Blog Profile / The TV Column
| URL : | http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/tv-column | |
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| Filed Under: | Entertainment / Television | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1727 | |
| Posts / Week: | 15.9 | |
| Archived Since: | April 20, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
NBC Salt Lake City station pulls ‘Hannibal’ from its schedule
One of NBC’s TV stations has beaten the network to the punch and pulled “Hannibal” off its Thursday schedule. That, after last Thursday’s episode averaged just 2.4 million viewers on the first night of the May sweep ratings derby, which local stations use to set ad rates for the coming months. Read full article >>
Maria Shriver re-joins NBC News
NBC News continues to be irresistibly drawn to women with White House bloodlines. Tuesday, the news division announced it had re-hired President John F. Kennedy’s niece, Maria Shriver as “special anchor” to report and produce specials...Show More Summary
Conan O’Brien at White House Correspondents’ Dinner beats NBC’s entire Thursday lineup
Congratulations Conan O’Brien! Your performance at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner averaged 3.3 million viewers across the three cable news networks. That means, Conan, that last week, you beat NBC’s entire Thursday lineup, on the first night of the important ratings race known as the May sweep. Read full article >>
CBS renews ‘Two and Half Men’; Angus T. Jones won’t be a regular
The same day CW announced it had picked up “Hart of Dixie,” ”Beauty and the Beast,” and a “Vampire Diaries” spinoff for next season, and NBC revealed it had greenlit a new season for “Parenthood,” “Revolution,” “Grimm,” “Chicago Fire,” and “Law & Order: SVU,” CBS said it had renewed “Two and a Half Men” for and 11th season. Read full article >>
CW orders ‘Vampire Diaries’ spin-off, renews ‘Hart of Dixie’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’
A backdoor pilot for a potential “Vampire Diaries” spin-off — titled “The Originals” —aired Thursday night, and less than a day later, CW placed an order for the show’s first season. “As soon as we saw last night’s episode of ‘The Vampire...Show More Summary
NBC renews ‘Parenthood,’ ‘Revolution,’ ‘Grimm,’ ‘Chicago Fire,’ ‘Law & Order: SVU’
About three weeks before NBC releases its official fall schedule at the upfronts, the network has announced early pick-ups for five of its drama series: “Parenthood” and “Grimm,” along with newcomers “Revolution” and “Chicago Fire” and veteran “Law & Order: SVU.” All five shows received 22-episode orders. Read full article >>
‘Duck Dynasty’ third season finale shatters A&E ratings record
Nearly 10 million people watched the “Duck Dynasty” gang fly to Hawaii for some much needed R&R Wednesday night, shattering A&E’s ratings record. It was the show’s third-season finale. To put this in perspective: Read full article >...
Amid low ratings, word gets out that ‘Idol’ mulled replacing Mariah Carey with Jennifer Lopez
Many years ago, when “American Idol” was a monster ratings hit, a Fox exec told the TV Column the show’s hit status was the networks’ to lose. Which brings us to this season of the singing competition, as it limps to home plate, with some of its lowest numbers since its very first, summer, season. Read full article >>
Was Khloe Kardashian just too busy to host ‘X Factor’? That’s what her mom says
When Simon Cowell announced this week that Mario Lopez would be back in the fall as host of “The X Factor” but his ko-host Khloe Kardashian would not, the only surprising thing about the news was the shocking lack of “While I loved doing ‘X’ my busy schedule simply did not leave me time to return for a second season” announcement from Kardashian. Read full article >>
TV captioning service apologizes for mistakenly naming Zooey Deschanel as Boston bombing suspect
The TV captioning service that mistakenly named Zooey Deschanel one of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing last week has formally apologized to the “New Girl” star. Viewers watching Friday’s TV coverage of the dragnet of theShow More Summary
‘Smash’ will air two-hour finale over Memorial Day weekend
Some good news and some bad, for “Smash” fans. NBC’s botched let’s-make-a-musical drama, which the network’s West Coast chief Bob Greenblatt originally began developing for Showtime, where its numbers would’ve earned it “hit” status,...Show More Summary
NBC orders ‘The Million Second Quiz,’ a live competition series
With “Smash” the latest NBC primetime flotsam and jetsam, the search continues at the network for The Next Big Thing to help jack up its ratings. NBC’s reality TV guru Paul Telegdy thinks it’s “The Million Second Quiz” — a 12-day live competition combining the best/worst of David Blaine, “Big Brother,” and “Jeopardy!” Read full article >>
Fox News Channel tops cable network ratings during week of Boston bombings and Texas explosion
During the week of the Boston Marathon bombings and the Texas fertilizer plant explosion, what was the most watched cable TV program? A&E’s “Duck Dynasty.” For the first time in nearly a decade, Fox News Channel topped the weekly cable network ratings for a non-election week. Show More Summary
Ryan Lochte reality show flops in the ratings
Despite his beauty, his 11 Olympic medals, his dumb-as-hair-edness, his impressive abs, Ryan Lochte seems not destined to become The Next Big Thing in reality TV. A mere 807,000 viewers tuned in at 10 p.m. Sunday to enjoy the debut of...Show More Summary
Reese Witherspoon cancels on ‘Late Night,’ ‘Good Morning America’
Reese Witherspoon bookings vanished from Jimmy Fallon’s late-night show and on “Good Morning America” Monday — three days after the actress threw around her weight at a cop in Atlanta. The Actress Formerly Known as America’s Perky Sweetheart...Show More Summary
‘Futurama’ canceled, again
Comedy Central has canceled animated “Futurama” — a decade after it was canceled by the Fox broadcast network. Tellingly, the basic cable network noted in Monday’s announcement that when the upcoming seventh season, starting June 19, wraps on Sept. 4, the show will have hit 140 episodes. Read full article >>
Khloe Kardashian out at ‘X Factor,’ Mario Lopez stays on as solo host
Khloe Kardashian has been kut. Simon Cowell, continuing to cull “The X Factor” herd in hopes of finally — finally — finding that magic combination of hosts and judges that will help his singing competition achieve the audience of 20...Show More Summary
Boston bombing and manhunt hold TV viewers attention all week
The fatal bombings at the finish line of the Boston marathon and ensuing manhunt have riveted TV viewers. Nearly 11 million people tuned in to NBC’s evening newscast on Monday – the day two bombs went off near the finish line of the race, killing three and injuring more than 100. Show More Summary
E! to livestream White House Correspondents’ Dinner red carpet for first time
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner has finally, formally been crowned The Hollywood Petting Zoo. E! Entertainment network announces Friday it will livestream the dinner’s red carpet for the very first time. Read full article >>
NBC ‘Hannibal’ joins shows yanking episodes after Boston bombing
The Boston Marathon bombing has claimed another TV series episode. NBC has yanked an upcoming episode of its midseason Hannibal Lecter drama series, “Hannibal” because the storyline involved children murdering children. Read full article >>