Posts Tagged ‘SVU’
 

 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS April 18

>Don’t Trust the B- in Apt 23 had an okay second outing last night, while Revenge returned acceptably at best.  American Idol dropped again this week (after a brief bout of stability last Wednesday), but Idol remains...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: Breaking News — Wednesday 10 pm Adjusted

>With the news that Chris Meloni will not return to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the ratings in the Wednesday 10 pm hour will be adjusted to reflect a slightly lower SVU rating and a slightly higher CSI rating.  ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR CHRONICLES: Wednesday

  Our saga of the hour-by-hour battle for territory on the broadcast network landscape continues.  Today, the motley group of series that make up Wednesdays–although due to scheduling strategies and the first Presid...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/14/11

> 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-b...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Law & Order: SVU”

  LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT – Wednesday 10PM on NBC SVU began its 15th season with an atypically dark, serialized episode that served as a showcase for star Mariska Hargitay.  It picked up from the Seaso...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/18/12

> Viewers didn’t flee from The B—. ABC:  DON’T TRUST THE B— IN APT 23 held almost the same proportion of the MODERN FAMILY audience as it did with last week’s premiere (and a slightly higher p...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: WHAT TO WATCH THIS FALL ON WEDNESDAYS (1st Draft)

> The networks have proclaimed their Fall schedules, the new series have been (partially) unveiled, so… what now?  What will actually be worth watching when network TV comes back to life in a few months?  SHOWBU...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Law & Order: SVU”

  LAW & ORDER:  SVU:  Wednesday 9PM on NBC WHERE WE WERE:  A turf war between escort services run by Delia (Brooke Smith) and Ganzel (Peter Jacobson) turned murderous, leading to the death of a prostitute and the fo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/4/12

> 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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: News From FOX, NBC, TNT, TBS

  Nothing so far today matches yesterday afternoon’s high-profile pick-ups by NBC and FOX, but there’s nevertheless some news as we approach next week’s Upfronts: FOX Amid speculation that the network wil...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/25/12

> The last dull night of network TV for 4 weeks. ABC:  With MODERN FAMILY airing a repeat (as well as THE MIDDLE and SUBURGATORY), DON’T TRUST THE B– IN APT 23 crashed to a 2.0 rating.  That was a bit high...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED REBOOT REVIEW: “Law & Order: SVU”

> Until now, LAW & ORDER:  SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT has been unique to the franchise in not having undergone a periodic reshuffling of its cast.  For 12 seasons, SVU had been the only one of the series to be star-driv...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/10/12

  A superhero comes to the rescue. CW:  ARROW gave the beleagurered little network the best news it’s had literally in years, with a colossal (for CW) 1.3 rating that beat NBC in its first half-hour and was only na...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/11/12

> AKA the season’s final pre-American Idol Wednesday. NBC:   In the absence of the 600-pound gorilla that’s arriving in a week, the new 8-9PM hour did respectably.  WHITNEY‘s 2.1 was slightly hi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/2/12

> The lows keep coming. ABC:  MODERN FAMILY, THE MIDDLE, SUBURGATORY and REVENGE all set or tied season lows last night, and the only reason DON’T TRUST THE B— IN APT 23 didn’t was because it had aired th...
by Mitch Salem