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Mid Season TV Premieres Jan 19-12, 2011 [Idol, Bones, Fringe, Spartacus]

by Bruce Simmons on January 18, 2011

These upcoming few days have quite a few shows returning from their mid-season breaks. Two shows are new: Fairly Legal & Perfect Couples. The ads for Perfect Couples are hilarious… things you shouldn’t say around the wife. (Man staring at picture… Man you looked good back then. LOL.)

Starting a new season is American Idol and Fringe returns. I wonder how viewers will accept the new judges on Idol? How will the show compare to the dry yet honest perspectives we’ve come to know. Also, don’t forget the prequel, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena kicks it in gear on Starz Friday night! Too exciting.

Wednesday, Jan 19 2011

American Idol (FOX)

TV Ratings For Oct 6 to 12th 2010 [DWTS, NCIS, The Mentalist, Criminal Minds]

by Bruce Simmons on October 13, 2010

I used to track TV ratings for another organization and had let it by the wayside, but I thought I’d give it a swing and see what kind of list I could come up with because I was curious about a few shows that I watch… And with that, I compiled a list and sorted it from most popular on down. Wow, were there some surprises? Not really.

Sunday Night Football on CBS takes the cake for the week of Wednesday, October 6th to Tuesday, October 12th with almost 21 million viewers. (I’m not too focused on any specific demographic, just overall.) Behind football is the reality TV show, Dancing With The Stars, which barely eeked out NCIS as they both pulled in 19 million viewers. Later on down the list we have The Mentalist and Criminal Minds and such.

I’m a bit worried about CSI: Miami. Stuffed behind football, it’s going to be a tough sell on a “school night” if it’s going to get jostled around from tentatively unstable football times. Alex O’Loughlin’s medical drama, Three Rivers, never had a chance sitting behind football. But CSIM has a strong following already. Maybe it will do OK. As far as I’m concerned, anything with over 6 million viewers is doing OK. But the shows that I like are worrying me to some degree.

Fringe is sitting in the 60′s, sadly, it’s barely outperforming Chase. OMG, despite Fringe actually having a pretty interesting story line going on this season, it feels fresher then it did last season. Are we tired of X-Files-like shows? The Vampire Diaries, though sitting in the 70′s, is kicking butt for The CW amongst that network’s shows. Smallville, in it’s tenth season, pulled in more than 2 million viewers. But near the very bottom of the barrel of numbers, sits Stargate Universe and Caprica.

Ratings for 2010/2011 Fall Premieres – Who Should Be Worried?

by Bruce Simmons on September 26, 2010

The big week of season premieres for the 2010/2011 Fall TV season is pretty much in the books. The week showed that some shows made their impression on viewers in the first week while other shows didn’t seem to have the best marketing or plot details to appeal to viewers.

I was curious so I started looking at the ratings of the 2010 season premieres. We have some winners and we definitely have some losers. Let’s see who might have to worry about having a job next week (season) and who may not. Of course, the real tell will be the week-to-week ratings, not just a single night.

The best new show in the ratings that I’m covering here on this site, is Hawaii Five-0. That’s awesome, though I’m worried that it may not stand out from most other police procedurals, regardless of the filming techniques. (Hawaii Five-0 review). The Defenders and The Event both did well enough though I am wondering if The Event will hold viewers, considering the complaints across the board about the excessive time jumping. (The Event Review)

TV 2010/2011 Fall Season: TV Shows Premiering on Thu, Sept 23rd

by Bruce Simmons on September 22, 2010

Hey Cinema Static readers, here’s yet another reminder from the Fall 2010 season premieres of your favorite TV shows list and what’s starting up their new seasons on Thursday, September 23rd.

Tonight we get Grey’s Anatomy (Ellen Pompeo, Patrick Dempsey) back on the tube while CSI (Marg Helgenberger, Laurence Fishburne, Jorja Fox) makes it’s return. Meanwhile, the faves of Bones and Fringe are making their season premieres.

Enjoy this mini reminder list!

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
My Generation (ABC) (new)
Private Practice (ABC)

CSI (CBS)
S#! My Dad Says (CBS) (new)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
The Mentalist (CBS)

Bones (Fox)
Fringe (Fox)

30 Rock (NBC)
Community (NBC)
Outsourced (NBC) (new)
The Office (NBC)

Thanks so much for coming by. I hope this helps sort out your evening of television viewing!

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New DVD & Blu-ray Releases for Sept 21 2010 [Robin Hood, Spartacus]

by Bruce Simmons on September 20, 2010

in Entertainment, movies, television

This week amongst the 176 new DVD & Blu-ray releases, for movies, TV series, some great family titles and a few choice anime/manga titles We’re getting some new Robin Hood (Russell Crowe), Spartacus: Blood and Sand (Andy Whitfield), How I Met Your Mother‘s 5th sesaon, (Neil Patrick Harris), Modern Family (Ed O’Neill) & Castle (Nathan Fillion) titles! And that’s the tip of the ice berg.

One of the best selling pre-orders for this new week has been the Blu-ray/DVD Combo for Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe. Right behind that on the list is Spartacus: Blood and Sand, the Complete First Season, starring Andy Whitfield.

Again, it’s a TV Series heavy week of releases. There are some pretty cool titles coming that will be filling my DVD collection list. Cripes, I may start running out of room! Remember, just copy and paste your title into the Amazon search box at the bottom of the article!

Check it out:

MOVIES on DVD & BD

American Beauty (Sapphire Series) [Blu-ray] Starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening

Gamera Vs. Gyaos / Gamera Vs. Viras [Double Feature]

Ondine Starring Colin Farrell and Alicja Bachleda

Robin Hood (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) Starring Russell Crowe: The 2 disc DVD package includes a Digital Copy of Robin Hood Director’s Cut (expires 09/30/2011); Deleted Scenes with Introduction & Commentary by Editor Pietro Scalia; Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood; The Art of Nottingham; Marketing Archive

Stomp the Yard: Homecoming Starring Keith David, Columbus Short

The Experiment Starring Adrien Brody, Cam Gigandet, Forest Whitaker, et al.

The Peacemaker Starring George Clooney

The Secret in Their Eyes Starring Ricardo Darín and Soledad Villamil

Movies and TV on AMAZON

Fall 2010 September / October Premiere & Returning TV Series Air Dates

by Bruce Simmons on August 23, 2010

If you were wondering what show is returning or premiering in the Fall 2010 television season when, I’ve pulled everything together in one spot here from my various lists shown by Cinema Static on Brusimm. My own lists were confusing me, so I suspected others might have been bewildered also! With that in mind, let’s check out what I’ve put together so far! [Updated with three Syfy Channel premieres]

The first part of my list is sorted first by new TV series by date, then returning (renewed) TV series by date. Farther down, I have everything sorted by show name, if you were indeed looking for something specific.

Human Target on Fox with Chi McBride, Mark Valley & Jackie Earle Haley

HUMAN TARGET: With the help of his associates, Guerrero (Jackie Earle Haley, R) and Winston (Chi McBride, L), Christopher Chance (Mark Valley, C) is a private contractor hired to protect his clients from dangerous and imminent threats in the action-drama HUMAN TARGET

Can you tell some of the shows I’m looking forward to? And no, sorry, I didn’t break the lists out by network! I’m getting lazy these days! LOL.

NBC Television Season Finales in May, Including CHUCK

by Bruce Simmons on March 10, 2010