Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for October 22 - October 28

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for October 22 - October 28. The first number is the ranking, the second number is the season average, then the show name and network. The last number represents the number of viewers in millions. An asterisk * indicates a tie.

Rank	Show name		Viewers in millions	Season-to-date average (in millions)
1.	NCIS		17.8	21.7
2.	NFL: Saints/Broncos		17.7	20.9
3.	NCIS: Los Angeles		16.5	17.9
4.	Big Bang Theory		15.8	17.8
5.	World Series: Gm. 4		15.5	--
6.	World Series: Pre-Gm. 4		15.1	--
7.	Person of Interest		14.0	15.9
8.	Dancing with the Stars (Mon.)		13.3	14.1
9.	Dancing with the Stars (Tue.)		12.9	--
*	Two and a Half Men		12.9	13.9
11.	Modern Family		12.5	14.9
12.	World Series: Gm. 2		12.3	--
13.	World Series: Gm. 1		12.2	--
14.	The Voice (Mon.)		12.0	14.3
15.	Criminal Minds		11.6	13.3
16.	60 Minutes		11.2	13.4
*	The Voice (Tue.)		11.2	12.8
18.	Blue Bloods		11.1	12.4
19.	Vegas		10.8	14.5
20.	World Series: Gm. 3		10.5	--

The Real Housewives of New York City's Star Countess LuAnn Delesseps Has Become a Jewelry Hawker

The final episode of the latest season of Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York City was called Lost Footage.

Lost Footage seems a misnomer to me, since the footage was clearly never lost. It would be more accurate to call the episode Previously Unaired Footage.

The Previously Unaired Footage turned out to be fairly amusing. Creepy Aviva Drescher got the comeuppance she should have gotten during the reunion regarding her bad behavior in demanding yet one more Ramona apology for allegedly kicking Aviva's juvenile dad out of Ramona's charity event.

And then there was the Previously Unaired Footage of Countess LuAnn. The scene with LuAnn and her two kids eating pizza was sort of both sad and amusing. It was like LuAnn did not like spending time with her kids, rushing her boy to eat his piece of pizza, then taking the pizza away from him. The boy was not happy. I thought he was about to smack his mom.

And then there was the awkward scene with LuAnn meeting with some guy she had engaged to help her start up a business. Only LuAnn did not seem to have the slightest clue about what she wanted, except in the most generalized way.

Somehow since that scene was filmed LuAnn has managed to get some sort of business up and running. LuAnn is not selling travel accessories like she indicated she was interested in doing in the scene from the Previously Unaired Footage. Unless LuAnn's idea of travel accessories is jewelry.

LuAnn has a website where she sells her wares. The domain name is shopluann. I don't know why it is I find that funny. That is a screencap from LuAnn's Website you see above.

In the About Us section of LuAnn's website I learned a few surprising tidbits...

Countess LuAnn Delesseps, the star of Bravo’s #1 hit show The Real Housewives of New York City, has a great eye for fashion. Having worked as a model in Europe and marrying into the French aristocracy, she understands what it takes to look your best. Luann also learned early on that looking amazingly stylish can be affordable and guilt free. She knows first-hand that class is a state of mind, not a birthright. 

LuAnn is the star of RHONY? And The Real Housewives of New York City is Bravo's #1 hit show? I had no idea. France has an aristocracy? Have the French been informed of this?

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for October 15 - October 21

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for October 15 - October 21. The first number is the ranking, the second number is the season average, then the show name and network. The last number represents the number of viewers in millions. An asterisk * indicates a tie.

Rank	Show name	Network	Viewers in millions	Season-to-date average (in millions)
1.	NFL: Steelers/Bengals		17.5	21.3
2.	60 Minutes		15.9	13.9
3.	Big Bang Theory		15.7	17.2
4.	Person of Interest		13.9	16.5
5.	Dancing with the Stars		13.6	13.9
*	Two and a Half Men		13.6	13.5
7.	The Voice (Mon.)		13.0	14.1
8.	Dancing with the Stars results		12.9	12.8
9.	Modern Family		12.3	14.4
10.	The Voice (Tue.)		12.0	12.8
11.	Criminal Minds		11.8	12.7
12.	Pres. Debate Analysis		11.4	--
13.	Castle		10.9	12.3
*	Elementary		10.9	14.3
15.	CSI		10.6	11.6
16.	Survivor: Philippines		10.4	11.1
17.	Blue Bloods		10.3	11.9
18.	The Good Wife		10.0	10.6
19.	Once Upon A Time		9.9	11.6
20.	Grey's Anatomy		9.7	13.0

Wondering What Happened to Panda Ross Before Mario Lopez & Khloe Kardashian Were Hired To Host The X Factor

Fox's The X Factor was not in the Top 20 Nielsen Ratings this week. While NBC's The Voice was in the Top 10 at the #8 spot.

To my viewing eyes the 2nd season of The X Factor started off much better than the first season. Part of the improvement was being rid Steve Jones as the host and going with a no-host format in sort of a documentary style.

The no-host format will be coming to an end when The X Factor goes live, with Mario Lopez and Khloe Kardashian being co-hosts.

I think this pair being co-hosts will just add  to the mess that The X Factor has become. Maybe I am wrong, but I think a lot of TV viewers have Kardashian fatigue.

When The X Factor got past the initial auditions to what it calls "Boot Camp" the show, for me, started to be a mess.

"Boot Camp" seemed to be a confused jumble. What about this was a "Boot Camp"?

In the audition rounds a lady named Panda Ross made a HUGE impression. Simon Cowell opined that he felt like he was watching a legend. Panda Ross really seemed to have the X Factor. However, even though Panda made it to "Boot Camp" we saw no Panda. No Panda at all.

The missing Panda perplexed viewers. No explanation was given.

A couple comments gleaned from the Interwebs...

I don't get what's up with not showing her, even if she didn't make it. She was a  STAR during the auditions. The only thing I can think is, they didn't want her in the end and they were so worried about a backlash that they made her invisible during boot camp. I mean, isn't she like the ONLY one who got such a big segment in auditions not to even get a snippet during boot camp?

I agree. They only explanation for not showing her is that she did well, and they had no real justification for cutting her so they're just hoping people forgot her. Too bad she was so unforgettable.

The above comments are two among a lot of comments from viewers perplexed about the missing Panda.

On a Yahoo music blog called Reality Rocks, in a post titled Whatever Happened To Panda Ross? Simon Cowell’s ‘X Factor’ Boo Speaks I found an explanation about what happened to Panda at "Boot Camp" with some of the explanation in Panda's own words...

Well, Yahoo! is happy and relieved to report that Panda is alive and well--and 60 pounds slimmer, thanks to recent gastric bypass surgery--and she did recover from her illness in time to attend to Boot Camp. But why wasn't her time at Boot Camp shown? That's a bigger mystery.

"I'm so glad that you asked that question, because I'm wondering the same thing. Like, what happened?" says Panda in an exclusive Reality Rocks interview, discussing her bizarre lack of screentime this season. "But to be honest, my friend kind of pre-warned me that I might not get shown much. She said, 'Panda, don't get upset if you don't see yourself on TV, because you have a personality that's larger than life. So if they were to continue to show you on the show--and you're not the person that they're hoping to have win--they wouldn't want it to turn from the X Factor Show to the Panda Ross Show!'"

So here's what all the Panda Fandas watching at home didn't get to see: First, Panda performed a Boot Camp solo of Jennifer Hudson's "Love You I Do," which she basically turned into a serenade for her number-one "boo," Simon. "I had Simon as red as...I don't know, I'm just trying to think of the shiniest red thing I can think of! I just did the Panda Ross thing," she laughs. This was enough to get Panda through to the next stage, at which point the remaining contestants sang in groups. (Note: Hardly any of this season's Boot Camp group performances, by any of the contestants, were aired.) Panda remembers that she was completely unfamiliar with her group's number--shockingly, the Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends"--and that she "felt crazy because everybody knew that song, and I had to stay up all night to learn it. But I did awesome with it. I made sure that I threw a little classic Panda Ross in it. I took my hair down, and when it came time for me to sing the line, 'Could it be anybody,' I was looking straight towards Simon. I walked off and I was like, 'I nailed it!'"

Somehow I don't think we've heard the last of Panda Ross

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for October 8 - October 14

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for October 8 - October 14. The first number is the ranking, the second number is the season average, then the show name and network. The last number represents the number of viewers in millions. An asterisk * indicates a tie.

Rank	Show name	Network	Viewers in millions	Season-to-date average (in millions)
1.	NFL: Packers/Texans	NBC	19.9	21.9
2.	NCIS	CBS	18.5	20.5
3.	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	15.2	16.5
4.	Big Bang Theory	CBS	14.2	16.4
5.	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	13.6	13.7
6.	Dancing with the Stars results	ABC	13.3	12.6
7.	The Voice (Mon.)	NBC	12.9	13.9
8.	Modern Family (9:30)	ABC	12.3	--
9.	The Voice (Tue.)	NBC	12.2	12.6
10.	Modern Family	ABC	12.1	15.5
11.	Football Nt. Pt. 3	NBC	11.8	11.4
*	Vegas	CBS	11.8	14.0
13.	60 Minutes	CBS	11.6	13.1
14.	Criminal Minds	CBS	11.5	13.2
15.	Two and a Half Men	CBS	11.4	12.8
16.	The OT	Fox	11.0	11.0
17.	CSI	CBS	10.7	12.1
*	The Mentalist	CBS	10.7	11.4
19.	Castle	ABC	10.6	11.6
20.	Blue Bloods	CBS	10.5	11.4