Wednesday, April 24, 2013

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

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for April 15 - April 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.

NBC's The Voice has not taken American Idol's place as America's #1 singing competition show. With ABC's Dancing with the Stars also drawing more viewers than American Idol.

RankShow name
Network
Viewers in millions
Season-to-date average(in millions)
1.The Voice (Mon.)
NBC
14.4
14.3
2.The Voice (Tue.)
NBC
14.2
13.5
3.Dancing With the Stars (Mon.)
ABC
13.4
14.9
4.American Idol (Wed.)
Fox
12.7
15.5
*Dancing With the Stars results (Tue.)
ABC
12.7
14.0
6.NCIS
CBS
12.6
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7.American Idol (Thu.)
Fox
12.4
15.0
8.60 Minutes
CBS
11.8
12.6
9.The Big Bang Theory (8 p.m.)
CBS
11.4
18.7
10.The Big Bang Theory (9 p.m.)
CBS
10.9
--
11.Castle
ABC
10.2
12.0
12.Survivor: Caramoan
CBS
10.0
10.6
13.NCIS: Los Angeles
CBS
9.4
--
14.Amazing Race
CBS
9.2
9.9
15.The Mentalist
CBS
9.1
11.9
16.The Good Wife
CBS
9.0
10.8
17.Body of Proof
ABC
8.9
10.1
18.NBC News (Mon., 10 p.m.)
NBC
8.8
--
*Two and a Half Men
CBS
8.8
13.8
20.Person of Interest
CBS
8.6
--

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

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

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for April 8 - April 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.

RankShow name
Network
Viewers in millions
Season-to-date average
(in millions)
1.Louisville/Michigan
CBS
23.4
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2.NCIS
CBS
17.2
21.4
3.NCIS: Los Angeles
CBS
14.1
17.6
4.The Voice (Tue.)
NBC
14.0
14.2
5.The Voice (Mon.)
NBC
13.3
13.4
6.American Idol (Thu.)
Fox
13.2
15.1
*Dancing with the Stars
ABC
13.2
15.0
8.60 Minutes
CBS
12.6
12.6
9.American Idol (Wed.)
Fox
12.2
15.6
10.Dancing With the Stars Results
ABC
12.1
14.0
11.NCAA: Pre-game
CBS
11.8
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12.Criminal Minds
CBS
11.5
12.6
13.Big Bang Theory
CBS
11.4
18.8
14.CSI
CBS
11.1
11.7
15.Blue Bloods
CBS
10.6
13.0
16.Modern Family
ABC
10.4
12.7
17.Person of Interest
CBS
10.1
16.0
*The Good Wife
CBS
10.1
10.9
19.Amazing Race
CBS
9.8
10.0
20.Survivor: Caramoan
CBS
9.4
10.5

Monday, April 15, 2013

Wynonna & Chuck Eliminated from The Amazing Race After Cheese Sled Penalty

I don't often find myself laughing whilst watching The Amazing Race, but I did find myself letting out an amused guffaw when Chuck literally head-butted wife Wynonna to help get her up the slippery snowy slope which lead to 200 pounds of cheese in the form of 4 fifty pound cheese rounds.

This week's leg of The Amazing Race, in Switzerland, delivered one of those Amazing Race moments that is the reason this is one of my favorite TV shows. That being, showing me something I did not know existed.

As in the 4.5 mile cog railway that climbs inside the Eiger formation, to the Jungfraujoch railway station, it being the highest railway station in Europe. From there an elevator takes one to the Sphinx Observatory.

Train tunnels and elevators taking people to the top of a very high mountain formation is something I had not seen before.

The Jungfraujoch Roadblock set my acrophobia off to full blown queasy knees mode. The racer doing the Roadblock had to put on rappelling type gear, attached, via clip, to a cable. Then climb out a window, walk on a narrow board, un-clip a Travelocity Gnome and then get back to safety via another window.

This clipped walk on the wild side took place above a multi-thousand foot steep cliff dropoff.

Wynonna got stuck when she got to the Travelocity Gnome. The elevation was in the 11,000 feet above sea level zone. I have been that high before. One gets exhausted easily.

I re-watched Wynonna's dilemma multiple times. I could not quite figure out how the clipping and un-clipping worked. It appeared the clip had to be un-clipped and moved to the other side of the bolt to which the cable was attached. Did this leave the Racer temporarily un-clipped? I suspect not. Were there two clips? I could not tell, but the more I watched the more my acrophobia ratcheted up.

All the other Racers, except for Wynonna & Chuck and the YouTubers, Joey & Meghan, made it to the first train off the mountain. Wynonna & Chuck and Joey & Meghan followed an hour later.

When I saw how difficult that next challenge was, as in haul a sled up a steep snow covered hill, with the final ascent with the help of a rope, well, I figured Wynonna & Chuck would be in trouble.

Eventually Chuck was able to get Wynonna to the cheese rounds. But, apparently these natives of the South had never seen a sled before. So, they turned the sleds upside down and loaded on the cheese. This, predictably, did not work well, which had Wynonna telling Chuck she'd roll one round of cheese down the hill while he managed the other three.

Meanwhile, Joey & Meghan had completed the task and were on their way to the Pitstop. Directionally confused, as usual.

Wynonna & Chuck finally delivered the cheese, go the Pitstop clue, then found taxi to take them to Phil, who told them they had incurred a 30 minute penalty due to not following the instructions correctly when they did not use their sleds to transport the cheese.

As the 30 minutes clicked down Joey & Meghan failed to find a cab, with the exhausted Meghan eventually in tears as they slowly trudged through the snow, on foot, making it to Phil before Wynonna & Chuck's 30 minute penalty had expired, thus keeping Joey & Meghan in the Race and eliminating Wynonna & Chuck.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for April 1 - April 7

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for April 1 - April 7. 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 decline of American Idol appears to be accelerating, judging from this week's Nielsen Ratings. For the first time since becoming America's #1 TV Show, American Idol, this week, is not in the Top Ten, with the Wednesday performance show tied with ABC's Castle for #11 and the American Idol Results Show at #13. Big Bang Theory is this week's #1. With NBC's singing competition show, The Voice, coming in at #7 and 10. ABC's Dancing with the Stars is also in the Top 10, with the Results Show at # 6 and the Performance Show tied with The Voice at #7.

RankShow name
Network
Viewers in millions
Season-to-date average
(in millions)
1.Big Bang Theory
CBS
17.2
19.1
2.Syracuse/Michigan
CBS
17.1
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3.ACM Awards
CBS
15.5
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4.Person of Interest
CBS
14.6
16.3
5.NCAA: Pre/Post-Game
CBS
14.3
--
6.Dancing With the Stars Results
ABC
14.0
14.1
7.The Voice (Tue.)
NBC
13.9
15.0
*Dancing With the Stars
ABC
13.9
13.2
9.Two and a Half Men
CBS
13.7
14.1
10.The Voice (Mon.)
NBC
13.3
14.1
11.Castle
ABC
11.8
15.7
*American Idol (Wed.)
Fox
11.8
12.0
13.American Idol (Thu.)
Fox
11.7
15.1
14.NCIS
CBS
11.2
21.5
15.Blue Bloods
CBS
11.0
13.1
16.Modern Family
ABC
10.9
12.6
17.Criminal Minds
CBS
10.8
12.6
18.Elementary
CBS
10.5
13.0
19.NCIS: Los Angeles
CBS
10.2
17.6
20.CSI