(12/14 – 12/21) This week, the other networks just made it easy for CBS. After taking second on Sunday night, to NBC’s Sunday Night Football, the Tiffany network went on to win the next five nights in viewers and the demo. Granted, there were more repeats than usual, but even the CBS repeats were in on the […]
The comics, they just keep getting bigger. After the recent successes of things like 300 and Iron Man, and with Watchmen set to take over the theaters next spring, it stands to reason that one of the networks might want to take another shot. Sure, we’ve seen it before, with varying degrees of success (Birds […]
(Week of Nov. 22, 2008) “How much memory has that thing got?” – Vic Mackey, after starting to confess all of his crimes to an ICE agent with her recorder, The Shield “Well, you’ve already met Widow Woman and Spider Mike here. The Rubber Ducky makes it a great big convoy. Park it right there, […]
(Season 8, Episode 10, “Bride”) “Why do these terrible things keep happening all around us?” – Lois Last week‘s warning that Doomsday was coming came to fruition in the final 2008 episode of The CW’s Smallville. Doomsday officially arrived, thanks to the increased budgets for Sweeps episodes! Sweeps also means surprise guest stars … so […]
8:00p/7:00 Central Doomsday crashes the wedding of Chloe and Jimmy on The CW’s Smallville. Betty and Marc compete against one another to move up from assistant on ABC’s Ugly Betty. Over on CBS’s Survivor: Gabon, a castaway considers abandoning his/her alliance to save their own skin. This week, FOX launches the night with the new […]
(Ratings Clack 11/9 – 11/15) That post title really sums up the season so far where NBC and CBS are concerned. It’s looking more and more like NBC just can’t get anything right. The successes they do manage to find are either short lived, or modest at best. And over at CBS, they continue to […]
(Week of Nov. 15, 2008) “There’s a big learning curve to this whole ghost thing.” – Jim, Ghost Whisperer “If it’s creepy to use the Internet, military satellites, and robot aircraft to find a house full of gorgeous young models so that I can drop in on them unexpectedly, then fine, I’m creepy.” – Howard, […]
