ABC has now announced that FlashForward will be taking a little break, with new episodes returning March 4th. And that really couldn’t have come at a worse time. Television is not usually a place where absence makes the heart grow fonder. More likely, viewers forget what you were up to and can’t be bothered to […]
It’s that time of the year. Now that we’ve all been spoiled for months with tons of new TV, it’s all going away. Last week we saw the first real evidence of the holiday slowdown as CW just shut down completely and ABC was the only network that even made an effort on Thursday and […]
According to E! Online, the writers of Ugly Betty are debating who to pair Betty with at the end of the series. Henry, Gio, and Daniel were mentioned as possibilities. Last night, the writers teased us with a kiss between Betty and Daniel (who admittedly thought she was Molly). Let’s take a look at the guys […]
After the dramatic entrance of V last week, there were no similar big splash stories to lead things off this week. Then, as I was perusing the year-ago numbers, something occurred to me. It’s quite possible that FOX could improve both Monday and Thursday at 9:00 if they swapped Fringe and Lie To Me. If […]
Ugly Betty used to be one of those captivating shows that had me rooting for the underdog secretary Betty Suarez while enjoying her humiliation at the hands of her evil coworkers at fashion magazine Mode. There were so many characters I loved to hate. As cancellation buzz builds around Betty this season, I’ve taken a moment to consider why the show has lost its spark for me.
The World Series was the big ratings winner last week, but with New York involved, everyone kind of expected that, right? What nobody expected — most notably ABC — was the success of the V premiere. The numbers weren’t just good. It was the highest rated scripted program on the network, topping the Housewives and […]
A combination of baseball and pre-sweeps repeats made for a bit of an odd week. Repeats don’t mean there aren’t numbers of note however. We had Jay Leno’s first shot against CSI: Miami and NY repeats, and a look at what running repeats on Friday does for FOX. That is, nothing good for Dollhouse season […]
