Media Scribbler

Normally I’d be making a long list of different shows from different nets. But tonight there’s really one show to watch. The rest have the bad fate of being on at the same night or time. So please, DWTS fans, pick this as the night to DVR your results show and watch “House”. I can promise you that Rocco DiSpirito will be just as eliminated at 10 as he is at 9.
Fox: House — This used to be my obsession show. I even wrote a blog for a Fox affiliate about it.  But it’s been pretty uneven for the past …read more

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ABC: Dancing With The Stars — Jessica Simpson performs on the show. Hope that she won’t share the stage with Kim Kardashian, because that’s a lot of hot air and big, um, body parts.
Half Their Size: The People Magazine Weight Loss Challenge — The show chronicles the journey of eight Mississippi residents as they lose weight through nutrition and exercise, not surgery. Good for them! I’ll eat my takeout lo mein on their behalf.
CBS: The Mentalist –  The team looks for a Napa Valley waitress, but Patrick decides to do things his way using a team member as bait. I’m …read more

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ABC: Opportunity Knocks – A family is asked trivia questions about each other to win cash and prizes. If this were Fox, they’d be hooked up to a lie detector, too.
Dancing With the Stars — Ready for two more hours after last night’s premiere? Click here for more.
Fox: House — The team races to figure out why the people who received donor organs from a person who died in an industrial accident months before are dying. In the meantime, House uses a PI to snoop on Wilson and a colleague he’s considering to replace Wilson as his friend. I suspect …read more

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Does the weakness of a network show’s summer reruns say anything about how the show may be losing some of their rabid fanbases?

There are a few shows that do great during summer repeats. CBS has to be thrilled at their two hours of comedy in their Tuesday night lineup: The Big Bang Theory (Viewers: #2, 5.55 million; A18-49: #2t, 1.7 rating/6 share), How I Met Your Mother (Viewers: #3, 5.29 million; A18-49: #3, 1.7/ 5), Two and a Half Men (Viewers: #1, 9.15 million; A18-49: #1, 2.9/ 8), The New Adventures of Old Christine (Viewers: #2, 7.46 million; A18-49: #2. …read more

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