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2008 Summer Television Programming Schedule

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell's Kitchen, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Grey's Anatomy, House, So You Think You Can Dance, The Office

A new season calls for a new schedule.

If you’re without anything to do this summer, this updated programming schedule may help keep you occupied.  Over the next few months, networks will be introducing a crop of reality shows (Celebrity Circus, Greatest American Dog), some experimental dramas (Swingtown, Fear Itself) and the usual horde of repeats.

This list is a compilation of the calendars for the five major networks.

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Sunday Ratings: Survivor Outplays ABC

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Survivor, The Office, Ratings

Last night’s three-hour Survivor finale helped CBS make a dent in ABC’s long streak.  The Eye network took a win in the viewers and narrowly took the demos as well.

8pm

• Approximately 13 million saw Parvati Shallow win Survivor: Micronesia (4.4/12 in 18-49).
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (11.9 million, 4.0/11) nailed down another 450,000.
• The Simpsons (6 million, 2.9/9) was down a few notches; King of the Hill (5 million, 2.5/7) took a 700,000 hit.
• Everybody Hates Chris (1.2 million, 0.5/1) did the same as last week; Aliens in America (1.1 million, 0.4/1) was up slightly.

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TV on DVD: May 13, 2008

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Late Night, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, American Idol, Saturday Night Live, DVD

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

• American Idol: Season 6 Finale
• Backyardigans: High Flying Adventures
• The Chase (Season 1)
• Drawn Together (Uncensored) (Season 3)
• Lovejoy (Season 3)
• The Magnificent Seven (Complete Series)
• Mission Impossible (Season 4)
• A Raisin in the Sun
• The Rat Patrol (Complete Series)
• Saturday Night Live (Limited Edition) (Season 3)
• Shin Chan (Season 1, Part 1)
• Stargate Infinity (Complete Series)
• Two and a Half Men (Season 3)

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This Week on TV (5/12-5/18)

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Animation, Award Shows, Comedy, Daytime, Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell's Kitchen, America's Next Top Model, American Idol, Desperate Housewives, ER, Everybody Hates Chris, Medium, My Name Is Earl, The Bachelor, The Hills, The Office

MONDAY (5/12)
Tonight’s finales: The Hills, Medium, Samantha Who?, The Bachelor

• American Gladiators (NBC, 8pm):  Season Two premiere includes new gladiators (’Rocket’ and ‘Jet’).  Seriously, how intimidating could a smiling Gladiator be?
• Bones (FOX, 8pm):  “When the body of an aspiring singer (Ace Young of American Idol) is discovered, Booth and Brennan probe a club’s open-mike night.” Uhh—which one was Ace again?
• Gossip Girl (CW, 8pm):  “An embarrassed Serena resurrects some troubling old habits as she continues to hide the truth from Dan.” If he only knew she’d been sharing her jeans with three other girls.
• How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8:30pm):  “Britney Spears returns as Abby, who is now dating Barney.” First Robin Sparkles, now Britney.  I’m not sure if that’s a step up or down for Barney.

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Sunday Ratings: ABC Faces Weak Competition

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings

Repurposed shows on NBC and CBS helped ABC win its 11th Sunday in a row.

8pm

• The season finale of Cold Case (11.57 million, 2.4/7 in 18-49) had a narrow victory.
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (11.46 million, 4.1/12) was a close second in viewers.
• The Simpsons (6.2 million, 3.0/9) dipped by 1.5 million; King of the Hill (5.7 million, 2.7/8) scraped off 800,000.
• Monk* (4.1 million, 0.9/3) sunk another 1.7 million.
• Everybody Hates Chris (1.2 million, 0.4/1) and Aliens in America (1 million, 0.4/1) remained steady with last week.

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TV on DVD: May 6, 2008

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

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

• The 4400 (Season 4)
• Acapulco H.E.A.T. (Complete Series)
• ‘Allo ‘Allo! (Season 8)
• Bewitched (Season 6)
• Crossing Jordan (Season 1)
• Devil May Cry: Level (Volume 2)
• Future Weapons (Season 2)
• Lucky Star (Volume 1)
• Mitch Albom’s For One More Day
  

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Family Guy’s Fate on FOX

Posted by K.C. Morgan
Categories: Animation, Comedy, Prime Time, FOX, Gossip

Home of the nation’s number one show, 20th Century Fox will soon be paying one of their writer/producers one of the biggest salaries in TV. Here’s the twist: that person doesn’t work on American Idol.

Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy and American Dad, will become the best-paid writer/producer on TV thanks to his new contract. The agreement ensures that Family Guy will remain on the air until 2012, but it also covers a few other projects still in the till. Under the terms of the contract, MacFarlane will continue to pen episodes of American Dad as well as The Cleveland Show (a planned Family Guy spinoff). “I get a lot of pleasure out of making show,” said MacFarlane to the press. “It’s a bonus to get getting paid well for it, and it’s a double bonus to be getting paid exorbitantly for it.” The amount in question remains undisclosed, though it is expected to soar above the $60 million, five-year contract offered to J.J. Abrams (Lost) in 2006. 

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This Week on TV (5/5-5/11)

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Animation, Comedy, Daytime, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Talk Shows, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, Syndication, The CW, Hell's Kitchen, America's Next Top Model, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, House, My Name Is Earl, Oprah Winfrey Show, Scrubs, Survivor

(You can view TV Envy’s Post-Strike Television Schedule here.)

MONDAY (5/5)

• Two and a Half Men (CBS, 9:00):  (The script was written by CSI scribes.) “George Eads (CSI) has a cameo in which a CSI team investigates a death at Charlie’s house.” I know Charlie wanted to stop Denise’s reality show, but this is quite a sweeps stunt.
• House (FOX, 9pm):  “House believes that an actor (Jason Lewis) on his favorite soap is seriously ill after observing his symptoms on television, so he decides to intervene.” If I had known something like that would work, I would have kidnapped Smith Jerrod a long time ago.
• Samantha Who? (ABC, 9:30pm):  “Sam’s affair with Todd continues while he’s still seeing a clueless Chloe.” I’m sorry—why doesn’t Sam just kick her out of her apartment again?  She does own the thing, doesn’t she?
• CSI: Miami (CBS, 10pm):  “Alexx is stunned when her son is the prime suspect in a murder investigation, and any help she offers could prove costly.” Buh-bye, Khandi!

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Sunday Ratings: Big Brother Ends with a Thud

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings

The season finale of Big Brother 9 did very little for CBS.  The network had the second best audience and came in third with the demos.

8pm

• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (12 million, 3.9/10 in 18-49) improved upon last week’s Big Give.
• The Simpsons (7.7 million, 3.6/10) picked up 2.5 million more; King of the Hill (6.5 million, 3.0/8) nabbed another 2 million.
• Big Brother 9 (6.7 million, 2.3/6) came in third for the hour.
• Monk (5.8 million, 1.0/3) did about the same.
• Everybody Hates Chris (1.3 million, 0.5/1) had a repeat audience; Aliens in America (1 million, 0/4/1) lost 200,000.

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TV on DVD: April 29, 2008

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

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

• Beverly Hills, 90210 (Season 4)
• The Big Gay Sketch Show (Seasons 1-2)
• Burke’s Law (Season 1)
• Cheers (Season 9)
• Dark Shadows: The Beginning (Collection 4)
• History Channel: Human Weapon (Season 1)
• I Spy (Seasons 1-3)
• Paranormal State (Season 1)
• A Touch of Frost (Season 13)
• The Waltons (Season 7)
• Witchblade (anime) (Volume 6)
  
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