Archive for the ‘Television’ Category
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’24′ Season 8 Trailer
Another season of 24 is upon us, and Fox has posted a trailer for your viewing pleasure. 24's eighth season will premiere with a special two-night, four-hour premiere that kicks off on Sunday, January 17 at 9 PM ET and continues on Monday, January 18 at 9 PM ET on Fox. Here is a brief description on the upcoming season from Fox's website: “Season Eight resets in New York City where a retired JACK BAUER (Sutherland) is unwillingly drawn back into the intense action after learning of a ...
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Survivor Samoa Finale Sunday Night
The 19th season of Survivor concludes tomorrow night in the two hour finale of Survivor: Samoa followed by the reunion show. This has been a highly entertaining season based almost solely on one man. Russell has run the game and created some of the most memorable moments in the history of Survivor. While Russell has played hardest and deserves to win anything can happen. If he does reach the end he will have to sell himself to a jury which has a Galu majority. With four Foa Foa members an...
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Fringe May Have One January Episode
Fox may be taking action to help bolster the popular but ratings challenged Fringe. In what would be an interesting tactic a new episode of Fringe may air on January 11th at 9pm. House was just moved up to return on that date at 8pm. This is being seen by most as an attempt to squash the momentum of Chuck which settles into that 8pm on Monday slot after having its third season premiere the night before. Fringe was scheduled to be off until Thursday April 1st. According to the report it wo...
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Dexter Breaks Showtime Ratings Record
The season four finale of Dexter captured record ratings for original programming on Showtime. Growing 71% over the season three finale it drew over 2.5 million viewers at 9pm and over 3 million including the replay later in the evening.It was the biggest broadcast on Showtime overall since a 1999 Mike Tyson fight. A direct beneficiary of Dexter's success has been Californication which airs right after. It was up 72% over its previous season finale pulling in 1.1 million viewers. Californ...
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Golden Globe Nominations Announced
The nominations for the Golden Globes were released this morning. Up in the Air had the most for a movie with six and in a surprise it was Glee capturing the most on the TV side with four. HBO blew away all other networks by racking up 17 of them. The broadcast will take place on January 17th and is hosted by Ricky Gervais. Continue on for the full list of nominations and leave your thoughts in the comments! (more…)...
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Strong Premiere for Men of a Certain Age
TNT launched its new series Men of a Certain Age last night and received encouraging ratings. Over 5.4 million viewers tuned it which made it the biggest series premiere for a cable channel in 2009. It was expected to draw an audience that slanted older but surprisingly also provided an increase in the 18-49 demo over its lead-in The Closer. While TNT is touting the results to put it in perspective the recently canceled Raising the Bar set the cable ratings record for a series with 7.7 mi...
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Latest DVR Viewership Numbers
The significance in the numbers of DVR viewers continues to rise and so does its importance to the success of the shows most affected. While it can't single-handedly save a program (ex. Dollhouse) it is now being considered more by the networks. Fringe continues to stand out the most considering it goes up against powerhouses such as CSI, Grey's Anatomy, and The Office. Below is the top 15 for the week prior to Thanksgiving based on the largest percent of viewership accounted for by DVR. ...
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FlashForward Gone Until March
FlashForward has been having its issues which include ratings drops, complaints about the story progression from fans, and production shutdowns. It hit yet another series low in ratings last night. Despite this there was some hope with the writers having acknowledged the problems and promising that upcoming episodes would address them. Big developments were supposed to take place in the next few that had been slated for January. However now the show won't even be returning until March 4th. ...
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