Even with finales on hand, nothing stirred viewers.
FOX: THE FINDER aired what turned out to be its series finale and FRINGE had its season finale, with a respective 1.1 and 1.0, up very slightly for both.
CBS: A night of underperforming season finales. UNDERCOVER BOSS took a big hit, down 0.4 to 1.1, and CSI NY wasn’t much stronger, dropping 0.3 to the same 1.1. BLUE BLOODS held better, down only 0.1 to 1.3.
ABC: The winner of the night and every hour, even though SHARK TANK and 20/20 were both down (to 1.6 and 1.4). PRIMETIME was up slightly to 1.6.
NBC: No excitement here, either. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE slipped to 0.8, GRIMM fell 0.2 to 1.2. DATELINE managed to hold even at 1.3.
CW: The network is apparently OK with NIKITA‘s 0.4, since the show was renewed yesterday. SUPERNATURAL justified its existence far more clearly with a 0.7.
Tonight FOX airs NASCAR, ABC offers a run of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3, and NBC’s burn-off of THE FIRM will never end. The highest rating of the night is likely to be SNL with guest host Will Ferrell and musical guest Usher (look for our review late tonight). Tomorrow’s presumed big event is the 2-hour series finale of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (following the season finale of ONCE UPON THE TIME), which will face off against the season finale of SURVIVOR.
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MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."
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