Friday Ratings: Close Call Between CBS and NBC

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

Friday night’s contest came down to the activity in the 9:00 hour. When the dust settled, CBS barely passed NBC in the viewers (5.09 million to 5.06 million) while tying both NBC and CW in the demos.

8pm

• Ghost Whisperer* (5 million, 1.2/5 in 18-49) saw 200,000 spirits disappear.
• Most Outrageous Moments* (4.1 million, 0.9/4) also slipped by 200,000.
• Friday Night Smackdown (4 million, 1.2/5) got 200,000 more in the ring.
• ABC‘s airing of Lemony Snicket (1.1/4) entertained 3.5 million.
• Approximately 2.6 million were sucked into The Fog (0.9/3) on FOX.

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Idol Gives Back Tidbits

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, Spoilers

Though American Idol’s charity extravaganza won’t air until Wednesday, much of the show has been pre-taped…and thus, it’s already happened. Want to know who showed up to sing what? Want to know more about the money the event wants to raise? Want to know what’s going to happen…before it does? Keep reading or turn back now - spoilers to follow.

Last year’s Idol Gives Back spectacular raised more than $75 million for various charitable organizations and even helped FOX score an honorary Emmy award. The official financial statement for the event will be released in May. This year’s goal is to raise at least $100 million in funds for charity. To kick off the night and begin the event, the Top 8 Idols performed Rihanna’s “Don’t Stop the Music.”

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This Week on TV (12/17-12/23)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Amazing Race, The, Nip/Tuck, The Office

MONDAY (12/17)

• Duel (ABC, 8pm):  The first of six-airings this week.  In this game show, the contestants ‘challenge each other’s intellect and skill, but a single wrong answer disqualifies them from trying for the $1.5 million prize.’  Seriously - if a show is going to be named ‘Duel’, it should involve body blows.
• Clash of the Choirs (NBC, 8pm):  This four-part series brings us Michael Bolton, Patti LaBelle, Nick Lachey and Kelly Rowland.  Surprisingly, this combo is not part of some VH1 program.
• Notes from the Underbelly (ABC, 9pm):  “Eric must organize a baby party without ruining friendships.”  His pals are all hoping they don’t have to come.
• Journeyman (NBC, 10pm):  “Dan is sent to rescue a mother and son in an RV hanging from a cliff.”  Just for clarification—do his travels always predate the existence of 911?

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This Week on TV (11/26-12/2)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, Bravo, CBS, NBC, The CW, America's Next Top Model, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, My Name Is Earl, Survivor

MONDAY (11/26)

• Dancing With the Stars (ABC, 8pm):  The final three competitors dance tonight.  ABC’s domination of Monday nights officially ends today.
• How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8pm):  ‘Barney loses his mojo just as he gets an invite to a Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show party.’  I’m willing to overlook another Heidi Klum sighting just to see Neil Patrick Harris squirm.
• Samantha Who? (ABC, 9pm): NOTE NEW START TIME.
• Notes from the Underbelly (ABC, 9:30):  Season premiere.  So how exactly does this show work?  Does someone always have to be pregnant?
• October Road (ABC, 10pm):  After it’s Thanksgiving debut, the show now slides into its regular time slot (where I predict it will soon slide right out of).

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Damon Wayans Returns to TV

Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Comedy, Prime Time, ABC

Remember when the Wayans brothers were a force to be reckoned with? I’m not sure what Marlon, Shawn or Keenen Ivory are up to these days, but Damon is giving TV another go. And he hasn’t been away for long, seeing as his popular show My Wife and Kids, which premiered in 2001, just ended in 2005. He’s coming back to ABC and has another pilot in the works. Of course, you can expect laughs from Wayans (that’s what he does best), but there will be a little sorrow too—he plays a widower who has to look after his estranged teenage stepson. Again, he’ll be playing the dad and this show will feature multiple cameras versus the single camera comedies of late. Wayans doesn’t seem to be fading from the spotlight anytime soon—after My Wife and Kids, he also exec produced a Showtime series called The Underground. Is anyone else hoping for the In Living Color reunion? How great would it be to get the Wayans family, David Alan Grier, Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson and Jim Carrey together again?

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