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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 3/27/12

> Dancing doesn’t mambo as fast as it used to. ABC: The DANCING WITH THE STARS results show did a whole lot better at 9PM than The River‘s ratings, winning the hour with a 3.0 (compared to River‘s mid-1 ...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/29/12

> 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...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/7/12

> 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-...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/14/12

> 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 (rig...

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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’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/10/12

> Potentially good news for Cougar Town fans. ABC: Cougar Town needs a timeslot, and Tuesday 8:30PM should be opening up any minute now, as 20% of the people who watched WORK IT the first time ran away screaming this week...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/25/12

> Welcome back to Network Scorecard, where we consider the perplexing case of AMERICAN IDOL. FOX: It’s now clear that the biggest story of the 2011-12 television season is the slump in established reality-competitio...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/1/12

> Question for the class: are the travails of AMERICAN IDOL and THE X FACTOR good or bad for NBC’s THE VOICE? Discuss among yourselves for the next 4 days. FOX: It’s becoming a familiar song: ...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/8/12

> Somewhere, Edward R. Murrow weeps. CBS: The attempt to resurrect Murrow’s 59-year old celebrity interview vehicle PERSON TO PERSON with Charlie Rose and Lara Logan flopped badly with a 1.1 (wait, people didn’...

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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’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 3/27/12

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/29/12

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/7/12

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/14/12

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

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/10/12

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/25/12

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/1/12

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/8/12

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

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