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Ratings Clack – Following Lost is the new Friday night

(1/19 – 1/26) The subject of the Friday night death slot comes up fairly regularly around here. Moreso recently, what with the Terminator/Dollhouse debut right around the corner. I’m not one to argue in the face of so much damning evidence, but I do think there is a plucky young upstart with eyes on the […]

by Brett Love

Ratings Clack – Lost premiere is bigger than ever!

(1/12 – 1/18) No. Not really. In fact, it was the lowest rated premiere the show has ever had. Somehow though, ABC managed to massage those numbers so much that they felt ok producing a promo that called it bigger than ever. It’s lipstick on a pig. DVR, streaming, illicit downloads, no matter what spin […]

by Brett Love

Ratings Clack – Idol storms back, Patrick Jane doesn’t care

(1/12 – 1/18) Yes, of course, the big story this week was the return of American Idol. It didn’t disappoint, from a numbers perspective. Both installments easily won their nights. We all expected that though, right? The more interesting bit of the Idol story was the effect the show had, or didn’t have, on the […]

by Brett Love

The Mentalist – Fake art and real murder

(Season 1, Episode 13 – “Paint It Red”) “Jane doesn’t get sick, Rigsby doesn’t date because he’s in love with you, and the Kings aren’t playing tonight.” – Lisbon, to Van Pelt I loved the start of this episode. When the Pittsburgh Steeler player made that last interception and sealed the game for … oh, […]

by Bob Sassone

The Mentalist – Abner, Abner! Did you see that?! Abner, Abner!

(Season 1, Episode 12 – “Red Rum”) Patrick Jane is one of the weirdest characters on television. Think about it, he usually has a smile on his face and says wiseass things, even to parents who have just lost their son. It’s almost as if he does whatever he wants, acts however he wants, and […]

by Bob Sassone

Ratings Clack – The week before Idol offers a couple surprises

(1/05 – 1/11) TV for 2009 started spinning up the turbos last week, and will be at full boost when Idol comes online this week. That will, of course, send numbers in all kinds of crazy directions. It should anyway, unless I got the animal sacrifices and the Gregorian chanting right this time. Once I […]

by Brett Love

Things that didn’t suck this week – orgasmic birth, Red John, fake rap and NPH

“I was purring! It felt amazing!” — Lady hippies have orgasms while giving birth on 20/20. Okay boys and girls, let’s sit down and have a conversation about something. I’ve already talked about my immense dislike of potheads, but that’s really only a subset of my greater enemy: dirty hippies. I started my post-holiday TV […]

by Kona Gallagher
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