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May 13 2013

NBC Cancels Several Series

Last fall it appeared that NBC might finally be making inroads in its quest to return to its former frontrunner status in the Nielsen ratings.  But appearances turned out to be deceiving.  NBC’s success was built on the slender shoulders of just two series, reality competition “The Voice” and freshman drama “Revolution,” and when those shows took a break between December and March, NBC’s ratings again collapsed.

NBC is poised to end the 2012-13 TV season later this month in fourth place among total viewers behind No. 1 CBS, No. 2 Fox and No. 3 ABC.  (NBC will likely rank third place among adults 18-49 behind No. 1 CBS and No. 2 Fox; when it comes to the audience demographics advertisers crave, ABC is arguably in worse shape.)

With an abundance of low-rated series, the pink slips were bound to fly and they did.  NBC canceled “Deception,” “Go On,” “Guys with Kids,” “The New Normal,” “Rock Center,” “1600 Penn,” “Smash,” “Up All Night” and “Whitney,” adding these series to a refuse pile that already included the 2012-13 shows “Animal Practice” and “Do No Harm.”  (NBC has not yet made a decision on the futures of “Hannibal” and “Celebrity Apprentice.”)

NBC will replace these programs with three new dramas and three new comedies this fall, and the network ordered an additional five dramas, three comedies and three reality shows to also air during the 2013-14 TV season.  Previews of these programs will be unveiled to advertisers today in New York as part of the annual “upfront” week when advertisers buy commercial time in programs up front before the start of the fall TV season.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/tv-radio/nbc-cancels-several-series-687406/#ixzz2TBauZcNR

Sep 24 2012

Television’s Fall Season Endures

For years, Alan Wurtzel, the head of research for NBC, has questioned the enduring validity of a television season — the ritual competition of network series, which begins again Monday night.

“I’ve been saying the idea of a television season is an anachronistic artifact,” Mr. Wurtzel said. “It’s a 52-week-a-year business. We never take a night off.”

The tradition of the fall season, originally tied to the start of the model year for new cars, is now more than 60 years old. It is defined arbitrarily and rather arcanely by the Nielsen Company as 34.5 weeks between mid-September and mid-May. The season doesn’t account for the increasing number of viewers who watch shows on their own schedules and it hasn’t stopped cable networks from introducing hit shows all through the year.

And yet, the idea persists, in large part because it still works. In defiance of diminishing ratings, attention on the new network shows seems only to have increased, as more blogs and social media sites offer breakdowns of the lineups and predictions of successes and failures.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/business/media/television-changes-but-the-fall-season-endures.html?_r=0

Mar 1 2011

American Idol – Top Twelve Guys Night

Tonight was a very good night for the men.  I don’t think anybody was awful but some people were better than others.

IMHO the stars tonight were:

Clint Jun Gamboa – opened the show with “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder.  He got props from the judges and a lot of applause from the audience.  Good lively show opener.

James Durbin – sang Judas Priest’s “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming” and got the house rockin’.  James got mad props from the judges and huge applause.  Definitely a stand out moment for this season’s rocker.

Scotty McCreary – this season’s deep-voiced country crooner sang John Michael Montgomery’s song “Letters From Home” and got kudos from the judges and a lot of applause as well.

Stefano Langone – sang “Just The Way You Are” by Bruno Mars and got a ringing endorsement from the judges and audience alike.

Jacob Lusk – sang a Luther Vandross classic “A House Is Not A Home”.  Luther Vandross was smiling down from heaven.  Brilliant performance!!  Brought the house down.

Casey Abrams – this season’s super talented musician and superb performer closed the show with “I Put A Spell On You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.   Judges and audience went wild.

I think we have a contest with the men this year.  Some phenomenal talent.

Jan 28 2010

Obama’s Stats For Last Night’s State Of The Union Address

This is an interesting little factoid I found on the internet today.

Here are some numbers for last night’s shows on Fox:

American Idol – 24.75 million viewers

Obama – 9.74 million viewers

Fox had the highest number of viewers watch the State Of The Union Address of any network.  Pales to Neil Patrick Harris and Joe Jonas being guest judges on American Idol.  Seems like Mr. President should ask Simon Fuller how to get better numbers.

Just sayin’….