Surviving Survivor & American Idol

Today being Wednesday, tonight we have new episodes of American Idol and Survivor for our viewing pleasure.

I don't know if I'll be watching.

Survivor has become a bit of a bore with the women so totally outwitting, outlasting and outplaying the men.

And then there is American Idol. I think the Judges' Save gimmick on American Idol is so annoying.

The winner of American Idol is supposedly the result of viewers voting. It made perfectly good sense, to me, that Jessica Sanchez got fewer votes than the other 6.

As soon as it was known that Joshua Ledet, Elise Testone and Jessica were the bottom 3, Steven Tyler said the save would be used.

I can see why all three of these got the least votes.

Skylar Laine was not in the bottom 3 due to the country music fans liking her. Hollie Cavanaugh was not in the bottom 3 due to all the little girls identifying with the albino pixie. Colton Dixon was not in the bottom 3 due to those who don't mind someone wearing their religion on their sleeve, and those same little girls who like Hollie. Phillip Phillips was not in the bottom 3 due to the fact he actually seems like he could be a pop star.

Joshua Ledet, in my opinion, was in the bottom 3 due to the fact that it does not seem like he could be a pop start. The one I think is the most talented, Elise Testone, was in the bottom 3 because few men, teenage or grownup, vote.

And then there is Jessica. She's young. She may sing well, but she is a bit lacking in the personality department.

I thought it borderline rude how the Judges acted as if America had made a big mistake, committed a sinful wrong. So, Jessica got saved. To get the boot tomorrow? That would be my bet if one could bet on such a thing.

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for April 2 - April 8

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for for April 2 - April 8. 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.	NCAA: Kentucky/Kansas	CBS	20.9	--
2.	American Idol	Fox	17.1	20.2
3.	Dancing with the Stars	ABC	16.9	18.5
4.	Dancing with the Stars results	ABC	15.6	16.5
5.	American Idol	Fox	14.3	18.9
6.	Person of Interest	CBS	13.7	14.3
7.	Big Bang Theory	CBS	13.3	16.3
8.	The Mentalist	CBS	12.6	14.6
9.	CSI	CBS	12.1	12.9
10.	60 Minutes	CBS	11.7	--
*	Castle	ABC	11.7	11.8
12.	NCAA: Pre-Game	CBS	11.5	--
13.	NCIS	CBS	11.4	19.5
14.	Criminal Minds	CBS	11.3	13.6
15.	Blue Bloods	CBS	10.9	12.4
16.	The Voice	NBC	10.8	17.5
17.	Body of Proof	ABC	10.5	9.6
18.	Survivor: One World	CBS	10.4	11.7
19.	Dancing With the Stars: Encore	ABC	9.7	--
20.	Amazing Race	CBS	9.2	--

CBS Sports Delays Make For Late Viewing Of The Amazing Race

That is Dave throwing a hatchet at a moving target, in Tanzania, in Africa, on Sunday's episode of The Amazing Race.

I tried to watch The Amazing Race on Sunday. I'd made myself a bowl of nachos and let the DVR get a half hour ahead, turned on the TV and found that, yet again, a sporting event had messed with the Sunday TV schedule on CBS.

I have my DVR set to record for 2 hours past the scheduled end of The Amazing Race, due to the frequency of the Sunday CBS sports delays.

The Africa scenery was beautiful this episode, as was how enthusiastically the racers embraced the scenery and people. Bopper told us that his great-grandpa had come from Africa, a slave, he thought maybe from the part of Africa he was now in.

Vanessa and Rachel did some good catfighting in one of the airports on their way to Tanzania. Vanessa got in some rather mean personal insults.

The insufferably cocky, Art & J.J., outed pseudo school teachers, Nary & Jamie, as Federal Agents. That was amusing.

The Detour Task of jumping up and down for a minute seemed to be one of the most difficult in Amazing Race history. Whoever thought that one up should get a big raise.

Dave & Rachel proved, once again, that bickering and nagging, a lot, helps you come in first at the Pit Stop.

The Pit Stop clue task of assembling a campsite seemed a bit unfair and put the remaining all girl team of Federal Agents, Nary & Jamie, at a disadvantage.

This had Nary & Jamie coming in last, but getting a reprieve, due to it being a non-elimination leg.

The next week's previews let us know there will be a Double U-Turn.

I do not like the U-Turns. It appears that the Big Brother team, Brendon & Rachel, get U-Turned, and judging by how betrayed they were acting, Art & J.J. also get U-Turned.

At the start of this 20th iteration of The Amazing Race I opined it was nice not to have any stunt casting, like Season 19's two Survivor winners, Ethan & Jenna. At that point in time I had no idea Brendon & Rachel were Big Brother veterans, with Rachel having won the half million dollar Big Brother prize.

Methinks The Amazing Race needs to stop with the stunt casting of people who have been on other CBS Reality TV Shows.

Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for March 26 - April 1

The Nielsen Rating's Top 20 TV Shows for Nielsen Rating's Top 20 for March 26 - April 1. 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.	NCIS	CBS	18.6	19.7
2.	Dancing With the Stars	ABC	18.0	18.6
3.	American Idol	Fox	17.9	20.3
4.	NCAA: Ohio State/Kansas	CBS	16.6	--
5.	American Idol	Fox	15.9	19.2
6.	Dancing With the Stars results	ABC	15.7	16.6
7.	NCIS: Los Angeles	CBS	14.8	16.5
8.	Person of Interest	CBS	14.6	14.3
9.	Big Bang Theory	CBS	14.0	16.4
10.	NCAA: Analysis	CBS	13.6	--
*	The Mentalist	CBS	13.6	14.6
12.	47th Annual ACM Awards	CBS	13.1	--
13.	The Voice	NBC	12.0	18.1
14.	Castle	ABC	11.9	11.6
15.	Blue Bloods	CBS	10.7	12.4
*	Dancing With the Stars: Story	ABC	10.7	--
17.	Unforgettable	CBS	10.5	12.4
18.	60 Minutes	CBS	10.1	13.6
19.	Survivor: One World	CBS	10.0	11.7
20.	Body of Proof	ABC	9.7	9.5