Posts with tag sweeps
Posted Nov 14th 2007 11:22PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Private Practice
(S01E07) "We are following the plan. Everything is right on schedule." - PeteThree babies and three couples. This week's
Private Practice episode was all about screaming women and babypalooza, flirting doctors, and making adjustments since the plan couldn't be followed to the letter. It may not have looked like a November Sweeps episode but at least the episode pushed the romantic storylines a bit further.
Continue reading Private Practice: In Which Sam Gets Taken For a Ride
Posted Nov 13th 2007 8:38AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Journeyman
(S01E08) "I have one brother. He's messed up but he's not a crook." - JackThis week's
Journeyman episode had a tough act to follow because
last week's installment was fantastic. "Winterland" may not have been as good as "Double Down" but it sure gave us a lot of answers about Livia and had the FBI Agent connect some dots we wondered if someone eventually would.
Continue reading Journeyman: Winterland
Posted Nov 12th 2007 12:27AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews
(S04E07) "Trust but verify." - Bree to SusanDeception was the trend of the week on Wisteria Lane. All
Desperate Housewives storylines moved forward; the most important move was probably the dive that took the love triangle involving Carlos, Gaby, and Victor.
Continue reading Desperate Housewives: You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover
Posted Nov 6th 2007 7:22PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Journeyman
(S01E07) "You're here to protect you." - Livia to DanI don't know about you but as soon as I saw the previews for this week's
Journeyman episode I was jumping up and down at the thought of seeing Dan do something in the past that would actually put his future (or present) in jeopardy! Don't get me wrong, I don't want bad things to happen to our hero but it was inevitable to eventually have him screw things up and see the ripple effect his actions while traveling can have on his own family and life.
In this fantastic episode (probably the best so far), Dan and Livia had to protect Past Dan and make sure he got rescued by Katie so that the future would stay intact. What a way for the series to kick of November Sweeps.
Continue reading Journeyman: Double Down
Posted Nov 4th 2007 11:41PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Desperate Housewives, Episode Reviews
(S04E06) "Sometimes greatness needs a little nudge." - MiltonThe moment of truth arrived: Danielle gave birth. About three weeks ago, I polled TV Squad visitors about
the sex of Danielle's baby. Close to 54% of the voters thought it would be a baby girl but
spoilers readers knew since mid-September that the baby would be a boy.
Continue reading Desperate Housewives: Now I Know, Don't Be Scared
Posted Nov 4th 2007 6:24PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Watercooler Talk

Sweeps period is not only important for networks but also for TV viewers. Sweeps periods are when some of the biggest events in a TV series happen: deaths, explosions, extra special guest stars, etc.
To prepare you for November sweeps, I've combed through the networks' sweeps press releases and official episode descriptions and extracted what seems to be the juicy information for almost all scripted series on the five major networks.
All spoilers listed after the jump are actually spoilers the networks want you to know! Continue reading November sweeps secrets
Posted Apr 23rd 2007 2:37PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming

ABC is giving
Traveler some love. What is
Traveler? Well, I'd honestly be surprised if you remembered. It was on ABC's fall schedule, which was announced almost a year ago, and then kept getting bumped back to later dates. The series is about two college grads who end up getting framed for a terrorist act by another college buddy.
Bob has been looking forward to it for nearly a year now!
Earlier this month, ABC
announced Traveler would premiere on May 30th, but now the network has bumped up that premiere and given it a sweet time slot. The pilot episode of
Traveler will air on May 10th at 10 pm, following a new episode of
Grey's Anatomy. Then, the pilot will air again on the May 30th date.
I'm not sure if this is a good marketing idea. It seems odd to give a sneak preview of a show and then make people remember that they need to pick it up again during a holiday week (Memorial Day).
Posted Feb 16th 2007 1:37AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, ABC, OpEd, Ugly Betty
(S01E16) To quote Lucy Liu as O-Ren Ishii in
Kill Bill and as The Chin on
Ugly Betty, "You didn't think it was going to be that easy, did you?" Tonight's theme - "it's complicated." I ended my review last week by saying this, but I think it bears repeating. Watching good TV can be an emotionally masochistic endeavor. One of the first lessons you learn in "how to be a TV writer" class is to put the screws to your characters. This lesson is often phrased as, "Give the audience what they want, and then take it away." This week's episode was all about giving us what we wanted and taking it away. Betty opens up to Henry about her feelings for him. Done. Christina catches a break. Done. Alexis gets to feel a little human connection post-op. Done. Justin gets to see
Hairspray. Done. Hope you enjoyed it because now those cruel, cruel writers are going to make us regret that we ever wanted those things to happen in the first place.
Continue reading Ugly Betty: Derailed
Posted Dec 1st 2006 4:15PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, The CW, Ratings, Day Break

At the beginning of the season I wrote about the battle between
Lost and Criminal Minds on Wednesday at 9. That has turned into quite the contest. As
Lost wrapped up their fall mini-season
Criminal Minds had taken the overall viewers lead, while
Lost held on to the coveted 18-49 demo crown. We've also talked about the ratings
train wreck that ABC's Wednesday night has become since the departure of
Dancing with the Stars and
Lost.
But now, things are just getting ridiculous. Any thoughts of competing with
Criminal Minds, or anything on NBC or Fox, have long since passed. This week, not only did
Day Break fall below 5 million viewers (what I am now considering the Mendoza line for the big networks), but the 1.8 rating the show got in the 18-49 demo was
tied with
One Tree Hill on the CW. Good grief, from battling over slots in the top ten to hoping that you edge out the teen drama on the CW. Ouch. That's a hell of a way to cap off your sweeps run.
It's an interesting story to follow, made all the more so by the fact that
Day Break is actually a pretty good show. I didn't expect to see it develop a
Lost like following, but why 12 or 13 million people have tuned out boggles me. It seems like ABC is committed to running the whole series, ratings be damned, but I guess we can stop speculating what a season two of
Day Break would be like.
Posted Oct 16th 2006 7:33PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, ABC, Celebrities, Ugly Betty

Hey, remember when Salma Hayek was on
The Sinbad Show back in 1993? Yeah, neither do I, but apparently that was the last time she was on a television show. After the long absence from the tube, Hayek will jump in front of the camera again for a few episodes of
Ugly Betty starting on November 2 (just in time for sweeps). Hayek is currently an executive producer of the ABC series. Technically, this won't be the first time Hayek has appeared on the show. In the series pilot she can be seen acting in a telenovela playing on Betty's television. We'll see if Hayek's appearance helps jack up the ratings for
Ugly Betty. Not that the show would need it, it's been getting great ratings as of late, and ABC recently picked the series up for a
full season.
Posted Apr 16th 2006 10:06AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, FOX, House
Hey, House fans and other lovers of cranky doctors with fake American
accents, this May there will be a two-part episode of the series, which I assume is being done for sweeps. According to
Futon Critic, the episodes, which will air on May 2 and 3, will focus on a mysterious case (well, of course) involving a
wounded police officer suffering from uncontrollable laughter. Things start to get even more serious when one of their
own, Foreman, begins to come down with the same symptoms. As the officer begins to deteriorate, House and his gang have
to figure out how to save their friend. Sounds all suspenseful and stuff, I can't wait. The episode is called
"Euphoria." Part one of the episode will air at 9 p.m. EST, and part two will air the following night at 8
p.m. EST.
Posted Apr 12th 2006 2:03PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, Daytime, Celebrities

As part of May sweeps, actress Finola Hughes will be reprising her role as Anna
Devane (or, if you will, Anna Devane Scorpio Lavery Scorpio Hayward) on
General Hospital. Hughes was
originally on the soap opera in the 1980s, and left the show in 1992 before taking the role to
All My Children
in the late 90s. She currently hosts
How Do I Look? on the Style Network. I don't watch soap operas, but I do
remember the character of Anna since my mom watched
General Hospital pretty religiously. Hughes won Emmys for
her role as Anna on both
General Hospital and
All My Children, although she also won a Razzie for her
role in the movie
Staying Alive. I'm not sure if the awards cancel each other out or not. Hughes has also
been in numerous guest roles on shows such as
Charmed and
Tracey Takes On.... She's set to make her
return to Port Charles on May 12.
Posted Mar 16th 2006 2:04PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Law and Order, Celebrities, The Sopranos

Michael Imperioli, who plays Christopher Moltisanti on
The Sopranos
will be reprising his role as detective Nick Falco on
Law and Order, at least for April sweeps. Imperioli
initially took on the role when regular Jesse L. Martin took a break from the series to star in the feature
film version of the musical
Rent. Martin was also in the original Broadway production. Holy cow,
Imperioli plays a guy whose last name is Falco, and he's on
The Sopranos with an actress named Edie Falco.
Coincidence? Yes, of course it is. I just thought I'd mention it.
Posted Feb 7th 2006 12:50PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Cable, News, Celebrities
I may have to make a rare change in my viewing habits and actually
tune into the O'Reilly Factor this evening. Tonight marks the first segment of "Bloviate with Bill" a segment in
which regular joes (or janes) come on the show to debate Bill on any topic. The segment will air this evening and
tomorrow evening, and then again on the 14th and 15th, and then once again on the 21st and 22nd. Six people were chosen
to appear before the abrasive newsman by sending in e-mails explaining why they could hold their own against
Sir William O'Reilly, who I decided to knight just now for no reason. We'll see if Bill holds back any with these
"special guests" or if he'll come out with guns blazing per usual.
Posted Feb 3rd 2006 8:11AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, Programming, WB, UPN, American Idol, Arrested Development, The O.C., Scrubs, Will & Grace, Celebrities
November sweeps stunts brought us stormtroopers on
The
Apprentice, a live debate on
The West Wing, a dead chick on
Lost and
Medium in 3-D. Why
are February ratings so tame? One word: Olympics.
NBC is expected to kick some television tail when it covers
the Olympics every single night from February 10-26. Going into this month, the networks are touting some pretty
uninteresting guest stars on the shows that need a boost. And that's about it. Oh, there is also going to be some sh*t
going down on
The O.C., but you don't want the
spoilers, do you?
Here are some highlights
for February sweeps, which began yesterday and run through March 1:
Continue reading Sweeps stunts are tame in February
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