The News Round-Up for Wednesday, October 25th

In an effort not to flood the blog with every single news item in seperate posts, once a day I will post a link to other news that I don't feel like I could go at lenght about in a post. This helps so that if you're just looking for some other news items then you can just check this little post out, and it should help you out. Also, these will be news postings that I haven't gone in-depth into in another post, and will not be every single news item that I find. Here we go...

NBC Hit Medium Returns to Television with a Two Hour Premiere on November 15th

Good news for NBC as they are able to get a show that normally does well for them back in their schedule. Not a fan of the show, but I know that there are those that are.

The CW Spins the numbers for last night's shows: Highest Rated Tuesday Ever For CW

We talked about the ratings earlier, but if you're just dying for more then the CW gives you a complete breakdown. Not to be outdone...

ABC Spins Their Numbers As Well

More number spinning. All very impressive. Note the sarcasm

Liev Schreiber Joins the Cast of C.S.I.

I imagine that since twenty million people watch the show then people are bound to care.

Lost Sets Winter Return Date - February 7th, 2007

There will be a three month break between the Fall Finale which airs November 8th. I imagine many Lost fans are going to be switching to DVD for the third season.

William Shatner Game Shot to Debut November 22nd

This show will take the place of Dancing with the Stars on Wednesday evenings once the show's run ends in November. No word on what ABC will place on Tuesday's. I forsee ABC losing Tuesday nights now, maybe to NBC if we all hope long enough.

That's all for that. A feature piece is coming up sometime tonight.

Thanks.

The Pulse

The #1 Broadcast Network on the Web? NBC.

NBC has something they can be proud of this week as they've been proud of it for a few weeks now, and that's not it's ratings, but the fact that they continue to be the #1 web site when compared to their competitors ABC, CBS, FOX, and the CW. That's something big to be proud of as NBC has fully embraced the idea of television on the internet with offering I believe every one of their shows for free on the internet after it airs on television. I've done it one or two times I know for a fact, and I would do it more often, but I'm able to catch the two or three NBC shows I watch a week.

Last week, it had four million streams for their NBC Rewind, which is what they're calling the feature on their website, and their established video player (not sure of the difference here) had three million streams to bring their total up to seven million streams. Now, the way I read it is that it had seven million streams last week, but it could mean over the three weeks it's been around. NBC needs as much good news as it can get as they're not doing well in the ratings save for Heroes and ER right now. Over on iTunes, they also have three of the top ten episodes as Heroes is #1 followed by The Office at #2 and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip at #10. They also do have Battlestar Galactica which is an NBC Universal show at #5. In terms of Season Sets, they have Heroes at #3 and The Office Season 3 at #5 and The Office Season 1 at #8. As well, the third season of Battlestar: Galactica is at #2. Finally, over at TiVo they have a list of their most recorded shows, and they have six in the top 25, including the two new shows Studio 60 and Heroes.

I mention all of this because while all looks to be doom and gloom for NBC, they're excelling in other areas that their counterparts are not. The fact that they've embraced the fact that they need to do well in their other areas is a good sign that they're ahead of the curve. Unfortunately, we don't get figures for TiVo, the NBC website, or iTunes so it's difficult to say how well they are doing, but it does look like they're doing better then others think they are.

More coming soon.

Thanks.

The Pulse

Scrubs Returns to NBC on November 30th

If you click the title, then you can get the full press release over at The Futon Critic, which is a great site for all of your television needs. Except, for my opinions. Now, basically it says that starting Thursday, November 30th that the sixth season of Scrubs will be premering to kick off it's new two hour comedy block with The Office and My Name is Earl taking the 8PM hour while Scrubs and new show 30 Rock will be taking the 9PM hour. This is good news for 30 Rock as this is another show that NBC seems keen on keeping on it's schedule, and should secure it until mid-December at least. I think this could work as it offers a vast contrast from what CBS, ABC, FOX, and CW are offering during those two hours, and should keep the niche audience it's been getting. I'm not a fan of any of those shows, though I think 30 Rock is improving in terms of quality. However, I'm hopeful that the shows get good ratings. This could be the return of the real Must See TV for NBC who needs some help in the ratings department.

I have several more news related items that I want to throw up here, so bear with me.

Thanks.

The Pulse