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MY NAME IS EARL 4.4/8 2.7/9 6,867,000 30 ROCK 4.2/7 2.8/8 6,500,000 OFFICE 5.8/9 5.0/13 9,859,000 SCRUBS (9:32pm) 4.4/7 3.7/10 7,190,000 E.R. (10:01pm) 5.3/9 3.1/9 7,819,000

Is it just me, or is Scrubs doing A LOT better all of a sudden? My guess is because everyone thinks it's ending this season. Along with 30 Rock, they're both doing better. But I don't understand what happened to My Name Is Earl. It used to skew about 10 million a week.

http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors...f-Assesses/800037872


Ostroff says CW is creating its image based on the "highly successful" show Gossip Girl

OMFG!!!! Is she crazy? I know she's incompetent but is she crazy also?

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Originally posted by Obveeus:

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Originally posted by Paul Ketz:
Of course, there could - and should - be more, but I don't think Khandi Alexander and the CSI departure were because of race.

I didn't mean for the comment to sound like I was suggesting that CBS was racist. Many of these cast departures are the choice of the actors involved anyway, not the shows. It just seems like there have been a disproportionate number of African American actors listed as leaving network shows in the last week or so.

It seems both Alexander and Dourdan were actually fired, so it's not their wish. But that doesn't mean CBS is racist

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Originally posted by AmericanGothic:
BTW what ever happened to keeping the departures a secret, wouldn't it be more effective to have the actors/characters exit be surprising instead of knowing it ahead of time?...

I agree. The entertainment 'news' business and the desire by networks to promote cast changes really diminishes the shock/payoff in the actual storylines for the regular/core viewers.

In the same way, if I know I will be seeing a movie in the theater, I avoid watching the commercials/reviews/prmos since i don't want to have anything spoiled.

It sounds as if Khandi voluntarily left the show due to "creative differences". She did the same thing when she was on Newsradio.

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Originally posted by robert:
http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors...oop-Khandi/800037901

Clean-up time at CBS.

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Originally posted by yankeesrj12:
Every year there seems to be that one show that nobody really wants to see get cancelled and they want it to return for another season. This year, in my opinion, that show is Canterbury's Law. What do you think?

I think you may be projecting.

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Originally posted by Justin:

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MY NAME IS EARL 4.4/8 2.7/9 6,867,000 30 ROCK 4.2/7 2.8/8 6,500,000 OFFICE 5.8/9 5.0/13 9,859,000 SCRUBS (9:32pm) 4.4/7 3.7/10 7,190,000 E.R. (10:01pm) 5.3/9 3.1/9 7,819,000

Is it just me, or is Scrubs doing A LOT better all of a sudden? My guess is because everyone thinks it's ending this season. Along with 30 Rock, they're both doing better. But I don't understand what happened to My Name Is Earl. It used to skew about 10 million a week.

Its called a lead in. I expect 30 Rock to pull those sort of numbers in coming weeks if not better. The fact of the matter is its bleeding viewers like crazy and helping the decline for the nearly dead ER. I love how NBC justifies keeping ER when Las Vegas, which did as well on a Friday with less lead in doesn't even deserve a proper finale burial. Ridiculous. Last year Crossing Jordan received similar treatment when NBC left the show in limbo even though it had no chance of returning. Medium fans will probably get the same treatment down the road.

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Originally posted by the128boy:

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Originally posted by TravisYanan:
Thursday original finals and network averages

SHOW/NET                       HH  A18-49     Viewers  A18-34

ABC                         3.3/6   1.5/4   4,819,000
CBS                        6.9/12   3.0/8  10,582,000
NBC                         4.9/8  3.4/10   7,702,000
FOX                         5.7/9   2.8/8   9,265,000
CW                          1.8/3   1.1/3   2,864,000   1.1/3

ELI STONE                   4.2/7   2.0/6   6,226,000

SURVIVOR: MICRONESIA       7.3/12  3.9/12  12,014,000

MY NAME IS EARL             4.4/8   2.7/9   6,867,000
30 ROCK                     4.2/7   2.8/8   6,500,000
OFFICE                      5.8/9  5.0/13   9,859,000
SCRUBS (9:32pm)             4.4/7  3.7/10   7,190,000
E.R. (10:01pm)              5.3/9   3.1/9   7,819,000

SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER  5.6/10   2.5/8   9,235,000
DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS     5.7/9   3.1/8   9,294,000

SMALLVILLE                  2.3/4   1.4/4   3,608,000   1.4/5

Sweetness. Office up a tick in finals. 5.0 puts it as the #2 broadcast this season behind the 5.1 for the season premiere.

Nothing else last night got within a full 1.0 point in the demo. I am impressed.

Boy, does NBC need this show.

Too bad they fail to utilize it and produce a solid hit behind it.

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Originally posted by yankeesrj12:
Every year there seems to be that one show that nobody really wants to see get cancelled and they want it to return for another season. This year, in my opinion, that show is Canterbury's Law. What do you think?

I think that title goes to Eli Stone, which has improved immensely during its 13 episode run. I'd also say New Amsterdam, Women's Murder Club, and Boston Legal are in that category too over Canteburry's Law.

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

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Originally posted by yankeesrj12:
Every year there seems to be that one show that nobody really wants to see get cancelled and they want it to return for another season. This year, in my opinion, that show is Canterbury's Law. What do you think?

I think that title goes to Eli Stone, which has improved immensely during its 13 episode run. I'd also say New Amsterdam, Women's Murder Club, and Boston Legal are in that category too over Canteburry's Law.

Boston Legal?

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Originally posted by robert:
http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors...f-Assesses/800037872


Ostroff says CW is creating its image based on the "highly successful" show Gossip Girl

OMFG!!!! Is she crazy? I know she's incompetent but is she crazy also?

I read all of that, and she seems like a complete idiot. How can you make a network to just a certain age group? The CW should be called the FN, The Failure Network.

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Originally posted by yankeesrj12:

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

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Originally posted by yankeesrj12:
Every year there seems to be that one show that nobody really wants to see get cancelled and they want it to return for another season. This year, in my opinion, that show is Canterbury's Law. What do you think?

I think that title goes to Eli Stone, which has improved immensely during its 13 episode run. I'd also say New Amsterdam, Women's Murder Club, and Boston Legal are in that category too over Canteburry's Law.

Boston Legal?

The show is in limbo if you haven't been following things and ask any fan and they'll tell you how ABC's treatment of the show has jeopardized the show's future.

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:
Too bad they fail to utilize it and produce a solid hit behind it.

A bit harsh for a show everyone knows is going to end. Although, you're right. There's a new sitcom next year and it's going to a completely different night.

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Originally posted by yankeesrj12:
I read all of that, and she seems like a complete idiot. How can you make a network to just a certain age group?

No. Everyone on this messageboard is a complete idiot.

More seriously though, marketing to youth and then letting the network grow as the audience ages IS the smart way to do things. It worked for FOX and it can work for CW. Unfortunately, people will continue to slam CW for years to come, then claim that they were right all along when CW starts 'expanding to a wider audience' as their core viewership ages.

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Originally posted by Obveeus:

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Originally posted by yankeesrj12:
I read all of that, and she seems like a complete idiot. How can you make a network to just a certain age group?

No. Everyone on this messageboard is a complete idiot.

More seriously though, marketing to youth and then letting the network grow as the audience ages IS the smart way to do things. It worked for FOX and it can work for CW. Unfortunately, people will continue to slam CW for years to come, then claim that they were right all along when CW starts 'expanding to a wider audience' as their core viewership ages.

Yes, but Fox was successful with letting itself grow as its audience aged because it had shows that kept their audience coming back. Where is the CW's Simpsons, X-Files, 90210, Melrose and heck, even Married With Children? Sorry, Gossip Girl has yet to have the impact of those two young targeted Fox soaps. Similarly, when FOX did it they were only competing against the "Big Three," with smaller cable penetration and most importantly less choices in entertainment. Finally, FOX had much less of a budgetary worry with MR. Murdock more willing to spend than CBS and Warners appear to be.