It looks like NBC didn’t have the best time ever with Neil Patrick Harris’ new variety show. After one season of the show and ratings that decreased after losing some heavy-hitting lead-ins, the network opted (per Variety) today to not renew “Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris.” The show was a bit of a […]
Is there a takeaway from the fall TV season so far? We’re not so sure that there really is given that it was only nine days ago that the season officially started, but there is one lesson that Tuesday did drill into our head: Hype does not always mean success. At this time a year ago, was […]
The biggest lesson to take away from the primetime ratings last night is one that we have tried to impart many times before: Just because you are trending on Twitter does not necessarily mean that there are a ton of people watching your show. With that in mind, let’s put the magnifying glass on “Scream […]
So was it possible, after all, that viewers in America could flock to what is basically a reality show? The ratings are in for the premiere of “Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris,” and for the most part they are not terrible. In preliminary numbers, Harris’ show drew a 1.9 rating in the 18-49 […]
We do give NBC a great deal of grief from time to time for various things (canceling “Hannibal”), but at the same time we also have to give them praise for their risks (putting “Hannibal” on in the first place). Out of the Big Three television networks, they are the one who will do things […]
It has been a little bit of time since we have really thought too much about Maya Rudolph’s variety show for NBC, but one of the reasons for that is that the network has not really done very much in terms of discussing the show as of late. The priority instead has been preparing for […]
For one reason or another, NBC just cannot figure out what they want to do with the upcoming “Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris.” Originally, the variety show was going to be airing at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time every week starting with the Tuesday, September 15 start to the show. Now, NBC is making some […]
