The TV Ratings ☃

Soccer

2012-01-30T20:24:00.002-05:00

About a week ago, I tried to watch soccer. I saw men in their 30s wearing short pants and sporting pre-teen haircuts. A gigantic field, a gigantic goal apparatus, and no goals. It doesn't make sense to me that you can't use your hands. However, I did experience a similar weird awakening as Tim Goodman earlier this month when I watched an inexplicably-compelling game of darts.

. . .

Speaking of sports, I enjoyed the 12-9 NHL All-Star game yesterday afternoon. Having two captains draft their teams turned the game's focus to the league's world-class players, none of which were named Crosby or Ovechkin by the way. It's a better method of picking All-Star teams than going by conferences or nationalities. The game is being rerun tonight at 8pm EST on the NBC Sports Network.

Touched

2012-01-27T14:01:00.001-05:00

After a long string of drama flops, FOX has, in three weeks, launched three dramas that look like they'll stick around: Alcatraz, Touch, and The Finder. Say goodbye to Terra Nova, Fringe, and perhaps House.

. . .

A rare event occurred Wednesday. I watched an episode of a drama series and did not snicker at its actors or dialogue. I think I'll watch Touch again, when it returns in eight weeks. I'm surprised myself, because I didn't get past the pilot of 24.

Dramas I haven't watched more than once:

Bones
House
NCIS
CSI
The Mentalist
Castle
Harry's Law
Supernatural
Alcatraz
Fringe
Smallville

24
Pan Am
Ghost Whisperer
Chaos
Numbers
Lone Star
Lie to Me
The Chicago Code
The Good Guys
Chuck
Chase
Off the Map
No Ordinary Family
V
Ugly Betty
Crossing Jordan
Touched by an Angel
Walker, Texas Ranger

While I Was Out

2012-01-15T17:19:00.003-05:00

I was away from the internet for seven days and my Google Reader filled up with 950 unread items.

1. FOX is creating its own Adult Swim-ish block on Saturday nights. It will be a good place to hide future Allen Gregorys.

2. The Masked Scheduler became a Masked Strategist. Expect Bones to move out of its plum timeslot.

3. CBS This Morning debuted. It only looks like hard news when compared to The Today Show and Good Morning America.

4. The Finder didn't premiere well, as anyone who saw the backdoor pilot last season would have guessed.

5. Rachael Ray was renewed for two more years. I honestly did not know she still had a show, or that her show has been on for six seasons.

6. Dish wants its customers to have the Big 4's primetime shows available on their DVRs for an entire week after broadcast. It also wants to annoy sports fans with pop-ups about rugby.

7. Bob Greenblatt admitted NBC's Fall failed. Maybe he really doesn't give a fuck.

8. Whitney and Up All Night switched slots but both scored 2.0, while Chelsea scored 2.3 after Whitney. We'll be seeing another slot switch in the near future.

9. 30 Rock returned to a 1.8, which means nothing for Community fans.

10. The Firm tanked. And NBC had ordered 22 episodes.

11. Amazon will provide digital lockers for Samsung Blue Ray players, meaning you can upload your old DVDs for streaming from anywhere. Now you can just invite a lonely friend over to watch their DVDs rather than go to their sad apartments.

12. Psych was renewed for season seven, extending it to at least 115 episodes, only 10 shy of Monk, but 61 shy of Silk Stalkings.

13. After years of not fitting-in on ESPN, Jim Rome is movin' on down to CBS Sports Network, which is apparently a thing. He is also slated to appear on CBS, if only to make the NFL on CBS just that much worse.

14. Rob premiered big. I wonder how it will do in Mexico.

15. Work It got canceled. 8:30 after Tim Allen isn't the best spot for Cougar Town, but that's what happens when you're a sitcom that can't establish itself in the ratings. You plug holes, like NewsRadio did, and Rules of Engagement does.

16. The CW ordered 10 episodes of extreme musical chairs.

I leave you now with a moment of Zen.

“Some of the kids, they had wonderful-looking faces, but you just could not imagine the very bright kid inside.” -- Tim Kring

The High Profiles of Lou Ferrigno and Debbie Gibson

2012-01-05T16:15:00.001-05:00

I ain't watchin' that! I got taste!

2012-01-04T17:05:00.002-05:00

Bold Comedy Prediction

2012-01-02T00:53:00.001-05:00

Let's count this Fall's comedies.

CBS had 7: The Big Bang Theory, 2.5 Men, 2 Broke Girls, How I Met Your Mother, Mike & Molly, Rules of Engagement, and How to Be a Gentleman.

FOX had 8: New Girl, Raising Hope, I Hate My Teenage Daughter, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, and Allen Gregory.

ABC had 6: Modern Family, Suburgatory, The Middle, Happy Endings, Last Man Standing, and Man Up.

NBC had 6: The Office, Up All Night, Parks and Recreation, Community, Whitney, and Free Agents.

That's 27.

NBC Sports and the NHL

2012-01-01T18:00:00.000-05:00

Looking at Spotted's Sunday Midseason Matchups, it struck me how NBC tosses away its monster number of football fans as soon as February rolls around. Dateline and The Celebrity Apprentice aren't the kind of shows that attract the beer-drinking crowd.

Enter the NHL. The cable channel Versus gets relaunched tomorrow as NBC Sports, and its crown jewel is the NHL, as other sports have proven difficult to pry away from ESPN, CBS, TNT, and FOX. NBC Sports and the NHL need each other. Wouldn't it make sense to give the NHL a Sunday night platform on NBC to help build all three brands simultaneously? It wouldn't be difficult for the NHL to add a national game with two good teams on Sunday nights, nor would it be an expensive acquisition for NBC.

If nothing else, it would free up The Celebrity Apprentice to move to one of NBC's other problem nights, such as Mondays in the Fall. Two hours a week could cover up a lot of hurt in NBC's schedule.

NBC has Sunday Night Football locked up for another 9 seasons. There's no reason to continue sacrificing most Sunday nights to short seasons and Dateline.

2012 Event Calendar

2012-01-01T01:55:00.000-05:00

The year is top-heavy with events, including the Oscars, The Super Bowl, three All-Star Games, lesser awards shows, the Daytona 500, and March Madness. SNTA put up their calendar, so here's mine.

There's a lot of buzz around Lenny.

NHL Winter Classic -- January 2, Rangers vs Flyers, Monday, 1pm, NBC

NCAA Football National Championship -- January 9, LSU vs Alabama, Monday, 8:30, ESPN

People's Choice Awards -- January 11, hosted by Kaley Cuoco, Wednesday, 9pm, CBS

Golden Globes -- January 15, hosted by Ricky Gervais, Sunday, 8pm, NBC

NHL All-Star Game -- January 29, Sunday, 4pm, NBC Sports

NFL Pro Bowl -- January 29, Sunday, 7:30, NBC

Super Bowl -- February 5, Sunday, 6:30, NBC

Grammys -- February 12, Sunday, 8pm, CBS

Nascar: Daytona 500 -- February 26, Sunday, Noon, FOX

NBA All-Star Game -- February 26, Sunday, 7pm, TNT

Oscars -- February 26, 8pm, ABC

PGA: Masters Tournament -- early April, CBS and ESPN

NCAA Basketball Tournament -- mid March to April

NHL Playoffs -- April to early July

NBA Playoffs -- May to July

Kentucky Derby -- May 5, 6pm, NBC

IndyCar: Indianapolis 500 -- May 27, Sunday, Noon, ABC

The Tonys -- June, 2012, CBS

Tennis: Wimbeldon -- mid-June to early July

Tour de France -- July

MLB All-Star Game -- July 10, Tuesday, 8pm, FOX

Summer Olympics -- July 27 to August 12

Primetime Emmy Awards -- September

MTV Video Music Awards -- September

MLB Playoffs -- October

Sports, 2011
Award Shows, 2011

The Year in Drafts, 2011

2011-12-31T16:15:00.000-05:00

Posts I Didn't Care to Complete, 2011

Does Robert Greenblatt Give a Fuck? (December 9)
He works for a cable company.

Laugh-Enhanced (December 3)
Laughter is a crutch.

Network as Punchline (November 18)
NBC is. CW was, before people stopped caring.

The Critics versus Prime Suspect (October 29)
Why did the critics think the average NBC viewer was intimately familiar with the British version?

What They Said in 2010 (May 16, around the Upfronts)
Praise for My Generation and Off the Map.

The TV Litmus Test (April 18)
If it's better than Modern Family, watch it. If it's worse, don't.

Retro TV Art

2011-12-31T10:00:00.000-05:00

What a neat idea for a flyer, what a neat idea for a film festival. Too bad this happened 7 weeks ago.

New Year's Rerun Marathons, 2012

2011-12-30T22:55:00.001-05:00

I'd make a new list for this year, but The Wrap already did, and I don't watch reruns,
other than those of The Simpsons and MST3K.

New Year's Rerun Marathons, 2011

Shows with Deals

2011-12-30T21:42:00.000-05:00

Although every network has primetime shows that reach 100 episodes and go into syndication, CBS is the gold standard.

CBS Shows with Deals

CSI: Miami -- AMC, A&E
CSI: NY -- Spike, TNT
CSI -- USA, Cloo, Spike
NCIS -- USA, Cloo
NCIS: LA -- USA
Criminal Minds -- A&E, Ion, local stations
The Mentalist -- TNT
Hawaii Five-0 -- TNT
The Big Bang Theory -- TBS, local stations
Two and a Half Men -- FX, local stations
How I Met Your Mother -- FX, Lifetime, local stations
Rules of Engagement -- WGN
60 Minutes -- CNBC
Undercover Boss - OWN

ABC has a bunch of unscripted shows that did sell. Private Practice has reached enough episodes for syndication this season, and The Middle will hit syndication after next season.

ABC Shows with Deals

Grey's Anatomy -- Lifetime, local stations
Desperate Housewives -- Lifetime
America's Funniest Home Videos -- WGN, local stations
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition -- CMT, TV Land
Primetime: What Would You Do? -- OWN
Wipeout -- TruTV
Wife Swap -- Lifetime
Castle -- TNT (2012)
Modern Family -- FX (2013)

Few of NBC's shows in recent years have lasted one year, much less four. Community may be bought by Comedy Central, and Parks and Recreation will reach syndication after next season.

NBC Shows with Deals

Law & Order: SVU -- USA, Cloo, My, local stations
30 Rock -- Comedy Central, WGN, local stations
The Office -- TBS, local stations
Fear Factor -- Chiller
Dateline -- I.D.

FOX gives up a larger proportional chunk of its schedule to competitions, but the reliable Seth Macfarlane factory leads directly to Cartoon Network. Fringe enters syndication next season.

FOX Shows with Deals

Simpsons -- local stations
Family Guy -- Cartoon Network, TBS, local stations
American Dad -- Cartoon Network, TBS, local stations
Cleveland -- Cartoon Network
Glee -- Oxygen (2013)
House -- USA, Oxygen, local stations
Bones -- TNT, local stations
Kitchen Nightmares -- BBC America, CMT
COPS -- G4, TruTV, local stations

Credit: Spotted for leads and future deals.

Other Current Shows with Deals

CW: America's Next Top Model -- Style
CW: Supernatural -- TNT
TBS: Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns -- local stations
TBS: Tyler Perry's House of Payne -- local stations
TNT: Leverage -- Ion (Summer 2012)
HBO: Curb Your Enthusiasm -- TV Guide Network
Showtime: Weeds -- TV Guide Network
FX: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia -- WGN, local
Comedy Central: South Park -- WGN, local

Reruns on TV, as of January 1, 2012

CBS

TBS
The Big Bang Theory
The King of Queens
Yes, Dear

TNT
CSI: NY
The Mentalist
Hawaii Five-0 (2013)

FX
Two and a Half Men
How I Met Your Mother

Nickelodeon
The Nanny

TV Land
Murder, She Wrote
Good Times
The Jeffersons
Andy Griffith
The Dick Van Dyke Show
M*A*S*H
Everybody Loves Raymond
The King of Queens
The Nanny

Spike
CSI
CSI: NY
Walker, Texas Ranger

CMT
The Dukes of Hazzard

USA
NCIS
NCIS: LA (2013)
CSI
Becker

SyFy
The Twilight Zone

Cloo
NCIS
CSI
JAG
Walker, Texas Ranger

Chiller
The Twilight Zone
Ghost Whisperer

Universal HD
The Dukes of Hazzard
Hack
The Unit
Nash Bridges

CNBC
60 Minutes

A&E
Criminal Minds
CSI: Miami

Lifetime
How I Met Your Mother
The New Adventures of Old Christine

I.D.
48 Hours Mystery

OWN
Undercover Boss

TV One
Good Times
The Jeffersons

We
Ghost Whisperer

Reelz
Becker

HD Net
JAG

GMC
Cosby
The Waltons
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

TV Guide
Designing Women
Cybill

WGN
Walker, Texas Ranger
The Unit
Rules of Engagement (2012)

My
Cold Case
Without a Trace

Ion
Flashpoint
Criminal Minds
Ghot Whisperer
Without a Trace

Retro
Route 66

Family Net
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Newhart
The Bob Newhart Show

Antenna TV
All in the Family
Burns and Allen
Father Knows Best
Dennis the Menace
Good Times
Maude
The Nanny

Me/Me Too
I Love Lucy
The Beverly Hillbillies
Petticoat Junction
Gomer Pyle
Gunsmoke
The Wild Wild West
Hogan's Heroes
Dobie Gillis
Sgt. Bilko
My Favorite Martian
Lost In Space
The Twilight Zone
The Bob Newhart Show
Cannon
Family Affair
M*A*S*H
Hawaii Five-O
Kojak

local stations
The Big Bang Theory
Two and a Half Men
How I Met Your Mother
Everybody Loves Raymond
The King of Queens
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Criminal Minds
The Unit
Cold Case
Without a Trace

ABC

TBS
According to Jim
Home Improvement

ABC Family
Boy Meets World
8 Simple Rules

TeenNick
Full House

Nick
My Wife and Kids
George Lopez
Family Matters

MTV2
Boy Meets World

BET
My Wife and Kids

Boomerang
The Flintstones
The Jetsons

Hub
The Wonder Years
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Batman

Lifetime
Grey's Anatomy
Desperate Housewives
Wife Swap

Oxygen
Roseanne

CMT
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Universal HD
Charlie's Angels
T.J. Hooker

Reelz
Spin City
Coach

TruTV
Wipeout

TV Guide Network
Samantha Who?
Ugly Betty
Dharma & Greg

TV One
That's My Mama!

TV Land
Roseanne
Home Improvement
Three's Company
Leave It to Beaver
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

WGN
America's Funniest Home Videos
Matlock
Bewitched

YouToo
Batman
The Green Hornet

FamilyNet
Mr. Belvedere

local channels
Brothers & Sisters
America's Funniest Home Videos
According to Jim
Grey's Anatomy
Ugly Betty
Roseanne

NBC

TBS
The Office
My Name Is Earl
Friends
Seinfeld
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Saved by the Bell

TNT
Law & Order
Las Vegas

USA
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: SVU
Cheers

G4
Quantum Leap

Bravo
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

ABC Family
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Lifetime
Will & Grace

Oxygen
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Hallmark
Golden Girls
Cheers
Frasier
Little House on the Prairie

We
Golden Girls
Frasier

Comedy Central
30 Rock
Scrubs

VH-1
Saturday Night Live

Nick
Friends

Hub
Family Ties

Boomerang
The Smurfs
The Snorks

TV Guide Network
Veronica's Closet

Sundance
Freaks & Geeks

Reelz
Cheers
Wings
3rd Rock from the Sun

Chiller
Fear Factor

Cloo
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: SVU

C&I
Crossing Jordan

Universal HD
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

I.D.
Dateline

TLC
Dateline: Real Life Mysteries

Centric
Homicide
The Cosby Show
227
Miami Vice
The A-Team

TV One
A Different World
Amen

GMC
Amen

TV Land
Bonanza

WGN
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
30 Rock
Scrubs
Mad About You
Cheers
In the Heat of the Night
I Dream of Jeannie

Retro
Highway to Heaven
The Bill Cosby Show
I Spy
Daniel Boone
Peter Gunn
Police Story
Movin' On

FamilyNet
Remington Steele
I Spy

My
Law & Order: SVU

local stations
Seinfeld
Friends
My Name Is Earl
30 Rock
The Office
Law & Order:: SVU
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order
Scrubs
Cheers
Frasier

FOX

Comedy Central
Futurama

TeenNick
Malcolm in the Middle

Cartoon Network
Family Guy
American Dad
Cleveland
King of the Hill

TBS
Family Guy
American Dad
Married with Children

IFC
Malcolm in the Middle
Arrested Development
Action

BBC America
The X-Files
Kitchen Nightmares

CMT
Kitchen Nightmares

Cloo
'Til Death

HDNet
Prison Break

GSN
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?

G4
COPS

TruTV
COPS

Oxygen
House
Living Single
Glee (2013)

ABC Family
That '70s Show

Nick
That '70s Show

MTV
That '70s Show

MTV2
Martin

BET
The Bernie Mac Show

Centric
In Living Color
Living Single

TV Guide Network
Ned & Stacey

TV One
Martin
Living Single

YouToo
The X-Files

WGN
Futurama
'Til Death

local stations
Bones
American Dad
COPS
Futurama
King of the Hill
Family Guy
The Simpsons
That '70s Show
House
'Til Death

CW / UPN / WB

The Game -- BET
Everybody Hates Chris -- BET, Nick, TeenNick, local stations
Smallville -- TNT, HDNet
Half & Half -- TV One
Eve -- TV One
The Steve Harvey Show -- Centric
The Wayans Bros. -- Centric, MTV2
Malcolm & Eddie -- MTV2
Girlfriends -- Centric
The Jamie Foxx Show -- Centric
Sister, Sister -- GMC
Reba -- Lifetime
Buffy -- Chiller, Logo
Charmed -- TNT, We
The Parkers -- BET
What I Like About You -- ABC Family
Gilmore Girls -- ABC Family
Angel -- TNT

HBO
The Sopranos -- A&E
Sex and the City -- E!, Style
Entourage -- Spike, Comedy Central

FX
Nip/Tuck -- Logo

Comedy Central
Reno 911 -- Logo

MTV
Punk'd -- TV Guide Network
Pimp My Ride -- Speed

USA
Monk -- Cloo, My, local stations
psych -- Cloo, Ion
Burn Notice -- Cloo, My

Smash Forecast

2011-12-30T13:23:00.000-05:00

Smash gets NBC's best lead-in, The Voice, which should propel it to an average rating better than the rest of NBC's hour-longs. Smash is also NBC President Bob Greenblatt's pet project, so it's not difficult to predict a renewal, even if the ratings fall below 2.0.

Will viewers of The Voice want a third hour of singing? Is NBC banking on some traffic from Dancing with the Stars? Would such an "optimistic" show fit at 10pm? What was the last good thing Steven Spielberg did?

One thing is for sure: it's a musical on NBC on Mondays at 10pm.

My A La Carte / What I Watch

2011-12-29T19:27:00.001-05:00

At first, I thought "customized channel lineups" meant that you could reprogram the channel numbers. It means subscribing to individual channels "a la carte." Here's the channels I would choose, with the channel numbers of my choice, as well as the shows I watch.

2 HBO - Eastbound and Down, The Life and Times of Tim, The Ricky Gervais Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm
3 TV One - Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, Good Times
4 NBC - 30 Rock, Community, Up All Night
5 FOX - Simpsons, Family Guy, Bob's Burgers, Raising Hope, American Dad, Cleveland
6 PBS - Nova, Nature
7 ABC - Suburbia
8 TBS - Conan
9 CBS - CBS This Morning, Letterman
10 FX - Louie, Archer, Wilfred, The League
11 Comedy Central - The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, South Park
12 IFC - Portlandia, Todd Margaret
13 MTV - Beavis and Butt-Head
14 NBC Sports - Hockey
15 BBC America
16 Sundance
17 AMC
18 The Hub - Dan Vs
19 Cartoon Network
20 CNN
21 National Geographic
22 E! - After Lately

Channels Ranked Higher Than Current

2011-12-28T00:23:00.000-05:00

Animation Network
Applause
The Chronology Channel
The Climate Channel
Dynamite
Scientific American Wild
Helium
HyFy
Lifespan
Television Listings Network
Mineral Planet
OBN: Orlando Bloom Network
Papyrus Channel
Sorry
TCB
Temporary Yule Log
The Tourism Channel
UAE
Velocity

Nowhere But Down

2011-12-24T14:31:00.000-05:00

Martin Bashir -- MSNBC and Dateline
Tom Brokaw -- NBC News correspondent
Aaron Brown -- PBS's Wide Angle
Campbell Brown -- unemployed
Katie Couric -- ABC News correspondent, daytime talk show
Charlie Gibson -- retired
Ted Koppel -- NPR, Rock Center
Keith Olbermann -- Current
Stone Phillips -- 20/20
Dan Rather -- HDNet
John Roberts -- Fox News
Forrest Sawyer -- documentary producer
John Seigenthaler -- his family's P.R. firm
Maria Shriver -- unemployed
Carole Simpson -- blogger
Harry Smith -- Rock Center
John Stossel -- FOX Business Channel
Kathleen Sullivan -- Huffington Post blogger
Elizabeth Vargas -- 20/20
Meredith Vieira -- Rock Center
Bob Woodruff -- ABC News reporter, Planet Green

"Work It" called an insult to television

2011-12-23T21:29:00.000-05:00

...by me. Tim Goodman says it's the worst show of the season, which means it's worse than "How to Be a Gentleman," and that is impossible.

Will Broadcast Outlast Cable?

2011-12-18T20:34:00.001-05:00

Radio is still around. Operations have been streamlined and budgets have been slashed to nearly zero. But it's still around.

Free entertainment is hard to give up.

Local TV stations have been following the radio formula of firings and consolidation, including "teaming up" with local radio stations. CBS has even grouped its owned local radio and TV websites into subsections of cbslocal.com.

Cable, on the other hand, has continued to expand for thirty years, to the point that it has become a chore, rather than a pleasure, to comb through the TV listings.

Has cable peaked?

OWN has been a money pit. ESPN's new Longhorn Channel continues to have trouble getting carried on Pay-TV systems in Texas, including Austin itself. The Hub has done some good business -- for Hasbro. Bride Central was recently shut down. Just the fact that Vince McMahon has decided to get into the business should give media companies pause.

As customers increasingly use Video on Demand, they're going to reconsider their options, as Netflix fills the need for roughly 80% less than cable service.

Update: January 4, 2012

Hallmark's Martha Stewart block has officially failed after two seasons. Conan has leveled off in the ratings closer to George Lopez than Jay Leno.

CBS Shows in Syndication

2011-12-17T21:36:00.001-05:00

AMC bought CSI: Miami reruns last week, making it the latest channel to air reruns from CBS.

Current CBS Shows with Deals

CSI: Miami -- AMC, A&E
CSI: NY -- Spike
CSI -- USA, Cloo, Spike
NCIS -- USA, Cloo
NCIS: LA -- USA
Criminal Minds -- A&E, Ion
The Mentalist -- TNT
Hawaii Five-0 -- TNT
The Big Bang Theory -- TBS
Two and a Half Men -- FX
How I Met Your Mother -- FX, Lifetime
Rules of Engagement -- WGN
60 Minutes -- CNBC
Undercover Boss - OWN

Veteran shows The Good Wife and Blue Bloods will likely last long enough to get deals. The Amazing Race and Survivor have had deals. Freshmen shows Unforgettable, Person of Interest, 2 Broke Girls, and A Gifted Man round out the CBS schedule.

Reruns from CBS, as of December 2011

TBS
The Big Bang Theory
The King of Queens
Yes, Dear

TNT
CSI: NY
The Mentalist
Hawaii Five-0 (2013)

FX
Two and a Half Men
How I Met Your Mother

Nickelodeon
The Nanny

TV Land
Good Times
The Jeffersons
Andy Griffith
The Dick Van Dyke Show
M*A*S*H
Everybody Loves Raymond
The King of Queens
The Nanny

Spike
CSI
CSI: NY
Walker, Texas Ranger

CMT
The Dukes of Hazzard

USA
NCIS
NCIS: LA (2013)
CSI
Becker

SyFy
The Twilight Zone

Cloo
NCIS
CSI
JAG
Walker, Texas Ranger

Chiller
The Twilight Zone
Ghost Whisperer

Universal HD
The Dukes of Hazzard
Hack
The Unit
Nash Bridges

CNBC
60 Minutes

A&E
Criminal Minds
CSI: Miami

Lifetime
How I Met Your Mother
The New Adventures of Old Christine

I.D.
48 Hours Mystery

OWN
Undercover Boss

TV One
Good Times
The Jeffersons

We
Ghost Whisperer

Reelz
Becker

HD Net
JAG

GMC
The Waltons
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

TV Guide
Designing Women
Cybill

WGN
Walker, Texas Ranger
The Unit
Rules of Engagement (2012)

My
Cold Case
Without a Trace

Ion
Flashpoint
Criminal Minds
Ghot Whisperer
Without a Trace

Retro
Route 66

Family Net
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Newhart
The Bob Newhart Show

Antenna TV
All in the Family
Burns and Allen
Father Knows Best
Dennis the Menace
Good Times
Maude
The Nanny

Me/Me Too
I Love Lucy
The Beverly Hillbillies
Petticoat Junction
Gomer Pyle
Gunsmoke
The Wild Wild West
Hogan's Heroes
Dobie Gillis
Sgt. Bilko
My Favorite Martian
Lost In Space
The Twilight Zone
The Bob Newhart Show
Cannon
Family Affair
M*A*S*H
Hawaii Five-O
Kojak

local stations
The Big Bang Theory
Two and a Half Men
How I Met Your Mother
Everybody Loves Raymond
The King of Queens
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Criminal Minds
The Unit
Cold Case
Without a Trace

TV's Purgatory

2011-12-16T23:49:00.002-05:00

The eternal TV riddle: Which came first, the cancellation or the move to Fridays?

The NFL Tax

2011-12-16T21:24:00.000-05:00

IF Pay TV customers were to pay all $27.5 Billion of the networks' new 9-season NFL contract, how much would this NFL Tax be?

$27.5 Billion / 100 million subscriptions = $275 per subscription. $275 / 9 seasons = $30.50 per season = $2.55 per month.

Deadline says: "In order for all of the media partners to break even under the new contract, Miller Tabak analyst David Joyce estimates that the average pay TV subscriber would have to pay $11.23 a month..."

Someone's doing some sleight-of-hand.

Deadline Uses Terrible Clip Art

2011-12-16T20:24:00.002-05:00

New York City - Local Stations

2011-12-15T23:07:00.003-05:00

Rise of the Specials

2011-12-15T20:18:00.000-05:00

Last May, FOX canceled weekly episodes of America's Most Wanted but ordered four specials. ABC has now done exactly the same with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

The news comes a day after CBS re-established interview program Person to Person, "which will be shown occasionally in prime time, starting Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 8/7c."

Annual holiday specials have gotten better ratings than last year. A couple weeks ago, CBS's Rudolph scored a surprising 4.0 and Victoria Secret's Fashion Show hit a new high. On ABC, last night's 10 Most Fascinating People was up year-to-year. FOX's made up country music award show was up 25% versus its debut last season.

FOX even ordered up a new Charlie Brown special of its own, and aired it after a new Ice Age cartoon on Thanksgiving (1.3 and 2.6 respectively). The CW's Muppets special has so far only been topped by 5 non-Vampire episodes the network has aired this season. NBC's Christmas in Rockefeller Center claimed a 1.9, which is not bad for NBC, and not bad for an hour built around plugging in a Christmas tree. FOX has also picked up UFC specials to help fill its Saturday nights, the first of which hit 3.0.

ABC has relied on its package of Charlie Brown specials since 2000, using them to fill holes left in the schedule left by canceled shows such as My Generation and Charlie's Angels. ABC also aired stints of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2004 and 2009. Update from tomorrow: ABC's specials last night did not do well:

This Saturday, FOX will air its second America's Most Wanted special, NBC will air this year's WWE Tribute to the Troops, CBS will rerun both Frostys and The Story of Santa Claus from 1996, and ABC will rerun CMA Country Christmas from December 1. Next week, the networks offer up last year's Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special, A Chipmunk Christmas from 1981, SNL's A Very Gilly Christmas, both Prep & Landings, I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown, Shrek the Halls, Phineas and Ferb, as well as this year's adoption awareness special, A Home for the Holidays with Martina McBride, culminating with the Grinch on Christmas night. During the following week, there's Rudolph's Shiny New Year, the Kennedy Center Honors, and, naturally, Happy New Year, Charlie Brown.

The high volume recalls years of television past when Hanna-Barbara characters were roasted by Roy Clark, on ice.

How long before we see Chaz and Cher singing Christmas carols and trading light-hearted banter with Nick Cannon and the cast of Glee?

NBC's 3.0+ Short List, Fall 2011

2011-12-13T17:51:00.000-05:00

Every Sunday Night Football game
3.9 The Office, September 22
3.7 Up All Night, September 14
3.6 America's Got Talent, September 14
3.5 The Office, September 29
3.5 Fear Factor, December 13, 9pm
3.3 The Office, September 13
3.3 Whitney, September 22
3.3 Fear Factor, December 13, 8pm
3.2 The Office, October 6
3.2 The Office, November 3
3.0 The Office, November 10

Source: Spotted

Network Space for Rent

2011-12-13T09:24:00.001-05:00

The program will air Saturday afternoons.

Is a trend developing?

For a long time, networks have rented their airtime out to political candidates, as well as aired movies produced and sponsored by Hallmark, and more recently, Wal-Mart/P&G. For several years, FOX has had a block of infomercials that most affiliates air on Saturday mornings.

Twice as much Face the Nation

2011-12-11T22:52:00.001-05:00

Why? Political ads.

12 hours after that announcement, Deadline brought us the exciting news.

NBC's Midseason Relaunch

2011-12-10T09:03:00.001-05:00

Out:
Chuck
Community
Free Agents
Parenthood
The Playboy Club
Prime Suspect
The Sing-Off
(Sunday Night Football)

In:
30 Rock
Are You There, Chelsea
The Celebrity Apprentice
Fashion Star
The Firm
Smash
The Voice
Who Do You Think You Are?

Moving:
The Biggest Loser
Harry's Law
Rock Center
Up All Night
Whitney

Staying Put:
Dateline
Grimm
Law & Order: SVU
The Office
Parks & Recreation

Eh, close enough.

Terra Nova's Fate

2011-12-10T07:37:00.001-05:00

The fact that FOX gives a free ride to some young shows should not be shocking, because FOX does it every year, despite having a relatively strong primetime.

Fringe has been given a free ride for the last two seasons. Bob's Burgers was renewed with the lowest ratings of FOX's five cartoons. Breaking In was un-canceled after Sony made a deal.

So, what shows get the free ride next season? Three shows yet to premiere, Alcatraz, Touch, and Napoleon Dynamite, are good candidates for saving if they perform below average. FOX has three Fall shows on the bubble, if you want to somehow include Fringe, which has made enough episodes to reach regular syndication (but who would buy it). Its free ride is over. Allen Gregory got embarrassing numbers and reviews. That leaves Terra Nova. Will Terra Nova be given a free ride? It depends on a lot of variables, including:

With House and Bones on their way out, does FOX need Terra Nova?

If you promote a show to the moon and cancel it after a short season, does it damage your network's credibility?

Will it continue to be expensive to produce new episodes?

Does FOX think Terra Nova can be fixed?

I'll stick with my prediction, because I believe the 2.1 on Halloween did seal Terra Nova's fate.

FOX's Upcoming Four-Sitcom Tuesdays

2011-12-09T13:32:00.001-05:00

HitFixDaniel is too busy posting "funny" tweets every hour on the hour to respond. So let me detail my response here. First, why a rerun? FOX had planned to put I Hate My Teenage Daughter on Tuesdays. But FOX foresaw its ratings slide after the 2.8 debut, and figured a New Girl rerun would perform better.

Second, I do think FOX will go with four sitcoms on Tuesday and pair Glee with The X Factor and American Idol next season.

FOX hasn't gotten a new drama hit in three seasons.
Comedy is in. The only comedy competition at 8pm Tuesdays is Tim Allen, and he is not a threat.
Glee doesn't repeat well. Sitcoms generally do.
Glee works better with Idol than sitcoms and Bones.
Glee's ratings continue to sink. Pairing Glee with Idol should help both shows' ratings.
A rerun lead-in gives FOX an excuse to un-cancel Breaking In a third time.

UPDATE, January 14, 2012

Not that it would be difficult to predict that FOX would need a place next season to put some new live-action comedies, but there you have it.

Grimm Prediction

2011-12-09T12:48:00.001-05:00

How'd it do?

WOW! Better than The Office! The tv fans were right!

Oh.

Series Lows for Veteran Shows

2011-12-08T16:34:00.001-05:00

I've been reading the phrase "series low" a lot lately. So I looked them up.

Latest Update: January 4, 2012

2012

1.5 Body of Proof (Tuesday, January 3, 2012, December 6, 2011, 10pm)

2011

0.8 Chuck (Friday, December 30, 2011, 8pm)

1.8 Parks and Recreation (Thursday, December 8, 1, November 10, October 27, 8:30, March 17, 2011, 9:30, and September 24, 2009, 8:30)

1.9 The Good Wife (Sunday, December 4, 2011, 9pm, November 20, 2011, 9:25, and Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 10pm)

2.7 Desperate Housewives (Sunday, December 4, October 16, and April 17, 2011, 9pm)

1.4 CSI: NY (Friday, December 2, 2011, 9pm)

0.7 Supernatural (Friday, December 2, November 18, October 28, 7, September 30, 2011, 9pm)

0.5 Nikita (Friday, December 2, November 14, 7, 2011, 8pm)

3.1 Survivor (Wednesday, November 30, October 5, May 4, April 20, 13, March 30, 23, February 23, 2011, 8pm)

0.6 Gossip Girl (Monday, November 28, 14, 7, October 17, 10, 2011, 8pm, and Monday, May 9, 2011, 9pm)

2.8 Family Guy (Sunday, November 27, 2011, 9pm) (lowest since at least 2006)

1.7 The Cleveland Show (Sunday, November 27, 2011, 7:30)

0.6 90210 (Tuesday, November 22, 2011, 8pm)

2.5 House (Monday, November 21, 2011, 9pm, November 14, October 31, 2011, 8pm, and Tuesday, December 28, 2004)

1.1 Fringe (Friday, November 18 and 11, 2011, 9pm)

1.9 Law & Order: SVU (Wednesday, November 16 and 9, 2011, 10pm)

1.1 Harry's Law (Wednesday, November 16 & 2, 2011, 9pm)

1.4 Community (Thursday, October 27, April 28, 21, 14, 2011, 8pm)

3.1 Grey's Anatomy (Thursday, October 6, 2011, 9pm)

1.2 The Vampire Diaries (Thursday, October 6, September 22, 2011, April 28, 21, 7, 2010, 8pm)

0.7 America's Next Top Model (Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 9pm)

1.3 Happy Endings (Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 9:30, and May 18, 2011, 10:30)

2011 Spring

1.3 Breaking In (Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 9:30)

2.3 Hawaii Five-0 (Monday, May 9, 2011, 10pm)

2.3 Mike & Molly (Monday, May 9, 2011, 9:30)

1.6 American Dad (Sunday, May 8 & April 6, 2011, 7:30)

1.5 Blue Bloods (Friday, May 6 and February 18, 2011, 10pm)

2.3 CSI (Thursday, May 5, 2011, 10pm)

1.8 CSI: Miami (Sunday, May 1, 2011, 10pm)

1.8 Raising Hope (Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 9:30 & April 19, 2011, 9pm)

2.5 How I Met Your Mother (Monday, April 18, 2011, May 1, April 24, 2006, 8pm)

1.9 Bob's Burgers (Sunday, April 10, 2011, 8:30)

2.3 The Simpsons (Sunday, April 4, 2011, 8pm)

2.9 Criminal Minds (Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 9pm)

2010

2.4 The Mentalist (Thursday, December 9, 2010, 10pm)

1.9 Castle (Monday, December 6, 2010, and April 13, 2009, 10pm)

1.8 Parenthood (Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 10pm)

2.7 NCIS: LA (Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 9pm)

2009

2.2 Bones (Thursday, December 9, 2009, 8pm)

2.5 Glee (Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 9pm)

2.5 Modern Family (Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 9pm)

1.7 The Middle (Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 8pm)

1.9 Rules of Engagement (Thursday, May 13, 2009, 8pm)

2008

1.8 Private Practice (Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 9pm)

2.8 The Big Bang Theory (Monday, May 19, 5, 2008, 8pm)

2007

3.6 Two and a Half Men (Monday, May 14, 2007, 8:30)

2005

2.3 The Office (Tuesday, April 26, 2005, 9:30)

2004

2.4 NCIS (April/May 2004)

Top Comedies of 2011

2011-12-08T16:21:00.000-05:00

Yesterday, James Poniewozik posted his top programs of 2011.

I haven't watched a drama since Homicide, and I don't watch competition shows. That leaves comedy.

These are the comedies that I happily anticipate.

Beavis and Butt-Head
Louie
Community
Archer
Family Guy
Bob's Burgers
The League
Raising Hope
Conan
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
South Park
Cleveland
American Dad
30 Rock
Up All Night

And these are the comedies I watched this Fall but I will not watch in 2012.

The Office
Modern Family
Suburgatory
New Girl
Parks & Recreation

Diversified Programming

2011-12-07T08:30:00.001-05:00

FOX continues to be rewarded for broadening its audience, though the stunt wasn't as enchanting as Rudolph at 8 and lingerie at 10.

For its first 15 years, FOX catered almost exclusively to young males. Now, FOX appeals to somewhat different audiences each night.

Sunday: young males
Monday: a section of drama fans not interested in comedy, football, singing, or dancing.
Tuesday: young females
Wednesday and Thursday: teens and the Dancing with the Stars crowd
Friday: self-help types, scifi diehards
Saturday: the poor

Network TV in 2031

2011-12-06T20:35:00.001-05:00

"To some degree we’ll look at broadcast in 20 years as being like (telephone) party lines."

--Reed Hastings

Netflix's CEO is, to some degree, an idiot, but I do wonder what broadcast TV will look like in 20 years.

click to enlarge

To get a sense of the overall network ratings trend, let's look back 20 years. Luckily, I know just where we can find some ratings information from exactly 20 years ago.

I'll give you a few minutes to read the chart.

I'll give you another few minutes to get past the mindbending viewership numbers.

You're not hallucinating. 19 million people watched a Rescue 911 rerun.

In the last 20 years, viewership has been cut in half, while, paradoxically, the ad rates have risen. That, and the fact that broadcast radio still exists, means there's a good chance that network television will stick around long enough to celebrate its centennial milestone in 2046.

In 1991, it would have been difficult to predict where FOX and NBC are in 2011, or that two new networks would start up, exist ten years, and merge. It would also have been difficult in 1971 to predict ABC and NBC would be on top in 1991, or that a fourth network would be established.

In the year 2031 ...

Univision is the highest-rated network.
The CW is a rerun package of old CBS sitcoms.
NBC dropped the 10pm hour. Their highest-rated program is MMA Roller Derby.
My Network TV still airs reruns, but was relaunched as Animation Domination.
The WB's rerun package has beaten NBC for 10 years.
Telemundo has been bought and renamed FOXUMUNDO.
ABC is owned by the NBA and mostly airs basketball games.
CBS's highest-rated program is Electric Bingo.
FOX airs up to three hours of scripted programs per week.
Survivor, at long last, takes place on the moon.
Evening Newscasts have been replaced by whiffleball matches.
And, of course, The Simpsons have been renewed through season 45.

Exciting!

Ratings Stories of the Year

2011-12-06T15:18:00.001-05:00

Here's what I got.

1. The networks bounced back from last year's terrible development season.
2. Idol and 2.5 Men didn't collapse.
3. The X Factor led FOX to its first Fall demo win.
4. The Voice gave NBC fans a little bit of hope.
5. New Girl gave FOX a sitcom anchor.
6. Terra Nova squandered a mega-push and hurt House.
7. Whitney Cummings scored two series, one a hit and one a mess.
8. Blue Bloods didn't pass its Wednesday test, but continues to slowly grow on Fridays.
9. The Office, SNF, and SNL are the only NBC shows that have stayed above 1.9 this Fall.
10. The Walking Dead

The NHL's new alignment for 2012-2013

2011-12-06T06:12:00.001-05:00

This alignment was approved by the Board of Governors yesterday.

Playoffs
Conference Round 1: 1st & 4th seeds and 2nd & 3rd seeds play.
Conference Round 2: winners from 1st round play each other.
Semi-Finals: The four Conference champions play (seeding to be determined)
Stanley Cup Finals

Sitcom Standings

2011-12-05T12:21:00.001-05:00

I had an idea for standings based on Spotted's TRUE Strength metric. But this just turned into a mess. The only value I added was the streak, which The TV Addict should already be doing. Iconographs are from TVaholics.

19 TV Questions

2011-12-04T10:52:00.000-05:00

Today, I answer the important hypothetical questions about television. If you disagree, good. There are no incorrect answers. Remember, if you ask a question, you are allowing the possibility of answers you dislike.

"South Park or Beavis & Butt-Head?" Beavis and Butt-Head.
"Simpsons or Family Guy?" Simpsons.
"King of the Hill or Futurama?" King of the Hill.
"Ginger or Mary Ann?" Ginger.
"Joel or Mike?" Joel.
"Which Seinfeld character are you?" Newman.
"Hanna Barbera, Warner Brothers, or Disney?" Warner Brothers.
"Peter Jennings, Dan Rather, or Tom Brokaw?" Tom Brokaw.
"Letterman, Leno, Kimmel, or Conan?" Letterman.
"Colbert or Stewart?" Stewart.
"Ferguson, Kilborn, Snyder, Daly, or Fallon?" Kilborn.
"CBS, NBC, ABC, or FOX?" FOX.
"CNN, MSNBC, HLN, or FOX News?" MSNBC.
"TBS or Comedy Central?" Comedy Central.
"FX, AMC, USA, or TNT?" FX.
"Sitcoms: CBS, NBC, ABC, or FOX?" FOX.
"Favorite Muppet?" Cookie Monster.
"Favorite SNL Character?" Brian Fellows.
"Favorite TV Chef?" The Galloping Gourmet.

The Three Cringeworthy Characters

2011-12-02T10:45:00.001-05:00

Here's a quick list of characters in current network sitcoms that I like very much.
1. Dallas in Suburgatory. Acts like an actual teenager. Funny every time.
2. The other kids in Suburgatory. If I thought about it, I could remember the main girl's name. Dahlia? I would know her name if there had been a new episode this week.
3. Everybody in Community. Especially Todd. Todd is the best.
4. Jess in New Girl. She is approxly 90% of why people watch this show.
5. Virginia in Raising Hope. Everyone on that show is pretty good.
6. Ben in Parks and Recreation. He's believable, unlike the rest of the cast.

Here are the three characters that I hate. Every time they speak, they make me wonder why I still watch their shows.

1. Manny in Modern Family. No kid acts like that. No kid acts anywhere near that. The short girl is also awful.

2. Andy in The Office. Enough. ENOUGH. He deserves to be killed off. This is by far the worst season. Horrible.

3. Andy in Parks & Recreation. I think that's his name. He's the unbelievably dumb guy who used to date the nurse. He's not as annoying as he was in previous seasons, but that's probably because he has fewer lines. I don't like the nurse either.

Disclaimers: I don't watch CBS. I watch two sitcoms on ABC because I have too much time on my hands. I watch the FOX and NBC sitcoms, but I don't watch Whitney and neither should you. Cartoons aren't sitcoms.

Those Other NBC Sitcoms

2011-11-29T22:58:00.001-05:00

1984-2011

Stark Raving Mad
Madman of the People
Man of the People
Men Behaving Badly
Joey
Jenny
Jesse
Whoopi
Emeril
Tucker
Sara
Spencer
DAG
Daddio
Nurses
Grand
Cursed
Roomies
Working
Teachers
Committed
Coupling
Perfect Couples
Fired Up
Encore! Encore!
Happy Family
The Naked Truth
Built to Last
Union Square
The Mike O'Malley Show
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
The Tony Danza Show
The Martin Short Show
The Michael Richards Show
The Tracy Morgan Show
The Paul Reiser Show
Mr. Rhodes
Ferris Bueller
Conrad Bloom
Andy Barker, P.I.
Nothing in Common
Boston Common
Something Wilder
Something So Right
Good Morning, Miami
The Single Guy
The Mommies
Hope & Gloria
Kath & Kim
Carol & Company
Rhythm & Blues
Getting By
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
The Second Half
The Powers That Be
Out All Night
The Adventures of Mark & Brian
Pacific Station
The Torkelsons
The Tortellis
The Fanelli Boys
Parenthood
Working It Out
American Dreamer
Day By Day
Minor Adjustments
12 East
Twenty Good Years
Four Kings
Three Sisters
Sister Kate
Fathers and Sons
Father of the Pride
Beverly Hills Buntz
Easy Street
You Again?
Sweet Surrender
All is Forgiven
It's Your Move
Double Trouble
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Down Home
Nutt House
A Family for Joe
Out All Night
Inside Schwartz
Leap of Faith
Hidden Hills
In-Laws
Watching Ellie
A.U.S.A.
Outsourced
Whitney

Owners of U.S. Channels

2011-11-27T06:03:00.001-05:00

ABC: Disney
NBC: Comcast (51%), GE (49%)
FOX: NewsCorporation
CBS: CBS Corporation

Changes since August 2010
★ Comcast bought 51% of NBC and NBCU, January 28.
★ Cablevision spun off AMC Networks and closed Wedding Central, June 1.
★ NBCU rebranded Sleuth as Cloo, August 15.
★ ESPN's Longhorn Network launched on August 26, on very few cable systems.

As of November 25, 2011	Owner	Former Name
ABC Family	Disney	FOX Family, The Family Channel, CBN Family, CBN
A&E	AETN
Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera
AMC	AMC Networks
Animal Planet	Discovery	(replaced WOR national satellite feed)
BBC America	BBC Worldwide
BET	Viacom
Big Ten Network	Big Ten (51%) and FOX
The Biography Channel	AETN
Bloomberg	Bloomberg LP
Boomerang	Time Warner
Bravo	Comcast (NBCU)
CBS College Sports	CBS	National College Sports Network, College Sports Television
Centric	Viacom
Chiller	Comcast (NBCU)
Cinemax (8 channels)	Time Warner
Cloo	Comcast (NBCU)	Sleuth, Trio
CMT	Viacom
CMT Pure Country	Viacom
CN/Adult Swim	Time Warner
CNBC	Comcast (NBCU)	FNN (merged)
CNBC World	Comcast (NBCU)
CNN	Time Warner
CNN International	Time Warner	(replaced CNNfn on many cable systems)
Comcast Sports Net	Comcast
Comedy Central	Viacom	CTV: The Comedy Network, The Comedy Channel/Ha! (merged)
The Cooking Channel	Scripps	The Fine Living Network
Crime & Investigation Network	AETN
CSPAN (3 channels)	non-profit
Current	Current Media	Newsworld International
The Discovery Channel	Discovery
The Disney Channel	Disney
Disney Jr - 2012	Disney	SOAPnet
Disney XD	Disney
DIY Network	Scripps
The Documentary Channel	Documentary Channel
E!	Comcast
Encore (7 channels)	Liberty Media
EPIX (3 channels)	Viacom, MGM, Lionsgate
ESPN	Disney
ESPN 2	Disney
ESPN Classic	Disney	Classic Sports
ESPNews	Disney
ESPNU	Disney
FitTV	Discovery	The Health Network, Cable Health Club
Flix	CBS
Food Network	Scripps (66%) and Tribune	TV Food Network
FOX Business Channel	FOX
FOX College Sports	FOX
FOX Movie Channel	FOX	fXM: Movies from Fox
FOX News Channel	FOX
FOX Soccer Channel	FOX
Free Speech TV	non-profit	The 90's Channel
Fuel TV	FOX
Fuse TV	MSG	MuchMusic USA
Game Show Network	DirecTV and Sony
G4	Comcast (88%)	G4TechTV, TechTV, ZDNet
The Golf Channel	Comcast
Gospel Music Channel	GMC	Black Family Channel (merged), The Major Broadcasting Cable Network
Great American Country	Scripps
Hallmark Channel	Crown Media	Odyssey Network, Faith and Values Channel, VISN/ACTS (merged)
Hallmark Movie Channel	Crown Media
HBO (7 channels)	Time Warner
HDNet	HDNet Inc.
HDNet Movies	HDNet Inc.
HD Theater	Discovery	Discovery HD Theater
Headline News	Time Warner	CNN Headline News, CNN2
HGTV	Scripps
The History Channel	AETN
History International	AETN
Hub	Hasbro and Discovery	Discovery Kids
	Owner	Former Name
IFC	AMC Networks
Investigation Discovery	Discovery	Discovery Times Channel, Discovery Civilization, Discovery People, CBS Eye on People
Lifetime	AETN
Lifetime Movie Network	AETN
Lifetime Real Women	AETN
Link TV	Link Media
Logo	Viacom	VH1 Mega Hits
MavTV	MavTV
MGM HD	MGM
The Military Channel	Discovery	Discovery Wings
The Military HIstory Channel	AETN
MLB Network	MLB
Mountain West Sports Network	CBS and Comcast
The Movie Channel (2 channels)	CBS
MoviePlex (3 channels)	Liberty Media
MSNBC	Comcast (NBCU)	America's Talking
MTV	Viacom
MTV 2	Viacom	M2
MTV Hits	Viacom
MTV Jams	Viacom
NASA (4 channels)	public domain
National Geographic Channel	FOX (75%) and Nat Geo
National Geographic Wild	FOX and Nat Geo
NBA TV	NBA	CNN/SI
NFL Network	NFL	NFL
NHL Network	NHL	NHL
Nickelodeon	Viacom	Pinwheel
Nick Jr.	Viacom	Noggin
Nicktoons	Viacom	Nicktoons Network, Nicktoons TV
The 101 Network	DirecTV	The 101
The Oprah Winfrey Network	Harpo and Discovery	Discovery Health Channel
Ovation	Hubbard and Weinstein	Ovation TV
Oxygen	Comcast (NBCU)
Palladia	Viacom
PBS Kids Sprout	PBS and Comcast	PBS Kids
Planet Green	Discovery	Discovery Home and Leisure, Discovery Home
REELZ	Hubbard
Research Channel	University of Washington
Rural Free Delivery TV	RFD
The Science Channel	Discovery	Discovery Science
Showtime (8 channels)	CBS
The Smithsonian Channel	Smithsonian and CBS
Speed Channel	FOX	Speedvision
Spike	Viacom	Spike TV, The New TNN, The National Network, The Nashville Network
Starz (6 channels)	Liberty Media	Starz!, Encore 8
The Style Network	Comcast
Sundance Channel	AMC Networks
SyFy	Comcast (NBCU)	The Sci-Fi Channel
TBS	Time Warner	WTBS, WTCG
Teen Nick	Viacom	The N, Nick GAS
Tennis Channel	Tennis Channel
TLC	Discovery	The Learning Channel, Appalachian Community Service Network
TNT	Time Warner
The Travel Channel	Scripps (65%) and Cox (35%)
truTV	Time Warner
Turner Classic Movies	Time Warner
TV Guide Channel	Lionsgate	Prevue Channel, Prevue Guide, Electronic Program Guide
TV Land	Viacom
TV One	Comcast and Radio One (40%)
UCTV	University of California
Universal HD	Comcast (NBCU)
USA	Comcast (NBCU)
Versus	Comcast	Outdoor Life Network
VH1	Viacom
VH1 Classic	Viacom
VH1 Soul	Viacom
We	AMC Networks
The Weather Channel	Comcast (NBCU)
Weatherscan	Comcast (NBCU)
WGN America	Tribune
Survey of English-language cable channels in the U.S. Excludes separate west coast feeds, HD feeds, paid programming channels, regional sports, regional news, Video on Demand, and PPV. Time Warner Inc: 24 Viacom: 20 -- CBS and Viacom are both majority-controlled by Sumner Redstone. Liberty Media Corporation: 16 CBS Corporation: 13 Comcast Corporation: 20, including the 12 NBCUniversal channels (Comcast 51%, General Electric 49%) A&E Television Networks: 9 -- Hearst Corporation (42.5%), Disney (42.5%), and Comcast (NBCU, 15%) Disney-ABC Television Group: 9 -- Hearst owns 20% of the ESPN channels. FOX (News Corporation): 9 Discovery Communications, Inc: 9 Scripps Networks Interactive: 6 AMC Networks: 4

2011-2012

2011-11-26T22:49:00.001-05:00

ABC and NBC open up new comedy nights. Each network scores a new sitcom hit. NBC continues to have disastrous Mondays and Wednesdays in the Fall. Veteran programs House, The Office, Desperate Housewives, and Community continue to slide in the ratings. The X Factor isn't a megahit, but leads FOX to a demo win in the Fall for the first time, and helps stabilize FOX's year-round schedule. CBS continues to be strong on every night except Sunday, and orders only a few midseason replacements. ABC finally gets a drama hit (or two), as well as something that sticks at 8pm on Tuesdays: a sitcom starring Tim Allen.

Sunday		7pm	7:30	8pm	8:30	9pm	9:30	10pm	10:30
ABC	Sep	America's Funniest Home Videos		Once Upon a Time (Oct)		Desperate Housewives		Pan Am
ABC	Mar	America's Funniest Home Videos		Once Upon a Time (Oct)		Desperate Housewives		GCB
CBS		60 Minutes		The Amazing Race		The Good Wife		CSI: Miami
NBC	Sep	pre-game			Sunday Night Football
NBC	Feb	Dateline		Harry's Law		The Celebrity Apprentice
FOX	Sep	The OT / reruns		The Simpsons	Cleveland	Family Guy	American Dad	. . .
FOX	Mar	reruns	Cleveland (Jan. 29)	The Simpsons	Bob's Burgers	Family Guy	American Dad	. . .

Monday		8pm	8:30	9pm	9:30	10pm	10:30
ABC	Sep	Dancing with the Stars				Castle
	Jan	The Bachelor
	Mar	Dancing with the Stars
CBS		How I Met Your Mother	2 Broke Girls	Two and a Half Men	Mike & Molly	Hawaii Five-0
NBC	Sep	The Sing-Off				Rock Center
	Dec	Who's Still Standing?		Fear Factor		Rock Center
	Feb	The Voice				Smash
FOX	Sep	Terra Nova		House		. . .
	Jan	House		Alcatraz		. . .
	Mar	House		Touch (March 19)

Tuesday		8pm	8:30	9pm	9:30	10pm	10:30
ABC	Sep	Last Man Standing	Man Up	Dancing with the Stars results		Body of Proof
	Jan		Work It	Celebrity Wife Swap
	Mar		?	Dancing with the Stars results
CBS		NCIS		NCIS: Los Angeles		Unforgettable
NBC	Sep	The Biggest Loser				Parenthood
NBC	Mar	The Biggest Loser				Fashion Star
FOX	Sep	Glee		New Girl	Raising Hope	. . .
FOX	Mar	New Girl (reruns)	Breaking In	New Girl	Raising Hope	. . .

Wed.		8pm	8:30	9pm	9:30	10pm	10:30
ABC		The Middle	Suburgatory	Modern Family	Happy Endings	Revenge
CBS	Sep	Survivor: South Pacific		Criminal Minds		CSI
CBS	Feb	Survivor		Criminal Minds		CSI
NBC	Sep	Up All Night	reruns	Harry's Law		Law & Order: SVU
NBC	Jan	Whitney	Are You There, Chelsea?	Rock Center		Law & Order: SVU
FOX	Sep	The X Factor				. . .
FOX	Jan	American Idol				. . .

Thursday		8pm	8:30	9pm	9:30	10pm	10:30
ABC	Sep	Charlie's Angels		Grey's Anatomy		Private Practice
	Jan	Wipeout
	Mar	Missing
CBS		Big Bang Theory	Rules of Engagement	Person of Interest		The Mentalist
NBC	Sep	Community	Parks and Recreation	The Office	Whitney	Prime Suspect
NBC	Jan	30 Rock	Parks and Recreation	The Office	Up All Night	The Firm
FOX	Sep	The X Factor results		Bones (Nov)		. . .
FOX	Jan	American Idol results		The Finder		. . .

Friday		8pm	8:30	9pm	9:30	10pm	10:30
ABC	Oct	EM: Home		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition		20/20
ABC	Feb	Shark Tank		Extreme Makeover: Home Edition		20/20
CBS	Sep	A Gifted Man		CSI: NY		Blue Bloods
CBS	Apr	?		CSI: NY		Blue Bloods
NBC	Oct	Chuck		Grimm		Dateline
NBC	Feb	Who Do You Think You Are?		Grimm		Dateline
FOX	Sep	Kitchen Nightmares		Fringe		. . .
FOX	Mar	?		?		. . .

Saturday		8pm	8:30	9pm	9:30	10pm	10:30
ABC	Sep	college football
ABC	Jan	movie / reruns
CBS		reruns				48 Hours Mystery
NBC		reruns
FOX		COPS	COPS reruns	reruns		. . .

CW
✪ Monday: 8pm Gossip Girl, 9pm Hart of Dixie
✪ Tuesday: 8pm 90210, 9pm Ringer
✪ Wednesday: September: 8pm H8R (4 episodes) then reruns, 9pm America's Next Top Model
✪ Wednesday: January: 8pm One Tree Hill, 9pm Remodeled
✪ Thursday: 8pm The Vampire Diaries, 9pm The Secret Circle
✪ Friday: 8pm Nikita, 9pm Supernatural

CBS
✪ Undercover Boss is scheduled to air Sundays, 8-9pm, January 12-February.
✪ How to Be a Gentleman aired at 8:30-9pm, Thursday, September 29 and October 6, and Saturday, October 15.
✪ ¡Rob! is scheduled to air Thursdays at 8:30-9pm, starting January 12.

ABC
✪ Charlie's Angels ran six episodes, Thursdays at 8-9pm, and was replaced by specials.
✪ Extreme Makeover: Home Edition began the season Sundays at 8pm.
✪ You Deserve It is scheduled to run Mondays at 9-10pm, starting November 21.

NBC
✪ The Playboy Club ran September 19-October 3, Mondays at 10pm.
✪ Free Agents ran September 21-October 5, Wednesdays at 8:30-9pm, and debuted at 10:30 on September 14.
✪ The Voice got the post-Super Bowl slot, February 5.

FOX
✪ Allen Gregory will run 6 episodes, Sunday at 8:30-9pm, October 30-December 21.
✪ Napolon Dynamite will run 7 episodes, Sunday at 8:30-9pm, January 15-Narch 4.
✪ I Hate My Teenage Daughter is scheduled to air Wednesdays at 9:30-10pm, starting November 30.

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THANK YOU TO YOU

2011-11-25T16:03:00.001-05:00

Ed put up a nice Thanksgiving thanks post yesterday. It's ironic that he thanked me for helping with the design since I removed all the design on this site the night before. When I figure out how to add some links to this template, Spotted will be right there. I read his posts every day, and he is my primary ratings source.

An explanation is in order. I intended this site to do several things, and it does none of them currently.

1. Post daily 18-49 ratings, including cable, on one page.
2. Be a continually-updated resource for historical ratings and scheduling information.
3. Highlight upcoming episodes, especially on less-watched channels like The Hub and PBS.

Oh well. This site has turned into a blog. But I have a plan.

Anyway, on the TV side of (not having a) life, my Black Friday thanks go to Ed, James, Rubbercat, and the dickheads at TV By the Numbers.

And the people who pad my page view stats by clicking on google images.

November Boredom

2011-11-22T15:13:00.001-05:00

I've been bored.

So bored that I watched the last five episodes of "Parks and Recreation." The guy from "Party Down" is the only grounded person on the show. I can't buy anything else about it. Ron Swanson is an okay character, but I can't worship him, internet.

So bored that I watched the last five episodes of "The Office." It remains frustratingly stupid. Nobody buys Andy as the boss. It has become less a comedy, and more a psychological study of ten cast members who know their careers are over.

So bored that I watched the last five episodes of "Modern Family." Each episode is still a fast-paced blob of three hack storylines. Chinese Toddler is funnier than everyone but Al Bundy.

So bored that I watched "Suburgatory." Dallas is the greatest character, and somehow, I do buy Larry David's TV ex-wife as a southerner. Nobody does any work on this show, but that must be on purpose, right?

So bored that I watched "New Girl." The Thanksgiving episode was pretty great, and Bones Girl is a good actress. I wish Not Damon Wayans Junior was interesting.

So bored that I wrote this.

Sweeps Stunts Ratings, November 2011

2011-11-21T16:29:00.001-05:00

Sweeps periods for the 2011-2012 season
October 27 - November 23, 2011
February 2 - February 29, 2012
April 26 - May 23, 2012
June 28 - July 25, 2012

Sweeps Specials's 18-49 Ratings, November 2011

Week 1

Thursday, October 27, first night of sweeps
2.3 It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (special, 1966) ABC, 8-9pm
6.5 World Series game 6, FOX

Friday, October 28
1.0 Chuck (season premiere) NBC 8-9pm 2.1 GRIMM (series premiere) NBC 9-10pm 7.4 World Series game 7, FOX

Saturday, October 29
1.5 America's Most Wanted (2-hour special) FOX 8-10pm

Sunday, October 30
2.4 Allen Gregory (series premiere) FOX 8:30-9pm

Monday, October 31
1.7 Scared Shrekless (special, 2010) ABC, 8-9pm
1.0 Rock Center (series premiere) NBC, 9-10pm

Week 2

Thursday, November 3
3.3 Bones (season premiere) FOX, 9-10pm

Friday, November 4
7.2 College Football (1 LSU vs 2 Alabama) CBS, 8:30pm Eastern

Tuesday, November 8
1.7 In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Nashville (special, new) ABC 10-11pm

Wednesday, November 9
4.8 CMA Awards (special, live) ABC 8pm Eastern

Week 3

Saturday, November 12
0.9 South Carolina Republican Debate (special, live) CBS 8-9pm Eastern
0.6 College Football (Maryland vs Notre Dame) NBC 8pm Eastern
3.0 UFC fight (special, live) FOX 9-10pm

Monday, November 14
2.4 20/20 (special day) ABC 10-11pm

Week 4

Thursday, November 17
1.7 20/20 (special day) ABC 8-9pm
2.6 Private Practice (special, 2 hours) ABC 9-10pm

Sunday, November 20
4.3 2011 American Music Awards (special) ABC 8-11pm
Animation Domination (Thanksgiving episodes) FOX 8-10pm

Monday, November 21
1.7 You Deserve It (series premiere) ABC 9-10pm (DWTS shrunk to one hour, 8-9pm)

Tuesday, November 22
3.2 X Factor (special day) FOX 8-10pm
4.1 Dancing with the Stars (cycle finale, expanded to 2 hours) ABC 9-11pm

Wednesday, November 23, last night of Sweeps
The Middle, Suburgatory, and Modern Family (Thanksgiving episodes) ABC 8-9:30pm
1.5 Mobbed (special) FOX 9-10pm (X Factor shrunk to one hour)

November Specials, post-Sweeps

Thursday, November 24, Thanksgiving
1.8 A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (special, 2001) ABC 8-9pm
2.3 Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (special, new) FOX 8pm-8:30
1.6 Happiness is a Warm Blanket Charlie Brown (special, new) FOX 8:30-9:30
1.6 A Very Gaga Thanksgiving (special, premiere) ABC 9:30-11pm
0.9 The 85th Anniversary of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (special, new) NBC 10-11pm (to be rerun on Saturday, 8-9pm)

Friday, November 25
0.8 Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas (special, new) CBS 8pm-8:30
1.1 The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf's Story (special, new) CBS 8:30-9pm
0.5 Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (special, 2000) CW 8-9pm
0.2 Olive, the Other Reindeer (special, 1999) CW 9-10pm

Saturday, November 26
0.6 The 85th Anniversary of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (special, rerun from Thursday) NBC 8-9pm

Sunday, November 27
1.1 Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith (Hallmark movie, new) ABC 9-11pm

Monday, November 28
2.5 Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (special, 1966) ABC 8pm-8:30
2.6 Shrek the Halls (special, 2007) ABC 8:30-9pm

Tuesday, November 29
4.0 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (special, 1964) CBS 8-9pm
4.6 The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2011 (special, new) CBS, 10-11pm

Wednesday, November 30
1.9 Christmas in Rockefeller Center (special, live) NBC 8-9pm
0.9 A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (special, 2008) CW 8-9pm
2.8 I Hate My Teenage Daughter (series premiere) FOX 9:30-10pm (X Factor shrunk to 90 minutes)
1.9 The Grammy Nominations Concert (special, live) CBS 10-11pm

Network Series Statuses, 2011-12

2011-11-18T19:38:00.001-05:00

Last updated on January 15

AXED WORK IT (ABC, replaced by reruns of Last Man Standing) MAN UP (ABC, replaced by reruns of Last Man Standing) PRIME SUSPECT (NBC, to be replaced by The Firm) CHARLIE'S ANGELS (ABC, replaced by specials) HOW TO BE A GENTLEMAN (CBS, replaced by Rules of Engagement) H8ER (CW, replaced by reruns of Ringer) THE PLAYBOY CLUB (NBC, replaced by Rock Center) FREE AGENTS (NBC, replaced by reruns of Whitney)	FULL-SEASON ORDERS GRIMM (NBC) ONCE UPON A TIME (ABC) HAPPY ENDINGS (ABC) LAST MAN STANDING (ABC) PERSON OF INTEREST (CBS) UNFORGETTABLE (CBS) REVENGE (ABC) SUBURGATORY (ABC) HART OF DIXIE (CW) SECRET CIRCLE (CW) RINGER (CW) 2 BROKE GIRLS (CBS) WHITNEY (NBC) UP ALL NIGHT (NBC) NEW GIRL (FOX)	RENEWED SURVIVOR (CBS, 2 cycles) THE X FACTOR (FOX) LOVE IN THE WILD (NBC, Summer 2012) THE SIMPSONS (FOX, renewed through 2014) MASTERCHEF (FOX, Summer 2012) SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (FOX, 2012)

Midseason Premiere Dates

2011-11-18T19:37:00.001-05:00

ABC

Work It (sitcom) (Jan. 3, Tuesdays 8:30)
Celebrity Wife Swap (Jan. 3, Tuesdays 9pm)
Wipeout (Jan. 5, Thursdays 8pm)
Shark Tank (Jan. 20, Fridays 8pm)
Primetime: What Would You Do? (Jan. 20, Fridays 9pm)
The River (drama) (Feb. 7, Tuesdays 9pm)
GCB (drama) (March 4, Sundays 10pm)
Missing (drama) (March 15, Thursdays 8pm)
Apartment 23 (sitcom)
Scandal (drama)
Secret Millionaire
Cougar Town

FOX

I Hate My Teenage Daughter (Nov. 30, Wed. 9:30)
The Finder (drama) (Jan. 12, Thursdays 9pm)
Napoleon Dynamite (animated) (Jan. 15, Sun. 8:30pm)
Alcatraz (drama) (January 16, Mondays 9pm)
Bob's Burgers (March 11, 8:30pm)
Touch (drama) (March 19, Mondays 9pm)
Breaking In (March 6, Tuesdays 8:30pm)

NBC

Fear Factor (Dec. 12, Mondays)
Who's Still Standing? (Dec. 12, Mondays)
Are You There, Chelsea? (sitcom) (Jan. 11, Wed. 8:30)
30 Rock (Jan. 12, Thursdays 8pm)
The Firm (drama) (Jan. 12, Thursdays 10pm)
Who Do You Think You Are? (Feb. 3, Fridays 8pm)
The Voice (Feb. 5,6 Mondays 8-10pm)
Smash (drama) (Feb. 6, Mondays 10pm)
The Apprentice (Feb. 12, Sundays 9-11pm)
Fashion Star (March 13, Tuesdays)
Betty White's Off Their Rockers
Awake (drama)
Bent (sitcom)
Best Friends Forever (sitcom)

CBS

Rob (sitcom) (Jan. 12, Thursdays 8:30)
Undercover Boss (Jan. 15, Sundays 8pm)
NYC 22 (drama) (formerly The 2-2)

Last update: December 2.

2010-2011 Aftermath

2011-07-04T10:16:00.001-04:00

Canceled

Survivors

Moved

Stability

The Purple Network: ABC & NBC Should Merge

Sunday, May 1

2011-05-01T19:32:00.001-04:00

What Was On: Sunday, May 1, 2011


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	Wild Kingdom	Mysteries of the Jungle Giants	Sunday	7pm	Animal
	60 Minutes	May 1, 2011	Sunday	7pm	CBS
	Dateline		Sunday	7pm	NBC
	AFV		Sunday	7pm	ABC
	Simpsons	rerun	Sunday	7pm	FOX
	animation	rerun	Sunday	7:30	FOX
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	Simpsons	rerun	Sunday	8pm	FOX
	Madagascar	special	Sunday	8pm	Animal
	The Amazing Race	week 10	Sunday	8pm	CBS
	America's Next Great Restaurant	season finale	Sunday	8pm	NBC
	EM: Home		Sunday	8pm	ABC
	Season 25		Sunday	8pm	OWN
	Mob Wives		Sunday	8pm	VH1
	Cleveland		Sunday	8:30	FOX
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	Family Guy		Sunday	9pm	FOX
	Game of Thrones	Lord Snow	Sunday	9pm	HBO
	Desperate Housewives		Sunday	9pm	ABC
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	season 10 premiere, final season	Sunday	9pm	USA
	Undercover Boss	season finale	Sunday	9pm	CBS
	The Celebrity Apprentice		Sunday	9-11pm	NBC
	Last Cake Standing	ep. 4	Sunday	9pm	Food
	The Judds	ep. 3	Sunday	9pm	OWN
	Holmes Inspection		Sunday	9pm	HGTV
	Army Wives		Sunday	9pm	Lifetime
	Audriana		Sunday	9pm	VH1
	The Cleveland Show		Sunday	9:30	FOX
	Saddle Ranch		Sunday	9:30	VH1
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	The Killing		Sunday	10pm	AMC
	The Borgias	The French King	Sunday	10pm	Showtime
	Treme	Everything I Do Gonh be Funky	Sunday	10pm	HBO
	In Plain Sight	season 4 premiere	Sunday	10pm	USA
	Breakout Kings		Sunday	10pm	A&E
	Brothers & Sisters		Sunday	10pm	ABC
	CSI: Miami		Sunday	10pm	CBS
	Forgiveness	special, A Time to Love and a Time to Hate	Sunday	10pm	PBS
	Shark Men	As Big As A Boat	Sunday	10pm	Nat Geo
	River Monsters	Chainsaw Predator	Sunday	10pm	Animal
	Real Housewives of Orange County		Sunday	10pm	Bravo
	Coming Home		Sunday	10pm	Lifetime
	Amazing Wedding Cakes		Sunday	10pm	We
	House Hunters		Sunday	10pm	HGTV
	Khloe & Lamar		Sunday	10pm	E!
	The Dance Scene		Sunday	10:30	E!
	House Hunters International		Sunday	10:30	HGTV
	Watch What Happens Live		Sunday	11pm	Bravo
	Superjail!		Sunday	midnight	Cartoon

Saturday, April 30

2011-04-30T19:31:00.001-04:00

What Was On: Saturday, April 30, 2011


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	Walking the Great Wall		Saturday	8pm	Nat Geo
	How Do I Look?		Saturday	8pm	Style
	High Stakes Poker	ep.10	Saturday	8pm	GSN
	It's Me or the Dog	Dakota Territory	Saturday	8pm	Animal
	Nascar	Richmond Cup	Saturday	8pm	FOX
	Fight Camp 360: Pacquiao vs. Mosley		Saturday	10pm	CBS
	crimetime	reruns	Saturday	8-11pm	NBC
	crimetime	reruns	Saturday	8-11pm	ABC
	Curb Appeal: The Block		Saturday	8:30	HGTV
	COPS	rerun	Saturday	8:30	FOX
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	Dr. Who		Saturday	9pm	BBC Am
	Secrets from a Stylist		Saturday	9pm	HGTV
	Bellator Fighting Championships		Saturday	9pm	MTV 2
	The Antonio Treatment		Saturday	9:30	HGTV
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	Oddities		Saturday	10pm	Science
	48 Hours Mystery		Saturday	10pm	CBS
	Too Cute! Kittens	special	Saturday	10pm	Animal
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	That Metal Show	Sebastian Bach and Anvil	Saturday	11pm	VH1 Classic
	SNL	rerun	Saturday	11:30	NBC

Credit: Travis Yanan, TitanTV, and The Futon Critic

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Friday, April 29

2011-04-29T19:31:00.001-04:00

The Whitest Kids U'Know

What's On: Friday, April 29, 2011


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	Kitchen Nightmares		Friday	8pm	FOX
	Chaos		Friday	8pm	CBS
	Friday Night Lights	The Right Hand of the Father	Friday	8pm	NBC
	Smallville		Friday	8pm	CW
	Shark Tank		Friday	8pm	ABC
	The Singing Bee		Friday	8pm	CMT
	Washington Week		Friday	8pm	PBS
	WWE Smackdown		Friday	8-10pm	Syfy
	Need to Know		Friday	8:30-9:30	PBS
	Fish Hooks	Parasite Fight	Friday	8:30	Disney
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	Fringe		Friday	9pm	FOX
	CSI: NY		Friday	9pm	CBS
	Supernatural		Friday	9pm	CW
	Primetime: What Would You Do?		Friday	9pm	ABC
	Dateline		Friday	9-11pm	NBC
	Degrassi: TNG	Drop the World, Part 2, season 10 finale	Friday	9pm	TeenNick
	CMT's Next Superstar		Friday	9pm	CMT
	Dual Survival		Friday	9pm	Discovery
	Say Yes to the Dress		Friday	9pm	TLC
	Friday Night Fights		Friday	9pm	ESPN 2
	The Steve Harvey Project		Friday	9pm	Centric
	Hooked	River Sharks	Friday	9pm	Nat Geo
	Killer Outbreaks		Friday	9pm	Animal
	Python Hunters	season 2 premiere, Snake Invasion	Friday	9pm	Wild
	Gigantic	Things That Haven't Happened Yet, season 1 finale	Friday	9:30	TeenNick
	Randy Knows Best		Friday	9:30	TLC
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	Real Time with Bill Maher		Friday	10pm	HBO
	Camelot		Friday	10pm	Starz
	The Soup		Friday	10pm	E!
	Sanctuary	Hangover	Friday	10pm	Syfy
	Blue Bloods		Friday	10pm	CBS
	Ice Pilots	Deadly Winds	Friday	10pm	Nat Geo
	20/20		Friday	10pm	ABC
	D.C. Cupcakes		Friday	10pm	TLC
	Bad Karma		Friday	10pm	Current
	The Haunted	Stalked by a Vampire	Friday	10pm	Animal
	Snake Underworld	special	Friday	10pm	Wild
	American Loggers		Friday	10pm	Discovery
	American Restoration	2 new episodes	Friday	10-11pm	History
	Whitest Kids U'Know	s5e2	Friday	10pm	IFC
	Fashion Police		Friday	10:30	E!
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	Charlie Rose		Friday	11pm	PBS
	Chelsea Handler		Friday	11pm	E!
	Nightline		Friday	11:35	ABC
	David Letterman		Friday	11:35	CBS
	Jay Leno		Friday	11:35	NBC
	Jimmy Kimmel		Friday	midnight	ABC
	Wendy Williams		Friday	midnight	BET
	Tavis Smiley		Friday	midnight	PBS
	Jimmy Fallon		Friday	12:35	NBC
	Craig Ferguson		Friday	12:35	CBS
	Carson Daly		Friday	1:35	NBC

Credit: Travis Yanan, TitanTV, and The Futon Critic

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25	26	27	28	29	30

Thursday, April 28

2011-04-28T19:30:00.000-04:00

What's On: Thursday, April 28, 2011


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	Community		Thursday	8pm	NBC
	The Big Bang Theory		Thursday	8pm	CBS
	American Idol	1 voted off	Thursday	8-10pm	FOX
	Vampire Diaries		Thursday	8pm	CW
	Wipeout		Thursday	8pm	ABC
	WWE Superstars		Thursday	8pm	WGN
	Rules of Engagement		Thursday	8pm	CBS
	The Paul Reiser Show		Thursday	8:30	NBC
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	Bones		Thursday	9pm	FOX
	The Office		Thursday	9pm	NBC
	Grey's Anatomy		Thursday	9pm	ABC
	CSI		Thursday	9pm	CBS
	Call Me Fritz	Loco	Thursday	9pm	Directv
	The First 48		Thursday	9pm	A&E
	TNA Impact		Thursday	9-11pm	Spike
	The Steve Harvey Project		Thursday	9pm	Centric
	Nikita		Thursday	9pm	CW
	Parks and Recreation		Thursday	9:30	NBC
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	30 Rock		Thursday	10pm	NBC
	Private Practice		Thursday	10pm	ABC
	The Mentalist		Thursday	10pm	CBS
	ABDC		Thursday	10pm	MTV
	Ice Brigade		Thursday	10pm	Discovery
	Secrets of the Mediterranean	special	Thursday	10pm	Wild
	Real Housewives of NYC		Thursday	10pm	Bravo
	Bear Whisperer		Thursday	10pm	Animal
	True Crime		Thursday	10pm	I.D.
	Manhunters		Thursday	10-11pm	A&E
	30 Rock		Thursday	10pm	NBC
	Secret Diary of a Call Girl	season 4 premiere	Thursday	10:30	Showtime
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	Gigolos	series premiere	Thursday	11pm	Showtime
	Conan O'Brien		Thursday	11pm	TBS
	Jon Stewart		Thursday	11pm	Comedy
	Chelsea Handler		Thursday	11pm	E!
	Charlie Rose		Thursday	11pm	PBS
	Mo'Nique		Thursday	11pm	BET
	Watch What Happens Live		Thursday	11pm	Bravo
	Stephen Colbert		Thursday	11:30	Comedy
	Nightline		Thursday	11:35	ABC
	David Letterman		Thursday	11:35	CBS
	Jay Leno		Thursday	11:35	NBC
	John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show		Thursday	midnight	Comedy
	Jimmy Kimmel		Thursday	midnight	ABC
	Tavis Smiley		Thursday	midnight	PBS
	George Lopez		Thursday	midnight	TBS
	Wendy Williams		Thursday	midnight	BET
	Jimmy Fallon		Thursday	12:35	NBC
	Craig Ferguson		Thursday	12:35	CBS
	Carson Daly		Thursday	1:35	NBC

Credit: Travis Yanan, TitanTV, and The Futon Critic

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Wednesday, April 27

2011-04-27T19:29:00.001-04:00

What's On: Wednesday, April 27, 2011


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	American Idol	Finalists Compete	Wednesday	8pm-9:30	FOX
	The Middle		Wednesday	8pm	ABC
	Survivor		Wednesday	8pm	CBS
	Secrets of the Dead	special, Lost in the Amazon	Wednesday	8pm	PBS
	Inside the Royal Wedding	special	Wednesday	8pm	NBC
	America's Next Top Model	rerun	Wednesday	8pm	CW
	Better with You		Wednesday	8:30	ABC
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	Modern Family		Wednesday	9pm	ABC
	Criminal Minds		Wednesday	9pm	CBS
	America's Next Top Model		Wednesday	9pm	CW
	Are We There Yet?	Kevin Gets a Commercial	Wednesday	9pm	TBS
	Mythbusters		Wednesday	9pm	Discovery
	Ultimate Fighter	Lesnar / Dos Santos	Wednesday	9pm	Spike
	The Steve Harvey Project		Wednesday	9pm	Centric
	Law & Order: SVU	rerun	Wednesday	9pm	NBC
	Breaking In		Wednesday	9:30	FOX
	Cougar Town	rerun	Wednesday	9:30	ABC
	Are We There Yet?	Suzanne's Surprise Party	Wednesday	9:30	TBS
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	South Park	season 15 premiere	Wednesday	10pm	Comedy
	Justified		Wednesday	10pm	FX
	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior		Wednesday	10pm	CBS
	Happy Endings	series premiere, 2 new episodes	Wednesday	10pm	ABC
	House of Payne	Praying for Attention	Wednesday	10pm	TBS
	The Real World		Wednesday	10pm	MTV
	South Beach Classics		Wednesday	10pm	Discovery
	Coal		Wednesday	10pm	Spike
	Top Chef Masters		Wednesday	10pm	Bravo
	I'm Alive		Wednesday	10pm	Animal
	Storibook Weddings		Wednesday	10pm	Oxygen
	Fact or Faked		Wednesday	10pm	Syfy
	Law & Order: SVU	rerun	Wednesday	10pm	NBC
	Workaholics		Wednesday	10:30	Comedy
	House of Payne	Dream Girls	Wednesday	10:30	TBS
	Storage Wars		Wednesday	10:30	A&E
	Modern Family	rerun	Wednesday	10:30	ABC
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	Conan O'Brien		Wednesday	11pm	TBS
	Jon Stewart		Wednesday	11pm	Comedy
	Chelsea Handler		Wednesday	11pm	E!
	Mo'Nique		Wednesday	11pm	BET
	Charlie Rose		Wednesday	11pm	PBS
	Being Erica	Fa La Erica, season 3 finale	Wednesday	11pm	Soap
	Stephen Colbert		Wednesday	11:30	Comedy
	Nightline		Wednesday	11:35	ABC
	David Letterman		Wednesday	11:35	CBS
	Jay Leno		Wednesday	11:35	NBC
	Jimmy Kimmel		Wednesday	midnight	ABC
	Tavis Smiley		Wednesday	midnight	PBS
	George Lopez		Wednesday	midnight	TBS
	Wendy Williams		Wednesday	midnight	BET
	Jimmy Fallon		Wednesday	12:35	NBC
	Craig Ferguson		Wednesday	12:35	CBS
	Carson Daly		Wednesday	1:35	NBC

Credit: Travis Yanan, TitanTV, and The Futon Critic

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Tuesday, April 26

2011-04-26T19:29:00.002-04:00

The Voice

What's On: Tuesday, April 26, 2011


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	Glee		Tuesday	8pm	FOX
	Black in Latin America	special, Cuba: The Next Revolution	Tuesday	8pm	PBS
	Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution		Tuesday	8pm	ABC
	NCIS		Tuesday	8pm	CBS
	The Biggest Loser	week 17	Tuesday	8-9pm	NBC
	One Tree Hill	rerun	Tuesday	8pm	CW
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	Raising Hope	rerun	Tuesday	9pm	FOX
	Life Inside the Vatican	special	Tuesday	9pm	Nat Geo
	NCIS: LA		Tuesday	9pm	CBS
	Hellcats		Tuesday	9pm	CW
	Dancing with the Stars	results	Tuesday	9pm	ABC
	The Voice	series premiere	Tuesday	10pm	NBC
	Destination Truth	Guam Zombies / Fangalobolo	Thursday	9pm	Syfy
	Deadliest Catch		Tuesday	9pm	Discovery
	What Not to Wear		Tuesday	9pm	TLC
	Hardcore Pawn		Tuesday	9pm	truTV
	The Steve Harvey Project		Tuesday	9pm	Centric
	Traffic Light		Tuesday	9:30	FOX
	Hardcore Pawn		Tuesday	9:30	truTV
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	Independent Lens	Marwencol	Tuesday	10pm	PBS
	The Good Wife		Tuesday	10pm	CBS
	Body of Proof		Tuesday	10pm	ABC
	tosh.O		Tuesday	10pm	Comedy
	Addicted to Food		Tuesday	10pm	OWN
	Hogs Gone Wild		Tuesday	10pm	Discovery
	Big Brian: The Fortune Seller		Tuesday	10pm	truTV
	16 & Pregnant	season 3 premiere	Tuesday	10pm	MTV
	Pregnant in Heels		Tuesday	10pm	Bravo
	The Fabulous Beekman Boys		Tuesday	10pm	Green
	All on the Line		Tuesday	10pm	Sundance
	What Not to Wear	Jordan	Tuesday	10pm	TLC
	Marcel's Quantum Kitchen	Race to the Finish	Tuesday	10pm	Syfy
	Explorer	The Angel Effect	Tuesday	10pm	Nat Geo
	Top Shot		Tuesday	10pm	History
	Sports Show with Norm MacDonald		Tuesday	10:30	Comedy
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	Conan O'Brien		Tuesday	11pm	TBS
	Jon Stewart		Tuesday	11pm	Comedy
	Chelsea Handler		Tuesday	11pm	E!
	Mo'Nique		Tuesday	11pm	BET
	Charlie Rose		Tuesday	11pm	PBS
	Stephen Colbert		Tuesday	11:30	Comedy
	David Letterman		Tuesday	11:35	CBS
	Nightline		Tuesday	11:35	ABC
	Jay Leno		Tuesday	11:35	NBC
	Jimmy Kimmel		Tuesday	midnight	ABC
	George Lopez		Tuesday	midnight	TBS
	Tavis Smiley		Tuesday	midnight	PBS
	Wendy Williams		Tuesday	midnight	BET
	Jimmy Fallon		Tuesday	12:35	NBC
	Craig Ferguson		Tuesday	12:35	CBS
	Carson Daly		Tuesday	1:35	NBC

Credit: Travis Yanan, TitanTV, and The Futon Critic

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Monday, April 25

2011-04-25T19:28:00.001-04:00

Conan is still on the air.

What's On: Monday, April 25, 2011


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	House		Monday	8pm	FOX
	How I Met Your Mother		Monday	8pm	CBS
	Chuck		Monday	8pm	NBC
	90210		Monday	8pm	CW
	Dancing with the Stars		Monday	8-9:30	ABC
	The Secret Life of the American Teenager		Monday	8pm	Family
	Pair of Kings	The Trouble with Doubles	Monday	8pm	XD
	Antiques Roadshow	Billings	Monday	8pm	PBS
	WWE Tough Enough		Monday	8pm	USA
	Mad Love		Monday	8:30	CBS
	Zeke and Luther	Head of Skate	Monday	8:30	XD
	The Problem Solverz		Monday	8:45	Cartoon
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	The Chicago Code		Monday	9pm	FOX
	Stargate Universe	Epilogue	Monday	9pm	Syfy
	The Event		Monday	9pm	NBC
	Gossip Girl		Monday	9pm	CW
	Make It or Break It		Monday	8pm	Family
	American Experience	Stonewall Uprising	Monday	9pm	PBS
	Relapse		Monday	9pm	A&E
	Kidnapped by the Kids		Monday	9pm	OWN
	Bad Girls Club		Monday	9pm	Oxygen
	Wild Case Files	Bird-eating Catfish, season 1 finale	Monday	9pm	Wild
	American Pickers		Monday	9pm	History
	Wedding Wars		Monday	9pm	VH1
	The Steve Harvey Project		Monday	9pm	Centric
	2.5 Men	rerun	Monday	9pm	CBS
	WWE Raw		Monday	9-11pm	USA
	Better with You		Monday	9:30	ABC
	Mike & Molly	Opening Day	Monday	9:30	CBS
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	Nurse Jackie	Rat Falls	Monday	10pm	Showtime
	Games of the North	special, Playing for Survival	Monday	10pm	PBS
	Law & Order: L.A.		Monday	10pm	NBC
	Hawaii Five-0		Monday	10pm	CBS
	The Hard Times of R.J. Berger		Monday	10pm	MTV
	Pawn Stars		Monday	10pm	History
	Castle		Monday	10pm	ABC
	In the Bedroom		Monday	10pm	OWN
	Love Games	Bad Girls Need Love Too	Monday	10pm	Oxygen
	Southern Fried Stings		Monday	10pm	Tru
	Bethenny Ever After		Monday	10pm	Bravo
	RuPaul's Drag Race 3		Monday	10pm	Logo
	Seized and Sold	special, The Madoff Auction	Monday	10pm	Nat Geo
	Beverly Hills: Fabulous		Monday	10pm	VH1
	The United States of Tara	Dr. Hatteras' Miracle Elixir	Monday	10pm	Showtime
	Pawn Stars		Monday	10:30	History
	Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory		Monday	10:30	MTV
	Love & Hip Hop		Monday	10:30	VH1
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	Conan O'Brien		Monday	11pm	TBS
	Jon Stewart		Monday	11pm	Comedy
	Chelsea Handler		Monday	11pm	E!
	Charlie Rose		Monday	11pm	PBS
	Mo'Nique		Monday	11pm	BET
	Untucked		Monday	11pm	Logo
	Setup Squad	series premiere	Monday	11pm	Logo
	Stephen Colbert		Monday	11:30	Comedy
	Nightline		Monday	11:35	ABC
	David Letterman		Monday	11:35	CBS
	Jay Leno		Monday	11:35	NBC
	Jimmy Kimmel		Monday	midnight	ABC
	Tavis Smiley		Monday	midnight	PBS
	Wendy Williams		Monday	midnight	BET
	George Lopez		Monday	midnight	TBS
	Jimmy Fallon		Monday	12:35	NBC
	Craig Ferguson		Monday	12:35	CBS
	Carson Daly		Monday	1:35	NBC

Credit: Travis Yanan, TitanTV, and The Futon Critic

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Sunday, April 24

2011-04-24T19:27:00.002-04:00

The Simpsons had a movie.

What On: Sunday, April 24, 2011


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	NBA		Sunday	6:30/3:30	ESPN
	60 Minutes	April 24, 2011	Sunday	7pm	CBS
	Dateline		Sunday	7pm	NBC
	AFV		Sunday	7pm	ABC
	Simpsons	rerun	Sunday	7pm	FOX
	animation	rerun	Sunday	7:30	FOX
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	Human Planet	Deserts; Life at the Extremes, season 1 finale	Sunday	8-10pm	Discovery
	The Amazing Race	week 9	Sunday	8pm	CBS
	America's Next Great Restaurant	ep.8	Sunday	8pm	NBC
	Food Network Challenge	Sugar and Candy Fashion	Sunday	8pm	Food
	Bert the Conquerer		Sunday	8pm	Travel
	EM: Home		Sunday	8pm	ABC
	The Family Crews		Sunday	8pm	BET
	Season 25		Sunday	8pm	OWN
	Mob Wives		Sunday	8pm	VH1
	Simpsons	rerun	Sunday	8pm	FOX
	animation	rerun	Sunday	8:30	FOX
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	Masterpiece!	Upstairs, Downstairs, part 3/3	Sunday	9pm	PBS
	Game of Thrones	The Kingsroad	Sunday	9pm	HBO
	Desperate Housewives		Sunday	9pm	ABC
	Beyond the Blackboard	original movie 2011	Sunday	9-11pm	CBS
	The Celebrity Apprentice		Sunday	9-11pm	NBC
	Last Cake Standing	ep. 4	Sunday	9pm	Food
	The Judds	ep. 3	Sunday	9pm	OWN
	Holmes Inspection	A Heated Issue	Sunday	9pm	HGTV
	Family Guy	rerun	Sunday	9pm	FOX
	The Cleveland Show		Sunday	9:30	FOX
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	The Killing		Sunday	10pm	AMC
	The Borgias	In Love	Sunday	10pm	Showtime
	Treme	Accentuate the Positive, season 2 premiere	Sunday	10pm	HBO
	Breakout Kings		Sunday	10pm	A&E
	Brothers & Sisters		Sunday	10pm	ABC
	Forgiveness	special, A Time to Love and a Time to Hate	Sunday	10pm	PBS
	Shark Men	Young and Hungry	Sunday	10pm	Nat Geo
	River Monsters	Silent Assassins	Sunday	10pm	Animal
	House Hunters	social condo	Sunday	10pm	HGTV
	Real Housewives of Orange County		Sunday	10pm	Bravo
	Amazing Wedding Cakes		Sunday	10pm	We
	Khloe & Lamar		Sunday	10pm	E!
	The Dance Scene		Sunday	10:30	E!
	House Hunters International	Panama	Sunday	10:30	HGTV
	After Lately	season 1 finale	Sunday	11pm	E!
	Watch What Happens Live		Sunday	11pm	Bravo
	Superjail!		Sunday	midnight	Cartoon

Credit: Travis Yanan, TitanTV, and The Futon Critic

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Saturday, April 23

2011-04-23T19:27:00.001-04:00

What On: Saturday, April 23, 2011


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	COPS		Saturday	8pm	FOX
	Search for the Greatest Polar Explorer		Saturday	8pm	Nat Geo
	How Do I Look?		Saturday	8pm	Style
	High Stakes Poker	ep.9	Saturday	8pm	GSN
	It's Me or the Dog	Jodi Marsh	Saturday	8pm	Animal
	crimetime	reruns	Saturday	8-11pm	NBC
	crimetime	reruns	Saturday	8-10pm	CBS
	crimetime	reruns	Saturday	8-11pm	ABC
	Curb Appeal: The Block		Saturday	8:30	HGTV
	COPS	rerun	Saturday	8:30	FOX
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	America's Most Wanted	s24e23	Saturday	9pm	FOX
	Dr. Who	season 6 premiere	Saturday	9pm	BBC Am
	Roadkill	original movie 2011	Saturday	9pm	Syfy
	Jon Lovitz	special, Hollywood, Look I'm Smiling	Saturday	9-10pm	Showtime
	Cinema Verite	original movie 2011	Saturday	8-10pm	HBO
	Secrets from a Stylist		Saturday	9pm	HGTV
	Bellator Fighting Championships		Saturday	9pm	MTV 2
	The Antonio Treatment		Saturday	9:30	HGTV
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	Oddities		Saturday	10pm	Science
	48 Hours Mystery		Saturday	10pm	CBS
	Dogs 101/Cats 101		Saturday	10pm	Animal
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	That Metal Show	Duff McKagan and Glenn Hughes	Saturday	11pm	VH1 Classic
	SNL	rerun	Saturday	11:30	NBC

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Friday, April 22

2011-04-22T19:26:00.001-04:00

The Whitest Kids U'Know

What's On: Friday, April 22, 2011


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	Kitchen Nightmares		Friday	8pm	FOX
	Chaos		Friday	8pm	CBS
	Friday Night Lights	On the Outside Looking In	Friday	8pm	NBC
	Smallville		Friday	8pm	CW
	Shark Tank		Friday	8pm	ABC
	The Singing Bee		Friday	8pm	CMT
	Washington Week		Friday	8pm	PBS
	WWE Smackdown		Friday	8-10pm	Syfy
	Need to Know		Friday	8:30-9:30	PBS
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	Talking Funny	special	Friday	9-10pm	HBO
	Fringe		Friday	9pm	FOX
	Supernatural		Friday	9pm	CW
	Primetime: What Would You Do?		Friday	9pm	ABC
	Dateline		Friday	9-11pm	NBC
	Degrassi: TNG	Drop the World, Part 2, season 10 finale	Friday	9pm	TeenNick
	CMT's Next Superstar		Friday	9pm	CMT
	Say Yes to the Dress	Princess Brides Special	Friday	9pm	TLC
	Dual Survival		Friday	9pm	Discovery
	Friday Night Fights		Friday	9pm	ESPN 2
	The Steve Harvey Project		Friday	9pm	Centric
	Hooked	Deadly Weapons	Friday	9pm	Nat Geo
	Girls Night Out	special, women of country music	Friday	9-11pm	CBS
	Killer Outbreaks		Friday	9pm	Animal
	Gigantic	Things That Haven't Happened Yet, season 1 finale	Friday	9:30	TeenNick
	Randy Knows Best		Friday	9:30	TLC
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	Real Time with Bill Maher		Friday	10pm	HBO
	Camelot		Friday	10pm	Starz
	The Soup		Friday	10pm	E!
	Sanctuary	Hangover	Friday	10pm	Syfy
	Ice Pilots	series premiere, Nightmare Landing	Friday	10pm	Nat Geo
	20/20		Friday	10pm	ABC
	D.C. Cupcakes		Friday	10pm	TLC
	Bad Karma		Friday	10pm	Current
	The Haunted	Don't Go In the Attic	Friday	10pm	Animal
	American Loggers	The Big Push	Friday	10pm	Discovery
	American Restoration	2 new episodes	Friday	10-11pm	History
	Whitest Kids U'Know	s5e2	Friday	10pm	IFC
	Fashion Police		Friday	10:30	E!
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	Charlie Rose		Friday	11pm	PBS
	Chelsea Handler		Friday	11pm	E!
	Nightline		Friday	11:35	ABC
	David Letterman		Friday	11:35	CBS
	Jay Leno		Friday	11:35	NBC
	Jimmy Kimmel		Friday	midnight	ABC
	Wendy Williams		Friday	midnight	BET
	Tavis Smiley		Friday	midnight	PBS
	Jimmy Fallon		Friday	12:35	NBC
	Craig Ferguson		Friday	12:35	CBS
	Carson Daly		Friday	1:35	NBC

Credit: Travis Yanan, TitanTV, and The Futon Critic

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Thursday, April 21

2011-04-21T19:25:00.001-04:00

Archer

What's On: Thursday, April 21, 2011


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	Community		Thursday	8pm	NBC
	The Big Bang Theory	rerun	Thursday	8pm	CBS
	American Idol	1 voted off	Thursday	8-10pm	FOX
	Vampire Diaries		Thursday	8pm	CW
	The 12,000 Bottle Boat		Thursday	8pm	Nat Geo
	Wipeout	rerun	Thursday	8pm	ABC
	WWE Superstars		Thursday	8pm	WGN
	Rules of Engagement	rerun	Thursday	8pm	CBS
	The Paul Reiser Show		Thursday	8:30	NBC
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	Bones		Thursday	9pm	FOX
	The Office		Thursday	9pm	NBC
	Grey's Anatomy		Thursday	9pm	ABC
	CSI	rerun	Thursday	9pm	CBS
	Call Me Fritz	series premiere	Thursday	9pm	Directv
	Desert Seas	special	Thursday	9pm	Wild
	The First 48		Thursday	9pm	A&E
	TNA Impact		Thursday	9-11pm	Spike
	The Steve Harvey Project		Thursday	9pm	Centric
	Nikita	Into the Dark	Thursday	9pm	CW
	Parks and Recreation		Thursday	9:30	NBC
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	30 Rock		Thursday	10pm	NBC
	Archer	season 2 finale, is renewed	Thursday	10pm	FX
	Private Practice		Thursday	10pm	ABC
	The Mentalist	rerun	Thursday	10pm	CBS
	ABDC		Thursday	10pm	MTV
	Ice Brigade		Thursday	10pm	Discovery
	Secrets of the Mediterranean	special	Thursday	10pm	Wild
	Real Housewives of NYC		Thursday	10pm	Bravo
	Bear Whisperer		Thursday	10pm	Animal
	True Crime		Thursday	10pm	I.D.
	Manhunters		Thursday	10-11pm	A&E
	30 Rock		Thursday	10:30	NBC
	Secret Diary of a Call Girl	season 4 premiere	Thursday	10:30	Showtime
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	Gigolos	series premiere	Thursday	11pm	Showtime
	Conan O'Brien		Thursday	11pm	TBS
	Jon Stewart		Thursday	11pm	Comedy
	Chelsea Handler		Thursday	11pm	E!
	Charlie Rose		Thursday	11pm	PBS
	Mo'Nique		Thursday	11pm	BET
	Watch What Happens Live		Thursday	11pm	Bravo
	Stephen Colbert		Thursday	11:30	Comedy
	Nightline		Thursday	11:35	ABC
	David Letterman		Thursday	11:35	CBS
	Jay Leno		Thursday	11:35	NBC
	John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show		Thursday	midnight	Comedy
	Jimmy Kimmel		Thursday	midnight	ABC
	Tavis Smiley		Thursday	midnight	PBS
	George Lopez		Thursday	midnight	TBS
	Wendy Williams		Thursday	midnight	BET
	Jimmy Fallon		Thursday	12:35	NBC
	Craig Ferguson		Thursday	12:35	CBS
	Carson Daly		Thursday	1:35	NBC

Credit: Travis Yanan, TitanTV, and The Futon Critic

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Wednesday, April 20

2011-04-20T19:24:00.003-04:00

What's On: Wednesday, April 20, 2011


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	American Idol	Finalists Compete	Wednesday	8pm-9:30	FOX
	The Middle		Wednesday	8pm	ABC
	Survivor		Wednesday	8pm	CBS
	Secrets of the Dead	special, Lost in the Amazon	Wednesday	8pm	PBS
	Minute to Win It		Wednesday	8pm	NBC
	America's Next Top Model	rerun	Wednesday	8pm	CW
	Better with You		Wednesday	8:30	ABC
	Throwdown	season 9 finale	Wednesday	8:30	Food
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	Modern Family		Wednesday	9pm	ABC
	Criminal Minds		Wednesday	9pm	CBS
	America's Next Top Model		Wednesday	9pm	CW
	Are We There Yet?	Staycation	Wednesday	9pm	TBS
	Mythbusters	Blue Ice	Wednesday	9pm	Discovery
	Ghost Hunters	A Soldier's Story	Wednesday	9pm	Syfy
	Saving the Bay	special, Marvel of Nature	Wednesday	9pm	PBS
	Ultimate Fighter	Lesnar / Dos Santos	Wednesday	9pm	Spike
	The Steve Harvey Project		Wednesday	9pm	Centric
	Law & Order: SVU	rerun	Wednesday	9pm	NBC
	Breaking In		Wednesday	9:30	FOX
	Cougar Town	rerun	Wednesday	9:30	ABC
	Are We There Yet?	Thief	Wednesday	9:30	TBS
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	Justified		Wednesday	10pm	FX
	Law & Order: SVU		Wednesday	10pm	NBC
	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior		Wednesday	10pm	CBS
	Happy Endings	series premiere, 2 new episodes	Wednesday	10pm	ABC
	House of Payne	Praying for Attention	Wednesday	10pm	TBS
	The Real World		Wednesday	10pm	MTV
	South Beach Classics	Fame Game	Wednesday	10pm	Discovery
	Coal		Wednesday	10pm	Spike
	Fact or Faked		Wednesday	10pm	Syfy
	Hoarding: Buried Alive	season 2 finale	Wednesday	10pm	TLC
	Top Chef Masters		Wednesday	10pm	Bravo
	I'm Alive		Wednesday	10pm	Animal
	Glamour Belles	2 new episodes, season finale	Wednesday	10-11pm	Lifetime
	Storibook Weddings		Wednesday	10pm	Oxygen
	Workaholics		Wednesday	10:30	Comedy
	House of Payne		Wednesday	10:30	TBS
	Storage Wars		Wednesday	10:30	A&E
	Modern Family	rerun	Wednesday	10:30	ABC
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	Conan O'Brien		Wednesday	11pm	TBS
	Jon Stewart		Wednesday	11pm	Comedy
	Chelsea Handler		Wednesday	11pm	E!
	Mo'Nique		Wednesday	11pm	BET
	Charlie Rose		Wednesday	11pm	PBS
	Being Erica	Fa La Erica, season 3 finale	Wednesday	11pm	Soap
	Stephen Colbert		Wednesday	11:30	Comedy
	Nightline		Wednesday	11:35	ABC
	David Letterman		Wednesday	11:35	CBS
	Jay Leno		Wednesday	11:35	NBC
	Jimmy Kimmel		Wednesday	midnight	ABC
	Tavis Smiley		Wednesday	midnight	PBS
	George Lopez		Wednesday	midnight	TBS
	Wendy Williams		Wednesday	midnight	BET
	Jimmy Fallon		Wednesday	12:35	NBC
	Craig Ferguson		Wednesday	12:35	CBS
	Carson Daly		Wednesday	1:35	NBC

Credit: Travis Yanan, TitanTV, and The Futon Critic

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Tuesday, April 19

2011-04-19T19:23:00.001-04:00

Raising Hope

What's On: Tuesday, April 19, 2011


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	Glee		Tuesday	8pm	FOX
	Black in Latin America	special, Haiti & the Dominican Republic: An Island Divided	Tuesday	8pm	PBS
	Into the Mummy Catacombs	special	Tuesday	8pm	Nat Geo
	Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution		Tuesday	8pm	ABC
	The Biggest Loser	week 16	Tuesday	8-10pm	NBC
	NCIS	rerun	Tuesday	8pm	CBS
	One Tree Hill	rerun	Tuesday	8pm	CW
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	Raising Hope	rerun	Tuesday	9pm	FOX
	Life Inside the Vatican	special	Tuesday	9pm	Nat Geo
	Hellcats		Tuesday	9pm	CW
	Dancing with the Stars	results	Tuesday	9pm	ABC
	Destination Truth	Jungle Temple Ghosts / Namibian Night Stalker	Thursday	9pm	Syfy
	Deadliest Catch	Proving Grounds	Tuesday	9pm	Discovery
	What Not to Wear		Tuesday	9pm	TLC
	Hardcore Pawn		Tuesday	9pm	truTV
	NCIS: LA	rerun	Tuesday	9pm	CBS
	The Steve Harvey Project		Tuesday	9pm	Centric
	Traffic Light		Tuesday	9:30	FOX
	Hardcore Pawn		Tuesday	9:30	truTV
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	Independent Lens	Wasteland	Tuesday	10pm	PBS
	Parenthood	season 2 finale	Tuesday	10pm	NBC
	Body of Proof		Tuesday	10pm	ABC
	tosh.O		Tuesday	10pm	Comedy
	Addicted to Food		Tuesday	10pm	OWN
	Hogs Gone Wild	Hungry Hogs	Tuesday	10pm	Discovery
	Big Brian: The Fortune Seller		Tuesday	10pm	truTV
	16 & Pregnant	season 3 premiere	Tuesday	10pm	MTV
	Pregnant in Heels		Tuesday	10pm	Bravo
	The Fabulous Beekman Boys	Food & Whine	Tuesday	10pm	Green
	The Good Wife	rerun	Tuesday	10pm	CBS
	Cheer! Mini All-stars	special	Tuesday	10-11pm	Lifetime
	All on the Line		Tuesday	10pm	Sundance
	What Not to Wear	Jordan	Tuesday	10pm	TLC
	Marcel's Quantum Kitchen	Sink or Swim	Tuesday	10pm	Syfy
	Explorer	season 7 premiere	Tuesday	10pm	Nat Geo
	Top Shot		Tuesday	10pm	History
	Sports Show with Norm MacDonald		Tuesday	10:30	Comedy
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	Conan O'Brien		Tuesday	11pm	TBS
	Jon Stewart		Tuesday	11pm	Comedy
	Chelsea Handler		Tuesday	11pm	E!
	Mo'Nique		Tuesday	11pm	BET
	Charlie Rose		Tuesday	11pm	PBS
	Stephen Colbert		Tuesday	11:30	Comedy
	David Letterman		Tuesday	11:35	CBS
	Nightline		Tuesday	11:35	ABC
	Jay Leno		Tuesday	11:35	NBC
	Jimmy Kimmel		Tuesday	midnight	ABC
	George Lopez		Tuesday	midnight	TBS
	Tavis Smiley		Tuesday	midnight	PBS
	Wendy Williams		Tuesday	midnight	BET
	Jimmy Fallon		Tuesday	12:35	NBC
	Craig Ferguson		Tuesday	12:35	CBS
	Carson Daly		Tuesday	1:35	NBC

Monday, April 18

2011-04-18T19:22:00.001-04:00

All My Children will end in September and One Life to Live will end in January.

What's On: Monday, April 18, 2011


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	House		Monday	8pm	FOX
	How I Met Your Mother		Monday	8pm	CBS
	Chuck		Monday	8pm	NBC
	90210		Monday	8pm	CW
	Dancing with the Stars		Monday	8-9:30	ABC
	The Secret Life of the American Teenager		Monday	8pm	Family
	Pair of Kings	Fight School	Monday	8pm	XD
	Antiques Roadshow	Billings	Monday	8pm	PBS
	WWE Tough Enough		Monday	8pm	USA
	Mad Love		Monday	8:30	CBS
	Zeke and Luther	Luther Turns	Monday	8:30	XD
	The Problem Solverz		Monday	8:45	Cartoon
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	The Chicago Code		Monday	9pm	FOX
	Stargate Universe	Common Descent	Monday	9pm	Syfy
	The Event		Monday	9pm	NBC
	Gossip Girl		Monday	9pm	CW
	Make It or Break It		Monday	8pm	Family
	American Masters	John Muir in the New World	Monday	9pm	PBS
	William & Kate	original movie, 2011	Monday	9-11pm	Lifetime
	Relapse		Monday	9pm	A&E
	Kidnapped by the Kids		Monday	9pm	OWN
	Bad Girls Club		Monday	9pm	Oxygen
	Wild Case Files	Bird-eating Catfish, season 1 finale	Monday	9pm	Wild
	American Pickers		Monday	9pm	History
	Wedding Wars		Monday	9pm	VH1
	The Steve Harvey Project		Monday	9pm	Centric
	2.5 Men	rerun	Monday	9pm	CBS
	WWE Raw		Monday	9-11pm	USA
	Cougar Town		Monday	9:30	ABC
	Mike & Molly	Opening Day	Monday	9:30	CBS
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	Nurse Jackie	Mitten	Monday	10pm	Showtime
	Games of the North	special, Playing for Survival	Monday	10pm	PBS
	Law & Order: L.A.		Monday	10pm	NBC
	Hawaii Five-0	Ho'opa'i	Monday	10pm	CBS
	The Hard Times of R.J. Berger		Monday	10pm	MTV
	Pawn Stars		Monday	10pm	History
	20/20	special, William & Catherine	Monday	10pm	ABC
	In the Bedroom		Monday	10pm	OWN
	Love Games	season 2 premiere	Monday	10pm	Oxygen
	Southern Fried Stings		Monday	10pm	Tru
	Bethenny Ever After		Monday	10pm	Bravo
	RuPaul's Drag Race 3		Monday	10pm	Logo
	Beverly Hills: Fabulous		Monday	10pm	VH1
	The United States of Tara	The Wheels	Monday	10pm	Showtime
	Pawn Stars		Monday	10:30	History
	Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory		Monday	10:30	MTV
	Love & Hip Hop	A Voice	Monday	10:30	VH1
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	Conan O'Brien		Monday	11pm	TBS
	Jon Stewart		Monday	11pm	Comedy
	Chelsea Handler		Monday	11pm	E!
	Charlie Rose		Monday	11pm	PBS
	Mo'Nique		Monday	11pm	BET
	Untucked		Monday	11pm	Logo
	Royal Wedding of a Lifetime	special, William & Kate, A Love Story	Monday	11pm	Lifetime
	Stephen Colbert		Monday	11:30	Comedy
	Nightline		Monday	11:35	ABC
	David Letterman		Monday	11:35	CBS
	Jay Leno		Monday	11:35	NBC
	Jimmy Kimmel		Monday	midnight	ABC
	Tavis Smiley		Monday	midnight	PBS
	Wendy Williams		Monday	midnight	BET
	George Lopez		Monday	midnight	TBS
	Jimmy Fallon		Monday	12:35	NBC
	Craig Ferguson		Monday	12:35	CBS
	Carson Daly		Monday	1:35	NBC

Credit: Travis Yanan, TitanTV, and The Futon Critic

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Sunday, April 17

2011-04-17T19:22:00.003-04:00

Superjail! returned a couple weeks ago after a three year hiatus.

What On: Sunday, April 17, 2011


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	Wild Kingdom	Radio Gibbon	Sunday	7pm	Animal
	60 Minutes	April 17, 2011	Sunday	7pm	CBS
	Dateline		Sunday	7pm	NBC
	AFV		Sunday	7pm	ABC
	Simpsons	rerun	Sunday	7pm	FOX
	animation	rerun	Sunday	7:30	FOX
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	Nature	Survivors of the Firestorm	Sunday	8pm	PBS
	Human Planet	Arctic; Grasslands and Jungles	Sunday	8-10pm	Discovery
	The Amazing Race	week 8	Sunday	8pm	CBS
	America's Next Great Restaurant	ep.7	Sunday	8pm	NBC
	Food Network Challenge	Sugar Inventions	Sunday	8pm	Food
	Bert the Conquerer		Sunday	8pm	Travel
	EM: Home	e.18	Sunday	8pm	ABC
	The Family Crews		Sunday	8pm	BET
	Season 25		Sunday	8pm	OWN
	Good Luck Charlie	Teddy's Bear	Sunday	8pm	Disney
	Mob Wives	series premiere	Sunday	8pm	VH1
	Simpsons	rerun	Sunday	8pm	FOX
	American Dad		Sunday	8:30	FOX
	Shake It Up	Reunion It Up	Sunday	8:30	Disney
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	Family Guy	rerun	Sunday	9pm	FOX
	Masterpiece!	Upstairs, Downstairs, part 2/3	Sunday	9pm	PBS
	Game of Thrones	Winter Is Coming, series premiere	Sunday	9pm	HBO
	Burn Notice	special The Fall of Sam Axe	Sunday	9-11pm	USA
	Desperate Housewives		Sunday	9pm	ABC
	The Celebrity Apprentice		Sunday	9-11pm	NBC
	Undercover Boss		Sunday	9pm	CBS
	Last Cake Standing	50th Anniversary of Marvel’s Fantastic Four	Sunday	9pm	Food
	The Judds	ep.2	Sunday	9pm	OWN
	Army Wives	Strategic Alliances	Sunday	9pm	Lifetime
	Audriana	series premiere	Sunday	9pm	VH1
	The TV Land Awards	special	Sunday	9pm-10:30	TV Land
	Holmes Inspection	Holding It Up	Sunday	9pm	HGTV
	The Cleveland Show		Sunday	9:30	FOX
	Saddle Ranch	series premiere	Sunday	9:30	VH1
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	The Killing		Sunday	10pm	AMC
	The Borgias	Lucrezia's Wedding	Sunday	10pm	Showtime
	Breakout Kings		Sunday	10pm	A&E
	Brothers & Sisters		Sunday	10pm	ABC
	CSI: Miami	Paint It Black	Sunday	10pm	CBS
	Forgiveness	special, A Time to Love and a Time to Hate	Sunday	10pm	PBS
	Shark Men	Surfing with Sharks	Sunday	10pm	Nat Geo
	House Hunters	Raleigh	Sunday	10pm	HGTV
	River Monsters	Flesh Ripper	Sunday	10pm	Animal
	Iron Chef America	Garces vs. Paley	Sunday	10pm	Food
	Real Housewives of Orange County		Sunday	10pm	Bravo
	Amazing Wedding Cakes		Sunday	10pm	We
	Coming Home	ep.7	Sunday	10pm	Lifetime
	Khloe & Lamar		Sunday	10pm	E!
	House Hunters International	central Rome	Sunday	10:30	HGTV
	The Dance Scene		Sunday	10:30	E!
	After Lately		Sunday	11pm	E!
	Watch What Happens Live		Sunday	11pm	Bravo
	Superjail!		Sunday	midnight	Cartoon

Credit: Travis Yanan, TitanTV, and The Futon Critic

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Saturday, April 16

2011-04-16T19:21:00.003-04:00

Dan Vs The Barber

What On: Saturday, April 16, 2011


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	Dan Vs	The Barber	Saturday	8pm	Hub
	Truth Be Told	original movie 2011	Saturday	8-10pm	FOX
	China's Valley of the Kings		Saturday	8pm	Nat Geo
	How Do I Look?		Saturday	8pm	Style
	High Stakes Poker	ep.8	Saturday	8pm	GSN
	It's Me or the Dog	Jimi and Duke update	Saturday	8pm	Animal
	crimetime	reruns	Saturday	8-11pm	NBC
	crimetime	reruns	Saturday	8-10pm	CBS
	crimetime	reruns	Saturday	8-11pm	ABC
	Haunting Hour	Pool Shark	Saturday	8:30	Hub
	Curb Appeal: The Block		Saturday	8:30	HGTV
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	Aries Spears	special, Hollywood, Look I'm Smiling	Saturday	9-10pm	Showtime
	Bevely Lewis' The Shunning	original movie 2011	Saturday	8-10pm	Hallmark
	Secrets from a Stylist		Saturday	9pm	HGTV
	Bellator Fighting Championships		Saturday	9pm	MTV 2
	The Antonio Treatment		Saturday	9:30	HGTV
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	Oddities		Saturday	10pm	Science
	48 Hours Mystery		Saturday	10pm	CBS
	Dogs 101/Cats 101		Saturday	10pm	Animal
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	That Metal Show	Duff McKagan and Glenn Hughes	Saturday	11pm	VH1 Classic
	SNL	rerun	Saturday	11:30	NBC

Credit: Travis Yanan, TitanTV, and The Futon Critic

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