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Veronica Santiago and Neil Estep review Hairspray, Chuck & Larry, and Premonition in this episode of FilmCrunch.
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ABC Family used the sweet spot behind Secret Life to premiere its new family drama, , Monday night. This gymnastics-focused series details the life of young gymnasts attending a special Olympics training facility.

Three females led the first scene: Payson Keeler (Ayla Kell), who never looks too far ahead; Kaylie Cruz (Josie Loren), who can’t wait to pig out after the competition is over, and Lauren Tanner (Cassie Scerbo), who wants to enjoy a jet setter’s life.

Soon, the Coach was talking seriously of their future, saying that only three would go on to the top. New gymnast Emily then made her appearance, shaking up the top three set of girls who were introduced earlier.

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Weeds Season 4 DVDHere are some of the options available this Tuesday.

  • Army Wives (Season 2)
  • Cannon (Season 2, Vol. 1)
  • The Hunger (Season 1)
  • The Jetsons (Season 2, Vol. 1)
  • Prison Break (Season 4)
  • Raising the Bar (Season 1)
  • Quincy M.E. (Season 3)
  • Rugrats (Seasons 1&2)
  • Thrilla in Manilla
  • Weeds (Season 4)
  • Zeroman (Complete Series)

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With the buzz surrounding the conflict for next Monday night in Denver with Monday Night Raw scheduled to run at the Pepsi Center, where the Nuggets and Lakers scheduled to play Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference Finals at the same time. WWE Chairman appeared on ESPNEWS to talk about the situation.

Jonathan Coachman conducted the interview with his former boss. Coach mentions that Vince is never one to step down from a fight. Coachman mentions that next week’s Raw at the Pepsi Center was booked in August, but the contract was not signed until April, and as you’ll see, Vince proceeds to talk about the business ethics of Stan Kroenke, saying he had no faith in his team and is now throwing WWE out on their ear.


True Blood Season 1 DVDHere are some of the options available this Tuesday.

  • 8 Simple Rules (Season 2)
  • 24 (Season 7)
  • Dragon Ball Z (Season 9)
  • Friday Night Lights (Season 3)
  • The Guild (Seasons 1 & 2)
  • Peyton Place (Part One)
  • Sister, Sister (Season 2)
  • True Blood (Season 1)
  • WWE: Wrestlemania XXV (25th Anniversary)

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Yesterday’s premiere of Surviving Suburbia did well despite NCAA competition. The program had the best numbers for a comedy debut since the opener of Samantha Who? in October 2007. (A Dancing with the Stars lead-in being the common denominator.)

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Viewers turned to action on the court for their entertainment this past Friday night. For the second week in a row, CBS’ sports coverage easily outscored the competition.

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Although CBS didn’t see Ghost Whisperer-sized numbers, the network’s sports coverage did rally enough viewers to topple the competition.

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College sports coverage proved to be both a winner and loser for CBS last night. Although the NCAA tournament didn’t earn the network another double win last night, the court action did score a tie in the demos with ABC. (The Alphabet was the sole winner with the viewers.)

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  • (10.2 million, 3.0/9 in 18-49) raised 600,000.
  • CBS’ basketball coverage (3.5/10) scored 9.4 million.
  • (7.6 million, 2.1/6) picked up 400,000.
  • (6.4 million, 2.4/8) improved by 2 million; a repeat of (4.6 million, 2.0/6) did better than the Kath finale.
  • (3.3 million. 1.4/4) lost 400,000.

Click to continue reading Thursday Ratings: Wins for Both CBS, ABC

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Degrassi: The Next GenerationHere are some of the options available this Tuesday.

  • Barney Miller (Season 3)
  • Degrassi: The Next Generation (Season 7)
  • The F Word (Series 2)
  • Ghost Hunters (Season 4, Part 2)
  • Head Case (Season 1)
  • JAG: Judge Advocate General (Season 8)
  • Married with Children (Season 10)
  • Mr. Belvedere (Seasons 1 & 2)
  • The Nanny (Season 3)
  • WWE: No Way Out 2009
  • The Zeta Project (Season 1)

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Super Bowl XLIII

One of the greatest matches in Super Bowl history attracted one of the largest audiences ever:

  • Yesterday’s tight battle between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals nabbed 95.4 million viewers. Only last year’s contest between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants scored more. (That game rallied 97.5 million.)
  • Super Bowl XLIII proved the nation still loves its football. For four years now, viewership has surpassed 90 million.
  • Unfortunately, a special episode of didn’t do as well as the game. Despite earning 22 million sets of eyes, the program roped in the smallest post-game audience since 2005.

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