At least, that’s the delusion that Angela Bromstad (President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios) seems to be operating under. Asked about the show at NBC’s TCA presentation, Bromstad said, “”It’s been performing very strongly in its 8 p.m. time slot.” I would argue that finishing in fourth place every week, and losing to […]
Better Off Ted – The Complete First Season The good: you get all of the episodes of the first season of this great comedy series, which is now in its second season (hopefully not its last, though it is in serious danger). The bad: that’s pretty much all you get. There are no special features […]
It was another very dark week of television with only two and a half hours of new scripted programming. And even without any new competition, only one half hour of that could be considered remotely successful. Better Off Ted (2.69m/1)was the first new show of the week on Tuesday, and it still landed in third […]
What the heck were you watching last week? More than likely, it wasn’t network television. Faced with the coming holiday shenanigans of their viewers, all of the broadcast networks threw in the towel. In fact, there were only three new hours of scripted television last week. Even worse, all three of those hours could be […]
It was another very holiday week on television, with schedules full of repeats and seasonal specials. CBS was the only network that really tried, and it paid big dividends. With all new programming on Monday through Thursday the network won all 12 hours in viewers, and 11 of them in the demo. Of course, just […]
When Better Off Ted first premiered last year, I liked it. I didn’t immediately love it, as some folks did, and I certainly didn’t see the similarities to the far superior Arrested Development. I thought it was quirky, fun, and most importantly, different. I also think it looks fantastic, especially in high definition. As time […]
The scheduling shenanigans continue as we race toward the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Last week saw more holiday themed specials, and a lot of repeats. Fortunately, there were a few interesting numbers mixed in with all of the seasonal offerings. Things like big gains for The Middle, which is looking much better now that […]
