Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for August 20 - August 26

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for August 20 - August 26. 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.

RankShow name
Network
Viewers in millions
Season-to-date average (in millions)
1.America's Got Talent (Tue.)
NBC
9.9
11.7
2.NFL: Panthers/Jets
NBC
9.8
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3.60 Minutes
CBS
8.6
11.4
*America's Got Talent (Wed.)
NBC
8.6
10.1
5.NCIS
CBS
8.1
16.5
6.Big Bang Theory
CBS
7.4
13.6
*Big Brother (Sun.)
CBS
7.4
6.6
8.NCIS: Los Angeles
CBS
7.1
13.5
9.Big Brother (Thu.)
CBS
6.3
6.9
*The Mentalist (Tue.)
CBS
6.3
6.1
11.Hell's Kitchen (Mon.)
Fox
6.2
7.0
12.Masterchef (Tue.)
Fox
6.0
6.5
*Two and a Half Men (Thu.)
CBS
6.0
--
14.20/20 (10:00)
ABC
5.9
5.5
*Big Brother (Wed.)
CBS
5.9
6.4
*NASCAR: Bristol
ABC
5.9
--
17.Criminal Minds
CBS
5.8
11.4
18.CSI
CBS
5.6
10.7
*The Mentalist (Sun.)
CBS
5.6
4.5
20.2 Broke Girls (9:00)
CBS
5.5
4.7

Friday, August 24, 2012

Call Me Maybe Video By US Army Soldiers In Kunar, Afghanistan



A large number of United States Army Infantry Soldiers stationed in Kunar Province, Afghanistan somehow collectively directed, filmed and edited their own video version of the Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe" hit song.

I was more than a little surprised at what a slick production this video is. Did these soldiers really do this themselves? Very impressive.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Another Bachelorette Romance (Did Not) Fizzle After Jef Catches Emily Cheating On Her Cell Phone

UPDATE: The US Weekly story is totally bogus. Both Emily and Jef say the US Weekly story is one hundred percent not true. 

I'm shocked.

Another Bachelor/Bachelorette pairing has gone asunder.

This makes two times for Emily Maynard. Two failed TV romances.

Tragic.

As you can read on the cover of US Weekly, Emily's former fiance, Jef Holm, caught her cheating.

Jef confronted Emily with the evidence, which consisted of text messages and pictures that Jef found on Emily's cell phone, in which Emily, and whoever was getting and sending the messages, told each other in explicit detail what they were going to be doing with each other.

I wonder if the "other" is Bachelor/Bachelorette host, Chris Harrison? Way back in June we learned from that reliable source, Vienna Girardi, of Jake Pavelka's ex fame, that Emily was romantically involved with Chris Harrison.

It was just a month ago, in July, that we saw Emily pick Jef, because, as Emily said then, "I feel like Jef would make the best husband and the best stepdad ever."

The Breakup Bomb went off in a vacation rental that Jef had rented so Emily could meet his family members that she'd not yet met. I assume this included his parents, who were off on some Mormon quest when Emily visited Jef's hometown.

Apparently Jef snooped on Emily's cell phone, finding the incriminating evidence, then took Emily to a bedroom where a loud commotion ensued, with Jef yelling, "You've been fracking cheating on me for months! Pack your stuff and get the frack out of here."

I substituted the words Jef actually used with fracking, stuff and frack, because this is a family friendly blog where I don't use vulgarisms, like the ever popular F-word and the common vulgarism for excrement.

Jef is only 28, two years older than Emily, who seems way older than 26.

Both Jef and Emily seemed like nice people. Emily did not seem like the sort who would be doing sexting while she's meeting her beloved's loved ones.

But, really, how well do you really know someone you've only met on a really cheesy Reality TV Show?

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for August 13 - August 19

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for August 13 - August 19. 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.

RankShow name
Network
Viewers in millions
Season-to-date average (in millions)
1.America's Got Talent (Tue.)
NBC
10.0
11.9
2.NFL: Colts/Steelers
NBC
9.5
--
3.America's Got Talent (Wed.)
NBC
8.5
10.4
4.Big Bang Theory
CBS
8.0
13.7
5.60 Minutes
CBS
7.9
11.5
6.NCIS
CBS
7.3
16.7
7.Two and a Half Men (Thu.)
CBS
6.7
6.1
8.Big Brother (Thu.)
CBS
6.6
6.4
*Hell's Kitchen
Fox
6.6
7.1
10.NCIS: Los Angeles
CBS
6.4
13.7
11.Big Brother (Wed.)
CBS
6.1
6.8
12.Big Brother (Sun.)
CBS
6.0
6.3
*The Mentalist
CBS
6.0
6.0
14.Masterchef (Tue.)
Fox
5.7
6.6
15.Grimm
NBC
5.6
6.4
16.America Got Talent (Wed.)
NBC
5.5
5.5
17.CSI
CBS
5.4
10.8
18.Criminal Minds
CBS
5.3
11.6
19.Stars Earn Stripes
NBC
5.2
5.2
*Wipeout
ABC
5.2
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Stars Earns Stripes is Another Big NBC Fail

When I first read about NBC's Monday night Stars Earn Stripes Reality TV Show, the concept seemed so ridiculous to me that I thought it might be entertaining.

An slight added hope that it might be entertaining was the fact that the man responsible for unleashing Survivor on the world, Mark Burnett, was one of the creative geniuses behind Stars Earn Stripes.

Well.

Stars Earns Stripes, in my opinion, is a terribly wrong TV show.

"Stars" are paired with what the show calls "Operatives" to go on "Missions."

The "Missions" seem like a trivialization of what the men and women in the armed forces actually do in real life.

Somehow it all seems in bad taste to me.

Dean Cain is embarrassing himself being all overly earnest about how dangerous the "Missions" are. At one point he said something along the line that he could get killed on one of these serious "Missions."

Dean Cain has also mentioned his young son multiple times. If he really thought he could get killed on this Reality TV Show, leaving his young son without a dad, shouldn't he get himself off this show pronto?

Dean Cain is very impressed to be paired with Chris Kyle. Cain had read Chris Kyle's book "American Sniper" prior to meeting him. Chris Kyle is reputed to be the deadliest sniper in American military history, with 160 confirmed kills out of 255 claimed kills. These kills took place in Iraq and earned Kyle the nickname "The Devil of Ramadi."

I am sure each of the men and women that Chris Kyle killed deserved to die. But still, something seems unseemly about focusing on this.

Sniper kills is part of "Mission" on Stars Earn Stripes.

General Wesley Clark also seems to be embarrassing himself by being involved in this dubious operation.

The show is very repetitive. I could not watch it without a fast forward button.

Of the "Stars" I don't think Laila Ali and Todd Palin have embarrassed themselves. Yet. Beyond the fact of agreeing to be on this show.

Whatever happened to the NBC that produced "Must See TV" on Thursday nights? With Friends, Seinfeld, ER and others?

NBC is the last place network, despite the fact that for 3 weeks in a row NBC has had the top rated TV show, for 2 weeks that being the Olympics and this week America's Got Talent.
Speaking of the Olympics. NBC's coverage of the world's biggest sporting event was reviled by millions of viewers, considered by many to be a HUGE Fail. NBC botched both the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

Methinks Stars Earn Stripes is symptomatic of whatever is is that has diseased the quality of what the National Broadcast Corporation broadcasts.

I watched the first 2 episodes of Stars Earn Stripes. I won't be watching any more episodes.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for August 6 - August 12

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for August 6 - August 12. 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.

The London 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony were the top rated show of the week, with NBC disappointing millions of viewers with their botched, chopped up, partial coverage of the closing extravaganza.

RankShow name
Network
Viewers in millions
Season-to-date average (in millions)
1.Olympics: Closing Ceremony
NBC
31.0
--
2.Olympics (Tue.)
NBC
30.1
--
3.Olympics (Wed.)
NBC
29.1
--
4.Olympics (Mon.)
NBC
26.6
--
5.Olympics (Thu.)
NBC
22.9
--
6.Olympics (Fri.)
NBC
22.5
--
7.Olympics (Sat.)
NBC
21.8
--
8.London Gold
NBC
21.2
--
9.NCIS
CBS
6.8
16.9
10.60 Minutes
CBS
6.3
11.6
11.Que No Podia Amar (Fri.)
Uni
5.8
4.4
12.Que No Podia Amar (Thu.)
Uni
5.5
4.7
13.Big Brother (Wed.)
CBS
5.4
6.1
*Big Brother (Sun.)
CBS
5.4
6.2
15.Big Bang Theory
CBS
5.3
13.8
*NCIS: Los Angeles
CBS
5.3
13.8
17.Que No Podia Amar (Tue.)
Uni
5.1
4.6
*Que No Podia Amar (Mon.)
Uni
5.1
4.6
19.Big Brother
CBS
5.0
6.7
*Que No Podia Amar (Wed.)
Uni
5.0
4.5