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ABC   8:00 College Football Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 CBS 8:00 CSI (Repeat) Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 9:00 48 Hours Mystery (Repeat) Viewers: 5.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 10:00 48 Hours Mystery Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 NBC 8:00 Scared Shrekless Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 8:30 Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 9:00 The Office (Repeat) Viewers: 2.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 9:30 Community (Repeat) Viewers: 1.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 10:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat) Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 FOX 8:00 MLB World Series Game 3 Viewers: 11.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9

ABC 8:00 It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Viewers: 5.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 9:00 Primetime: What Would You Do? Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 10:00 20/20   Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 CBS 8:00 Medium Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 9:00 CSI: NY Viewers: 10.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 10:00 Blue Bloods Viewers: 11.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 NBC 8:00 School Pride Viewers: 2.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 9:00 Dateline NBC Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 FOX 8:00 House (Repeat) Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 9:00 The Good Guys Viewers: 2.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 ABC had a better Friday than usual. They started by airing It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown for the second night in a row and it did solidly. With the two nights together, it had over 12 million people watching which is quite impressive for a special that is decades old. The season premiere of Primetime: What Would You Do? wasn't amazing but solid...

ABC 8:00 It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 9:00 Grey's Anatomy Viewers: 10.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.9 10:00 Private Practice Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7 CBS 8:00 The Big Bang Theory  Viewers: 13.0 million, 18-49 demo: 4.2 8:30 $#*! My Dad Says Viewers: 10.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1 9:00 CSI Viewers: 14.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.3 10:00 The Mentalist Viewers: 14.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2 NBC 8:00 Scared Shrekless Viewers: 8.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 8:30 Community Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 9:00 The Office Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 4.0 9:30 Outsourced Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7 10:00 The Apprentice Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 FOX 8:00 MLB World Series Game 2 Viewers: 14.1 million, 18-49 demo: 4.0 November Sweeps officially kicked off last night and it was a busy night. ABC was on the map at 8pm for the first time this season with the classic It's the...

ABC 8:00 The Middle Viewers: 9.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9 8:30 Better With You Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 9:00 Modern Family Viewers: 13.1 million, 18-49 demo: 5.1 9:30 Cougar Town Viewers: 8.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.3 10:00 The Whole Truth Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 CBS 8:00 Survivor Viewers: 11.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.5 9:00 Criminal Minds Viewers: 13.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4 10:00 The Defenders Viewers: 9.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 NBC 8:00 Undercovers Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 9:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat) Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 10:00 Law & Order: Los Angeles (Repeat) Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 FOX 8:00 MLB World Series Game 1 Viewers: 15.0 million, 18-49 demo: 4.7 On the last night before November Sweeps, ABC got great news from its Halloween-themed comedy lineup. The Middle was perhaps the most impressive as it hit a SERIES high in both viewers and the demo. This comedy is gain...

ABC 8:00 No Ordinary Family Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 9:00 Dancing with the Stars Results Viewers: 15.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1 10:00 Detroit 1-8-7 Viewers: 8.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 CBS 8:00 NCIS Viewers: 20.2 million, 18-49 demo: 4.1 9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles Viewers: 16.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4 10:00 The Good Wife Viewers: 12.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 NBC 8:00 The Biggest Loser Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 10:00 Parenthood Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0   FOX 8:00 Glee Viewers: 11.8 million, 18-49 demo: 4.9 9:00 Raising Hope Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 9:30 Raising Hope Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2   ABC had a pretty steady Tuesday night. No Ordinary Family managed to hold its viewers from last week but dropped yet again in the demo for a series low. This show is much older skewing than anticipated and it is getting crushed in the demo by Glee and even old-skewing NCIS . Will it do better at...

ABC 8:00 Dancing with the Stars Viewers: 20.4 million, 18-49 demo: 4.3 10:00 Castle Viewers: 11.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9 CBS 8:00 How I Met Your Mother Viewers: 8.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2 8:30 Rules of Engagement Viewers: 8.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0 9:00 Two and a Half Men Viewers: 13.8 million, 18-49 demo: 4.4 9:30 Mike & Molly Viewers: 10.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.7 10:00 Hawaii Five-0 Viewers: 10.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8 NBC 8:00 Chuck  Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 9:00 The Event Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 10:00 Chase Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 FOX 8:00 House (Repeat) Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 9:00 Lie to Me Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6   ABC had its usual lineup on the last Monday of October. Dancing with the Stars was up over a million viewers and three-tenths in the demo. Expect it to show growth throughout November as the finale nears. Castle followed and hit a season high in ...

ABC 7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 8:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Viewers: 9.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 9:00 Desperate Housewives Viewers: 12.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.9 10:00 Brothers & Sisters Viewers: 8.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 CBS 7:00 NFL Overrun Viewers: 21.9 million, 18-49 demo: 7.8 7:17 60 Minutes Viewers: 15.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4 8:17 The Amazing Race Viewers: 11.4 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4 9:17 Undercover Boss Viewers: 12.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.5 10:17 CSI: Miami Viewers: 10.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 NBC 7:00 Football Night in America Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2 7:57 Football Night in America Part 2 Viewers: 13.7 million, 18-49 demo: 4.9 8:22 NFL Pregame Viewers: 19.3 million, 18-49 demo: 6.9 8:31 Sunday Night Football Viewers: 25.7 million, 18-49 demo: 9.8 FOX 7:00 The Cleveland Show (Repeat) Viewers: 1.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 7:30 The Cleveland Show (Repeat) Vie...

We have our fourth cancellation of the season (and second by ABC) and it is legal drama The Whole Truth . Starring Maura Tierney and Rob Morrow, the show got off to a very low start in ABC's seemingly cursed Wednesday 10pm slot. It's highest rating ever was just 4.9 million viewers and a 1.5 in the demo. Through four episodes, it has averaged 4.6 million viewers and a very low 1.3 in the demo. It was not expected to be a success and received poor reviews even though Tierney was praised for doing her best with bad material. I watched the first episode and was thoroughly unimpressed. It was a good concept that was not carried out well. It was in a wide open time slot but was easily eclipsed by two other (better) new legal dramas - The Defenders on CBS and Law & Order: Los Angeles on NBC. It is unclear at this time how many more episodes will air. Co-Executive Producer KirstieAnne Reed tweeted that ABC will only have them make 13 episodes which makes it seem like they will l...

ABC joins the crowd by giving out full season orders ahead of November sweeps. They have given full seasons to sitcom Better With You and drama No Ordinary Family . This leaves just Detroit 1-8-7 (which had additional episodes ordered), The Whole Truth, Undercovers, School Pride , and Running Wilde with their fate undecided. No Ordinary Family premiered to the best numbers of any new ABC show with 10.7 million viewers and a 3.2 in the demo in a tough timeslot. However, it has dropped every week. ABC will try the show at 9pm instead of 8pm on Tuesdays for a couple weeks in late November/early December. I enjoyed the pilot but the show hasn't kept my interest. For a great concept, it's been underwhelming. Through four episodes, it has averaged 8.7 million viewers and a 2.6 in the demo. Better With You 's full season order might come as a bit of a surprise at it has had trouble holding on to the lead-in from The Middle . However, it has been fairly consistent and through f...

A slight change to the usual Weekend Rewind, this week I will be counting down the Top 10 Halloween/Haunted themed episodes from TV history. As always, this is based on personal opinion. I'm sure there are some missing from this list that I just haven't seen before, but here we go. Close Calls Bewitched #115 "The Safe and Sane Halloween" - Tabitha brings characters from her storybook to life and Samantha must hunt them down as they are Trick-or-Treating. The Cosby Show "Halloween" Laverne & Shirley #36 "Haunted House"   - a great "haunted mansion" episode that features some funny performances from the main foursome (Laverne, Shirley, Lenny, Squiggy). Boy Meets World #106 "And Then There Was Shawn" - a humorous send-up to the teen slasher films that were so popular in the late 1990s. And this episode has Jennifer Love Hewitt! Cosby Show #30 "Halloween" - Vanessa hosts a Halloween Party for her friends and ...

ABC 8:00 College Football Viewers: 7.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 CBS 8:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat) Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 9:00 Criminal Minds (Repeat) Viewers: 5.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 10:00 48 Hours Mystery Viewers: 6.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 NBC 8:00 Outlaw Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5 9:00 Law & Order: Los Angeles (Repeat) Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 10:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat) Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 FOX 8:00 MLB NLCS Playoffs Viewers: 11.6 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4

ABC 8:00 No Ordinary Family (Repeat) Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 9:00 Primetime: What Would You Do? (Repeat) Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 10:00 20/20 Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 CBS 8:00 Medium Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 9:00 CSI: NY Viewers: 10.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 10:00 Blue Bloods Viewers: 11.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8   NBC 8:00 School Pride Viewers: 2.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 9:00 Dateline NBC Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 FOX 8:00 House (Repeat) Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 9:00 The Good Guys Viewers: 2.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 ABC had a quiet Friday as usual. A No Ordinary Family encore started things off and was down slightly in viewers but even in the demo from last week's encore. A repeat of Primetime: What Would You Do? pulled decent numbers. They should be better next week when the show's new season officially starts. Finally, 20/20 was up from both the 9pm and 10pm episo...

ABC 8:00 Grey's Anatomy (Repeat) Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 9:00 Grey's Anatomy Viewers: 11.0 million, 18-49 demo: 4.0 10:00 Private Practice Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7 CBS 8:00 The Big Bang Theory Viewers: 13.1 million, 18-49 demo: 4.1 8:30 $#*! My Dad Says Viewers: 10.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1 9:00 CSI Viewers: 15.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4 10:00 The Mentalist Viewers: 14.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9 NBC 8:00 Community Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 8:30 30 Rock Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 9:00 The Office Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4 9:30 Outsourced Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 10:00 The Apprentice Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 FOX 8:00 MLB NLCS Playoffs  Viewers: 11.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.5   ABC saw numbers sink for its originals on the fifth Thursday of the season. Grey's Anatomy' s 8:00 rerun was actually slightly up from a week ago. They will air encores here for...

In one swoop, CBS has picked up all 5 of its freshmen series for the season. All of them have had varying degrees of success and have outperformed all of ABC's, CBS's, and NBC's shows. With this announcement, all new shows have been picked up for the full season or cancelled except Undercovers and School Pride (NBC), Running Wilde (FOX), and all of ABC's new shows except the cancelled My Generation . Mike & Molly has had a solid start to the season although it is not pulling the numbers after Two and a Half Men that The Big Bang Theory was pulling in this slot a year ago. Through five episodes, it has averaged 11.4 million viewers and a 3.7 in the demo. CBS will (and should) give this show some time to grow. The Big Bang Theory was not a big hit right out of the gate either. It's a funny show with charming leads. Hawaii Five-0 has been a disappointment in terms of expectations but has been the highest rated new series this fall and has done exceptionally we...

ABC 8:00 The Middle Viewers: 8.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 8:30 Better With You Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 9:00 Modern Family Viewers: 12.0 million, 18-49 demo: 4.7 9:30 Cougar Town Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1 10:00 The Whole Truth Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 CBS 8:00 Survivor Viewers: 12.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.6 9:00 Criminal Minds Viewers: 14.5 million, 18-49 demo: 3.7 10:00 The Defenders Viewers: 10.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 NBC 8:00 Undercovers Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 9:00 Law & Order: SVU Viewers: 8.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7 10:00 Law & Order: Los Angeles Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 FOX 8:00 MLB NLCS Playoffs  Viewers: 9.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9 ABC had a pretty standard Wednesday with its comedies and The Whole Truth . At 8pm, The Middle was up half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo to post its best numbers in both categories since the season premiere. Better With You...

ABC 8:00 No Ordinary Family Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 9:00 Dancing with the Stars Results Viewers: 15.5 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2 10:00 Detroit 1-8-7 Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 CBS 8:00 NCIS Viewers: 19.4 million, 18-49 demo: 4.3 9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles Viewers: 16.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.9 10:00 The Good Wife Viewers: 12.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 NBC 8:00 The Biggest Loser Viewers: 7.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 10:00 Parenthood Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 FOX 8:00 Glee (Repeat) Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 9:00 Raising Hope (Repeat) Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 9:30 Running Wilde Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 ABC aired its usual lineup to mixed results. No Ordinary Family only fell a bit after big falls the first couple weeks but still didn't capitalize on a rerun of Glee . It slipped .3 in viewers and a tenth in the demo. ABC will try this show out at 9pm for a few weeks after Thanksgiving. Da...

ABC 8:00 Dancing with the Stars Viewers: 19.3 million, 18-49 demo: 4.0 10:00 Castle Viewers: 10.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 CBS 8:00 How I Met Your Mother Viewers: 8.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.3 8:30 Rules of Engagement Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9 9:00 Two and a Half Men Viewers: 13.5 million, 18-49 demo: 4.4 9:30 Mike & Molly Viewers: 10.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.5 10:00 Hawaii Five-0 Viewers: 10.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9 NBC 8:00 Chuck  Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 9:00 The Event Viewers: 6.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 10:00 Chase Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 FOX 8:00 House Viewers: 9.7 million, 18-49 demo: 3.6 9:00 Lie to Me Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 Week 5 kicked off with ABC's winning lineup thanks to Dancing with the Stars . Dancing was just about even with last week and remained the dominating show of the night in total viewers. Castle followed and was up two tenths in viewers but down the same in the dem...