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‘The Event’ May Continue on the Syfy Channel

by on June 1, 2011

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Jason Ritter and Sarah Roemer in 'The Event'

When I watched what I thought was the series finale of The Event, I had a few choice thoughts about it…  like leaving us hanging with a new planet in our sky, earthquakes rattling the world and those pesky aliens wanting to take back the planet for themselves.  We had stopped their evil plans to kill us all with a plague, to find out that would have been the humane method of ridding the rock of these pesky humans.

The finale for The Event, I presumed, kept us and our creative hopes engaged by forcing us to decide for ourselves, what was to become of everyone and everything on Earth.  I presumed humanity would win and adapt, with lingering aliens either accepting their fate and to continually plot for another 65 years to try again.

But now it seems that my imagined outcome and future of the mythical Earth may no longer be the case!  Right now the “word on the street” is that the Syfy channel is in talks to possibly pick up The Event and continue it as a miniseries.

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Jason Ritter & ‘The Event’: Ratings, Opinion & Future Work

by on April 9, 2011

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Jason Ritter and Sarah Roemer in 'The Event'

The last episode of The Event with Jason Ritter that I watched clocked in at a ’2.9/ 4′ in the TV ratings. Which isn’t bad considering how many breaks they’ve been taking while airing the show. It would seem that just as the series is almost starting to get its feet under it, it’s taking another break and will be back in two weeks from now.

When someone in the upper office dictates that you draw the short straw, there is very little you can do about it. I’ve seen this and The Event seems to be experiencing some sort of crash and burn.

It’s almost getting interesting. My problem is that since I’ve invested my time into the story already, that I will continue to watch. But because of all the breaks it takes, it is no longer a priority for me.

On Jason Ritter

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NBC Announces Their Season Finale Dates

by on March 8, 2011

in Entertainment, television

If you’re wondering when the season of your favorite NBC show will be ending, NBC did announce what’s ending when.  Check it out:

Monday, April 4:  Harry’s Law, 10/9c

Friday, April 8:  Who Do You Think You Are?, 8/7c

Tuesday, April 19: Parenthood, 10/9c

Sunday, May 1:  America’s Next Great Restaurant, 8/7c

Thursday, May 5:
Perfect Couples, 8:30/7:30c
30 Rock, 10/9c

Thursday, May 12:
Community, 8/7c (one-hour finale)
Outsourced, 10:30/9:30c

Monday, May 16:  Chuck, 8/7c

Wednesday, May 18: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 10/9c

Thursday, May 19
The Office, 9/8c (one-hour finale)
Parks and Recreation, 10/9c (one-hour finale)

Saturday, May 21: Saturday Night Live, 11:30/10:30c

Sunday, May 22: The Celebrity Apprentice, 9/8c

Monday, May 23: The Event, 9/8c

Tuesday, May 24: The Biggest Loser, 9/8c

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TV News from Brusimm [NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Fringe, Chuck and Others]

by on November 22, 2010

in Entertainment, television

Cinema Static on Brusimm logo

Today I’m splattering out news that I’ve collected all last week on some TV shows that we like here at Cinema Static on Brusimm.  The news includes bits from NCIS, Grey’s Anatomy (a warning),  Chuck (good news), Fringe (seriously?), Medium (not good news), The Event (stalled), Undercovers (bah bye) and mid-season announcement press releases from Fox and NBC.  In other words, there’s lots of tidbits of entertainment news for your consumption!

Let’s git on with it!

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NCIS

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Michael Weatherly in NCIS on CBS

If my math is right, then the paper shredding mystery by Director Vance is going to be answered this week and the Nov 23rd episode of NCIS will pay out big time.

So hang on to your hats and enjoy the episode of an incredible TV series.

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Grey’s Anatomy

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Patrick Dempsey in Grey's Anatomy

Folks, hang on to your hats with this one, but according to Michael Ausiello, despite being between gigs, keeps cranking out information via several sites and his own facebook account.  The man’s a lean, mean working machine!

Oh, got carried away.  Michael reported that there’s a rumor that Grey’s Anatomy is planning a musical episode for the second half of the season.

Would that make it Glee’s Anatomy?

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TV Ratings – Sun 11-7 to Tue 11-9 [NFL, MNF, DWTS, NCIS]

by on November 10, 2010

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TV Ratings on Brusimm

TV Ratings for Sun through Tues saw the NFL (27.8) dominate prime time Sunday, DWTS (20.0) won Monday but NCIS trounced it on Tuesday with 19.8 m viewers.

On the cable side of things, Hannah Montana Forever (7.1) won Sunday, MNF (15.0) won Monday and Sons of Anarchy pulled in 3.2 million viewers.

Stargate Universe viewers are down to nearly one million flat, with maybe folks bailing on the show/network with its partner show Caprica having been canned.  And as the ship’s crew finally discovered that Rush had been running the ship and no one is happy.  The Col gave him an ass-whooping for it, to boot.  Yea… the crew has finally taken their seats on the bridge.  Now we’re going somewhere as they decide:  Try to go home, or continue the quest of the ship and that’s discover what was in the middle of the big bang that started it all.  Meanwhile, Syfy’s WWE Raw pulled a strong 4.6 million viewers in for the network.

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TV Ratings from 10-20 to 10-27 [DWTS, NCIS, CSI, Criminal Minds]

by on October 29, 2010

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TV ratings for the 7-day week starting on October 20th didn’t see any real huge surprises as DWTS, NCIS, CSI, Criminal Minds and other Brusimm favorites that dominated the Nielsen TV ratings charts.

Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo in NCISI think her name is Caprica, and she’s dead Jim!

The top TV broadcast of the week was Sunday Night Football, followed by CBS NFL Football!  This week reality TV crawled up past scripted drama as Dancing with the Stars was the 3rd most watched show last week, even though NCIS had a 4 percent increase in viewers from the week before.  (I am not tracking the % change in DWTS.)

CSI & Criminal Minds saw 3% more viewers and the huge viewer jump was with the Rocky Horror Glee episode which saw a 52% increase from the previous week’s repeat episode.

Blue Bloods & $#*! My Dad Says saw a 7% increase while Hawaii Five-0 had a 7% drop in viewers.

Ian Somerhalder and Steven R. McQueen in The Vampire Diaries

Other favorites that had good weeks was The Vampire Diaries which  saw a huge 46% increase from the week before in viewers.  While Supernatural’s story is getting pretty good in its sixth season, 15% fewer viewers got to enjoy it.  Smallville’s final season episode last week saw a 23% drop in viewers.

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

by on October 13, 2010

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TV & Movie news & Opinion, weeding out the static

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.

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TV Ratings for No Ordinary Family, Hawaii Five-0, SGU & More Series Numbers

by on September 30, 2010

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TV & Movie news & Opinion, weeding out the staticTV Ratings Info

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I was wondering how No Ordinary Family did in the TV ratings department with their series & season premiere and for the moment, this smart superhero genre series pulled in an amazing set of numbers:

By the end of the episode they were well over 12 million estimated viewers having tuned in!  I think in part, because of the cast, that includes Michael Chiklis and Julie Benz and maybe even Stephen Collins.  Regardless, it did just fine and if the story doesn’t have too many weak plot points, may do well in the long.  Check out my Review of No Ordinary Family and see what I had to say about it.

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Stargate Universe Ratings

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Stargate Universe returned with a smart episode that could land it some new fans and at least kept this long-time fan interested enough to forget just how far off the beaten Stargate path they’ve come with this series.

The season premiere of SGU pulled in just over 1.1 million viewers.

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

by on September 26, 2010

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TV & Movie news & Opinion, weeding out the static

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)

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The Event Season Premiere on NBC – A Review of Sorts from Cinema Static

by on September 21, 2010

in Entertainment, television, tv review

THE EVENT Laura Innes and Ian Anthony Dale, Jason Ritter, Bill Smitrovich, Blair Underwood, Laura Innes and Zeljko Ivanek

The Event season premiere from NBC confused me as the premiere episode came hurtling at me.  The marketing for the new TV series was superb and was in-line with the feel of the episode, and I presume, the series.  NBC has been doing its homework.  When you want to succeed, you model yourself after someone you respect, who is also successful.  While watching The Event, I couldn’t help thinking of Flash Forward and Lost.

There was an underlying event that was taking place in the present and yet we jumped around in time to develop some background for each character and situation.  But the time leaps weren’t consistent.  29 minutes, 3 weeks, 3 months or something like that and was nearly confusing.  I had to focus.  Hard.  It hurt!  They had 5 time jumps in the first 4 minutes I think!  But if you made it past the first half-hour, the 2nd half hour started to piece it all together.

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