> Look away. FOX: The only network with anything to boast about, and even that has a couple of asterisks. AMERICAN IDOL will probably edge out The Voice for bragging rights to the week once final numbers are in (right now, Idol is up by 0.1), but that required a highly-publicized disqualification on Idol, and […]
> Viewers could tell that REVENGE wasn’t FOR REAL. ABC: Serialized dramas repeat notoriously badly, so the network had the clever idea of filling in the spring schedule gap with a “news” show about true-life crimes that presumably are similar to those in the show, albeit without Emily Van Camp or Madeleine Stowe. The resulting […]
> February Sweeps go out not with a bang, but with the other thing. ABC: The first “midseason arc” episode of REVENGE looked almost exactly like all the other episodes, so it was fitting that the rating stayed even. The show will now take a break from fresh episodes until the end-of-season push in April. […]
> At FOX, perhaps the most terrifying 7 words in the English language: AMERICAN IDOL May Not Have Hit Bottom. FOX: Despite no special competition on any other network, Idol‘s 5.1 was down a full ratings point from last week, and down a horrible 35% from last year’s parallel episode. This is still, of course, […]
>REVENGE… not so sweet.ABC: It was finally time for Revenge to wind itself back around and reach the flashforward that started the pilot, climaxing the series’ initial plotline, but viewers weren’t all that interested, with a 2.4 that was slightly below last week and around where the show has been for the past month. As […]