Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009
The end-of-the-year ratings blahs continued pretty much across the board Wednesday, but CBS got pretty good numbers from reruns its crime dramas in winning the night.
Far less solid: An original”Eastwick” on ABC, which a rerun of ”The Jay Leno Show”at 10 p.m.
CBS led the night with 9.2 million viewers [...]

Jason George, who has played go-to hunks on What About Brian, Eli Stone and Eastwick is joining Grey’s Anatomy.
George, 37, has been cast as anesthesiologist Ben Warren, a potential flame for Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson). Yes, the Nazi is back on the market, but don’t expect her to be completely open to it.
It’s been a [...]

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009
Although FOX’s finale of the sixth season of ”So You Think You Can Dance” finished fairly strong, CBS still ruled on Wednesday night, thanks to its crime procedurals.
CBS topped the evening with  11.99 million viewers and a 7.4 rating/12 share in households. Second place went to FOX with 7 [...]

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009
CBS’ slight departure from its double-crime procedural lineup for holiday fare still put the network first in households for the night. FOX, however, nabbed the adult demo bragging rights with a strong episode of “Glee.”
CBS led Wednesday night with 8.4 million viewers and a 5 rating/8 share in households. [...]

“Ugly Betty” is being rescued from Friday nights — again!
Sources say “Betty” is moving to Wednesdays, likely taking over the slot most recently held by “Eastwick.”
Back in 2006, ABC shifted “Betty” from a planned Friday night series debut to high-profile Thursdays after critics loved the pilot. After a modestly successful run in the slot, ABC [...]

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009
NBC’s “The Biggest Loser: Where Are They Now?” was early Wednesday’s biggest winner, though it was quickly steamrolled by the CBS procedural juggernaut in the later hours. ”Criminal Minds” took home the night’s demo trophy, and”CSI: NY” ended the evening with a bang for the Eye.
Those shows pulled out [...]

It’s the end of the road for “Hank.”
ABC has cancelled the freshman comedy starring Kelsey Grammer. The show is filming episode 10 and will stop production after wrapping that episode.
ABC, which has aired five half-hours of “Hank,” has no immediate plans to run the remaining five segments.
For the next few weeks, the network will air [...]

If you’re an Ugly Betty fan, you might be wondering why ABC has been treating the show like a stepchild lately. I know I’ve wondered why the Peabody-award winning, Emmy-winning, universally hailed, feel-good show was getting the fuzzy end of the lollipop. Instead of a big, splashy Season 4 premiere, Ugly Betty was sort plunked [...]

ABC has picked up five more episodes of its Tuesday night crime drama “The Forgotten” and has decided against ordering additional episodes of Wednesday’s “Eastwick.”
However, executive producer/showrunner Luke Reiter is not expected to continue with “Forgotten.”
The Christian Slater procedural has been the stronger of the pair, both of which are produced by Warner Bros. and [...]

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