Wednesday, May 16, 2012
CBS Upfront 2012-13: Fall 2012 Schedule; MeTV Coming to Portland Oregon
CBS 2012-13
Fall 2012
Mondays
8:00PM How I Met Your Mother
8:30PM Partners (NEW!)
9:00PM 2 Broke Girls
9:30PM Mike & Molly
10:00PM Hawaii Five-0
Tuesdays
8:00PM NCIS
9:00PM NCIS: Los Angeles
10:00PM Vegas (NEW!)
Wednesdays
8:00PM Survivor
9:00PM Criminal Minds
10:00PM CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Thursdays
8:00PM The Big Bang Theory
8:30PM Two and a Half Men
9:00PM Person of Interest
10:00PM Elementary (NEW!)
Fridays
8:00PM CSI: NY
9:00PM Made in Jersey (NEW!)
10:00PM Blue Bloods
Saturdays
8:00PM Crimetime Saturday (encores)
9:00PM Crimetime Saturday (encores)
10:00PM 48 Hours Mystery
Sundays
7:00PM 60 Minutes
8:00PM The Amazing Race
9:00PM The Good Wife
10:00PM The Mentalist
Mid-Season:
Returning series: Undercover Boss
New series: Friend Me (comedy), Golden Boy (drama), and The Job (reality)
NOTES: Coming soon, check back.
Discuss CBS's 2012-13 line-up and view the full press release.
Turning to other news, MeTV announced an affiliation agreement with Fisher Communications-owned KATU-TV, Portland, OR. The station will launch MeTV on June 24, 2012 and will be seen over-the-air on channel 2.2 as well as on Comcast channel 302, Charter channel 292 and Wave Broadband channel 60. MeTV Network now clears more than 79% of the country, serving more than 122 affiliates. MeTV of course features a wide range of programming which audiences and advertisers find comfortable and engaging. MeTV's library includes almost 100 series from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, CBS Television Distribution, NBCUniversal Television as well as independent series owners and producers. MeTV's line-up include some of the most beloved television programs ever produced, including: M*A*S*H, Perry Mason, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Gunsmoke, That Girl, and the original Star Trek and Hawaii Five-O series
Fall 2012
Mondays
8:00PM How I Met Your Mother
8:30PM Partners (NEW!)
9:00PM 2 Broke Girls
9:30PM Mike & Molly
10:00PM Hawaii Five-0
Tuesdays
8:00PM NCIS
9:00PM NCIS: Los Angeles
10:00PM Vegas (NEW!)
Wednesdays
8:00PM Survivor
9:00PM Criminal Minds
10:00PM CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Thursdays
8:00PM The Big Bang Theory
8:30PM Two and a Half Men
9:00PM Person of Interest
10:00PM Elementary (NEW!)
Fridays
8:00PM CSI: NY
9:00PM Made in Jersey (NEW!)
10:00PM Blue Bloods
Saturdays
8:00PM Crimetime Saturday (encores)
9:00PM Crimetime Saturday (encores)
10:00PM 48 Hours Mystery
Sundays
7:00PM 60 Minutes
8:00PM The Amazing Race
9:00PM The Good Wife
10:00PM The Mentalist
Mid-Season:
Returning series: Undercover Boss
New series: Friend Me (comedy), Golden Boy (drama), and The Job (reality)
NOTES: Coming soon, check back.
Discuss CBS's 2012-13 line-up and view the full press release.
Turning to other news, MeTV announced an affiliation agreement with Fisher Communications-owned KATU-TV, Portland, OR. The station will launch MeTV on June 24, 2012 and will be seen over-the-air on channel 2.2 as well as on Comcast channel 302, Charter channel 292 and Wave Broadband channel 60. MeTV Network now clears more than 79% of the country, serving more than 122 affiliates. MeTV of course features a wide range of programming which audiences and advertisers find comfortable and engaging. MeTV's library includes almost 100 series from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, CBS Television Distribution, NBCUniversal Television as well as independent series owners and producers. MeTV's line-up include some of the most beloved television programs ever produced, including: M*A*S*H, Perry Mason, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Gunsmoke, That Girl, and the original Star Trek and Hawaii Five-O series
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
ABC Upfront 2012-13: Fall 2012 Schedule; First-Run Sitcom Mr. Box Office Gets Cast
Scoop! We are posting ABC's official line-up FIRST!
ABC 2012-13
Fall 2012
Mondays
8:00PM Dancing with the Stars
10:00PM Castle
Tuesdays
8:00PM Dancing with the Stars: The Results
9:00PM Happy Endings
9:30PM Don't Trust the B---- In Apartment 23
10:00PM Private Practice
Wednesdays
8:00PM The Middle
8:30PM Suburgatory
9:00PM Modern Family
9:30PM The Neighbors (NEW!)
10:00PM Nashville (NEW!)
Thursdays
8:00PM Last Resort (NEW!)
9:00PM Grey's Anatomy
10:00PM Scandal
Fridays (September/October)
8:00PM Shark Tank
9:00PM What Would You Do?
10:00PM 20/20
Fridays (Starting In November)
8:00PM Last Man Standing
8:30PM Malibu Country (NEW!)
9:00PM Shark Tank
10:00PM 20/20
Saturdays
8:00PM Saturday Night College Football
Sundays
7:00PM America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00PM Once Upon a Time
9:00PM Revenge
10:00PM 666 Park Avenue (NEW!)
Mid-Season:
New Mid-Season: Red Widow (Drama), Mistresses (Drama), Zero Hour (Drama), Family Tools (Single-Camera Comedy), How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life (Comedy).
Returning Mid-Season: The Bachelor, Wife Swap, Body of Proof
Please note shows picked up but not listed on the schedule will debut later in the 2012-13 season.
NOTES: ABC has announced their fall schedule and we have some notes on the schedule. First up, Dancing with the Stars will have an All-Star edition in the fall! You'll see some former champions, former stars who came close, and some controversial stars returning to the ballroom! ABC also announced a new hip comedy hour on Tuesdays at 9 with buzzed series Happy Endings and Apartment 23. Come January, the Tuesday comedy hour will turn into a block, with the additions of How To Live With Your Parents for The Rest of Your Life at 8 and The Family Tools at 8:30. We do not have a set night and time yet for the return of Body of Proof, but it will be back in mid-season. ABC will also bring back Wife Swap in mid-season. The Bachelor will return in January on Monday nights. ABC also announced that mid-season drama Mistresses starring Alyssa Milano and Yunjin Kim will air on Monday nights, but it wasn't clear exactly when as at one point they mentioned May and another time it was mentioned with The Bachelor, which runs Jan-Mar. So, as they say...stay tuned. No night and times for the other two new mid-season dramas: Red Widow and Zero Hour.
The upfront presentation for ABC is at 4pm ET. Stay tuned later for a recap.
Discuss ABC's 2012-13 line-up and also you can view complete program information.
As we first mentioned earlier this year, two original sitcoms are coming to first-run syndication this fall with 104 episodes each from Entertainment Studios. We gave you the cast and details for The First Family, but now we have details on the second comedy--Mr. Box Office! The sitcom just wrapped its pilot episode and is about a major movie star who is sentenced to community service at an inner city high school in South Central Los Angeles. Bill Bellamy, Jon Lovitz, Vivica A. Fox, Gary Busey and Keshia Knight Pulliam star in this all-star cast! The cast also includes Rick Fox, Tim Meadows, Tony T. Roberts, Alex Thomas, Jeff Garcia, Marcus Paulk, Giovonnie Samuels, Tequan Richmond, Giselle Bonilla, Davi Santos, Nick Nervies, Erin Westbrook and Clifton Davis.
Mr. Box Office centers on actor Marcus Jackson (Bellamy), one of the biggest movie stars in the world who, after pushing a paparazzi, finds himself having to put his film career on hold, while relegated to a long-term community service stint teaching underprivileged high school kids in South Central. Rick Fox will play a physical education teacher at the school. Vivica Fox will play a cougar history teacher. Like The First Family, it'll be on broadcast syndication, cable, and digital media starting this fall. Keep it right here for further information, so stay with us!
ABC 2012-13
Fall 2012
Mondays
8:00PM Dancing with the Stars
10:00PM Castle
Tuesdays
8:00PM Dancing with the Stars: The Results
9:00PM Happy Endings
9:30PM Don't Trust the B---- In Apartment 23
10:00PM Private Practice
Wednesdays
8:00PM The Middle
8:30PM Suburgatory
9:00PM Modern Family
9:30PM The Neighbors (NEW!)
10:00PM Nashville (NEW!)
Thursdays
8:00PM Last Resort (NEW!)
9:00PM Grey's Anatomy
10:00PM Scandal
Fridays (September/October)
8:00PM Shark Tank
9:00PM What Would You Do?
10:00PM 20/20
Fridays (Starting In November)
8:00PM Last Man Standing
8:30PM Malibu Country (NEW!)
9:00PM Shark Tank
10:00PM 20/20
Saturdays
8:00PM Saturday Night College Football
Sundays
7:00PM America's Funniest Home Videos
8:00PM Once Upon a Time
9:00PM Revenge
10:00PM 666 Park Avenue (NEW!)
Mid-Season:
New Mid-Season: Red Widow (Drama), Mistresses (Drama), Zero Hour (Drama), Family Tools (Single-Camera Comedy), How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life (Comedy).
Returning Mid-Season: The Bachelor, Wife Swap, Body of Proof
Please note shows picked up but not listed on the schedule will debut later in the 2012-13 season.
NOTES: ABC has announced their fall schedule and we have some notes on the schedule. First up, Dancing with the Stars will have an All-Star edition in the fall! You'll see some former champions, former stars who came close, and some controversial stars returning to the ballroom! ABC also announced a new hip comedy hour on Tuesdays at 9 with buzzed series Happy Endings and Apartment 23. Come January, the Tuesday comedy hour will turn into a block, with the additions of How To Live With Your Parents for The Rest of Your Life at 8 and The Family Tools at 8:30. We do not have a set night and time yet for the return of Body of Proof, but it will be back in mid-season. ABC will also bring back Wife Swap in mid-season. The Bachelor will return in January on Monday nights. ABC also announced that mid-season drama Mistresses starring Alyssa Milano and Yunjin Kim will air on Monday nights, but it wasn't clear exactly when as at one point they mentioned May and another time it was mentioned with The Bachelor, which runs Jan-Mar. So, as they say...stay tuned. No night and times for the other two new mid-season dramas: Red Widow and Zero Hour.
The upfront presentation for ABC is at 4pm ET. Stay tuned later for a recap.
Discuss ABC's 2012-13 line-up and also you can view complete program information.
As we first mentioned earlier this year, two original sitcoms are coming to first-run syndication this fall with 104 episodes each from Entertainment Studios. We gave you the cast and details for The First Family, but now we have details on the second comedy--Mr. Box Office! The sitcom just wrapped its pilot episode and is about a major movie star who is sentenced to community service at an inner city high school in South Central Los Angeles. Bill Bellamy, Jon Lovitz, Vivica A. Fox, Gary Busey and Keshia Knight Pulliam star in this all-star cast! The cast also includes Rick Fox, Tim Meadows, Tony T. Roberts, Alex Thomas, Jeff Garcia, Marcus Paulk, Giovonnie Samuels, Tequan Richmond, Giselle Bonilla, Davi Santos, Nick Nervies, Erin Westbrook and Clifton Davis.
Mr. Box Office centers on actor Marcus Jackson (Bellamy), one of the biggest movie stars in the world who, after pushing a paparazzi, finds himself having to put his film career on hold, while relegated to a long-term community service stint teaching underprivileged high school kids in South Central. Rick Fox will play a physical education teacher at the school. Vivica Fox will play a cougar history teacher. Like The First Family, it'll be on broadcast syndication, cable, and digital media starting this fall. Keep it right here for further information, so stay with us!
Monday, May 14, 2012
Fox Upfront 2012-13: Fall 2012 Schedule; Family Ties Coming To GMC
Fox 2012-13
Fall 2012
Mondays
8:00PM Bones
9:00PM The Mob Doc (NEW!)
Tuesdays
8:00PM Raising Hope
8:30PM Ben & Kate (NEW!)
9:00PM New Girl
9:30PM The Mindy Project (NEW!)
Wednesdays
8:00PM The X-Factor /American Idol (mid-season)
Thursdays
8:00PM The X-Factor/American Idol (mid-season)
9:00PM Glee
Fridays
8:00PM Touch
9:00PM Fringe
Saturdays
8:00PM College Football on Fox
Sundays
7:00PM NFL Overrun/Animated Repeats
7:30PM The OT (NFL post-game)/The Cleveland Show
8:00PM The Simpsons
8:30PM Bob's Burgers
9:00PM Family Guy
9:30PM American Dad!
Mid-season: The Following (drama, Mon), The Goodwin Games (comedy, Tues), Hell's Kitchen (Fri), Cops (Sat)
NOTES: Fox made it official that Demi Lovato and Britney Spears have joined The X Factor as judges. Fox also mentioned that mid-season drama The Following starring Kevin Bacon will be for 15 straight weeks, and is similar to 24.
Discuss Fox's 2012-13 line-up. You'll find the official press release there, too...with more detailed information.
Turning to other news, GMC has acquired the rights to the '80s sitcom Family Ties! The Michael J. Fox comedy will start airing on the cable network next Monday (May 21), weekdays at 10:00am & 10:30am. The sitcom currently airs on The Hub on cable, but it has been reduced to weekend late nights at 2:30am ET, three times a week every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. Family Ties will lead into an hour of the '90s Cosby, which gets a second hour at 11:00am & 11:30am. The show will continue to air late nights at 1:00am & 1:30am following full hours of 227 and Amen. The block of Ties and Cosby is replacing two-hours of reality game show Don't Forget the Lyrics!, which is now off the schedule. The rest of the line-up will remain intact, with The Waltons, Judging Amy, Dr. Quinn Medicine Women, more Waltons and a movie, from 12pm-11pm.
On Saturdays, a block of Sister, Sister and Moesha will remain leading into a block of Cosby. Keep it right here for more on Family Ties on GMC! Sha la la la!
Fall 2012
Mondays
8:00PM Bones
9:00PM The Mob Doc (NEW!)
Tuesdays
8:00PM Raising Hope
8:30PM Ben & Kate (NEW!)
9:00PM New Girl
9:30PM The Mindy Project (NEW!)
Wednesdays
8:00PM The X-Factor /American Idol (mid-season)
Thursdays
8:00PM The X-Factor/American Idol (mid-season)
9:00PM Glee
Fridays
8:00PM Touch
9:00PM Fringe
Saturdays
8:00PM College Football on Fox
Sundays
7:00PM NFL Overrun/Animated Repeats
7:30PM The OT (NFL post-game)/The Cleveland Show
8:00PM The Simpsons
8:30PM Bob's Burgers
9:00PM Family Guy
9:30PM American Dad!
Mid-season: The Following (drama, Mon), The Goodwin Games (comedy, Tues), Hell's Kitchen (Fri), Cops (Sat)
NOTES: Fox made it official that Demi Lovato and Britney Spears have joined The X Factor as judges. Fox also mentioned that mid-season drama The Following starring Kevin Bacon will be for 15 straight weeks, and is similar to 24.
Discuss Fox's 2012-13 line-up. You'll find the official press release there, too...with more detailed information.
Turning to other news, GMC has acquired the rights to the '80s sitcom Family Ties! The Michael J. Fox comedy will start airing on the cable network next Monday (May 21), weekdays at 10:00am & 10:30am. The sitcom currently airs on The Hub on cable, but it has been reduced to weekend late nights at 2:30am ET, three times a week every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. Family Ties will lead into an hour of the '90s Cosby, which gets a second hour at 11:00am & 11:30am. The show will continue to air late nights at 1:00am & 1:30am following full hours of 227 and Amen. The block of Ties and Cosby is replacing two-hours of reality game show Don't Forget the Lyrics!, which is now off the schedule. The rest of the line-up will remain intact, with The Waltons, Judging Amy, Dr. Quinn Medicine Women, more Waltons and a movie, from 12pm-11pm.
On Saturdays, a block of Sister, Sister and Moesha will remain leading into a block of Cosby. Keep it right here for more on Family Ties on GMC! Sha la la la!
Sunday, May 13, 2012
NBC Upfront 2012-13: Fall 2012 Schedule; Week 34 TV Ratings and Analysis; How the Sitcoms Did
NBC 2012-13
Fall 2012
Mondays
8:00PM The Voice
10:00PM The Revolution (NEW!)
Tuesdays
8:00PM The Voice
9:00PM Go On (NEW!)
9:30PM The New Normal (NEW!)
10:00PM Parenthood
Wednesdays
8:00PM Animal Practice (NEW!)
8:30PM Guys With Kids (NEW!)
9:00PM Law & Order: SVU
10:00PM Chicago Fire (NEW!)
Thursdays
8:00PM 30 Rock
8:30PM Up All Night
9:00PM The Office
9:30PM Parks & Recreation
10:00PM Rock Center with Brian Williams
Fridays
8:00PM Whitney
8:30PM Community
9:00PM Grimm
10:00PM Dateline
Saturdays
8:00PM Repeats
Sundays
7:00PM Football Night in America
8:15PM Sunday Night Football
Mid-Season 2013:
Sundays (Post NFL)
7:00PM Dateline
8:00PM Fashion Star
9:00PM Celebrity Apprentice
10:00PM Do No Harm (NEW!)
Not Yet Scheduled Mid-Season:
Returning: Smash, Betty White's Off Their Rockers, The Biggest Loser
New: Save Me (single-camera comedy), 1600 Penn (single-camera comedy), Next Caller (single camera comedy), Infamous (drama), Hannibal (drama), Stars Earn Stripes (reality), Howie Mandel's White Elephant (reality), Ready for Love (reality) and Surprise with Jenny McCarthy (reality).
Notes: NBC is adding 6 new scripted series to its line-up this fall, with 6 more coming in mid-season. They also have three new reality entries coming in mid-season. In mid-season, they have four returning reality entries, along with drama Smash. Among the four returning reality series, The Sing-Off is not mentioned, and is canceled. They have also canned Fear Factor again and Who Do You Think You Are. As we predicted, The Biggest Loser is now just once a year and will debut its next season in early 2013. As for fall, NBC's hit The Voice will now be twice a year, with it airing Mondays 8-10pm and Tuesdays 8-9pm this fall. A new drama will air Mondays at 10pm, The Revolution from J.J. Abrams. It will likely launch the day after the Olympics conclude on Aug. 13. No word if The Voice will launch that night as well, as NBC will still have America's Got Talent. Tuesdays will no longer have The Biggest Loser in the fall, so The Voice will move down an hour on Tuesdays at 8 giving a strong lead-in to two new comedies: Go On starring Matthew Perry and The New Normal. These two comedies will also most likely launch after the Olympics conclude, so likely Aug. 14 following AGT or The Voice (if they start that in August). Parenthood will remain in its 10pm timeslot and maybe will also start after the Olympics end. Wednesdays starts off again with new comedies. This time they are more male/family based than last season's Christina Applegate and Hank Azaria comedies. Animal Practice is a single-camera comedy leading into the family multi-camera comedy from Jimmy Fallon titled Guys With Kids. These could also launch the week after the Olympics, but maybe not since there is no lead-in. I think these two will have its work cut out for them opposite ABC's comedies and self-starting. Harry's Law is canned and Law & Order: SVU is now back to 9pm, where it didn't do that well before. New drama from Dick Wolf titled Chicago Fire will air at 10pm. This night might not premiere until the season starts, with a chance the comedies premiere after the Olympics. NBC Thursday will not have any new series, so it will likely not premiere immediately following the Olympics. Likely the final season of 30 Rock will air at 8 leading into a new time for Up All Night, as Community heads to Fridays. All of these series have 13 episodes, I think. So they will be replaced by mid-season comedies or reality by January or so. The Office remains at 9pm leading into Parks & Recreation. Both shows are expected to have full 22-episode seasons. You can expect similar low ratings like this season for this night. And it gets worse at 10pm, as for some reason they are airing Rock Center with Brian Williams, which moves yet again and is still on the air despite horrible ratings. Fridays will have Whitney move to a new night with it leading into Community. That is an absolute dreadful pairing, I think. Both should be gone quickly after 13 episodes. So they renewed Whitney for this? Should have been paired with Guys with Kids at least. Friday drama Grimm will remain intact at 9. Dateline closes it out at 10pm again. Football remains on Sundays, and saves NBC as usual.
As for mid-season, NBC has only scheduled one night so far: Sundays after football ends. Sundays will have Celebrity Apprentice cut to one hour from 9-10pm to lead into the new drama Do No Harm. Second season reality series Fashion Star will air at 8, which is strange since it hasn't done well this season. Dateline will kick-off the night at 7.
My final thoughts at Fall: I don't think it is a great schedule, only Mondays and Tuesdays have a chance to improve and that is because of one show: The Voice. I'm not sure if a male-skewing drama like The Revolution will fit out of that female-centric reality show and opposite MNF on ESPN. But launching it earlier could help. Two comedies might be a good idea on Tuesdays at 9, but will have to face New Girl on Fox most likely. Other than these two nights, they certainly could have done better with this schedule. The Wednesday comedy hour is bound for failure with two freshman series and moving SVU back to 9 is not a good idea, even if it is to launch a new drama at 10 from Dick Wolf. It'll be a low rated night for NBC. Thursdays is the same old and no new shows, so I don't expect much as 10pm will have the same low ratings but with a cheaper show in Rock Center. By mid-season that 8pm hour will for sure be new comedies or even a reality show. Office/Parks will likely still air all season, since 22 episodes are ordered likely for both. The Friday comedy hour really looks weird, as the pairing is very strange. I don't know if that will work, and I could see a reality show plugged in very quickly. NBC has a lot of mid-season shows, so if something falters, they will have something to plug in quickly. The fall will heavily rely on The Voice to bring in some new hits, and even that show could drop if they have new judges/mentors that aren't up to par as the current ones. Smash will return with 15-18 episodes either late fall (if Revolution falters) or mid-season.
Discuss NBC's 2012-13 line-up and also you can view complete program information.
2011-12 Week 34 TV Ratings (first four nights final ratings, Mon-Thu):
Week 34 (May 7-13) Analysis: Week 34 has May sweeps in full gear, but some shows are ending early with finales in week 34. Through the the first four nights, ABC, CBS and Fox are very close to each other again in HH/viewers, with CBS on top, followed by ABC and Fox battling for second. In the more important adults 18-49, it is also close, with Fox with the slight edge over CBS again. ABC is third tied with NBC, which was helped by The Voice finale. NBC is still a distant fourth in HH/viewers, though. When the week is over by tonight, it could be the same as this, but I expect ABC to take over second in 18-49 over CBS and pass NBC for sure. More on the prediction of week 34 below. As for last week, week 33, Fox and CBS tied for the 18-49 crown, while CBS took home HH/total viewers. ABC was second in HH/viewers, but third in 18-49, while Fox was third in HH/viewers. And that left NBC fourth across the board again. Could NBC finish the season in fourth place in 18-49 even with the Super Bowl? They could give up its third place lead (only a tenth right now) soon to ABC.
On Monday, it was NBC nipping by CBS this time. First, on ABC, Dancing with the Stars started it off from 8-10pm doing a first place 16.37 million and a 2.7 18-49 rating, but down a tenth from previous week. At 10pm, Castle was all-new and was its season finale doing a solid 12.36 million and a 2.4 18-49 rating, not losing much of its lead-in and up a tenth from previous week. What a finale! For CBS, How I Met Your Mother was preempted so 2 Broke Girls aired a two-episode season finale with 8.99 million and a 3.3 18-49 rating, but that was its series low. Maybe it isn't ready to be an anchor just yet? A new Two and a Half Men followed at 9 with 11.43 million and a 3.8 rating, the best of the block as usual and on par with previous week. A new showing of Mike & Molly was next and did 10.14 million and a 3.1 18-49 rating, down a tenth week-to-week. At 10, a new episode of Hawaii Five-0 did 9.39 million and a 2.3 18-49 rating, which is below normal and down two tenths from previous week for a series low. Fox started off the night with Bones doing 7.02 million and a 1.9 rating, down a tenth from the previous week. House was new at 9 with 6.09 million and a 2.1 rating, on par with previous week. Going out with a whimper, as the series finale nears. NBC started it off with a two-hour The Voice and did 10.74 million and a 3.8 18-49 rating, which was up three tenths for the first part of its season finale. Still good, but part one of the first season finale did better in June. Then at 10pm week fourteen of critical darling Smash was next doing 5.72 million and a 1.8 18-49 rating, which was on par with previous week for a series low. It's coming back for a second season anyway, but either late fall or mid-season so no repeats air like this season. The CW aired an all-new Gossip Girl and did just 830,000 viewers and a 0.4 18-49 rating, down two tenths from previous week for a low. No wonder this is coming back for a final season of 11 episodes next season. A new Hart of Dixie followed with 1.37 million and a 0.6 rating, on par with previous week.
On Tuesday, it was NBC with the win thanks to the finale of The Voice. On CBS, NCIS at 8 started it off with a new episode doing 18.2 million and a 3.1 18-49 rating. Below normal again but on par with previous week. Then a new NCIS: Los Angeles at 9pm did 14.56 million and a 3.0 18-49 rating, on par with previous week's crossover with Hawaii Five-0. At 10pm, the finale of Unforgettable did 10.84 million and a 2.0 18-49 rating, up two tenths from previous week, but CBS has canceled the show. ABC aired the season finale of Last Man Standing doing 6.62 million and a 1.7 18-49 rating, up two tenths from previous week. A new Cougar Town did 4.63 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating, also up two tenths week-to-week. Officially returning for a fourth season, but on TBS! At 9pm, the live Dancing with the Stars: The Results did 13.71 million and a 2.4 18-49 rating, on par with previous week, as we said goodbye to Melissa Gilbert and Roshon Feegan. Semi-finals next! Next at 10pm, was a new Private Practice on its new night doing 5.77 million and a 1.4 18-49 rating, down seven tenths from previous week for a series low as it was heavily hurt by The Voice finale on NBC. Fox aired a new Glee doing 6.67 million and a 2.7 18-49 rating, up two tenths from previous week. New Girl was new at 9 for its season finale and did 5.61 million and a 2.8 18-49 rating, up six tenths from previous week's low. Nice climb. At 9:30pm a repeat followed and did just 3.26 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating, up a tenth week-to-week. NBC was next with a special time airing of Fashion Star in the 8pm hour doing only 4.35 million and a 1.3 18-49 rating, which is a series low. Expect the same ratings next season in early 2013 on Sundays at 8. Stupid move by NBC. At 9, NBC aired the live The Voice two-hour finale doing 11.93 million and a 4.4 18-49 rating, up 1.3 tenths from previous week when it was just at 9pm. Nice finale! The CW was all-new with 90210 doing 1.15 million and a 0.6 18-49 rating, which was on par with the previous week. Then at 9pm, a new episode of LA Complex did just 540,000 viewers and a 0.2 18-49 rating, down a tenth from previous week. What a disaster!
Wednesday it was all Fox with the win as CBS and ABC battled for a distant second. First, CBS started the night off with a new Survivor: One World doing 9.97 million and a 2.8 18-49 rating, which was up two tenths from previous week's series low. Finale is tonight. Then at 9pm, a new episode of Criminal Minds did 11.62 million and a 2.9 18-49 rating, down a tenth from previous week for a series low. And at 10pm the season finale of CSI did 10.73 million and a 2.4 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week but its lowest rated finale ever. ABC was all-new for its Laugh On comedy block, as a new The Middle started it off doing 6.6 million and a 1.9 18-49 rating, as it could be better but spring has hampered it a bit. Suburgatory followed with a new telecast at 8:30pm doing 5.94 million and a 2.1 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week. The mega hit Modern Family was next at 9pm with a new episode and it did 10.58 million and 4.4 18-49 rating, which up three tenths from previous week, tied for the best in scripted TV this week so far. At 9:30pm, week five of the hilarious Don't Trust the B---- In Apartment 23 was all-new and did 5.69 million and a 2.3 18-49 rating, but down a tenth from previous week. Renewed for a season 2 though! At 10pm the addicting Revenge was new and did 7.01 million and a 2.2 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week despite it being a flashback episode. Should build now as we get closer to the first season finale in 2 weeks. Fox aired American Idol from 8-10pm doing 16.46 million and a 4.5 18-49 rating, down two tenths from previous week but still good for #1 for the week again, beating The Voice finale. NBC opened the night with a new Betty White's Off Their Rockers doing 5.23 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating, up two tenths from previous week's low. Another all-new episode followed at 8:30pm and did a similar 5.0 million and a 1.4 18-49 rating, on par with previous week. Will return next season in mid-season again. At 9pm, a new Rock Center with Brian Williams at 9pm did 3.29 million and a 0.7 18-49, down three tenths from previous week. Wow, so bad, and yet NBC is moving this to Thursdays this fall? And at 10pm, a new Law & Order: SVU did 5.88 million and a 1.8 18-49 rating, down a tenth from previous week. If it can't do much at 10, why will it at 9pm next fall? The CW had a repeat of Top Model start it off at 8pm doing 780,000 viewers and a 0.3 18-49 rating. A new America's Next Top Model followed at 9 and did 1.06 million and a 0.4 18-49 rating, down a tenth from previous week.
Thursday it was Fox edging out CBS by just a tenth for the win again. Starting with ABC, they opened the night with week nine of Missing doing 6.37 million and a 1.1 18-49 rating, on par with previous week's series low. It has been canned, so the finale is this Thursday. At 9pm, a new Grey's Anatomy aired doing 9.82 million and a 3.5 18-49 rating, up two tenths from previous week. Awesome episode again and the season finale looks like it will be big. Look for big numbers. At 10pm, a new Scandal did 6.43 million and a 1.9 18-49 rating, on par with previous week. By far the best episode and I think it will reach a series high for the season finale this week. This show could be big next season. CBS started with the season finale of The Big Bang Theory doing a great 13.72 million and 4,4 18-49 rating, but down three tenths from previous week. Could have been higher for a season finale. A new Rules of Engagement did 8.77 million and a 2.7 18-49 rating, on par with previous week. Solid performance for a show everyone wants to get rid of. A new episode of Person of Interest aired next at 9 and did 12.96 million and a 2.6 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week. Could be better and we know it can do better. The Mentalist was next at 10 and new too and did 12.62 million and a 2.4 18-49 rating, down a tenth from previous week. Fox aired American Idol at 8 doing 15.62million and a 4.0 18-49 rating, again on par with previous week. Then a new episode of Touch at 9 did 6.84 million and a 1.9 18-49 rating, down a tenth from previous week, tying a series low. It's back next season anyway. NBC was all-new with a new Community up first doing 2.99 million and a 1.4 18-49 rating, which was on par with previous week. Fridays seems very weird for this show next fall. At 8:30pm, 30 Rock was new at 8:30pm and did 2.92 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week. Really, time to end it after six seasons but it is back next season for 13 episodes. The season finale of The Office was next and did just 4.49 million and a 2.3 18-49 rating, on par with previous week. It will return next season in this slot, but NBC needs a new comedy anchor badly now. At 9:30pm Parks & Recreation finale did just 3.42 million and a 1.7 18-49 rating, on par week-to-week. At 10pm, week eleven of Awake is dead in the ratings as it did 2.51 million and a 0.9 18-49 rating, up two tenths week-to-week actually. It's canceled anyway. The CW's big gun Vampire Diaries was new and did 2.53 million and a 1.2 18-49 rating, on par with previous week BUT still seems low for this show. The CW can't catch a break. Then at 9pm, drama The Secret Circle was new too and did 1.28 million and a 0.6 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week. It has been canned, though.
Now, final numbers for Friday and Saturday are not available, but ABC edged out a win on Friday again. Shark Tank at 8pm was new and #1 again for the entire night, as the season finale of Undercover Boss had to settle for second place and another series low. At 9pm NBC's Grimm and CSI: NY were no match for ABC's What Would You Do? which was #1 at 9. CBS' Blue Bloods was no match for ABC's 20/20, as it was #1 at 10 for a clean ABC sweep. Fox's Fringe was low at 9pm, but it is back for the final 13 episodes next season anyway.
Saturday numbers have Fox winning with NASCAR. CBS, ABC and NBC did nothing.
Tonight ABC's line-up is AFV, Once Upon a Time, & Desperate Housewives. Look for solid numbers for the entire night and a #1 position for the season finale of Once Upon a Time and the two-hour series finale for Desperate. Could be big. NBC has Dateline at 7, with Celebrity Apprentice from 9-11pm, and Harry's Law leading in. Maybe a third or fourth place finish. CBS has new airings of 60 Minutes then the two-hour Survivor finale leading into the reunion show at 10. A second place finish I think. Fox has Animation Domination which could have them in third place, but I also could see them in fourth.
As for the week (week 34), Fox will likely win the week in 18-49 but it won't be a runaway. And CBS should win HH/viewers. ABC will be second in 18-49 and HH/viewers. CBS will beat NBC in 18-49 for third, with Fox should be third in HH/viewers. NBC will be fourth for sure in HH/viewers. As for the coming week, week 35, we have more season finales like and some summer series premieres like The Bachelorette and America's Got Talent. We are just one more week after and the season is over...wow!
Last Sunday Sitcoms (counts for Week 33 -- April 30-May 6)
Summing it up. Airings of Modern Family, The big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, 2 Broke Girls, New Girl, Mike & Molly were impressive for the week. Everything else was OK (such as The Middle, The Office) or just plain old terrible (such as Community, 30 Rock).
Fall 2012
Mondays
8:00PM The Voice
10:00PM The Revolution (NEW!)
Tuesdays
8:00PM The Voice
9:00PM Go On (NEW!)
9:30PM The New Normal (NEW!)
10:00PM Parenthood
Wednesdays
8:00PM Animal Practice (NEW!)
8:30PM Guys With Kids (NEW!)
9:00PM Law & Order: SVU
10:00PM Chicago Fire (NEW!)
Thursdays
8:00PM 30 Rock
8:30PM Up All Night
9:00PM The Office
9:30PM Parks & Recreation
10:00PM Rock Center with Brian Williams
Fridays
8:00PM Whitney
8:30PM Community
9:00PM Grimm
10:00PM Dateline
Saturdays
8:00PM Repeats
Sundays
7:00PM Football Night in America
8:15PM Sunday Night Football
Mid-Season 2013:
Sundays (Post NFL)
7:00PM Dateline
8:00PM Fashion Star
9:00PM Celebrity Apprentice
10:00PM Do No Harm (NEW!)
Not Yet Scheduled Mid-Season:
Returning: Smash, Betty White's Off Their Rockers, The Biggest Loser
New: Save Me (single-camera comedy), 1600 Penn (single-camera comedy), Next Caller (single camera comedy), Infamous (drama), Hannibal (drama), Stars Earn Stripes (reality), Howie Mandel's White Elephant (reality), Ready for Love (reality) and Surprise with Jenny McCarthy (reality).
Notes: NBC is adding 6 new scripted series to its line-up this fall, with 6 more coming in mid-season. They also have three new reality entries coming in mid-season. In mid-season, they have four returning reality entries, along with drama Smash. Among the four returning reality series, The Sing-Off is not mentioned, and is canceled. They have also canned Fear Factor again and Who Do You Think You Are. As we predicted, The Biggest Loser is now just once a year and will debut its next season in early 2013. As for fall, NBC's hit The Voice will now be twice a year, with it airing Mondays 8-10pm and Tuesdays 8-9pm this fall. A new drama will air Mondays at 10pm, The Revolution from J.J. Abrams. It will likely launch the day after the Olympics conclude on Aug. 13. No word if The Voice will launch that night as well, as NBC will still have America's Got Talent. Tuesdays will no longer have The Biggest Loser in the fall, so The Voice will move down an hour on Tuesdays at 8 giving a strong lead-in to two new comedies: Go On starring Matthew Perry and The New Normal. These two comedies will also most likely launch after the Olympics conclude, so likely Aug. 14 following AGT or The Voice (if they start that in August). Parenthood will remain in its 10pm timeslot and maybe will also start after the Olympics end. Wednesdays starts off again with new comedies. This time they are more male/family based than last season's Christina Applegate and Hank Azaria comedies. Animal Practice is a single-camera comedy leading into the family multi-camera comedy from Jimmy Fallon titled Guys With Kids. These could also launch the week after the Olympics, but maybe not since there is no lead-in. I think these two will have its work cut out for them opposite ABC's comedies and self-starting. Harry's Law is canned and Law & Order: SVU is now back to 9pm, where it didn't do that well before. New drama from Dick Wolf titled Chicago Fire will air at 10pm. This night might not premiere until the season starts, with a chance the comedies premiere after the Olympics. NBC Thursday will not have any new series, so it will likely not premiere immediately following the Olympics. Likely the final season of 30 Rock will air at 8 leading into a new time for Up All Night, as Community heads to Fridays. All of these series have 13 episodes, I think. So they will be replaced by mid-season comedies or reality by January or so. The Office remains at 9pm leading into Parks & Recreation. Both shows are expected to have full 22-episode seasons. You can expect similar low ratings like this season for this night. And it gets worse at 10pm, as for some reason they are airing Rock Center with Brian Williams, which moves yet again and is still on the air despite horrible ratings. Fridays will have Whitney move to a new night with it leading into Community. That is an absolute dreadful pairing, I think. Both should be gone quickly after 13 episodes. So they renewed Whitney for this? Should have been paired with Guys with Kids at least. Friday drama Grimm will remain intact at 9. Dateline closes it out at 10pm again. Football remains on Sundays, and saves NBC as usual.
As for mid-season, NBC has only scheduled one night so far: Sundays after football ends. Sundays will have Celebrity Apprentice cut to one hour from 9-10pm to lead into the new drama Do No Harm. Second season reality series Fashion Star will air at 8, which is strange since it hasn't done well this season. Dateline will kick-off the night at 7.
My final thoughts at Fall: I don't think it is a great schedule, only Mondays and Tuesdays have a chance to improve and that is because of one show: The Voice. I'm not sure if a male-skewing drama like The Revolution will fit out of that female-centric reality show and opposite MNF on ESPN. But launching it earlier could help. Two comedies might be a good idea on Tuesdays at 9, but will have to face New Girl on Fox most likely. Other than these two nights, they certainly could have done better with this schedule. The Wednesday comedy hour is bound for failure with two freshman series and moving SVU back to 9 is not a good idea, even if it is to launch a new drama at 10 from Dick Wolf. It'll be a low rated night for NBC. Thursdays is the same old and no new shows, so I don't expect much as 10pm will have the same low ratings but with a cheaper show in Rock Center. By mid-season that 8pm hour will for sure be new comedies or even a reality show. Office/Parks will likely still air all season, since 22 episodes are ordered likely for both. The Friday comedy hour really looks weird, as the pairing is very strange. I don't know if that will work, and I could see a reality show plugged in very quickly. NBC has a lot of mid-season shows, so if something falters, they will have something to plug in quickly. The fall will heavily rely on The Voice to bring in some new hits, and even that show could drop if they have new judges/mentors that aren't up to par as the current ones. Smash will return with 15-18 episodes either late fall (if Revolution falters) or mid-season.
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2011-12 Week 34 TV Ratings (first four nights final ratings, Mon-Thu):
Households: #1. CBS 7.4 rating/11.9 share; #2. ABC 6.3/10.1; #3. Fox 6.1/9.6; #4. NBC 4.1/6.5; #5. The CW 0.8/1.3
Total Viewers: #1. CBS 11.83 million; #2. Fox 9.97 million; #3. ABC 9.55 million; #4. NBC 6.59 million; #5. The CW 1.19 million.
Adults 18-49: #1. Fox. 3.0 rating/8.5 share; #2. CBS 2.8/7.9; #3. ABC 2.3/6.4; #4. NBC 2.3/6.5; #5 . The CW 0.5/1.5.
Total Viewers: #1. CBS 11.83 million; #2. Fox 9.97 million; #3. ABC 9.55 million; #4. NBC 6.59 million; #5. The CW 1.19 million.
Adults 18-49: #1. Fox. 3.0 rating/8.5 share; #2. CBS 2.8/7.9; #3. ABC 2.3/6.4; #4. NBC 2.3/6.5; #5 . The CW 0.5/1.5.
Week 34 (May 7-13) Analysis: Week 34 has May sweeps in full gear, but some shows are ending early with finales in week 34. Through the the first four nights, ABC, CBS and Fox are very close to each other again in HH/viewers, with CBS on top, followed by ABC and Fox battling for second. In the more important adults 18-49, it is also close, with Fox with the slight edge over CBS again. ABC is third tied with NBC, which was helped by The Voice finale. NBC is still a distant fourth in HH/viewers, though. When the week is over by tonight, it could be the same as this, but I expect ABC to take over second in 18-49 over CBS and pass NBC for sure. More on the prediction of week 34 below. As for last week, week 33, Fox and CBS tied for the 18-49 crown, while CBS took home HH/total viewers. ABC was second in HH/viewers, but third in 18-49, while Fox was third in HH/viewers. And that left NBC fourth across the board again. Could NBC finish the season in fourth place in 18-49 even with the Super Bowl? They could give up its third place lead (only a tenth right now) soon to ABC.
On Monday, it was NBC nipping by CBS this time. First, on ABC, Dancing with the Stars started it off from 8-10pm doing a first place 16.37 million and a 2.7 18-49 rating, but down a tenth from previous week. At 10pm, Castle was all-new and was its season finale doing a solid 12.36 million and a 2.4 18-49 rating, not losing much of its lead-in and up a tenth from previous week. What a finale! For CBS, How I Met Your Mother was preempted so 2 Broke Girls aired a two-episode season finale with 8.99 million and a 3.3 18-49 rating, but that was its series low. Maybe it isn't ready to be an anchor just yet? A new Two and a Half Men followed at 9 with 11.43 million and a 3.8 rating, the best of the block as usual and on par with previous week. A new showing of Mike & Molly was next and did 10.14 million and a 3.1 18-49 rating, down a tenth week-to-week. At 10, a new episode of Hawaii Five-0 did 9.39 million and a 2.3 18-49 rating, which is below normal and down two tenths from previous week for a series low. Fox started off the night with Bones doing 7.02 million and a 1.9 rating, down a tenth from the previous week. House was new at 9 with 6.09 million and a 2.1 rating, on par with previous week. Going out with a whimper, as the series finale nears. NBC started it off with a two-hour The Voice and did 10.74 million and a 3.8 18-49 rating, which was up three tenths for the first part of its season finale. Still good, but part one of the first season finale did better in June. Then at 10pm week fourteen of critical darling Smash was next doing 5.72 million and a 1.8 18-49 rating, which was on par with previous week for a series low. It's coming back for a second season anyway, but either late fall or mid-season so no repeats air like this season. The CW aired an all-new Gossip Girl and did just 830,000 viewers and a 0.4 18-49 rating, down two tenths from previous week for a low. No wonder this is coming back for a final season of 11 episodes next season. A new Hart of Dixie followed with 1.37 million and a 0.6 rating, on par with previous week.
On Tuesday, it was NBC with the win thanks to the finale of The Voice. On CBS, NCIS at 8 started it off with a new episode doing 18.2 million and a 3.1 18-49 rating. Below normal again but on par with previous week. Then a new NCIS: Los Angeles at 9pm did 14.56 million and a 3.0 18-49 rating, on par with previous week's crossover with Hawaii Five-0. At 10pm, the finale of Unforgettable did 10.84 million and a 2.0 18-49 rating, up two tenths from previous week, but CBS has canceled the show. ABC aired the season finale of Last Man Standing doing 6.62 million and a 1.7 18-49 rating, up two tenths from previous week. A new Cougar Town did 4.63 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating, also up two tenths week-to-week. Officially returning for a fourth season, but on TBS! At 9pm, the live Dancing with the Stars: The Results did 13.71 million and a 2.4 18-49 rating, on par with previous week, as we said goodbye to Melissa Gilbert and Roshon Feegan. Semi-finals next! Next at 10pm, was a new Private Practice on its new night doing 5.77 million and a 1.4 18-49 rating, down seven tenths from previous week for a series low as it was heavily hurt by The Voice finale on NBC. Fox aired a new Glee doing 6.67 million and a 2.7 18-49 rating, up two tenths from previous week. New Girl was new at 9 for its season finale and did 5.61 million and a 2.8 18-49 rating, up six tenths from previous week's low. Nice climb. At 9:30pm a repeat followed and did just 3.26 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating, up a tenth week-to-week. NBC was next with a special time airing of Fashion Star in the 8pm hour doing only 4.35 million and a 1.3 18-49 rating, which is a series low. Expect the same ratings next season in early 2013 on Sundays at 8. Stupid move by NBC. At 9, NBC aired the live The Voice two-hour finale doing 11.93 million and a 4.4 18-49 rating, up 1.3 tenths from previous week when it was just at 9pm. Nice finale! The CW was all-new with 90210 doing 1.15 million and a 0.6 18-49 rating, which was on par with the previous week. Then at 9pm, a new episode of LA Complex did just 540,000 viewers and a 0.2 18-49 rating, down a tenth from previous week. What a disaster!
Wednesday it was all Fox with the win as CBS and ABC battled for a distant second. First, CBS started the night off with a new Survivor: One World doing 9.97 million and a 2.8 18-49 rating, which was up two tenths from previous week's series low. Finale is tonight. Then at 9pm, a new episode of Criminal Minds did 11.62 million and a 2.9 18-49 rating, down a tenth from previous week for a series low. And at 10pm the season finale of CSI did 10.73 million and a 2.4 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week but its lowest rated finale ever. ABC was all-new for its Laugh On comedy block, as a new The Middle started it off doing 6.6 million and a 1.9 18-49 rating, as it could be better but spring has hampered it a bit. Suburgatory followed with a new telecast at 8:30pm doing 5.94 million and a 2.1 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week. The mega hit Modern Family was next at 9pm with a new episode and it did 10.58 million and 4.4 18-49 rating, which up three tenths from previous week, tied for the best in scripted TV this week so far. At 9:30pm, week five of the hilarious Don't Trust the B---- In Apartment 23 was all-new and did 5.69 million and a 2.3 18-49 rating, but down a tenth from previous week. Renewed for a season 2 though! At 10pm the addicting Revenge was new and did 7.01 million and a 2.2 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week despite it being a flashback episode. Should build now as we get closer to the first season finale in 2 weeks. Fox aired American Idol from 8-10pm doing 16.46 million and a 4.5 18-49 rating, down two tenths from previous week but still good for #1 for the week again, beating The Voice finale. NBC opened the night with a new Betty White's Off Their Rockers doing 5.23 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating, up two tenths from previous week's low. Another all-new episode followed at 8:30pm and did a similar 5.0 million and a 1.4 18-49 rating, on par with previous week. Will return next season in mid-season again. At 9pm, a new Rock Center with Brian Williams at 9pm did 3.29 million and a 0.7 18-49, down three tenths from previous week. Wow, so bad, and yet NBC is moving this to Thursdays this fall? And at 10pm, a new Law & Order: SVU did 5.88 million and a 1.8 18-49 rating, down a tenth from previous week. If it can't do much at 10, why will it at 9pm next fall? The CW had a repeat of Top Model start it off at 8pm doing 780,000 viewers and a 0.3 18-49 rating. A new America's Next Top Model followed at 9 and did 1.06 million and a 0.4 18-49 rating, down a tenth from previous week.
Thursday it was Fox edging out CBS by just a tenth for the win again. Starting with ABC, they opened the night with week nine of Missing doing 6.37 million and a 1.1 18-49 rating, on par with previous week's series low. It has been canned, so the finale is this Thursday. At 9pm, a new Grey's Anatomy aired doing 9.82 million and a 3.5 18-49 rating, up two tenths from previous week. Awesome episode again and the season finale looks like it will be big. Look for big numbers. At 10pm, a new Scandal did 6.43 million and a 1.9 18-49 rating, on par with previous week. By far the best episode and I think it will reach a series high for the season finale this week. This show could be big next season. CBS started with the season finale of The Big Bang Theory doing a great 13.72 million and 4,4 18-49 rating, but down three tenths from previous week. Could have been higher for a season finale. A new Rules of Engagement did 8.77 million and a 2.7 18-49 rating, on par with previous week. Solid performance for a show everyone wants to get rid of. A new episode of Person of Interest aired next at 9 and did 12.96 million and a 2.6 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week. Could be better and we know it can do better. The Mentalist was next at 10 and new too and did 12.62 million and a 2.4 18-49 rating, down a tenth from previous week. Fox aired American Idol at 8 doing 15.62million and a 4.0 18-49 rating, again on par with previous week. Then a new episode of Touch at 9 did 6.84 million and a 1.9 18-49 rating, down a tenth from previous week, tying a series low. It's back next season anyway. NBC was all-new with a new Community up first doing 2.99 million and a 1.4 18-49 rating, which was on par with previous week. Fridays seems very weird for this show next fall. At 8:30pm, 30 Rock was new at 8:30pm and did 2.92 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week. Really, time to end it after six seasons but it is back next season for 13 episodes. The season finale of The Office was next and did just 4.49 million and a 2.3 18-49 rating, on par with previous week. It will return next season in this slot, but NBC needs a new comedy anchor badly now. At 9:30pm Parks & Recreation finale did just 3.42 million and a 1.7 18-49 rating, on par week-to-week. At 10pm, week eleven of Awake is dead in the ratings as it did 2.51 million and a 0.9 18-49 rating, up two tenths week-to-week actually. It's canceled anyway. The CW's big gun Vampire Diaries was new and did 2.53 million and a 1.2 18-49 rating, on par with previous week BUT still seems low for this show. The CW can't catch a break. Then at 9pm, drama The Secret Circle was new too and did 1.28 million and a 0.6 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week. It has been canned, though.
Now, final numbers for Friday and Saturday are not available, but ABC edged out a win on Friday again. Shark Tank at 8pm was new and #1 again for the entire night, as the season finale of Undercover Boss had to settle for second place and another series low. At 9pm NBC's Grimm and CSI: NY were no match for ABC's What Would You Do? which was #1 at 9. CBS' Blue Bloods was no match for ABC's 20/20, as it was #1 at 10 for a clean ABC sweep. Fox's Fringe was low at 9pm, but it is back for the final 13 episodes next season anyway.
Saturday numbers have Fox winning with NASCAR. CBS, ABC and NBC did nothing.
Tonight ABC's line-up is AFV, Once Upon a Time, & Desperate Housewives. Look for solid numbers for the entire night and a #1 position for the season finale of Once Upon a Time and the two-hour series finale for Desperate. Could be big. NBC has Dateline at 7, with Celebrity Apprentice from 9-11pm, and Harry's Law leading in. Maybe a third or fourth place finish. CBS has new airings of 60 Minutes then the two-hour Survivor finale leading into the reunion show at 10. A second place finish I think. Fox has Animation Domination which could have them in third place, but I also could see them in fourth.
As for the week (week 34), Fox will likely win the week in 18-49 but it won't be a runaway. And CBS should win HH/viewers. ABC will be second in 18-49 and HH/viewers. CBS will beat NBC in 18-49 for third, with Fox should be third in HH/viewers. NBC will be fourth for sure in HH/viewers. As for the coming week, week 35, we have more season finales like and some summer series premieres like The Bachelorette and America's Got Talent. We are just one more week after and the season is over...wow!
Week 34 How the Sitcoms Did
Last Sunday Sitcoms (counts for Week 33 -- April 30-May 6)
- The Simpsons (Fox) - A new episode at 8pm did 4.84 million and a 2.3 18-49 rating, which is below normal and down a tenth from previous week. At 7pm, a repeat did 2.62 million and a 1.1 18-49 rating, which was on par with previous week.
- The Cleveland Show (Fox) - A new showing at 7:30pm did 3.11 million and a 1.4 18-49 rating, as it has not done well in this slot and down a tenth from previous week.
- Bob's Burgers (Fox) - A new episode at 8:30pm did 3.72 million and a 1.8 18-49 rating, which is not too good and also down a tenth week-to-week.
- Family Guy (Fox) - At 9pm, an all-new airing did 5.64 million and a 2.7 18-49 rating, for the best of the block and yes, down a tenth from previous week.
- American Dad! (Fox) - At 9:30pm, a new showing did 4.82 million and a 2.3 18-49 rating, but actually up three tenths from previous week. Solid gains.
Monday Sitcoms
- How I Met Your Mother (CBS) - preempted. Season finale tomorrow.
- 2 Broke Girls (CBS) - A one-hour season finale did 8.99 million and a 3.3 18-49 rating, down three tenths from previous week when it was just 8:30, and this is a series low.
- Two and a Half Men (CBS) - A new showing of this sitcom did 11.43 million and a 3.8 18-49 rating. Old faithful, indeed.
- Mike & Molly (CBS) - 10.14 million and a 3.1 18-49 rating is solid, but down a tenth week-to-week.
Tuesday Sitcoms
- Last Man Standing (ABC) - The season finale did 6.62 million and a 1.7 18-49 rating, up two tenths from previous week's low. Coming back for a season 2!
- Cougar Town (ABC) - A new episode unfortunately didn't do that well with 4.63 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating, but up two tenths from previous week. Two new episodes this Tuesday! Watch as the show is returning next season on TBS!
- New Girl (Fox) - The season finale at 9pm did 5.61 million and a 2.8 rating, up a good six tenths from previous week's series low. Good sign, for an up and down show in the ratings. A repeat at 9:30pm followed and didn't do well with 3.26 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating, but up a tenth from previous week.
- The Middle (ABC) - A new episode did 6.6 million and a 1.9 18-49 rating, down a tenth from previous week. It should rebound in the fall I guess. 2 more episodes left this season.
- Suburgatory (ABC) - A new episode did 5.94 million and a 2.1 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week and nice build from lead-in.
- Modern Family (ABC) - A new episode of this mega hit did 10.58 million and a 4.4 18-49 rating, up three tenths from previous week. Tied The Voice finale and tied with Bang was #1 scripted TV show of the week so far.
- Don't Trust the B---- In Apartment 23 (ABC) - The fifth episode did 5.69 million and a 2.3 18-49 rating, down a tenth from previous week. It has been renewed for a second year!
Thursday Sitcoms
- The Big Bang Theory (CBS) - The season finale at 8 did 13.72 million and a 4.4 18-49 rating, down three tenths from previous week. I would have thought the finale would be higher. Great, but disappointing.
- Rules of Engagement (CBS) - A new episode did 8.77 million and a 2.7 18-49 rating, which is on par with previous week. CBS will bring this back, I think.
- Community (NBC) - A new episode did 2.99 million and a 1.4 18-49 rating, on par with previous week. It will move to Fridays this fall. So it will be worse than this. Setting up for Comedy Central to revive this show in season five.
- 30 Rock (NBC) - A new episode did 2.92 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating, up a tenth from previous week. Will move to 8pm this fall for 13 episodes.
- The Office (NBC) - The season finale did only 4.49 million and a 2.3 18-49 rating, on par with previous week. It will be back in this slot next season. How low will it go next season? I don't see it ever going back to over a 3 or even a 2.5.
- Parks and Recreation (NBC) - The finale did 3.42 million and a 1.7 18-49 rating, on par week-to-week. Also returning in this slot next season.
- None.
- None
Summing it up. Airings of Modern Family, The big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, 2 Broke Girls, New Girl, Mike & Molly were impressive for the week. Everything else was OK (such as The Middle, The Office) or just plain old terrible (such as Community, 30 Rock).
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Digital Digest: Benson DVD Update; The Dean Martin Variety Show - Uncut DVD Review
Tomorrow is all about mom, but before that, we still have today to get through... and right now, it is all about everything digital. So with that being said, welcome to Digital Digest! This week, in addition to our regular features, we've got a review of Time Life's upcoming release of The Dean Martin Variety Show - Uncut. Let's get going!
DIGITAL NEWS
This week has been a painfully slow week for news, and the only real story is the release of a DVD set which has in fact already been released. Inception Media has apparently picked up the rights to the classic series The Real McCoys, but since the previous releases are out of print, they'll be starting over from the beginning, with The Real McCoys - Season One. The previous releases of this series from another studio included syndicated versions of all of the episodes, and there is no indication that these will be any different... but we hope that is incorrect, and if it is, we'll definitely let you know.
So, what is the deal with Benson - The Complete Second Season? After it was suddenly pulled last month and rescheduled for May 1, we reported to you last month that the title was pulled due to the set being defective, missing the first episode of the season, containing two episodes of the third season, and the episodes on the third disc all being out of order. Well, now, we have received our review copy (look for our review soon), and can report that the set has improved. The first episode of the season has been added to the beginning of Disc 1 on the "improved" version. Disc 3 is still the same, but it actually isn't a mistake that the episodes are out of order. Apparently, airdate and production order was the same for all of the episodes on the first two discs, but for the episodes on Disc 3, those were aired in a different order than the order in which they were produced... so really, it isn't a mistake, but rather just confusion (although we think most fans do prefer airdate order). And the first two episodes of the third season are still on the end of Disc 3, but that isn't exactly a bad thing, but rather a nice little accidental bonus. The important thing here is that we do have all of the second season episodes in the set now. We'll have a review of this "new and improved" set very soon.
So, what is the deal with Benson - The Complete Second Season? After it was suddenly pulled last month and rescheduled for May 1, we reported to you last month that the title was pulled due to the set being defective, missing the first episode of the season, containing two episodes of the third season, and the episodes on the third disc all being out of order. Well, now, we have received our review copy (look for our review soon), and can report that the set has improved. The first episode of the season has been added to the beginning of Disc 1 on the "improved" version. Disc 3 is still the same, but it actually isn't a mistake that the episodes are out of order. Apparently, airdate and production order was the same for all of the episodes on the first two discs, but for the episodes on Disc 3, those were aired in a different order than the order in which they were produced... so really, it isn't a mistake, but rather just confusion (although we think most fans do prefer airdate order). And the first two episodes of the third season are still on the end of Disc 3, but that isn't exactly a bad thing, but rather a nice little accidental bonus. The important thing here is that we do have all of the second season episodes in the set now. We'll have a review of this "new and improved" set very soon.
UPCOMING WEEK PREVIEW
Tuesday (May 15) has just one release that is of any interest to us, with Shout! Factory's release of Hazel - The Complete Third Season. We just received a review copy of this set today, but we'll have a review of it before Tuesday. Speaking of reviews, look for our review of Fantasy Island - The Complete Second Season sometime very soon as well... even though the set came out May 8, we just received our review copy of this set, and will have our review for fans wondering what it has in store for them (don't worry, it all looks great!).
BLOG FEATURE REVIEW
Blog DVD Review: The Dean Martin Variety Show - Uncut (Time Life, $29.98)
by skees53
As we've already mentioned, the set contains six episodes of the series on six discs. Among the episodes included here, we have one episode from each of seasons 1, 2, and 5, and three episodes from season 3. In these episodes, you'll primarily find the typical staples of a variety show of the era, a series with a lot of singing and dancing, along with a few skits and often a stand up comedian performance along the way. The singing and dancing is especially prominent in the first episode, where we get to see a West Side Story medley from The Lettermen, and a (somewhat disturbing) "Strongman Act" performance by David & Goliath, two guys giving an onstage performance wearing nothing but a pair of gold briefs and gold slippers. The second episode shows a few performances from Leslie Uggams, who would later have her own variety series. On the third episode, we get to see a few comedy bits from Buddy Ebsen and Dom DeLuise. Bob Newhart makes one of his earliest appearances in the fourth episode, although it isn't his first. In fact, he is joined by two of his co-stars from the TV series The Entertainers in this episode: Caterina Valente and Dom DeLuise. In the fifth episode, Orson Welles stops by to give us a reading from a Shakespeare play and a magic act which he entertained U.S. troops with during World War II. Finally, in the sixth episode, Broadway star Zero Mostel and Tommy Tune stop by to give a dance routine.
So, it was mentioned a bit earlier that the episodes were "almost" complete. What do we mean by that? Well, Time Life made a bit of a blunder in calling this set uncut, because by their own admission, one of the episodes (January 25, 1968) is missing a song from Dean Martin and Buck Owens because the original master was destroyed. I honestly believe that is the reason which the song is missing. The other performances from Buck Owens are included in the episode. Still, I think that perhaps the episode should have been changed to make this a truly unedited set, because everything else looks unedited. Each episode even has original NBC "in color" bumpers, original NBC closing logos, and even commercial bumpers... although the names of the sponsors in the bumpers are removed and we get a somewhat strange 30 second instrumental interlude of "Everybody Loves Somebody" with a photo of Martin smoking a cigarette in the background. Episodes included, along the runtimes and guest stars, are as follows.
The set comes packaged in a standard Viva case. On the cover, there is a large photo of Martin, along with a smaller photo of him. There is another photo of him on the back, along with a brief description of the series. Inside, you'll find the three discs, each containing two episodes. The disc artwork simply has the title logo of the DVD set as featured on the cover on each disc. There is also a nice episode booklet inside, which includes a page for each episode featured on the set. Here, you'll find all of the guest stars, original airdates, a list of skits, and a brief "analysis" of the episode.
There are no special features on the set. Interviews would have been nice, although I'm not sure exactly who they could have interviewed aside from perhaps Bob Newhart or Robert Wagner... everybody else featured on these episodes is either dead or so far away from showbiz these days that it would be a real stretch to bring them in.
(4/5 stars)
In 1965, NBC was eager to give Dean Martin a TV series. However, Martin wasn't interested in doing a TV series, and offered to do a series only if NBC could meet his demands, demands which he believed no network would ever meet, such as a high salary and being able to show up to do the series for literally one hour per week, with no rehearsal or preparation. Much to his surprise, NBC did agree to those demands, and out of this came The Dean Martin Show, a series which ran for nine years on NBC, airing at 10 PM on Thursday nights for eight of those years. Coming across as a man who just didn't care (but wanted to have fun), Martin hosted the variety show for 30 weeks per year, while often drinking (though it was purported to have been apple juice) and chain-smoking his way through each and every episode.
Several releases of clips of episodes have been released over the years, including some which resulted in lawsuits from NBCUniversal against another company which released the series. All of these releases have had one thing in common, though. They were all releases with essentially the best clips of the series. That is, until now. Because now, Time Life has licensed... legally and authentically... from NBCUniversal six complete (or technically, almost complete) episodes of the series for their release of The Dean Martin Variety Show - Uncut.
Several releases of clips of episodes have been released over the years, including some which resulted in lawsuits from NBCUniversal against another company which released the series. All of these releases have had one thing in common, though. They were all releases with essentially the best clips of the series. That is, until now. Because now, Time Life has licensed... legally and authentically... from NBCUniversal six complete (or technically, almost complete) episodes of the series for their release of The Dean Martin Variety Show - Uncut.
As we've already mentioned, the set contains six episodes of the series on six discs. Among the episodes included here, we have one episode from each of seasons 1, 2, and 5, and three episodes from season 3. In these episodes, you'll primarily find the typical staples of a variety show of the era, a series with a lot of singing and dancing, along with a few skits and often a stand up comedian performance along the way. The singing and dancing is especially prominent in the first episode, where we get to see a West Side Story medley from The Lettermen, and a (somewhat disturbing) "Strongman Act" performance by David & Goliath, two guys giving an onstage performance wearing nothing but a pair of gold briefs and gold slippers. The second episode shows a few performances from Leslie Uggams, who would later have her own variety series. On the third episode, we get to see a few comedy bits from Buddy Ebsen and Dom DeLuise. Bob Newhart makes one of his earliest appearances in the fourth episode, although it isn't his first. In fact, he is joined by two of his co-stars from the TV series The Entertainers in this episode: Caterina Valente and Dom DeLuise. In the fifth episode, Orson Welles stops by to give us a reading from a Shakespeare play and a magic act which he entertained U.S. troops with during World War II. Finally, in the sixth episode, Broadway star Zero Mostel and Tommy Tune stop by to give a dance routine.
So, it was mentioned a bit earlier that the episodes were "almost" complete. What do we mean by that? Well, Time Life made a bit of a blunder in calling this set uncut, because by their own admission, one of the episodes (January 25, 1968) is missing a song from Dean Martin and Buck Owens because the original master was destroyed. I honestly believe that is the reason which the song is missing. The other performances from Buck Owens are included in the episode. Still, I think that perhaps the episode should have been changed to make this a truly unedited set, because everything else looks unedited. Each episode even has original NBC "in color" bumpers, original NBC closing logos, and even commercial bumpers... although the names of the sponsors in the bumpers are removed and we get a somewhat strange 30 second instrumental interlude of "Everybody Loves Somebody" with a photo of Martin smoking a cigarette in the background. Episodes included, along the runtimes and guest stars, are as follows.
- March 3, 1966 (51:45) - featuring Sid Caesar, Abbe Lane, George Gobel, Marguerite Piazza, The Letterman, and David & Goliath
- January 12, 1967 (52:10) - featuring Jackie Mason, Leslie Uggams, Eddie Foy Jr., Allen & Rossi, and Pat Boone (in closet)
- November 16, 1967 (51:42) - Buddy Ebsen, Cyd Charisse, Dom DeLuise, Barbara McNair, Albert T. Berry, and Phil Harris
- December 14, 1967 (49:47) - Bob Newhart, Dom DeLuise, Caterina Valente, and Guy Marks
- January 25, 1968 (50:23) - Orson Welles, Joey Heatherton, Buck Owens, Buck Melvin, and Professor Backwards
- February 25, 1971 (51:53) - Zero Mostel, Tommy Tune, Jackie Vernon, Fred Smoot, The Golddigers, The Dingalings, and Robert Wagner (in closet)
The set comes packaged in a standard Viva case. On the cover, there is a large photo of Martin, along with a smaller photo of him. There is another photo of him on the back, along with a brief description of the series. Inside, you'll find the three discs, each containing two episodes. The disc artwork simply has the title logo of the DVD set as featured on the cover on each disc. There is also a nice episode booklet inside, which includes a page for each episode featured on the set. Here, you'll find all of the guest stars, original airdates, a list of skits, and a brief "analysis" of the episode.
On the main menu, we get a still photo of Martin, along with a bit of singing and dancing from the series. Options on the main menu include Play All and Episodes. When you select Episodes, you get a list of the two episodes on the disc (they really could have just put all of this on the main menu). Upon selecting an episode, you get a list of scenes where you can start the episode, and they have created a chapter for each of the skits on the episode... meaning you'll get about 20 chapters per episode, all appropriately placed.
I don't think that the video and audio quality is going to leave anybody too impressed. After all, these episodes were intended to be aired once... and only once. By and large, that is the only airplay most episodes of this series ever received. Given that, however, the quality is better than one would expect for something where preservation of the episodes wasn't really intended at all. The video quality is very soft and dull, and the audio has a very distinctive hiss in it. Unfortunately, the episodes do not have any subtitles or closed-captioning.
There are no special features on the set. Interviews would have been nice, although I'm not sure exactly who they could have interviewed aside from perhaps Bob Newhart or Robert Wagner... everybody else featured on these episodes is either dead or so far away from showbiz these days that it would be a real stretch to bring them in.
Personally, these variety series from this very early era have very limited appeal to me, and while it was somewhat interesting to watch these, I can't say that I was that impressed with what I saw. The singing and dancing was a bit too much for me, and the comedy of the episodes is a very distinctive style which doesn't age very well... and furthermore, the stand-up comedy in the episodes was (in my opinion) just plain awful. It doesn't help that a majority of the performers featured in the episodes were people I've never even heard of, and even some of my favorites (such as Buddy Ebsen and Bob Newhart) delivered a somewhat disappointing performance. But at the same time, these variety shows have a very strong appeal to those who grew up with them, and fans of Dean Martin are certain to appreciate this. It would be nice to see more complete episodes of this series to come in the future, but if they do, I hope that they include some "better" episodes if they are available. In a sense, I feel like this collection was an almost random collection of subpar episodes. But on the other hand, I'm sure everybody loves a set like this... sometimes.
(4/5 stars)
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Miami Vice Chronicles (www.miamivicechronicles.com) - In the '80s, there were essentially three genres of television which dominated: the family sitcom, sudsy primetime soap operas, and of course, the action series. There were plenty of the action series, from Magnum, P.I. to Simon & Simon to Hunter to The A-Team to much, much, much more. However, in 1984, Michael Mann "reinvented" the genre, to turn those series (which were mostly fun stories which could only be told in a TV series) into a lavish and expensive affair, creating episodes which were like a mini-feature film and featured all of the hottest music of the era. This is precisely what he did with Miami Vice, one of the coolest series of the '80s, and a series which even stands to this day as one of the coolest series ever.
The series has a rather large fan base around the world, and there are actually quite a few good websites for the series out there. One of the best ones, though, is Miami Vice Chronicles. The website began in 1996, but actually, the research for this great site dates all the way back to 1988... probably before some of our readers were even born! Quoting the webmaster from the About page, "In 1988, during the final season, I took it upon myself to research the one final iconic piece of the series that was incomplete for us: the music. That research led to me spending almost 2 weeks huddled over microfiche machines in my university’s graduate library, poring through the archives of USA Today’s TV section, carefully copying down the original episode descriptions, air dates, guest stars, and most importantly, the songs used for that episode (a feature that only USA Today provided for the series)."
Needless to say, this website demonstrates a lot of hard work that has been done over the years, and represents a highly valuable website for fans of the series. For example, in the Photo Gallery, you won't just find a bunch of press photos which are reproduced by the masses. Instead, you'll find things such as all of the pages from the official series calendars which were published in the '80s, memorabilia related to the series, books, and magazine covers. The Episode Guide gives very detailed information about the cast and crew for each episode, along with decent descriptions for the episodes. One of the best resources, though, is the Music Guide, where you'll find a listing of every single song from every single episode of the series. There truly is nothing to dislike about this site, our Click of the Week.
The series has a rather large fan base around the world, and there are actually quite a few good websites for the series out there. One of the best ones, though, is Miami Vice Chronicles. The website began in 1996, but actually, the research for this great site dates all the way back to 1988... probably before some of our readers were even born! Quoting the webmaster from the About page, "In 1988, during the final season, I took it upon myself to research the one final iconic piece of the series that was incomplete for us: the music. That research led to me spending almost 2 weeks huddled over microfiche machines in my university’s graduate library, poring through the archives of USA Today’s TV section, carefully copying down the original episode descriptions, air dates, guest stars, and most importantly, the songs used for that episode (a feature that only USA Today provided for the series)."
Needless to say, this website demonstrates a lot of hard work that has been done over the years, and represents a highly valuable website for fans of the series. For example, in the Photo Gallery, you won't just find a bunch of press photos which are reproduced by the masses. Instead, you'll find things such as all of the pages from the official series calendars which were published in the '80s, memorabilia related to the series, books, and magazine covers. The Episode Guide gives very detailed information about the cast and crew for each episode, along with decent descriptions for the episodes. One of the best resources, though, is the Music Guide, where you'll find a listing of every single song from every single episode of the series. There truly is nothing to dislike about this site, our Click of the Week.
That's it for this week. Until next time, keep it digital!
Friday, May 11, 2012
SitcomsOnline.com 2012-13 Upfront Preview: The CW; Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of May 14, 2012)
And we enter our last network upfront preview: The CW. The CW continues to struggle, with only one real hit in Vampire Diaries and even that saw some large declines this season. America's Next Top Model continues to struggle and is no longer a hit. They will need to find some hits badly. They also STILL need to solve the two big breaks within the season when everything is in repeats and the network is out of business it seems.
Here is the SitcomsOnline.com The CW 2012-13 preview:
New Series Already Picked-Up: None.
Already Renewed Returning Series: 90210, America's Next Top Model, Supernatural, and The Vampire Diaries.
Likely Returning Series: Hart of Dixie, Nikita and Gossip Girl.
Likey To Be Canceled or Already Canceled: One Tree Hill, H8R, Ringer, Remodeled, LA Complex and Secret Circle.
Likely New Series: Arrow (drama for fall), Beauty and the Beast (drama for mid-season), The Carrie Diaries (drama for fall), The Selection (drama for fall), Cult (drama for mid-season) and First Cut (mid-season drama).
OUR FALL 2012 PREDICTION:
Mondays
8:00PM The Selection (NEW!)
9:00PM Hart of Dixie
Tuesdays
8:00PM 90210
9:00PM Gossip Girl
Wednesdays
8:00PM America's Next Top Model
9:00PM The Carrie Diaries (NEW!)
Thursdays
8:00PM Vampire Diaries
9:00PM Arrow (NEW!)
Fridays
8:00PM Nikita
9:00PM Supernatural
Comments: The CW had its worst season this past season. Many shows were very low and its hits even suffered in the second half. One of the culprits is the long repeat breaks for each series. And they still don't have any comedies in development for 2012-13, but they are coming in 2013-14, so stay tuned! For now, it's all dramas and Top Model. For Mondays, I would certainly change the night as Gossip Girl has faltered leafing off this night. Probably something like Hunger Games style, like The Selection could hit big. Hart of Dixie is likely returning and will stay put at 9.
For Tuesdays, they will probably lead-off with veteran 90210 at 8 again. However, it looks like the Sarah Michelle Gellar drama Ringer is not returning. Perhaps a short 13 episode order for Gossip Girl can air in this timeslot. And it is finally time to end that show, as it has even fallen under a million viewers recently in its Monday timeslot.
Wednesdays should have America's Next Top Model going back where it belongs, at 8pm. They should get a drama that has some buzz at 9, like the Sex and the City prequel The Carrie Diaries. It has 9pm written all over it and will likely be a self-starter, so it should be placed on Wednesdays at 9.
For Thursday, that is still The CW's biggest night and The Vampire Diaries will continue to lead off the night at 8pm. They should and will likely go with the drama Arrow at 9pm, as that is more male skewing, which is something The CW needs again. The CW is likely canning freshman drama The Secret Circle as it not doing that well with that Vampire lead-in.
And finally on Fridays, they will likely remain as is with Nikita returning for a third season, followed by the veteran series Supernatural. This is a good male skewing night, but Smallville is deeply missed still. Perhaps fans of that show will tune in for Arrow, but that clearly is not going to be a Friday show. Thursdays for sure.
For mid-season, they have more drama options. They should cut repeats out as much as possibly, especially for shows like 90210, Gossip Girl. End those early and start new shows. Beauty and the Beast seems like it can air in the fall, but I think a mid-season birth is better so it can air repeat free. Also, shows like Cult or First Cut can step up to the plate to give some series a rest or an early ending. The only time The CW should be in repeats is December. They can't afford to be in repeats anytime else in the season. I'm not too big of a CW watcher, so not sure what they could do to cut down on repeats besides ordering many new shows, but sound off on our link below.
Discuss your thoughts on our prediction and feel free to make suggestions of your own.
Remember, next Thursday (May 17) is the actual date when we will find out The CW's plans for the 2012-13 season. So, come on back next Thursday and we will let you know the details and you can see how much we were right (or wrong).
And as a reminder, stay tuned starting Sunday evening (through Thursday) for all the final schedules released by all the networks! We will put them up as soon as they are released by the networks, so this will be your home to see them first!
It's Friday, so it is time for "Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows" for the coming week. This is where we list what sitcom stars are appearing on talk shows for the coming week, the stars are both current and past sitcom stars, so this is for all sitcom fans of all eras!
For the week of May 14-18, 2012, we have many current sitcom stars and past sitcom stars on TV talk shows! All times listed are Eastern. So get your DVR's (or whatever you use) ready! Ready? Here is all what you need to know for the coming week!
Monday, May 14, 2012
- Kelly Ripa (Hope & Faith) - Watch Kelly on The Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Mila Kunis (That '70s Show) - Mila visits Scotland on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Monday and Thursday at 12:37am on CBS.
- Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation/The Office) - Rashida is a guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Monday at Tuesday at 12:37am on CBS.
- Chelsea Handler (Are You There, Chelsea?) - Chelsea appears on a repeat of Conan at 11pm on TBS.
- Niecy Nash (The Cleveland Show/Reno 911!) - Niecy guest co-hosts Anderson, so check your local listings.
- Sarah Hyland (Modern Family) - Sarah drops by ABC's Good Morning America between 7-9am.
- Wanda Sykes (The New Adventures of Old Christine/Wanda at Lrge) - Catch Wanda on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Casey Wilson (Happy Endings) - Casey appears on a repeat from last week on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 12am on ABC.
- Victoria Justice (Victorious/Zoey 101) - Victoria stops by The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check listings.
- Betty White (Hot in Cleveland/The Golden Girls/The Mary Tyler Moore Show) - Betty visits NBC's Today between 7-9am.
- Tia Mowry (The Game/Sister, Sister) - Tia tells us about her book, Oh, Baby!: Pregnancy Tales and Advice from One Hot Mama to Another, on The Wendy Williams Show at 12am on BET or on your local stations.
- Sherri Shepard (Less Than Perfect/Sherri) - Sherri weigh in on last night's Dancing with the Stars performances on ABC's Good Morning America between 7-9am.
- Betty White (Hot in Cleveland/The Golden Girls/The Mary Tyler Moore Show) - Watch Betty on The Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Joel McHale (Community) - Joel is a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Tony Hale (Veep/Arrested Development) - Tony appears on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at 12:37am on NBC.
- Steve Carell (The Office) - Steve visits The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check listings.
- Betty White (Hot in Cleveland/The Golden Girls/The Mary Tyler Moore Show) - Betty chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Ellen DeGeneres (Ellen) and Portia de Rossi (Arrested Development) - Ellen, Portia and their chef visit Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
- Angela Kinsey (The Office) - Angela joins the Chew Crew on The Chew on ABC at 1pm ET/12pm PT/CT.
- Jason Mantzoukas (The League) - Watch Jason on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 12am on ABC.
- Krysten Ritter (Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23) - The lovely Krysten visits LIVE! with Kelly, so check your listings. She will later be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at 12:37am on NBC.
- Garry Marshall (Creator of Happy Days/Laverne & Shirley/Mork & Mindy) - Garry is a guest on Tavis Smiley on PBS, but check listings for time.
- Jaleel White (Family Matters/Grown Ups) - Jaleel guest co-hosts The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Suzanne Somers (Three's Company/Step by Step/She's the Sheriff) - Suzanne chats on Anderson, so check your local listings.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
SitcomsOnline.com 2012-13 Upfront Preview: CBS; TV Land Unveils New Logo
Upfront preview week continues today with CBS. Speculation is that CBS will turn the one-hour comedy block on Thursday to two-hours. Will it happen? Not much else is going on with CBS other than that, so let's get right to it.
Here is the SitcomsOnline.com CBS 2012-13 preview:
New Series Already Picked-Up: None.
Already Renewed Returning Series: 2 Broke Girls, The Amazing Race, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Mike & Molly, NCIS, NCIS: LA, The Mentalist, Person of Interest, The Good Wife, 60 Minutes, Blue Bloods, Criminal Minds, CSI, Hawaii Five-0, Undercover Boss, 48 Hours Mystery, & Survivor.
Likely Returning Series: CSI: NY, Rules of Engagement and Two and a Half Men.
Likely To Be Canceled or Already Canceled: How To Be A Gentleman, NYC 22, Unforgettable, A Gifted Man, Rob, CSI: Miami.
Likely New Series Pick-Ups: Untitled Ralph Lamb Project (drama for fall), Elementary (drama for fall), Oh F****, It's You (sitcom for fall), Super Fun Night (sitcom for fall), Trooper (drama for mid-season), and Partners (sitcom for mid-season).
OUR FALL 2012 PREDICTION:
Mondays
8:00PM How I Met Your Mother
8:30PM Mike & Molly
9:00PM 2 Broke Girls
9:30PM Super Fun Night (NEW!)
10:00PM Hawaii Five-0
Tuesdays
8:00PM NCIS
9:00PM Ralph Lamb (NEW!)
10:00PM NCIS: Los Angeles
Wednesdays
8:00PM Survivor
9:00PM Criminal Minds
10:00PM CSI
Thursdays
8:00PM Two and a Half Men
8:30PM Rules of Engagement
9:00PM The Big Bang Theory
9:30PM Oh F***, It's You (NEW!)
10:00PM Person of Interest
Fridays
8:00PM Undercover Boss
9:00PM Elementary (NEW!)
10:00PM Blue Bloods
Saturdays
8:00PM Crime Repeats
9:00PM Crime Repeats
10:00PM 48 Hours Mystery
Sundays
7:00PM 60 Minutes
8:00PM The Amazing Race
9:00PM The Mentalist
10:00PM The Good Wife
Comments: CBS is pretty steady and saw a nice increase, thanks to syndication, for The Big Bang Theory this past season. With the increase, CBS now has a chance to grow the comedy block on Thursday even more and expand to two-hours. This will make them younger on the night for sure. On CBS Mondays, How I Met Your Mother will continue to lead off the night but at 8:30pm possibly Mike & Molly could be moved there. I think 2 Broke Girls is possibly ready to anchor Monday nights, so I think they will move it to 9pm! As a result, Two and a Half Men is on the move and it will another night, but more on that below. 2 Broke Girls could lead into something new like Super Fun Night which seems like a good fit at 9:30pm. At 10pm, Hawaii Five-0 will return in this hour.
As for Tuesday, veteran NCIS will of course remain at 8. However, I think the 9pm hour will be different this time, with NCIS: LA moving to 10pm, so the new drama Untitled Ralph Lamb Project could be sandwiched in between at 9pm. Dennis Quaid stars in a nice all-star cast that also features James Russo, Michael Chiklis, and Carrie-Anne Moss. Unforgettable is too low in 18-49 to come back. For Wednesdays, CBS will likely remain with Survivor leading into Criminal Minds at 9pm. At 10pm, CSI has done solid, so I think it will remain here. Wednesdays is probably the only night CBS remains exactly the same. It's not great ratings, but consistent and good.
CBS Thursdays I think will now have Two and a Half Men leading off, at a new night and time! At 8:30pm, Rules of Engagement will likely be for fall because I don't think the series has any more mid-season options. So I think they will bring it back one final time. A new comedy like Partners will be ready to take over by January. CBS will likely expand its comedies into the 9pm hour, as The Big Bang Theory will anchor the night at 9pm. A new comedy would be ideal at 9:30pm, with either Partners or Oh F****, It's You the best options. I think they go with the latter. The Mentalist is probably on the move to another night, so I think Person of Interest will move from 9 to 10pm. Mid-season sitcom Rob has about no chance of returning.
Fridays will probably start off with Undercover Boss at 8pm, as it has done solid this season in this slot. At 9pm, CSI: NY should be benched for mid-season so they can try a new drama. Perhaps the Sherlock Holmes drama Elementary? Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu star. Blue Bloods should remain at 10pm.
Saturdays would still have crime repeats and 48 Hours Mystery at 10pm. No surprises here I think. I don't think they try new episodes of comedies at 8pm again, as it never planned out last season. And as for Sundays, CBS reality series Amazing Race at 8pm should remain out of 60 Minutes. Perhaps at 9pm they can move The Mentalist to this night to try and jump start The Good Wife, which will be needed to move to 10pm. CSI: Miami will likely not return I think, as it's not really needed nor does it do too well now. No chance NYC 22 returns.
CBS should have new comedies at 9:30pm on Mondays and Thursdays for sure. Thursdays at 8:30pm is another option, but I think they will wait until January for that time period. They should go with their three best multi-camera pilots in these slots. Whatever works best out of Men, Bang and Broke. The dramas look a bit more unique than usual for CBS in Ralph Lamb's project and Elementary. Will they skew young though? One of the CSI spin-offs will be dead, so another drama in mid-season could help, like Trooper. Anyway, last season at this time we were all glued in the Charlie Sheen saga, so it is not as active for CBS this year. Maybe their Thursday two-hour comedy block announcement will change that. I think they do it.
Remember, next Wednesday (May 16) is the actual date when we will find out CBS's plans for the 2012-13 season. So, come on back next Wednesday and we will let you know the details and you can see how much we were right (or wrong). Stay tuned tomorrow for our last preview, a preview on The CW's upfront.
Discuss your thoughts on our prediction and feel free to make suggestions of your own!
For the first time since the launch of the network 16 years ago in 1996, TV Land has unveiled a new and re-imagined logo plus re-designed on-air packaging and graphics. Gone is the logo with a classic TV screen and retro style. Instead, as of yesterday (Wednesday, May 9), viewers are seeing a fresh mark with a nod to the channel's roots, a change that reflects the evolution of the network itself. No longer a channel made up of shows strictly from yesteryear, TV Land is now finding success using a combination of programming including new original series, sitcoms of the recent past and, of course, classic TV.
And as we announced many times, in another network first, TV Land is adding a second night of original sitcoms to the schedule. This summer, the network will air three original comedies beginning Wednesday, June 20. In the channel's regular Wednesday night originals block from 10-11pm ET/PT, The Soul Man, starring Cedric The Entertainer and Niecy Nash, will debut the first of its 12 episode run, followed by the second season premiere of The Exes, starring Donald Faison, Wayne Knight, David Alan Basche, Kelly Stables and Kristen Johnston, which will also air for 12 episodes. Then, beginning Tuesday, June 26, TV Land will begin the 10-episode second season of Retired at 35, starring George Segal, Jessica Walter, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Johnathan McClain and Josh McDermitt at 10pm ET/PT alongside a repeat of hit series Hot in Cleveland starring Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White.
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