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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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Thursday Ratings: NBC Finales End On Good Note

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, ER, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Ratings

A full slate of finales gave NBC a boost in the ratings.  The network was third with the viewers but second in the demos.

8pm

• Ugly Betty (8.5 million, 2.7/8 in 18-49) gained a 1/2 million from last week.
• Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (8.3 million, 2.2/7) scored 600,000 more.
• A CSI* repeat (1.7/5) kicked off the night with 7.8 million.
• My Name is Earl (7.1 million, 3.0/9) tacked on another million.
• Smallville (3.8 million, 1.7/5) was down 200,000.

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Wednesday Ratings: Another Win for Fox

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America's Next Top Model, American Idol, Ratings

All eyes were on American Idol‘s elimination show last night.  Curiosity once again helped the program win back viewers lost in recent weeks.

8pm

• The Price is Right (7.3 million, 1.4/4 in 18-49) narrowly won its hour.
• Deal or No Deal (7.1 million, 1.8/5) was down a notch.
• ‘Til Death (5.9 million, 2.2/7) and Back to You (6.9 million, 2.5/7) both did about the same.
• Wife Swap (6.4 million, 2.5/7) slipped by 600,000.
• Approximately 4.6 million saw Whitney Thompson crowned America’s Next Top Model (2.3/7).

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Thursday Ratings: CBS Almost Sweeps the Evening

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Music, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, ER, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, My Name Is Earl, Scrubs, Survivor, The Office, Ratings

CBS was almost a double victor last night.  The network had the largest number of viewers and came narrowly close to passing ABC in the demos.

8pm

• Approximately 12.7 million saw another shocker on Survivor: Micronesia (4.1/12 in 18-49).
• Ugly Betty (8 million, 2.4/7) was up 100,000.
• Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (7.7 million, 1.9/6) fell by 600,000.
• My Name is Earl (6.1 million, 2.6/8) stumbled by 700,000.
• Scrubs (2.5/7) ended its season with 5.4 million.
• Smallville (4 million, 1.5/5) grew by 400,000.

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Wednesday Ratings: FOX Produces Another Win

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America's Next Top Model, American Idol, Ratings

Yesterday was basically a repeat of last week’s numbers.  CBS placed behind FOX in both the viewers and the demos.

8pm

• The Price is Right (7.6 million, 1.8/5 in 18-49) grew by 300,000.
• Deal of No Deal (7.2 million, 1.9/5) dipped by 700,000.
• Wife Swap (7 million, 2.5/8) picked up another 1 million.
• ‘Til Death (6 million, 1.9/6) had a 500,000 upswing; Back to You (6.9 million, 2.0/6) remained about the same.
• America’s Next Top Model (4 million, 2.0/6) sent 200,000 packing.

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Monday Ratings: ABC, CBS and FOX Divide the Night

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Dancing With The Stars, House, Medium, The Bachelor, Ratings

Thanks a dip in House‘s numbers, CBS was able to match FOX in the demos.  Meanwhile, ABC was again the most-viewed network on Monday night.

8pm

• Dancing with the Stars (17.9 million, 4.2/12 in 18-49) remained fairly even with last week.
• Deal or No Deal (8.4 million, 2.3/6) had a 1.5 million decrease.
• How I Met Your Mother (8.3 million, 3.5/10) saw 500,000 tune out.
• Bones (8.1 million, 2.7/8) was down by 1.8 million.
• The Big Bang Theory (7.6 million, 2.8/9) was off by 600,000.
• Gossip Girl (2.1 million, 1.0/3) kissed 400,000 goodbye.

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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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Friday Ratings: CBS on a Winning Streak

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Ratings

A victory last night gave the Eye network two Friday wins in a row.

8pm

• Ghost Whisperer (9.2 million, 2.3/8 in 18-49) delivered 200,000 more than last week.
• An earlier version of 20/20 (1.6/6) turned in 6.3 million.
• Most Outrageous Videos (5 million, 1.4/5) dialed up another million.
• Friday Night Smackdown (3.9 million, 1.2/4) was down by 300,000.
• FOX‘s Are We There Yet? (1.1/4) kept 3.4 million busy.

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Thursday Ratings: ABC Sees Record Lows

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, ER, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, My Name Is Earl, Scrubs, Survivor, The Office, Ratings

Despite a win in the demos, ABC’s lineup hit record lows.  Grey’s Anatomy and Ugly Betty saw their lowest 18-49 turnouts ever.

8pm

• Survivor: Micronesia (12.5 million, 4.0/12 in 18-49) easily won its hour.
• Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (8.3 million, 2.2/7) saw a 300,000 downgrade.
• Ugly Betty (7.9 million, 2.4/7) had a 600,000 skid.
• My Name is Earl (6.8 million, 2.8/9) scooped up another 700,000; Scrubs (5.9 million, 2.9/8) tacked on another 300,000.
• Smallville (3.6 million, 1.5/5) remained even with last week.

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Miley Cyrus To Skip Scheduled Disney Appearance

Posted by Jacci Lewis
Categories: Games, Kids, Reality, Sports, ABC, Cable, Editorial, News

Has the house of mouse grounded Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus?

The Associated Press reports that Cyrus will skip a media event Friday to coincide with the end of taping of the Disney Channel Games.

The event would be Cyrus’ first scheduled public appearance since the scandal erupted over pictures the 15-year-old took with famed photographer Annie Leibovitz for the June issue of Vanity Fair.

The photo in question shows a bare-backed and shouldered Cyrus wrapped in a silky swath of fabric suggesting a bed sheet, though flaks for Vanity Fair say it was actually a shawl. The photo has sparked furious debate over whether the picture is too sexually suggestive for a 15-year-old girl, let alone Disney’s most lucrative starlet and the current “It Girl” of the tween set.

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