Posts Tagged ‘raising hope’
 

 

THE SKED: FOX Adjusts Its Tuesdays

> FOX had announced last year that rather than air GLEE repeats in the space between its original February episodes and the new ones that will close out the season, it would instead air a 2-hour block of sit-coms.  That...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/6/11

> Not much good news for anyone–including the night’s winner. FOX:  The network ran the table 8-10PM, but with ugly numbers:  GLEE and NEW GIRL both set season lows, and RAISING HOPE was just 0.1 above its...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

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 ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

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
 

 

 

THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR CHRONICLES: Tuesdays

  We’re continuing our week-long look at the hour-by-hour battles that will enliven the new network TV season.  Today it’s the turn of Tuesday, a night notable for its Invasion of the Sitcoms. 8PM:  THE VOICE...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/26/12

> SMASHWatch tries to convince itself that ratings are all that matter.  UPDATE:  AND MAYBE NOT THEM EITHER–SEE BELOW. NBC:  After last night’s dreadful SMASH–the first to have no connection at ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Raising Hope”

  RAISING HOPE:  Tuesday 8PM on FOX WHERE WE WERE:  The town of Natesville, where the Chance clan–Jimmy (Lucas Neff), mom Virginia (Martha Plimpton), dad Burt (Garret Dillahunt) and ancient Maw-Maw (Cloris Leachman...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/9/12

NBC thanks whatever it worships for The Voice.  (Note:  there were an unusually large number of 0.1 victories and ties last night, so bragging rights to various slots may shuffle when final numbers are released this afternoon...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/31/12

> Some things are eternal, and Michael Jackson appears to be one of them. FOX:  GLEE‘s Michael Jackson episode propelled the show to a 3.6, its best rating in months.  The strong lead-in didn’t help the ne...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

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
 

 

 

THE SKED: FOX Tries To Rescue Tuesday

  When we last left baseball’s beleageured network partner, FOX was trying to recover from a particularly knotty night of rain delays.  The result was that what was supposed to be Wednesday’s episode of THE X ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS April 3

>The Voice results show at 9 pm lifted NBC to a weak first-place tie with ABC for the night, mainly because CBS took the night off with a slate of drama repeats.  The Voice edged Dancing with the Stars in the battle of res...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR – Week 4

. We’re 4 full weeks into the season, and it’s time to ask:  What do we know now that we didn’t know a week ago? Reruns Are Bad.  In the past few days, ABC has ordered extra episodes of GREY’S ANATOMY,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/7/12

> Not all shows premiere like Smash. ABC:  In recent years, viewers have flocked to horror series from True Blood to The Walking Dead to The Vampire Diaries, and at the multiplex, “found footage” thrillers like...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/3/12

> NEW GIRL is losing that new-show gleam. FOX:  Whether it’s been caused by the accumulated agony of FOX’s 4-sitcom schedule (with I Hate My Teenage Daughter and Raising Hope reruns as lead-ins), the reality re...
by Mitch Salem