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ABC 8:00 The Middle (Repeat) Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 8:30 Suburgatory (Repeat) Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 9:00 Modern Family (Repeat) Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 9:30 Happy Endings (Repeat) Viewers: 2.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 10:00 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (Repeat) Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 10:30 Modern Family (Repeat) Viewers: 2.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 CBS 8:00 Dogs in the City Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 9:00 Criminal Minds (Repeat) Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 10:00 CSI (Repeat) Viewers: 7.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 NBC 8:00 Stanley Cup Finals Game #1 Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 FOX 8:00 So You Think You Can Dance Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7 On Wednesday night, CBS aired the premiere of summer reality Dogs in the City and it did very little but all things considered, 6.7 million viewers and a 1.3 demo isn't horrible for a summer show especi...

ABC 8:00 Cougar Town Viewers: 3.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 9:00 20/20 Special Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 CBS 8:00 NCIS (Repeat) Viewers: 10.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat) Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 10:00 48 Hours Mystery Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 NBC 8:00 America's Got Talent (Repeat) Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 9:00 America's Got Talent Viewers: 11.5 million, 18-49 demo: 3.7 10:00 Grimm (Repeat) Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 FOX   8:00 New Girl (Repeat) Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 8:30 New Girl (Repeat) Viewers: 2.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 9:00 New Girl (Repeat) Viewers: 2.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 9:30 New Girl (Repeat) Viewers: 2.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

ABC 8:00 The Bachelorette Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 10:00 Castle (Repeat) Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 CBS 8:00 How I Met Your Mother (Repeat) Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 8:30 2 Broke Girls (Repeat) Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 9:00 Two and a Half Men (Repeat) Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 9:30 Mike & Molly (Repeat) Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 10:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat) Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 NBC 8:00 America's Got Talent Viewers: 10.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8 9:00 American Ninja Warrior Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 10:00 Grimm (Repeat) Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 FOX   8:00 House (Repeat) Viewers: 2.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 9:00 House (Repeat) Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8  

ABC   7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat) Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 8:00 Duets (Repeat) Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 10:00 Rookie Blue (Repeat) Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 CBS 7:00 60 Minutes Viewers: 6.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 8:00 Blue Bloods (Repeat) Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4 9:00 The Good Wife (Repeat) Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5 10:00 CSI: Miami (Repeat) Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 NBC 7:00 Dateline NBC Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 8:00 Harry's Law Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 9:00 America's Got Talent (Repeat) Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 FOX 7:00 NASCAR Racing Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1

ABC   8:00 NBA Playoffs Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6 CBS 8:00 How to Be a Gentleman Viewers: 1.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.3 8:30 How to Be a Gentleman Viewers: 1.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.3 9:00 NYC 22 Viewers: 3.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5 10:00 48 Hours Mystery Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 NBC 8:00 Harry's Law (Repeat) Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.3 9:00 The Firm Viewers: 2.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4 10:00 The Firm Viewers: 2.4 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4 FOX   8:00 MLB Baseball Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5

ABC 8:00 Shark Tank (Repeat) Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 9:00 Primetime: What Would You Do? Viewers: 4.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 10:00 20/20 Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 CBS 8:00 Undercover Boss (Repeat) Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 9:00 CSI: NY (Repeat) Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 10:00 Blue Bloods (Repeat) Viewers: 6.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 NBC   8:00 Who Do You Think You Are? (Repeat) Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5 9:00 Grimm (Repeat) Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5 10:00 Dateline NBC Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 FOX   8:00 Kitchen Nightmares (Repeat) Viewers: 2.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 9:00 Kitchen Nightmares (Repeat) Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0  

ABC 8:00 Duets Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 10:00 Rookie Blue Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 CBS 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat) Viewers: 8.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 8:30 Rules of Engagement (Repeat) Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 9:00 Person of Interest (Repeat) Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 10:00 The Mentalist (Repeat) Viewers: 7.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 NBC 8:00 The Office (Repeat) Viewers: 2.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 8:30 The Office (Repeat) Viewers: 1.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 9:00 America's Got Talent (Repeat) Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 10:00 Awake Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 FOX 8:00 So You Think You Can Dance Viewers: 6.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 ABC was all new on the first night of the summer season. At 8pm, the series premiere of Duets got off to a very mediocre start. With so many singing competitions declining, it looks like audiences are having too much of it and this one will n...

ABC 8:00 The Middle Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 8:30 Modern Family (Repeat) Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 9:00 Modern Family Viewers: 10.1 million, 18-49 demo: 4.1 9:30 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 10:00 Revenge Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 CBS 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat) Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 8:30 Two and a Half Men (Repeat) Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 9:00 Criminal Minds (Repeat) Viewers: 6.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 10:00 Criminal Minds (Repeat) Viewers: 6.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 NBC 8:00 Betty White's Off Their Rockers Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 8:30 Betty White's Off Their Rockers (Repeat) Viewers: 5.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 9:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat) Viewers: 3.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 10:00 Law & Order: SVU Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 FOX 8:00 American Idol Viewers: 21.5 million, 18-49 demo...

Earlier this week, I did a review of new sitcoms and a review of new dramas . Now it's time for my other honors, a few miscellaneous awards - some for real and some for fun as we finish the 2011-12 season tonight. Enjoy! THE "BEST RETURNING SERIES" AWARD - Parks and Recreation (NBC) I gave this award to the same show last year but season 4 of Parks and Recreation was just as satisfying as season 3. The show is simply the wittiest show on TV with the best ensemble (yes, that's including Modern Family ). The story arc of Leslie Knope's run for City Council gave the show so many new avenues to explore and gave us great recurring guest roles from Paul Rudd and Kathryn Hahn (thank goodness Hahn's dreadful Free Agents was cancelled early in the season because she was brilliant in this). I know people say this is a niche show like 30 Rock and Community but I really think it could have broad appeal. I wish it had a bigger audience. Runners-Up: Modern Family...

ABC 8:00 Dancing with the Stars (Repeat) Viewers: 8.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 9:00 Dancing with the Stars Viewers: 17.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.3 CBS 8:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (Repeat) Viewers: 7.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 9:00 NCIS (Repeat) Viewers: 9.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 10:00 NCIS (Repeat) Viewers: 9.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 NBC 8:00 America's Got Talent (Repeat) Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 9:00 America's Got Talent Viewers: 9.4 million, 18-49 demo: 3.3 10:00 Dateline NBC Anniversary Special Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 FOX   8:00 American Idol Viewers: 14.9 million, 18-49 demo: 4.4 9:00 Glee Viewers: 7.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9 On Tuesday night, ABC aired the finale of Dancing with the Stars. It was up a strong 4.6 million viewers and 1.1 demo points but still down a lot from the fall's finale and it posted its lowest finale numbers ever. ABC is hoping the all-star in the fall revitalizes this aging franchise. On ...

ABC 8:00 Dancing with the Stars Viewers: 16.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9 9:00 The Bachelorette Viewers: 7.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4 CBS 8:00 How I Met Your Mother (Repeat) Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 8:30 2 Broke Girls (Repeat) Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 9:00 Two and a Half Men (Repeat) Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 9:30 Mike & Molly (Repeat) Viewers: 6.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 10:00 Clash of the Commercials: USA vs. World Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 NBC 8:00 America's Got Talent  Viewers: 9.7 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2 9:00 American Ninja Warrior Viewers: 6.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4   FOX 8:00 House Retrospective Viewers: 6.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 9:00 House Viewers: 8.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9   On Monday night, FOX said goodbye to House after 8 years and 177 episodes. The series finale was up 2.2 million viewers and seven tenths in the demo. Though it was the best numbers since January 23, t...

ABC 7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos Viewers: 5.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 8:00 Billboard Music Awards Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7 CBS 7:00 60 Minutes Viewers: 9.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 8:00 60 Minutes Viewers: 10.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 9:00 Movie: Jesse Stone - Benefit of the Doubt Viewers: 12.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 NBC 7:00 America's Got Talent (Repeat) Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 9:00 Celebrity Apprentice Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 FOX 7:00 The Simpsons (Repeat) Viewers: 2.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 7:30 The Cleveland Show  Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 8:00 The Simpsons Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 8:30 Bob's Burgers Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 9:00 Family Guy Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6   On Sunday night, FOX had a night of season finales for its cartoons. The Cleveland Show was up two tenths in viewers but down three tenths in the demo to a very low 1....

This was the "year of the sitcom" but I think broadcast TV had a great year with new dramas. Last year, the only dramas I enjoyed ( Detroit 1-8-7, Lone Star, Chase, The Event ) were all cancelled but this year there were many new hit dramas full of quality storytelling and production. In fact, when it comes to new shows, I think the dramas were easily better. If interested, check out my season in review for comedies as well as last year's dramas recap . BEST NEW DRAMA Person of Interest (CBS) - Before Person of Interest debuted, it was touted as being the highest testing pilot at CBS in over a decade and that has turned into the most thrilling drama on TV. Each week is so full of action and suspense, it is an edge of your seat thriller each week. The show has done a masterful job of painting a grim view of post-9/11 NYC and blending case-of-the-week stories with a fascinating overall story. Each individual case has so many twists and turns and sometimes at the end, ...

It's time for my Season in Review! If you visit this site regularly, you know that I primarily focus on the new shows each year so here are my awards for the new comedies. Tomorrow will be new dramas while Wednesday will have a mix of awards for old and new shows! This season has been dubbed the "year of the comedy" as they were all the rage. Many sitcoms are coming back for a second year and paired with the most new sitcoms on the networks in several years. But overall, I think this was a mixed class in terms of quality. There were certainly better sitcoms than  last year's bland bunch but there were also some new stinkers to go with some good ones. Overall, I think the best new shows this year were dramas. More on that tomorrow but for now here is my rundown of the sitcoms! BEST NEW SITCOM New Girl (FOX) - I was not a fan of New Girl from the start. There were parts I liked but it was all a little too quirky for me at first, particularly Zooey Deschanel in the...

ABC   8:00 Movie: Spiderman 3 Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 CBS 8:00 CSI (Repeat) Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4 9:00 Criminal Minds (Repeat) Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 10:00 48 Hours Mystery Viewers: 4.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 NBC 8:00 America's Got Talent (Repeat) Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 10:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat) Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 FOX 8:00 MLB Baseball Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

AB C   8:00 Shark Tank Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 9:00 Primetime: What Would You Do? Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 10:00 20/20 Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 CBS 8:00 Undercover Boss (Repeat) Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 9:00 CSI: NY (Repeat) Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 10:00 Blue Bloods (Repeat) Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 NBC 8:00 Who Do You Think You Are? Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 9:00 Grimm Viewers: 5.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 10:00 Dateline NBC Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1   FOX 8:00 Kitchen Nightmares (Repeat) Viewers: 1.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 9:00 Kitchen Nightmares (Repeat) Viewers: 2.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 Only NBC and ABC were new on Friday night. At 8pm, the series finale of the cancelled Who Do You Think You Are? was up six tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. At 9pm, Grimm 's season finale was up six tenths in viewers and a strong four tenth...

ABC 8:00 Missing Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 9:00 Grey's Anatomy Viewers: 11.4 million, 18-49 demo: 4.1 10:00 Scandal Viewers: 7.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 CBS 8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat) Viewers: 8.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 8:30 Rules of Engagement Viewers: 7.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1 9:00 Person of Interest Viewers: 13.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 10:00 The Mentalist Viewers: 13.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 NBC 8:00 Community Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 8:30 30 Rock Viewers: 2.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 9:00 Community Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 9:30 Community Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 10:00 Awake Viewers: 2.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 FOX 8:00 American Idol Viewers: 16.4 million, 18-49 demo: 4.4 9:00 Touch Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 Thursday brought a night of many finales. On ABC, the series finale of the cancelled Missing started off the night up a tenth in viewers and two tenths in...

ABC 8:00 The Middle Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 8:30 Suburgatory Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 9:00 Modern Family Viewers: 9.4 million, 18-49 demo: 3.9 9:30 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 Viewers: 4.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9 10:00 Revenge Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0 CBS 8:00 Mike & Molly (Repeat) Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 8:30 Rules of Engagement (Repeat) Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1 9:00 Criminal Minds Viewers: 13.7 million, 18-49 demo: 3.6 NBC 8:00 Betty White's Off Their Rockers Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 8:30 Betty White's Off Their Rockers Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 9:00 Law & Order: SVU (Repeat) Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 10:00 Law & Order: SVU Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7 FOX 8:00 American Idol Viewers: 17.7 million, 18-49 demo: 4.9   On Wednesday night, CBS got great numbers from its two hour season finale of Criminal Mi...

And finally here is CBS! MONDAY 8:00 How I Met Your Mother (8th season) 8:30 PARTNERS 9:00 2 Broke Girls (2nd season) 9:30 Mike & Molly (3rd season) 10:00 Hawaii Five-0 (3rd season) CBS is making a couple big moves on Tuesday by sliding 2 Broke Girls to the 9pm anchor position after just one season. This slot has been held by Two and a Half Men since Everybody Loves Raymond went off the air in 2005. CBS wisely realizes that its two Monday anchors are nearing their end but I'm still a bit surprised by this move. I'm just not sure if Girls is ready to be an anchor quite yet. If it is then this is a great gamble by CBS. In Girls 8:30 slot is the new comedy Partners and that seems like a tonal fit on the night. The rest of the night stays in tact and it could be the final season for How I Met Your Mother . It makes sense to keep Mike & Molly at 9:30pm with the new 9pm anchor. TUESDAY 8:00 NCIS (10th season) 9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles (4th season) 10:00 VEGAS ...

ABC 8:00 Cougar Town Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 8:30 Cougar Town Viewers: 3.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 9:00 Dancing with the Stars Results Viewers: 13.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 10:00 Private Practice Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 CBS 8:00 NCIS Viewers: 19.1 million, 18-49 demo: 3.6 9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles Viewers: 15.2 million, 18-49 demo: 3.0 NBC 8:00 America's Got Talent Viewers: 10.6 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4 10:00 Fashion Star Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6   FOX 8:00 Glee Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5 9:00 Glee Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5   There were more finales on Tuesday night. At 8pm, the season finale of NCIS was up nine tenths in viewers and a big half a demo point for its best demo since February 21. Still a star after nearly a decade on the air. At 9pm, a two hour NCIS: Los Angeles season finale was up six tenths in viewers and even in the demo with last week. On NBC, America's Got Talent ...

Here we go with ABC! MONDAY 8:00 Dancing with the Stars (15th edition) 10:00 Castle (5th season) ABC is choosing to keep the status quo on Mondays as Castle will continue to have the lead-in of Dancing with the Stars . Stars will be an all-star edition which should help it build from a disappointing spring. Given that, it's surprising that ABC wasn't more aggressive at 10pm. I think they really had an opportunity to try a new drama such as Nashville or Mistresses but they blew it by giving one of the best lead-ins to a fifth year show. TUESDAY 8:00 Dancing with the Stars Results (15th edition) 9:00 Happy Endings (3rd season) 9:30 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2nd season) 10:00 Private Practice (6th season) With NBC and FOX launching many new shows on Monday and Tuesday, ABC is opting for all returning shows on Tuesday as well. The results edition of Dancing with the Stars will slide up an hour to compete directly with The Voice , which also slid up...