This weeks bloodbath brought about the highs of returning shows and the absolute death spiral of several others. The big winner on Thursday was the Big Bang Theory in its new Thursday time slot, crushing the competition such as Bones, Community, 30 Rock, and My Generation which was annihilated at 8. Reviews for the show were terrible and apparently everyone else thought so too. Newcomer $%^& My Dad Says did very well after Big Bang but having watched the first episode I can say I won't be coming back. It was a typical sitcom filled with a mindless laugh track and horrible writing. I kept thinking about the Supernatural episode Changing Channels where Sam and Dean are trapped in TV land. The sitcom they are on is horrible but even as a spoof still better than this nonsense. Badly acted and written, I was stunned to see James Barrows directing this crap. This show needs to die. 9 PM saw The Office and, somehow, Outsourced, do every well, easy beating the dying CSI whose ratings are plummeting (I stopped watching years ago), Fringe, and tied with Grey Anatomy which is still on somehow. 10 PM saw the death spiral of the Apprentice which I think will soon be pushed to Saturday's if these anemic ratings continue. ABC did all right with Private Practice, the Grey's spinoff. Both Vampire Diaries and Nikita did okay in their time slots, with Diaries actually up and Nikita flat (not a pun I swear. Yes she may not be ample bosomed but she's still really hot.) Even with CSI falling fast CBS still won 10 PM with the Psyche ripoff the Mentalist.
Friday saw more bad news for newcomers with NBC's Outlaw physically dying in front of our eyes. I tried to put it in Friday night but my TV threatened suicide if I did. Apparently so did everyone's else because it scored the lowest rating of the weak with 1.1. This may not see episode three. ABC went with reruns of their most popular shows, NBC ran Dateline and CW kicked butt with the last season of Smallville and the latest season of Supernatural. CW got their highest ratings in two years, which is good news because I love Supernatural. These anemic NBC ratings are certainly what helped get NBC chief Jeff Zucker fired. Just okaying the awful show Outlaw should have done that. CBS did okay with Medium at 8, CSI:NY at 9 and rocked the ratings with one of the only newcomers to do well this week, Tom Selleck's Blue Bloods which won at 10. The cancellation of the Ghost Whisperer at 8 seems to have been a mistake as Medium didn't hold the same audience which was too bad because it was a very good episode. Fox flatlined with an idiotic repeat of Human Target (I love this show but who shows repeats right now) and a new episode on the average The Good Guys which will be cancelled at any time now if these awful rating continue of a .6 and a .9. Seems that most of my picks for worst and best were dead on. First show to be cancelled will be a close tie between Outlaw and Lone Star. Lone Star has one more episode to show something before it gets yanked, Outlaw may not make it to next week. Let the carnage begin. On a side note SNL was up quite a bit from last year and this week's episode was a strong start with Amy Pohler hosting and Katy Perry the music act. Very funny and Perry looked amazing in the Bronx Beat sketch. Every red blooded male should find this clip on line. You won't be disappointed.
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