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THE SKED: One More Dimension For “Fringe”

> FRINGE has discovered one last universe where it can air for a 5th and final season on FOX, and it’s widely rumored that the name of that universe is:  Low License Fee.  As it did with Chuck this season, Warne...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: American Idol vs The Voice — The Gap Widens

>As the (relatively) highly-rated singing competition shows head toward their season finales, it is time to take a broader view of the full season ratings tracks for FOX’s American Idol and NBC’s The Voice.  Th...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: Spring Broadcast Ratings–Yes, There Is a Problem

>The New York Times recently ran a story about slumping ratings for the broadcast networks, drawing an immediate response by Bill Gorman of tvbythenumbers.com:  “You can always count on Bill Carter of the New York Ti...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS April 22

>Another Sunday without a network averaging over a 2 rating.  Amazing Race continues to shine for CBS, but NYC 22 is slipping away quickly in its second telecast.  ABC’s Once Upon a Time remains the top-rated sh...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Raising Hope”

> Greg Garcia’s RAISING HOPE, like his My Name Is Earl, has a very particular chaotically surreal good-naturedness.  (The 2 shows exist in the same meta-universe, and Hope often nods to Earl–in tonight’s ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: Accelerating Broadcast Declines & Forecast Full Season Ratings

>The ugly second half of the 2011-12 television season rolls on, and its not getting any prettier for the broadcast networks.  In fact, the combined rating for the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX) the past two we...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S 2012/13 FIRST CUT: FOX Needs & Possibilities

> Welcome to April:  pilots are being produced and prepared for executive screenings, all but a very few of the 2011/12 series have aired, and we’re only 6 weeks away from the hoopla of the network Upfronts and their...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: FOX SUMMER PREMIERES

> The close of the 2011/12 broadcast season is starting to approach, and networks are beginning to specify their plans for summer (which in TV terms begins in late May).  FOX, unlike some of the other networks, is not plan...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Alcatraz”

> ALCATRAZ was a show–pardon the use of past tense:  the series still has a pulse, but recent ratings make it an increasing longshot for a repeat sentence–that just never found its groove.  Convoluted but ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Touch”

> 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...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: FOX Really, Really Hates Its “Teenage Daughter”

> FOX, reacting quickly to the decline of NEW GIRL, has just announced that it’s yanking the horribly rated I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER from the final 2 weeks of its 4-sitcom Tuesday.  Last night, Teenage Daughter cou...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: FOX Season Finales

> FOX has added its season finales to the pile, which include an evening-long farewell to HOUSE.  Here’s the schedule: Tuesday April 17 9:30PM:  RAISING HOPE (Note:  after Hope‘s season finale, BREAKI...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: FOX Hates Its “Teenage Daughter”

> FOX is yanking its low-rated (and terrible) I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER from the schedule after Glee returns from hiatus and the network’s 4-sitcom Tuesdays end.  The original plan had been for Teenage Daughter to s...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: Declining Network Ratings — How Bad Are They?

>For the past several weeks, “season low” and “down sharply from last year” have been repeated phrases in our daily ratings posts, mostly for broadcast network programs but also for cable programs, as we...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Breaking In”

> WHERE WE WERE:  Contra Security, a wacky high-tech firm run by the extravagantly enigmatic Oz (Christian Slater).  Contra tests the security measures of its clients by cracking them wide open, staging mock break-ins...
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