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Ratings Clack – When does FOX start worrying about Idol?

Another week of bloodshed in the ratings where nobody was safe. Even ‘Idol’ took quite a hit, which at least suggests that we could be approaching a time where ‘Idol’ is just another show.

by Brett Love

Ratings Clack – The final sweeps period begins

Thanks to ‘Survivor’, CBS took the early lead in the final sweeps event of the season. You can bet that American Idol will have something to say about that next week. Over on cable, why isn’t anyone watching ‘Party Down’?

by Brett Love

Ratings Clack – Is the TV season just too long?

As we race toward the end of this television season, last week was another full of crazy lows. Crazy, like Community and 30 Rock not even managing 4 million viewers. On the plus side, the NFL’s Thursday prime time first round was a big success.

by Brett Love

Ratings Clack – What the what? Idol is #3?

ABC and CBS went with the old double-team, using ‘Dancing With The Stars’ and the NCAA Championship to knock ‘Idol’ all the way to third in viewers last week. Elsewhere, what’s up with those ‘Justified’ numbers?

by Brett Love

Ratings Clack – Black Thursday

Last week brought good news for our friends over at ‘Castle’, and bad news for every show on Thursday. Over on cable, TNT and USA went all girlpower on us, bringing back ‘Saving Grac’e and ‘In Plain Sight.’

by Brett Love

The Mentalist’s new boss lady could shake things up

It’s going to be fun watching Patrick Jane get his new boss to drink the KoolAid. He’s brought Lisbon over to the dark side; now he’s got a new challenge.

by Debbie McDuffee

Ratings Clack – How do you beat Idol? Oscar.

The Academy Awards was the big winner for the week, managing to top the ‘Idol’ juggernaut. ‘Idol’ was still huge for FOX, while CBS had great showings from ‘2 ½ Men’, ‘Big Bang’, and ‘NCIS’. ‘SVU”s return to 10 PM was a bright spot for NBC.

by Brett Love
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