While things were mostly quiet on the broadcast front, the big premieres continued on cable. Last week saw the return of ‘Entourage’ on HBO, and ‘Project Runway’ on Lifetime.
With a by-the-numbers week on the broadcast networks, the big stories were on cable, where the Women’s World Cup did very well and the premiere of ‘Breaking Bad’ brought very good numbers for AMC.
The big surprise on the networks came from the numbers for ABC’s Jaycee Dugard special, which easily outscored the MLB All-Star Game. Over on cable, another huge helping of summer premieres, including ‘Curb’, ‘Alphas’, ‘Warehouse 13′, ‘Eureka’, and ‘The Closer’.
‘Warehouse 13′, ‘Rizzoli & Isles’, and ‘Criminal Intent’ lead a week that also includes ‘Hell’s Kitchen’, ‘Underwater Universe’, ‘Bordertown’, ‘Above and Beyond’, ‘Mary Bryant’, ‘Ends of the Earth’, ‘ReBoot’, ‘Ancient Aliens’, and George Gently’.
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’.
We are still a couple weeks away from full schedules, but the CW got the fall 2010 season rolling with four premieres. Over on cable, FX had a pair of premieres of their own in ‘Sons of Anarchy’ and ‘Terriers’.
Finally the TV summer comes to a close. Next week we will have new fall network shows to talk about! That means a whole lot more scripted programming numbers, and a whole lot less ‘Shaq Vs.’
