Archive for the ‘Television’ Category
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NBC Announces Midseason Schedule
Earlier today NBC revealed their plans for changes to the network's broadcast schedule that will take place beginning in January. NBC also went on to announce that 30 Rock has been renewed for next season and will now be moving to 10pm. The most notable news includes Parks and Recreation returning with Thursday nights now a three hour block of comedies, The Cape premiering, and Parenthood and Chase switching nights. Continue on for a look at the full weekly schedule of NBC programming. (m...
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AMC Cancels Rubicon
AMC has announced they will not be renewing Rubicon, their conspiracy-based original series that recently completed its first season. This comes as little surprise as Rubicon was never able to grow its audience and ratings wise went virtually unwatched. Rubicon was very slow and extremely methodical while carrying a few great characters and a very ominous tone which was refreshing. The final few episodes of the season were excellent, though the finale left a little something to be desired. ...
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Conan Premieres to Big Ratings
Conan O'Brien spent much of the last year since departing NBC doing a live tour show and then preparing for his new show on TBS. Conan finally debuted last night and the ratings beat out all its rivals including The Tonight Show. Conan also boosted the ratings of Lopez Tonight which shifted to midnight but got twice the ratings that it had been getting at 11pm. 4.2 million viewers tuned in and the show received a 2.5 rating in the 18-49 demo making the median viewer age 30. The support fro...
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The Walking Dead Renewed for Second Season
AMC has announced they have officially renewed the zombie centric comic-adaptation The Walking Dead for a second season. After premiering to huge ratings it held extremely well in last night's second episode which drew 4.7 million viewers and a 2.5 rating in the 18-49 age range. The Walking Dead has become the biggest series in network cable history based on the ratings of that critical demo. In typical AMC fashion the series will receive 13 episodes in all seasons going forward. This first...
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NBC Cancels Undercovers
NBC has announced that they have canceled JJ Abrams' Undercovers. The last scheduled episode will air on December 1st however three more episodes were produced and may be burned off somewhere down the line. The cancellation news does not come as a surprise. The show received mediocre reviews, did not debut strong in the ratings, and fell every week since. Its most recent episode drew just a 1.3 in the 18-49 demo which is a terrible number for a new episode of an original series on network T...
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‘Thundercats’ Cartoon Reboot Details
It was previously announced that a reboot of the '80s classic cartoon Thundercats was in the works. Until now we really hadn't heard anything new. Producer Michael Jelenic discussed some new details with MTV about the cartoon. "One thing is that I tried to simplify the mythology a little bit," he said. "It's a pretty complicated backstory that borrows from a lot of other sci-fi stuff, like Superman and Star Wars. In developing this, I wanted it to be a little more simple. In the other vers...
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The Walking Dead Premieres to Huge Ratings
Last night's premiere of the comic-adaptation series The Walking Dead became AMC's highest rated premiere ever. The show pulled in 5.3 million viewers and a massive 3.6 rating in the crucial 18-49 demo. When including the two replays that immediately followed the total was 8.1 million viewers for the evening. AMC has been building a brand established on high quality but typically low ratings. Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and Rubicon are prime examples of that. The Walking Dead however provided wi...
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Eastbound & Down Getting Third Season
The HBO comedy Eastbound & Down became a surprise hit largely due to great word of mouth. Despite that it was still uncertain whether it would get a second season but the network picked it up and the decision has paid off. Ratings are more than doubling the first season and are averaging 1.4 million viewers an episode. With the second season nearing its end HBO has announced they have ordered a third season. No word on how many episodes that will bring. E&D's first season was just s...
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