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RIVERS Helps Drag CBS Past ABC To Last Place!! SIMPSONS Rises!! MacFarlane Cartoons Plummet!! Sunday Ratings!!

Published at:  Oct 05, 2009 3:26:41 PM CDT

I am – Hercules!!

“Three Rivers,” essentially the last of the autumn broadcast premieres, arrived in dead last place last night. The 18-49 numbers (last week in parentheses):

6.2 (5.6) Chargers at Steelers
4.9 (5.2) Family Guy
4.9 (4.5) Desperate Housewives
4.3 (4.2) The Simpsons
4.2 (4.9) The Cleveland Show
3.5 (3.6) American Dad
3.4 (3.1) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
3.2 (3.0) Brothers & Sisters
2.8 (3.2) The Amazing Race
2.3 (3.3) 60 Minutes
2.2 (1.9) Cold Case
2.2 (----) America’s Funniest Home Videos
2.0 (----) Three Rivers

* The biggest drops on Sunday were on CBS, with “60 Minutes” (which didn't have a football overrun as its lead-in this week) down a miserable 28% and “Amazing Race” down 18%. ("Rivers" fell a staggering 29% from its "Amazing" lead-in.)

* Also way down was “The Cleveland Show,” which fell 14%. Lead-in “Family Guy” fell 6%. “The Simpsons” was the only Fox cartoon to rise its second Sunday of the season.

* ABC rebounded slightly following a horrifying slide into fourth place last week. “Desperate Housewives,” down a crazy 37% last week from its 2008 premiere, was up a meager 4% from that low. “Brothers & Sisters,” down 35% last week from its 2008 premiere, was 7% up from last week. “Extreme Makeover” scored best: though down 16% last week from its 2008 premiere, it was up 10% from last week. The “Home Videos” season premiere was down 15% from its 2008 premiere.

James Hibberd’s analysis is here.



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    Readers Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 3:20:22 PM CDT

    Numbers are Meaningless

    by karuma

    Unless they are backed up by a complete polling of every single person that watched TV last night. Which they aren't.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 3:30:27 PM CDT

    Herc needs a dictionary re. "plummet"

    by tall_boy66

    yeah, uh, the definition of the word "plummet" is "To decline suddenly and steeply". Which isn't anything the McFarlane cartoons did, that is a mild low at best. Dollhouse? That is beyond plummet. That is a freefall. Into deep space. And then the bottom the ocean. And start digging. On what planet is a 6% a plummet? Serious question. Like an S.A.T.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 3:30:36 PM CDT

    Good Lord

    by danielplainviewonvacationinboston

    I've never even HEARD of Three Rivers, and I watch a shit-ton of television. My goodness, who is in it? What is it about? Is it the same meaningless old crap CBS is always pumping out?

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  • Oct 05, 2009 3:37:28 PM CDT

    Herc and his numbers

    by djamdjean

    Forgive me if i'm wrong, but I don't recall this constant "ratings update" ever before from Herc. I don't really see the point. Who cares, quality does not equal ratings necessarily.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 3:39:45 PM CDT

    headline double meaning?

    by nostairway

    The Chargers' quarterback is Phillip Rivers. He had a hand in it too right?

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  • Oct 05, 2009 3:44:12 PM CDT

    Karuma

    by childofmen

    Do you understand ANYTHING about how statistics work? Or the reason statistics are even used? You know, something about the fact that it is of course impossible to actually poll every single person watching TV...... so statisticians figure out how many people you can "poll" to come up with a reasonable estimate of what everyone was watching?

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  • Oct 05, 2009 3:48:11 PM CDT

    After watching the second episode of The Cleveland Show

    by big jim

    I can say with great confidence that it is terrible and will no longer be watching. Yes, I get it, it's supposed to be bad. Macfarlane has created a parody of spin-offs by throwing every spin-off cliche into this soup. While it was amusing as a pilot (would have made a great episode of Family Guy), as an ongoing series it contradicts itself by being what it was making fun of. The only person The Cleveland Show is making laugh is Seth Macfarlane as he travels to the bank.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 3:50:32 PM CDT

    Movr Amazing Race to a new night

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Thursday nights should be Survivor, Amazing Race, CSI. I hate the fact it's on Sunday.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 3:51:59 PM CDT

    %14 drop is not huge

    by alientoast

    That's a pretty minor drop, all things considered. Dollhouse's %50+ drop this season from last, on the other hand. And to restate the point, who cares about Nielson? It's outdated and needs to be revamped.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 4:13:27 PM CDT

    So I just watched SMALLVILLE 9.02 and wow...

    by yackbacker

    I see now what's wrong with the show- it really boils down to one scene in particular- at the end when Clark triumphs over John Corben, he does NOTHING to try and save Corben's life. He leaves him for dead instead of "blurring" him to the hospital where they could at least put him on a respirator. No, Clark is more worried about Lois' little scratch on her head.
    The show is pretty awful. I tried giving it another look this season (assuming shit would have formed up a bit now that Clark is becoming Superman) but no. This show is more clueless than ever. And Tom Welling hit the acting wall, even with this part. He's brutally bland.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 4:15:03 PM CDT

    @Djamdjean

    by incomplete gamer

    It's something new he's trying, and a lot of people (including myself) do in fact care. If you don't care that's fine, he's still posting the other stuff. Just ignore these posts and click on the stuff that interests you. Seriously, why do people complain about these posts when there are people who enjoy them?

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  • Oct 05, 2009 4:19:09 PM CDT

    These ratings posts are great

    by haljordansuperstar

    Thanks, I hope you keep doing them. Your math is a little off on DH ... it was up 4 pts, which is 9%. But it's still way down from last year. I wonder if CBS sells/prices off 18-49 ratings. It doesn't seem like they care about this as much as the other networks.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 4:19:55 PM CDT

    I am wondering....

    by jamie mcbain

    How many shows is Fox, going to give Seth MacFarlane? Maybe, they should make a eighth day, call it MacFarlaneday, and air nothing but Seth MacFarlane shows.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 4:23:30 PM CDT

    3 rivers is about organ donations

    by eyegore

    It's another hospital drama, but it's about people dying and donating their organs, and people delivering those organs.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 4:28:58 PM CDT

    Simpsons was an improvement

    by barnaby jones

    That whole self help secret gubbins is ripe for a ribbing.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 4:29:42 PM CDT

    The Cleveland Show

    by powerring

    Ok, I admit it, it sucks, hard. The pilot showed some potential. The 2nd show just reinforced the unlikable characters and of course there is the "we are trying too hard" bear as a neighbor. I can't watch anymore of this poorly executed show.

    Reply to Talkback

  • ... Nielsen just can't track them on Hulu.com, iTunes, streaming video from network websites, and of course the most wildly popular... illegal downloading.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 4:46:48 PM CDT

    illegal downloading.

    by powerring

    We have a whole generation of kids (gen y?) that are growing into a sense of entitlement. Everything should be free to them. Software, music, movies...everything media. And if it's not free, they believe it's ok to steal it.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 4:50:20 PM CDT

    Wow PowerRing...

    by hairy nutsack

    Talk about random off topicness...

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  • Oct 05, 2009 4:50:35 PM CDT

    Much like Family Guy's figures, I plummeted today!

    by christian_bale_trashed_my_lights

    My right foot actually slipped off a curb that was several inches high! I am lucky to be alive.Praise Whedon for his mercy!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 4:51:54 PM CDT

    LMAO sorry PowerRing...

    by hairy nutsack

    Didn't see fedrich's post at first.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 4:52:55 PM CDT

    @ Hairy Nutsack

    by powerring

    Ok, so you fumbled the ball. Way to recover!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 5:03:32 PM CDT

    One improvement I'm noticing for The Simpsons

    by castlemonster

    is they aren't trying to cram five gags into every half second anymore. From about season 10 until last couple of seasons the pace of the show became absurdly frenetic as a way to cover up for the fact that the writing was so inconsistent.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 5:08:54 PM CDT

    And Cleveland...

    by castlemonster

    That was the first episode I'd seen and it was a little unpleasant. I could see it getting a little better as they start to develop the characters but it probably won't last long enough for that. So he has a fat kid and a talking baby, why not a talking dog? That seems kind of weak. They can splice the weird redneck neighbors into the Family Guy and Cleveland will have served some purpose.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 5:12:25 PM CDT

    Ugh. These stories sadden me.

    by d.vader

    Its like if Harry suddenly started posting Box Office results every 3 days.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 5:16:40 PM CDT

    Now that Cleveland's gone......

    by thelordofhell

    Who's the new token black character in Family Guy?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 5:20:11 PM CDT

    Wow

    by bizarrojerry

    Nobody wants to watch any TV anymore? Or is this just Tivo, etc, effing everything up?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 5:26:05 PM CDT

    It thought it was better (Cleveland Show)...

    by captainbass

    than last weeks pilot, but not by much. I don't see it lasting more than a season. Liked the reference to it in Family Guy, which was amusing enough but not a patch on last week's. American Dad was good but not great, Simpsons was an improvement too.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 5:30:31 PM CDT

    Clevland Show is too Amos and Andy for me.

    by the_maltese_vulcan

    Does Seth McFarlane wear blackface to get into the mood when taping this crap? It's going to drag down every show around it.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 5:30:52 PM CDT

    I get about 70% of my TV from the internet nowadays

    by yackbacker

    I may watch one network show on air per week. Otherwise, I'll watch network programming on hulu or the streaming sites. When I'm watching TV for entertainment, I will hang around the cable channels almost exclusively (i.e. National Geographic/History channels). I don't watch primetime as a religion, that's for sure.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 5:38:40 PM CDT

    Numbers are not meaningless...

    by hugh g rekshun

    ...at least not to the networks and their sponsors. But who cares what they think, right? LOLZ moron.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 5:46:23 PM CDT

    Rekshun, it matters if the nets keep cancelling good shows

    by yackbacker

    Because they think the numbers reflect their actual audience size. Well, this is a transitional time for TV production. Somehow, the nets are going to try and fuck free access to their content. I bet you within a couple of years that hulu will require subscription fees, etc. THis is shit will happen in one way or another.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 5:49:01 PM CDT

    Pittsburgh beat Cleveland? what a shock!

    by funnyhat

  • Oct 05, 2009 5:59:52 PM CDT

    Cleveland, Simpsons, Family Guy, all were meh last night

    by feralangel

    The comedy in all those shows was as limp as Letterman's dick right now. Not a big laugh in the bunch, although the Simpsons always bear watching because their characters are still warm and human. Hey, I'll settle for that in a pinch.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 6:08:38 PM CDT

    I just assumed I'd be adding Clevland Show to my lineup

    by _maltheus_

    ...but I couldn't even make it through the second episode. I wandered off, did other things and ended up missing some of Family Guy because of its awfulness. I won't be bothering with it again.
    Simpsons has made something of a comeback in the last season or two. I'll never again be quite the fan of it that I was in the first five years, but I no longer feel like I'm wasting my time watching it. American Dad has been better than Family Guy this season.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 6:08:58 PM CDT

    Actually watched the Cleveland Show last night

    by flurryofchocolateglazedkrispykremedonuts

    Dammit! No I sort of miss dang ole King of the Hill, I'll tell you whut. Fuck you Seth McFarland!

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  • Oct 05, 2009 6:10:45 PM CDT

    American Dad usually even has a plot

    by flurryofchocolateglazedkrispykremedonuts

    Seth must use the really smart manatees to write that one. Again, fuck you McFarland!

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  • Oct 05, 2009 6:18:44 PM CDT

    Yes, the whole Superman never taking a life morality

    by blueimmortal

    about him has no meaning anymore. a lot of people good and bad have died by his actions, mistakes and negligence. not that he doesn't do any good, but hitting over the head with Supes unwilling to kill anyone does not resonate anymore.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 6:24:59 PM CDT

    Herc, what about Cable?

    by somerichs

    I don't care about every night and every show, per se, but I'd be curious to know how the HBO Sunday lineup stacks up, Dexter, Mad Men, Sons of Anarchy, etc. Hook it up, brutha!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 6:41:17 PM CDT

    The Numbers Do Count

    by raromo

    Broadcast TV is entirely based on how many viewers see the commercials during a show. The show doesn't matter. Only the commercials. That's the only way broadcast TV makes money. DVR/Tivo doesn't count, because people skip the commercials. Hulu doesn't count, because they're different commercials. Illegal downloading doesn't count, because every single person who illegally downloads a copyrighted show spends too much time licking dogs' assholes to watch a commercial. Broadcast TV is down as much as it is because the shows basically suck (although not as much as people who illegally download copyrighted material suck. To all of you who illegally download copyrighted material: Which tastes better: a grey hound's asshole, or a poodle's asshole?) Just wondering.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 6:42:50 PM CDT

    Cleveland jr.

    by harold-sherbort

    was the best thing about Family Guy.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 6:49:49 PM CDT

    Networks do count DVR and ITunes

    by mr. profit

    Its how shows like Gossipt Girl survive. Networks take both the iTunes top downloaded shows, and DVR ratings, plus they also count Hulu. Why do you guys think Hulu may start charging people to view content?

    Also hate to break it to you, but Dollhouse isn't as "illegally downloaded" as "90210" or "Gossip Girl"...

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  • Oct 05, 2009 6:51:51 PM CDT

    Hercules doing a cut and paste job. NICE!

    by lordenigma

    Do your own analysis, and stop being biased. Are you going to tout those low South Park numbers this Wednesday? Doubtful. So these things suck. The end.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 6:54:29 PM CDT

    And Fox's Animation Domination is up in total viewers...

    by mr. profit

    Both Family Guy and The Simpsons are up year to year in total viewers. I know its cool to hate McFarlane, but Family Guy got nearly 11 million total viewers last night. And The Simpsons nearly 10 million. That's great considering both shows are already older.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 6:55:55 PM CDT

    Cleveland Show already has a 2nd Season

    by thesecondquest

    They announced the second season earlier this year (presumably because they pushed back TCS's debut from the spring till now, and didn't want to interrupt the production of new episodes) so the show has at least 33 more episodes left. Plenty of time to improve. American Dad took 4-6 episodes to get good, afterall.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 7:02:03 PM CDT

    Men Lie. Women Lie. Numbers DON'T

    by disney_retcond_my_std

    Cleveland show is pretty weak so far, but ALL animated shows need a full season to find it's voice (don't front those early Family Guy eps. the one where Lois voice is weird and Meg isn't Mila -- SUCKED)


    And yeah, like quest said. It's already in it's 2nd season so Fox is stuck anyway

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  • Oct 05, 2009 7:03:35 PM CDT

    CABLE ratings are dominated by WWE RAW

    by disney_retcond_my_std

    and wizards of waverly. who doesn't love Randy Orton and Selena Gomez's jailbait ass?

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  • Oct 05, 2009 7:07:21 PM CDT

    FlurryOfChocolateGlazedKrispyKre meDonuts

    by powerring

    Were you born brain damaged, or did you work for years at becoming a complete fucking idiot? Whatever village you are missing from, please go back. Take your shitty King of the hill with you. KOTH had one problem, it was never, ever in danger of being funny. But apparently, it was a staple of trailer trash and functionally fucktarded adults.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 8:01:54 PM CDT

    Family Guy

    by mr. profit

    Is also enjoying good numbers for new episodes due to the fact that it does incredibly well in syndication. It's always right behind Two and a Half Men. The people who catch it in Syndication are starting to watch it first run. Too bad South Park did horribly when they attempted to Syndicate it. Those nasty Late Night-Early Fringe timeslots did the show in. Herc should admit the show peaked with the movie and never returned to greatness. And it's too "of the moment" jokes killed any Syndication prospects because the jokes are dated after time passes. The FG bashing is silly at this point. You can like both.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 8:31:12 PM CDT

    Why are all networks run by fucking retards?...

    by cheyne_stoking_dms

    I'm still hoping cunt Bonnie Hammer gets cancer and dies. *Sigh* oh well, when all else fails, show wrestling.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 8:38:07 PM CDT

    Schindler's List Joke was going a bit far

    by drewlicious

    I can tolerate a lot of dark humor but that might have crossed the line even for me.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 8:54:30 PM CDT

    So this is Bonnie Hammer, head of NBC?

    by yackbacker

    http://tinyurl.com/ybkzybz Honestly, who would you fuck first in that picture?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 8:58:13 PM CDT

    Nah, you're mistaken...

    by cheyne_stoking_dms

    that's a still from Wizard of Oz when the Wicked Witch snatches Toto. To answer your question...the dog.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 9:19:02 PM CDT

    Bonnie Hammer is running NBC Cable Entertainment

    by mr. profit

    And she has made cable more profitable than network. USA is churning out high rated scripted dramas. Bravo found an audience and is up in triple digits. Oxygen is a real network now. Syfy despite its stupid rebranding still gets good ratings. The smartest thing for NBC to do is to hire her to oversee network instead... Fire Jeff Zucker who has brought nothing new to programming, just Leno 5 days a week and the supersizing of sitcom episodes... The fish rots at the head and its high time he was fired.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 9:33:11 PM CDT

    OK, Bonnie gets a thumbs up if she's responsible for USA

    by yackbacker

    Their programming is fantastic. Zucker is a bag of dicks. Be done with that moron.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 9:45:27 PM CDT

    The Cleveland Show is Family Guy Lite

    by beane2099

    But I like it. I see it getting better. American Dad started out a little wobbly too. But I have faith. Don't really understand all the McFarlane hate, but I respect it. How is his stuff really any different than any of the other animated stuff? A lot of people cite the clips as just lazy writing, but the one-off's are really a point of the show. Someone will probably jump all over me for this, saying the show is shite. (and by the way, for those of you that use that word, you're not the crazy Irishman from Braveheart, as much as you'd like to be, so please stop. It's really annoying. Same thing goes for arse. I know it's cool when Englishmen say it, but again; it's just annoying. Unless you are British or Irish, in which case: carry on with your bad selves) Anyways like I was saying, that's why Hansel and Grettel could never have kids; cause they'd be monsters. That's my mamma!

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  • Oct 05, 2009 10:02:43 PM CDT

    Herc saying MacFarlane's ratings plummeted means one thing

    by osiris3657

    Herc hates Family Guy...way to be subtle about it.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 10:10:49 PM CDT

    Halle Berry "joke" on Cleveland Show

    by nasty in the pasty

    Ah, classic McFarlane "comedy"...just have a character on the show replicate something else VERBATIM. Ha-ha, it's Halle's notorious Oscar acceptance speech...but with Cleveland as Halle! HILARIOUS!!!

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  • Oct 05, 2009 10:15:24 PM CDT

    Early Family Guy did suck

    by homer sexual

    Forgot about that, but it was pretty bad. I usually like American Dad better, because Stan isn't quite as bad as Peter, and Roger is hilarious.

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  • Oct 05, 2009 10:21:01 PM CDT

    Who the hell keeps hiring Christian Slater?

    by lockesbrokenleg

    He sucks ass.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Is Seth McFarlane just shuttling his Family Guy writers around to American Dad and Cleveland Show script meetings? "But Seth we're so tiiiirrrred. If we give you a script can we sleep?"

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 05, 2009 10:32:39 PM CDT

    What if we're Canadian beane2009?

    by tangcameo

    Can we say shite and arse too?

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  • Oct 05, 2009 10:53:38 PM CDT

    Did you know that monday night raw had more viewers than

    by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken

    A rerun of a week old football game on the Nfl network and a season 3 rerun of niptuck??? HOW DO THEY DO IT?!?!

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  • Oct 05, 2009 11:36:24 PM CDT

    I didn't catch The Cleveland show...

    by cheyne_stoking_dms

    but I was told it's fucking painful. It's a lousy idea anyway.

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  • Oct 06, 2009 12:30:15 AM CDT

    YackBacker Re: "Who would you Fuck in that picture"

    by xiphos_2

    I'm going with three way. If Hammer is responsible for Psych and Burn Notice she's aces with me.

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  • Oct 06, 2009 2:15:39 AM CDT

    poodle's asshole, definitely

    by juice willis

    no contest.

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  • Oct 06, 2009 6:37:20 AM CDT

    It ain't about reach anymore...

    by dj_bollocks

    It's about Share baby !

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  • Oct 06, 2009 6:49:34 AM CDT

    Is it too early for SOUTH PARK talkback?

    by onezeroone

  • Oct 06, 2009 8:24:28 AM CDT

    Superman not killing...

    by bizarrojerry

    You have a point about him not trying to save Metallo, but he didn't kill him. It was Metallo who pulled himself apart. That wasn't Clark's intent.

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  • Oct 06, 2009 8:40:23 AM CDT

    Just evidence that the ratings system has failed

    by narcissus

    People aren't watching less (if so, barely); they're just watching differently. TV consumers have been asking for choices for a long time, and TV providers have been completely ignoring that. Now everyone is getting TV *their* way, and the rating system cannot measure that. Hooray for the consumer!

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  • Oct 06, 2009 8:49:23 AM CDT

    Illegally dowwnloaded?

    by narcissus

    How can one 'illegally download' something that is broadcast *for free* over the air? I've never signed a waver that says I MUST watch commercials. My legitimately purchased DVR software let me automatically remove the commercials from anything it records. Since I rarely watch TV realtime, I barely ever see a (inspipd, brainsucking) commercial, and for that I'm thrilled. After all, it's not the consumers of TV that have refused to let us purchase individual channels via cable, or season passes to download TV without commercials. I'd be happy to pay for the TV that I watch (and do, though cable), but I'm not going to pay *and* watch commercials *and* give them my viewing data for free.

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  • Oct 06, 2009 9:09:21 AM CDT

    Loved the SUPER FRIENDS opening to FAMILY GUY

    by spyguy

    Yeah, no one under 30 probably cared for it, but I'm a sucker for Generation X pandering.

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  • Oct 06, 2009 10:22:42 AM CDT

    The FG Super Friends opening

    by nasty in the pasty

    AGAIN...no actual JOKE, just a SHOT-FOR-SHOT RECREATION of the original. I realize a lot of people laugh at this shit, but I'm just left baffled. If you were 17 right now...would you laugh at that?

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  • Oct 06, 2009 11:12:59 AM CDT

    Cleveland Show Is Unwatchable

    by partyslammer

    I'm sorry, two shows, two half hours I'll never get back. I predict the second season will wind up as a dvd-only release.


    In fact, the entire 2 hour animation block the first week was like a day at the dentist. All four shows were pretty dull.
    On the other hand, I thought The Simpson episode for the 2nd week was actually fairly funny at least through the halfway point before it petered out.

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  • Oct 06, 2009 11:33:37 AM CDT

    The FG Super Friends opening

    by series7

    Was stupid. If they did a random opening every week, sort of like the simpsons gag, it would at least be fun. I was expecting them to go somewhere with it and they didn't. Last weeks family guy with the multiverse was their perfect show. No plot, just set ups for a bunch of new jokes. I bet they wrote it in a half hour.

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  • Oct 06, 2009 11:34:54 AM CDT

    On the other hand Seth Rogan

    by series7

    Finally did something good. That Simpson was the best since the LOTR spoof episode. Or Homers Birthday.

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  • Oct 06, 2009 11:43:57 AM CDT

    Herc, please leave you biases out of the headlines

    by jacksparasites

    To imply that The Simpsons is doing so well while Family Guy is plummeting is completely deceptive. Family Guy got BETTER RATINGS than The Simpsons. I get it. YOu don't like Family Guy. You're not alone. It seems to polarize audiences. It's got its fans and its detractors. But your headline is just biased journalism by all standards. And it makes you look ridiculous. I'm surprised you didn't also claim that Wonderfall's ratings are up while you were at it.

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  • Oct 06, 2009 1:31:28 PM CDT

    Xiphos_2, that's what I'm talkin' bout!!!

    by yackbacker

    You do Bonnie doggy style and you put peanut butter on your asshole for her dog to enjoy. That way, everyone wins.

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  • Oct 06, 2009 1:33:17 PM CDT

    So far, SIMPSONS is improved this season

    by yackbacker

    Still not close to the brilliance of its peak, but I'll take above-par SIMPSONS anytime.

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  • Oct 06, 2009 11:30:53 PM CDT

    Series7- It is a running gag with the titles

    by thesecondquest

    They don't do it for every episode, but for the past few seasons they've done a parody opening about once a season. Off the top of my head, I recall they've previously recreated the title seqences of Law & Order and The Naked Gun.

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  • Oct 07, 2009 9:13:30 AM CDT

    I clicked on the post hoping...

    by we_pray_for_mad_skillz

    that the MacFarlane cartoons really DID "plummet." It would be great to not be subjected to their awfulness any longer. Instead, I only found out something that I already knew: That AICN should buy each of their writers a fucking dictionary, or teach them how to type stuff into google.

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