The big surprise on the networks came from the numbers for ABC’s Jaycee Dugard special, which easily outscored the MLB All-Star Game. Over on cable, another huge helping of summer premieres, including ‘Curb’, ‘Alphas’, ‘Warehouse 13′, ‘Eureka’, and ‘The Closer’.
The holiday weekend meant a slow week, even by summer standards. The interesting stories come from how well ‘Falling Skies’ is holding up, and the possibility that ‘Rookie Blue’ has already earned a third season.
The big story for the week was the return of ‘True Blood’ on HBO, which remains the biggest hit the network has where ratings are concerned. On the broadcast networks, NBC unscripted continues to hold the lead.
Most of the excitement was on cable last week, with premieres from ‘Wilfred’, ‘Louie’, ‘Suits’, ‘Burn Notice’, and ‘Futurama’. There were also finales for ‘Game of Thrones’, ‘The Killing’, ‘Nurse Jackie’, and ‘United States of Tara.’
The ‘Combat Hospital’ premiere does many things right, but needs some tweaking if it is going to stick around.
