As usual, the arrival of the holidays has the network schedules grinding to a halt. That leads to strange things like CBS only having three new hours, and ABC only having two. Or, NBC previewing one of their new shows and having nobody watch it.
Each week I review a show that’s new to me. Good idea, or punishment (mine or yours)? You be the judge. But either way, if I had to watch it, the least you can do is read what I have to say….
With ‘The Sing Off’ hitting new highs, and ‘The Biggest Loser’ rebounding from what has been a tough fall, NBC took full advantage of the weakened pre-holiday schedule. On cable, ‘Burn Notice’ went out on a high note.
We’re giving away a copy of ‘The Sing-Off: Harmonies for the Holidays’ to two lucky, random commenters to this post. Come on in and try your luck! Makes a great (late) holiday gift!
‘Eureka’ and ‘Warehouse 13′ got in on the holiday episode game last week. How would their numbers compare to what ‘Stargate Universe’ has been able to manage since moving to Tuesday? A similar thing was happening on the networks, as ‘The Sing Off’ stepped in for ‘Chuck’ and ‘The Event’.
What the heck were you watching last week? More than likely, it wasn’t network television. Faced with the coming holiday shenanigans of their viewers, all of the broadcast networks threw in the towel. In fact, there were only three new hours of scripted television last week. Even worse, all three of those hours could be […]
It was another very holiday week on television, with schedules full of repeats and seasonal specials. CBS was the only network that really tried, and it paid big dividends. With all new programming on Monday through Thursday the network won all 12 hours in viewers, and 11 of them in the demo. Of course, just […]
