Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, News, Television.
DreamWorks has acquired rights to the Japanese manga “Ghost in the Shell” with plans to adapt the futuristic police thriller as a 3-D live-action feature. Story follows the exploits of a member of a covert ops unit of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission that specializes in fighting technology-related crime…
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in 2007/2008 TV Season, 2008/2009 TV Season, CBS, News, Television.
CBS has unveiled its 2008 summer schedule. The schedule, heavily reality based, includes the premiere of three new reality shows, two new drama’s, a summer edition of Big Brother, the premiere of LIVE mixed martial arts events, The Tony Awards and a new edition of the AFI’s 100 Years series. Details after the jump.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
ABC’s Desperate Housewives returned as the night’s most watched episode, but the series declined by a disappointing 3.78 million/19% among viewers and 22% among adults 18-49, hitting a series low in the process among the key A18-49 demo.
Viewerwise though, the show is still at around the same range as it was last season. Despite low retention numbers from its lead-in (57% among viewers and 51% among A18-49) Eli Stone took advantage of its stronger lead-in en route to an increase of 3.31 million/56% among viewers and 61% among A18-49 from its last newly aired episode. The season one finale, which could turn out to be the show’s series finale, airs this coming Thursday, April 17th.
With the addition of the final segment of The Masters, CBS got solid numbers from its lineup, adding up to a first place finish among households. The network finished in second place among A18-49 and was just 20,000 viewers shy from first place ABC among viewers (10.46M vs. 10.44M).
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Casting, CBS, CSI, Television.
After last year’s departure of Jorja Fox from the show, another actor is leaving the hit CBS procedural CSI. TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello is reporting that Gary Dourdan, who plays Warrick Brown on the show, is leaving a show. A precise time table for the exit hasn’t been announced. Dourdan’s contract is up at the end of next month.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
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CBS easily took care of the competition on Friday night led by the nights most watched program among viewers and households (Numb3rs) as well as among adults 18-49 (Ghost Whisperer).
Elsewhere on the evening, after a promising uptick in viewership last week, Fox’s Canterbury’s Law sank back downward. Meanwhile, the 2008 edition of Miss USA posted signficant declines of 1.83 million/25% among viewers and 23% among adults 18-49.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
CSI just barely held off American Idol as the nights most watched series among total viewers, but Idol was ahead among adults 18-49. In the end, CBS was the nights most watched network among households, while Fox took first place among both viewers and adults 18-49.
Elsewhere on the evening, the results for the return of NBC comedies 30 Rock, The Office and Scrubs and E.R. were mixed. The Office improved by 5% among viewers and Scrubs by 36%, while both 30 Rock and E.R. saw their audiences decline (4% for 30 Rock and 15% for E.R.).
The Desperate Housewives repeat helped Eli Stone to a small bounce in viewers and adults 18-49. Don’t forget that there will be a special airing of the series out of an original installment of Desperate Housewives this Sunday.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
Year two the American Idol special Idol Gives Back, which ran from 7:30-10:00, gave Fox an easy victory, but the program was off by more than 30% among both viewers and adults 18-49 from how the program rated last year. Most of that loss of viewership can probably be attributed to there being no competition/elimination round, which was the case last year.
Elsewhere on the evening, CBS was a competitive second place headlined by solid outings from Criminal Minds and CSI: NY, despite the latter dropping by 14% in the demo, while ABC and NBC battled over third place (ABC third among viewers, NBC third among adults 18-49).
The CW’s Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious received a slight bounce from an America’s Next Top Model clip show, but it still failed to hit 2 million viewers.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Cancellations, CBS, News, Secret Talents of the Stars, Television.
After just one low-rated airing, CBS has pulled the reality show Secret Talents of the Stars. For the time being episodes of 48 Hours Mystery will fill the time period, until Shark returns from hiatus on April 29th. Secret Talents of the Stars attracted just 4.58M viewers and a 1.5/4 rating/share among adults 18-49.
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
Fox’s American Idol and Hell’s Kitchen remained in front of the competition on Tuesday night.
ABC, meanwhile, was a competitive second headlined by Dancing With the Stars, and Boston Legal returned from its nearly two month hiatus strong (+2.73M/37% among viewers and +39% among adults 18-49).
Rounding out the rest of the evening, NBC finished in its usual solid third place with The Biggest Loser, while the return of NCIS on CBS wasn’t enough to keep the network out of fourth place.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
So much for Kansas/Memphis not being a good match for ratings. There was no decline in viewership from the year prior matchup as CBS took the night, once again holding its own against ABC’s Dancing With the Stars.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
Fewer viewers than on average tuned into programming on Sunday night but it was business as usual for CBS which took in first place among households and viewers as the returning series Cold Case was the night’s most-watched series.
Second place ABC snagged first place among adults 18-49.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
CBS had no trouble with the competition on Saturday night, as the networks coverage of the NCAA Basketball Tournament drew nearly 13 million viewers and was strong among adults 18-49 (4.5 rating).
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Battlestar Galactica, Cable TV, Nielsen TV Ratings, Sci Fi, Television.
After a disappointing third season which saw the critically acclaimed series notching record low ratings, the fourth season premiere of Battlestar Galactica opened with 2.14M viewers. That’s an impressive 41% increase over the third season finale among viewers (1.52M to 2.14M) and 38% among adults 18-49 (0.8 to 1.1). Continue reading for my full analysis plus a chart detailing the ratings of the entire series from the two-part miniseries through this premiere.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
The Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular and CBS’s returning dramas Ghost Whisperer and Numb3rs helped push the network to first place last night, with minimal loss among viewership from their last newly aired episodes. However, the story among adults 18-49 was a bit different. Both shows posted soft numbers in the key demo, with Ghost Whisperer off by 15% and Numb3rs by 12%.
Elsewhere on the evening, NBC and continues to get poor numbers from its fading gameshow Amne$ia, while Fox finally got some good news out of new drama Canterbury’s Law. The series improved by a much needed 1.33 million/28% among viewers and 27% among adults 18-49 as it climbed over the 6 million mark. There’s still cause for concern among adults 18-49 (it posted a low 1.4 rating), but the bump in viewership is certainly good news.
Over on ABC, the network tried to give returning gameshow Duel a boost by positioning a repeat of America’s Funniest Home Videos in front of it, but the move failed. The gameshow failed to hit 4 million viewers and was off by a devastatingly fatal 2.79 million/42% among viewers and 43% among adults 18-49.
The poor performances by ABC (and FOX among adults 18-49) allowed The CW’s Smackdown to post some of its better numbers in a while (over 4.5 million viewers) as the network was able to tie for fourth place on the evening among adults 18-49.
The full breakdown of last night’s ratings follows after the jump.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
CBS’s returning dramas CSI (the nights most-watched show) and Without A Trace and Survivor combined to easily push CBS to the top spot on Thursday night, defeating its closest competition by more than 6 million viewers.
Fox fared well with its two-hour edition of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, which kept the network ahead of returning comedy My Name Is Earl on NBC (third place).
Speaking of ‘Earl’, the comedy returned with an hour long episode and posted a performance that was mostly even from its last newly aired episode (which was this past January). Audience loss was minimized among total viewers (-250,000/-3%), though there could be some cause for concern among adults 18-49, where the show was off by 9%.
Elsewhere on the evening, back-to-back episodes of the ABC comedy Miss Guided–which included the season one finale–failed to improve upon prior performances and Eli Stone continues to falter without the help of an original installment of Lost.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in 2008/2009 TV Season, Heroes, Heroes: Origins, NBC, Television.
Welcome back Heroes, but say goodbye to Heroes: Origins before it even begins. NBC has announced a return date for their hit sci-fi series for September 15th, with a special three-hour event. Things will get started at 8:00 with a clip show, and then followed by a two-hour Heroes film.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in 2007 Peabody Award, Awards, News, Television.
NBC’s 30 Rock, Showtime’s Dexter and AMC’s Mad Men were among the winners of the 2007 Peabody Awards, which were announced on Wednesday. Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report and Bravo’s Project Runaway were also awarded, marking the first time a reality series has taken home a Peabody. Click here for the full list.
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Dollhouse, Fox, News, Television.
Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse has landed another castmember. TVGuide is reporting that English actress Olivia Williams has landed the role of Adelle in the Fox drama, the Dollhouse’s cold and sophisticated leader. Williams joins the already announced cast of Eliza Dushku, Tahmoh Penikett, Fran Kranz, Dichen Lachman and Enver Gjokaj.
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in ABC, CBS, Television, The New Adventures of Old Christine.
CBS’s The New Adventures of Old Christine has been doing well recently, thanks to its strong Two and a Half Men lead-in on CBS. However, the network has yet to pick it up for another season. TVGuide is reporting that ABC is in informal talks with Warner Bros. Television (who produces the show) and they are making a play for the Julia Louis-Drefus comedy The New Adventures of Old Christine, should CBS decide not to renew it.
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in CW, News, Smallville, Television.
Smallville co-creators Al Gough and Miles Millar have announced that they are departing the CW show at the end of this season. The duo released an open letter to popular Smallville fansite KryptonSite announcing their plans to depart the series. “After much heartache and debate we have decided it is time for us to move on,” they say in their letter. More after the jump.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
American Idol propelled Fox to yet another Wednesday night victory along with lead-in The Moment of Truth, which also won its timeslot.
CBS, however, was stronger than usual courtesy returning dramas Criminal Minds and CSI: NY, which held consistent from their last newly aired episodes.
Elsewhere on the evening, NBC and ABC (third and fourth respectively) posted consistent numbers, while The CW’s flagship series America’s Next Top Model, although still down by over a million viewers from the year prior, improved by a noteworthy 550,000/16% among viewers and 12% among adults 18-49 as it crossed the 4 million mark.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in 2008/2009 TV Season, NBC, News, Television.
NBC today revealed their complete 52-week schedule for the 2008/2009 season, an extensive slate of programming that will take advantage of staggered launches in order to present a year-round commitment to original programming. New programming includes The Office Spinoff and Knight Rider and more, while returning shows include ER (its 15th and final season), Friday Night Lights, Lipstick Jungle, Medium, Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU. Full details, including the schedules, follows after the jump.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in NBC, News, Television, The Office, The Office Spinoff.
NBC today announced that the network will use the post Super Bowl slot this season to launch a spinoff series to the the hit comedy The Office. Immediately following NBC Sports’ Super Bowl XLIII coverage, the network will first present an original episode of The Office, followed by the debut of the new spinoff comedy. Continue past the jump to read the entire press release.
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Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
There was no joking around last night, as Fox easily carried the evening thanks to American Idol and the fourth season premiere of Hell’s Kitchen, which was boosted by a significant 4.39 million/54% among viewers and 54% among adults 18-49 thanks to the American Idol lead-in.
Elsewhere on the evening, ABC and CBS were a competitive second and third, respectively, while NBC was a consistent fourth with another solid outing from Biggest Loser.
As usual, The CW was far back in last place.
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