Lost has garnered one more accolade for its final season, though I'm not sure if this is one that it's creators would relish. According to TorrentFreak, people are still illegally downloading TV shows instead of watching them on live TV. In fact, two of 2010's most-pirated shows -- Heroes and Dexter -- outnumbered their live Nielsen ratings. Anyhoo, here's the ten most … [Read more...]
Fox is planning to rock all week long
Don't you just love it when networks do theme-weeks or nights? (Yes, that was sarcasm.) Like that night years ago when NBC had all of their Thursday night programs involved in a New York City blackout storyline? Fox has something similar up its sleeve. Inspired by the success of Glee, a full week of programming on Fox will find nearly every show on the network engaging in … [Read more...]
“Kumar” Dying to Work at the White House: He Got his Wish!
Actor Kal Penn, best known for his role Kumar in “Harold and Kumar” movies is movie from House to White House. The TV series had to find a way to say goodbye Kal Penn’s character Kutner fast when he decided to accept the offer to work in the White House. The writer and producers of House figured out a pretty memorable way to do it by having Kutner commit suicide. Kutners … [Read more...]
Moral Issues Spark Debate Over TV Shows
Lines such as “everyone’s favorite serial killer” would not have been uttered by the average person a few years ago. However, with the popularity that Dexter has reached, this tag line is well known all over the world. This has sparked a certain amount of interest in those who believe that there is a correlation between real life happenings and what is portrayed in TV … [Read more...]
Nielsen’s Top 10 List
The Nielsen Media Research announced the Top 10 TV shows of 2007. Leading the pack is the Fox show American Idol, which got a stunning 17.3 rating. It's the second year in the row for Simon and company, who -- despite a really bad selection of contestants -- still got the audience hooked. However the numbers are slipping, and if the new season brings another batch of … [Read more...]