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THE SKED: NBC Still At it

More, more, more news from The Peacock: Try to hold on to your lunch: WHITNEY is back, lack of quality (and even lack of ratings) apparently not meaning too much at the network these days. (At least it seems t...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/4/12

> NBC Wednesday = failure. NBC: Another new comedy, another flop. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, despite some good reviews, could only manage a 1.2 premiere. Which was better than the final 2 episodes of the network’s last try, BE...

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The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS April 4

>American Idol keeps falling, but the FOX singing competition series remains ahead of The Voice each week and continues to win Wednesday nights for FOX. NBC premiered Betty White’s Off Their Rockers in its regular t...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/28/12

> NBC’s sitcoms don’t get a fond farewell. NBC: How bad was the network’s night? Its highest rating was a 1.5 for the season finale of WHITNEY. About the best you could say about that number ...

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The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS March 28

>FOX is beginning to stabilize around a 5 rating on Wednesday night with American Idol. CBS declined almost a full rating point from last week, but it had a good excuse: two-thirds of its line up was repeat programming.&n...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/21/12

> BENT finds the welcome mat to be more of a trapdoor. NBC: Even facing a repeat Modern Family on ABC, BENT had a catastrophic 1.0 premiere (down to 0.9 in its 2d half-hour). See our Pilot + 1 Review. T...

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The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS March 21

>FOX declined again last night as American Idol continues to erode. However, viewers didn’t shift to the network competition as CBS was down a touch and ABC, as expected, was down significantly (repeats this week ve...

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Bent”

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...

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The Sked: PROMO WATCH — Update through March 20

>The most recent Promo Watch numbers are based on prime time broadcast network programming between March 14 and March 20, with about 8 hours of programming sampled for each network over that period. (Click “read mor...

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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “Bent”

> Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. So these critiques sh...

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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/20/12

> FOX chants: bring back GLEE! FOX: The network’s 4-sitcom Tuesday is starting to look less like an unsuccessful experiment and more like a disaster. I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER is already all-but-cancele...

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THE SKED: The Return of COMMUNITY! (And Other NBC Stuff)

> If you hear bells pealing and catch sight of Human Beings dancing (well, not so much dancing as meta-dancing that references obscure pop culture artifacts from 20 years ago), it’s because NBC has finally freed COMMUNITY...

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THE SKED: Terra Nova and Other Short Orders

> The typical episodic order for a new Fall show is 13 episodes, with a network option for 9 more (known as the “back-order”) to bring the full season to 22 episodes. Shows that debut at Midseason typically ge...

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THE SKED: NBC Still At it

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/4/12

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS April 4

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/28/12

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS March 28

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/21/12

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS March 21

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Bent”

The Sked: PROMO WATCH — Update through March 20

THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “Bent”

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/20/12

THE SKED: The Return of COMMUNITY! (And Other NBC Stuff)

THE SKED: Terra Nova and Other Short Orders

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