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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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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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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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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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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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Top Chef Chicago: Mark Out, Antonia Back in the Game

Posted by Jacci Lewis
Categories: Food & Home, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Bravo, Cable, Top Chef, Editorial, News

Time now to check in on what’s cooking in the Top Chef Chicago kitchen. The last two weeks have seen pretty boy/chef Ryan and the remaining half of the lesbian couple/competitors, Jen, go home. (Girlfriend Zoi went home in episode 5.)

This week New Zealand native and resident mop head Mark got the axe but not before questioning whether head judge Tom Colicchio, likes him personally. Sadly Mark, I think it might just be your food. This week’s challenge involved cooking for kids and he made vegetable curry, you do the math.

This week also saw single-mom Antonia get back in the game in a big way (last week she nearly went home thanks to a badly improvised dish involving polish sausage). That was then, this is now. Last night, Antonia won both the Quickfire and Elimination challenges.

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Disney Channel Games To Begin This Week in Orlando

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

Walt Disney World’s Wide World of Sports will be the center of the known tween world this week when The Disney Channel Games kick off tomorrow in Orlando.

Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, the Cheetah Girls and the ubiquitous Sprouse brothers from The Suite Life of Zack & Cody are among Disney stars continental and international who will compete this week with winnings going to charity.

Tuesday and Thursday production will be free and open to the public, albeit in a very limited way. Disney officials told the Orlando Sentinel, “We can’t have regular kids on the field.” That is due in part to the fact that the games aren’t really a sporting event, it’s more like a series of reality TV challenges. Footage shot this week will culminate in five half-hour shows that debut in late July on the Disney Channel. 

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Miley Cyrus: Embarrassed By Vanity Fair Photo Spread

Posted by Jacci Lewis
Categories: Kids, Music, ABC, Cable, Editorial, Gossip, News

Tween idol and star of Disney’s juggernaut Hannah Montana says she is embarrassed by photos taken for the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair.

In a statement issued Sunday through her publicist 15-year-old Miley Cyrus said, “I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about.”

The spread, shot by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, included the above photo of a natural looking Cyrus seemingly naked save for a silky sheet. Cyrus’ statement said she thought the photo shoot was supposed to be artistic but after seeing the photos and reading the accompanying story featuring Miley and her father, singer Billy Ray Cyrus, she feels “embarrassed”. 

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Thursday Ratings: May Sweeps Starts Slow

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, 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 night of originals, the networks still felt the effects of the writers strike.  In the end, CBS and ABC returned to old habits.  The Eye network nabbed the most viewers while the Alphabet won the demos.

8pm

• Survivor: Micronesia (4.2/13 in 18-49) kicked off the night with 13 million.
• Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (2.3/6) averaged 8.6 million over two hours.
• Ugly Betty (8.5 million, 2.5/8) had its lowest rating for an original episode.
• My Name is Earl (6.1 million, 2.3/7) slipped by 700,000; Scrubs (5.3 million, 2.4/7) suffered from increased competition.
• Smallville (3.6 million, 1.4/4) managed to increase by 100,000.

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