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Note: Original "Hot Off The Press" thread: August 27, 2004 - April 23, 2007. (25,503 posts, 2,231,621 page views)
What's Available in "Hot Off The Press"

For the latest news, commentary and discussion,
please go to the last page of the thread.

Each day's prime-time network program listings
(along with late night and cable highlights) are listed by
dad1153 generally between midnight and 8 a.m. ET each day.

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Originally Posted by DTN /forum/post/18416590


As upfronts approach, there are relatively few of my favourite series perched atop the cancellation bubble. That being said, I pulled out my worry beads for 'Legend of the Seeker' about a month ago with the news that the Tribune group were not picking up a third season. There is still no word yet from Disney-ABC Television on which replacement stations have been locked up in those affected markets, but there are persistent web speculations that The CW is being pitched 'Legend of the Seeker' as a Friday at 9 pm companion to 'Smallville'.

That sucks for me as WGN America is the only one that shows it in my area. Maybe SyFy could pick it up, they were the first to air Andromeda Season 5 episodes (Which WGN aired all seasons and so did my local ABC station). If the CW gets it its fine (that will give me 4 shows I watch on it). For me SyFy may be better probably get that in HD before CW and my cable company already has SyFy HD VOD if they would only fix the problem that causes my speakers to pop very loudly which started almost 2 months ago.
 
#51,962 ·
Some Saturday TV Highlights
ABC brings forth 'The Ten Commandments'
From the Los Angeles Times’ “Show Tracker” blog
(Note: times are generally ET/PT. Sports times are Pacific. For PBS show start times please check your local listings.)

SERIES

Fix This Yard: This new series helps homeowners create a safe and enjoyable outdoor space (10 and 10:30 a.m. A&E).

Law & Order: A runaway teenager is a suspect in the murder of an entire family in this repeat episode (9 p.m. NBC)

The Wanda Sykes Show: Wanda welcomes fellow TV hosts Craig Ferguson, Drew Carey and Wendy Williams in this new edition of the late-night comedy show (11 p.m. Fox).

MOVIES

The Ten Commandments: Charlton Heston portrays the Old Testament prophet in director Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 Biblical epic. (7 p.m. on ABC). Point Blank: Lee Marvin is out to get the crooks who double-crossed him in director John Boorman's gritty 1967 revenge tale; Angie Dickinson and Keenan Wynn also star. (7 p.m. TCM).

Duplicity: Julia Roberts and Clive Owen play rival corporate spies-turned-lovers in writer-director Tony Gilroy's sexy 2009 caper (8 p.m. HBO).

Year One: A pair of doofuses have a series of misadventures at the dawn of recorded history in this 2009 comedy starring Jack Black and Michael Cera (9 p.m. Starz).

Orphan: Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard star in this 2009 thriller about one seriously creepy little girl (10 p.m. Cinemax).

SPORTS

Tennis: The Sony Ericsson Open presents the women's final (9:30 a.m. CBS)

Preseason baseball: the Red Sox visit the Nationals (1 p.m. MLB), and the Cubs face the Diamondbacks (1 p.m. WGN America).

Horse racing: The Santa Anita Derby takes place in Arcadia (2 p.m. NBC).

College basketball: The Final Four meet at the NCAA Tournament as Butler battles Michigan State (3 p.m. CBS) and West Virginia takes on Duke (5:30 p.m. CBS).

Pro basketball: The Bobcats challenge the Bulls (5 p.m. WGN America).
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/show...hts3.html#more
 
#51,963 ·
Critic’s Notes
On Cable, Some Run but Hiding Is Tougher

By Mike Hale, The New York Times


It’s a wonder that anyone stays missing in this country. On Sunday, “Runaway Squad” arrives on A&E, joining “The Locator” on WE as cable shows dedicated to the tracking down of loved ones who may or may not want to be found.


The shows take different routes to the same goal. “Runaway Squad” is an hourlong show that looks and talks like a crime drama, a slice of reality-noir shot mostly at night (in the pilot, anyway) on the mean streets of New York. The half-hour “Locator” takes place entirely in daylight, in middle-class milieus scattered across the Sun Belt, and shares its DNA with daytime self-help talk shows.


The contrast is embodied in the show’s stars, the chief investigators of these made-for-television missing-persons teams. Joe Mazzilli of “Runaway Squad” is an intimidating former New York cop who stalks nighttime Brooklyn wearing a sleeveless muscle-T in search of a girl “turned out” to prostitution by a local gang. Troy Dunn of “The Locator” is a dapper Ben Affleck look-alike who jets around the Sun Belt— his constant air travel is a recurring motif — tracking down children, parents or siblings who have been separated for years, usually because someone was given up for adoption.


At heart, though, Mr. Mazzilli and Mr. Dunn are in the same business, which is making people cry — both on screen and, if they’re doing their jobs right, in the audience. Both operate not just as investigator-hosts but also as amateur sociologists and therapists. And they’re willing to use any amount of psychological manipulation — grim and earnest in Mr. Mazzilli’s case, bland and salesmanlike in Mr. Dunn’s — to push their targets toward their appointed reunions.


They’re both good at their jobs, though the more experienced Mr. Dunn (“The Locator” is in its third season, on Wednesdays on WE) is quite a bit better at this point. That ability doesn’t mean you’ll like their shows — it will depend on whether you like being led to the emotional well, and how high your tolerance is for reality formulas. “The Locator,” in particular, is formatted to within an inch of its life, following the same rigid choreography of search-and-reveal each week.


The emotions, however, are real, and what’s interesting is that they’re relatively unadorned, regardless of how much television-financed maneuvering took place beforehand. If these were broadcast network shows, the weekly reunions would be accompanied by hordes of cheerleading family and friends and an unctuous, smarmy host telling everyone how they should feel.


Instead, Mr. Dunn has the sense to step aside. (It’s too early to tell with Mr. Mazzilli.) When they work, moments like these don’t need to be pumped up. These scenes may not be to every viewer’s taste, but if you’ve watched the show to that point, it’s too late to claim any ethical or aesthetic objection to the voyeuristic aspects. You’re there for the payoff, and “The Locator” always delivers — when Mr. Dunn ritualistically announces that the long-lost loved one “is right behind you,” it’s reliably, and honestly, moving.


“Runaway Squad,” in its premiere, suffers from trying to do too many things (and an hour may be too long for a single case). Unlike “The Locator,” in which the records-search “investigations” are secondary, the new show devotes abundant screen time to the mechanics of the search, which don’t have the same drama in real life as they have on “Law & Order.”


When the first episode’s victim, a Long Island girl who has been missing for nearly nine months, calls her mother, Mr. Mazzilli barks, “Get me a trace” and later says, “We traced that call.” What they actually do is simply look up the number, which isn’t blocked, in a reverse directory.


The electronic wizardry and the forays into Flatbush, however, prove to be moot: Mr. Mazzilli gets a phone call telling him that the girl has come home on her own. He still takes credit, though, positing that his tough talk to a suspected pimp had results:


“My plan worked. They threatened us, we countered with a threat. And we won.”


At this point, though, there’s still quite a bit of screen time left, and unfortunately it’s occupied by Mr. Mazzilli trying to set the girl straight. The cameras may have missed the actual reunion, but there’s still an opportunity for tears, because the teenager hasn’t “processed” her experience.


Mr. Mazzilli is blunt about his agenda — he just needs to “push the right buttons.” The teenager resists — you want to cheer for her when she says “I don’t feel like crying” — but eventually breaks down, literally and figuratively. Mr. Dunn, the smooth operator, would never let the sweat show like that, but he’d applaud the final result.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/ar...ref=television
 
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Your John Forsythe post above has a large ad beside it for some kind of receiver, a Horizon N702 Plus. I've also noticed that AVS now wants to install Quicktime sometimes too.

Ah-ha, I was wondering why there were so many "skinny" posts (I have ad blocking in my browser)... unfortunately, this is the conundrum, AVS needs revenue to continue to operate, but i wonder how it was done before they decided that had to do it this way...
 
#51,965 ·

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Ah-ha, I was wondering why there were so many "skinny" posts (I have ad blocking in my browser)... unfortunately, this is the conundrum, AVS needs revenue to continue to operate, but i wonder how it was done before they decided that had to do it this way...

I didn't even notice the ads until Fred asked the question, so they are wasting their money, on me at least. But, if the ads help keep AVS afloat, I guess they're okay with me. The only ad I've ever intentionally clicked on is the Monoprice one when I ordered some cables.


As for ad blockers, I don't use them, though I do block popups. If I see and ad or a skinny post, makes no difference to me.
 
#51,967 ·
Friday’s metered market and fast affiliate overnight prime-time ratings (which include the total viewers and 18-49 demographic estimates) – along with Media Week Analyst Marc Berman’s view of what they mean -- have now been posted at the top of Ratings News -- the second post in this thread.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...post10367387
 
#51,968 ·
Overnight Nielsen Notes
Competitive start for 'Miami Medical'

From James Hibberd’s The Hollywood Reporter LiveFeed blog, April 3, 2010


Jerry Bruckheimer's latest CBS drama "Miami Medical" got off to a competitive start in the ratings Friday night.


"Medical" drew 7.5 million viewers and 1.6 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. Those are low numbers, especially for a premiere, yet given the performance of other shows on Friday, "Medical" was the night's top-rated series. "Medical" was also on par with the "Numbers" average in the time period. "Medical" built on its low-rated lead-ins "Ghost Whisperer" (5.9 million, 1.3) and "Medium" (6.2 million, 1.3). Critics were harsh, calling "Medical" "DOA."


This kind of "winning and losing at the same time" is increasingly common on Fridays, with the ratings bar being lowered like a limbo stick every couple months. Last night was tougher than usual, with viewing levels down 9% due to the holiday.


Meanwhile ABC's "Jamie Oliver Food Revolution" (4.3 million, 1.5) dropped back down to earth after its "Oprah" promotional boost last week. The return of "Wife Swap" (3.6 million, 1.2) was down a tenth from last year. NBC won the night, airing "Who Do You Think You Are" (5.9 million, 1.4) and "Dateline" (6.5 million, 1.5). On the CW, "Smallville" (1.6 million, 0.9) was down 18% from its last original.

http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/04/fair-...-medical-.html
 
#51,969 ·
TV Notes
Top 10 TV comedy episodes about death

By Katie and Sy Rosen, in the Los Angeles Times, April 4, 2010

Katie Rosen and Sy Rosen, father and daughter, have written for TV, film, the theater and magazines. Sadly for them, they have not worked on any of the 10 episodes chosen.

All this talk about Locke dying on "Lost" or whether he's still around as a spirit or not dead because he's alive in the dual world got us thinking about the great TV episodes that have dealt with death. There're too many terrific dramatic shows with people dying in them -- any show with Dennis Franz or Michael C. Hall in it, for example -- for us to make a list of those best episodes, so we concentrated on comedies.


Besides, paraphrasing that famous quote, dying is easy (except if you're Tony or the Russian), comedy is hard, and combining the two successfully is near impossible.


A great comedy death episode can be touching, poignant, cynical, dark, hysterical, sadistic, heartbreaking, exhilarating, anticipated and/or shocking -- how's that for narrowing it down?


It was painful not to have some shows represented. We also had to draw the line somewhere, so we stuck to the deaths of people, not animals. That eliminated the Cosby show where Rudy's goldfish, Lamont, dies and the family throws a formal toilet funeral for him.


And we couldn't include "WKRP's" great episode "Turkeys Away" where the radio station dropped turkeys from a helicopter as a Thanksgiving advertising stunt.


Here are our 10 best comedy shows dealing with death. They are all awarded five Golden Caskets.
10. "The Saga of Cousin Oscar"

"All in the Family." This landmark sitcom had several great death episodes, but the one where an annoying relative of Archie's dies in his house and the Bunkers are stuck with the funeral costs was, for us, the best of the bunch.


Archie: "You want me to spend over 600 bucks for a funeral for a cousin who sat on my face?"


Edith: "He'll never do it again."


Archie discovers he can bury Oscar for free in Potter's Field but finally decides to do the right thing. This episode was hilarious, poignant and nasty like most family gatherings.

9. "Abyssinia, Henry"

"MASH.
" Lt. Col. Blake was finally being discharged and sent home. However, in the last scene, Radar walked into the operating room and told everyone that Henry's plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan and there were no survivors. Some viewers felt blindsided, while others thought it was brilliant. This episode created hatred, praise, anger, tears, support -- like war itself.
8. "Grief Counseling"

"The Office."
Michael's neediness, grandiosity and flair for the melodramatic form a perfect storm when he learns his former boss has died. Michael forces his uninterested co-workers into a grief counseling session where he explains, "I lost Ed Truck. And it feels like somebody took my heart and dropped it into a bucket of boiling tears. . . ." The episode builds to a hysterical climax when Michael holds a memorial service for a dead bird. Surprisingly, the staff shows up and after seeing Michael's actual pain, Pam delivers a sweet eulogy culminated by her singing Jeffrey Osborne's "On the Wings of Love." Uncomfortable, odd, strangely touching and completely funny.
7. "The Gang Finds a Dead Guy"

"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."


The show takes depravity to a new level in this twisted tale of old age, death, dating and Nazis. The morally challenged gang finds a random dead guy slumped over a booth in the bar. Mac and Dennis then proceed to try to get a date with the deceased's attractive granddaughter, sparking a lie-fueled rivalry that culminates in an awkwardly hilarious funeral. In the subplot, Dee misses her grandpa despite her phobia about visiting him: "I have a little bit of a problem with old people. It sounds a little mean, but I find them kinda creepy. And scary. And gross. . . . It's their hands, mostly. You know how you can see right through them to all their inside business." In this case her phobia is justified as sweet old "pop-pop" is really an anti-Semitic Nazi lover. Dark, demented and absolutely entertaining.

6. "Jim's Inheritance"

"Taxi."


Jim, going through a trunk his father left him, first finds his graduation picture: "I didn't know Dad kept that. . . . I didn't know I graduated." He then discovers one of his dad's extra-extra-large suits. Wondering what his father really thought of him, Jim finds a cassette in the suit and plays it. It's Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life." The joy on Jim's face is unforgettable.
5. "Goodbye"

"The Wonder Years."


For all of you who had that one special teacher who encouraged you or for most of us who only wish we had, this is the episode to watch. Kevin's math teacher, Mr. Collins, thinks Kevin, "who wasn't exactly God's gift to polynomials," can get an A and offers him private tutoring. However, when Collins abruptly cancels the sessions, Kevin feels betrayed and purposely fails the test. After a terrible weekend, Kevin discovers Mr. Collins was very sick and had died. He also discovers that Mr. Collins didn't turn in his test. In a final scene, Kevin takes the test again and aces it. Like the "Taxi" and "Office" episodes, there's a great song at the end: Linda Ronstadt's "Goodbye My Friend."
4. "My Old Lady"

"Scrubs."


Maybe it's not fair to include a series set in a hospital because they have so many chances to get a death show right, but this one really stands out. Turk, Elliot and J.D. all had to deal with losing a patient for the first time. When J.D.'s patient tells him she's 74 and ready to die, he desperately responds, "Yeah, but with dialysis you could live another 80 or 90 years." (As a side note, the writer, Matt Tarses, is the son of Jay Tarses, who co-wrote with Tom Patchett the terrific " Bob Newhart Show" episode "Death of a Fruitman.")

3. "Beloved Aunt"

"Curb Your Enthusiasm"


"Curb" has had several great death episodes, but for nasty fun none can beat "Beloved Aunt," which has the best typo joke in TV history. Larry was in charge of getting the obit of Cheryl's aunt in the paper and the A became a C and you can figure out the rest. The great thing about this series is that even when Larry makes the most outrageous observation, there's a small part of us that agrees with him; like when he tells Jeff that it was rude of Cheryl's aunt not to leave a suicide note.
2. "Death Is a *****"

"Family Guy."


It's not poignant, touching or meaningful. It's just funny. When a skeletal Death sarcastically introduces himself as Calista Flockhart, we know we're in for a nasty, hilarious ride. There are porn jokes, necrophilia jokes and Stewie-trying-to-kill-his-mom jokes. And when Meg suggests to Death that he kill all the girls who are prettier than her, Death replies, "Well, that would just leave England." In the main plot, Peter, filling in for Death, who has a sprained ankle, is ordered to kill the cast of "Dawson's Creek." Peter refuses because he would have nothing to watch on Wednesday nights, "except the fine programs on Fox."
1. "Chuckles Bites the Dust"

"The Mary Tyler Moore Show."


It's not only the best death comedy but probably the best half-hour comedy of all time. Chuckles the Clown was the grand marshal of a local parade and, dressed up as Peter Peanut, was shelled to death by a rogue elephant. To relieve the tension, the members of the newsroom start joking about it. When Lou comments it's lucky more people weren't killed, Murray agrees: "After all, you know how hard it is to stop after just one peanut." The only one not laughing was Mary, until, of course, the funeral. In a brilliant performance, she goes from unsuccessfully hiding her laughter to uncontrollable tears. And no one cries realer and sadder and funnier than Mary Tyler Moore.


http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...4.photogallery
 
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#51,971 ·
TV Sports
Curt Schilling Joins ESPN as Baseball Analyst

By Maury Brown, bizofbaseball.com, April 3, 2010


Former Major League Baseball pitcher Curt Schilling, a six-time All-Star and three-time World Series champion, has joined ESPN as a baseball analyst. He will contribute to ESPNBoston.com, ESPN.com, ESPN Radio and Baseball Tonight.


Schilling will debut tomorrow, Sunday, April 4, during
Baseball Tonight's live coverage of Opening Night - New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox - from Fenway Park at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.


He will join fellow Red Sox All-Star and current ESPN analyst Nomar Garciaparra (also in his first year with the network), John Kruk, Bobby Valentine, host Karl Ravech and reporters Tim Kurkjian and Buster Olney.


Schilling pitched for five teams over 20 Major League seasons - the Baltimore Orioles (1988-90), Houston Astros (1991), Philadelphia Phillies (1992-2000), Arizona Diamondbacks (2000-03) and Boston Red Sox (2004-07). Schilling announced his retirement in 2009, having amassed 216 career wins, 3,116 strikeouts and a 3.46 ERA.


He notched more than 20 wins three times - 2001 (22 wins, tied for MLB lead), 2002 (23) and 2004 (21, led Majors), finishing runner up in the National League Cy Young voting all three years. Schilling also led the Majors in strikeouts in 1997 (319) and led the National League with 300 K's in 1998. He hurled the most complete games in the Major Leagues in 1998 (15) and the most in the N.L. in 1996 (eight) and 2001 (six).


Schilling was one of the most dominant postseason starters in baseball history, with a career 11-2 record, 120 strikeouts and a 2.23 ERA. He was named World Series MVP in 2001, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks over the New York Yankees. During that Series, Schilling recorded 26 strikeouts in 21.1 innings and a 1.69 ERA.


Schilling was the recipient of the 2001 Roberto Clemente Award, which is given to the player who best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team. He also was presented with the 2001 Branch Rickey Award, in recognition of his exceptional community service. In 1995, he earned the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award, given to the player who best exemplifies character and integrity on and off the field.


The 43-year-old Schilling and his wife, Shonda, are active in raising awareness of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease) as well as malignant melanoma (of which Shonda is a survivor). Schilling writes a popular web site - www.38pitches.com - which was developed to support these initiatives, in addition to serving as a forum to communicate with fans of the Red Sox, Major League Baseball and the Computer Gaming Industry.

http://www.bizofbaseball.com/
 
#51,972 ·
On The Air Tonight
Sunday Network Prime-Time Programming Options
(All shows are in HD unless noted as being in Standard Definition: SD)


(Reminder: If you are recording these programs, check your network listings for precise start/end times. For PBS, please double check your local listings.)

ABC:
7 America’s Funniest Home Videos (R, October 25) SD
8 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Two hours) SD
10 Brothers & Sisters (R, March 14)

CBS:
7 60 Minutes
8 The Amazing Race 16 SD
9 Undercover Boss: Roto Rooter
10 Cold Case

Fox:

7
‘Til Death (R, November 12, 2008)
7:30 ‘Til Death
8 The Simpsons (R, January 3)
8:30 The Cleveland Show (R, January 10)
9 Family Guy (November 22) SD
9:30 Sons of Tucson

NBC:
7 Dateline NBC
8 Minute To Win It
9 The Celebrity Apprentice (Two hours)

PBS
8 Nature: Moment of Impact: Hunters and Herds. Live-action footage, along with high definition cameras and computer graphics, reveals what happens when animals of astounding ability connect with each other.
9 Masterpiece Classic: Sharpe's Peril. Richard Sharpe stumbles across an opium trafficking ring while traveling across India in 1818. (Two hours)

HBO
9 The Pacific: Part Four. Sledge trains for combat at Camp Elliott; Leckie is hospitalized after displaying physical and mental effects of combat.
 
#51,973 ·
TV Sports NCAA Tournament Championship Game

Monday
(9 p.m. ET)

#5 Butler (33-4) vs #1 Duke (34-5)
 
#51,974 ·
Critic’s Notes
On The Air Tonight:
Baseball’s Back, 'Nature' Abounds

By Roger Catlin, Hartford Courant TV Critic, in his “TV Eye” blog, April 4, 2010


Play ball! The official start of the baseball season is also the first of many, many meetings of the trumped up rivalry of Boston and New York that will play out all summer. And all eyes and at least three cable networks will be on Yankees at Red Sox (ESPN2, NESN, YES, 8 p.m.).


With baseball and springtime, our thoughts turn to the great outdoors and the natural world, which of course we clamor to watch on HD instead. Primarily that means the continuation of "Life" (Discovery, 8 and 9 p.m.) concentrating on birds the first hour and creatures of the deep the second hour.


But "Nature" (PBS, 8 p.m.) also starts the first half of a two part series, "Moment of Impact" that uses 3-D CGI animation, motion capture and other effects looks into explaining some of the marvels of nature, from walking lizards to how a woodpecker can possibly knocking its head against a tree so hard without apparent damage.


And let's not forget the granddaddy of nature shows, "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" (Animal Planet, 7 p.m.) which starts its season with an attempt to gain trust of bears with food.


The new slapstick-heavy sitcom "Good Luck Charlie" (Disney, 8:30 p.m.) features a family of five who adjust to the unexpected addition of a new baby. Where is it set? One of the kids on the show is seen in a clip sporting a T-shirt for a team called the Hartford Bruins. But alas, a spokeswoman said it was set in Denver.


Mother nature is paid heed in Tornado Week, which kicks off with a season start of "Storm Stories" (Weather Channel, 8 p.m.), followed by "Weatherproof" (Weather Channel, 9 p.m.) and a sneak preview of "Storm Riders" (Weather Channel, 10 p.m.).


It's down to Angelo and Jacob in the finale of "Tool Academy" (VH1, 10 p.m.) finale. And you have to give it to Angelo, who looks so funny every time he cries, which is often.


It's the season finale, too, for "How to Make It In America" (HBO, 10 p.m.) featuring a bunch of guys who aren't exactly tools, but aren't all that far away from it either.


The scenery changes on "The Amazing Race" (CBS, 8 p.m.) and now they're in Malaysia. The cowboys got to stick around last week though they finished last because it was a non-elimination stop. Now they'll have to complete an extra task to stay in it.


Why would it take two hours to rebuild a house on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (ABC, 8 p.m.)? It could be the rats and snakes. Or it could be because the presence of Jessica Alba is slowing everyone down.


The hills, as I understand it, are alive with "The Sound of Music" (ABC Family, 7 p.m.), preceded by another Julie Andrews hit, "Mary Poppins" (ABC Family, 4 p.m.).


For those who like their TV singing competitions confined to gospel only, a new season begins for "Sunday Best" (BET, 8 p.m.).


The teams design promotion for the new Harry Potter ride on "The Celebrity Apprentice" (NBC, 9 p.m.).


NBA action includes Cavaliers at Celtics (ABC, 1 p.m.) and Spurs at Lakers (ABC, 3:30 p.m. In hockey, it's Red Wings at Flyers (NBC, 12:30 p.m.).

Sunday TalkABC: Director of National Economic Council Larry Summers, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan.
NBC: White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer, Rep. Jane Harman, Sen. Joe Lieberman and former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
CNN: Summers.
Fox: Sens. Rin Kyle and Arlen Specter and Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/
 
#51,975 ·
TV Sports
CBS NCAA Basketball ratings rise

From tweets by John Ourand, Sports Business Journal:


CBS's Final Four ratings were highest in five years: overnight was 9.7, up +8% from last year's 9.0.


Duke-WVU (10.0 rating) was the better rated of the two games. Butler-MI St pulled a 9.4 rating. Both ratings are +8% from last year.
 
#51,976 ·
Some Sunday TV Highlights
'The Pacific' continues on HBO
From the Los Angeles Times’ “Show Tracker” blog

(Note: times are generally ET/PT. Sports times are Pacific. For PBS show start times please check your local listings.)

SERIES

Wild Kingdom: Biologist Lynn Rogers tracks a group of wild bears in Minnesota on the season premiere of the nature series (7 p.m. Animal Planet).

Sunday Best: The third season of the gospel music competition begins with auditions in Lagos, Nigeria (8 p.m. BET).

Life: Two new episodes of the stunning miniseries on Discovery focus on "Birds" (8 p.m.) and "Creatures of the Deep" (9 p.m.).

Good Luck Charlie: The lives of three siblings (Bridgit Mendler, Jason Dolley, Bradley Steven Perry) take a dramatic change when their parents return to work and they need to help care for their baby sister, Charlie (Mia Telerico), in this new family sitcom. Leigh-Allyn Baker also stars (8:30 p.m. Disney).

Masterpiece Classic: In "Sharpe's Peril," the new adventures of Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) continue when he and Harper (Daragh O'Malley) stumble across an opium smuggling ring as they lead a ragtag party of civilians and soldiers on a march across India. Beatrice Rosen, Pascal Langdale and Velibor Topic also star (9 p.m. PBS).

The Pacific: :Tom Budge, James Badge Dale, Jacob Pitts, Joshua Helman, Ashton Holmes (9 p.m. HBO)

The Family Crews: Terry and the family reminisce over the events of the last few months in the season finale (9 p.m. BET).

Cold Case: After determining a hunted serial killer's identity, Lilly (Kathryn Morris) and the team work with an FBI agent (Susanna Thompson) and her team to apprehend him in this new episode (10 p.m. CBS).

Kirstie Alley's Big Life: The staff complains about their jobs, so Kirstie decides does her own version of "Undercover Boss" by taking a turn at every job in the house, in this new episode (10 p.m. A&E). A second new episode follows at 10:30.

How to Make It in America: Cam suspects that Rene had something to do with the truck theft in the season finale (10 p.m. HBO).

MOVIES

Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars: Jennifer Stone and Kristin Booth star in the 2010 TV movie (9 p.m. Disney).

SPORTS

Tennis: Sony Ericsson Open, men's final (10 a.m. CBS).

Pro basketball: The San Antonio Spurs visit the Lakers (12:30 p.m. ABC.

PGA golf: Shell Houston Open, Final (Noon NBC).

Women's college basketball: NCAA Semifinals #3 Oklahoma (27-10) vs #1 Stanford (35-1) (4 p.m. ESPN); #4 Baylor (27-9) vs #1 Connecticut (37-0) (9 p.m. ESPN).

Baseball: The New York Yankees visit the Boston Red Sox (5 p.m. ESPN2).

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/show...ghlights4.html
 
#51,977 ·
TV Notes
The Renew / Cancel Index
From TVByTheNumbers.com

Our Renew / Cancel Index predicts potential renewal or cancellation for scripted broadcast primetime shows and is published from late September to late May during the television season.


Above are links to the renewal and cancellation prospects for each network. New posts will be added each week during the normal broadcast season, usually on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, but sometimes later due to data delays and holidays.

What’s the History of the Index and How Did It Do In the Past? Check out the results from the 2007-8 season and the 2008-9 season .

http://tvbythenumbers.com/the-renew-cancel-index
 
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Originally Posted by fredfa /forum/post/18430915

Some Sunday TV Highlights

Baseball: The New York Yankees visit the Boston Red Sox (5 p.m. ESPN2).

Just so you know.... game time is 8:05 ... and thankfully, it's also on the YES network.
 
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It is also, even more thankfully, on NESN.
 
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