Friday, March 10, 2006

NBC Puts 'Joey' on Bench After One Week; TV One's Music Marathon Featuring Sitcoms

NBC has put sitcom Joey on the bench after just one week in its new timeslot of Tuesday at 8:00 p.m., which it was fifth place among adults 18-49 with only a 1.5 rating for the hour, behind even Univision. The WB and UPN aired repeats of Gilmore Girls and America's Top Model, or it would have even been worse for the doomed Joey. The 8 p.m. all-new episode only scored 4.09 million viewers, followed by a repeat episode at an even worse 3.76 million. NBC will now air Most Outrageous Moments in the 8 p.m. hour effective immediately. We might have seen the last of Joey, unless NBC plans to burn off the unaired episodes in the summer, possibly on a Saturday night. But don't count on it returning next fall at all. 99.9% chance I'd say it is done.
NBC also had trouble on Wednesday night with The Biggest Loser at 8 p.m. It too was walloped by American Idol, and scored only 4.6 million viewers and just a 1.5 adult 18-49 rating. We will have more on the ratings in our weekly report on Sunday, so don't forget to come on back!

TV One is having a marathon of its sitcoms tomorrow (Saturday, March 11) from 12 noon to 10 p.m. with an shortened encore from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. It seems to be a music-themed marathon. Here is the line-up, featuring sitcoms 227, Amen, Roc, Good Times, Martin & In the House:

12:00pm 227 Episode 210, Temptations
12:30pm Amen Episode 8822, The First Community Talent Show
1:00pm Martin Episode 125, Variety Show
1:30pm Good Times Episode 324, The Rent Party
2:00pm 227 Episode 304, The Sing Off
2:30pm Amen Episode 8915, The Talent Show
3:00pm Martin Episode 318, All the Players Came
3:30pm Good Times Episode 411, The Judy Cohen Story
4:00pm Roc Episode 124
4:30pm 227 Episode 310, They're Playing Our Song
5:00pm Amen Episode 9508, Gospel Truth
5:30pm Good Times Episode 524, That's Entertainment, Evans Style
6:00pm Roc Episode 318, The Concert
6:30pm 227 Episode 319, Blues
7:00pm Amen Episode 9513, Ernie And The Sublimes
7:30pm In the House Episode 409, Tonia's Big Break
8:00pm Martin Episode 403, Blow, Baby, Blow
8:30pm Roc Episode 219
9:00pm 227 Episode 323, The Big Deal
9:30pm Martin Episode 424, Martin, I Want to Sing

12:00am Good Times Episode 324, The Rent Party
12:30am 227 Episode 310, They're Playing Our Song
1:00am Amen Episode 8822, The First Community Talent Show
1:30am Martin Episode 318, All the Players Came
2:00am Roc Episode 318, The Concert
2:30am Good Times Episode 524, That's Entertainment, Evans Style
3:00am Amen Episode 9513, Ernie And The Sublimes
3:30am In the House Episode 409, Tonia's Big Break
4:00am Martin Episode 403, Blow, Baby, Blow
4:30am Roc Episode 219
5:00am 227 Episode 323, The Big Deal
5:30am Martin Episode 424, Martin, I Want to Sing


Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Sunday, September 8

Universal Basic Guys - "Pet Projects (Pilot)" (Fox, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Threatened by a doctor's kindness toward Tammy, Mark tries to get her an exotic animal; Hank bonds with the chimpanzee via its bluetooth; David's dog saves David and Mernft Man from a pet snake.

Bob's Burgers - "The Big Stieblitzki" (Fox, 8:30PM ET/PT)
The family gets invited to Rudy's father's birthday party; Tina attempts to convince a woman to commit to a relationship with Rudy's father.

The Great North - "Welcome To Miami Adventure" / "Worst Drives Club Adventure" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Coming off the heels of her break-up, Judy is taken on a wild adventure with Honeybee and Aunt Dirt; Judy tries to learn to drive.

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  • Kumail Nanjiani (Bless the Harts/Silicon Valley) - Watch Kumail on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
  • Michael Keaton (Report to Murphy/Working Stiffs/All's Fair) - Michael appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Conner O'Malley (Shrill) - Conner is a guest on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
  • Edie Falco (Bupkis/Nurse Jackie) - Edie talks about her film I'll Be Right There on NBC's Today in the 10am hour and on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
  • Josh Gad (Wolf Like Me/Avenue 5/The Comedians/1600 Penn/Back to You) - Josh is joining Drew and telling her about getting denied from his college's musical theater program and making his return to Broadway after eleven years with bestie Andrew Rannells on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
  • Diane Farr (Splitting Together/Like Family/The Job) - Diane discusses the CBS drama series Fire Country on a repeat of The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.


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