rating-related stories
Posted Aug 28th 2009 9:29AM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Ratings, Reality-Free, Burn Notice

Lost in all the news of the
major networks' summer decline and the struggles of the pay channels and the ongoing soap operas of the endless reality shows is the news that
Burn Notice is very quietly becoming a major ratings player on cable.
What originally looked like a silly, self-referential genre show tucked in after wrestling on the USA Network,
Burn Notice is one of the biggest hits on cable. It doesn't get the critical love of
Mad Men, but it has a lot of fans.
According to a USA press release, the show's August airings are burning down nine million viewers at a pop -- making it the period's most watch scripted episodic on cable.
It's now USA's most-watched original series ever with 9.1 million viewers during August episodes -- the first time a USA original series has broken the nine million viewers benchmark.
Continue reading Burn Notice quietly catches fire in the ratings
Posted Sep 9th 2008 2:24PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Boston Legal, Reality-Free
I have a problem. Well, I actually have many problems, but none of them pertaining to this site. What I am talking about is an issue I have with a rating given to Denny Crane in his duties as a lawyer. Okay, I see you're confused (don't ask me how I can see you. It's just one of my superpowers), so let me pontificate further.
Over at Avvo.com, which allows users to search for and rate real-life lawyers, there is a profile of Boston Legal's Denny Crane. Smack dab in the middle of this profile is the rating given to Denny for his experience and professional conduct. For experience he is given three points out of five. This seems weird, considering he's been an attorney since the late 1950s. Yet, it's reasonable given his most recent cases. What really bothers me is his professional conduct rating: five points out of five.
Continue reading Rate Denny Crane's performance as a lawyer
Posted Jul 21st 2006 8:04PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, NBC, Programming, USA, Psych
USA Network's new series Psych has proven to be quite popular. In fact, it had the highest-rated debut for a scripted series on basic cable this year. NBC will be bringing two episodes of the series to the network on August 7 and August 14, so if you don't have cable and have been wondering what all the noise surrounding the show is about, this'll be your chance. The episode "Spellingg Bee" will air on August 7 and "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece" will air on August 14, both at 9 p.m. The show follows the adventures of Shawn Spencer, an intuitive man with a keen sense of observation who tricks authorities into believing he's psychic so they'll hire him to help solve cases.