadcast networks while cable offered up a number of summer premieres, including ‘White Collar’, ‘Covert Affairs’, ‘Switched At Birth’, and ‘The Glades’.
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…
The week that was brought a host of finales to each of the networks. That was overwhelmingly good news. Even those that were off the year ago pace saw a boost over the previous tougher spring weeks. Over on cable, keep an eye on those ‘Game of Thrones’ numbers.
This week’s releases include ‘Covert Affairs’, ‘Royal Pains’, ‘Twilight Zone’, ‘Feathered Serpent’, ‘South Riding’, ‘Flashpoint’, ‘Degrassi’, ‘The Virginian’, ‘Wagon Train’, ‘Wild Thornberrys’, ‘All In The Family’, ‘Bionic Woman’, ‘Tim and Eric’, and ‘Teen Mom 2′.
As we are on the eve of upfronts, news of cancellations and renewals is flying in. This week we take a look at the fates of some of those bubble shows, and ponder what Ashton Kutcher replacing Charlie Sheen on ‘Two and a Half Men’ means for the CBS Monday.
Overall, the first full week of sweeps was a bit slow. The big surprise came as NBC’s ‘The Voice’ managed to improve on what was an outstanding debut the week before. Over on cable, can you imagine ‘L&O CI’ on USA beating new ‘L&O LA’ on NBC?
We’re on the verge of full schedules. This week, the CW got the new season rolling with 8 new hours of programming. Those results were rather curious. Over on cable, tick-tock ‘Terriers’.
