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ABC 8:00 Shark Tank Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 9:00 20/20 Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 CBS 8:00 The Royal Wedding: Modern Majesty Viewers: 8.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 9:00 CSI: NY Viewers: 9.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 10:00 Blue Bloods Viewers: 10.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 NBC 8:00 Friday Night Lights Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 9:00 Dateline NBC Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 FOX 8:00 Kitchen Nightmares Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 9:00 Fringe Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 ABC was all new on Friday night. At 8pm, Shark Tank was down two tenths in viewers and the demo. Despite the second consecutive week of dropping, it is still getting better ratings than Supernanny and may indeed receive another midseason renewal. At 9pm, a two hour edition of 20/20 focusing on the Royal Wedding was up a big 2.3 million viewers and four tenths in the demo from last week's episode, which just aired in the 10pm hour....

ABC 8:00 20/20 Special Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 9:00 Grey's Anatomy Viewers: 10.7 million, 18-49 demo: 3.7 10:00 Private Practice Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 CBS 8:00 The Big Bang Theory Viewers: 10.7 million, 18-49 demo: 3.3 8:30 Rules of Engagement Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 9:00 CSI Viewers: 10.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 10:00 The Mentalist Viewers: 13.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 NBC 8:00 Community Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 8:30 The Office (Repeat) Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 9:00 The Office Viewers: 8.4 million, 18-49 demo: 4.2 9:50 Parks and Recreation Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 10:30 30 Rock Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 FOX 8:00 American Idol Viewers: 19.6 million, 18-49 demo: 5.7 9:00 Bones Viewers: 9.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8 ABC was all new on the first night of May Sweeps. At 8pm, a special on the Royal Wedding was old-skewing. Those most interested in this spec...

ABC 8:00 The Middle (Repeat) Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 8:30 Better With You Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 9:00 Modern Family (Repeat) Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 9:30 Cougar Town Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 10:00 Happy Endings Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 10:30 Modern Family (Repeat) Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 CBS 8:00 Survivor Viewers: 11.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2 9:00 Criminal Minds (Repeat) Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 10:00 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (Repeat) Viewers: 7.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 NBC 8:00 Inside the Royal Wedding Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 9:00 The Voice (Repeat) Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 FOX 8:00 American Idol Viewers: 22.3 million, 18-49 demo: 7.1 9:30 Breaking In Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 ABC was partially new on Wednesday night with mixed results. After a repeat of The Middle , Better With You was down six tenths in v...

ABC 8:00 Dancing with the Stars Special Viewers: 13.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 9:00 Dancing with the Stars Results Viewers: 18.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.6 10:00 Body of Proof Viewers: 11.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 CBS 8:00 NCIS (Repeat) Viewers: 11.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat) Viewers: 10.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 10:00 The Mentalist (Repeat) Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 NBC 8:00 The Biggest Loser Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 9:00 The Voice Viewers: 11.8 million, 18-49 demo: 5.1 FOX 8:00 Glee Viewers: 8.6 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4 9:30 Raising Hope Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 On a busy Tuesday night, ABC was all new starting with a Dancing with the Stars special that was well above the numbers that Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution has been getting in this slot. Should ABC consider moving the results edition back to 8pm next fall? At 9pm, the results edition of Dancing with the Stars was up a nice 2...

THE VOICE Hosted by Carson Daly Judges: Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton Created by John De Mol, Directed by Alan Carter The Voice is the heavily hyped new NBC reality competition that is American Idol with a few twists. Four very successful current artists serve as judges and they have to pick singers for their "team" unseen. They simply listen to the voice of the singer and if they like them enough, they turn their chair around to campaign for them. It doesn't matter if they're young or old, beautiful or ugly. The pilot dealt with this first round - once the judges have their team of 8, they winnow it down to 4 and then American votes. This is a really fun show and probably worth the hype so far. It's hard to tell if it will morph into an American Idol clone but the first round is far more interesting than Idol 's audition rounds. At first the show seemed a bit overproduced, but once it got into the actual competi...

ABC 8:00 Dancing with the Stars Viewers: 22.4 million, 18-49 demo: 4.7 9:30 Better With You Viewers: 11.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 10:00 Castle (Repeat) Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 CBS 8:00 How I Met Your Mother (Repeat) Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 8:30 Mad Love Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 9:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat) Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 9:30 Mike & Molly (Repeat) Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 10:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat) Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 NBC 8:00 Chuck (Repeat) Viewers: 2.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 9:00 The Event Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 10:00 Law & Order: LA Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 FOX 8:00 House (Repeat) Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 9:00 The Chicago Code (Repeat) Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 ABC had a good Monday night. At 8pm, Dancing with the Stars was up a nice 2.3 million viewers and seven tenths in the demo. Par...

ABC 7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat) Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 8:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Viewers: 7.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 9:00 Desperate Housewives Viewers: 10.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1 10:00 Brothers & Sisters Viewers: 6.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9   CBS 7:00 60 Minutes Viewers: 10.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 8:00 The Amazing Race Viewers: 9.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 9:00 Movie: Beyond the Blackboard Viewers: 8.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 NBC 7:00 Dateline NBC Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 8:00 America's Next Great Restaurant Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 9:00 Celebrity Apprentice Viewers: 8.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0 FOX 7:00 The Simpsons (Repeat) Viewers: 2.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 7:30 The Simpsons (Repeat) Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 8:00 Movie: The Simpsons Movie Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 ABC was all new from 8-11pm on Sunday night following a repeat of Amer...

This Thursday will mark the end of an era as The Office will air its final episode with star Steve Carell. I am not going to use this space to speculate on whether The Office will or will not be able to survive but rather to reflect on one of the greatest characters ever seen on a sitcom - Michael Scott - and the layered and dynamic performance delivered by Carell. The character of Michael Scott should be a character the audience doesn't like - he's incompetent, sexist, racist, selfish, and obnoxious. Yet somehow he became someone you rooted for, someone you occasionally felt sorry for, and someone who you wanted to succeed. Part of it was due tot he writing but a great deal of it was due to Carell's portrayal of Michael Scott. His Michael Scott was earnest, someone who genuinely wanted to please everyone even if he had no idea how to do it. He wanted to be good at his job and wanted people to like him and despite how often he annoyed them, it's clear there was some l...

ABC 8:00 Movie: The Ten Commandments Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 CBS 8:00 CSI: NY (Repeat) Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 9:00 CSI: Miami (Repeat) Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 10:00 48 Hours Mystery Viewers: 5.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 NBC 8:00 Chase Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 9:00 Law & Order: LA (Repeat) Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 10:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat) Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 FOX 8:00 Cops Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 9:00 America's Most Wanted Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4  

ABC 8:00 Shark Tank Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 9:00 Primetime: What Would You Do?  Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 10:00 20/20 Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 CBS 8:00 CSI: NY (Repeat) Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 9:00 Girls Night Out: Superstar Women of Country Viewers: 8.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 NBC 8:00 Friday Night Lights Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 9:00 Dateline NBC Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 FOX 8:00 Kitchen Nightmares (Repeat) Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 9:00 Fringe Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 ABC was all new on Friday night with middling results. At 8pm, Shark Tank was down half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo but was the high point of ABC's evening. While not overly impressive, it is doing better than Supernanny and will probably earn a third season with these numbers. At 9pm, Primetime: What Would You Do? was down two tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo...

In an unsurprising move, NBC has cancelled the ratings-challenged The Paul Reiser Show after just two very pathetic airings on Thursday night. It debuted to a paltry 3.4 million and 1.1 demo and then dropped in Week 2 to 2.4 million and a 0.9 demo. The semi-autobiographical sitcom was also a flop with critics and the first two episodes were very unfunny despite Reiser's past success on NBC with the great Mad About You . I said it when I reviewed this show - but he needs to be in a more traditional sitcom, that's where his brand of humor fits. Repeats of The Office will fill the space for the rest of the season, which is just a few weeks. The Paul Reiser Show is the third freshman show to get yanked after just two airings - joining FOX's Lone Star and ABC's My Generation . Reiser joins fellow official NBC cancellations Outlaw and Undercovers as well as the ending Friday Night Lights . Other shows that have not been officially cancelled but stand absolutely no chance of...

ABC 8:00 Wipeout (Repeat) Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 9:00 Grey's Anatomy (Repeat) Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 10:00 Private Practice (Repeat) Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 CBS 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat) Viewers: 7.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 8:30 Rules of Engagement (Repeat) Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 9:00 CSI (Repeat) Viewers: 8.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 10:00 The Mentalist (Repeat) Viewers: 11.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 NBC 8:00 Community Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 8:30 The Paul Reiser Show Viewers: 2.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 9:00 The Office Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.3 9:30 Parks and Recreation Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 10:00 30 Rock Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 FOX 8:00 American Idol Viewers: 20.3 million, 18-49 demo: 5.8 9:00 Bones Viewers: 11.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2 ABC and CBS were in repeats on Thursday night with CBS having better repeat number...

ABC 8:00 The Middle Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 8:30 Better With You Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 9:00 Modern Family Viewers: 9.9 million, 18-49 demo: 3.8 9:30 Cougar Town Viewers: 6.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 10:00 Happy Endings Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 10:30 Happy Endings Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 CBS 8:00 Survivor Viewers: 11.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1 9:00 Criminal Minds (Repeat) Viewers: 8.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 10:00 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 NBC 8:00 Minute to Win It Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 9:00 Minute to Win It (Repeat) Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 10:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat) Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 FOX 8:00 American Idol Viewers: 22.5 million, 18-49 demo: 7.1 9:30 Breaking In Viewers: 7.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 ABC had mixed results with its three hour block of comedy. At 8pm, The Middle was up seven t...

ABC 8:00 Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 9:00 Dancing with the Stars Results Viewers: 16.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0 10:00 Body of Proof Viewers: 11.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 CBS 8:00 NCIS (Repeat) Viewers: 13.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat) Viewers: 11.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 10:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat) Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 NBC 8:00 The Biggest Loser Viewers: 6.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 10:00 Parenthood Viewers: 6.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 FOX 8:00 Glee Viewers: 9.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.8 9:00 Raising Hope Viewers: 5.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 9:30 Traffic Light Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 ABC had a solid Tuesday night but the 8pm hour continues to be a problem as Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution dropped seven tenths in viewers and a rough four tenths in the demo from its season premiere last week. This show just won't cut it on a night other...

ABC 8:00 Dancing with the Stars Viewers: 20.1 million, 18-49 demo: 4.0 9:30 Cougar Town Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 10:00 20/20 Special Viewers: 7.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 CBS 8:00 How I Met Your Mother Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 8:30 Mad Love Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 9:00 Two and a Half Men (Repeat) Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 9:30 Mike & Molly Viewers: 10.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 10:00 Hawaii Five-0 Viewers: 11.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8 NBC 8:00 Chuck Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 9:00 The Event Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 10:00 Law & Order: LA Viewers: 5.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 FOX 8:00 House Viewers: 8.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2 9:00 The Chicago Code Viewers: 6.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 ABC was all new on Monday night with mixed results. At 8pm, Dancing with the Stars was down eight tenths in viewers and half a demo point from last week for a season low. This month has ...

ABC 7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos Viewers: 6.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 8:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 9:00 Desperate Housewives Viewers: 9.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7 10:00 Brothers & Sisters Viewers: 6.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 CBS 7:00 60 Minutes Viewers: 10.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 8:00 The Amazing Race Viewers: 8.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 9:00 Undercover Boss Viewers: 9.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 10:00 CSI: Miami Viewers: 10.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 NBC 7:00 Dateline NBC Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 8:00 America's Next Great Restaurant Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 9:00 Celebrity Apprentice Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 FOX 7:00 The Cleveland Show (Repeat) Viewers: 2.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 7:30 American Dad! (Repeat) Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 8:00 The Simpsons (Repeat) Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 8:30 American Dad! Viewers: 4.7 mi...

RHODA September 9, 1974-December 9, 1978 110 episodes Starring: Valerie Harper, Julie Kavner, David Groh, Nancy Walker, Harold Gould, Ron Silver, Ray Buktenica, Kenneth McMillan Before Frasier , Rhoda was arguably the most successful spinoff in TV history. Based on a wildly popular character from the wildly popular The Mary Tyler Moore Show , Rhoda was a show that started off on the right track the first season with a highly publicized and widely watched wedding but lost its way later in its run and fizzled out during its fifth season. At the beginning of the run, the show focused on Rhoda's (Valerie Harper) return to her hometown New York City after living in Minneapolis. Almost immediately (to ensure that people would be watching as it aired against Monday Night Football ), Rhoda met and fell in love with a man named Joe (David Groh). The perpetually single girl was finally getting married and her wedding was viewed by the second biggest audience (at the time) ...