With a crossover and the impending departure of a major character--barely. And it's up to Marc to decide whether both or either end up in the winners column, but the day is closer than you think when CSI ends up in the OTHER column.
Originally posted by Michele: Is anyone else annoyed with ABC run-overs? Whatever happened to shows ending on the half hour and the hour? I wasn't able to tape ER and Without a Trace at 10:00 because Greys went to 10:07.
The Grey's Anatomy runovers are definitely hurting ER since the two shows have many common viewers. Bad news for ER that it has to rely on a 'lead-in' from ABC because the NBC lead-in is so weak.
Originally posted by Michele: Is anyone else annoyed with ABC run-overs? Whatever happened to shows ending on the half hour and the hour? I wasn't able to tape ER and Without a Trace at 10:00 because Greys went to 10:07.
The Grey's Anatomy runovers are definitely hurting ER since the two shows have many common viewers. Bad news for ER that it has to rely on a 'lead-in' from ABC because the NBC lead-in is so weak.
Do they really? I think it would be more WAT that hurt ER. Plus, the overruns just started a few weeks ago and ER hasn't had good numbers all season. If ER's numbers significantly go up in the 2nd half, that may be an indication that it is the overrun or even more people giving up on Big Shots.
Originally posted by spotupj: I continue to be somewhat surprised with Earl's lackluster numbers this season.
I'm not. They are perfectly befitting the lackluster episodes this season. Out of 7, they've had 3 that have been good. 2 were atrocious. It was almost like scabs wrote them. Scratch that, scabs couldn't write anything that bad. I could go a thousand lifetimes without seeing any more of Tim Stack's witless attempts to rip off "Reno 911" (which, let the record state, do it 100 times better without scripts).
Last night was somewhat of a return to form, thankfully -- even though it was basically just a retread of "The Gangs of Camden County" -- but it's hard not to think that the damage has been done. "Earl" used to crack a 5.0 rating in the demo.
P.S. If you-know-who reads this, instead of being ticked off, take it to heart and get the show back on track before the ratings fall even further.
(Edited because I didn't mean to write "back on track" twice.)
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-- "Better Off Ted," Wednesdays at some time or another at some point or another in the near future. Because we can't all live in mansions and not ever work like the people on "Modern Family."
My Name Is Earl has been terrible this year. It started to get really bad last season, but now it's consistently horrible. This'll likely be my last season unless things change for the better.
I haven't seen last night's episode yet, as I don't watch it live anymore.
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The same Tim Stack who did "Night Stand" and "Son of the Beach"?
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Originally posted by Riff Rafferty:
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Originally posted by spotupj: I continue to be somewhat surprised with Earl's lackluster numbers this season.
I'm not. They are perfectly befitting the lackluster episodes this season. Out of 7, they've had 3 that have been good. 2 were atrocious. It was almost like scabs wrote them. Scratch that, scabs couldn't write anything that bad. I could go a thousand lifetimes without seeing any more of Tim Stack's witless attempts to rip off "Reno 911" (which, let the record state, do it 100 times better without scripts).
Last night was back on track, thankfully -- even though it was basically just a retread of "The Gangs of Camden County" -- but it's hard not to think that the damage has been done. "Earl" used to crack a 5.0 rating in the demo.
P.S. If you-know-who reads this, instead of being ticked off, take it to heart and get the show back on track before the ratings fall even further.
If you sensibly meant the "other" column to possibly be Honorable Mention - maybe. Just because a former monster hit is nearing 9-10 years does not mean that it will lose enough viewers to be a Loser. And "closer than [we] think?" I think many would acknowledge that it is holding its own against Grey's but if (and a big one) NBC was able to produce a mass appeal drama in the 10pm hour, that would go toward reducing CSI's ratings. With NCIS hitting 19mill viewers and CSI still one of the better produced, written, acted procedurals, major cast changes notwithstanding - it'll do more than fine for a while.
With a crossover and the impending departure of a major character--barely. And it's up to Marc to decide whether both or either end up in the winners column, but the day is closer than you think when CSI ends up in the OTHER column.
