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*The average home has more television sets than people according to Nielsen Media Research's latest study. TV sets surpassed people during the last two years. According to the study, the average home has 2.55 people and 2.73 televisions. Meanwhile, half of American homes have three or more and only 19% have just one. Compare that to 1975 when only 11% of you had three or more while 57% had only one. And it isn't just the amount of TV sets, but the time spent watching them. In the average home, the television is turned on for more than 1/3 of the day (8 hours, 14 minutes), and the average person watches 4 hours and 35 minutes of programming each day. Even kids' viewing habits are increasing. According to Nielsen, young people 12 to 17 years old watched 3% more television last season than the previous one. The study should have network execs salivating and fitness gurus panicking.To get more of today's biggest TV news and headlines, visit the TV News section at PassTheRemote.Net.
About Last Night...
BIGGEST WINNERS: Dancing with the Stars (results show), Jericho, America's Next Top Model, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY, Grey's Anatomy (finale rerun), CBS
BIGGEST LOSERS: Ironically, The Biggest Loser, Justice (landed in last for the hour in total viewers), Kidnapped, NBC
For a complete breakdown of last night's ratings, visit Zap2it.
~Primetime Pass~
(a look at what PTR is watching tonight and talking about tomorrow)
My Name is Earl (8 p.m. NBC) - Earl jumps at an opportunity to cross off #138 "Never took Joy's side" on the second season premiere of this hilarious comedy.
CSI (9 p.m. CBS) - The much talked about showdown between CSI and Grey's Anatomy kicks off tonight with both shows debuting their new seasons. PTR, who has never been a Grey's fan, will be watching the former. Recording artist John Meyer guest stars and performs 2 songs from his new album on CSI. Meanwhile, the gang investigates a murder at Cirque du Soleil in this 2-part premiere.Premiering Tonight!!
@8 p.m. - Earl (NBC), The Office (8:30 p.m. NBC)
@9 p.m. - Grey's Anatomy (ABC - VCR Alert: Runs until 10:02 p.m.), CSI (CBS)
@10 p.m. - Shark (CBS - click HERE to read PTR's review), ER (NBC), Six Degrees (ABC)
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:I may not be the biggest Grey's Anatomy fan, but it has not escaped my attention that a lot of you are, so ATTENTION ALL GREY'S FANS (if there are any reading this), I'm looking for an official Grey's Anatomy blogger to write about the show. I know there are a lot of you out there, so don't miss your opportunity to write about your favorite show. Send an email to tvfan08@yahoo.com to be the official PTR Grey's Anatomy staff writer. And for everyone else, PTR is still looking for writers for the following shows:Prison Break
Gilmore Girls
Desperate Housewives
Without a Trace
If you are a fan of any/many of these shows, please send me an email, and you could become the next staff writer for PTR!! Again, my email is tvfan08@yahoo.com. Click HERE for more details.
That's all for today. Be sure to tune in tomorrow for thoughts on tonight's season premieres of My Name is Earl and CSI. Plus, Friday Fun and all the latest news!
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1 comment:
Thanks for your piece on Grey’s anatomy but one point. It’s not about love/hate for Meredith but it’s about the writing. As soon as a show gets popular it seems like they fall prey to focus group auto-control. Suddenly the characters lose their integrity and seem to puppet whatever the focus groups seem to be suggesting.
Dr. Burke was the first to fall. His character started out as strong and unbending and then – suddenly – the writers allowed him to accept mouthing off by subordinates, etc. His character was interesting because it seemed real – a strong black man in a bit of a bind where he needs to assert his authority – but then ends up taking it too far, etc. etc.
In addition – they came back with the second season with Meredith “double-dipping” between McDreamy and the Vet – as if the focus groups said “Stop, they’re both right for her…” or some women said, “Why shouldn’t she have a chance to date them both?”
The suspension of belief went straight to hell when that happened. Any woman, given a chance, would have jumped at the opportunity to be with Patrick Dempsey (McDreamy) and the idea that she would have been wishy washy did not match the previous scripts. Her character went off on a diatribe of “I am in love with you” in one of the final episodes last season which was both beautiful and tear-jerking. She professed the kind of love for him that went dangerously deep – so, in terms of the script – for the writers to flip it to a “casual dating” scenario – was nauseating.
That’s just my quick recap of Grey’s Anatomy – What went wrong.
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