The mid-season premieres continue to roll out, but not with the numbers that the networks might have been hoping for. ‘The Cape’ and ‘Off The Map’ both had less than stellar starts this week, while Bob’s Burgers took a hand-off from the NFL and scored big.
‘Bob’s Burgers’ second effort gets better and more outrageous than the first. I’m intrigued by the blond man on the roller skates in nothing but his underwear.
It’s the grand re-re-re opening of Bob’s Burgers, complete with extra fries and a heavy dollop of mirth and merriment. Plus! No human flesh was used in the writing of this review.
A short collection of releases includes ‘Caprica’, ‘Futurama’, ‘Family Guy’, ‘Secret Life of the American Teenager’, ‘The Virginian’, ‘Andy Griffith Show’, ‘Billy The Exterminator’, ‘Once An Eagle’, and ‘Gene Simmons Family Jewels’.
With ‘The Sing Off’ hitting new highs, and ‘The Biggest Loser’ rebounding from what has been a tough fall, NBC took full advantage of the weakened pre-holiday schedule. On cable, ‘Burn Notice’ went out on a high note.
Thanksgiving tossed a monkey wrench into the gears of the television schedule, but there were still some interesting stories to be had, including the premiere of ABC’s ‘Skating With The Stars’, and week two of ‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’.
On cable, ‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’ debuted to solid numbers for TLC, while TBS and TLC were not so lucky with ‘Glory Daze’ and ‘Pawn Queens’. Over on the networks, the big story was again the singing kids of ‘Glee’.
