THIS WEEK IN TV Monday-Only The Jay Leno Show is new on NBC. ABC starts the night with the special Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (The W at Amazon). Fox has Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special. Protip: If you're in a bar and you see a woman singing/mouthing along to Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats", don't go out with her.
Tuesday-CBS is in reruns. ABC starts out with A Charlie Brown Christmas, followed by Disney's Prep & Landing, then a new Scrubs and the season premiere of Better Off Ted.
Wednesday-ABC starts the night with Shrek The Halls, and ends the night with Barbara Walters Ten Most Fascinating People of 2009. They include Kate Gosselin, Sarah Palin, Adam Lambert, Brett Favre, Tyler Perry, Paris-Michael Jackson, "Prince" Michael Jackson Jr., "Blanket" Prince Michael Jackson II, Jenny Sanford (wife of the Governor of South Carolina), Glenn Beck, and Lady Gaga. You may notice that's 11 people because "Michael Jackson's kids" are apparently considered one person (similar to the "Ten" things Peter King thinks he thinks). The 10th person is yet unknown. I'm not interested in hearing a single one of those people talk. The CW airs the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show which aired last week on CBS.
Thursday-ABC and The CW are in reruns.
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Both The Office and 30 Rock episodes are called "Secret Santa". That's a little weird.
Friday-CBS and The CW are in reruns. CBS starts out the night with the animated special Yes, Virginia, followed by a rerun of Big Bang Theory.
Sunday-ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, a two-hour Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Christmas At The White House. 60 Minutes and Cold Case are new on CBS. Fox and NBC air their new episodes like normal (including two episodes of Brothers).
CANCELLATION NEWS Later last Monday after I posted last week's stuff, CBS pulled Three Rivers and permenanently moved Cold Case into its spot. They're going to alternate reruns in the 10:00 pm timeslot. It's not officially cancelled, but is on hiatus until further notice.
TV RATINGS
Show
Network
Date
HH
18-49
Viewers
Sunday Night Football
NBC
Sun
10.5
6.8
18.33
Desperate Housewives
ABC
Sun
9.1
4.8
14.71
House
FOX
Mon
7.9
4.8
13.18
The Office
NBC
Thu
4.7
4.1
8.05
Survivor
CBS
Thu
7.5
3.9
12.75
The Biggest Loser
NBC
Tue
6.3
3.8
9.97
Rudoph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
CBS
Wed
5.7
3.8
10.74
Brothers & Sisters
ABC
Sun
7.2
3.7
10.88
The Amazing Race
CBS
Sun
7.1
3.7
12.32
Glee
FOX
Wed
4.8
3.7
8.17
Saturday Night College Football
ABC
Sat
3.6
11.40
Football Night In America
NBC
Sun
4.5
3.4
9.70
BCS Selection Show
FOX
Sun
4.3
3.4
8.57
Private Practice
ABC
Thu
6.3
3.3
9.51
Shrek The Halls
ABC
Mon
5.1
3.2
10.01
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
ABC
Sun
6.1
3.0
10.33
30 Rock
NBC
Thu
3.7
3.0
6.17
Bones
FOX
Thu
6.2
2.9
9.93
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas
ABC
Mon
5.0
2.9
9.64
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
CBS
Tue
5.2
2.8
8.29
Lie To Me
FOX
Mon
4.6
2.8
7.58
Fringe
FOX
Thu
4.2
2.5
6.86
Heroes
NBC
Mon
3.5
2.5
5.90
The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!
CBS
Wed
4.0
2.4
6.48
Find My Family
ABC
Mon
4.8
2.3
7.85
So You Think You Can Dance
FOX
Wed
3.9
2.3
6.33
Cold Case
CBS
Sun
6.1
2.2
9.71
Flash Forward
ABC
Thu
4.6
2.2
7.29
Community
NBC
Thu
3.3
2.2
5.38
60 Minutes
CBS
Sun
8.7
2.1
11.81
NBC News Special
NBC
Tue
5.2
2.1
8.09
So You Think You Can Dance
FOX
Tue
3.7
2.1
5.73
Parks & Recreation
NBC
Thu
3.0
2.1
4.83
The Middle
ABC
Wed
4.0
2.0
6.40
Scrubs
ABC
Tue
2.8
2.0
4.55
CBS News Special
CBS
Tue
6.8
1.9
10.16
Christmas In Rockefeller Center
NBC
Wed
5.7
1.9
8.78
Ghost Whisperer
CBS
Fri
5.2
1.9
8.23
Medium
CBS
Fri
4.4
1.8
6.96
Trauma
NBC
Mon
3.7
1.8
5.88
FOX News Special
FOX
Tue
3.2
1.8
4.57
America's Most Wanted
FOX
Sat
1.8
5.68
Cops
FOX
Sat
1.8
5.46
Numb3rs
CBS
Fri
4.7
1.6
7.38
ABC News Special
ABC
Tue
4.1
1.6
6.47
20/20
ABC
Fri
4.0
1.6
5.73
Dateline NBC (Fri)
NBC
Fri
4.0
1.5
6.28
The Jay Leno Show (Wed)
NBC
Wed
3.8
1.5
5.56
The Jay Leno Show (Thu)
NBC
Thu
3.2
1.5
4.73
48 Hours Mystery
CBS
Sat
1.5
5.77
The Forgotten
ABC
Tue
3.6
1.3
5.46
The Jay Leno Show (Fri)
NBC
Fri
3.2
1.3
4.78
The Jay Leno Show (Mon)
NBC
Mon
3.1
1.3
4.71
Eastwick
ABC
Wed
2.8
1.3
4.24
Ugly Betty
ABC
Fri
2.9
1.2
4.23
90210
CW
Tue
1.5
1.2
2.21
A Muppets Christmas: Letters To Santa
NBC
Fri
2.4
1.1
4.27
One Tree Hill
CW
Mon
1.6
1.1
2.37
Gossip Girl
CW
Mon
1.6
1.1
2.25
Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
The return of Better Off Ted! Oh happy day. Thanks for the reminder. I guess the return of Heather Locklear to Melrose Place didn't help. That's sad really as she really saved the first version of that show.
"Put on your helmets, we'll be reaching speeds of 3!" "It was nice of you to give that dead woman another chance." "All right, look alive everybody...oh sorry Susan."- MST3K: Space Mutiny Click Here (myspace.com)
New stuff on the list, as you can see. Hoarders had previously held the record for the highest rated premiere in A&E history. But that was in the pre-Steven Seagal: Lawman days. It's a strange new world out there.
EDIT: And New Orleans/New England was just a little behind Green Bay/Minnesota in terms of MNF audiences.
Deadgirl (2008) imdb Fantasia Directed by Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel Written by Trent Haaga This is one of the most intensely vile, disgusting transgressive pieces of filth that I have ever been exposed to. I think that is a compliment.