This Week on TV (5/4-5/10)

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Scrubs

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MONDAY 5/4)

• How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8:30pm):  “Barney celebrates his 200th. No need to explain more.” That’s gonna be LEGEN… wait for it… and I hope you’re not lactose intolerant because the second half of that word is… DAIRY!
• Table for 12 (TLC, 9pm):  “Eric and Betty try to keep the kids busy when they’re all stuck at home on a school day.” I believe snow days is how they got their 10 kids to begin with.
• Two and a Half Men (CBS, 9pm):  “Chelsea moves into the house, and Alan feels like he is being pushed out.” It was like that time when his best friend Andie started dating that guy named Blane.
• New York Goes to Work (VH1, 10pm):  Series premiere.  “Viewers vote on which of the three jobs the long-time reality show veteran will take. If she impresses her employer, she’ll get a $5000 bonus. If she quits or fails, she’ll get nothing.” If she flames royally, VH1 will renew her contract.

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Schedule Changes: Harper’s, Chopping Block and Sit Down, Shut Up

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Could this be the slow death of a murder mystery? After only three weeks in a high profile time slot, Harper’s Island is getting a new home. (Was it because it was getting slaughtered in the ratings?) The series - which only had 13 episodes to begin with - is now being pushed to Saturdays @ 9:00 effective immediately. Repeats will fill the new Thursday hole for the next two weeks.

Fans of FOX’s Sunday animation lineup will also see a change this weekend. A two-week trial run of Sit Down, Shut Up has earned the comedy an earlier time slot. The freshman program will now air at 7:00 right before a repeat of American Dad. Original episodes of King of the Hill will then take over the 8:30 slot.

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Sunday Ratings: Weekend Win for ABC

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Amazing Race, The, Apprentice, The - Donald, Desperate Housewives, Family Guy, Ratings

If it hadn’t been the first official Sunday of sweeps, last night would have been considered a fairly uneventful. ABC’s lineup took the oh-so-important demos while CBS won a narrow contest with the viewers.

8pm

• The Amazing Race (10.3 million, 3.1/9 in 18-49) remained steady.
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2.8/8) returned to 8.7 million.
• The Simpsons (5.9 million, 2.9/9) was down 600,000.
• Dateline (1.1/3) averaged 5.1 million over two hours.
• Sit Down, Shut Up (4.2 million, 1.9/5) lost 1 million.
• CW’s airing of Four Weddings and a Funeral (0.3/1) romanced 1.2 million.

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Sunday Ratings: Fond Farewell for Desperate Housewife

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She might not be Miss USA, but Nicollette Sheridan is still a winner. Last night’s goodbye to Edie Britt was Sunday’s most-watched event. The farewell helped ABC take first place in both the viewers and the demos yesterday.

8pm

• The Amazing Race (10.4 million, 3.0/8) left 1.4 million behind at the pit stop.
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition* (7.6 million, 2.2/6) was off by 1.8 million.
• The Simpsons (3.0/9) raked in 6.5 million; the premiere of Sit Down, Shut Up (5.2 million, 2.3/6) lost a good chunk of its lead-in.
• The Miss USA Pageant (1.4/4) had 5 million talking.
• CW’s airing of At First Sight (0.2/1) averaged 1.1 million.

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