Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for November 19 - November 25

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for November 19 - November 25. 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/Giants	NBC	20.9	20.8
2.	Patriots/Jets	NBC	19.2	--
3.	NCIS	CBS	16.5	20.6
4.	Notre Dame/USC	ABC	16.1	7.0
5.	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	15.1	17.5
6.	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	14.3	14.4
7.	Dancing With the Stars Results	ABC	13.0	13.0
8.	Football Night Pt. 3	NBC	12.8	10.8
9.	Criminal Minds	CBS	11.5	--
10.	60 Minutes	CBS	11.1	13.4
11.	CSI	CBS	10.8	--
12.	The Voice (Mon.)	NBC	10.6	13.9
13.	Castle	ABC	10.4	13.0
14.	The Mentalist	CBS	10.2	13.0
15.	Vegas	CBS	10.1	13.5
16.	2 Broke Girls	CBS	9.7	10.9
17.	Amazing Race	CBS	9.6	10.5
18.	The Voice (Tue.)	NBC	9.5	12.7
19.	Survivor: Philippines	CBS	9.4	--
*	The Good Wife	CBS	9.4	11.2

The Amazing Race Needs to U-Turn the U-Turn

To my viewing eyes the Amazing Race U-Turn twist gimmick is the worst twist gimmick any Reality TV show I watch has added since the dawn of the genre.

Worse than any Survivor twist gimmick, as in worse than Redemption Island, Exile Island or any other Survivor twist gimmick I am not remembering right now.

I don't remember if any U-Turned pair of Amazing Race racers has survived being U-Turned. Thus making it a far more dire penalty than the Speed Bump penalty a team gets when they come in last to the Pitstop on a non-elimination leg.

Basically the Amazing Race U-Turn allows one team to knock another team out of the race.

In the latest episode of the Amazing Race it was Ryan & Abbie who got U-Turned via a conspiracy between Natalie & Nadaya, Trey & Lexi and the Chippendales, with the Chippendales first to the U-Turn, then staying true to the conspiracy by U-Turning Ryan & Abbie, with Trey & Lexi next to the U-Turn, also staying true to the conspiracy by choosing to U-Turn the Chippendales who were already past the U-Turn and thus immune from being U-Turned, which then gave Ryan & Abbie no chance to U-Turn the Goat Farmers, thus insuring Ryan & Abbie would be eliminated by Phil if they ever made it to the pitstop.

With only 5 teams remaining in the race the U-Turn is just way too drastic a game changer.

In the past there may have been a villainous team or two I did not mind seeing get U-Turned, but on this iteration of the Amazing Race I pretty much was liking all the remaining teams, but would have preferred to have the Goat Farmers eliminated, thus leaving 4 really strong teams to compete for the win.

I'm good with any of the Final Four winning, but I think I'd be most pleased to see the Chippendales or the Sri Lankan American twins win. I don't think we've ever seen an Amazing Race team as constantly chipper as the Chippendales, Jaymes & James.

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for November 12 - November 18

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for November 12 - November 18. 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: Ravens/Steelers	NBC	18.2	20.7
2.	Big Bang Theory	CBS	17.6	18.8
3.	NCIS	CBS	17.1	21.5
4.	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	15.8	18.0
5.	Person of Interest	CBS	14.6	16.6
6.	60 Minutes	CBS	14.0	13.7
7.	Two and a Half Men	CBS	13.9	14.5
8.	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	13.8	14.2
9.	Criminal Minds	CBS	12.2	13.9
10.	Dancing With the Stars Results	ABC	12.1	13.0
11.	Modern Family	ABC	11.9	15.5
12.	The Voice (Mon.)	NBC	11.6	14.1
13.	The Voice (Tue.)	NBC	11.1	13.1
14.	CSI	CBS	11.0	12.4
15.	Elementary	CBS	10.7	13.7
16.	Vegas	CBS	10.4	14.2
17.	Castle	ABC	10.1	12.7
*	Survivor: Philippines	CBS	10.1	11.4
19.	The Good Wife	CBS	9.9	11.1
20.	Football Night Pt. 3	NBC	9.8	10.7

The Dust Bowl: A Film By Ken Burns

Tonight, Sunday, November 18, starting at 8/7C, on PBS, The Dust Bowl: A Film by Ken Burns premieres.

A couple years ago I watched a documentary about the Dust Bowl on the History Channel. I have long known of the Dust Bowl, I have known people directly effected by the Dust Bowl, people who escaped the Dust Bowl from Kansas by migrating to the Pacific Northwest, but until I saw the documentary about the Dust Bowl on the History Channel I did not realize how horribly terrifying and deadly it was to experience the Dust Bowl.

Manmade climate change deniers, like Rush Dimbulb, might find viewing this latest Ken Burns film to be instructive.

Below is a blurb from the PBS Ken Burns Dust Bowl website...

"THE DUST BOWL chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the "Great Plow-Up," followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews with twenty-six survivors of those hard times, combined with dramatic photographs and seldom seen movie footage, bring to life stories of incredible human suffering and equally incredible human perseverance. It is also a morality tale about our relationship to the land that sustains us—a lesson we ignore at our peril."

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for November 5 - November 11

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for November 5 - November 11. 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.	Texans/Bears	NBC	20.9	21.0
2.	Big Bang Theory	CBS	16.7	19.0
3.	Person of Interest	CBS	14.9	17.0
4.	Two and a Half Men	CBS	14.1	14.6
5.	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	13.5	14.3
6.	Modern Family	ABC	12.4	16.3
7.	Criminal Minds	CBS	12.1	14.3
8.	Election Coverage	NBC	12.0	--
9.	The Voice (Mon.)	NBC	11.9	14.4
10.	60 Minutes	CBS	11.4	13.6
11.	Blue Bloods	CBS	11.3	13.2
12.	Elementary	CBS	10.9	14.3
13.	The Voice (Wed.)	NBC	10.5	--
14.	Election Coverage	ABC	10.4	--
15.	CSI	CBS	10.3	12.7
*	Survivor: Philippines	CBS	10.3	11.6
17.	The Mentalist	CBS	10.2	12.3
18.	Castle	ABC	10.0	13.2
19.	CSI: NY	CBS	9.7	10.8
20.	Grey's Anatomy	ABC	9.3	12.9