Posts Tagged Under ‘30 Rock’
By fred | November 26, 2008
Well, NBC finally announced part of their schedule for 2009 - part only, because it’s only what to expect for January, nothing yet as what will come after that - and while fans of Friday Night Lights who are waiting for the show to come on NBC will be happy to know they finally have a date to circle on the calendar - that would be be Friday, January 16th - others will probably be sad to see their shows missing.
Do you remember how ratings for shows such as Life or Chuck (to stay on NBC, but the same was true for Pushing Daisies or Eli Stone among others…) were down this season compared to the last ?? Does anyone still doubt that imposing (long) hiatus of shows will hurt them, especially if they’re not major hit likes 24 or Lost ? Don’t anyone remember how it killed Jericho ? Or, yes, Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone, Dirty Sexy Money, or to go back to the Peacock, how it hurt Life or Chuck in their current sophomore seasons ?
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Shows: 30 Rock, E.R., Friday Night Lights, Kath & Kim, Knight Rider, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, My Name Is Earl, The Last Templar, The Office
By fred | November 21, 2008
Typical Thursday night last night, CBS being the big winner, CSI the most-watched program and Grey’s Anatomy the best performing on the demo. What else is new?
At 8.00 My Name Is Earl was slightly down (-250 000) but in some deeply depressing news, Kath & Kim was up (+400 000) with 5.47 million viewers and a 2.3 on the demo. I don’t know, I don’t get it, I’d rather just pretend I didn’t know. Meanwhile on The CW it looks very impressive for Smallville (4.77 million viewers, 2.0 on the demo) but that’s all because football was aired in a couple of states, so expect final numbers to actually go down.
Read the rest of “Thursday’s Numbers [11.20.2008]” »
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Shows: 30 Rock, CSI, E.R., Eleventh Hour, Grey’s Anatomy, Kath & Kim, Life On Mars, My Name Is Earl, Smallville, Supernatural, The Office, Ugly Betty
By fred | November 21, 2008
(S03E04) As as become the rule with 30 Rock this season, every week is a new episode, and every episode guest stars some famous celebrity. I have always said that 30 Rock was probably (one of) the best shows when it came down to using guests and making the most of it, using them as integral part of the show, not something that felt forced or out of place.
Still, I’ve had my worries about this constant use of guests this season, and quite frankly during last week’s episode with Jennifer Aniston’s appearance, I could see why. This week was Steve Martin’s turn, and I am happy to say he was probably one of the best guests we got to see this season so far. A terrific performance and lots of great lines to throw at us all the time, great stuff.
Read the review of “30 Rock: Gavin Volure” »
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Shows: 30 Rock
In Series: 30 Rock Season 3
By fred | November 20, 2008
* At 8.00 on ABC there’s a new Ugly Betty
* On NBC there’s a new My Name Is Earl
* And The CW has a new Smallville
* At 8.30 on NBC there’s a new Kath & Kim
* At 9.00 ABC has a new episode of Grey’s Anatomy
* While on CBS there’s a new episode of CSI
* Meanwhile on NBC we can laughs with a new The Office
* And of course, best show of the night is found on The CW with a new Supernatural
* At 9.30 the laughs continues on NBC with a new 30 Rock
* At 10.00 there’s a new episode of Life On Mars on ABC
* While on on CBS it’s a new Eleventh Hour
* And on NBC there’s a new episode of E.R.
* At 10.30 Comedy Central has a new episode of The Sarah Silverman Program
* While on FX there’s a new episode of Testees
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Shows: 30 Rock, CSI, E.R., Eleventh Hour, Grey’s Anatomy, Kath & Kim, Life On Mars, My Name Is Earl, Smallville, Supernatural, Testees, The Office, The Sarah Silverman Program, Ugly Betty
By fred | November 14, 2008
Last night had CBS winning the night both in viewers (14.55 million) and on the demo (4.1) thanks to an ever well-performing CSI, most-watched program of the night, while ABC came in second (11.24 million viewers, 3.9) with many thanks to Grey’s Anatomy, winner on the demo.
At 8.00 200 000 more viewers where there for Ugly Betty, with 9.20 million and a 2.8 on the demo, while My Name Is Earl finally (almost) reached 7 million viewers (6.99 million), something that hadn’t happen since October 9th ! The show was up, thus making the horrible Kath & Kim look ever worse, as the show only kept 5.08 million viewers on NBC (half a million less than a week ago). I’m sure NBC is happy that picked it up for a full season…
Read the rest of “Thursday’s Numbers [11.13.2008]” »
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Shows: 30 Rock, CSI, E.R., Eleventh Hour, Grey’s Anatomy, Kath & Kim, Life On Mars, My Name Is Earl, Smallville, Supernatural, The Office, Ugly Betty
By fred | November 14, 2008
(S03E03) One thing I’ve always loved about this show, is how they put the show within the show and all its characters on the real network that is NBC, and they’re not afraid to make fun of it. It’s easy to laugh at NBC of course, but they do it very well and it works all the better because Jack is really working for NBC (or GE) or not some fake network, like NCB, MBC or something.
It really just makes everything a lot funnier, and it’s always a lot of fun to see them go there. Of course, it also works a lot better when you do know what they’re talking about, so you can get the references and laughs at all the (private) jokes they throw at you. For instance, believe it or not I have never heard of Night Court (no really) so that’s probably why I didn’t react to this episode as others will have.
Read the review of “30 Rock: The One With The Cast Of Night Court” »
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Shows: 30 Rock
In Series: 30 Rock Season 3
By fred | November 13, 2008
* * At 8.00 ABC has a new Ugly Betty
* On NBC there’s a new episode of My Name Is Earl
* And on The CW there’s a new Smallville
* At 8.30 NBC has a new episode of Kath & Kim
* At 9.00 on ABC comes a new Grey’s Anatomy
* While on CBS there’s a new episode of CSI
* Of course on NBC we have a new episode of The Office
* And of The CW we have a new installment of the awesome Supernatural
* At 9.30 on NBC there’s a new guest star on a new 30 Rock
* At 10.00 ABC has a new episode of Life On Mars
* While on CBS there’s a new Eleventh Hour
* And NBC has a new episode of E.R.
* At 10.30 there’s a new The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central
* While FX has a new episode of Testees
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Shows: 30 Rock, CSI, E.R., Eleventh Hour, Grey’s Anatomy, Kath & Kim, Life On Mars, My Name Is Earl, Smallville, Supernatural, Testees, The Office, The Sarah Silverman Program, Ugly Betty
By fred | November 7, 2008
Last night even is CSI was down and Grey’s Anatomy up, and even if ABC medical-hit did win the demo, CBS was the big winner of the night. The network came first on viewers (13.75 million) but also on the demo (4.0), mostly because Survivor did much better than ABC’s Ugly Betty (3.9 vs 2.7)
At 8.00 Ugly Betty was actually up and getting close again to 9 million viewers (8.95 million), even if we’re still way below last season’s result (11 million). Meanwhile on NBC finally some good news, as My Name Is Earl was up 400 000 viewers (6.62 million) and, some for unexplainable reason, Kath & Kim was also up, with 100 000 more viewers. Still, 5.57 million viewers and 2.4 (2.7 for Earl) isn’t really good, but then again neither is the show.
Read the rest of “Thursday’s Numbers [11.06.2008]” »
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Shows: 30 Rock, CSI, E.R., Eleventh Hour, Grey’s Anatomy, Kath & Kim, Life On Mars, My Name Is Earl, Smallville, Supernatural, The Office, Ugly Betty
By fred | November 7, 2008
(S03E02) After its triumphant return last week, 30 Rock is now fully back and, for the time being, will present us with one guest star a week. The show has already proven in the past how great it can be at using special guests and make the most if it, some of those episodes remain among my favorite ones, like Greenzo. That said, I am just a little afraid that the show focus too much on whatever guest of the week is on and not enough on the regular characters of the show.
And once a week for weeks in a row, might have a risk of overdose. Of course, it done brilliantly and without ever leaving one under the impression that changes had to be done to the usual structure and dynamic of the show, if everything continues to be true to the show, it could be a success. Let’s see how things went with this week’s guest, Princess Leia Oprah.
Read the review of “30 Rock: Believe In The Stars” »
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Shows: 30 Rock
In Series: 30 Rock Season 3
By fred | November 6, 2008
* At 8.00 on ABC there’s a new Ugly Betty
* While NBC has new My Name Is Earl
* And The CW a new episode of Smallville
* At 8.30 NBC has a new Kath & Kim
* Then at 9.00 there’s a new Grey’s Anatomy on ABC
* While CBS has a new episode of CSI
* On NBC there’s a new episode of The Office
* Meanwhile Sam & Dean are back on The CW in a new Supernatural
* At 9.30 on NBC there’s a new episode of 30 Rock
* At 10.00 we have a new Life On Mars on ABC
* And a new episode of Eleventh Hour on CBS
* While on NBC there’s a new E.R.
* Then at 10.30 on Comedy Central there’s a new The Sarah Silverman Program
* While FX has a new episode of Testees
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Shows: 30 Rock, CSI, E.R., Eleventh Hour, Grey’s Anatomy, Kath & Kim, Life On Mars, My Name Is Earl, Smallville, Supernatural, Testees, The Office, The Sarah Silverman Program, Ugly Betty
