THE RIVER (ABC) - One of my favorite scripts. Screener is about 6 minutes too long, so stuff will have to get cut for air. Also, VFX are not done, so it's a tad difficult to fully "judge" a pilot that seems fairly VFX-heavy. That's the pre-amble to a "hm, that didn't come off quite as well as I envisioned it in my head based on the script." I have absolutely no idea how this is a series (granted, that was a problem I had with the script, too, but it didn't seem like as big of a problem versus the "I'm so in love" of my reaction). And this is going to sound really petty, but the guy who plays the lead? He frightens me. Like, in a vaguely Skeletor way. I want him to eat something at craft services. This is a problem in that he's, I think, supposed to be the center of the ensemble (though Leslie Hope really seems to be that, for now). This is a very horror movie-esque concept (maybe that was the point of hiring a skeleton as the male lead?) and the execution keeps it very much in that genre... to the point of me wanting to scream at the characters "NO, DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR" and "YOU'RE BLEEDING, DON'T JUMP INTO THE AMAZON RIVER". Sigh. I hate being disappointed and I'm blind-faith chalking this up to it being long and incomplete and without fully realized music. Fingers crossed whatever airs midseason works better for me.
AWAKE (NBC) - Also one of my favorite scripts! Probably the favorite, from an intellectual level. And there's a lot of intellectual to what shows up on screen. If you'll recall the concept, this is a police character-cedural where the lead, Jason Isaacs' Michael Britten (in the script it was Mark... oh why oh why do things so important have to change? Damn you, clearances! LOL) lives in two worlds thanks to a car accident: one in which his wife died and one in which his teenage son died. These worlds are populated by different crimes, different detective partners, different psychologists, and slightly different color schemes (the son worlds is a bit bluer, the wife's world has a bit of an orange hue). You feel for this man, with people treading carefully around him and tiptoeing around things and both psychologists insisting in their different ways that their world is real and why the other world is fake. Things do spin out of control, or seem to, but surprisingly there was a somewhat staid emotionality to the whole thing. Not a ton of highs and lows, maybe because (even having read the script) there were times that I was thinking "wait, what world are we in?" I'm entirely convinced that this will be a problem for the general viewing public going forward, especially because Steve Harris's detective character (in one world, Britten's partner, in another worlds, just another detective) isn't kept entirely to the sidelines in the world where he isn't Britten's partner. It's easier with Wilmer Valderamma's dubiously-accented character, because in one world, he's Britten's partner and in the other world he's just a uniformed cop. There is some hint at a longer-arc plot (dealing with both worlds perhaps representing clues in a giant mental puzzle Britten has constructed for himself to either deal with his guilt about the car accident or figure out some greater truth / possible conspiracy mystery) that will definitely keep me coming back even if it's only a couple D-story runner beats, USA-style, per episode. I've also managed to convince myself that there's some third reality that will be revealed at the end of the first season where either Britten is in a coma and dealing with things there or there's some world where both loved ones have died... much like I convinced myself that Bob had a secret third wife or at the very least an evil septuplet that would've been revealed at the end of the first season of Kyle Killen's dearly/prematurely departed Lone Star.
PS - There was no reason to make this a "battle" and it really isn't... I just felt like rattling off a couple short reviews in one fell swoop.
PPS - Still really annoyed at the networks in general that this fall is (on the drama side) essentially devoid of anything I want to shout my adoration of from on high (yes, there are things I liked), while I can't wait for NBC's midseason for more of Smash and Awake.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Why The Killing Finale, Though Awful, Was Actually Insanely Smart
Shut up, I know.
Okay, that post title is slightly misleading because, much like the investigation through the season and even in the episode (on day thirteen), the finale of The Killing was stupid and I hated it (SHOCK!)
Like some, I started seeing the decline of quality in the show around episode three and then really began to lose interest a couple weeks later, but kept at it because, hey, it's AMC and because I did want to know who the eff killed Rosie Larsen (despite having no idea who she was). With the exception of the episode "Missing" two weeks ago, the season (and, for me, the series) was a jumbled mash up of grief-porn (the Larsens), rapidly vacillating political misfortunes and one-upmanship (Richmond), and a fearsome combination of terrible parenting (Linden) and terrible policework (Linden/Holder).
But all of that has already been said, and been said better (I particularly love Mo Ryan's rage-spiral diatribe).
Here's the thing that no one has said: the finale, and the choice to not solve the murder (because we collective conspiracy theorists known as mystery television viewers won't buy that Richmond dunit if there's falsified evidence and a shadowy, unseen person presumably driving the car Holder stepped into in the "shocking final five minutes"), was - in one very double-edged way - a stroke of genius from a business perspective.
For all the talk of "I'll never watch the show again" (which, again, I am part of... but, y'know, the vociferous echo chamber of TV criticism and of Twitter rarely actually translates to things like ratings), the show did its job in tantalizing viewers to come back and in demanding AMC pick it up for a second season.
If you still want to know who killed Rosie Larsen, supposedly the one thing that dragged us through the rain and muck of season one... GUESS WHAT? You have to tune in to season two.
AMC, in fact, has to pick up season two. Why? Because buying a whodunit that doesn't answer the initial whodunit question and selling it to your audience as a whodunit about that question... and then cancelling the show when the plan in place (that you knew about and, probably, should have demanded be changed, again, double-edged sword) offered no true resolution?
AMC was painted into a corner (by itself, I truly believe, because it didn't make a demand for closure per the above). It had to pick up a second season of The Killing.
So, there's controversy that's going to be a-brewing around the show. That doesn't necessarily translate into ratings... but I think that it will. Because, somewhere out there, a lot of people still want to know the answer to that damn question. Who killed Rosie Larsen?
It'd be a lot easier to stomach if the ride to the infuriating finale hadn't been an F5 tornado of awful, or if the show had given us ANY reason to want to watch it outside of answering the whodunit (i.e. Twin Peaks' insane quirkiness and Lynch-y-ness, or Veronica Mars' plucky heroine bringing us back to season two even though we found out who killed Lilly Kane).
My, probably terribly off-base, uneducated, blindly-hopeful guess for season two that, again, I'm not watching? The show actually becomes good. The infuriating finale is a ploy. The various out-of-left-field twists get paid off. The investigation truly takes off. And the people who decided to stick around find out who killed Rosie Larsen in a satisfying manner that doesn't let them off the hook for 9 months because the answer comes in the middle of the season and, hey, why not watch next week because the episode ends with the next murder mystery to cross Linden's desk, for her to over-identify with a victim we don't know and pursue in a convoluted way.
But it's just next week. You'll watch. You'll get sucked in. And you'll be annoyed all over again when the season (and, deservedly, series this go-around) ends with another "jaw dropping" cliffhanger that wasn't led up to or hinted at, at all.
Then again, maybe it was just awful and everyone involved is stupid and should be fired and, while collecting unemployment checks, create a time machine to go back and stop The Killing from ever happening.
Meanwhile, can I just say that if the stuff that had happened at the end of the season finale had happened at, say, episode 4? I might not be so pissed off, and I'd *certainly* be watching next week to see what happened.
Which, I guess, just highlights one of the key problems the show had, regardless of what you thought of the finale or the ending: terrible, terrible pacing. But, again, other people have ranted on that far better than I care to.
And, yes, I realize I'm about 36 hours late to the "rant about The Killing finale" party.
Okay, that post title is slightly misleading because, much like the investigation through the season and even in the episode (on day thirteen), the finale of The Killing was stupid and I hated it (SHOCK!)
Like some, I started seeing the decline of quality in the show around episode three and then really began to lose interest a couple weeks later, but kept at it because, hey, it's AMC and because I did want to know who the eff killed Rosie Larsen (despite having no idea who she was). With the exception of the episode "Missing" two weeks ago, the season (and, for me, the series) was a jumbled mash up of grief-porn (the Larsens), rapidly vacillating political misfortunes and one-upmanship (Richmond), and a fearsome combination of terrible parenting (Linden) and terrible policework (Linden/Holder).
But all of that has already been said, and been said better (I particularly love Mo Ryan's rage-spiral diatribe).
Here's the thing that no one has said: the finale, and the choice to not solve the murder (because we collective conspiracy theorists known as mystery television viewers won't buy that Richmond dunit if there's falsified evidence and a shadowy, unseen person presumably driving the car Holder stepped into in the "shocking final five minutes"), was - in one very double-edged way - a stroke of genius from a business perspective.
For all the talk of "I'll never watch the show again" (which, again, I am part of... but, y'know, the vociferous echo chamber of TV criticism and of Twitter rarely actually translates to things like ratings), the show did its job in tantalizing viewers to come back and in demanding AMC pick it up for a second season.
If you still want to know who killed Rosie Larsen, supposedly the one thing that dragged us through the rain and muck of season one... GUESS WHAT? You have to tune in to season two.
AMC, in fact, has to pick up season two. Why? Because buying a whodunit that doesn't answer the initial whodunit question and selling it to your audience as a whodunit about that question... and then cancelling the show when the plan in place (that you knew about and, probably, should have demanded be changed, again, double-edged sword) offered no true resolution?
AMC was painted into a corner (by itself, I truly believe, because it didn't make a demand for closure per the above). It had to pick up a second season of The Killing.
So, there's controversy that's going to be a-brewing around the show. That doesn't necessarily translate into ratings... but I think that it will. Because, somewhere out there, a lot of people still want to know the answer to that damn question. Who killed Rosie Larsen?
It'd be a lot easier to stomach if the ride to the infuriating finale hadn't been an F5 tornado of awful, or if the show had given us ANY reason to want to watch it outside of answering the whodunit (i.e. Twin Peaks' insane quirkiness and Lynch-y-ness, or Veronica Mars' plucky heroine bringing us back to season two even though we found out who killed Lilly Kane).
My, probably terribly off-base, uneducated, blindly-hopeful guess for season two that, again, I'm not watching? The show actually becomes good. The infuriating finale is a ploy. The various out-of-left-field twists get paid off. The investigation truly takes off. And the people who decided to stick around find out who killed Rosie Larsen in a satisfying manner that doesn't let them off the hook for 9 months because the answer comes in the middle of the season and, hey, why not watch next week because the episode ends with the next murder mystery to cross Linden's desk, for her to over-identify with a victim we don't know and pursue in a convoluted way.
But it's just next week. You'll watch. You'll get sucked in. And you'll be annoyed all over again when the season (and, deservedly, series this go-around) ends with another "jaw dropping" cliffhanger that wasn't led up to or hinted at, at all.
Then again, maybe it was just awful and everyone involved is stupid and should be fired and, while collecting unemployment checks, create a time machine to go back and stop The Killing from ever happening.
Meanwhile, can I just say that if the stuff that had happened at the end of the season finale had happened at, say, episode 4? I might not be so pissed off, and I'd *certainly* be watching next week to see what happened.
Which, I guess, just highlights one of the key problems the show had, regardless of what you thought of the finale or the ending: terrible, terrible pacing. But, again, other people have ranted on that far better than I care to.
And, yes, I realize I'm about 36 hours late to the "rant about The Killing finale" party.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Pilot Screener Reviewlets - CW Dramas
- Hart of Dixie: some of the small town / southern quirkiness was, blissfully, leeched out between script and screen. It's still there, but BlueBell is now way more tolerable. The biggest problem here is Rachel Bilson. I love her to death, but, honey, I just don't buy you as a world class surgeon who doesn't have bedside manner. You exude bedside manner... at least of the candy striper variety. Just not, y'know... brilliant doctor. Putting that aside, especially because the show is about the soap and the town and not Summer Roberts, MD, there's a charm to this show that I, unexpectedly, might sample more of.
- Ringer: SMG is back. You're either going to watch it or not, you don't need to know my opinion. Stuff cut for time from the script, mostly in the immediate post-Siobhan disappearance stuff where Bridget first decides to try and become her twin sister. Long scenes became little visual shorthand, and it works. Love the use of mirrors throughout. It was a CBS show, as you all know... and as that it feels very different from everything else on CW. Older, a little more mature, a little less obsessed with romantic soap. I'm still intrigued. It's still a big buy that the identical twins were so estranged that Siobhan didn't tell her husband that Bridget even existed. But, y'know, that's the deal with premise pilots.
- Secret Circle: still a work in progress, if you ask me. I stand by my "I will see what the show is come episode 4" stance from the script review. There are a lot of characters, few of which really jump out, so hopefully, like in Vampire Diaries, they will claw their way to the forefront as we get to know them better. I like Britt Robertson (residual Life UneXpected feelings), who is really the only character we get a feel for... I'm not loving Thomas Dekker. I didn't feel the smoldering sexual tension you need between them (or between him and his character's actual girlfriend). There's a truly pretty, magical moment between their characters in the middle of the woods, when they make water droplets rise. Just gorgeous. The was also a lot cut from the script I read, particularly in the back half, and it results in a far better, open-ended semi-cliffhanger than the script had (where the circle of witches, like, came together and chanted around a bonfire or something, all their problems solved and personal issues put to bed, IIRC). I also have a bit of a fear that the show is just going to be a carbon copy of TVD, minus the danger inherent in vampires. It needs different tricks up its sleeve.
Not yet watched: Awakening, Cooper & Stone, Danni Lowinski, Heavenly (which I hear would have been picked up, except for the whole Ringer thing)
- Ringer: SMG is back. You're either going to watch it or not, you don't need to know my opinion. Stuff cut for time from the script, mostly in the immediate post-Siobhan disappearance stuff where Bridget first decides to try and become her twin sister. Long scenes became little visual shorthand, and it works. Love the use of mirrors throughout. It was a CBS show, as you all know... and as that it feels very different from everything else on CW. Older, a little more mature, a little less obsessed with romantic soap. I'm still intrigued. It's still a big buy that the identical twins were so estranged that Siobhan didn't tell her husband that Bridget even existed. But, y'know, that's the deal with premise pilots.
- Secret Circle: still a work in progress, if you ask me. I stand by my "I will see what the show is come episode 4" stance from the script review. There are a lot of characters, few of which really jump out, so hopefully, like in Vampire Diaries, they will claw their way to the forefront as we get to know them better. I like Britt Robertson (residual Life UneXpected feelings), who is really the only character we get a feel for... I'm not loving Thomas Dekker. I didn't feel the smoldering sexual tension you need between them (or between him and his character's actual girlfriend). There's a truly pretty, magical moment between their characters in the middle of the woods, when they make water droplets rise. Just gorgeous. The was also a lot cut from the script I read, particularly in the back half, and it results in a far better, open-ended semi-cliffhanger than the script had (where the circle of witches, like, came together and chanted around a bonfire or something, all their problems solved and personal issues put to bed, IIRC). I also have a bit of a fear that the show is just going to be a carbon copy of TVD, minus the danger inherent in vampires. It needs different tricks up its sleeve.
Not yet watched: Awakening, Cooper & Stone, Danni Lowinski, Heavenly (which I hear would have been picked up, except for the whole Ringer thing)
Pilot Screener Reviewlets - NBC Dramas
- 17th Precinct: this makes me sad, because I have an incredible affinity for many of the actors involved in various other projects (it's not just BSG alums). There's this INCREDIBLY awkward and unnecessary and dry opening saga-sell of "imagine if the world were based on magic instead of science" that REALLY makes the whole proceeding feel like Law & Order: Spectral Victims Unit. All of the silly/obvious "Lee Adama is having an affair with Gaius Baltar's wife" stuff was dropped (presumably for time). The biggest problem here is that in a world of magic without clearly set rules... anything is possible. Crime and murder investigations hinge on things that can be pulled out of a hat. Granted, a lot of the forensic science on other real-world-set procedural shows feels like magic. This world of magic needed to be the MacGuffin into a human story about the people who live in this world and the long-arc story of the Stoics (a group of terrorists who use science, not magic). Instead... magic feels like the only thing being offered up. This needed some reworking. It could've been something. It's not.
- Grimm: I had a terrible reaction to the script. It's not that bad, though I still think the main character is kind of a terrible detective. It just leaves me kind of cold. There's no reason why Nick had to stay in the dark about his lineage, and it's unexplained why his aunt allowed him to stay that way. It's also entirely arbitrary-feeling why he starts to see things. I'll probably even watch the second episode to see if the mythology deepens. The effects are good.
- The Playboy Club: no woman is going to watch this show. And, given that it's a broadcast show, it's not like there's even the promise of HBO-style nudity to attract men to it. The opening has a ton of flash, but the physicality of the accidental murder that takes place is terrible. I think the actress who plays Carol Lynn is terribly miscast. There are going to be a ton of Mad Men comparisons, of course, so here's what I'll say: YOU ARE NO JOAN HOLLOWAY. Basically, I think someone said "let's do a show set in the 1960s about playboy bunnies" and NBC bought it, then they said "oh, crap, there's no show here" so they added organized crime into it. The only part of the show I have any interest in following is the world of the secretly-lesbian bunny and her gay husband... but that's, y'know, not what the show is about, really. It's just a side story for one of the characters. It's not boring like Pan Am was, of the two 1963-set series, but it's not compelling.
- Prime Suspect: a character-cedural about the problems of being a female homicide detective in a precinct with a boys club feels very ten years ago. I don't mind Maria Bello as Jane. I just don't find this story to be particularly modern. It needed something more, a little zhuzh. Doesn't have it.
- Smash: hated the script. Thankfully, a lot of the seedier elements were taken out. The ending was changed SIGNIFICANTLY, which is welcome because it left a horrid taste in my mouth when I read it. There's even a cliffhanger, of sorts... you don't know who has been cast as Marilyn (in the script, it was a foregone conclusion), and there are insanely compelling reasons to route for both of the women who are up for the part. This show belongs to Kat McPhee and Megan Hilty. The songs were changed from the script and feel relevant to the story. "Let Me Be Your Star" is far and away a better original number than any original song thus far on Glee. I don't think this is going to be a show all about "when are they gonna sing a song that I can download?" It just... it came together. It feels special. Hands down, my favorite screener so far. Cannot wait for this show. Hope it's a huge hit. Also hope they can somehow work it out that they only make a clean, crisp, 13-episode season every year that keeps the quality up to a cable standard (only having the 3 writers, and them writing 22 episodes a year, really screwed Glee up after those first 13 in Fall 2009).
- Wonder Woman: someone pass me the crow. I need to eat it. I feel like I was the only person on teh Interwebz who thought this might be, y'know, a viable show. I saw the potential camp in the script. The script needed help, lots of help. But it went from probably-awful with brief flashes of fun to a deadly dull, serious, pathos-laden drama. The only person who seemed to be having any fun was Liz Hurley, who was marvelous at chewing the scenery (while, inexplicably wearing the same dress in every scene despite being a huge CEO and the story taking place over multiple days). If everyone had the tone she brought to it, this show could've been something. I don't fault Palicki here, and hope she comes out of this unscathed because she did what she was asked. The whole Diana Prince side of her character made even less sense as filmed... we really needed a plot about Wonder Woman joining Facebook through her secret identity? You have to laugh at some of the production choices, too. The ridiculous grandstanding scene where Diana Themyscira verbally bitch-slaps THE UNITED STATES SENATE became a terse diatribe to a single Senator over wine at a Los Angeles fine dining establishment.
Not yet watched: Awake, A Mann's World, Metro (fka SILA), Reconstruction
- Grimm: I had a terrible reaction to the script. It's not that bad, though I still think the main character is kind of a terrible detective. It just leaves me kind of cold. There's no reason why Nick had to stay in the dark about his lineage, and it's unexplained why his aunt allowed him to stay that way. It's also entirely arbitrary-feeling why he starts to see things. I'll probably even watch the second episode to see if the mythology deepens. The effects are good.
- The Playboy Club: no woman is going to watch this show. And, given that it's a broadcast show, it's not like there's even the promise of HBO-style nudity to attract men to it. The opening has a ton of flash, but the physicality of the accidental murder that takes place is terrible. I think the actress who plays Carol Lynn is terribly miscast. There are going to be a ton of Mad Men comparisons, of course, so here's what I'll say: YOU ARE NO JOAN HOLLOWAY. Basically, I think someone said "let's do a show set in the 1960s about playboy bunnies" and NBC bought it, then they said "oh, crap, there's no show here" so they added organized crime into it. The only part of the show I have any interest in following is the world of the secretly-lesbian bunny and her gay husband... but that's, y'know, not what the show is about, really. It's just a side story for one of the characters. It's not boring like Pan Am was, of the two 1963-set series, but it's not compelling.
- Prime Suspect: a character-cedural about the problems of being a female homicide detective in a precinct with a boys club feels very ten years ago. I don't mind Maria Bello as Jane. I just don't find this story to be particularly modern. It needed something more, a little zhuzh. Doesn't have it.
- Smash: hated the script. Thankfully, a lot of the seedier elements were taken out. The ending was changed SIGNIFICANTLY, which is welcome because it left a horrid taste in my mouth when I read it. There's even a cliffhanger, of sorts... you don't know who has been cast as Marilyn (in the script, it was a foregone conclusion), and there are insanely compelling reasons to route for both of the women who are up for the part. This show belongs to Kat McPhee and Megan Hilty. The songs were changed from the script and feel relevant to the story. "Let Me Be Your Star" is far and away a better original number than any original song thus far on Glee. I don't think this is going to be a show all about "when are they gonna sing a song that I can download?" It just... it came together. It feels special. Hands down, my favorite screener so far. Cannot wait for this show. Hope it's a huge hit. Also hope they can somehow work it out that they only make a clean, crisp, 13-episode season every year that keeps the quality up to a cable standard (only having the 3 writers, and them writing 22 episodes a year, really screwed Glee up after those first 13 in Fall 2009).
- Wonder Woman: someone pass me the crow. I need to eat it. I feel like I was the only person on teh Interwebz who thought this might be, y'know, a viable show. I saw the potential camp in the script. The script needed help, lots of help. But it went from probably-awful with brief flashes of fun to a deadly dull, serious, pathos-laden drama. The only person who seemed to be having any fun was Liz Hurley, who was marvelous at chewing the scenery (while, inexplicably wearing the same dress in every scene despite being a huge CEO and the story taking place over multiple days). If everyone had the tone she brought to it, this show could've been something. I don't fault Palicki here, and hope she comes out of this unscathed because she did what she was asked. The whole Diana Prince side of her character made even less sense as filmed... we really needed a plot about Wonder Woman joining Facebook through her secret identity? You have to laugh at some of the production choices, too. The ridiculous grandstanding scene where Diana Themyscira verbally bitch-slaps THE UNITED STATES SENATE became a terse diatribe to a single Senator over wine at a Los Angeles fine dining establishment.
Not yet watched: Awake, A Mann's World, Metro (fka SILA), Reconstruction
Pilot Screener Reviewlets - FOX Dramas
- Alcatraz: it's Fringe, with Jorge Garcia instead of Joshua Jackson (also: the old guy on the team that forms by the end isn't nearly as entertaining as Walter Bishop, and the cases available in series seem, at least on first blush, to be way too "the same old thing")! I kinda wish it had opened in the present day and just started with the weird mystery popping in the middle of nowhere, instead of the blandly atmospheric mystery-tinged horror film stuff that leads to the "all the prisoners and guards at Alcatraz have disappeared, where did they go?" question. It puts us way ahead of the characters... but, hey, it's the hook, so I understand frontloading it. Loved the first act, focusing on the first Alcatraz prisoner who reappears in the present day. Then act two starts on Sarah Jones and the show, depressingly, becomes a straight procedural until she's sucked into the mystery, and all I wanted to was go back to the criminal.
- Exit Strategy: action movie adrenaline junkie procedural? Something goes wrong on a CIA mission and the team is sent in to fix it and help assets escape a bad situation. Stock characters. It's being retooled, so we'll see what they do with it. If it stays mostly the same... why not have just picked up Human Target for another 13 episodes for an action hour (regardless of the ratings not justifying it)?
- Locke & Key: love, want more, I fear it's more of a miniseries than a 22-episode season, multiple season show and probably really expensive, so that's why it didn't go? Definitely has a "something weird is happening and I, as a human being, would be asking questions and demanding everyone pay attention to it, but it's a television show so meh!" to it. Fingers crossed someone swoops in to pick it up as, perhaps, a 6-hour SyFy mini?
Not yet watched: Touch (it hasn't been filmed... quite liked the feeling I got from the script, though I haven't done a review... but also very concerned with the Tim Kring of it all, having been burned on a worldwide-scope, massive ensemble with intersecting lives, heavily serialized show from him in Heroes)
- Exit Strategy: action movie adrenaline junkie procedural? Something goes wrong on a CIA mission and the team is sent in to fix it and help assets escape a bad situation. Stock characters. It's being retooled, so we'll see what they do with it. If it stays mostly the same... why not have just picked up Human Target for another 13 episodes for an action hour (regardless of the ratings not justifying it)?
- Locke & Key: love, want more, I fear it's more of a miniseries than a 22-episode season, multiple season show and probably really expensive, so that's why it didn't go? Definitely has a "something weird is happening and I, as a human being, would be asking questions and demanding everyone pay attention to it, but it's a television show so meh!" to it. Fingers crossed someone swoops in to pick it up as, perhaps, a 6-hour SyFy mini?
Not yet watched: Touch (it hasn't been filmed... quite liked the feeling I got from the script, though I haven't done a review... but also very concerned with the Tim Kring of it all, having been burned on a worldwide-scope, massive ensemble with intersecting lives, heavily serialized show from him in Heroes)
Pilot Screener Reviewlets - CBS Dramas
- The 2-2: so not my cup of tea, and doesn't succeed on a "CBS procedural" level, either. A headscratcher of a pick up in my book. Slight serialization to it, not sexy, not unique, and not a "everyone focus on solving one murder." Shrug. Reminds me of ABC's The Unusuals, only that had an infectious sense of silliness going for it (oh, and Adam Goldberg in common...)
- A Gifted Man: the whole is not greater than the sum of its parts. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is playing down from what they could be doing elsewhere in this. I mean... what is Margo Martindale doing following up her amazing stint on Justified as Patrick Wilson's semi-sassy secretary!?
- Hail Mary: the hilariousness of Sandra Bullock's character from The Blind Side partnering with a wise-cracking ex-gangbanger to become a PI team needed to be turned up to 11. Feels really odd that their so successful on such an easy case, yet the police are hapless. Only on TV...
- Person of Interest: So, Michael Emerson is kind of playing Ben... with a limp. Everything he says is needlessly mysterious and creepy. Hey, he's got a niche. The concept is that his character is provided with numbers - social security numbers - that a Big Brother-type machine (that can see you through every camera anywhere and can hear your phone conversations and knows who you are) he designed post 9/11 for the government considers irrelevant (as far as massive terrorist type activities), but are actually tips that something criminal is going to go down. The number could be that of a perpetrator, an accomplice, a victim... he doesn't know. He just gets the numbers (through a backdoor he designed... claiming that getting any more information that this would tip someone off). It's an interesting way into a procedural, that will provide plenty of "we thought it was this, but it's actually this... oh wait, we were wrong again!" twists. But part of me wishes that the information, which for much of the pilot is mysterious and seemingly beamed down to Michael Emerson from on high, or aliens, or magic, or something, had remained mysterious. But the other part of me is glad that the series is NOT about the mystery of how he gets the information. That's out of the way, so now it's just investigation, investigation, investigation. I could give or take Caviezel as the shadowy/traumatic-past field operative who gets recruited to be Emerson's primary investigator. Could be something I'm hooked into... could be something that's exactly the same every week and I decide isn't worth my time.
- Unforgettable: oh, my, do I have to swallow my pride on this one. This is almost a perfect CBS procedural and I'm guessing it's going to be the biggest hit of the fall season (though I still won't be watching). Some of the things I hated about the script (the five minutes in the beginning in a NYC cab that, for some reason, only had nostalgic radio stations on it that sent the lead character into uncontrollable flashback memories) are gone. Probably for production reasons, some of the described coolness of Carrie's memory flashes are gone (she could only pop back to what was in her field of vision, everything else was black, the edges were fuzzy), too, which is unfortunate because she is now, like, an infallible superwoman with almost 360 degrees of picture-and-sound-perfect memory. It might have been hard to explain to viewers, too. There's still a bunch of eye-rolling moments in breaking the case, but, whatever.
One of the show's two biggest challenges going forward is going to be bringing the other characters up from a peanut gallery position. Even Dylan Walsh's character, Al, who will be Carrie's partner, seems like little more than someone to talk to. He needs something about him that helps solve murders, so every beat doesn't hinge on something Carrie remembers. Otherwise, yeah, she's superwoman. I think we're supposed to feel a big UST thing between Carrie and Al. Not there, yet. The show's other biggest challenge is going to be explaining how Carrie's abilities help when she ISN'T at/around the scene of the crime when it happens / doesn't have even a little history with the victim. I like Poppy Montgomery as a redhead, but she slips out of her accent on several occasions.
Not yet watched: The Doctor
- A Gifted Man: the whole is not greater than the sum of its parts. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is playing down from what they could be doing elsewhere in this. I mean... what is Margo Martindale doing following up her amazing stint on Justified as Patrick Wilson's semi-sassy secretary!?
- Hail Mary: the hilariousness of Sandra Bullock's character from The Blind Side partnering with a wise-cracking ex-gangbanger to become a PI team needed to be turned up to 11. Feels really odd that their so successful on such an easy case, yet the police are hapless. Only on TV...
- Person of Interest: So, Michael Emerson is kind of playing Ben... with a limp. Everything he says is needlessly mysterious and creepy. Hey, he's got a niche. The concept is that his character is provided with numbers - social security numbers - that a Big Brother-type machine (that can see you through every camera anywhere and can hear your phone conversations and knows who you are) he designed post 9/11 for the government considers irrelevant (as far as massive terrorist type activities), but are actually tips that something criminal is going to go down. The number could be that of a perpetrator, an accomplice, a victim... he doesn't know. He just gets the numbers (through a backdoor he designed... claiming that getting any more information that this would tip someone off). It's an interesting way into a procedural, that will provide plenty of "we thought it was this, but it's actually this... oh wait, we were wrong again!" twists. But part of me wishes that the information, which for much of the pilot is mysterious and seemingly beamed down to Michael Emerson from on high, or aliens, or magic, or something, had remained mysterious. But the other part of me is glad that the series is NOT about the mystery of how he gets the information. That's out of the way, so now it's just investigation, investigation, investigation. I could give or take Caviezel as the shadowy/traumatic-past field operative who gets recruited to be Emerson's primary investigator. Could be something I'm hooked into... could be something that's exactly the same every week and I decide isn't worth my time.
- Unforgettable: oh, my, do I have to swallow my pride on this one. This is almost a perfect CBS procedural and I'm guessing it's going to be the biggest hit of the fall season (though I still won't be watching). Some of the things I hated about the script (the five minutes in the beginning in a NYC cab that, for some reason, only had nostalgic radio stations on it that sent the lead character into uncontrollable flashback memories) are gone. Probably for production reasons, some of the described coolness of Carrie's memory flashes are gone (she could only pop back to what was in her field of vision, everything else was black, the edges were fuzzy), too, which is unfortunate because she is now, like, an infallible superwoman with almost 360 degrees of picture-and-sound-perfect memory. It might have been hard to explain to viewers, too. There's still a bunch of eye-rolling moments in breaking the case, but, whatever.
One of the show's two biggest challenges going forward is going to be bringing the other characters up from a peanut gallery position. Even Dylan Walsh's character, Al, who will be Carrie's partner, seems like little more than someone to talk to. He needs something about him that helps solve murders, so every beat doesn't hinge on something Carrie remembers. Otherwise, yeah, she's superwoman. I think we're supposed to feel a big UST thing between Carrie and Al. Not there, yet. The show's other biggest challenge is going to be explaining how Carrie's abilities help when she ISN'T at/around the scene of the crime when it happens / doesn't have even a little history with the victim. I like Poppy Montgomery as a redhead, but she slips out of her accent on several occasions.
Not yet watched: The Doctor
Pilot Screener Reviewlets - ABC Dramas
- Charlie's Angels: totally sold on it, until Minka Kelly shows up? Still, probably has the best chance at succeeding of ABC's fall dramas. Very slick.
- Good Christian Belles: wasn't in love with the script, a bunch of changes made, and some good casting choices in the supporting roles. Very much in the cotton-candy dramedy vein. Not sure I love Leslie Bibb. Still feels like a bunch of sanctimonious hypocrites gossiping about the same thing for 42 minutes at times (honestly, there are soooo many intercut scenes of bitches on phones) and very little... doing anything. But I could see this being fun.
- Hallelujah: didn't read the script. Of the religion-imbued dramas, ABC clearly picked the right one going with GCB. The whole of Hallelujah feels... silly.
- Once Upon A Time: my issues with the script stand on both a story logic and "why do we care?" level, plays really slowly, stuff in fairytale world is pretty damn awesomely rendered, but, again, not sure why anyone's gonna care.
- Pan Am: as with the script... I'd watch a show about a 1960s stewardess-slash-spy. Unfortunately, that's maybe 1/10th of what this show is. The flashbacks are needless, except to get us off the damn claustrophobic plane and attempt to tells us who the girls are... which feels like a narrative cheat to me. The whole opening 12 minutes are incredibly sluggish and I suspect a ton of instant tune-out. Tonally, feels like it's playing on the romance of it all and wants to recapture the magic of Titanic... but doesn't. It's not like the plane is going to crash into an iceberg and we know that going in and then this crazy epic love story unfolds. It's all atmosphere. B-o-r-i-n-g.
- Partners: held off reading the script because of the nutso logline, and it wasn't picked up, so I still didn't. Special Agent Renee from 24 was pretty decent, but I think that's because I liked her from 24. Meh, no big loss it won't see the light of day.
- Poe: was distracted by Chris Egan with brown hair and Natalie Dormer as a blonde. It didn't sound much like dialogue in a period piece, played very "quippy TV crime solvers." I probably would've watched, but would have turned off after three episodes when every one came down to the X-Files question of "is it the supernatural or something crazy but real world" and never coming down on one side or the other.
- The Revenge: loved the script, lots left on the cutting room floor to get it down to time and, unfortunately, I don't think it works... I wouldn't have known what was happening if I hadn't read the script
- Scandal: (SPOILER ALERT) The explanation of what the crisis management firm does is a little clunky and I didn't care much for the new addition to the team. Not sure audiences will like not having an answer on the murder, but I'm happy, as I was in script, that the team (who are not homicide detectives) don't solve it. Might develop into something of an interesting character/team-cedural down the line. The thing the first case hinges on is a little obvious, and I felt that way in the script, too. The whole affair with the President thing really puts a sour light on the lead character, IMO.
Not yet watched: Georgetown, Identity, Missing, The River
- Good Christian Belles: wasn't in love with the script, a bunch of changes made, and some good casting choices in the supporting roles. Very much in the cotton-candy dramedy vein. Not sure I love Leslie Bibb. Still feels like a bunch of sanctimonious hypocrites gossiping about the same thing for 42 minutes at times (honestly, there are soooo many intercut scenes of bitches on phones) and very little... doing anything. But I could see this being fun.
- Hallelujah: didn't read the script. Of the religion-imbued dramas, ABC clearly picked the right one going with GCB. The whole of Hallelujah feels... silly.
- Once Upon A Time: my issues with the script stand on both a story logic and "why do we care?" level, plays really slowly, stuff in fairytale world is pretty damn awesomely rendered, but, again, not sure why anyone's gonna care.
- Pan Am: as with the script... I'd watch a show about a 1960s stewardess-slash-spy. Unfortunately, that's maybe 1/10th of what this show is. The flashbacks are needless, except to get us off the damn claustrophobic plane and attempt to tells us who the girls are... which feels like a narrative cheat to me. The whole opening 12 minutes are incredibly sluggish and I suspect a ton of instant tune-out. Tonally, feels like it's playing on the romance of it all and wants to recapture the magic of Titanic... but doesn't. It's not like the plane is going to crash into an iceberg and we know that going in and then this crazy epic love story unfolds. It's all atmosphere. B-o-r-i-n-g.
- Partners: held off reading the script because of the nutso logline, and it wasn't picked up, so I still didn't. Special Agent Renee from 24 was pretty decent, but I think that's because I liked her from 24. Meh, no big loss it won't see the light of day.
- Poe: was distracted by Chris Egan with brown hair and Natalie Dormer as a blonde. It didn't sound much like dialogue in a period piece, played very "quippy TV crime solvers." I probably would've watched, but would have turned off after three episodes when every one came down to the X-Files question of "is it the supernatural or something crazy but real world" and never coming down on one side or the other.
- The Revenge: loved the script, lots left on the cutting room floor to get it down to time and, unfortunately, I don't think it works... I wouldn't have known what was happening if I hadn't read the script
- Scandal: (SPOILER ALERT) The explanation of what the crisis management firm does is a little clunky and I didn't care much for the new addition to the team. Not sure audiences will like not having an answer on the murder, but I'm happy, as I was in script, that the team (who are not homicide detectives) don't solve it. Might develop into something of an interesting character/team-cedural down the line. The thing the first case hinges on is a little obvious, and I felt that way in the script, too. The whole affair with the President thing really puts a sour light on the lead character, IMO.
Not yet watched: Georgetown, Identity, Missing, The River
So, A Funny Thing Happened
... hey, ya'll! I haven't been posting much. Have you noticed?
Crazy busy. Trying to write a book. Haven't written prose, I feel, since some time around second grade. Hard to pick my head up out of it twice a day to look at final ratings, let alone post them. So... this summer may be a pretty quiet one here.
In the meantime, I've been watching a bunch of pilots, both picked up and busted. Here's the problem: I kind of dislike almost all of them, but don't feel that strongly. Writing glowing reviews is a breeze because I wanna share the love. Writing reviews where I absolutely, 100% can't stand something? Easy because it's, like, a giant rant and those are fun.
Writing a middling review about something I don't really care one way or the other about, made worse because it leans a little to the "bad / uninspired" side?
Impossible. And would take me into a the whole "OMG TRAVIS WHY ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TIME AND NOT WRITING YOUR BOOK" self-hate/death spiral, which is sooooo good for the already unfamiliar, uncharted personal creative zone that is prose writing.
So, I'm gonna be doing a review dump over the next couple hours with my quick take on everything I've watched. Just so it's off my chest. Stay tuned...
Crazy busy. Trying to write a book. Haven't written prose, I feel, since some time around second grade. Hard to pick my head up out of it twice a day to look at final ratings, let alone post them. So... this summer may be a pretty quiet one here.
In the meantime, I've been watching a bunch of pilots, both picked up and busted. Here's the problem: I kind of dislike almost all of them, but don't feel that strongly. Writing glowing reviews is a breeze because I wanna share the love. Writing reviews where I absolutely, 100% can't stand something? Easy because it's, like, a giant rant and those are fun.
Writing a middling review about something I don't really care one way or the other about, made worse because it leans a little to the "bad / uninspired" side?
Impossible. And would take me into a the whole "OMG TRAVIS WHY ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TIME AND NOT WRITING YOUR BOOK" self-hate/death spiral, which is sooooo good for the already unfamiliar, uncharted personal creative zone that is prose writing.
So, I'm gonna be doing a review dump over the next couple hours with my quick take on everything I've watched. Just so it's off my chest. Stay tuned...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Tuesday 06/07/11 Final Cable Ratings
Tosh.0 (CMDY, 10pm)
- 2.594 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.5/4 A18-49
- 3.0/9 M18-34
Sports Show with Norm MacDonald (CMDY)
- 0.944 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
- 1.0/3 M18-34
Deadliest Catch (DISC, 9pm, 61 minutes)
- 3.220 million viewers
- 2.0/3 HH
- 1.6/4 A18-49
Only in America (HIST, 9pm)
- 1.541 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
How the States Got Shapes (HIST)
- 1.496 million viewers
- 0.9/2 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
16 and Pregnant (MTV, 10pm)
- 1.823 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
- 2.5/7 W18-34
- 1.0/4 T12-17
White Collar (USA)
- 3.900 million viewers
- 2.6/4 HH
- 1.2/3 A18-49
Covert Affairs (USA)
- 4.555 million viewers
- 3.0/5 HH
- 1.2/3 A18-49
- 2.594 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.5/4 A18-49
- 3.0/9 M18-34
Sports Show with Norm MacDonald (CMDY)
- 0.944 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
- 1.0/3 M18-34
Deadliest Catch (DISC, 9pm, 61 minutes)
- 3.220 million viewers
- 2.0/3 HH
- 1.6/4 A18-49
Only in America (HIST, 9pm)
- 1.541 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
How the States Got Shapes (HIST)
- 1.496 million viewers
- 0.9/2 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
16 and Pregnant (MTV, 10pm)
- 1.823 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
- 2.5/7 W18-34
- 1.0/4 T12-17
White Collar (USA)
- 3.900 million viewers
- 2.6/4 HH
- 1.2/3 A18-49
Covert Affairs (USA)
- 4.555 million viewers
- 3.0/5 HH
- 1.2/3 A18-49
Tuesday 06/07/11 Final Broadcast Ratings
Jimmy Kimmel Live (31 minutes)
- 3.508 million viewers
- 2.3/4 HH
- 1.1/4 A18-49
NBA Pre-Game (27 minutes)
- 4.671 million viewers
- 3.1/5 HH
- 1.8/6 A18-49
NBA Finals Game 4 (8:58pm, 174 minutes)
- 16.126 million viewers
- 9.6/16 HH
- 6.7/19 A18-49
America's Got Talent
- 12.932 million viewers
- 7.4/13 HH
- 3.7/12 A18-49
The Voice (120 minutes)
- 12.307 million viewers
- 7.0/11 HH
- 4.6/12 A18-49
Masterchef
- 4.575 million viewers
- 2.6/4 HH
- 1.9/6 A18-49
- 3.508 million viewers
- 2.3/4 HH
- 1.1/4 A18-49
NBA Pre-Game (27 minutes)
- 4.671 million viewers
- 3.1/5 HH
- 1.8/6 A18-49
NBA Finals Game 4 (8:58pm, 174 minutes)
- 16.126 million viewers
- 9.6/16 HH
- 6.7/19 A18-49
America's Got Talent
- 12.932 million viewers
- 7.4/13 HH
- 3.7/12 A18-49
The Voice (120 minutes)
- 12.307 million viewers
- 7.0/11 HH
- 4.6/12 A18-49
Masterchef
- 4.575 million viewers
- 2.6/4 HH
- 1.9/6 A18-49
Monday 06/06/11 Final Cable Ratings
Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABCF)
- 3.562 million viewers
- 2.3/4 HH
- 1.5/5 A18-49
- 3.2/11 W18-34
- 3.2/13 T12-17
Switched at Birth (ABCF, 9pm)
- 3.304 million viewers
- 2.1/3 HH
- 1.3/4 A18-49
- 2.2/6 W18-34
- 2.5/9 T12-17
Real Housewives of New Jersey (BRAVO, 9pm)
- 2.474 million viewers
- 1.8/3 HH
- 1.3/4 A18-49
Platinum Hit (BRAVO)
- 0.600 million viewers
- 0.5/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
American Pickers (HIST)
- 5.287 million viewers
- 3.4/5 HH
- 1.6/4 A18-49
Pawn Stars (HIST, 10pm)
- 6.729 million viewers
- 4.2/7 HH
- 2.3/6 A18-49
Pawn Stars (HIST, 10:30pm)
- 7.250 million viewers
- 4.5/8 HH
- 2.6/7 A18-49
Teen Wolf (MTV, 10pm)
- 1.472 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
- 0.8/2 W18-34
- 2.2/9 T12-17
Love Games (OXYG, 10pm)
- 0.589 million viewers
- 0.4/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 0.5/1 W18-34
Nurse Jackie (SHO, 10pm, 29 minutes)
- 0.556 million viewers
- 0.4/1 HH
- 0.2/1 A18-49
United States of Tara (SHO, 10:30pm, 27 minutes)
- 0.333 million viewers
- 0.2/0 HH
- 0.1/0 A18-49
Cake Boss (TLC, 9pm, 30 minutes)
- 1.429 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
Kate Plus 8 (TLC, 10pm)
- 1.214 million viewers
- 0.8/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
Adventure Time (TOON)
- 2.114 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 1.0/4 T12-17
- 3.1/12 K2-11
Regular Show (TOON)
- 2.328 million viewers
- 1.4/2 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
- 1.1/5 T12-17
- 3.4/13 K2-11
Mad (TOON)
- 2.246 million viewers
- 1.4/2 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 1.1/5 T12-17
- 3.5/13 K2-11
Problem Solverz (TOON)
- 1.498 million viewers
- 0.9/2 HH
- 0.2/1 A18-49
- 0.6/2 T12-17
- 2.5/9 K2-11
WWE Tough Enough (USA, 66 minutes)
- 2.860 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
WWE Raw (USA, 9:06pm)
- 5.091 million viewers
- 2.8/4 HH
- 1.7/5 A18-49
WWE Raw (USA, 10:06pm, 65 minutes)
- 4.844 million viewers
- 2.7/5 HH
- 1.7/5 A18-49
Basketball Wives (VH1, 8pm)
- 1.751 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
Single Ladies (VH1)
- 1.881 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
- 3.562 million viewers
- 2.3/4 HH
- 1.5/5 A18-49
- 3.2/11 W18-34
- 3.2/13 T12-17
Switched at Birth (ABCF, 9pm)
- 3.304 million viewers
- 2.1/3 HH
- 1.3/4 A18-49
- 2.2/6 W18-34
- 2.5/9 T12-17
Real Housewives of New Jersey (BRAVO, 9pm)
- 2.474 million viewers
- 1.8/3 HH
- 1.3/4 A18-49
Platinum Hit (BRAVO)
- 0.600 million viewers
- 0.5/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
American Pickers (HIST)
- 5.287 million viewers
- 3.4/5 HH
- 1.6/4 A18-49
Pawn Stars (HIST, 10pm)
- 6.729 million viewers
- 4.2/7 HH
- 2.3/6 A18-49
Pawn Stars (HIST, 10:30pm)
- 7.250 million viewers
- 4.5/8 HH
- 2.6/7 A18-49
Teen Wolf (MTV, 10pm)
- 1.472 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
- 0.8/2 W18-34
- 2.2/9 T12-17
Love Games (OXYG, 10pm)
- 0.589 million viewers
- 0.4/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 0.5/1 W18-34
Nurse Jackie (SHO, 10pm, 29 minutes)
- 0.556 million viewers
- 0.4/1 HH
- 0.2/1 A18-49
United States of Tara (SHO, 10:30pm, 27 minutes)
- 0.333 million viewers
- 0.2/0 HH
- 0.1/0 A18-49
Cake Boss (TLC, 9pm, 30 minutes)
- 1.429 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
Kate Plus 8 (TLC, 10pm)
- 1.214 million viewers
- 0.8/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
Adventure Time (TOON)
- 2.114 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 1.0/4 T12-17
- 3.1/12 K2-11
Regular Show (TOON)
- 2.328 million viewers
- 1.4/2 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
- 1.1/5 T12-17
- 3.4/13 K2-11
Mad (TOON)
- 2.246 million viewers
- 1.4/2 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 1.1/5 T12-17
- 3.5/13 K2-11
Problem Solverz (TOON)
- 1.498 million viewers
- 0.9/2 HH
- 0.2/1 A18-49
- 0.6/2 T12-17
- 2.5/9 K2-11
WWE Tough Enough (USA, 66 minutes)
- 2.860 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
WWE Raw (USA, 9:06pm)
- 5.091 million viewers
- 2.8/4 HH
- 1.7/5 A18-49
WWE Raw (USA, 10:06pm, 65 minutes)
- 4.844 million viewers
- 2.7/5 HH
- 1.7/5 A18-49
Basketball Wives (VH1, 8pm)
- 1.751 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
Single Ladies (VH1)
- 1.881 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
Monday 06/06/11 Final Broadcast Ratings
The Bachelorette (121 minutes)
- 8.130 million viewers
- 5.3/9 HH
- 2.6/8 A18-49
Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition (59 minutes)
- 5.661 million viewers
- 3.8/6 HH
- 2.2/6 A18-49
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- 4.606 million viewers
- 3.0/5 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
Law & Order: Los Angeles
- 6.351 million viewers
- 4.2/7 HH
- 1.3/4 A18-49
MasterChef
- 4.404 million viewers
- 2.6/4 HH
- 1.6/6 A18-49
- 8.130 million viewers
- 5.3/9 HH
- 2.6/8 A18-49
Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition (59 minutes)
- 5.661 million viewers
- 3.8/6 HH
- 2.2/6 A18-49
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- 4.606 million viewers
- 3.0/5 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
Law & Order: Los Angeles
- 6.351 million viewers
- 4.2/7 HH
- 1.3/4 A18-49
MasterChef
- 4.404 million viewers
- 2.6/4 HH
- 1.6/6 A18-49
Sunday 06/05/11 Final Cable Ratings
The Glades (A&E)
- 3.007 million viewers
- 1.9/3 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
The Killing (AMC, 62 minutes)
- 1.983 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
Real Housewives of Orange County (BRAVO, 10pm)
- 2.875 million viewers
- 2.0/3 HH
- 1.4/4 A18-49
Good Luck Charlie (DISN, 8pm)
- 4.024 million viewers
- 2.5/4 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
- 2.8/12 T12-17
- 5.4/20 K2-11
So Random (DISN)
- 4.070 million viewers
- 2.5/4 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
- 2.9/11 T12-17
- 5.8/21 K2-11
Game of Thrones (HBO, 9:02pm, 57 minutes)
- 2.715 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.2/3 A18-49
Treme (HBO, 10:07pm, 59 minutes)
- 0.550 million viewers
- 0.4/1 HH
- 0.2/0 A18-49
Ice Road Truckers (HIST, 9pm, 120 minutes)
- 3.062 million viewers
- 1.8/3 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
Army Wives (LIF)
- 3.471 million viewers
- 2.4/4 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
- 2.0/5 W25-54
Coming Home (LIF)
- 1.558 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
- 0.9/2 W25-54
America's Best Dance Crew (MTV, 7:30pm, 90 minutes)
- 2.642 million viewers
- 1.5/3 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
- 2.0/7 W18-34
- 2.5/10 T12-17
2011 MTV Movie Awards (MTV, 9pm, 120 minutes)
- 4.509 million viewers
- 2.6/4 HH
- 1.9/5 A18-49
- 3.4/10 W18-34
- 4.6/16 T12-17
Sister Wives (TLC, 9pm)
- 2.766 million viewers
- 1.9/3 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
Freaky Eaters (TLC, 10pm)
- 0.888 million viewers
- 0.8/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (USA)
- 3.909 million viewers
- 2.6/4 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
In Plain Sight (USA)
- 3.450 million viewers
- 2.2/4 HH
- 0.9/2 A18-49
- 3.007 million viewers
- 1.9/3 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
The Killing (AMC, 62 minutes)
- 1.983 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
Real Housewives of Orange County (BRAVO, 10pm)
- 2.875 million viewers
- 2.0/3 HH
- 1.4/4 A18-49
Good Luck Charlie (DISN, 8pm)
- 4.024 million viewers
- 2.5/4 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
- 2.8/12 T12-17
- 5.4/20 K2-11
So Random (DISN)
- 4.070 million viewers
- 2.5/4 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
- 2.9/11 T12-17
- 5.8/21 K2-11
Game of Thrones (HBO, 9:02pm, 57 minutes)
- 2.715 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.2/3 A18-49
Treme (HBO, 10:07pm, 59 minutes)
- 0.550 million viewers
- 0.4/1 HH
- 0.2/0 A18-49
Ice Road Truckers (HIST, 9pm, 120 minutes)
- 3.062 million viewers
- 1.8/3 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
Army Wives (LIF)
- 3.471 million viewers
- 2.4/4 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
- 2.0/5 W25-54
Coming Home (LIF)
- 1.558 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
- 0.9/2 W25-54
America's Best Dance Crew (MTV, 7:30pm, 90 minutes)
- 2.642 million viewers
- 1.5/3 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
- 2.0/7 W18-34
- 2.5/10 T12-17
2011 MTV Movie Awards (MTV, 9pm, 120 minutes)
- 4.509 million viewers
- 2.6/4 HH
- 1.9/5 A18-49
- 3.4/10 W18-34
- 4.6/16 T12-17
Sister Wives (TLC, 9pm)
- 2.766 million viewers
- 1.9/3 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
Freaky Eaters (TLC, 10pm)
- 0.888 million viewers
- 0.8/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (USA)
- 3.909 million viewers
- 2.6/4 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
In Plain Sight (USA)
- 3.450 million viewers
- 2.2/4 HH
- 0.9/2 A18-49
Sunday 06/05/11 Final Broadcast Ratings
Jimmy Kimmel Live (31 minutes)
- 2.501 million viewers
- 1.6/3 HH
- 0.7/3 A18-49
NBA Pre-Game (22 minutes)
- 3.395 million viewers
- 2.2/4 HH
- 1.1/4 A18-49
NBA Finals Game 3 (7:53pm, 187 minutes)
- 15.338 million viewers
- 9.1/15 HH
- 6.1/17 A18-49
60 Minutes (R)
- 9.547 million viewers
- 6.1/12 HH
- 1.3/5 A18-49
*remember, not posting rerun ratings starting with Monday's numbers*
CSI: Miami (R, 8pm)
- 5.673 million viewers
- 3.7/6 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
Undercover Boss (R)
- 4.570 million viewers
- 2.9/5 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
CSI: Miami (R, 10pm)
- 6.042 million viewers
- 3.9/6 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
Dateline (R)
- 3.750 million viewers
- 2.7/5 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
Minute to Win It (R)
- 2.935 million viewers
- 1.8/3 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
America's Got Talent (R, 120 minutes)
- 5.428 million viewers
- 3.2/5 HH
- 1.4/4 A18-49
American Dad (R, 7pm, 30 minutes)
- 2.234 million viewers
- 1.3/3 HH
- 1.1/4 A18-49
Bob's Burgers (R, 29 minutes)
- 2.117 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 1.1/4 A18-49
The Simpsons (R, 31 minutes)
- 3.722 million viewers
- 2.1/4 HH
- 1.8/5 A18-49
The Cleveland Show (R)
- 3.404 million viewers
- 1.9/3 HH
- 1.6/5 A18-49
Family Guy (R, 31 minutes)
- 4.250 million viewers
- 2.4/4 HH
- 2.0/5 A18-49
American Dad (R, 9:31pm, 29 minutes)
- 3.560 million viewers
- 2.1/3 HH
- 1.6/4 A18-49
- 2.501 million viewers
- 1.6/3 HH
- 0.7/3 A18-49
NBA Pre-Game (22 minutes)
- 3.395 million viewers
- 2.2/4 HH
- 1.1/4 A18-49
NBA Finals Game 3 (7:53pm, 187 minutes)
- 15.338 million viewers
- 9.1/15 HH
- 6.1/17 A18-49
60 Minutes (R)
- 9.547 million viewers
- 6.1/12 HH
- 1.3/5 A18-49
*remember, not posting rerun ratings starting with Monday's numbers*
CSI: Miami (R, 8pm)
- 5.673 million viewers
- 3.7/6 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
Undercover Boss (R)
- 4.570 million viewers
- 2.9/5 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
CSI: Miami (R, 10pm)
- 6.042 million viewers
- 3.9/6 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
Dateline (R)
- 3.750 million viewers
- 2.7/5 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
Minute to Win It (R)
- 2.935 million viewers
- 1.8/3 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
America's Got Talent (R, 120 minutes)
- 5.428 million viewers
- 3.2/5 HH
- 1.4/4 A18-49
American Dad (R, 7pm, 30 minutes)
- 2.234 million viewers
- 1.3/3 HH
- 1.1/4 A18-49
Bob's Burgers (R, 29 minutes)
- 2.117 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 1.1/4 A18-49
The Simpsons (R, 31 minutes)
- 3.722 million viewers
- 2.1/4 HH
- 1.8/5 A18-49
The Cleveland Show (R)
- 3.404 million viewers
- 1.9/3 HH
- 1.6/5 A18-49
Family Guy (R, 31 minutes)
- 4.250 million viewers
- 2.4/4 HH
- 2.0/5 A18-49
American Dad (R, 9:31pm, 29 minutes)
- 3.560 million viewers
- 2.1/3 HH
- 1.6/4 A18-49
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Thursday 06/02/11 Final Cable Ratings
The First 48 (A&E, 9pm)
- 1.431 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.5/2 A18-49
The First 48: Missing Persons (A&E)
- 1.627 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
Real Housewives of NYC (BRAVO, 10pm)
- 2.283 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
Tornado Rampage 2011 (DISC)
- 1.637 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
Swords (DISC)
- 1.233 million viewers
- 0.8/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
America's Best Dance Crew (MTV, 9:58pm, 63 minutes)
- 1.328 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
- 0.9/3 W18-34
- 1.6/7 T12-17
TNA: Impact (SPIKE, 9pm, 122 minutes)
- 1.452 million viewers
- 0.9/2 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
Police Women of Broward County (TLC, 9pm)
- 1.109 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
NY Ink (TLC)
- 1.372 million viewers
- 0.9/2 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
- 1.431 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.5/2 A18-49
The First 48: Missing Persons (A&E)
- 1.627 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
Real Housewives of NYC (BRAVO, 10pm)
- 2.283 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
Tornado Rampage 2011 (DISC)
- 1.637 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
Swords (DISC)
- 1.233 million viewers
- 0.8/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
America's Best Dance Crew (MTV, 9:58pm, 63 minutes)
- 1.328 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
- 0.9/3 W18-34
- 1.6/7 T12-17
TNA: Impact (SPIKE, 9pm, 122 minutes)
- 1.452 million viewers
- 0.9/2 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
Police Women of Broward County (TLC, 9pm)
- 1.109 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
NY Ink (TLC)
- 1.372 million viewers
- 0.9/2 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
Thursday 06/02/11 Final Broadcast Ratings
Jimmy Kimmel Live (31 minutes)
- 3.458 million viewers
- 2.3/4 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
NBA Pre-Game (27 minutes)
- 4.591 million viewers
- 2.9/5 HH
- 1.6/6 A18-49
NBA Finals Game 2 (8:58pm, 174 minutes)
- 15.522 million viewers
- 9.3/16 HH
- 6.5/19 A18-49
The Big Bang Theory (R)
- 7.420 million viewers
- 4.8/9 HH
- 2.0/7 A18-49
Rules of Engagement (R)
- 6.693 million viewers
- 4.3/7 HH
- 1.9/6 A18-49
CSI (R)
- 7.981 million viewers
- 5.2/9 HH
- 1.7/5 A18-49
The Mentalist (R)
- 8.774 million viewers
- 5.8/10 HH
- 1.6/5 A18-49
Community (R, 96% coverage NBC normally 98%)
- 2.450 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 0.8/3 A18-49
30 Rock (R)
- 2.296 million viewers
- 1.6/3 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
The Office (R, 31 minutes)
- 2.898 million viewers
- 1.9/3 HH
- 1.3/4 A18-49
Parks and Recreation (R, 29 minutes)
- 2.560 million viewers
- 1.6/3 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
Love Bites
- 2.638 million viewers
- 1.8/3 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
So You Think You Can Dance
- 8.063 million viewers
- 4.7/8 HH
- 2.9/10 A18-49
- 2.8/11 A18-34
- 3.6/13 W18-34
Glee (R)
- 4.126 million viewers
- 2.5/4 HH
- 1.4/4 A18-49
The Vampire Diaries (R)
- 0.944 million viewers
- 0.6/1 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
- 0.3/1 A18-34
- 0.5/2 W18-34
Nikita (R)
- 1.012 million viewers
- 0.6/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 0.3/1 A18-34
- 0.4/1 W18-34
- 3.458 million viewers
- 2.3/4 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
NBA Pre-Game (27 minutes)
- 4.591 million viewers
- 2.9/5 HH
- 1.6/6 A18-49
NBA Finals Game 2 (8:58pm, 174 minutes)
- 15.522 million viewers
- 9.3/16 HH
- 6.5/19 A18-49
The Big Bang Theory (R)
- 7.420 million viewers
- 4.8/9 HH
- 2.0/7 A18-49
Rules of Engagement (R)
- 6.693 million viewers
- 4.3/7 HH
- 1.9/6 A18-49
CSI (R)
- 7.981 million viewers
- 5.2/9 HH
- 1.7/5 A18-49
The Mentalist (R)
- 8.774 million viewers
- 5.8/10 HH
- 1.6/5 A18-49
Community (R, 96% coverage NBC normally 98%)
- 2.450 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 0.8/3 A18-49
30 Rock (R)
- 2.296 million viewers
- 1.6/3 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
The Office (R, 31 minutes)
- 2.898 million viewers
- 1.9/3 HH
- 1.3/4 A18-49
Parks and Recreation (R, 29 minutes)
- 2.560 million viewers
- 1.6/3 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
Love Bites
- 2.638 million viewers
- 1.8/3 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
So You Think You Can Dance
- 8.063 million viewers
- 4.7/8 HH
- 2.9/10 A18-49
- 2.8/11 A18-34
- 3.6/13 W18-34
Glee (R)
- 4.126 million viewers
- 2.5/4 HH
- 1.4/4 A18-49
The Vampire Diaries (R)
- 0.944 million viewers
- 0.6/1 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
- 0.3/1 A18-34
- 0.5/2 W18-34
Nikita (R)
- 1.012 million viewers
- 0.6/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 0.3/1 A18-34
- 0.4/1 W18-34
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Wednesday 06/01/11 Final Cable Ratings
Top Chef Masters (BRAVO)
- 1.181 million viewers
- 0.8/1 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
South Park (CMDY, 10pm)
- 2.558 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.4/4 A18-49
- 2.7/9 M18-34
Workaholics (CMDY)
- 1.659 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
- 1.6/5 M18-34
American Pickers (HIST, 9pm)
- 4.277 million viewers
- 2.7/4 HH
- 1.2/3 A18-49
Pawn Stars (HIST, 10pm)
- 5.226 million viewers
- 3.1/5 HH
- 1.9/5 A18-49
Real World Las Vegas (MTV, 10pm)
- 2.180 million viewers
- 1.5/3 HH
- 1.2/3 A18-49
- 2.3/7 W18-34
- 1.4/5 T12-17
The World According to Paris (OXYG)
- 0.409 million viewers
- 0.3/0 HH
- 0.2/1 A18-49
- 0.4/1 W18-34
The Ultimate Fighter (SPIKE, 9pm, 60 minutes)
- 1.245 million viewers
- 0.8/1 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
Ghost Hunters (SYFY)
- 1.491 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
Haunted Collector (SYFY)
- 1.444 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
House of Payne (TBS, 10pm)
- 2.093 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
House of Payne (TBS, 10:30pm)
- 2.011 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
Extreme Couponing (TLC, 9:30pm)
- 1.706 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
Franklin & Bash (TNT, 9pm, 61 minutes)
- 2.746 million viewers
- 1.8/3 HH
- 0.9/2 A18-49
Men of a Certain Age (TNT, 10:01pm, 61 minutes)
- 1.846 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
Dude What Would Happen (TOON)
- 0.983 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.1/0 A18-49
- 0.5/2 T12-17
- 1.5/6 K2-11
Destroy Build Destroy (TOON)
- 0.841 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.1/0 A18-49
- 0.6/2 T12-17
- 1.2/5 K2-11
- 1.181 million viewers
- 0.8/1 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
South Park (CMDY, 10pm)
- 2.558 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.4/4 A18-49
- 2.7/9 M18-34
Workaholics (CMDY)
- 1.659 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
- 1.6/5 M18-34
American Pickers (HIST, 9pm)
- 4.277 million viewers
- 2.7/4 HH
- 1.2/3 A18-49
Pawn Stars (HIST, 10pm)
- 5.226 million viewers
- 3.1/5 HH
- 1.9/5 A18-49
Real World Las Vegas (MTV, 10pm)
- 2.180 million viewers
- 1.5/3 HH
- 1.2/3 A18-49
- 2.3/7 W18-34
- 1.4/5 T12-17
The World According to Paris (OXYG)
- 0.409 million viewers
- 0.3/0 HH
- 0.2/1 A18-49
- 0.4/1 W18-34
The Ultimate Fighter (SPIKE, 9pm, 60 minutes)
- 1.245 million viewers
- 0.8/1 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
Ghost Hunters (SYFY)
- 1.491 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
Haunted Collector (SYFY)
- 1.444 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
House of Payne (TBS, 10pm)
- 2.093 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
House of Payne (TBS, 10:30pm)
- 2.011 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
Extreme Couponing (TLC, 9:30pm)
- 1.706 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
Franklin & Bash (TNT, 9pm, 61 minutes)
- 2.746 million viewers
- 1.8/3 HH
- 0.9/2 A18-49
Men of a Certain Age (TNT, 10:01pm, 61 minutes)
- 1.846 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
Dude What Would Happen (TOON)
- 0.983 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.1/0 A18-49
- 0.5/2 T12-17
- 1.5/6 K2-11
Destroy Build Destroy (TOON)
- 0.841 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.1/0 A18-49
- 0.6/2 T12-17
- 1.2/5 K2-11
Wednesday 06/01/11 Final Broadcast Ratings
The Middle (R, 8pm, 96% coverage ABC normally 98%)
- 5.214 million viewers
- 3.3/6 HH
- 1.3/4 A18-49
The Middle (R, 8:30pm)
- 5.362 million viewers
- 3.3/6 HH
- 1.6/5 A18-49
Modern Family (R, 9pm)
- 6.217 million viewers
- 3.9/6 HH
- 2.2/6 A18-49
Modern Family (R, 9:30pm)
- 6.042 million viewers
- 3.7/6 HH
- 2.2/6 A18-49
Cougar Town (R)
- 4.030 million viewers
- 2.6/4 HH
- 1.5/2 A18-49
Happy Endings (R)
- 3.383 million viewers
- 2.3/4 HH
- 1.2/4 A18-49
Mike & Molly (R)
- 4.800 million viewers
- 3.1/6 HH
- 1.0/4 A18-49
Rules of Engagement (R)
- 4.504 million viewers
- 2.9/5 HH
- 1.1/4 A18-49
Criminal Minds (R)
- 7.204 million viewers
- 4.6/8 HH
- 1.5/4 A18-49
Blue Bloods (R)
- 6.847 million viewers
- 4.6/8 HH
- 1.2/3 A18-49
NHL Finals Game 1 (182 minutes)
- 4.562 million viewers
- 2.7/5 HH
- 1.8/6 A18-49
So You Think You Can Dance (120 minutes)
- 8.575 million viewers
- 5.0/8 HH
- 3.1/9 A18-49
- 3.1/11 A18-34
- 4.3/14 W18-34
America's Next Top Model (R, 8pm, 93% coverage CW normally 96%)
- 1.174 million viewers
- 0.8/1 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
- 0.5/2 A18-34
- 0.7/3 W18-34
America's Next Top Model (R, 9pm, 93% coverage)
- 1.239 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
- 0.6/2 A18-34
- 0.9/3 W18-34
- 5.214 million viewers
- 3.3/6 HH
- 1.3/4 A18-49
The Middle (R, 8:30pm)
- 5.362 million viewers
- 3.3/6 HH
- 1.6/5 A18-49
Modern Family (R, 9pm)
- 6.217 million viewers
- 3.9/6 HH
- 2.2/6 A18-49
Modern Family (R, 9:30pm)
- 6.042 million viewers
- 3.7/6 HH
- 2.2/6 A18-49
Cougar Town (R)
- 4.030 million viewers
- 2.6/4 HH
- 1.5/2 A18-49
Happy Endings (R)
- 3.383 million viewers
- 2.3/4 HH
- 1.2/4 A18-49
Mike & Molly (R)
- 4.800 million viewers
- 3.1/6 HH
- 1.0/4 A18-49
Rules of Engagement (R)
- 4.504 million viewers
- 2.9/5 HH
- 1.1/4 A18-49
Criminal Minds (R)
- 7.204 million viewers
- 4.6/8 HH
- 1.5/4 A18-49
Blue Bloods (R)
- 6.847 million viewers
- 4.6/8 HH
- 1.2/3 A18-49
NHL Finals Game 1 (182 minutes)
- 4.562 million viewers
- 2.7/5 HH
- 1.8/6 A18-49
So You Think You Can Dance (120 minutes)
- 8.575 million viewers
- 5.0/8 HH
- 3.1/9 A18-49
- 3.1/11 A18-34
- 4.3/14 W18-34
America's Next Top Model (R, 8pm, 93% coverage CW normally 96%)
- 1.174 million viewers
- 0.8/1 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
- 0.5/2 A18-34
- 0.7/3 W18-34
America's Next Top Model (R, 9pm, 93% coverage)
- 1.239 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.5/1 A18-49
- 0.6/2 A18-34
- 0.9/3 W18-34
Tuesday 05/31/11 Final Cable Ratings
Toya: A Family Affairs (BET, 10pm)
- 0.919 million viewers
- 0.6/1 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
Million Dollar Decorators (BRAVO)
- 0.781 million viewers
- 0.6/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
Tosh.0 (CMDY, 10pm)
- 3.021 million viewers
- 1.8/3 HH
- 1.8/5 A18-49
- 3.2/9 M18-34
Sports Show with Norm MacDonald (CMDY)
- 1.114 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
- 1.3/4 M18-34
Deadliest Catch (DISC, 9pm, 61 minutes)
- 3.579 million viewers
- 2.1/3 HH
- 1.7/4 A18-49
16 and Pregnant (MTV, 10pm)
- 1.741 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
- 2.3/7 W18-34
- 0.7/3 T12-17
Auction Hunters (SPIKE, 10pm)
- 1.805 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
Little Couple (TLC, 10pm)
- 1.191 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
Little Couple (TLC, 10:30pm)
- 1.229 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
Hardcore Pawn (TRU, 10pm)
- 1.570 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
Hardcore Pawn (TRU, 10:30pm)
- 1.578 million viewers
- 0.9/2 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
The Looney Tunes Show (TOON)
- 2.330 million viewers
- 1.5/3 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
- 1.0/5 T12-17
- 3.3/13 K2-11
Gumball (TOON)
- 2.055 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 1.1/5 T12-17
- 3.1/11 K2-11
- 0.919 million viewers
- 0.6/1 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
Million Dollar Decorators (BRAVO)
- 0.781 million viewers
- 0.6/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
Tosh.0 (CMDY, 10pm)
- 3.021 million viewers
- 1.8/3 HH
- 1.8/5 A18-49
- 3.2/9 M18-34
Sports Show with Norm MacDonald (CMDY)
- 1.114 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
- 1.3/4 M18-34
Deadliest Catch (DISC, 9pm, 61 minutes)
- 3.579 million viewers
- 2.1/3 HH
- 1.7/4 A18-49
16 and Pregnant (MTV, 10pm)
- 1.741 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
- 2.3/7 W18-34
- 0.7/3 T12-17
Auction Hunters (SPIKE, 10pm)
- 1.805 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
Little Couple (TLC, 10pm)
- 1.191 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
Little Couple (TLC, 10:30pm)
- 1.229 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
Hardcore Pawn (TRU, 10pm)
- 1.570 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
Hardcore Pawn (TRU, 10:30pm)
- 1.578 million viewers
- 0.9/2 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
The Looney Tunes Show (TOON)
- 2.330 million viewers
- 1.5/3 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
- 1.0/5 T12-17
- 3.3/13 K2-11
Gumball (TOON)
- 2.055 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 1.1/5 T12-17
- 3.1/11 K2-11
Tuesday 05/31/11 Final Broadcast Ratings
Jimmy Kimmel Live (31 minutes)
- 3.533 million viewers
- 2.3/4 HH
- 1.1/4 A18-49
NBA Pre-Game (28 minutes)
- 4.814 million viewers
- 3.0/5 HH
- 1.9/6 A18-49
NBA Finals Game 1 (8:59pm, 172 minutes)
- 15.171 million viewers
- 9.0/15 HH
- 6.5/18 A18-49
NCIS (R)
- 11.307 million viewers
- 7.3/12 HH
- 1.8/6 A18-49
NCIS: Los Angeles (R)
- 9.913 million viewers
- 6.5/10 HH
- 1.6/4 A18-49
The Good Wife (R)
- 6.120 million viewers
- 4.2/7 HH
- 0.9/2 A18-49
America's Got Talent (120 minutes)
- 15.280 million viewers
- 8.9/14 HH
- 4.3/12 A18-49
The Voice
- 14.405 million viewers
- 8.4/14 HH
- 4.9/13 A18-49
Glee (R, 61 minutes)
- 2.763 million viewers
- 1.8/3 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
Raising Hope (R)
- 2.675 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
Traffic Light (29 minutes)
- 2.232 million viewers
- 1.5/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
One Tree Hill (R)
- 0.833 million viewers
- 0.5/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 0.4/1 A18-34
- 0.5/2 W18-34
Hellcats (R)
- 0.795 million viewers
- 0.5/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 0.3/1 A18-34
- 0.4/1 W18-34
- 3.533 million viewers
- 2.3/4 HH
- 1.1/4 A18-49
NBA Pre-Game (28 minutes)
- 4.814 million viewers
- 3.0/5 HH
- 1.9/6 A18-49
NBA Finals Game 1 (8:59pm, 172 minutes)
- 15.171 million viewers
- 9.0/15 HH
- 6.5/18 A18-49
NCIS (R)
- 11.307 million viewers
- 7.3/12 HH
- 1.8/6 A18-49
NCIS: Los Angeles (R)
- 9.913 million viewers
- 6.5/10 HH
- 1.6/4 A18-49
The Good Wife (R)
- 6.120 million viewers
- 4.2/7 HH
- 0.9/2 A18-49
America's Got Talent (120 minutes)
- 15.280 million viewers
- 8.9/14 HH
- 4.3/12 A18-49
The Voice
- 14.405 million viewers
- 8.4/14 HH
- 4.9/13 A18-49
Glee (R, 61 minutes)
- 2.763 million viewers
- 1.8/3 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
Raising Hope (R)
- 2.675 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
Traffic Light (29 minutes)
- 2.232 million viewers
- 1.5/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
One Tree Hill (R)
- 0.833 million viewers
- 0.5/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 0.4/1 A18-34
- 0.5/2 W18-34
Hellcats (R)
- 0.795 million viewers
- 0.5/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 0.3/1 A18-34
- 0.4/1 W18-34
Monday 05/30/11 Final Cable Ratings
Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABCF, 8pm, 120 minutes)
- 2.124 million viewers
- 1.4/2 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
- 1.7/5 W18-34
- 2.0/8 T12-17
Breakout Kings (A&E)
- 2.013 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
River Monsters (APL, 10pm)
- 1.487 million viewers
- 0.9/2 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
Real Housewives of New Jersey (BRAVO, 9pm)
- 2.497 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.3/3 A18-49
Platinum Hit (BRAVO)
- 0.823 million viewers
- 0.6/1 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
American Chopper: Senior vs Junior (DISC, 9pm)
- 3.224 million viewers
- 1.9/3 HH
- 1.5/4 A18-49
Khloe & Lamar (E!, 10pm)
- 2.484 million viewers
- 1.6/3 HH
- 1.4/4 A18-49
- 2.4/6 W18-34
Pawn Stars (HIST, 8:30pm)
- 5.198 million viewers
- 3.1/5 HH
- 1.9/6 A18-49
Gettysburg (HIST, 120 minutes)
- 3.799 million viewers
- 2.3/4 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
Hard Times of RJ Berger (MTV, 10pm)
- 0.752 million viewers
- 0.6/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 0.6/2 W18-34
- 1.0/4 T12-17
Hard Times of RJ Berger (MTV, 10:30pm, 29 minutes)
- 0.875 million viewers
- 0.6/1 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
- 0.7/2 W18-34
- 1.4/5 T12-17
Cake Boss (TLC, 9pm, 60 minutes)
- 1.778 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
Adventure Time (TOON)
- 1.859 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 0.2/1 A18-49
- 1.0/4 T12-17
- 2.9/12 K2-11
Regular Show (TOON)
- 2.114 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 1.2/5 T12-17
- 3.1/12 K2-11
Mad (TOON)
- 2.127 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
- 1.1/4 T12-17
- 3.1/12 K2-11
Problem Solverz (TOON)
- 1.508 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 0.8/3 T12-17
- 2.1/8 K2-11
WWE Tough Enough (USA)
- 2.437 million viewers
- 1.5/3 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
WWE Raw (USA, 9pm)
- 4.511 million viewers
- 2.6/4 HH
- 1.6/4 A18-49
WWE Raw (USA, 10pm, 66 minutes)
- 4.868 million viewers
- 2.7/5 HH
- 1.8/5 A18-49
Basketball Wives (VH1)
- 1.828 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
Single Ladies (VH1, 120 minutes)
- 1.849 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
- 2.124 million viewers
- 1.4/2 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
- 1.7/5 W18-34
- 2.0/8 T12-17
Breakout Kings (A&E)
- 2.013 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
River Monsters (APL, 10pm)
- 1.487 million viewers
- 0.9/2 HH
- 0.7/2 A18-49
Real Housewives of New Jersey (BRAVO, 9pm)
- 2.497 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.3/3 A18-49
Platinum Hit (BRAVO)
- 0.823 million viewers
- 0.6/1 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
American Chopper: Senior vs Junior (DISC, 9pm)
- 3.224 million viewers
- 1.9/3 HH
- 1.5/4 A18-49
Khloe & Lamar (E!, 10pm)
- 2.484 million viewers
- 1.6/3 HH
- 1.4/4 A18-49
- 2.4/6 W18-34
Pawn Stars (HIST, 8:30pm)
- 5.198 million viewers
- 3.1/5 HH
- 1.9/6 A18-49
Gettysburg (HIST, 120 minutes)
- 3.799 million viewers
- 2.3/4 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
Hard Times of RJ Berger (MTV, 10pm)
- 0.752 million viewers
- 0.6/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 0.6/2 W18-34
- 1.0/4 T12-17
Hard Times of RJ Berger (MTV, 10:30pm, 29 minutes)
- 0.875 million viewers
- 0.6/1 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
- 0.7/2 W18-34
- 1.4/5 T12-17
Cake Boss (TLC, 9pm, 60 minutes)
- 1.778 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
Adventure Time (TOON)
- 1.859 million viewers
- 1.2/2 HH
- 0.2/1 A18-49
- 1.0/4 T12-17
- 2.9/12 K2-11
Regular Show (TOON)
- 2.114 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 1.2/5 T12-17
- 3.1/12 K2-11
Mad (TOON)
- 2.127 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
- 1.1/4 T12-17
- 3.1/12 K2-11
Problem Solverz (TOON)
- 1.508 million viewers
- 0.9/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 0.8/3 T12-17
- 2.1/8 K2-11
WWE Tough Enough (USA)
- 2.437 million viewers
- 1.5/3 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
WWE Raw (USA, 9pm)
- 4.511 million viewers
- 2.6/4 HH
- 1.6/4 A18-49
WWE Raw (USA, 10pm, 66 minutes)
- 4.868 million viewers
- 2.7/5 HH
- 1.8/5 A18-49
Basketball Wives (VH1)
- 1.828 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
Single Ladies (VH1, 120 minutes)
- 1.849 million viewers
- 1.1/2 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Sunday 05/29/11 Final Cable Ratings
Breakout Kings (A&E)
- 1.314 million viewers
- 0.9/2 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
The Killing (AMC, 62 minutes)
- 1.971 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
MLB Game (ESPN, 7:59pm, 168 minutes)
- 1.569 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
Game of Thrones (HBO, 9:02pm, 57 minutes)
- 2.396 million viewers
- 1.5/3 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
Treme (HBO, 10:02pm, 57 minutes)
- 0.531 million viewers
- 0.4/1 HH
- 0.2/1 A18-49
Coming Home (LIF)
- 1.431 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
- 0.7/2 W25-54
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (TLC, 9pm)
- 2.138 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (TLC, 10pm)
- 2.271 million viewers
- 1.4/3 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
Mob Wives (VH1, 8pm)
- 1.064 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
Audrina (VH1)
- 0.576 million viewers
- 0.4/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
Saddle Ranch (VH1)
- 0.483 million viewers
- 0.3/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
- 1.314 million viewers
- 0.9/2 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
The Killing (AMC, 62 minutes)
- 1.971 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
MLB Game (ESPN, 7:59pm, 168 minutes)
- 1.569 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
Game of Thrones (HBO, 9:02pm, 57 minutes)
- 2.396 million viewers
- 1.5/3 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
Treme (HBO, 10:02pm, 57 minutes)
- 0.531 million viewers
- 0.4/1 HH
- 0.2/1 A18-49
Coming Home (LIF)
- 1.431 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.4/1 A18-49
- 0.7/2 W25-54
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (TLC, 9pm)
- 2.138 million viewers
- 1.3/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49
My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (TLC, 10pm)
- 2.271 million viewers
- 1.4/3 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
Mob Wives (VH1, 8pm)
- 1.064 million viewers
- 0.7/1 HH
- 0.6/2 A18-49
Audrina (VH1)
- 0.576 million viewers
- 0.4/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
Saddle Ranch (VH1)
- 0.483 million viewers
- 0.3/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49
Monday 05/30/11 Final Broadcast Ratings
The Bachelorette (121 minutes)
- 7.227 million viewers
- 4.6/8 HH
- 2.2/6 A18-49
Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition (59 minutes)
- 7.107 million viewers
- 4.5/7 HH
- 2.4/6 A18-49
How I Met Your Mother (R)
- 4.398 million viewers
- 2.8/5 HH
- 1.4/4 A18-49
Mad Love (R)
- 4.206 million viewers
- 2.7/4 HH
- 1.3/4 A18-49
Two and a Half Men (R, 31 minutes)
- 6.487 million viewers
- 4.1/7 HH
- 1.6/5 A18-49
Mike & Molly (R)
- 6.381 million viewers
- 4.0/6 HH
- 1.6/4 A18-49
Hawaii Five-0 (R, 59 minutes)
- 5.756 million viewers
- 3.7/6 HH
- 1.3/3 A18-49
Minute to Win It (R)
- 3.727 million viewers
- 2.3/4 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- 5.106 million viewers
- 3.2/5 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
Law & Order: Los Angeles
- 6.593 million viewers
- 4.3/7 HH
- 1.5/4 A18-49
House (R, 8pm, 61 minutes)
- 3.408 million viewers
- 2.1/4 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
House (R, 9:01pm, 59 minutes)
- 3.293 million viewers
- 2.0/3 HH
- 0.9/2 A18-49
90210 (R)
- 0.510 million viewers
- 0.3/1 HH
- 0.2/1 A18-49
- 0.2/1 A18-34
- 0.3/1 W18-34
Gossip Girl (R)
- 0.541 million viewers
- 0.3/1 HH
- 0.2/1 A18-49
- 0.2/1 A18-34
- 0.2/1 W18-34
- 7.227 million viewers
- 4.6/8 HH
- 2.2/6 A18-49
Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition (59 minutes)
- 7.107 million viewers
- 4.5/7 HH
- 2.4/6 A18-49
How I Met Your Mother (R)
- 4.398 million viewers
- 2.8/5 HH
- 1.4/4 A18-49
Mad Love (R)
- 4.206 million viewers
- 2.7/4 HH
- 1.3/4 A18-49
Two and a Half Men (R, 31 minutes)
- 6.487 million viewers
- 4.1/7 HH
- 1.6/5 A18-49
Mike & Molly (R)
- 6.381 million viewers
- 4.0/6 HH
- 1.6/4 A18-49
Hawaii Five-0 (R, 59 minutes)
- 5.756 million viewers
- 3.7/6 HH
- 1.3/3 A18-49
Minute to Win It (R)
- 3.727 million viewers
- 2.3/4 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- 5.106 million viewers
- 3.2/5 HH
- 1.0/3 A18-49
Law & Order: Los Angeles
- 6.593 million viewers
- 4.3/7 HH
- 1.5/4 A18-49
House (R, 8pm, 61 minutes)
- 3.408 million viewers
- 2.1/4 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49
House (R, 9:01pm, 59 minutes)
- 3.293 million viewers
- 2.0/3 HH
- 0.9/2 A18-49
90210 (R)
- 0.510 million viewers
- 0.3/1 HH
- 0.2/1 A18-49
- 0.2/1 A18-34
- 0.3/1 W18-34
Gossip Girl (R)
- 0.541 million viewers
- 0.3/1 HH
- 0.2/1 A18-49
- 0.2/1 A18-34
- 0.2/1 W18-34
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