TV on DVD: May 5, 2009
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Kids, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, BBC, Cable, CBS, NBC, DVD,
Here are some of the TV on DVD options available this Tuesday.
- Bleak House (Special Edition)
- Boston Legal (Season 5)
- Crusoe (Complete Series)
- Dexter (Season 2) **Blu-ray**
- Doctor Who: Battlefield (Episode 156)
- Doctor Who: The E-Space Trilogy
- The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (Complete Series)
- Gavin and Stacey (Season 1)
- Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict (Season 1)
- Jake and the Fatman (Season 2)
- Jon & Kate Plus Eight: The Wedding - Volume 1 (Season 4)
- The Last Templar
- Lipstick Jungle (Season 2)
- Love Takes Wings
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TV Extensions, Renewals and Cancellations (3/31)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Food & Home, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Cable, FOX, MTV, NBC, Cancellations, Renewals,
Here’s an update on the shows you will and won’t be seeing in the months to come:
CANCELLATIONS
- The Chopping Block (NBC) - Effective immediately.
- Lipstick Jungle (NBC) - Officially, officially canceled. (Sorry, Brooke)
RENEWALS
- Friday Night Lights (NBC) - Seasons 4 & 5
- Kitchen Nightmares (FOX) - Season 3
- The Real World (MTV) - Seasons 23-26
- Real World/Road Rules Challenge (MTV) - Seasons 18-21
- Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nickelodeon) - Season 3
(To get a look at TV Envy’s Midseason Programming Schedule, click here.)
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Friday Ratings: Flashpoint Starts with a Bang
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Everybody Hates Chris, Ratings,
This weekend’s premiere of Flashpoint made CBS’ Friday night lineup that much stronger. The series - with the help of Ghost Whisperer - returned to its largest audience yet. Meanwhile, the debut of Howie Do It did better than the group of ladies following it.
8pm
- Ghost Whisperer (10.6 million, 2.5/8 in 18-49) was up 450,000 from its last original.
- Howie Do It (2.1/7) kicked off with 7.7 million viewers.
- Wife Swap (1.6/5) attracted 4.8 million.
- CW’s airing of Bruce Almighty (1.6/5) pulled in 4.2 million.
- Everybody Hates Chris (1.4 million, 0.5/2) and The Game (1.4 million, 0.6/2) had similar numbers.
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This Week on TV (1/5-1/11)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Talk Shows, ABC, Cable, CBS, FX, MTV, NBC, The CW, Grey’s Anatomy, Nip/Tuck, Scrubs,
(You can view TV Envy’s Midseason Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY 1/5)
Other Premieres: Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Travel), Antiques Roadshow (PBS), DietTribe (Lifetime), Superstars of Dance (NBC/Monday premiere),
- The Bachelor (ABC, 8pm): Season 13 premiere. “Single dad Jason Mesnick searches for a mate among 25 young women. In a new wrinkle, the bachelorettes get to vote for a competitor they’d like to see leave, but Jason has the final say.” Maybe the kid should have the final say. After all, he’s the one who’ll eventually call her “evil stepmom.”
- Gossip Girl (CW, 8pm): “Blair tries to get accepted into a distinguished ladies club and Jenny returns to school.” Just to clarify - Blair is hoping join a ladies club, not the gentlemen’s kind.
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family, 8pm): Series return. “After Amy hears that she needs to find a job, she and Ben decide to get married.” Unfortunately, she later realizes that she still needs to find a job.
- True Beauty (ABC, 10pm): Series premiere. “Beginning an eight-episode elimination contest in which 10 gorgeous people face challenges to determine the most beautiful—and inner beauty counts as much as physical attractiveness—while they live together in an LA mansion.” Welcome to the future of the Miss America pageant.
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This Week on TV (12/29-1/4)
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(You can view TV Envy’s Midseason Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY 12/29)- Seven Deadly Sins (History, 9pm): “The sin of lust is examined in the opener of a seven-part series exploring the seven capital vices, including their origin in religious teaching and history’s worst perpetrators.” In case you needed some help thinking of a good resolution.
- Bromance (MTV, 9pm): Series premiere. “Brody Jenner is introduced to nine guys who will be competing to be part of his entourage.” Finding someone less annoying than Spencer Pratt shouldn’t be too hard.
- The City (MTV, 10pm):: Series premiere. “Whitney Port arrives in New York City and begins working for iconic fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg.” And by “working,” we mean she’ll be giving Diane free publicity.
- 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (VH1, 10pm): “A five-part countdown of the Top 100 hard rock songs begins.” On VH1, Daughtry is considered hard rock.
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Friday Ratings: Frosty Evening for CBS
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Everybody Hates Chris, Ratings,
Back-to-back episodes about Frosty the Snowman had CBS feeling festive this weekend. The network won both the demos and the viewers on Friday.
8pm
- Frosty the Snowman (2.4/8 in 18-49) rang in 7.63 million; Frosty Returns (7.66 million, 2.4/8) did slightly better than the first 1/2 hour.
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (6.3 million, 1.3/4) picked up 800,000.
- NBC’s Greatest Holiday Moments (5.1 million, 1.0/4) rounded up 700,000 more.
- Wife Swap (1.2/4) pulled in 3.9 million.
- An Everybody Hates Chris block (0.6/2) had 1.6 million laughing.
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Friday Ratings: Numb3rs Lean CBS’ Way
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Ratings,
Even a little holiday cheer couldn’t stop CBS from taking another Friday night. Despite festive programming from its competitors, the Eye network was once again a winner in both categories.
8pm
- Ghost Whisperer (9.7 million, 2.4/8 in 18-49) had the night’s best demos.
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2.1/7) averaged 6.2 million.
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (1.4/4) saw 5.5 million tune in.
- NBC‘s Greatest Holiday Moments special (1.0/3) entertained 4.4 million.
- CW‘s airing of Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (0.6/2) attracted 1.9 million.
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This Week on TV (12/1-12/7)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, TNT-HD, Amazing Race, The, Desperate Housewives, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes,
(You can view TV Envy’s Master Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY 12/1)- Shrek the Halls (ABC, 8pm): Hopefully this Mike Myers laugher will help us all forget The Love Guru.
- Inside the Actor’s Studio (Bravo, 8pm): “Daniel Radcliffe, star of the Harry Potter film franchise, charts his career journey.” I’m not sure I want to see James Lipton enthusiastically talking about Radcliffe’s nude Broadway performance.
- Heroes (NBC, 9pm): “Ando, Sam and Frack try to restore Hiro’s memory with a comic book.” Any person trying to follow this series should be given an instruction manual.
- Boston Legal (ABC, 10pm): “When Denny receives bad news about the state of his Alzheimer’s, Alan goes before the Massachusetts Supreme Court to plead for access to an experimental drug that can help his condition.” Alzheimers? Maybe Shatner simply forgot why George Takei dislikes him so.
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NBC Lays Out New January Schedule
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, NBC, Heroes, Cancellations,
Come this January, NBC will be setting aside some dead weight to make room for a few new entries. The network will also also welcome the return of a critical fave.
- As mentioned earlier, My Own Worst Enemy and Lipstick Jungle have both been cut from the schedule. Crusoe, which was recently moved to Saturdays, is also MIA.
- Life, Chuck and Heroes will all get a few weeks off. (The trio will be back in time for February sweeps.)
- Although it was recently banished to DirecTV, Friday Night Lights will live to see another NBC Friday. The drama will return on Jan. 16.
- Hoping to jump in late on the dance show craze, the network will introduce a new reality series from the producers of American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance. Superstars of Dance, a show which is being described as the “Olympic Games of dance,” will begin airing on Mondays starting January 5th.
- Deal or No Deal will take a hiatus while another Howie Mandel-related series gets its start. Howie Do It - a hidden-camera reality program - will premiere on Friday January 9th.
- Momma’s Boys, another Ryan Seacrest produced show (can we say Keeping Up with the Kardashians?), will get a home on Mondays right after Superstars.
Having trouble keeping this all straight? Feel free to click on TV Envy’s Master Programming Schedule for a little guidance.
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Friday Ratings: Lipstick Jungle Not Seeing Improvement
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, Everybody Hates Chris, Ratings,
If there ever was a time for fans to support Lipstick Jungle, it’s now. Unfortunately, the show facing cancellation just took another another step backward, not forward. Last night, the show placed third in its hour and dropped 21% from last week. But then again, if Knight Rider can get a full season pickup - who knows?
8pm
- Ghost Whisperer (11.4 million, 2.7/9 in 18-49) fell by 400,000.
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (6 million, 1.3/4) picked up a 1/2 million.
- Deal or No Deal (5.7 million, 1.2/4) added on 400,000.
- Wife Swap (4.8 million, 1.7/5) tacked on 200,000 more.
- Everybody Hates Chris (1.8 million, 0.7/2) did the same as last week; The Game (1.6 million, 0.8/2) was down a notch.
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