> America gives a warm “Welcome Back” to ABC’s Wednesday line-up. ABC: With new episodes airing for the first time in a month, the network’s shows (admittedly airing against lots of repeats and low-level specials on the other networks) took every half-hour of the night. Everything was up from its last new episode in early […]
> OK, now they’re not even trying: every single show on network TV last night was a repeat. CBS: Which is exactly how CBS likes it. Not to rub salt in NBC’s many wounds, but the CBS average last night with reruns (2.1, highlighted by a 2.3 for CRIMINAL MINDS) was just about what NBC […]
> X marked the spot for network television last night. FOX: With very little in the way of competition, X FACTOR easily won the night for FOX. But the rating for the first part of its season finale was one of its lowest (Thanksgiving Eve excluded), which makes it less of a disappointment than Terra […]
> Viewers continue to be uninspired by the network offerings: with one exception, season lows were the order of the evening. CBS: CSI benefited from a repeat SVU on NBC and no Revenge on ABC, and scored its second-best rating of the season. Before that, though, SURVIVOR tied a season low even though this was […]
> Last night, viewers took a stand against the hatred of teenage daughters. FOX: I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER, in its 2d airing (and first against new episodes on ABC) slumped to a 2.1 rating, losing more than a third of X FACTOR‘s lead-in 3.3. The Teenage Daughter numbers may continue to be erratic, because […]