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Jericho Starting To Rebuild?
Our favorite day-after-nuclear-bombs TV drama, Jericho, actually improved its ratings this week over the week before, with a million extra viewers and double-digit increases in all categories. Will it be enough to win the show a third season? Stay tuned. [The Futon Critic]
Our favorite day-after-nuclear-bombs TV drama, Jericho, actually improved its ratings this week over the week before, with a million extra viewers and double-digit increases in all categories. Will it be enough to win the show a third season? Stay tuned. [The Futon Critic]
Don't Give Up On Post-Holocaust Kansas
Jericho isn't toast yet, insists producer Carol Barbee. The post-apocalyptic TV drama's first two episodes of its second season got "good but not great" ratings, but the demographics were decent. And if tonight's episode shows an uptick, then the show about Kansas surviving a nuclear holocaust could still win a third season. If CBS pulls the plug on Jericho, Barbee adds, she may shop it around to a cable network. [Sci Fi Wire]
Jericho isn't toast yet, insists producer Carol Barbee. The post-apocalyptic TV drama's first two episodes of its second season got "good but not great" ratings, but the demographics were decent. And if tonight's episode shows an uptick, then the show about Kansas surviving a nuclear holocaust could still win a third season. If CBS pulls the plug on Jericho, Barbee adds, she may shop it around to a cable network. [Sci Fi Wire]
Storytelling No Match For Flashy Effects And Marketing
Doug Liman proved that he's got a nanotech hide, even though the negative reviews of his two latest projects keep teleporting in. Both Jumper and Knight Rider were panned across the board, but the movie hauled in more than $30 million over the weekend, while the television show raked in huge ratings. More than 8 million people tuned in to watch the show, including the 18 to 49 bracket that advertisers drool for. So chances are high that we'll see both a Jumper sequel, and a Knight Rider series in the months ahead (a replacement for NBC's ailing Bionic Woman?). We just hope they'll stay closer to the source material in a Jumper sequel, and give Knight Rider a tuneup. Either way, we're sure both projects got a huge thumbs up from The Hoff.
Doug Liman proved that he's got a nanotech hide, even though the negative reviews of his two latest projects keep teleporting in. Both Jumper and Knight Rider were panned across the board, but the movie hauled in more than $30 million over the weekend, while the television show raked in huge ratings. More than 8 million people tuned in to watch the show, including the 18 to 49 bracket that advertisers drool for. So chances are high that we'll see both a Jumper sequel, and a Knight Rider series in the months ahead (a replacement for NBC's ailing Bionic Woman?). We just hope they'll stay closer to the source material in a Jumper sequel, and give Knight Rider a tuneup. Either way, we're sure both projects got a huge thumbs up from The Hoff.
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Another Bomb Drops On Jericho
The post-apocalyptic rebuilding may have begun on last night's Jericho, but the CBS show's own restoration after a cancellation scare looks like it'll be short-lived. The season opener failed to beat a rerun of Law and Order, and an original Boston Legal. The episode's 7.1 million viewers was much better than the tail end of season one, but nowhere near as good as the show's first few episodes. Barring a miracle spurt in the next couple of weeks, Jericho is not coming back. To make things worse, few critics liked the season opener as much as we did. More »
Sarah Connor Faces Chronic Decline
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has only just started winning our hearts, and it's already on life-support. Its first episode scored an amazing 18 million viewers, after a high-rated football game. The second episode dropped by nearly half, and last night's outing dropped another 18 percent. It came in third, after American Gladiators and reruns of Two And A Half Men and How I Met Your Mother. Sitcom reruns! [Zap2It]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has only just started winning our hearts, and it's already on life-support. Its first episode scored an amazing 18 million viewers, after a high-rated football game. The second episode dropped by nearly half, and last night's outing dropped another 18 percent. It came in third, after American Gladiators and reruns of Two And A Half Men and How I Met Your Mother. Sitcom reruns! [Zap2It]
Come With Me If You Want To Get Big Ratings
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles can breathe an Arnold-less sigh of relief. The first half of their premiere scored 18 million viewers last night, giving it the best opening night of any new show in three years. More good ratings may be ahead: The second part of the premiere tonight has the advantage of not going up against a new episode of Heroes.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles can breathe an Arnold-less sigh of relief. The first half of their premiere scored 18 million viewers last night, giving it the best opening night of any new show in three years. More good ratings may be ahead: The second part of the premiere tonight has the advantage of not going up against a new episode of Heroes.
Bionic Woman Breaks Down
It's semi-official. NBC has pulled the plug on Bionic Woman. In totally unrelated news, NBC is having to repay tons of money to advertisers because its fall ratings were so disappointing. [SpoilerTV]
It's semi-official. NBC has pulled the plug on Bionic Woman. In totally unrelated news, NBC is having to repay tons of money to advertisers because its fall ratings were so disappointing. [SpoilerTV]
Tin Man is Most-Watched SciFi Show Ever
Bringing in 6.3 million viewers its first night (Sunday), 4.4 the next, and 5.3 on the last, the cheesy Wizard of Oz remake Tin Man is officially the most popular thing SciFi Channel has ever aired. Other top shows on the channel have been a Dune miniseries, and Taken, a Steven Spielberg-produced soap about alien abduction. Battlestar Galactica, probably the most critically-acclaimed and smartest show SciFi has ever aired, never gets those kinds of numbers. Razor, the recent BSG special episode, brought in 1.7 million viewers. [Entertainment Now]
Bringing in 6.3 million viewers its first night (Sunday), 4.4 the next, and 5.3 on the last, the cheesy Wizard of Oz remake Tin Man is officially the most popular thing SciFi Channel has ever aired. Other top shows on the channel have been a Dune miniseries, and Taken, a Steven Spielberg-produced soap about alien abduction. Battlestar Galactica, probably the most critically-acclaimed and smartest show SciFi has ever aired, never gets those kinds of numbers. Razor, the recent BSG special episode, brought in 1.7 million viewers. [Entertainment Now]
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Can Christian Bale Save Terminator 4?
Christian Bale will star in Terminator 4, aka Terminator: Salvation, several news sites are reporting. But will he play a Terminator? Or will he play John Connor, as AICN claims? Neither, says CHUD. Instead, he'll play a character who is "new to the Terminator mythos." That jibes with some other recent reports about the direction of the movie. More »
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Kansas Towns Slaughter Each Other In Nuclear Fallout This Spring
The apocalypse came to a small town, and nobody noticed. But that could change this spring. CBS' nuclear apocalypse drama Jericho barely escaped out-and-out cancellation thanks to a mail-in campaign involving bags of nuts. And this spring, it may be the only game in town, thanks to the writers' strike.Jericho season one started off blah but ended strong the nearby town of New Bern turned fascist and massed a small army to march against the people of Jericho, KS. Carnage in the cornfields!
CBS has seven episodes of Jericho in the can and plans to air them as a mid-season replacement. Those seven weeks could be enough to kindle a new interest, since every other channel will show reality fare like Farmer Wants A Wife. Two more shows that could gain from the strike after the jump. More »
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Audiences would rather watch Kitchen Nightmares than sit through an hour of Jaime Sommers' domestic life. Last night's Bionic Woman pulled in just 6.5 million viewers, down from the 13.6 million who watched the series debut. It's obvious BW's particular blend of escapism and soap isn't working. But do TV audiences want more escapism, stronger characters, or both?
Country Cooking on ABC As Awards Dominate [Hollywood Reporter]
Bionic Woman's Greatest Enemy Is Apathy
Audiences would rather watch Kitchen Nightmares than sit through an hour of Jaime Sommers' domestic life. Last night's Bionic Woman pulled in just 6.5 million viewers, down from the 13.6 million who watched the series debut. It's obvious BW's particular blend of escapism and soap isn't working. But do TV audiences want more escapism, stronger characters, or both?Country Cooking on ABC As Awards Dominate [Hollywood Reporter]
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'Heroes,' NBC Lineup Continue To Get Clobbered [SyFyPortal]
Chuck Joins Journeyman On Endangered List
NBC is starting to get rope burn from sticking out its neck for science fiction. Last night's episodes of Heroes, Journeyman and Chuck all hit series lows. Now it's not just Journeyman in danger of cancellation, but Chuck also.'Heroes,' NBC Lineup Continue To Get Clobbered [SyFyPortal]
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Bionic Woman Gets Another Upgrade
Can an award-winning writer from The Sopranos save Bionic Woman? The Jaime Sommers saga continues to trend downwards in the ratings, achieving a lackluster fourth place last night. Jason Cahill, who won a WGA Award for his work on The Sopranos, replaces Friday Night Lights' Jason Katims, who in turn replaced Glen Morgan, who left after the Bionic pilot. It sure looks like a lot of behind-the-scenes turmoil, but it could be worth it if Bionic Woman finally has Sopranos-level writing. Of course, it could be too little, too late.The Vine: Cahill in 'Bionic' Drivers Seat [Hollywood Reporter]
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Terminator Vs. Chuck on Monday Nights
Can Chuck Bartowski's loveable-loser schtick defeat a naked Summer Glau? Nerd-spy show Chuck has been showing some ratings momentum, but starting in January, it'll air opposite the Sarah Connor Chronicles in the Monday 8 PM slot. Chuck actually has a lot in common with the long-awaited Terminator spin-off, including a Firefly alum (Connor's Glau and Chuck's Adam Baldwin.) Not to mention the hapless man-boy hero, paired with a woman who does all the real fighting. (At least John Connor is actually meant to be a boy.) More »
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NBC's Monday Night Sci-Fi Block Melts Down
Heroes was supposed to boost NBC's high-concept new sci-fi shows Chuck and Journeyman. Instead, the two new shows may be dragging Heroes down. All three shows saw double-digit declines in overnight ratings, and Heroes had a season low. NBC came in third for the night, although Heroes still came in first. Says Medialife:Media buyers had pegged "Journeyman" as one of the season's early casualties, saying it was too confusing. "Heroes" saw its 18-49 audience decline steadily at the end of last season, while comedy "Chuck," though receiving excellent reviews, is competing with sitcom lineups on CBS and CW.More »
