TimeSlot-related stories
Posted Nov 13th 2009 1:09PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Sports, Industry, Programming, OpEd, Survivor, Music and Variety, Celebrities, Ratings, NCIS, The Mentalist, The Big Bang Theory
"Did you hear who's going to play during the Super Bowl halftime show?"
"No, who?"
"That's what I just said. Who."
"No, seriously. Which is the band that's going to appear?"
"It's Who."
"I'm not talking proper English. Which band will be on CBS's halftime show on February 7 at Landshark Stadium in Miami?"
"The Who -- you know, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend. 'Tommy, can you hear me?'"
"Oh! Why didn't you just say that!"
Okay, I couldn't resist the nod to Abbott and Costello's
Who's On First. But the fact is that
Sports Illustrated has spread the word that
The Who will star in the Super Bowl big, overblown half-time pageant. This follows the safe pattern the NFL has been employing since the Janet Jackson-Justin Timberlake costume malfunction; that is, stick with classic rock stars who are guaranteed to do their hits and not disrobe. That's why we've had Prince, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and now The Who. All superstar acts, no controversy.
Continue reading CBS plans Super Bowl halftime and... what comes on after the game
Posted Nov 4th 2009 9:02AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
CBS Monday night comedies have been doing pretty well so far this season, as far as the ratings are concerned.
The Big Bang Theory is challenging
Two and a Half Men for top Nielsens for a sitcom;
How I Met Your Mother is doing as well or better than last year, and the new kid on the block,
Jenna Elfman in
Accidentally on Purpose, has benefited by being smackdab in the middle of all that established comic success.
CBS has ordered five additional episodes of Accidentally on Purpose. It's not a ringing endorsement, but it does give the show a chance to improve on what it's done thus far.
Continue reading CBS orders a bit more Accidentally on Purpose
Posted Oct 24th 2008 10:01AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Programming, Reality-Free
CBS has a killer Monday night lineup. The sitcom block from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., followed by the very popular
CSI: Miami consistently delivers in the Nielsens. The only vulnerable, flexible and soft spot is 9:30, after
Two and a Half Men, before Horatio Cane and company.
The network apparently isn't sure that
Worst Week has earned that coveted spot -- even though it's doing well enough in the ratings -- or else they're wondering what they have in
Gary Unmarried.
Next Monday, Gary Unmarried will get a shot at 9:30. The pilot episode of
Gary Unmarried --
which was pretty good -- will be rerun in that cushy timeslot with the idea of getting more people to sample it.
Continue reading Gary Unmarried getting a Monday night tryout
Posted Feb 20th 2008 12:26PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, How I Met Your Mother, Pickups and Renewals, Ratings
Interesting news out of
CBS this morning. On the heels of
renewing The Big Bang Theory last week, the network has now announced that when
Bang returns with new episodes on March 17, it will be leading off the night.
How I Met Your Mother, in its third year, is also returning with new shows that night, but will be taking over
Bang's 8:30 slot. On a side note,
The New Adventures of Old Christine will be replaced by new episodes of
Rules of Engagement on Monday, April 14.
Continue reading How I Met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory are switching slots
Posted Dec 4th 2006 4:14PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, CBS, Industry, OpEd, Watercooler Talk, Criminal Minds
The Newark
Star-Ledger's TV critic, Alan Sepinwall,
is reporting on his personal blog that CBS has decided to hand the coveted post-Super Bowl timeslot to an episode of
Criminal Minds.
There was some speculation -- maybe it was more wishful thinking than anything else -- that the network would follow their broadcast of Supe XLI with an episode of their emerging comedy
How I Met Your Mother. But CBS decided to go with one of their tried-and-true procedurals instead.
Continue reading CBS hands post-Super Bowl slot to Criminal Minds
Posted Oct 30th 2006 11:30AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, Industry, Programming, Watercooler Talk, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Friday Night Lights, Ratings
Tonight is an interesting night on NBC. With two of their most hyped shows struggling, they've decided to throw a little time slot voodoo at us and see what happens. Tonight's
Studio 60 was scheduled to be a repeat, but instead the kids from
Friday Night Lights are going to get a go in the post
Heroes spot. I think that's a good idea. A repeat would almost guarantee a drop in viewers, and the last thing
Studio 60 needs is another round of stories that say "ratings drop for the Xth week in a row."
The situation with
Friday Night Lights is a little different. Where
Studio 60 has lost viewers every week,
Friday Night Lights just never found them in the first place. The numbers have been fairly consistent, but when you premiere below expectations, consistent isn't exactly what you are looking for. And the fact that I use the word consistent is evidence that I really like the show. A more objective person might call the numbers stagnant.
Continue reading First guessing NBC's Monday experiment
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