All about ratings, renewals, and cancellations.
Everyone knew that “The Walking Dead” was going to generate huge numbers in its return to television Sunday night; however, who seriously felt as though this show was going to end up becoming the most-watched telecast to date when it was up against the Grammy Awards? As it turns out, music does not deter zombies […]
What in the world is going on with ABC’s Sunday-night lineup at the moment? We’ve tried to figure this out all year long, but it may be time to just admit to one thing: this is not an easy night for broadcast programming right now. Since it is the February sweeps, the network obviously feels […]
Matt Carter Saturday Night Live
When “Saturday Night Live” booked Justin Bieber to be their host and their musical guest for this weekend’s show, we are sure that they were counting on two this above all else: plenty of buzz, and numbers that were some of the best that they have had over the course of the past year. Instead, […]
This is turning out to be a very, very bad midseason for some of the major television networks. Over the past couple of weeks, we have mocked and ridiculed NBC for putting the woeful “Do No Harm” on the air, and it’s now been canceled after just two airings. Now, CBS no longer has a reason to […]
Here are two things we surely did not expect to happen at the start of the year: MTV finding a suitable replacement for “Jersey Shore” just by casting different people and moving the series to West Virginia, and Charlie Sheen’s “Anger Management” making FX potentially regret their decision to renew the show just a few […]
After seeing the ratings for “Do No Harm” the past week and a half, you knew that this was coming: after posting one of the most embarrassing launches in the history of network television, the lowest in fact of any series to premiere in-season on any of the major networks, NBC has pulled the plug […]
Matt Carter Community, Elementary, The Big Bang Theory
There was probably no ratings battle all year that we were more excited to hear about than the one Thursday night, mostly because there were so many intriguing storylines to talk about. You had “Elementary” airing for the first time since the Super Bowl, “American Idol” fighting “The Big Bang Theory” for the second week […]
Well, it looks like the vast majority of viewers really did not have much of an interest at all in giving NBC’s “Smash” a second chance. Despite some favorable reviews for the season 2 premiere along with the casting of Jennifer Hudson, the musical drama flopped hard in its two-hour episode on Tuesday night. Without […]
Just in case you were wondering, there still is a pretty large audience that is watching “New Girl.” Unfortunately, many of them are deciding to do so via DVR rather than actually catching the show live. For the episode of the Fox comedy that aired on January 15 (which was two weeks before the kiss […]
Be sure to keep checking back to this article, as we are going to be updating it over the next couple of hours as more and more numbers come in from around the country. For now, here’s what we can tell you: Super Bowl XLVII was one of the most-popular events in television history, with […]
