ABC Slates Specials for Top 3 Shows; VH1 Sitcom Starts Slow

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

ABC Slates Specials for Top 3 Shows; VH1 Sitcom Starts Slow

ABC has booked three new specials for Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy and Lost for the end of April. The specials will take a look back at the current season for each show in clip format. All three specials will air in the regular time periods. The specials are: Desperate Housewives: The More You Know, The Jucier It Gets airing Sunday, April 23; Grey's Anatomy: Under Pressure airing also on Sunday, April 23; and Lost: Reckoning airing Wednesday, April 26. After these specials the shows will be all-new for May sweeps, wrapping up the season.

VH1's first ever sitcom So noTORIous starring Tori Spelling drew 1.1 million viewers overall at 10 p.m. for its debut episode and another 823,000 viewers tuned in for the second episode at 10:30 p.m. The numbers are pale in comparison with those of recent VH1 hits like Flavor of Love, which wrapped its season to 6 million viewers last month and ranked as the first quarter's No. 1 nonsports basic cable show in adults 18-49 Variety reports. So noTORIous also lost steam from its lead-ins -- new episodes of Surreal Life at 9 and Hogan Knows Best at 9:30 -- which each drew 2.1 million viewers. On the flip side, So noTORIous posted a 0.4/1 in 18-49, up 50% over VH1's current primetime average in the 18-49 demo. 10 p.m. competition from ABC's Grey's Anatomy (22 million viewers overall, 9.9 national rating/24 share in 18-49) seems to have overwhelmed the debut.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Tuesday, November 26

St. Denis Medical - "Salamat You Too" (NBC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Alex accidentally provokes the Emergency Department's mean girls; Ron and Serena battle over parking etiquette; Bruce has a hard time letting go of the spotlight.

Night Court - "The Judge's Boyfriend's Dad, Part 2" (NBC, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Abby's attempts to bring Jake and Dan closer leave her feeling like a third wheel; Gurgs has a bone to pick when she catches Julianne smoking in the courthouse.

Tyler Perry's House of Payne - "Breakup to Makeup" (BET, 9:00PM ET/PT)
House of Payne is the hilarious comedy about Retired fire chief Curtis Payne and his lovely wife Ella. Together the loving couple navigate the problems of life with their quirky modern day family.

Tyler Perry's Assisted Living "The Spark" - (BET, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Sandra utilizes her social media skills to help Anastasia launch a PR campaign to rehab her image, but they find out Anastasia's longtime actress rival is fueling a smear campaign against her.

Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of November 25)

Tuesday, November 26

Kathy Griffin (Suddenly Susan) - Catch Kathy on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Ronny Chieng (Young Rock/Ronny Chieng: International Student) - Ronny is a guest onJimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Anthony Anderson (black-ish/Guys with Kids/All About the Andersons) - Anthony stops by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Jodie Turner-Smith (Bad Monkey) - Jodie appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC. She also talks about her new show The Agency on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your listings.
D.J. Demers (One More Time) - D.J. is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Billy Bob Thornton (Hearts Afire) - Billy Bob appears on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Sharon Horgan (Bad Sisters/Catastrophe) - Sharon is a guest on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory/8 Simple Rules/Ladies Man) - Kaley stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
Lauren Lapkus (Crashing/Clipped/Are You There, Chelsea?) and Paul F. Tompkins (The Great North/BoJack Horseman/DAG) - Lauren and Paul are guests on a repeat of After Midnight at 12:37am on CBS.
Dwayne Johnson (Young Rock) and Ben Stiller (Arrested Development) - E! News has interviews with Dwayne and Ben at 11pm on E!.
Danielle Pinnock (Ghosts/Young Sheldon) - Danielle talks about Ghosts on CBS Mornings some time between 7-9am and on CBS Mornings Plus in the 9am hour.
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother/Star Raving Mad/Doogie Howser, M.D.) - NBC's Today catches up with Neil in the 10am hour.
Mackenzie Astin (The Facts of Life) - Sean Astin is answering rapid fire questions from his brother Mackenzie in a round of Fast Five on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
Teri Hatcher (The Odd Couple/Sunday Dinner/Karen's Song/The Love Boat) - Teri shares stories from her legendary career and tells Sherri about her new holiday movie How to Fall in Love By Christmas on Sherri, so check your local listings.
Mira Sorvino (Shining Vale) - Mira talks about City of Dreams on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.