Rob Owen of the Post-Gazette has Pittsburgh’s fall syndicated lineups. Notables: -Sinclair’s WPMY has Family Guy interspersed with The Simpsons, creating a two-sitcom block. Family Guy is slated to air at 6:30 and 7:30 each weeknight, leading out of Bart & Co. Law & Order: Criminal Intent airs at 11 p.m. on WPMY. – Sinclair’s other station, Fox affiliate WPGH, […]
(One more item before we’re out of here for the weekend) More from the CW: – The winner of that Pussycat Dolls contest show last spring (Asia Nitollano) has turned down the offer to join the group and has decided to launch a solo career. As Nelson Muntz would say, “Ha, Ha!” – TV critics lambasted the Gossip Girl pilot, […]
Here are the CW’s premiere dates for its new and returning series for the 2007-08 season. And president Dawn Ostroff says that she’s not concerned about the Emmy snub: “[It] won’t make a big difference to our viewers.” Um…. what viewers?
This is the reason why the CW and MyNetworkTV are sticking around: ABC sunk to a record low in adults 18-49 last night overall, headlined by an insipid reality show, Fast Cars and Superstars: The Young Guns Celebrity Race.
According to an interview with Rich Luker of Chicago-based Relay Worldwide. Of course, that number would instantly double if they counted Chicago baseball fans in the survey.
Tonight’s premiere of CW’s Hidden Palms is being delayed in the Windy City until Saturday Night because of something like a Cubs-Marlins game, but it doesn’t really matter. Judging by this review, this show has about as much buzz as The Stanley Cup Finals.
I decided to put the analysis of the Fox and CW schedules on this post instead of “burying” them after the announced fall schedules on separate posts. So here goes…. Fox: Because of post-season baseball and the return of American Idol and 24 in January, Fox’s schedule next season is separated into two parts, with an emphasis on midseason. The […]
From USA Today: (All times ET/PT – CT and MT subtract number by one – new shows in bold) –Sunday7 – CW Now7:30 – Online Nation8 – Life Is Wild9 – America’s Next Top Model (repeat) Monday8 p.m. -Everybody Hates Chris8:30 – Aliens in America9 – Girlfriends9:30 – The Game –Tuesday8 – Beauty and the Geek9 – The Reaper –Wednesday8 […]
The CW is doing what MyNetworkTV decided to do earlier this season to boost ratings: load up on reality. The second season for the CW will feature three new reality shows, scheduled to debut in midseason. Beauty and the Geek will now run regularly on Tuesdays, replacing the now-disposed of Gilmore Girls. A new drama, Gossip Girl, will take the […]
CW renews five shows; Fox renews 24 for two more Reports are circulating that The CW has canceled Veronica Mars and All of Us, both third-season shows. Barring a last-minute miracle, Veronica is all but done. What is official is that The CW has renewed Girlfriends and The Game (both will likely retain their Monday slots despite poor ratings) as […]
The girls are sent a packin’ after seven seasons…. The program averaged a 1.8 ratings in the money demo (A 18-49), which is strong for the CW, but doesn’t cut it for a REAL network (which it needs to be.) As for who will replace the Gilmores- Let the speculation begin. Get your message boards ready…
ABC’s Six Degrees, Fox’s The Wedding Bells, and CW’s 7th Heaven (This time, it’s for real.)
That’s the question Robert Feder is asking in today’s Chicago Sun-Times, where we writes about WGN-Channel 9’s planned move to air two-minute tourism features weekly between April and July on the station’s 9 p.m. newscast – sponsored by the Illinois Department of Tourism. According to the station’s news director, they will ask the Department of Tourism on advice on the […]
The latest from the tour: -The CW announced that its is streaming programs from cwtv.com shortly after their airdate, beginning immediately. The programs include all of the net Monday’s comedies, Gilmore Girls, Veronica Mars, Beauty and the Geek, and Supernatural. -Meanwhile, the network is planning to premiere two new reality shows in the next few weeks: Crowned, a mother-daughter beauty […]
For the second year in a row, Chicago Bears offensive linesman-turned-broadcaster Tom Thayer has been selected to become the official spokesperson of the city of Joilet, a suburb southwest of Chicago. The response to the ad campaign has been overwhelmingly positive, according to city officials. Thayer, part of the 1985 Super Bowl Champion team, was a hometown football standout at […]
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