The EMMY AWARDS could hardly have gone more emphatically HBO’s way, with wins for Best Drama, Comedy, Limited Series and Made-For-TV Movie, not to mention many of the acting, writing and directing awards that went with them. It was a night with a lot of exciting new winners, but the show itself was very much […]
The midseason part of the broadcast network schedule kicks off in a few hours, and we’ve spent the past few days taking a look at ABC, CBS and NBC. Today it’s the turn of the most critical patient in the quartet. FOX Fall Primetime 18-49 Average (through December 28): 1.58, down 17.8% from Fall […]
Has there ever been a #1 network as screwed up as this year’s edition of NBC? Full Season To Date (through May 3) 18-49 Rating Average: 2.04 (#1), Down 13.7% From Last Season Season Grade: D+ What Happened: Sunday: NBC is at the top of the broadcast networks for one and a half reasons. […]
GRACEPOINT: Thursday 9PM on FOX starting October 2 – Potential DVR Alert PLAYERS: Broadchurch, the wildly successful limited (and now continuing) British TV series, of which Gracepoint is a remake. Broadchurch returnees, including series creator Chris Chibnall, director James Strong and star David Tennant. A cast surrounding Tennant that includes Anna Gunn, Nick Nolte, […]
After last night’s atrocious 0.9/0.7 pairing, it was clear that the writing on the wall for NBC’s BAD JUDGE and A TO Z was scrawled in blood. The network chose Halloween afternoon to announce the burials. Those very few who enjoyed the shows needn’t start weeping just yet, though: since The Blacklist was already […]
NBC has kept a lot of is pieces in place, but also made some significant changes for next season, especially on its once-signature Thursday night. Let’s dig in. MONDAY: No surprise that THE VOICE is staying where it is, but 10PM is a risk. NBC will keep THE BLACKLIST there only until November 10, […]
Come February, Thursday nights are going to feature an old-fashioned broadcast network slugfest, as ABC’s announcement that Scandal is moving to 9PM will put it squarely in the path of NBC’s The Blacklist when that series moves at midseason–may the best crazy plot twist-laden melodrama win. The Scandal move is part of ABC’s new […]
MADAM SECRETARY: Sunday 8PM on CBS – Potential DVR Alert PLAYERS: Series creator Barbara Hall, a veteran of everything from Northern Exposure to Joan of Arcadia (which she created), and Army Wives to Homeland. Star Tea Leoni, and an A-list supporting cast that includes Keith Carradine, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth and Zeljko Ivanek. Pilot […]