Nielsen ratings for the week ending June 29

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Posted on Nielsen ratings for the week ending June 29: Filed under: Industry, Programming, Ratings, Reality-Free Here are the weekly ratings, by number of viewers. Yes, NBC had four shows in the top 20 this week, but it took the summer and reality and/or reality game shows to get there, including America’s Got Talent, [...]

ABC’s Wipeout

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

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Posted on ABC’s Wipeout: Edit:  Oh people, please, turn on ABC’s Wipeout if you are sick of Celebrity Family Feud like I’m reading so many of you are, from AIM or emails or here.  It’s the most entertaining show I’ve seen in ages.  It honestly knocks Feud out of the water.  We’ll have reviews of both later. [...]

TV Junkie: Tuesday

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

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Posted on TV Junkie: Tuesday: Tonight a double-travesty is occurring: the broadcast of both “Wipeout” and “I Survived A Japanese Game Show”. Both of these shows take a good idea (for immature jerks like myself), Spike TV’s “Most Extreme Elimination Challenge” aka “MXE”, and turn it into garbage. “MXE” is an overdubbed (by [...]