Daily Archives: 2010/10/08

Ratings Recap: CBS and ABC Battle for the Crown, With the Eye Narrowly Claiming Victory

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(for Thursday, October 7, 2010) By the narrowest of margins, CBS (3.0/9, 12.572 million) was tops on the night in both total viewers and the Adults 18-49 demographic. ABC (2.9/8, 8.24 million) would probably have this crown were it not for their dead zone at 8PM, now filled with repeats of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ performing horribly as well.

FOX (2.3/7, 7.176 million) was next, followed by NBC (2.1/6, 4,806 million) in their typical fourth place finish, despite the accolades their comedy lineup gets. The CW (1.3/4, 3.206 million) is thrilled with the power of their Thursday and Friday lineups.

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The League, “The Kluneberg”

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'The League' - 'The Kluneberg'Identifier: Season 2, Episode 4
Air Date: Thu., Oct. 7, 2010 (10:30 PM)
Network: FX

Taco as art critic: “It’s a penis bird attacking ass mountain.” He should totally write the blurbs next to all the paintings at the art museums. I bet they’d get more people in there. This time he was referring to a painting Andre paid $25,000 for. It’s nice to know that he’s successful enough he can blow money on more than ugly clothing. He can get ugly art, too.

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, “Mac’s Big Break”

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'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' - 'Mac's Big Break'Identifier: Season 6, Episode 4
Air Date: Thu., Oct. 7, 2010 (10:00 PM)
Network: FX

He’s looking pretty cool and confident there. A man in full control of his destiny. That is the legend of Mac in his own mind. You didn’t think reality looked anything like that, did you?

After Mac wins a radio call-in contenst, and gets the chance to take a shot from center ice at a Flyers hockey game, he and Charlie start training him up for the big day. Apparently, Big Mac can’t skate.

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Outsourced, “Party of Five”

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'Outsourced' - 'Party of Five'Identifier: Season 1, Episode 3
Air Date: Thu., Oct. 7, 2010 (9:30 PM)
Network: NBC

Rajiv revealed a secret to one employee, and proved to have a heart. At least when he’s not dealing with Todd. Todd, on the other hand, has a heart-on for Asha, so to speak, while Charlie is clearly into Tonya who’s pretty clearly into Todd. See, romantic triangles are universal.

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The Office, “Andy’s Play”

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'The Office' - 'Andy's Play'Identifier: Season 7, Episode 3
Air Date: Thu., Oct. 7, 2010 (9:00 PM)
Network: NBC

The theatrical side of Andy Bernard found an appropriate outlet when he brought the cast of a local production of ‘Sweeney Todd’ to the office as a viral marketing campaign. Of course, as it is Andy’s office, I’m sure they were all too aware he was in the play.

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Fringe, “The Plateau”

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'Fringe' - 'The Plateau'Identifier: Season 3, Episode 3
Air Date: Thu., Oct. 7, 2010 (9:00 PM)
Network: Fox

It’s back “Over There” to check in on the real Olivia Dunham … If Olivia isn’t careful, she may take all of the other Olivia’s memories and truly make them her own. I’m guessing that means that Secretary Bishop isn’t intending for the other Olivia to ever return home. Or he doesn’t really care once he’s been able to take advantage of the real reason he’s going to so much trouble to convince our Olivia that she’s his Olivia. Knowing the stakes, it does make more sense.

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$#*! My Dad Says, “The Truths About Dads & Moms”

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'Shit My Dad Says' - 'The Truth About Dads & Moms'Identifier: Season 1, Episode 3
Air Date: Thu., Oct. 7, 2010 (8:30 PM)
Network: CBS

My wife’s been in a few weddings (don’t worry, only one was her own), and those wedding makeovers aren’t cheap. Still, it was a pretty ill-conceived idea for Bonnie to think she could milk that same makeup for several days in order to have it for a television interview. Sure it looked funny as hell by then, but are we to believe she wouldn’t have known it was a mess, or that Vince wouldn’t have said something. Someone?!

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30 Rock, “Let’s Stay Together”

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'30 Rock' - 'Let's Stay Together'Identifier: Season 5, Episode 3
Air Date: Thu., Oct. 7, 2010 (8:30 PM)
Network: NBC

Queen Latifah made a surprise turn as a Congresswoman looking into claims of racism at NBC. Unfortunately, things didn’t exactly look non-racist at TGS. With Tracy developing his own show, there is separate food for him and his crew and the TGS crew.

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The Vampire Diaries, “Kill or Be Killed”

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'The Vampire Diaries' - 'Kill or Be Killed'Identifier: Season 2, Episode 5
Air Date: Thu., Oct. 7, 2010 (8:00 PM)
Network: The CW

Wow, a lot of major turning points this week. Caroline officially proved herself a worthy member of the new “Scooby-Gang,” as it were. No, it’s nothing like ‘Buffy’ but it has vamires, so I couldn’t help myself. It’s just interesting to me that becoming a bloodsucker has turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to her character.

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Community, “The Psychology of Letting Go”

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'Community' - 'The Psychology of Letting Go'Identifier: Season 2, Episode 3
Air Date: Thu., Oct. 7, 2010 (8:00 PM)
Network: NBC

Betty White cameo alert. In fact, they could feasibly trot her out every few episodes to try and lure in new viewers. It’s a shame ‘Community’ is getting trounced by ‘The Big Bang Theory’ every week, because it continues to bring brilliant comedy with each new installment.

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The Big Bang Theory, “The Zazzy Substitution”

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'The Big Bang Theory' - 'The Zazzy Substitution'Identifier: Season 4, Episode 3
Air Date: Thu., Oct. 7, 2010 (8:00 PM)
Network: CBS

Despite how much he may want us to downgrade the importance of Amy Farrah Fowler in his life, I think Sheldon’s response to their break-up this week spotlights just how much she’s come to mean to him. In fact, she’s about 25 cats worth of caring in Sheldon’s world.

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(BootlegTV-UK) Phoneshop, “Doctor Who” [series premiere]

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'Phoneshop' - 'Doctor Who'Identifier: Series 1, Episode 1
Air Date: Thu., Oct. 7, 2010
Network: E4

(What is BootlegTV? To put it simply, sometimes things are available in other parts of the world, but not in the US. That doesn’t mean they can’t be enjoyed here, though.)

The premise is straightforward enough. It looks like we have two main characters: Janine as the eager employee who’s desperate to be assistant manager, and Christopher as the new guy trying to figure out everything. They’re joined by Lance as their somewhat incompetent boss, obsessed with his former assistant manager, and Jerwayne and Ashley, two virtual carbon copies of one another. Both are equally smarmy, arrogant and piggish. In other words, they’re good salespeople.

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(BootlegTV-UK) An Idiot Abroad, “Petra, Jordan”

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'An Idiot Abroad' - 'Petra, Jordan'Identifier: Series 1, Episode 3
Air Date: Thu., Oct. 7, 2010
Network: Sky 1

(What is BootlegTV? To put it simply, sometimes things are available in other parts of the world, but not in the US. That doesn’t mean they can’t be enjoyed here, though.)

How many people who would love to travel and see the seven wonders of the ancient world do you think are being driven mad by Karl Pilkington pissing and moaning all over each and every one of them. This week, he was off to Jordan to see Petra, a city in the mountains. Karl, though, did have a point in that the guy in the cave across the way had a far betterview than the one from inside Petra.

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