TV on DVD: November 3, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, HBO, NBC, PBS, DVD

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available today.

• Art:21 (Season 5)
• The Botany of Desire
• Craft in America (Season 2)
• Doctor Who: The Black Guardian Trilogy
• Doctor Who: The War Games
• Edge of Darkness (Complete Series)
• Fraggle Rock (Final Season)
• Here’s Lucy (Season 2)
• Mission Impossible (Final Season)
• The Rockford Files: Movie Collection
• The Shield (Complete Series)
• Spin City (Season 3)
• Star Wars; The Clone Wars (Season 1)
• Walt Disney Treasures: Zorro (Seasons 1&2)

Make sure to also check out the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (10/31)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Cable, FOX, NBC, Cancellations, Renewals

Here’s an update on the shows you will and won’t be seeing in the months to come:

EXTENSIONS

• Chuck (NBC) - Six more episodes ordered on top of initial 13. Program may return in January.

RENEWALS

• American Dad (FOX) - Season 6
• Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal (A&E) - Season 2
• Swords: Life on the Line (Discovery) - Season 2

CANCELLATIONS

• Trauma (NBC) - Will be pulled off the air after all ordered episodes run.

(Make sure to check out TV Envy’s Programming Schedule.)

Read More | Variety

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Wednesday Ratings: World Series a Grand Slam for FOX

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, Talk Shows, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America's Next Top Model, Ratings

Game 1 of the World Series was easily a knockout for FOX—but it also did well for ABC. Although it was a distant second in the viewers, the Alphabet network saw its audience numbers go up thanks to original counterprogramming.

8pm

• Last night’s World Series game (19.5 million, 6.3 rating in 18-49) had the best numbers for an opener in five years.
• Monsters vs. Aliens (2.2/6) pulled in 6.9 million for NBC; a second showing (5.6 million, 1.9/5) did 1.3 million less.
• The New Adventures of Old Christine* (6.6 million, 1.6/5) lost 400,000; Gary Unmarried* (6.4 million, 1.7/5) did the same.
• It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown* (6.3 million, 2.0/6) did 500,000 better than last week’s Hank; The Middle (6.6 million, 2.2/6) picked up 200,000.
• America’s Next Top Model (3.5 million, 1.6/4) reached a season high demo.

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Tuesday Ratings: Big Night for Biggest Loser

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Talk Shows, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Dancing With The Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, Ratings

Had this been any other Tuesday, CBS would have likely topped all categories. But thanks to a full slate of repeats, the Eye network was only first with the viewers while NBC (finally!) managed a win in the demos.

8pm

• An NCIS* repeat (16.1 million, 3.2/9 in 18-49) was still the most-watched show of the night.
• The Biggest Loser (9.7 million, 3.7/10) had the best demos of the evening.
• Approximately 8.9 million celebrated Halloween with It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (2.7/7).
• So You Think You Can Dance (2.5/6) had 6.5 million on their feet.
• 90210* (1.4 million, 0.7/2) dropped 1 million.

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Microsoft Pulls Out of Family Guy Special

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Specials, FOX, Commercials, Family Guy, Video

Apparently there are things Microsoft won’t do to promote Windows 7.

The software corporation recently announced that it has severed ties from a FOX event it was set to exclusively sponsor. Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show, a special airing next month, would have incorporated bits about the company’s new product in lieu of traditional commercials. Unfortunately, the execs had a change of heart after watching a taping earlier this month.

Although animated portions of the variety special reportedly cover controversial subjects like incest, feminine hygiene and the Holocaust, those segments were supposedly in line with a typical Family Guy episode. It’s the live segments Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein (Lois Griffin) taped before an audience that may have been considered questionable.

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TV on DVD: October 27, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, Syndication, DVD

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.

• Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
• Claymore (Complete Series)
• Dr. G: Medical Examiner (Season 1)
• The Fugitive (Season 3, Vol. 1)
• The Guardian (Season 1)
• Mannix (Season 3)
• Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut)
• Patton 360 (Season 1)
• The Prisoner (The Complete Series)
• Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s (Volume 2)
• Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1970s (Volume 2)
• Tales from the Darkside (Season 2)
• Trial & Retribution (Set 3)

Make sure to also check out the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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This Week on TV (10/26-11/1)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Drama, Food & Home, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FX, MTV, NBC, The CW, 30 Rock, Heroes, Top Chef

(Make sure to check out TV Envy’s Programming Schedule.)

MONDAY (10/26)

• Heroes (NBC, 8pm):  “Claire and Gretchen go through hazing, but they’ve got other problems facing them.” They could just be blackballed from the entire network.
• Trauma (NBC, 9pm):  “Tyler and Boone are called to a Halloween party that has gone haywire.” Every year, someone takes “Dead Man’s Party” literally.
• Gossip Girl (CW, 9pm):  “Elsewhere, Dan is rattled when he watches one of Olivia’s on-screen sex scenes.” No one wants to think about Lizzie Maguire having sex.

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Sunday Ratings: CBS, NBC Both Win the Race

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Amazing Race, The, Desperate Housewives, Ratings

Aside from FOX’s early celebration of Halloween (and a shift in CBS’ schedule), yesterday’s schedule was pretty uneventful. By night’s end, the Eye network was tops with the viewers while the Peacock network was first in the demos.

8pm

• 60 Minutes (4.3/11 in 18-49) pulled in 16 million after a football overrun.
• Approximately 14.7 million watched the Atlanta Falcons beat the Chicago Bears on Sunday Night Football (6.1/15).
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (3.0/8) had 10.4 million feeling emotional.
• The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror XX (4.1/11) entertained 8.6 million; The Cleveland Show (3.8/9) pulled in 7.7 million.

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Family Guy Spin-off Gets Second Season

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Animation, Comedy, Prime Time, FOX, Family Guy, Renewals, Video

After only a handful of episodes, FOX is pleased enough with The Cleveland Show to order a complete second season. (Only 13 episodes beyond this year had been previously ordered.)

Honestly, I’ve no idea why. The spin-off lacks a lot of the hilarity Family Guy brings to the table weekly, and I just cannot get over that German bear. Ridiculous is one thing. Outlandish is quite another.

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TV on DVD: October 13, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, BBC, Cable, CBS, FOX, MTV, Syndication, The CW, DVR

Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.

• Flashpoint (Season 1)
• Futurama (Complete Collection)
• Girlfriends (Season 7)
• The Haunted Airman (TV Movie)
• The Hunger (Season 2)
• Inspector Lewis (Series 2)
• Jackass: The Lost Tapes
• Legend of the Seeker (Season 1)
• Lovejoy (Season 6, Complete Collection)
• Married with Children (Season 11)
• The Mighty Boosh: Special Edition (Seasons 1-3)
• My Family (Seasons 3 & 4)
• Wycliffe (Series 2)

Make sure to also check out the DVD and Blu-ray film options for this week.

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