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Posted Oct 25th 2009 5:04PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Video, Music and Variety, Celebrities, Ratings, Reality-Free
In the original version of this post, I wrote about the big success of Jeff Dunham on Comedy Central -- last Thursday night, his new show
The Jeff Dunham Show drew 5.3 million viewers, the highest ever premiere for a show on that network. However, I mistakenly thought the show aired Friday and compared the ratings to shows on other networks that night. I sincerely apologize if that confused readers. Here's the story as it should have been written in the first place.
Jeff Dunham's success was surprising and quite a feat. As my mother might say, "Go figure."
The Jeff Dunham Show.
And the number of viewers got even better later that night when a repeat of the show aired -- 7.9 million viewers.
Continue reading Comedy Central's Jeff Dunham Show is a smash
Posted Jun 24th 2009 12:34AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, America's Got Talent
(S04E01) "This place is absolutely barkin' mad." - Sharon about SeattleThis year's season premiere of
America's Got Talent was about the same as
last year's and the previous one: same montage of bad and good acts, instant reactions from the host backstage, the same type of comments from Piers, Sharon and the Hoff, and the last act being one where the contestants have a touching story and are great performers.
The main difference was the change in host --
Nick Cannon took over for Jerry Springer -- and the fact that a contestant, whose act was singing and playing guitar, decided to profess his love to The Hoff! That was probably the highlight of the entire two-hour premiere.
Continue reading America's Got Talent: Audition show 1
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