RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOW
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH YTN PRESIDENT
Yesterday afternoon we were able to sit down with the President of YTN to ask him a few questions about the new season.

RUMORS: Your first two series premieres of the fall aired on Sunday to less than spectacular numbers. How do you feel they did airing so early in the season?
YTN: Obviously we always want to have a series start strong out of the gate, but thats not going to happen. Sure our two series may have been a bit weak, but some people are still getting back into that routine of watching shows in the fall again.

RUMORS: Last year YTN had one of the strongest slates of new series, but this year it seems to be the exact opposite. We all notice that you are moving a lot of shows around and have ordered a bunch of new ones, but the reviews are pretty bad thus far. How do you feel about your new crop of shows?
YTN: I think YTN is giving viewers what they want. To have good reviews is always nice, but our shows are for the everyday American, not a critic who watches one episode and doesn't care. I believe we put out another strong crop of shows that will do good numbers for the network.

RUMORS: TAKEN, the little show that could, already has a spinoff coming to the network that is actually getting good reviews. It's very rare to see a procedural get good reviews. What makes TAKEN: Phoenix better than the other procedural dramas out there?
YTN: I think the thing that makes TAKEN and TAKEN: Phoenix better than other procedurals is how graphic they can actually be. The network procedurals are very similar and boring, yet we show how bad things can actually be for these people that are kidnapped. Another thing that makes TAKEN: Phoenix so unique is that a lot of the kidnappings are related to the drug cartels in the city. With Arizona going through the whole anti-immigration debate right now, that really helps us tie that into our story.

RUMORS: YTN is taking a big jump this year with late night. What are your expectations for the two new shows?
YTN: Our expectations are that they must rate higher than our syndicated series in the 11pm hour. If they don't rate higher, then what is the point of keeping the two shows?

RUMORS: The Inside Job is being held for midseason, but there is already a lot of buzz associated with the series. Why do you think so many people are looking forward to the series, and why was it held until midseason?
YTN: As I said before, I think the buzz/good reviews for the shows have to do with the unique content. With us being a cable network, we are allowed to stretch our content a bit more than a broadcast network. The Inside Job is a real gritty mob drama that hasn't been seen since The Sopranos. We are taking a huge risk with the series, but I think it will payoff for us.

RUMORS: The final season of Pushing Daisies begins this Tuesday. What does it mean for you that the show is ending this season?
YTN: Honestly, if it were not for Pushing Daisies, we would not be where we are today. Pushing Daisies helped us get the motivation for more original series. When we brought the series over from ABC, we brought that dedicated audience with the show, and some more viewers. I think it will be a sad moment when the show ends, but this is a show you can't drag on forever. Viewers have responded a lot better than we thought they would have when we announced this was the final season. We hope to create something just as special for the fans of Pushing Daisies to keep them as happy as possible in the years to come.

RUMORS: What comedies do you currently have in development for next season?
YTN: It seems like next season won't be here forever, but we have begun to search for new writers and producers. Comedy projects remain our top priority right now, but we don't have official comedies in development at this time.

RUMORS: Any new reality shows in the next year or so?
YTN: Surprisingly, we will not release any new reality shows in the next five years. Our goal is to cut back on the amount of reality and up the amount of scripted material. That doesn't mean our current crop of reality shows won't continue, it just means no new reality shows will be made.

RUMORS: Now going back to this summer, are you happy with how well you performed?
YTN: Yes, we are thrilled at how well we did this summer. Nearly all of our series are coming back for another season, and that is awesome. We found new hits in $7.25 an Hour and The Rich Life, so we hope to keep that momentum going next summer.

RUMORS: Does this mean $7.25 an Hour and The Rich Life won't return until the summer season?
YTN: At this point we don't have a clear answer, but we hope to have something interesting on the air in the summer.

RUMORS: How do you feel now that The Comedy Hour is on TCN?
YTN: I'm thrilled because we have those viewers between both networks now. The Comedy Hour worked well with our brand, but it fits over on TCN better. Both networks are part of the same network family, so it really isn't a big deal for us at this point.

RUMORS: That's all the questions we have for you today. Thank you for taking some time out of your busy schedule for us.
YTN: Thank you as well.

YTN Press Release:
Series Updates
*THROUGH FRIDAY SERIES (August 20th)*
*Shows in BOLD have been given full seasons
Outburst! - 38/40 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 32/34 episodes have aired
The One - 11/11 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 26/26 episodes have aired
The Streets - 10/10 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 22/22 episodes have aired
The One: Ce1ebrities 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Being Average - 13/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 30/30 episodes have aired
The New Life - 13/13 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 13/13 episodes have aired
College - 32/32 episodes have aired
Roommates - 32/32 episodes have aired
Dr. Heart - 22/22 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 18/18 episodes have aired
Looking For Love - 10/10 episodes have aired (+1 Reunion Special)
Family Super Challenge - 6/6 episodes have aired
Looking For Love 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 10/10 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 17/17 episodes have aired
Do You Trust Me? - 13/13 episodes have aired
Killer Island - 8/8 episodes have aired
The Comedy Hour - 12/13 episodes have aired
The Rich Life: Love, Money and Sex - 12/13 episodes have aired
$7.25 an Hour - 22/22 episodes have aired
YTN Press Release:
Series Updates
*THROUGH FRIDAY SERIES (August 27th)*
*Shows in BOLD have been given full seasons
Outburst! - 38/40 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 32/34 episodes have aired
The One - 11/11 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 26/26 episodes have aired
The Streets - 10/10 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 22/22 episodes have aired
The One: Ce1ebrities 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Being Average - 13/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 30/30 episodes have aired
The New Life - 13/13 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 13/13 episodes have aired
College - 32/32 episodes have aired
Roommates - 32/32 episodes have aired
Dr. Heart - 22/22 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 18/18 episodes have aired
Looking For Love - 10/10 episodes have aired (+1 Reunion Special)
Family Super Challenge - 6/6 episodes have aired
Looking For Love 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 10/10 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 17/17 episodes have aired
Do You Trust Me? - 13/13 episodes have aired
Killer Island - 8/8 episodes have aired
The Comedy Hour - 13/13 episodes have aired
The Rich Life: Love, Money and Sex - 13/13 episodes have aired
$7.25 an Hour - 22/22 episodes have aired

YTN Press Release:
Series Updates
*THROUGH FRIDAY SERIES (August 27th)*
*Shows in BOLD have been given full seasons
Outburst! - 38/40 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 32/34 episodes have aired
The One - 11/11 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 26/26 episodes have aired
The Streets - 10/10 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 22/22 episodes have aired
The One: Ce1ebrities 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Being Average - 13/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 30/30 episodes have aired
The New Life - 13/13 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 13/13 episodes have aired
College - 32/32 episodes have aired
Roommates - 32/32 episodes have aired
Dr. Heart - 22/22 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 18/18 episodes have aired
Looking For Love - 10/10 episodes have aired (+1 Reunion Special)
Family Super Challenge - 6/6 episodes have aired
Looking For Love 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 10/10 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 17/17 episodes have aired
Do You Trust Me? - 13/13 episodes have aired
Killer Island - 8/8 episodes have aired
The Comedy Hour - 13/13 episodes have aired
The Rich Life: Love, Money and Sex - 13/13 episodes have aired
$7.25 an Hour - 22/22 episodes have aired
YTN Press Release:
Series Updates
*THROUGH FRIDAY SERIES (September 3rd)*
*Shows in BOLD have been given full seasons
Outburst! - 38/40 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 32/34 episodes have aired
The One - 11/11 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 26/26 episodes have aired
The Streets - 10/10 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 22/22 episodes have aired
The One: Ce1ebrities 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Being Average - 13/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 30/30 episodes have aired
The New Life - 13/13 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 13/13 episodes have aired
College - 32/32 episodes have aired
Roommates - 32/32 episodes have aired
Dr. Heart - 22/22 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 18/18 episodes have aired
Looking For Love - 10/10 episodes have aired (+1 Reunion Special)
Family Super Challenge - 6/6 episodes have aired
Looking For Love 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 10/10 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 17/17 episodes have aired
Do You Trust Me? - 13/13 episodes have aired
Killer Island - 8/8 episodes have aired
The Comedy Hour - 13/13 episodes have aired
The Rich Life: Love, Money and Sex - 13/13 episodes have aired
$7.25 an Hour - 22/22 episodes have aired

FALL '10-'11 SEASON:
Locked - 1/13 episodes have aired
Yahtzee! - 1/13 episodes have aired
Outburst! - 0/24 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 0/24 episodes have aired
Cops of New York - 0/13 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 0/22 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 0/22 episodes have aired
Looking for Love 3 - 0/12 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 0/22 episodes have aired
Roommates - 0/32 episodes have aired
Kate and Zoe - 0/13 episodes have aired
College - 0/32 episodes have aired
They Work Hard For Their Money - 0/13 episodes have aired
TAKEN: Phoenix - 0/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 0/22 episodes have aired
Living Life - 0/13 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 0/22 episodes have aired

MIDSEASON '11 SEASON:
Behind the Scenes - 0/13 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 0/13 episodes have aired
The Inside Job - 0/8 episodes have aired
Sisterhood - 0/13 episodes have aired

RATINGS FOR WORLD NEWS CHANNEL VIA RATINGS INC.
Ratings run from August 23rd - August 27th.

TIME / SHOW / VIEWERS
*All shows had N/A for the 25-54 demo and were in 6th place, so it was excluded from the table.
12am-6am: What's Ahead - 4,000 viewers
6am-8am: WNC Morning News - 11,000 viewers
8am-10am: World News Channel Presents: Coffee Express - 18,000 viewers
10am-12pm: What's Happening Across the World? - 15,000 viewers
12pm-3pm: WNC Afternoon (Part I) - 19,000 viewers
3pm-6pm: WNC Afternoon (Part II) - 17,000 viewers
6pm: In-Depth - 29,000 viewers
7pm: Live from WNC Headquarters with Lou Dobbs - 37,000 viewers
8pm: Keeping You Informed - 68,000 viewers
9pm: International Scoop - 31,000 viewers
10pm: Your Day Reviewed - 43,000 viewers
11pm: News Quicky - 44,000 viewers

*N/A - Number too small for Nielsen to record

Here is what the Board of Directors from WNC had to say; Yes, we are aware that the numbers are still low, but since removing the President and Vice President, many shows have seen increases. In-Depth, Keeping You Informed, and Your Day Reviewed have all grown since our takeover. We've even introduced new series such as Live from WNC Headquarters with Lou Dobbs, which is way up from our previous attempts in the timeslot. News Quicky is our new hit series, growing by more than 20,000 viewers from Part II of Your Day Reviewed. Sure things could be better, but they could also be a lot worse!
RATINGS FOR WORLD NEWS CHANNEL VIA RATINGS INC.
Ratings run from August 30th - September 3rd.

TIME / SHOW / VIEWERS / UP OR DOWN FROM LAST WEEK
12am-6am: What's Ahead - 7,000 viewers (UP)
6am-8am: WNC Morning News - 10,000 viewers (DOWN)
8am-10am: World News Channel Presents: Coffee Express - 13,000 viewers (DOWN)
10am-12pm: What's Happening Across the World? - 14,000 viewers (DOWN)
12pm-3pm: WNC Afternoon (Part I) - 23,000 viewers (UP)
3pm-6pm: WNC Afternoon (Part II) - 22,000 viewers (UP)
6pm: In-Depth - 30,000 viewers (UP)
7pm: Live from WNC Headquarters with Lou Dobbs - 34,000 viewers (DOWN)
8pm: Keeping You Informed - 54,000 viewers (DOWN)
9pm: International Scoop - 21,000 viewers (DOWN)
10pm: Your Day Reviewed - 40,000 viewers (DOWN)
11pm: News Quicky - 47,000 viewers (UP)

Averages for Keeping You Informed and International Scoop were excluded on Tuesday as WNC aired Obama's primetime speech.

Tuesday ratings:
8pm - WNC Presents: Obama's Primetime Address - 29,000 viewers
8:45pm (to 10pm) - WNC Presents: Breaking Down the Address - 11,000 viewers

TCN PRESS RELEASE:
BEING AVERAGE RATINGS
Episode 3x01 - SEASON PREMIERE - (7/6):
1.74 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x02 (7/6):
1.69 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x03 (7/13):
1.53 million viewers (0.8 demo)

Episode 3x04 (7/13):
1.62 million viewers (0.9 demo)

Episode 3x05 (7/20):
1.87 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x06 (7/20):
1.96 million viewers (1.1 demo)
TCN PRESS RELEASE:
BEING AVERAGE RATINGS
Episode 3x01 - SEASON PREMIERE - (7/6):
1.74 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x02 (7/6):
1.69 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x03 (7/13):
1.53 million viewers (0.8 demo)

Episode 3x04 (7/13):
1.62 million viewers (0.9 demo)

Episode 3x05 (7/20):
1.87 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x06 (7/20):
1.96 million viewers (1.1 demo)

Episode 3x07 (7/27):
1.92 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x08 (7/27):
1.97 million viewers (1.2 demo)

Episode 3x09 (8/3):
1.52 million viewers (0.9 demo)

Episode 3x10 (8/3):
1.67 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x11 (8/10):
1.85 million viewers (1.1 demo)

Episode 3x12 (8/10):
1.82 million viewers (1.1 demo)

Episode 3x13 (8/17):
1.99 million viewers (1.2 demo)

Episode 3x14 (8/17):
1.86 million viewers (1.1 demo)

Episode 3x15 (8/24):
1.91 million viewers (1.1 demo)

Episode 3x16 (8/24):
1.73 million viewers (0.9 demo)

Episode 3x17 (8/31):
2.04 million viewers (1.2 demo)

Episode 3x18 (8/31):
2.18 million viewers (1.3 demo)

BEING AVERAGE RENEWED FOR FOURTH SEASON
The hit TCN comedy, Being Average, has been renewed for a fourth season consisting of 22 episodes. This marks the first time in network history that the comedy series has been renewed for a full season before the season even began. The renewal of 22 episodes brings the total order for the series to 79 episodes (13 - 22 - 22 - 22). The third season will conclude on September 14th, with two episodes each. The fourth season is expected to premiere in January 2010, with the second season of The Comedy Hour.

Ratings for GEN-TV:

Monday, August 30, 2010:

GEN-TV's block of Monday comedy series held up exceptionally well against increased competition from other networks.

At 8pm, a brand new "Doctor/Patient" was watched by 25.2 million viewers and posted a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, the second episode of "Knocked Down" was watched by 14.55 million viewers and posted a 4.7 in t he 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, an all-new "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 16.74 million viewers and posted a 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.


At 930, A brand new "Them & Us" was the only Monday comedy to increase it's overall viewers by more than 5%, it was watched by 18.4 million viewers and posted a 4.8 in the 18-49 demo, also becoming the only monday comedy to increase it's 18-49 demo by more than 5%!

At 10pm, the good news ends, with a brand new "Another Day" decreasing to 9.33 million viewers and a 2.8 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV should consider this a pretty successful night thus far; so far none of their comedy series are flat-out bombs and all have room to grow. "Another Day" is the only flop on the night right now; espeically since launching a new drama should be easier than launching a night of sitcoms.


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Tuesday, August 31, 2010:

GEN-TV's Tuesday block all increased signifigantly over their opening week.

At 8pm, The Arrival was watched by 24.4 million viewers and posted a strong 4.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Never Again" increased it's viewership with 22.3 million viewers tuning in and a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Passing Notes" was watched by 7.3 million viewers and posted a 2.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "The Huntress" rebounded hugely with 21.2 million viewers tuning in and a 5.2 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV says "We are greatly proud of the fact that all of our comedy series that are performing well on Monday and Tuesday nights. We are proud to see "The Huntress" bouncing back so quickly. We have plans in action to strengthen the few shows that are not working well" (that being obviously; Another Day and Passing Notes).

NEXT PREMIRE DATES:

September 8th: Wednesday Comedy Premieres & The Return of "This Time Around":

Press Time- Season Premiere
Say Cheese- Season Premiere
This Just In- Series Premiere
West Of Broadway- Series Premiere
This Time Around- Season Premiere

September 9th:
Thursday Night Debuts!
Something Old, Something New- Season Premiere (In It's new 8pm timeslot!)
Boyfriends- Season Premiere
9pm: Starting From Scratch-Season Premiere (on it's new night)
930: Over My Head (SERIES PREMIRE!)
10pm: Lifeline (SERIES PREMIRE!)


It looks like it's two and out for GEN-TV's drama series "Another Day". The drama series from uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer set in a new york city squad dedicated to saving children from neglect and abuse has produced lackluster ratings in it's two episode run thus far. The series stars Emmy-winning actress Drea De Matteo ("The Sopranos", "Joey") and has been a low-performer. It's most recent episode was watched by only 9.33 million viewers. Even worse is the series has produced low demographic ratings; most recently rating a two point eight.

The network has announced that they are removing the series from the schedule; effective immeditley.

This decision marks a long time issue that GEN-TV has had launching a drama series in the Monday night 10pm slot; last season drama series "Change Of Plan" also failed to attract an audience in this timeslot.


The network has announced that they will be replacing this series with a brand new series; the crime drama "GONE" starring James Caan and Gillian Anderson. It will debut on September 20th. Until then, encore episodes of "The Huntress" will assume the slot.

GEN-TV has announced it's offical September 2010 Daytime Schedule; the schedule features some big changes.

What's New: Grounded For Life, Our House, Second Noah, The Single Guy, Union Square, Good Morning, Miami, Madman Of The People and Something So Right

What's Gone: A Different World, Roseann, Designing Women.

CONTRACTS UP FOR SALE:

"A Different World" (Daily syndication rights currently owned by GEN-TV through 9/15/2011; GEN-TV is willing to sell them)

"Desinging Women" (Daily and weekend syndication rights currently owned by GEN-TV through 11/13/2012; network is looking to sell them)

"Roseann" (GEN-TV shares daily syndication and weekend rights with other networks; owns them through 12/12/2010; is looking to sell the rights).





SCHEDULE:

4am: Mad About You
430: The Single Guy (replaces "Desinging Women")
5am: Madman Of The People (replaces "Desinging Women")
530: Union Square (replaces "Mad About You")
6am: Something So Right (replaces "Roseann")
630: Good Morning, Miami (replaces "A Different World")
7am: The Edge Of Night
730: Grounded For Life (new to GEN-TV, replaces a second "Edge Of Night")
8am: Generations
9am: Deidra Hall
10am: Second Noah (replaces a second "Generations")
11am: Search For Tommorrow
1130: Search For Tommorrow
12pm: Lisa Rinna
1pm: Santa Barbara
2pm: Sunset Beach
3pm: The Jackie Zeman Hour
4pm: The Kirstie Alley Show
5pm: The Real Housewives Of
6pm: Grounded For Life (replaces a second "The Real housewives of")
7pm: Our House (new to GEN-TV)

The network has also announced that original daytime soap "OAKHURST" will debut in October 2010. "We are readying the October schedule for the launch of our original soap "OAKHURT" explained Brdiget Klien this morning during an interview with a Hollywood Now reporter.


Since the launch of GEN-TV's September schedule a week ago, the network has seen some dramatic ratings increases.

First up; "Good Morning, Miami" has earned top ratings in it's 630am timeslot. It has been watched by 2.4 million viewers since launching a week ago; a huge number for a 630 slot.

Meanwhile, "Second Noah" at 10am has averaged over 3.1 million viewers; also a large number.

Talk show "Deidra Hall" is perofrming nicely with 10.4 million viewers tuning into her last original episode on Friday.

On not so good news; soap opera "The Edge Of Night" has not performed so well with just under 1.3 million viewers tuning in thus far.

Just a few moments ago; GEN-TV sent out an announcement that they would be cancelling underperforming drama "Another Day" and replacing it on September 20th with new drama "GONE". The network has since released full details on the series.


"GONE", a production of Steven Bocho

Starring:

James Caan as Arthur Hamlett a veteran FBI agent whose career is currently at critical status; after years of hard-living and hard-drinking he's finally reached his peak and is sliding downward fast. His wife has divorced him; and taken mostly everything he's ever owned with her to her new life with her new, younger husband; in New Mexico. Arthur's depression over his divorce has started to affect his work now too. He runs a speical FBI task force assigned to investigate high-profile missing persons cases; epseically those involving rich or famous persons. But his shoddy attention to detial has left many at the top scratching their heads about what to do with him. They've got a secret weapon in their pocket who they think will get him into tip-top shape.

Gillian Anderson as Felicia Franklin; a whiz-kid at the FBI's computer crimes unit and a veteran of the FBI's rape, domestic violence and street crimes units she's worked pretty much everywhere and has always excelled; but a recent flirtation with a co-worker has left her reputation tarnished and her self-confidence on low. She's been assigned to the FBI's "Missing Persons- High Priority Unit" both as a punishment for her indiscrestions (no matter if that's fair or not) and as a way to push her to the next level of her career. Her bosses know she'll be a good match with Hamlett, so long as he can stop drinking long enough to do some decent investigating. Another reason she's assigned to work this unit is her family connections and past personal expierence with missing persons cases. Felicia comes from a very well to do and well connected family. Her father, Arnold Franklin is a popular New York state senator and law-maker; and in 1999 her twin sister Dana went missing and has not been seen since. This loss has sent her entire family on a tail-spin; her mother, Mona committed suicide in 2001 in total grief over the loss of Dana. Felicia's always maintained that the case was botched from the start and has secretly been investigating is ever since. She's starting to think that Dana's dissappareance was no accident and that somebody from her professional life may be involved.

Enrique Murcanio as Derek Adams III. Derek is one of the FBI's top agents and has always been a protege of Arthurs; and until recently trusted his boss with all his soul. However, Arthurs recent bouts with drinking and erractic behavior has Derek questioning his hero. A recent discussion with a top CIA recrutier has Derek on the verge of making a choice to leave the FBI and Arthur behind; but a new case that's too good to be true has Derek possibly staying put; espeically after a third-party gives him the oppurtunity to help Arthur and make his career at the same time.

Gale Harold as Rodney Fowler. Rodney is one of the sharpest, most ruthless attorney's working in Washington and has had an axe to grind against Arthur Hamlett for many years now. A new assignment as the FBI's Internal Affairs investigator gives him just the chance he needs to nail his mortal enemy once and for all. His past connection to Felicia Franklin also doesn't hurt. Rodney and Felicia were once engaged; but she broke up with him suddenly three weeks before the wedding. He has not recovered and has turned into a bitter, vengeful man.

Mario Lopez as Carlo Hotchkiss. Carlo is a member of the High Priority Unit whose speciality is working with computers and audio-visual equipment to reanalyze crime scenes and find clues that will help find missing persons. He is naturally charismatic and has a knack for getting shy witnesses to talk by charming them, both professionally and personally. A recent dalliances with a witness however may just come back to bite him in the butt.

Rebecca Gayheart as Syndey Vance. Syndey is the only female member of the unit; until Felicia arrives and has enjoyed all the attention she gets from CArlo and other guys on the squad; she likes using her sexuality to get what she wants. However the arrival of Felicia throws everything off balance and she's quick to realize that she'll have to work very hard to develop skills other than flirting if she wants to gain the respect of her new boss, Felicia. Plus a personal issue makes her question her line of work and her life choices.


Jerry O'Connell as Brad Bullock. Brad is a rouge lawyer turned Private Investigator hired by the FBI to work with the High Priority Unit and help do background checks and other sort of investigations that the FBI can't legally do. He has a fondness for playing practical jokes and has a knack for charming the ladies.

Ally Sheedy as Vanessa Drake-Hamlett-Rosen. Vanessa is Arthurs selfish, spoiled and vengeful ex-wife who took everything he ever had after she divorced him because she fell in love with a younger man. She is also one of the principal supervisiors assigned to analyze the work done by the High Priority Unit and is Arthurs direct supervisior. She never looses an oppurtunity to cut him down to size and has no patience for most of the people in his unit. She espeically has a distaste for Felicia and Carlos who she calls "bottom-feeders".


Alana De La Garza as Antonia "Toni" Reid: Antonia "Toni" Reid is a Harvard education lawyer who has spent the last 4 years as a litigator at one of Manhattan's top law practices and has recently been assigned to work with the FBI's High Priority and Immited Response Unit to help guide victim and famalies of victims through the legal process that they will endure. She has a secret motive for being in the unit. Her husband, Walter Markun Reid is one of the top-level directors in the FBI and has asked her to observe the unit and see if it's worth continuing of if it's a non-functioning unit.

"GONE" is a one-hour drama produced and created by Steven Bocho and is distributed by 20th Century FOX and GEN-TV Studios.

It debuts on Monday, September 20th at 10pm on GEN-TV. The network has ordered 15 episodes for the first season.

GEN-TV is the network devoted to the "television generation" or those GEN-Xers born between 1965 and 1985 who were raised on television. With that said, the network today announced an expansive slate of acquired programming that will fill their line-up in the upcoming months. According to Bridget Klien, the President of GEN-TV Network "We've heard repeatedly from our viewers that they want more classic programming represented on our daytime and weekend line-ups and we will make every effort to program according to our viewers wants and needs". She futher said "Our mission at this network is to provide both classic programming and innovative original series that capture the hearts, minds and memories of GEN-X, so we have acquired a expansive slate of programming to do just that". The network has acquired the following programs:

"The State"- MTV's popular 1990's sketch comedy series will debut on GEN-TV later this year; likely on the weekends. It launched the careers of comics like Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, Thomas Lennon and others.

"Daria"- MTV's irreverent, anti-social and anti-enthusastic high schooler once aired on GEN-TV's primetime schedule during the summer of 2009 but will return to the network; now fully owned by GEN-TV for the weekend hours.

"Sisters'- GEN-TV has purchased the rights to all episodes of NBC's classic family drama starring Sela Ward, Patricia Kalember, Swoosie Kurtz, Julianne Phillips, Ashley Judd and Ed Marinano. The series featured early performances from Paul Rudd and Ashley Judd. It aired from 1991 through 1996 and won an Emmy for Sela Ward and nominations for Swoosie Kurtz. It will be paired with Thirtysomething on weekends, which is doing fantastic for the network.

"China Beach"- The network has acquired weekend rights to air this classic, emmy-winning ABC drama starring Dana Delaney.

"Army Wives"- GEN-TV will now be the exclusive home to reruns of LIFETIMES acclaimed drama about wives in the military. The series is entering national syndication this fall. GEN-TV will be able to strip it on weekdays during the daytime and air it on the weekends in primetime.

"Strong Medicine"- GEN-TV has purchased the rights to multiple (but not all) episodes of "Strong Medicine", a gripping drama series starring Janine Turner, Rosa Blasi, Patricia Richardson, Rick Schroder, Josh Coxx and Jennifer Lewis as well as Philip Casnoff. It aired on LIFETIME between 1999 and 2004. It centers on a woman's clinic in Phildelphia being run inside an exclusive hospital.

"Any Day Now"- GEN-TV has purchased the rights to Aaron Spelling's drama about a civil rights lawyer (Lorraine Toussaint) and her best friend, the white housewive that also spans back to their childhood friendship growing up in the 1960's in Alabama. It aired on Lifetime during the 1990's and 2000's and was a massive hit. It will air weekends and weekdays.

"Felicity"- J.J. Abrams first hit series starring Kerri Russell will join the GEN-TV line-up later this year.

"Ally McBeal"- GEN-TV has gained the weekday syndication rights to this quirky series.

"Picket Fences"- GEN-TV has regained the rights to this series after loosing them back in 2009. It will air weekdays and weekends.

"Boston Public"- The network will also air this FOX gem on the weekends.

"Central Park West"- CBS aired this series back in the 1994-1995 season and it flopped, but viewers of classic soaps have longed to see this sudsy treat again and GEN-TV will present it on a limited basis with commentary from cast and creators starting in December 2010 on selected weekends.

The network has also acquired the following nationally syndicated programs to air on their network during the daytime:

"Wheel Of Fortune": the network has picked up the rights to air Wheel Of Fortune epsiodes during the weekdays.

"Judge Judy": the network has picked up the rights to classic episodes of Judge Judy to begin airing in November. for both daytime and late night airings.

"Deal or No Deal: The network will air syndicated episodes of the daytime version of this show.

"The Weakest Link": this classic game show will air on GEN-TV weekdays starting in the new year.

"Hollywood Squares": The network has gained the rights to rerun the Whoppie Goldberg version of this series weekdays during the daytime hours.


GEN-TV has released detailed information about it's October 2010 Daytime Schedule.

What's New: Oakhurst (Original Soap!), The Weakest Link (syndicated game show), Judge judy (syndicated court show); Any Day Now (syndicated drama); The State (syndicated skecth comedy series), Wheel Of Fortune.

What's Gone: The Edge Of Night; Madman Of The People; The Single Guy; Our House; Union Square, Something So Right, The Kirstie Alley Show, The Real housewives of...


SCHEDULE:

4am: Mad About You
430: The State (replaces; "the single guy")
5am: The State (replaces "madman of the people")
530: Judge Judy (replaces "Union Square") ***Classic Episode****
6am: Judge Judy (replaces "Something So Right") ****Classic Episode***
630: The Weakest Link (replaces "Good morning Miami")
7am: The Weakest Link (replaces "the edge of night")
730:The State (replaces "grounded for life")
8am: Any Day Now (replaces "Generatons")
9am: Deidra Hall
10am: Generations (replaces "second noah")
11am: Search For Tommorrow
1130: Search For Tommorrow
12pm: Lisa Rinna
1pm: Oakhurst (NEW original Soap Opera! debuts October 4th)
130: Judge Judy (new to GEN-TV!) ****ORIGINAL EPISODE****
2pm: Santa Barbara (moves to 2pm, replacing "Sunset Beach")
3pm: The Jackie Zeman Hour
4pm: Second Noah (moves to 4pm, replaces "The Kirstie Alley Show")
5pm: Sunset Beach (moves to 5pm, replaces "the real housewives of")
6pm: Grounded For Life
7pm: Good Morning, Miami (moves to 7pm; replaces "Our House")
730: Wheel Of Fortune (new to GEN-TV!) ****Original Episodes***

NOTES:

"The Kirstie Alley Show" has not been cancelled; it still remains airing in national syndication it has simply been removed from GEN-TV affilliates because it is more profitable airing in national syndication on other stations than by airing on GEN-TV Stations. It is produced and owned solely by GEN-TV Studios.

"Judge Judy" episodes are classic episodes in the early morning airings and new episodes in the afternoon airings.

OAKHURST, GEN-TV's new original soap opera launches at 1pm on Monday, October 4th. It will be competing against ABC's "All My Children", CBS's "The Young & The Restless" and NBC's 'Days Of Our Lives" in this timeslot, but GEN-TV believes the show can hold it's own. It's a politically themed soap opera starring a host of soap opera veterans.

"Wheel Of Fortune" episodes will be original episodes.

Unless otherwise indicated all other syndicated series are airing CLASSIC syndication episodes. this includes "The State", "Any Day now" and other series.

October schedule begins October 1st, 2010.

Sunday, August 29th Ratings - YTN
*Encore programming numbers for YTN were unavailable.

YTN aired the series premieres of Locked (Viewers: 4.04 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) and Yahtzee! (Viewers: 2.89 million; 18-49: 0.8/2). The good news for Locked is that it grew from 7:00 to 7:15pm. The bad news is, the numbers are still a bit too low. The bad news for Yahtzee! is that it lost viewership halway through the show, and the numbers are awful. Could we see cancellations within the next few days? Stay tuned!

Sunday, September 5th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with an all new episode of Locked (Viewers: 3.55million; 18-49: 1.1/3), down a whopping 27% in the demo from its series premiere. At 7:30pm, the second episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 2.14 million; 18-49: 0.6/1) failed to attract much of an audience. Expect a cancellation anyday from YTN for Yahtzee!. Up next was the season premiere of Outburst! (Viewers: 5.29 million; 18-49: 1.5/7), which grew quite a lot from its lead in, but the numbers are still not great. From the series premiere a year ago, Outburst! held 88% of it's total viewers, but only 60% of the 18-49 demo. Clearly, the older viewers have come while the younger ones have flocked away in droves. At 9pm, YTN aired the season premiere of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.84 million; 18-49: 2.3/10), holding 89% of total viewers and 79% of the demo from its October 2009 series premiere. Clearly, The Weakest Link is the strongest of the YTN game shows, and rightfully so. YTN rounded out the night with encores of Burn Notice and Family Guy. Ratings for both shows were excluded from the national ratings report.

Monday, September 6th Ratings - YTN

YTN officially started its season last night with back to back encores of Just Shoot Me! and Will and Grace, however, ratings were not available for the two shows at the time of this press release. At 9pm, YTN aired the series premiere of Cops of New York (Viewers: 5.84 million; 18-49: 1.8/6), which could have been better, but it also could have been worse. Up next was the season premiere of Rule of Law (Viewers: 9.45 million; 18-49: 2.7/9), holding 90% of its total viewers and 87% of the demo from its season finale back in May. At 11pm, YTN premiered it's first ever late night show, Rosie's Roundtable. The series premiere of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 2.19 million; 18-49: 0.9/2) didn't do great, but we have no idea what YTN was expecting. The series premiere of The Ricki Lake Show (Viewers: 1.16 million; 18-49: 0.4/1) wasn't great either, but then again, what was YTN expecting?

Just a few moments ago; GEN-TV sent out an announcement that they would be cancelling underperforming drama "Another Day" and replacing it on September 20th with new drama "GONE". The network has since released full details on the series.


"GONE", a production of Steven Bocho

Starring:

James Caan as Arthur Hamlett a veteran FBI agent whose career is currently at critical status; after years of hard-living and hard-drinking he's finally reached his peak and is sliding downward fast. His wife has divorced him; and taken mostly everything he's ever owned with her to her new life with her new, younger husband; in New Mexico. Arthur's depression over his divorce has started to affect his work now too. He runs a speical FBI task force assigned to investigate high-profile missing persons cases; epseically those involving rich or famous persons. But his shoddy attention to detial has left many at the top scratching their heads about what to do with him. They've got a secret weapon in their pocket who they think will get him into tip-top shape.

Gillian Anderson as Felicia Franklin; a whiz-kid at the FBI's computer crimes unit and a veteran of the FBI's rape, domestic violence and street crimes units she's worked pretty much everywhere and has always excelled; but a recent flirtation with a co-worker has left her reputation tarnished and her self-confidence on low. She's been assigned to the FBI's "Missing Persons- High Priority Unit" both as a punishment for her indiscrestions (no matter if that's fair or not) and as a way to push her to the next level of her career. Her bosses know she'll be a good match with Hamlett, so long as he can stop drinking long enough to do some decent investigating. Another reason she's assigned to work this unit is her family connections and past personal expierence with missing persons cases. Felicia comes from a very well to do and well connected family. Her father, Arnold Franklin is a popular New York state senator and law-maker; and in 1999 her twin sister Dana went missing and has not been seen since. This loss has sent her entire family on a tail-spin; her mother, Mona committed suicide in 2001 in total grief over the loss of Dana. Felicia's always maintained that the case was botched from the start and has secretly been investigating is ever since. She's starting to think that Dana's dissappareance was no accident and that somebody from her professional life may be involved.

Enrique Murcanio as Derek Adams III. Derek is one of the FBI's top agents and has always been a protege of Arthurs; and until recently trusted his boss with all his soul. However, Arthurs recent bouts with drinking and erractic behavior has Derek questioning his hero. A recent discussion with a top CIA recrutier has Derek on the verge of making a choice to leave the FBI and Arthur behind; but a new case that's too good to be true has Derek possibly staying put; espeically after a third-party gives him the oppurtunity to help Arthur and make his career at the same time.

Gale Harold as Rodney Fowler. Rodney is one of the sharpest, most ruthless attorney's working in Washington and has had an axe to grind against Arthur Hamlett for many years now. A new assignment as the FBI's Internal Affairs investigator gives him just the chance he needs to nail his mortal enemy once and for all. His past connection to Felicia Franklin also doesn't hurt. Rodney and Felicia were once engaged; but she broke up with him suddenly three weeks before the wedding. He has not recovered and has turned into a bitter, vengeful man.

Mario Lopez as Carlo Hotchkiss. Carlo is a member of the High Priority Unit whose speciality is working with computers and audio-visual equipment to reanalyze crime scenes and find clues that will help find missing persons. He is naturally charismatic and has a knack for getting shy witnesses to talk by charming them, both professionally and personally. A recent dalliances with a witness however may just come back to bite him in the butt.

Rebecca Gayheart as Syndey Vance. Syndey is the only female member of the unit; until Felicia arrives and has enjoyed all the attention she gets from CArlo and other guys on the squad; she likes using her sexuality to get what she wants. However the arrival of Felicia throws everything off balance and she's quick to realize that she'll have to work very hard to develop skills other than flirting if she wants to gain the respect of her new boss, Felicia. Plus a personal issue makes her question her line of work and her life choices.


Jerry O'Connell as Brad Bullock. Brad is a rouge lawyer turned Private Investigator hired by the FBI to work with the High Priority Unit and help do background checks and other sort of investigations that the FBI can't legally do. He has a fondness for playing practical jokes and has a knack for charming the ladies.

Ally Sheedy as Vanessa Drake-Hamlett-Rosen. Vanessa is Arthurs selfish, spoiled and vengeful ex-wife who took everything he ever had after she divorced him because she fell in love with a younger man. She is also one of the principal supervisiors assigned to analyze the work done by the High Priority Unit and is Arthurs direct supervisior. She never looses an oppurtunity to cut him down to size and has no patience for most of the people in his unit. She espeically has a distaste for Felicia and Carlos who she calls "bottom-feeders".

"GONE" is a one-hour drama produced and created by Steven Bocho and is distributed by 20th Century FOX and GEN-TV Studios.

It debuts on Monday, September 20th at 10pm on GEN-TV. The network has ordered 15 episodes for the first season.

GEN-TV recently sent selected critics and television journalists an advanced copy of the first three episodes of our upcoming drama series "GONE" and here are some first-look reviews of the series:


Andrew Schaffer, The Chicago TV Reporter:

Gen-TV has long been looking for the show that could become their first drama to become franchise; until now none of their drama series had the potential to become a true franchise and launch successful spin-off's in the vein of CSI or Law & Order. GONE very well could be that show. First off it's got a talented lead cast in James Caan and Gillian Anderson who could inspire other talented actors to work with the network. You also have actors like Ally Sheedy, who add a touch of nostalgia to the show and will attract audiences who loved her 80's work; plus she comes with some critical lauding. the concept of the show is easy enough for the audience to access; it follows a hard-edged FBI agent (Caan) whose life is on a downward sprial following a nasty divorce and is facing for the first time in his professional career a situation where he may be out of a job if he doesn't shape up. Enter, Felicia Franklin (Anderson) a whiz-kid in the FBI and CIA who has worked very hard and earned a solid reputation, only to have it soiled after a careless romantic entanglement with a superior that's left her sort of an outcast in her circle. She is sent over to save the struggling "High Priority and Immedite Response Unit" or the HPIRU as it's abbreviated too. She is asked to keep her eye on Caan's Arthur Hamlett character; whose drinking and temper are getting the best of him. This does not go over well with him; aside from a career drinker he's also a notorious sexist and womanizer; who hates taking orders; especially from a "flame haired broad" as he puts it. The series works quickly to establish these characters; as well as the various supporting characters who make up the series world; and once they succeed in telling us who each of these people are; (which isn't hard given the generic archtypes they use; including the good-looking charmer with computer savvy; the sexy, vampy, used her looks female character and the brainy; all too good looking ethnic one. They even throw in a ruthless, corrupt lawyer, played by Gale Harold). Not to mention the spoiled, selfish; catty ex-wife with all the power played by Sheedy; who succeeds in elvating the role to more than it should be. Once these characters are quickly and clearly; maybe too clearly; defined, the show quickly goes into what i suspect will be it's routine mold; a clear case of the week; new drama each week format that seems to include only a small dose of personal interaction between the characters. It appears that the bulk of the series will follow a case of the week format; with perhaps a meaty story each season for it's two lead characters; probrally of a romantic nature. The supporting characters may be lucky enough to get a singular meaty scene each year. The series as a whole isn't half bad. The three episodes i saw each featured sensational cases with a few twists that i actually didn't see coming; and the shows already perfected the craft of weaving the characters personal story into each case.

I believe the audience GEN-TV wants for this show will lke it a lot; and i hope that it gets a chance to survive against stiff competition and in GEN-TV's dreaded Monday-10pm timeslot which thus far has produced no hit series and a staggering cancellation record.


Overall i give this series a 7 out of 10 stars.


Mari-Ann Wilkins of the Washington Monitor wrote this:

In a world filled with crime shows that follow a new case each week format comes GEN-TV's "GONE"; which at first look would seem to fall into that exact trap. However, upon further examination (i've viewed the first three episodes of the show) it looks as if this show just may have more to say than expected. First up; they have a top-notch cast of actors giving great life to the scripts. James Caan easily sheds any memory of "Las Vegas" and Gillian Anderson is more than capable of holding her own against the other cast members; and just may be the most talented of the cast. She breathes new life into a otherwise pretty standard character type. Ally Sheedy surprises as the stand-out of the bunch; with a bitchy, catty; spoiled ex-wife character who holds all the power as Director of the FBI where her ex-husband works. Jerry O'Connell and Gale Harold also give decent performances. Mario Lopez is the one true weak link in the cast; and Rebecca Gayheart doesn't have enough facetime to really make much of an impact so she's not a valid entity to the show. The series masterfully weaves personal and professional storylines for each of it's characters and elevates the cases shown to a new level; on several occassions (in each episode) providing genuine surprises and thrills. This series is actually a very excellent series and should only get better as we get to know each character.

Overall this is a 5 star show (out of five stars).


now for the bad news; FEMINIST TV NOW magazine gave a not so glowing review of the series in it's upcoming september issue:

Just when we thought feminism on tv was dead comes actual, non-debateable proof that this very much is indeed the case. GEN-TV's GONE is yet another case of the week crime series that devalues the woman's movement to something less than vital piece of history. The main female character on the show played by dynamic actress Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) is sadly a cliched; spoiled princess whose career achievements are all washed over after sleeping with a superior leaves her a social pharriah and she's sent off to basically baby-sit a male FBI agent whose drinking has gotten out of hand. Though, Anderson delivers a fine performance; her character is not to be admired becuase she let's her professional reputation be tarnished after a seedy fling and she is sent off to a struggling division and she hardly musters up a whimper of fight to this unfair decision delivered by her male superiors; one of whom she slept with; the other who is her father. The other important female regular on the show is played by Ally Sheedy; and is a spoiled rich, selfish and clearly calculated divorcee who uses her position of power to humilated; denigrate and otherwise make miserable her ex-husband played by James Caan who works directly for her. Throw in Rebecca Gayheart's overly-sexually, under-developed, and totally incompetant character and you have one of the most offensive series on network television in years. The female characters highlighted in the criminal cases on the show are no better; you have a movie-actress with a issue with nymphomania; you have a busty lifeguard who clearly hasn't ever opened a book and a sociallite college student with a booze problem. This is the most horrendous series since "Baywatch". Just when we thought "The Good Wife" had saved TV comes this mess.



GONE debuts on GEN-TV on September 20th at 10pm.

Veteran television actress Tyne Daly spent last season playing mother to Daphne Zuniga on "This Time Around"; but this season she'll be playing a mother of a whole different kind. The actress is departing "This Time Around" and is taking on a role in GEN-TV's much-hyped, but so far not given an airdate series "SNATCHED". She joins a host of other tv industry veterans including Alyssa Milano and Emily Van Camp on the missing persons series. She will play matriarch to a family torn up when their teenage daughter goes missing. She'll play the grandmother of the missing teenager who is described as "a total witch. selfish, uncaring and totally heartless". she is said to be the instigator of the events that cause this girl to go missing". Executives are saying this could be the role of a lifetime for Dayl who despite an already impressive resume will be launched into a whole new phase of her career if and when this series ever airs.

She will appear in three episodes of "This Time Around" and will exit the series to concentrate fully on "Snatched" which has yet to be given an airdate; but Bridget Klien says "the series WILL definetly get an airdate, eventually".

Tuesday, September 7th Ratings - YTN

Once again, ratings for the 7pm hour were not available, and most likely won't be all week. YTN kicked off the second night of it's season with the final season premiere of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 10.02 million; 18-49: 2.8/6), down 17% in both total viewers and the demo. At 9pm, it was the third season of Looking For Love (Viewers: 9.44; 18-49: 2.8/6), down a whopping 39% in the demo and 23% in total viewers from its season finale in the spring. While the numbers do seem low, the show usually picks up steam as the season progresses, which could account for the large drop from last season. Rounding out primetime was the season premiere of TAKEN (Viewers: 12.41 million; 18-49: 3.2/9), down only 4% in total viewers and 16% in the demo. At 11pm, the second episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.86 million; 18-49: 0.7/2) was down 17% in total viewers and 29% in the demo from its premiere on Monday. At 11:30pm, the second episode of The Ricki Lake Show (Viewers: 1.08 million; 18-49: 0.2/1) was down 7% in total viewers and 50% in the demo. Considering how big the lead in was tonight, both shows should be doing much better. Also of note, encores of Family Guy usually did around 2 million viewers and a 1.0 demo, so the shows have to pick up the pace soon.

Ratings for GEN-TV Wednesday, September 8th:

GEN-TV has a night of mixed results on Wedendsay night with their comedy premieres:

At 8pm; the season premiere of returning comedy "Press Time" delivered stellar results; with 27.8 million viewers tuning in and a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, another returning comedy "Say Cheese" delievered less happy news with 13.3 million viewers tuning in and a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, new comedy "This Just In" debuted to 14.1 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, new comedy "West Of Broadway" premiered to 12.9 million viewers and a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the season premiere of "This Time Around" was watched by 44.4 million viewers and posted a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo. A decent number for sure; but down slightly in demos from last season.

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Wednesday, September 8th Ratings - YTN

The season premiere of Roommates (Viewers: 9.46 million; 18-49: 3.1/8) kicked off the night and was down a whopping 50% in both viewers and demo from its season finale in May. Of course the show used to air at 9:30pm behind College, but this is still a huge drop off. At 8:30pm the series premiere of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 13.84 million; 18-49: 3.7/9) grew by large numbers from its lead in. The news wasn't as good for the season premiere of College (Viewers: 13.99 million; 18-49: 4.1/10), down 3.49 million viewers and 2.2 demo points from its season finale in May, not good! Up next was the series premiere of They Work Hard for Their Money (Viewers: 11.83 million; 18-49: 3.4/8), retaining a solid 85% of total viewers and 83% in the demo from its lead in. While the 9-10pm comedy block is not as strong as it once was, the strength is spread across the two hours now. Sure the numbers may be down, but this is still the strongest two hour comedy block on almost any network. The series premiere of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 12.56 million; 18-49: 3.1/7) was nearly identical to the season premiere of TAKEN on Tuesday. At 11pm, the third episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.40 million; 18-49: 0.4/1) was down significantly once again. At 11:30pm, the third episode of The Ricki Lake Show (Viewers: 896,000 18-49: 0.1/0) was nearly invisible. Once again: considering how big the lead in was tonight, both shows should be doing much better. Also of note, encores of Family Guy usually did around 2 million viewers and a 1.0 demo, so the shows have to pick up the pace soon.

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN YANKS "THE RICKI LAKE SHOW"
Beginning tomorrow night, Friday, The Ricki Lake Show will no longer air in its 11:30pm timeslot. The Ricki Lake Show tapes everyday at 3pm, so todays episode has already been filmed and will air tonight. Averaging a dismal 1.05 million viewers and 0.2 demo, its not surprise that YTN pulled the series. As seen with the World Ratings INC. Report, encores of Family Guy doubled the total viewers and were five times as high in the demo. YTN has yet to officially announce the cancellation of the series, but checking out their official website, an encore of Family Guy is scheduled for Friday and next Monday. YTN's other new late night series, Rosie's Roundtable, is still scheduled to air next week despite its poor numbers too (1.82 million viewers and a 0.7 demo).

UPDATE #1 Rumors are swirling that YTN is moving The Ricki Lake Show to daytime starting next week. Could it happen? We'll keep you updated!

UPDATE #2 Sources tell us YTN is holding a press conference within the next hour to reveal something. Is Ricki Lake moving to daytime? Check back within the next hour for the latest update!

UPDATE #3 - OFFICIAL YTN has just released its updated daytime schedule, and The Ricki Lake Show is moving to 10am! While the numbers have been awful in late night, YTN said this in an exclusive interview, "The show has a strong following among women, and we can tap into that audience better in the daytime then in late night. Ricki was built for daytime, not late night and we admit that mistake. We have full support for Ricki and continue to have support for Rosie's late night series." Ricki's show will also expand to an hour format to better interact with the audience and her guests. YTN officials also told us that The Ricki Lake Show will infact air this Friday night, unlike previously reported. Regarding Rosie's Roundtable, YTN is moving the show to 11:30pm with encores of Family Guy airing at 11pm. No reason was given for the move, but Family Guy should be able to produce a young following for the show, although YTN's primetime is much stronger.

YTN PRESS RELEASE:
Daytime and Weekend Changes Effective Monday, August 30th

Monday - Friday
12am - Movie
2am - Law and Order: Criminal Intent
3am - Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
4am - Law and Order
5am - JAG
6am - NCIS
7am - Wife Swap
8am - Wife Swap
9am - Wife Swap
10am - How I Met Your Mother (Replaces Friends)
11am - Friends (Replaces Frasier)
12pm - My Wife and Kids
1pm - According to Jim (Replaces George Lopez)
2pm - Two and a Half Men
3pm - The Big Bang Theory (Replaces How I Met Your Mother)
4pm - King of Queens
5pm - Yes, Dear
6pm - Everybody Loves Raymond

Saturday:
12am - Family Guy
1am - The Simpsons
2am - Movie
4am - Dexter
5am - Numb3rs
6am - NYPD Blue
7am - Your News Now: Saturday
8am - Movie (Replaces Second Hour of Your News Now: Saturday)
10am - Bones (Replaces Second Hour of Movie)
11am - Reba (Replaces Bones)
12pm - Less Than Perfect (NEW; Replaces Reba)
1pm - Hope and Faith
2pm - Life with Bonnie
3pm - The Closer
4pm - Without a Trace
5pm - Las Vegas
6pm - Movie

Sunday:
12am - Family Guy
1am - Medium
2am - Cold Case
3am - Cold Case
4am - Movie
6am - Children's Movie
8am - Tom and Jerry
8:30am - The Flintstones
9am - Scooby Doo
9:30am - A Pup Named Scooby Doo
10am - Even Stevens
10:30am - That's So Raven
11am - 7th Heaven (Replaces Hope and Faith)
12pm - 7th Heaven
1pm - Everwood (Replaces The Secret Life of the American Teenager)
2pm - Everwood
3pm - The West Wing
4pm - The West Wing
5pm - 24 (NEW; Replaces Crossing Jordan)
6pm - 24 (NEW; Replaces Family Guy)

YTN PRESS RELEASE:
Daytime and Weekend Changes Effective Monday, September 13th
Starting next Monday, September 13th, YTN will move The Ricki Lake Show from late night to daytime, and will air the series LIVE Monday-Friday. The show will expand to a one hour format, and will repeat on Saturday and Sunday. Rosie's Roundtable will move to 11:30pm effective Monday, with Family Guy encores airing at 11pm.

Monday - Friday
12am - Movie
2am - Law and Order: Criminal Intent
3am - Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
4am - Law and Order
5am - JAG
6am - NCIS
7am - Wife Swap
8am - Wife Swap
9am - Wife Swap
10am - The Ricki Lake Show (Moves from Late Night; Replaces How I Met Your Mother)
11am - Friends
12pm - My Wife and Kids
1pm - According to Jim
2pm - Two and a Half Men
3pm - The Big Bang Theory
4pm - King of Queens
5pm - Yes, Dear
6pm - Everybody Loves Raymond

Saturday:
12am - Family Guy
1am - The Simpsons
2am - Movie
4am - Dexter
5am - Numb3rs
6am - NYPD Blue
7am - The Ricki Lake Show (R; Replaces Your News Now: Saturday)
8am - Movie
10am - Bones
11am - Reba
12pm - Less Than Perfect
1pm - Hope and Faith
2pm - Life with Bonnie
3pm - The Closer
4pm - Without a Trace
5pm - Las Vegas
6pm - Movie

Sunday:
12am - Family Guy
1am - Medium
2am - Cold Case
3am - The Ricki Lake Show (R; Replaces Cold Case)
4am - Movie
6am - Children's Movie
8am - Tom and Jerry
8:30am - The Flintstones
9am - Scooby Doo
9:30am - A Pup Named Scooby Doo
10am - Even Stevens
10:30am - That's So Raven
11am - 7th Heaven
12pm - 7th Heaven
1pm - Everwood
2pm - Everwood
3pm - The West Wing
4pm - The West Wing
5pm - 24
6pm - 24

GEN-TV has just released the following report detailing ratings for daytime and weekend programming:

WEEKEND PROGRAMMING:

Top 10 Shows (for June-September, based on averages)

1. Frasier-Average 3.8 million viewers/2.3 18-49
2. Boy Meets world- Average 3.7 million viewers/2.2 18-49
3. The Nanny
Good Morning, Miami
The Facts Of Life
Grounded For Life------3.5 million viewers/2.1 18-49
4. Thirtysomething----2.9 million viewers/2.0 18-49
5. Unhappily Ever After----2.8 million viewers/1.98 18-49
6. Punky Brewster
Clueless
Suddenly Susan-----2.7 million viewers/1.84 18-49
7. Moesha-------2.5 million viewers/1.80 18-49
8. GEN-TV WEEKEND MOVIE------- 2.3 million viewers/1.77 18-49
9. WKRP In Cincinatti
Everybody Loves Raymond------2.2 million viewers/1.74 18-49
10. Murphy Brown-----2.0 million viewers/1.72 18-49


Other news of note for WEEKENDS:

The lowest rated shows GEN-TV has broadcast on weekends are as follows:

"Grace Under Fire" has reached only 797,233 viewers since it started airing on weekends and currently ranks DEAD LAST of all series broadcast on weekends. Among demos GUF rated a .35 in the 18-49 demo.

short-lived series "Open House" and "Duets" have done only slightly better; with "Duets" attracting 845,667 viewers and "Open House" attractign 934,568 viewers. Among demos "Duets" rated a .21 and "Open House" rated a .11

It should be noted though that because they cost less for GEN-TV to purchase and air they have already made back the investment GEN-Tv spent on them; however "Grace Under Fire" cost more for GEN-TV to acquire so it's ratings are consider more dire straights.

Since replacing shows from the 60's and 70's with more modern fare ratings on GEN-TV weekends have increased by nearly 39%. Replacing "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" with reruns of "Murphy Brown" increased viewership in the Satruday 11am timeslot by 44% :

Example:

June ratings:

Mary Tyler Moore: 1.0 million viewers/.34 18-49

September Ratings:
Murphy Brown: 2.0 million viewers/1.72 18-49


"thirtysomething" is doing very well for the network and the network is also encouraged by strong returns for "WKRP in Cincinatti" which they didn't expect to do well.

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DAYTIME:


Ratings for "Grounded For Life" in the 730am slot have been excellent since being added to the M-F schedule. 2.84 million viewers have tuned in thus far and the show has gotted a 1.2 in the 18-49 demo.

Top 10 Daytime Shows (Averaged June-September)

1. Deidra Hall----11.9 million viewers/3.1 18-49
2. The Jackie Zeman hour------4.4 million viewers/2.1 18-49
3. Mad About You-------3.1 million viewers/1.19 18-49
4. Designing Women------3.0 million viewers/1.11 18-49
5. Sunset Beach-----2.95 million viewers/1.10 18-49
6. Lisa Rinna---------2.92 million viewers/1.9 18-49
7. Santa Barbara-------2.91 million viewers/1.8 18-49
8. The Real Housewives of...---2.88 million viewers/1.6 18-49
9. Grounded For Life------------2.84 million viewers/1.2 18-49
10. The Single Guy
Madman of the people
The Edge Of Night
The Kristie Alley Show
Search for tommorrow
Our House--------------------2.14 million viewers/.08 18-49


The lowest rated daytime show was "A Different World" with under a million viewers and less than a .04 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV has been making a steady stream of changes to it's daytime schedule; and it looks like another round may be coming to fruition sooner rather than later. Insiders are saying that the network is currently not satisfied with its current rooster of talk shows and that at least one more will be cancelled by years end; the network already removed "The Kirstie Alley Show" off the network schedule and will produce the show only for national syndication. Rumors persist that either "Lisa Rinna" or "Jackie Zeman" will get cancelled by years end. One insider says "the network is desperate to drive ratings up for it's talk shows and will do whatever they can to make that happen". Another says that their recent contract with Sally Jesse Raphael may be the culprit here "GEN-TV simply wants to produce a talk show for Sally and if that means sacrificing Lisa or Jackie than so be it".

Let's look objectively at this; Ratings-wise; Lisa Rinna is the most likey canidate to be cancelled; she currently ranks 6th out of all of GEN-TV's daytime programs (including sitcom reruns, syndicated dramas and game shows)-----whereas Jackie Zeman ranks in 2nd place. So that means Lisa should be canned right? Well no... not so fast. Demographically speaking the shows are much closer thasn in terms of total viewers...

Jackie currently rated a 2.1 with the 18-49 demo and Lisa a 1.9; only a few points away from Jackie. The issue would be which show the network feels will have broader, more long-term appeal to the audience. With demos this close it might be hard to tell; but some may view "Lisa" as the more viable series because Lisa is a younger host and has done primetime work and frankly is more attractive than jackie.

Also, if you look at the concept of the series; Lisa's appears younger than Jackie's which tends to focus more on issues of interest to older audiences.

Though the demo's are close currently; historically Lisa has always skewed younger than Jackie.


The only show that is 100% safe is Deidra Hall which is the #1 rated show on daytime television; having recently surprassed "The Oprah Winfrey Show" for the title. The first show to ever dethrone Oprah Winfrey ever (just as Oprah had dethroned Phil Donahue back in 1986).

Other news: GEN-TV says reruns of ABC daytime soaps "General Hospital", "All My Children", "Port Charles" and "One Life To Live" will appear as soon as November. The network purchased rights to rebroadcast classic episodes of the show earlier this summer.

Months ago, when "The Story Of Jacob" was a solid hit for GEN-TV and was breaking ratings records the network was excited and pre-sold the series into national syndication on off-network and network. Then things went south; the series ratings started tanking; it was moved around the schedule and pretty soon it was cancelled. Gen-TV was presented with a unique delimna; give back all the money it made from the sale or offer the networks/affilates a different series? Most of the syndication contracts they signed had out-clauses for the affiliates; but some didn't so what was GEN-TV to do? They have announced today the following plan:

1. GEN-TV's National Cable contract with LIFETIME TV and LOGO Network to air reruns of the show will be honored but GEN-TV will provide an alterantive series to fill the slots; the networks get to pick the show. LIFETIME has picked up the rights to air reruns of "Doctor/Patient" and "Boyfriends" instead of "The Story Of Jacob". Logo Network will also pick up the rights to "Boyfriends" along with the rights to "Something Old, Something New". Both contracts start in the year 2014 and cover Monday-Friday daytime syndication.

2. GEN-TV's cable contract with Bravo network for weekend syndication and primetime airings starting in 2015 will also be honored and instead of "The story of jacob" the network will have the rights to "This Time Around". However the contract will be shortened from 3 years (the original contract for TSOJ) to 2 years at which point "This Time Around" will be able to be sold to the network for an increased fee or to another network all-together.

3. Affilates in local off-net syndication that purchased the rights to the series will be offered a choice:

1. Maintain the contract details (dates and lengths of contract, prices, etc) and pick an alternate series to air instead ("this time around", "the huntress", "one of these days" or "county general", or "doctor/patient", "starting from scratch" or "say cheese"). OR simply termiante your contract and be refunded 112,400 dollars, the cost of one cycle of syndication for a one-hour block of dramatic programming. So far 11 of the 18 affiliates that pre-bought the series have selected to honor the contract and choose alternate series:

1. WSBK 38 Boston (a CW station) has selected "The Huntress" to air in place of "This Time Around".

2. WFXT 25 Boston (a Fox station) has selected "Starting From Scratch" and "Doctor/Patient" to fill the hour instead.

3. GTXF 19 Baltimore (a CBS station) has selected to air "This Time Around" in the hour.

4. KTLA 5 Los Angeles (a CW station) has selected to air "One Of These Days" in the hour instead.

5. WLNE 6 New Bedford/Providence (an ABC station) has selected to air "Say Cheese" and "Doctor/Patient" in the hour.

6. KTMA 8 Detroit (a NBC station) has selected to air "Starting From Scratch" and "Say Cheese" in the hour.

7. WNAC 64 Providence (a FOX station) has selected to fill the hour with "The Huntress".

8. NBC 9 Cleveland (an NBC O&O) has selected to fill the hour with "This Time Around"

9. ABC 11 Miami (an ABC O&O) has selected to fill the hour with "County General"

10. WPRI 12 Providence (a CBS station) has selected to air "Doctor/Patient" and "Starting From Scratch" in the hour.

11. lastly, WRON 12 Portland (Oregon) has selected to fill the hour with "The Huntress".

All of these contracts will maintain the same length and dates and pricing of the original story of jacob contract. The remainging stations are still mulling over their options.

Thursday, September 9th Ratings - YTN

YTN started the night with the season premiere of Singles (Viewers: 8.38 million; 18-49: 3.2/9) at 9pm. Singles is way down from its season finale of 14.53 million viewers, but that episode aired behind a massive episode of College. If you go back to the following week, Singles is only be down 30,000 viewers and 0.1 demo points, great retention! The series premiere of Living Life (Viewers: 7.16 million; 18-49: 2.8/7) wasn't as strong, retaining 85% of total viewers and 88% of the demo from Singles. While the demo is high and retention is strong, shows usually dip quite a lot in their second episode, so expect a lot of decline in the coming weeks. Up next was the season premiere of Reversing History (Viewers: 11.27 million; 18-49: 3.4/10), building from its lead in. Reversing History is also down a whopping 9 million viewers from its season finale, but that was behind a massive episode of Roommates. This is a series low for Reversing History, but the growth of 0.6 demo points from its lead in is great news.
At 11pm, the fourth episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.41 million; 18-49: 0.4/1) was stable for the first time. At 11:30pm, the third episode of The Ricki Lake Show (Viewers: 1.09 million; 18-49: 0.3/1) was up 200,000 viewers and 0.2 demo points to its highest ratings since the premiere on Monday. Remember, The Ricki Lake Show moves to 10am next week, with new episodes of Rosie's Roundtable shifting to 11:30pm. Encores of Rosie's Roundtable from this week will air at 11pm, leading into the new episode. The following week, Family Guy encores will air at 11pm, leading into a new episode of Rosie's Roundtable.

Friday, September 10th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the 9pm hour with the all new mini-series movie We Remember 9/11 (Viewers: 6.57 million; 18-49: 2.0/6) to the highest numbers across any network. Given that the program was rated TV-14, was a hard topic for people to watch, and aired on a Friday night, these are excellent ratings. The mini-series has gotten rave reviews and is already being considered for next years Emmy Awards. Part two of the miniseries, which will focus on the time from 9:59am (the time the South Tower collapsed) onward, airs tonight starting at 9pm. Part one is scheduled to reair at 7pm, leading into part two.
At 11pm, the fifth episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.15 million; 18-49: 0.3/1) fell to yet another series low. At 11:30pm, the final primetime episode of The Ricki Lake Show (Viewers: 1.26 million; 18-49: 0.5/2) actually built from Rosie's Roundtable for the first time and hit a series high. The Ricki Lake Show had actors from the 9/11 mini-series, so that could be a reason for the bump last night. Remember, The Ricki Lake Show moves to 10am next week, with new episodes of Rosie's Roundtable shifting to 11:30pm. Encores of Rosie's Roundtable from this week will air at 11pm, leading into the new episode. The following week, Family Guy encores will air at 11pm, leading into a new episode of Rosie's Roundtable.

Here are the ratings for GEN-TV's Thursday Season Premieres:

Thursday, September 9, 2010:

At 8pm, the season premiere of "Something Old, Something New" in it's new 8pm timeslot; debuted to strong, but not dominate ratings. It was watched by 19.8 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, the season premiere of "Boyfriends" in it's earlier timeslot returned to 23.95 million viewers and a 4.3 int he 18-49 demo.

at 9pm, the season premiere of "Starting From Scratch" on it's new thursday night timeslot opened to 16.86 million viewers and a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, the series premiere of "Over My Head" debuted to a stunningly strong and dominant 28.4 million viewers and posted the best demos of the night a 5.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the series premiere of "Lifeline" was watched by 21.2 million viewers and a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV Notes:

Starting From Scratch was down 21% season-to-season based on it's averages from last season. It was down a whopping 33% in demographics.

with 21.2 million viewers; the debut of "Lifeline" was down 65% from the timeslot average of "One Of These Days" last season. In demo's it was down 94%. Though it's numbers are strong on it's own, it's nothing compared to what "One Of These Days" was getting.

GEN-TV has made a couple of minor schedule changes:

First off, effective immeditely the network has pulled "Our Father" from the schedule. The much delayed series which originally was to launch in the summer was held over until Fall but has been taken off the schedule for a myriad of reasons. The decision was made by recently returned President of Gen-TV Studios, Diane L. Swift who wants to replace the series with one that has more promise. She explains "So far every indication from focus groups to industry buzz says that Our Father is not going to perform up to expectations so we are replacing it with a bigger, more buzz-worthy series".

She along with Gen-TV-Network President, Bridget Klien have announced that buzz-worthy series "L.A. Casino' starring Helen Hunt, Vanessa Williams, Chad Allen, Marsha Thompson, Mario Van Peebles will instead replace the series and launch on September 18th (next week). As for tonights planned debut of "Our Father". The schedule has been altered for tonight.

From 8-9 the schedule remains the same as planned; "Good Sports" at 8pm, "Postal" at 830, "The Boy Next Door" at 9pm. At 930pm, will be the launch of "Homecoming" which moves to a new timeslot for the remaninder of the season. At 1030 tonight will be an encore of the "Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" premiere episode. Next week, "L.A. Casino" will launch at 1030.


Information about "L.A. Casino".

The series was created by Gary Scott Thompson who created "Las Vegas". Although the pilot episode was written by Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars, Party Down), but Gary Scott Thompson will assume the head writer and executive producer position of the series; Thomas will remain on the writing staff and will write a handful of episodes each season.

The series centers on the staff and guests at The Sand-Palms Casino & Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The Head Manager of both the hotel and casino is Holli Wright-Gibson (Helen Hunt) a veteran of the Hotel/Casino industry who is also a single mother struggling to come to terms with the recent death of her husband, Edward Wright who was shot in the line of duty; he was a police officer. The series also focuses on Bryan Colson (Chad Allen); who is the newly hired head of security who has just arrived in L.A. after his last job in Las Vegas ended after a series of personal tragedies caught him off-guard and left him emotionally depleted and unable to focus. He comes to L.A. looking for a new lease on life and trying to reignite his once hot career; which is now lukewarm. In fact he's had to take a job far beneath his expirence and capabilitiy. Vanessa Williams also stars in a recurring role as La Tonya Williams; the owner of the Hotel and Casino who is a money-hungry, spoiled, princess who wants only to make money and cares little for other people's feelings. She recently gained ownership of the entire Sand-Palms Corporation her ex-husband (who she hasn't seen in over nineteen years) died and left all his wordly possessions to her. She is not perceived as a competent businesswomen and is out to prove herself as much as she is to make money. She is also recovering from a broken heart after her most recent marriage ended in divorce when he decided to marry a younger woman.

Marsha Thompson and Mario Van Pebbles also co-star as a casino pit boss and a blackjack dealer respectievely. Others are expected to join the cast at a later date!

mondern mondays

7:00am the flip wlison show
7:30am carol burnet show
8:00am mammas fmaily
8:30am fresh princeo f bel air
9:00am diffferent storkes
9:30ama different world
10;00a martian
10:30am the gloden girls
11:00am family matters
11:30amfullhouse
12:00pm perfect strangers
12:30pm haning with mr cooper
1:00pm 8 simple rules
1:30pm threes company
2:00pm my two dads
2:30pm Family ties
3:00pm night court
3:30pm blsossom
4:00pm man vs food
4:30pm judge judy
5:00pm peoples court
6:00pm whos lineis it any ways?
6:30pm family matters
prime time
7:00pm 8 simple rules
7:30pm threes company
8:00pm worst week
8:30pm surving surbaura
9:00pm the bill evengal show
9:30pm hank
10:00pm gray unmaried
10:30pm meet the browns'
11:00pm Step by step
11:30pm boy meets world
work night
12;00am night court
12:30amwings
1:00am taixe]
1:30am thebob newheart show

cartoon and teen classic tesudays

7:00am wood wood pecke
7:30am mighty mouse
8:00am johhny brove
8:30am dextor labority
9:00am the real ghost busters
9:30am swat kats
10:00am he-man master of the unisvr 2000
10;30am teeange mutant ninajtutles 1980
11:00am mummpet babies
11:30am doug
12:00pm static shock
12;30pm two stupid dogs
1:00pm hanna montant
1:30pm i carly
2;00pm sutie life on deck
2:30pm thats so raven
3:00pm sonny with achance
3:30pm wizard of revivel place
4;00pm dark and josh
4;30pm keen andkal
5:00pm allthat
5;30pm family matters
6:00pm saved by the bell
6:30pm calfrion dreams
7:00pm haning with mr cooper
7:30pm the hugulys
8:00pm step by step
8:30pm 8 simple rules
9:00pm the wonder years
9;30pm boy meet world
10;00pm cLARISSA EXPLAIN IT ALL
10:30pm bloosoms
11:00pm my two dads
11:30pm court ship of eddies father

wesndays Deactivated day

7:00am muder she worte
8:00am clumblo
9:00am matlock
10:00am the rockford files
11:00am Magnum P.I.
12:00pm nsic
1;00pm Nsic :los Angeles
2:00pm
The Mentalist
3:00pm Bones
4:00pm chips
5:00pm worlds dumbest Criminals
6:00pm peoples court
7:00pm judge judy
7:30pm judge judy
8:00pm judge mathis
8:30pm judge mathis
9;00pm judge pirro
9;30pm judge pirio
10;00pmjudge joe brown
10:30pm judge joe brown
11:00pm judge karen
11:30pm judge karen
12:00am whos line is it any ways?
12:30am whos line is it any ways?

classics thursdays
7:00amGilligan's Island
7:30am mister ed
8:0am the jerfferons
8:30am amen
9:00am the three stooges
9;30amTHE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW
`10:00am my three sons
10:30am pecttion junctio
11:00am that girl
11:30am the odd coupel
12:00pm sanfrod andson
12;30pm chico and man
1:00pm dick van dyke
1;30pm mary talor moore
2:00pm the hooney mooonr
2:30pm good times
3:00pmthe rockfordfiles
4:00pm i love lucy
4:30pmthe lucy show
5:00pm here lucy
5:30pm the hooneymooners
6:00pm the twligth zone
6:30pm give me a break
7:00pm the flip wlison show
7:30pm the carol burnet show
8:00pm happy days
8:30pm charles in cahrge
toon classic
9:00pm the flistone
9;30pm the jetson
10:00pm wait unitlyour father get home
10:30pm scooby doo were are you
11:00p m the surfms
11:30pm captian pleant

power house firdays

7:00am power rangers
7:30am pectton junction
8:00am Ripleysbelvie it or not
9:00am Hercules legendary JOURANY
9;00am the jerfferosn
9;30am amen
10;00am the munsters
10;30am my favoite martion
11:00a court ship of eddies father
11:30am chico andman
12:00pm happy days
12:30pm charles in chrage
1:00pm hanna montant
1;30pm i carly
2:00pm man vs food
2:30pm man vs food
3:00pm i love lucy
3;30pm the lucy show
4:00pmhees lucy
4:30pm the hooney mooners
5:00pUnsloved mysteries
6:0pm losing it with juliain
7:0pmamerican got tlant
8:00pmjAMIE OLIVERS FOOD REVOLUTION
9:00pmamerican gladiators
10;oopmDeadlist WARRIOR
11:00pm Diners drive ins and dives
11:30pm Diners drive ins and dives
12:00amwhos line is ti any ways?
12:30am whos line is it any ways?

calsic cartoon sarutay
7:00am wood wood pecker
7:30m mighty mouse
8:00m two stupid dogs
8:30am hey arold
9:000pm mummpet babies
9;30amDoug
10:00am danny phantom
10;30am barn yard anmiles
11:00am cPATIAN pleant
11;30am the real ghost busters
12:00pm static shock
12:30pm swat kats
1:00pm X-MENANMITEDSERSI
1;30PMWOLVREIN AND THEXMEN
2:00PMx-men evoultion
2:30pm superman Animated SERIES
3;00pm spider-man Animated SERIES
3:30pm spectulr spider-manAnimated SERIES
4:00pmspider-man 1973Animated SERIES
4:30pm batman Animated SERIES
4:3opm batman beyonsAnimated SERIES
5:00pm superman Animated SERIES
5:30pm space ghost
7:00pm thundrra
7:30 tthe flitstones
8:00pm flistone kids
9:00pmscooby were are you
9:30pm the srufm
10;00pm wait nitl your father gets home
19:30pm goof troop
11:00pm duck tales
11:30pm chip anddeal resucer rangers
12:00am power rangrers
12:30am power rangr
1:00am sliver hawks
1:30am thunder cats

Saturday, September 11th Ratings - YTN

YTN programmed Saturday night for the first time in months with part two of We Remember 9/11 (Viewers: 6.84 million; 18-49: 2.0/7), which was up a bit in total viewers and carried a stable demo from part one on Friday. Saturday nights are pretty hard to schedule, so this performance will most likely be the highest rated show on the night.

Here are some ratings for more of GEN-TV's premeire dates...

Saturday, September 11th, 2010:

Being the only network not programming 9/11 tributes was a wise move for the network as it managed a rare 3rd place finish on Saturday night with the following line-up.

At 8pm, the season premiere of "Good Sports" returned to 12.5 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, the season premeire of "Postal" debuted to 19.4 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, the series premier of "The Boy Next Door" debuted to 8.4 million viewers but posted a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo; proving that it's target demographic was watching. It'll be intresting to see how this one holds up.

At 930; the series premeire of "Homecoming" debuted to 10.33 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo. (NOTE: this is the same territory that got "Another Day" cancelled; and those demos are not positive).

At 1030pm; a rerun of "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 18.5 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.
Overall it was a night of strong demos; but dissapointing overall viewership. Returning comedy "Postal" was down 15% year-to-year and in demos was up only 5%. "Good Sports" saw a 13% viewer lapse since it's last orignal episode.

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Sunday, September 12, 2010:

With a strong slate of new shows; GEN-TV was the #1 network on TV Sunday night.

At 8pm, the series premiere of "Women of a certain age" was watched by 23.9 million viewers and posted a 4.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, the series premiere of "Hollywood Now" was watched by 8.29 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, the season premiere of "50 stops before home" was watched by 13.4 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, the season premiere of "Getting Over It" now minus Heather Locklear was watched by 12.4 million viewers and posted a 2.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the series premiere of "Tycoons" was watched by 8.5 million viewers and posted a 2.7 in the 18-49 demo.

Overall it was enough for a #1 finish but GEN-TV should be concerned about some of these demographics as well as low results for it's returning comedy series.

YTN Press Release:
Series Updates
*THROUGH FRIDAY SERIES (September 3rd)*
*Shows in BOLD have been given full seasons
Outburst! - 38/40 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 32/34 episodes have aired
The One - 11/11 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 26/26 episodes have aired
The Streets - 10/10 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 22/22 episodes have aired
The One: Ce1ebrities 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Being Average - 13/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 30/30 episodes have aired
The New Life - 13/13 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 13/13 episodes have aired
College - 32/32 episodes have aired
Roommates - 32/32 episodes have aired
Dr. Heart - 22/22 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 18/18 episodes have aired
Looking For Love - 10/10 episodes have aired (+1 Reunion Special)
Family Super Challenge - 6/6 episodes have aired
Looking For Love 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 10/10 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 17/17 episodes have aired
Do You Trust Me? - 13/13 episodes have aired
Killer Island - 8/8 episodes have aired
The Comedy Hour - 13/13 episodes have aired
The Rich Life: Love, Money and Sex - 13/13 episodes have aired
$7.25 an Hour - 22/22 episodes have aired

FALL '10-'11 SEASON:
Locked - 1/13 episodes have aired
Yahtzee! - 1/13 episodes have aired
Outburst! - 0/24 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 0/24 episodes have aired
Cops of New York - 0/13 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 0/22 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 0/22 episodes have aired
Looking for Love 3 - 0/12 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 0/22 episodes have aired
Roommates - 0/32 episodes have aired
Kate and Zoe - 0/13 episodes have aired
College - 0/32 episodes have aired
They Work Hard For Their Money - 0/13 episodes have aired
TAKEN: Phoenix - 0/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 0/22 episodes have aired
Living Life - 0/13 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 0/22 episodes have aired

MIDSEASON '11 SEASON:
Behind the Scenes - 0/13 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 0/13 episodes have aired
The Inside Job - 0/8 episodes have aired
Sisterhood - 0/13 episodes have aired
YTN Press Release:
Series Updates
*THROUGH FRIDAY SERIES (September 10th)*
*Shows in BOLD have been given full seasons
Outburst! - 38/40 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 32/34 episodes have aired
The One - 11/11 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 26/26 episodes have aired
The Streets - 10/10 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 22/22 episodes have aired
The One: Ce1ebrities 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Being Average - 13/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 30/30 episodes have aired
The New Life - 13/13 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 13/13 episodes have aired
College - 32/32 episodes have aired
Roommates - 32/32 episodes have aired
Dr. Heart - 22/22 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 18/18 episodes have aired
Looking For Love - 10/10 episodes have aired (+1 Reunion Special)
Family Super Challenge - 6/6 episodes have aired
Looking For Love 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 10/10 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 17/17 episodes have aired
Do You Trust Me? - 13/13 episodes have aired
Killer Island - 8/8 episodes have aired
The Comedy Hour - 13/13 episodes have aired
The Rich Life: Love, Money and Sex - 13/13 episodes have aired
$7.25 an Hour - 22/22 episodes have aired

FALL '10-'11 SEASON:
Locked - 2/13 episodes have aired
Yahtzee! - 2/13 episodes have aired
Outburst! - 1/24 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 1/24 episodes have aired
Cops of New York - 1/13 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 1/22 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 1/22 episodes have aired
Looking for Love 3 - 1/12 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 1/22 episodes have aired
Roommates - 1/32 episodes have aired
Kate and Zoe - 1/13 episodes have aired
College - 1/32 episodes have aired
They Work Hard For Their Money - 1/13 episodes have aired
TAKEN: Phoenix - 1/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 1/22 episodes have aired
Living Life - 1/13 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 1/22 episodes have aired

MIDSEASON '11 SEASON:
Behind the Scenes - 0/13 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 0/13 episodes have aired
The Inside Job - 0/8 episodes have aired
Sisterhood - 0/13 episodes have aired

Sunday, September 5th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with an all new episode of Locked (Viewers: 3.55million; 18-49: 1.1/3), down a whopping 27% in the demo from its series premiere. At 7:30pm, the second episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 2.14 million; 18-49: 0.6/1) failed to attract much of an audience. Expect a cancellation anyday from YTN for Yahtzee!. Up next was the season premiere of Outburst! (Viewers: 5.29 million; 18-49: 1.5/7), which grew quite a lot from its lead in, but the numbers are still not great. From the series premiere a year ago, Outburst! held 88% of it's total viewers, but only 60% of the 18-49 demo. Clearly, the older viewers have come while the younger ones have flocked away in droves. At 9pm, YTN aired the season premiere of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.84 million; 18-49: 2.3/10), holding 89% of total viewers and 79% of the demo from its October 2009 series premiere. Clearly, The Weakest Link is the strongest of the YTN game shows, and rightfully so. YTN rounded out the night with encores of Burn Notice and Family Guy. Ratings for both shows were excluded from the national ratings report.
Sunday, September 12th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an all new episode of Locked (Viewers: 3.92 million; 18-49: 1.3/4), up 0.2 demo points from last week. At 7:30pm, the third episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.85 million; 18-49: 0.4/1) slipped to another series low despite a larger lead in this week. Expect a cancellation anyday from YTN for Yahtzee!. Up next was week two of Outburst! (Viewers: 5.33 million; 18-49: 1.5/7), stable from last week. It should be noted that Outburst! still grew more than a full demo point from its lead in, but it is still weaker than usual. At 9pm, YTN aired an all new The Weakest Link (Viewers: 7.03 million; 18-49: 2.5/10), up 2% in total viewers and 9% in the demo. The Weakest Link continues to be the dominant series on the night, and still, no surprise.

RATINGS FOR WORLD NEWS CHANNEL VIA RATINGS INC.
Ratings run from August 30th - September 3rd.

TIME / SHOW / VIEWERS / UP OR DOWN FROM LAST WEEK
12am-6am: What's Ahead - 7,000 viewers (UP)
6am-8am: WNC Morning News - 10,000 viewers (DOWN)
8am-10am: World News Channel Presents: Coffee Express - 13,000 viewers (DOWN)
10am-12pm: What's Happening Across the World? - 14,000 viewers (DOWN)
12pm-3pm: WNC Afternoon (Part I) - 23,000 viewers (UP)
3pm-6pm: WNC Afternoon (Part II) - 22,000 viewers (UP)
6pm: In-Depth - 30,000 viewers (UP)
7pm: Live from WNC Headquarters with Lou Dobbs - 34,000 viewers (DOWN)
8pm: Keeping You Informed - 54,000 viewers (DOWN)
9pm: International Scoop - 21,000 viewers (DOWN)
10pm: Your Day Reviewed - 40,000 viewers (DOWN)
11pm: News Quicky - 47,000 viewers (UP)

Averages for Keeping You Informed and International Scoop were excluded on Tuesday as WNC aired Obama's primetime speech.

Tuesday ratings:
8pm - WNC Presents: Obama's Primetime Address - 29,000 viewers
8:45pm (to 10pm) - WNC Presents: Breaking Down the Address - 11,000 viewers
RATINGS FOR WORLD NEWS CHANNEL VIA RATINGS INC.
Ratings run from September 6th - September 10th.

TIME / SHOW / VIEWERS / UP OR DOWN FROM LAST WEEK
12am-6am: What's Ahead - 4,000 viewers (DOWN)
6am-8am: WNC Morning News - 8,000 viewers (DOWN)
8am-10am: World News Channel Presents: Coffee Express - 9,000 viewers (DOWN)
10am-12pm: What's Happening Across the World? - 17,000 viewers (UP)
12pm-3pm: WNC Afternoon (Part I) - 19,000 viewers (DOWN)
3pm-6pm: WNC Afternoon (Part II) - 14,000 viewers (DOWN)
6pm: In-Depth - 34,000 viewers (UP)
7pm: Live from WNC Headquarters with Lou Dobbs - 39,000 viewers (UP)
8pm: Keeping You Informed - 51,000 viewers (UP)
9pm: International Scoop - 17,000 viewers (DOWN)
10pm: Your Day Reviewed - 35,000 viewers (DOWN)
11pm: News Quicky - 42,000 viewers (DOWN)

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN YANKS YAHTZEE!
After three weeks of dismal numbers, YTN has yanked Yahtzee! from its schedule. The Programming Executive of YTN said, "Yahtzee! was one of the ideas that worked on paper, but didn't work as well on television. We gave it all we could, but we came up short." YTN also noted that the originals are being held for now and may air at another time. This is the first time in YTN history that a series is being held for a later time and is not scheduled to air on a Saturday night. Encores of Locked are scheduled to move into the 7pm timeslot, with new episodes shifting to 7:30pm.

Tonight on GEN-TV:

At 8pm, on an all-new "Doctor/Patient" it's a case of mistakening identity as patients get mixed up with future in-laws after a engagement party guest list gets accdiently sent to patients! hilarity ensues.

At 830pmm, "Knocked Down" is all-new, and everybody's shocked when Andi comes home with a big surprise for everyone! she's engaged!

At 9pm, America's hottest new show is back with an all-new episode "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" is new and tonight Elizabeth discovers Aunt is hiding a big secret and her new job isn't what it's cracked up to be.

At 930, an all-new "Them & Us" featuring special guest star Dolly Parton as a distant cousin whose surprise visit creates a lot of tension as new famalies attempt to act civilly towards one-another.

Lastly, at 10pm, viewers get a second chance to catch the surprising and thrilling "This Time Around" season premiere as Stacey finally confronts Holden about his dark secret and makes an ultimatium: Get Therapy or Get out of my life.

GEN-TV Development update:

The network has released the following talent and production related updates to it's development slate.


Grammy and Oscar Winning singer; Melissa Etheridge has renewed her overall development deal with GEN-TV and the network has announced that they are formally developing a sitcom for her called "Melissa" which will follow a famous country singer who decides to leave fame behind and start a family with her life partner. So far Suzanne Martin ("Hot In Cleveland", "Fraiser") is singed on to produce and write the series and Melissa is going to star in the series as Melissa Goodfellow. No other casting is available at this time.


In other development news;

the network has announced the formation of several pilots that are in consideration for either mid-season or next fall:

"Foregin Relations": This one-hour dramedy pilot from Amy Sherman-Pallidono (Gilmore Girls) focuses on Brandi Anderson; a bright, beautiful, 16 year old All-American California girl who signs up to be a foriegn exchange student expecting to party it up in Austrialia or have a romance in Paris; but is pretty stunned to learn she'll be spending a semester in of all places; India. The series would focus on Brandi trying to adapt to Indian culture and how her American family reacts to the news they'll be getting a foregin exchange student as well from; Iran. So far no casting has been announced. This project is in early-development stages.

"Untitled David Kelley Legal Project": GEN-TV is proud to announce that they have teamed up with David E. Kelley ("County General") on a brand new legal project. The proposed series would follow a team of highly educated litigators who have decided to use their legal skills for the better of society and form a pro-bono only firm that focuses on issues of Civil Rights; Discrimination and Harrassment. No cast or production crew is available at this time. This project is in early development.

"The Reef": this one-hour drama series would follow the life of Greg Bennett; who at 24 is sick and tired of his life and his corporate job and decides to give it all up to open a surf shop in Honolulu, Hawaii and follow his life dream of becoming a world renowed surf competitor. The network has ordered a pilot for this proposed series.

"Me & You": This half-hour comedy follows what happens to a group of six close friends when two members of the group start dating and ultimately break up over the course of a year and a half. Kristen Bell has signed on to star in the series (she was previously attached to GEN-TV's "In The Weeds" a pilot which did not get picked up).

"Love & Other Considerations": This half-hour comedy follows Beth and Kip; two people as different as can be who for some reason fall in love. Beth is a totally relationship-oriented person and has always tried pleasing her boyfriends; to no avail. Kip is the ultimate single guy; he lives in a one-bedroom bachelor pad and eats in front of the tv while watching various sports. He has no intrest in relationships; until he meets Beth and just knows it's the right girl for him. He has a lot of work to do before he gets with her as Beth's standards are too high to overcome without a lot of work on himself.

Monday, September 6th Ratings - YTN

YTN officially started its season last night with back to back encores of Just Shoot Me! and Will and Grace, however, ratings were not available for the two shows at the time of this press release. At 9pm, YTN aired the series premiere of Cops of New York (Viewers: 5.84 million; 18-49: 1.8/6), which could have been better, but it also could have been worse. Up next was the season premiere of Rule of Law (Viewers: 9.45 million; 18-49: 2.7/9), holding 90% of its total viewers and 87% of the demo from its season finale back in May. At 11pm, YTN premiered it's first ever late night show, Rosie's Roundtable. The series premiere of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 2.19 million; 18-49: 0.9/2) didn't do great, but we have no idea what YTN was expecting. The series premiere of The Ricki Lake Show (Viewers: 1.16 million; 18-49: 0.4/1) wasn't great either, but then again, what was YTN expecting?
Monday, September 13th Ratings - YTN
YTN started its primetime night with week two of Cops of New York (Viewers: 5.86 million; 18-49: 1.8/6), stable with last week, which is quite rare. It looks as if viewers liked what they saw and came back for more. At 10pm, YTN aired an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 8.67 million; 18-49: 2.4/7), down 9% in total viewers and 13% in the demo from its season premiere last week. At 11pm, an encore Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.25 million; 18-49: 0.4/1) was up a tad from Fridays new episode. However, the 11:30pm episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 995,000; 18-49: 0.3/1) was down to a new series low. Why did YTN move Rosie's Roundtable to 11:30pm? I guess we will never know!

UPDATE: After hitting series lows, new episodes of Rosie's Roundtable will move back to 11pm TONIGHT. Encores of Family Guy are scheduled to air at 11:30pm now, and will NOT air at 11pm starting next week.

Here are the final ratings for GEN-TV's Season Premieres!

Monday, August 23, 2010:

GEN-TV Opened strong on Monday night with a slew of new series debuting strong and strong returns for the second season premiere of "Doctor/Patient".

At 8pm, the season premiere of "Doctor/Patient" opened to 24.7 million viewers and a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a strong premiere for Mandy Moore's "Knocked Down" attracted 14.5 million viewers and posted a 4.2 in the 18-49 demo. Tha's nearly DOUBLE the audience that tuned in for the Sneak Peak on August 12.

At 9pm, the series premiere of much hyped new comedy "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" starring Elizabeth Banks attracted 16.7 million viewers and posted a 4.8 in the 18-49 demo. The seres was also the #1 rated series of the evening among the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, the series premiere of "Them & Us" opened strongly with 16.3 million viewers tuning in and a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the series premiere of "Another Day" starring Drea De Matteo and Michael Trucco (among others) opened to a respectable, but no amazing 10.1 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.
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GEN-TV Ratings for Monday, August 13, 2010:

GEN-TV had a solid night and ranked #2 for the evening.

At 8pm, an all-new "Doctor/Patient" was watched by 22.75 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo. Down 5% among total viewers over last week and down 10% in demographics from last week.

At 830pm, Mandy Moore and Marla Sokolove's comedy series "Knocked Down" held up surprsingly with 14.67 million viewers tuning in and a 4.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, an all-new episode of "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 17.32 million viewers and posted a 5.0 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, an all-new "Them & Us" was watched by 16.5 million viewers and posted a 4.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 1030pm, a rerun of "This Time Around" was watched by 19.56 million viewers and posted a 4.7 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV has a lot to be proud of with all their new comedy series holding strong and showing signs of actual growth in demos and total viewers. Without "Another Day" on the schedule the networks numbers were up a whopping 43% over last week.

[quote=factsoflife]Ratings for GEN-TV:

Monday, August 30, 2010:

GEN-TV's block of Monday comedy series held up exceptionally well against increased competition from other networks.

At 8pm, a brand new "Doctor/Patient" was watched by 25.2 million viewers and posted a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, the second episode of "Knocked Down" was watched by 14.55 million viewers and posted a 4.7 in t he 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, an all-new "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 16.74 million viewers and posted a 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.


At 930, A brand new "Them & Us" was the only Monday comedy to increase it's overall viewers by more than 5%, it was watched by 18.4 million viewers and posted a 4.8 in the 18-49 demo, also becoming the only monday comedy to increase it's 18-49 demo by more than 5%!

At 10pm, the good news ends, with a brand new "Another Day" decreasing to 9.33 million viewers and a 2.8 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV should consider this a pretty successful night thus far; so far none of their comedy series are flat-out bombs and all have room to grow. "Another Day" is the only flop on the night right now; espeically since launching a new drama should be easier than launching a night of sitcoms.


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Tuesday, August 31, 2010:

GEN-TV's Tuesday block all increased signifigantly over their opening week.

At 8pm, The Arrival was watched by 24.4 million viewers and posted a strong 4.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Never Again" increased it's viewership with 22.3 million viewers tuning in and a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Passing Notes" was watched by 7.3 million viewers and posted a 2.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "The Huntress" rebounded hugely with 21.2 million viewers tuning in and a 5.2 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV says "We are greatly proud of the fact that all of our comedy series that are performing well on Monday and Tuesday nights. We are proud to see "The Huntress" bouncing back so quickly. We have plans in action to strengthen the few shows that are not working well" (that being obviously; Another Day and Passing Notes).

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GEN-TV ratings for Tuesday, September 14, 2010:

At 8pm, a brand new episode of "The Arrival" was watched by 24.6 million viewers and posted a strong 4.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new episode of "Never Again" delieverd a series high rating of 25.6 million viewers and posted it's strongest demos ever with a 4.2

At 9pm, a brand new episode of "Passing Notes" showed some growth with 7.6 million viewers watching and a 2.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new episode of "The Huntress" really impressed with 22.34 million viewers watching and a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV's Bridget Klien wrote on her network blog this morning "At GEN-TV we always strive for the absoulte best performance from our shows; so far our Tuesday line-up is proving very successful; with only "Passing Notes" underperforming. We however, have total faith in this program and plan to do everything we can to support it and make it a viable hit".

While, Diane L. Swift writes a rather dismissive note about that show "Passing Notes is not performing well. If it doesn't rate better soon it will join "Another Day" in the cancellation bin".

It looks like GEN-TV's Diane L. Swift is sticking to the thread she made a few weeks ago in which she said any show that underperforms will be punished. The President of GEN-TV Studios, along with Network President Bridget Klien announced today that they have cut another low-performing series from the networks schedule; while also announcing quick full-season renewals for a handful of already strongly performing series.

First the bad news, after three low-rated broadcasts, the network has decided to move struggling drama series "Passing Notes" out of it's highly competitive tuesday night 9pm timeslot. The series has averaged about 7 million viewers each episode this season and is not performing well among target demographics so it's being moved over to a less competition-heavy night; Saturday night. It will air on Saturdays at 1030pm, starting September 25th. On September 18th, the network will air as planned the series debut of "L.A. Casino" a hotly promoted and heavily buzzed new series starring Helen Hunt and Chad Allen (among others); and then that same week, on Tuesday, September 21st, the series will move to Tuesdays at 10pm, which will be it's new regular timeslot. This move is being seen as a big upgrade for the series; which has heavy buzz and has industry insiders screaming "Emmy for Helen Hunt". This move will push returning drama "The Huntress" to 10pm on Tuesday nights; where it's expected to continue performing well.

Diane L. Swift said of the move "We expect that "Passing Notes" will be able to improve it's numbers on saturday nights; with less compeititon and expect it's demos to tick upwards a bit. If the series fails on Saturday nights than that means it cannot be saved".

Now for the good news; The network has handed out full-season renewals to a group of already strongly performing series:

"The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" has been upgraded from a 13-episode order to a full 22 episode order. The monday night comedy is pulling in strong numbers and impressing in demographics as well.

"Knocked Down", starring Mandy Moore is becoming a bit of a surprise hit this season and has earned an upgrade from 6 episodes to 13-episodes.

also getting the go-ahead for additonal episodes:

"Them & Us", a new comedy series starring Emily Rutherford, Sam Page, Jane Curtain, Shelley Long and others has been renewed for a full 22 episodes, up from the original 7 episode order.


Lastly, the network has ordered an additional 5 episodes of freshmen drama series "Lifeline" which jumps from 6 episodes to 11 episodes.


Still waiting on full-season renewals for freshmen series is: "This Just In", "West Of Broadway", "Over My Head", "Tycoons" and "The Boy Next Door" which Swift says "haven't aired enough episodes to judge the rate of success yet; we'll be cautiously watching these series to see what they can do".

Still waiting to debut is the afroementioned "L.A. Casino" as well as mid-season entries "Sisters", "Hot Tamales" and "Second Family" all which are currently expected to debut in January.

Tuesday, September 7th Ratings - YTN

Once again, ratings for the 7pm hour were not available, and most likely won't be all week. YTN kicked off the second night of it's season with the final season premiere of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 10.02 million; 18-49: 2.8/6), down 17% in both total viewers and the demo. At 9pm, it was the third season of Looking For Love (Viewers: 9.44; 18-49: 2.8/6), down a whopping 39% in the demo and 23% in total viewers from its season finale in the spring. While the numbers do seem low, the show usually picks up steam as the season progresses, which could account for the large drop from last season. Rounding out primetime was the season premiere of TAKEN (Viewers: 12.41 million; 18-49: 3.2/9), down only 4% in total viewers and 16% in the demo. At 11pm, the second episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.86 million; 18-49: 0.7/2) was down 17% in total viewers and 29% in the demo from its premiere on Monday. At 11:30pm, the second episode of The Ricki Lake Show (Viewers: 1.08 million; 18-49: 0.2/1) was down 7% in total viewers and 50% in the demo. Considering how big the lead in was tonight, both shows should be doing much better. Also of note, encores of Family Guy usually did around 2 million viewers and a 1.0 demo, so the shows have to pick up the pace soon.

Tuesday, September 14th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 8.76 million; 18-49: 2.4/5), down 14% in total viewers and 17% in the demo from its season premiere last week. At 9pm, week two of Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 9.04; 18-49: 2.6/7) was down 4% in total viewers and 8% in the demo from its season premiere last week. Worth noting is the growth in both total viewers and demo from an all new Pushing Daisies. Rounding out primetime was a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 11.98 million; 18-49: 2.9/8), down 4% in total viewers and 10% in the demo from the season premiere last week. At 11pm, an all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.14 million; 18-49: 0.4/1) was up just a bit from its 11:30pm timeslot on Monday. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.85 million viewers and had a 0.8/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.

Wednesday, September 8th Ratings - YTN

The season premiere of Roommates (Viewers: 9.46 million; 18-49: 3.1/8) kicked off the night and was down a whopping 50% in both viewers and demo from its season finale in May. Of course the show used to air at 9:30pm behind College, but this is still a huge drop off. At 8:30pm the series premiere of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 13.84 million; 18-49: 3.7/9) grew by large numbers from its lead in. The news wasn't as good for the season premiere of College (Viewers: 13.99 million; 18-49: 4.1/10), down 3.49 million viewers and 2.2 demo points from its season finale in May, not good! Up next was the series premiere of They Work Hard for Their Money (Viewers: 11.83 million; 18-49: 3.4/8), retaining a solid 85% of total viewers and 83% in the demo from its lead in. While the 9-10pm comedy block is not as strong as it once was, the strength is spread across the two hours now. Sure the numbers may be down, but this is still the strongest two hour comedy block on almost any network. The series premiere of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 12.56 million; 18-49: 3.1/7) was nearly identical to the season premiere of TAKEN on Tuesday. At 11pm, the third episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.40 million; 18-49: 0.4/1) was down significantly once again. At 11:30pm, the third episode of The Ricki Lake Show (Viewers: 896,000 18-49: 0.1/0) was nearly invisible. Once again: considering how big the lead in was tonight, both shows should be doing much better. Also of note, encores of Family Guy usually did around 2 million viewers and a 1.0 demo, so the shows have to pick up the pace soon.

Wednesday, September 15th Ratings - YTN
Week two of Roommates (Viewers: 8.68 million; 18-49: 2.7/9) kicked off the night and was down 9% in total viewers and 15% in the demo from its season premiere last week to record its lowest numbers ever on YTN. Week two of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 12.85 million; 18-49: 3.6/11) faired much better, falling only 7% in total viewers and 2% in the demo. Also of positive note, Kate and Zoe grew nearly a full demo point from its lead in, Roommates. At 9pm, College (Viewers: 12.94 million; 18-49: 3.8/12) fell another 8% in total viewers and the demo from last week. From its highs last year, College is down almost 3.0 demo points! Why the fall? Perhaps its the 32 episode order or the show has become more boring. Whatever it is, its also affecting the numbers for Roommates. Following College was week two of They Work Hard for Their Money (Viewers: 9.41 million; 18-49: 2.8/9), down a steep 26% in total viewers and 21% in the demo. Retention out of College was 72% in total viewers and 74% in the demo, down from the retention last week of over 80%. YTN finally got some good news with week two of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 12.42 million; 18-49: 3.0/10) held onto 99% of its total viewers and 97% of its demo from last weeks series premiere. It should be noted that TAKEN: Phoenix had higher ratings than TAKEN (by 0.1 demo) although the original TAKEN had a smaller lead in (2.6 demo to 2.9 demo). At 11pm, an all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.07 million; 18-49: 0.3/1) was down from its numbers on Tuesday. Just to note again, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.76 million viewers and had a 0.8/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.

UPDATED!!!

The Ricki Lake Show Ratings - Monday through Thursday
The ratings are in, and The Ricki Lake Show is actually doing well in its timeslot. Here are the ratings...

Monday (Daytime Premiere) - 841,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.4/1
Tuesday - 849,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.4/1
Wednesday - 868,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.4/2
Thursday - 904,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2

While the ratings look small, they are pretty good for 10am. For comparison, an encore of Wife Swap at 9am (its lead in) recorded an average of 793,000 viewers. How I Met Your Mother, which previously aired at 10am, averaged 802,000 viewers and a 0.5/2 demo.

Ratings for GEN-TV Wednesday, September 8th:

GEN-TV has a night of mixed results on Wedendsay night with their comedy premieres:

At 8pm; the season premiere of returning comedy "Press Time" delivered stellar results; with 27.8 million viewers tuning in and a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, another returning comedy "Say Cheese" delievered less happy news with 13.3 million viewers tuning in and a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, new comedy "This Just In" debuted to 14.1 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, new comedy "West Of Broadway" premiered to 12.9 million viewers and a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the season premiere of "This Time Around" was watched by 44.4 million viewers and posted a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo. A decent number for sure; but down slightly in demos from last season.

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Here are the ratings for GEN-TV for Wednesday, September 15, 2010:

Most of GEN-TV's comedy series held up well, w ith the exception of "Say Cheese" which was off by 20% from last week in demos and down 14% in total viewers.

At 8pm, an all-new "Press Time" was watched by 26.74 million viewers tuning in and a 3.4 in the 18-49 demographic.

At 830pm, an all-new "Say Cheese" was watched by 12.10 million viewers and posted a 1.9 in the 18-49 demographic.

At 9pm, an all-new "This Just In" was watched by 14.5 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, an all-new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 13.4 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, an all-new "This Time Around" was watched by 44.1 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

Here are the ratings for GEN-TV's Thursday Season Premieres:

Thursday, September 9, 2010:

At 8pm, the season premiere of "Something Old, Something New" in it's new 8pm timeslot; debuted to strong, but not dominate ratings. It was watched by 19.8 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, the season premiere of "Boyfriends" in it's earlier timeslot returned to 23.95 million viewers and a 4.3 int he 18-49 demo.

at 9pm, the season premiere of "Starting From Scratch" on it's new thursday night timeslot opened to 16.86 million viewers and a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, the series premiere of "Over My Head" debuted to a stunningly strong and dominant 28.4 million viewers and posted the best demos of the night a 5.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the series premiere of "Lifeline" was watched by 21.2 million viewers and a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV Notes:

Starting From Scratch was down 21% season-to-season based on it's averages from last season. It was down a whopping 33% in demographics.

with 21.2 million viewers; the debut of "Lifeline" was down 65% from the timeslot average of "One Of These Days" last season. In demo's it was down 94%. Though it's numbers are strong on it's own, it's nothing compared to what "One Of These Days" was getting.


Ratings for GEN-TV for Thursday, September 16, 2010:

GEN-TV regined victorious and was crowned the #1 network on Television for Thursday night!

At 8pm, a brand new episode of "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 20.13 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched by 23.61 million viewers and posted a 4.0 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Starting From Scracth" was watched by 16.88 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Over My Head" more than held it's audience from last week; in fact it was up by 15% with 30.21 million viewers tuning in and a 5.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Lifeline" was watched by 21.25 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo. Overall it was up by 5% over last week in total viewers and down by 4% in demographics.

Overall GEN-TV has a lot to be proud of on Thursday nights; but should be careful of "Starting From Scratch" which could become a serious issue if it's demographics don't increase fast.


All Ratings info compiled by Herring Media Inc.,

It looks like GEN-TV's Diane L. Swift is sticking to the thread she made a few weeks ago in which she said any show that underperforms will be punished. The President of GEN-TV Studios, along with Network President Bridget Klien announced today that they have cut another low-performing series from the networks schedule; while also announcing quick full-season renewals for a handful of already strongly performing series.

First the bad news, after three low-rated broadcasts, the network has decided to move struggling drama series "Passing Notes" out of it's highly competitive tuesday night 9pm timeslot. The series has averaged about 7 million viewers each episode this season and is not performing well among target demographics so it's being moved over to a less competition-heavy night; Saturday night. It will air on Saturdays at 1030pm, starting September 25th. On September 18th, the network will air as planned the series debut of "L.A. Casino" a hotly promoted and heavily buzzed new series starring Helen Hunt and Chad Allen (among others); and then that same week, on Tuesday, September 21st, the series will move to Tuesdays at 10pm, which will be it's new regular timeslot. This move is being seen as a big upgrade for the series; which has heavy buzz and has industry insiders screaming "Emmy for Helen Hunt". This move will push returning drama "The Huntress" to 10pm on Tuesday nights; where it's expected to continue performing well.

Diane L. Swift said of the move "We expect that "Passing Notes" will be able to improve it's numbers on saturday nights; with less compeititon and expect it's demos to tick upwards a bit. If the series fails on Saturday nights than that means it cannot be saved".

Now for the good news; The network has handed out full-season renewals to a group of already strongly performing series:

"The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" has been upgraded from a 13-episode order to a full 22 episode order. The monday night comedy is pulling in strong numbers and impressing in demographics as well.

"Knocked Down", starring Mandy Moore is becoming a bit of a surprise hit this season and has earned an upgrade from 6 episodes to 13-episodes.

also getting the go-ahead for additonal episodes:

"Them & Us", a new comedy series starring Emily Rutherford, Sam Page, Jane Curtain, Shelley Long and others has been renewed for a full 22 episodes, up from the original 7 episode order.


Lastly, the network has ordered an additional 5 episodes of freshmen drama series "Lifeline" which jumps from 6 episodes to 11 episodes.


Still waiting on full-season renewals for freshmen series is: "This Just In", "West Of Broadway", "Over My Head", "Tycoons" and "The Boy Next Door" which Swift says "haven't aired enough episodes to judge the rate of success yet; we'll be cautiously watching these series to see what they can do".

Still waiting to debut is the afroementioned "L.A. Casino" as well as mid-season entries "Sisters", "Hot Tamales" and "Second Family" all which are currently expected to debut in January.

GEN-TV has given the go-ahead for a slew of shows to continue airing througout the season.

Joining the already renewed series "Lifeline", "Knocked Down", "Them & Us" and "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" are freshmen comedy series "Over My Head" which has just been renewed for the entire season. It's original order was for 9 episodes, but the network has ordered another 13 episodes bringing it's order up to 23 episodes.

The network has also given the go-ahead for further episodes of freshmen comedy series "This Just In" bringing it's order up from 13 episodes to 22. (that means they ordered 9 additional episodes).

Among returning series; the network has announced full-season pick-ups for the following series:

"Boyfriends", the series had already been renewed for a full season of 20 episodes; but the network has ordered additional episodes; in fact they want 6 more. bringing the total order to 26 episodes.


They have also re-upped, "Something Old, Something New" which originally had 13 episodes ordered but has been given a full 22 episode order.

They have also said yes to episodes of "Press Time" which goes up from 13 episodes to 22 episodes. (or 9 additional episodes).

Lastly the network has asked for 12 more episodes each of "Never Again" and "The Arrival" both shows had been picked up for 10 episodes each. So now they each have orders for 22 episodes.

Thursday, September 9th Ratings - YTN

YTN started the night with the season premiere of Singles (Viewers: 8.38 million; 18-49: 3.2/9) at 9pm. Singles is way down from its season finale of 14.53 million viewers, but that episode aired behind a massive episode of College. If you go back to the following week, Singles is only be down 30,000 viewers and 0.1 demo points, great retention! The series premiere of Living Life (Viewers: 7.16 million; 18-49: 2.8/7) wasn't as strong, retaining 85% of total viewers and 88% of the demo from Singles. While the demo is high and retention is strong, shows usually dip quite a lot in their second episode, so expect a lot of decline in the coming weeks. Up next was the season premiere of Reversing History (Viewers: 11.27 million; 18-49: 3.4/10), building from its lead in. Reversing History is also down a whopping 9 million viewers from its season finale, but that was behind a massive episode of Roommates. This is a series low for Reversing History, but the growth of 0.6 demo points from its lead in is great news.
At 11pm, the fourth episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.41 million; 18-49: 0.4/1) was stable for the first time. At 11:30pm, the third episode of The Ricki Lake Show (Viewers: 1.09 million; 18-49: 0.3/1) was up 200,000 viewers and 0.2 demo points to its highest ratings since the premiere on Monday. Remember, The Ricki Lake Show moves to 10am next week, with new episodes of Rosie's Roundtable shifting to 11:30pm. Encores of Rosie's Roundtable from this week will air at 11pm, leading into the new episode. The following week, Family Guy encores will air at 11pm, leading into a new episode of Rosie's Roundtable.
Thursday, September 16th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with a new episode of Singles (Viewers: 8.36 million; 18-49: 3.2/9), which is stable from last weeks season premiere. At 9:30pm, week two of Living Life (Viewers: 6.47 million; 18-49: 2.3/7) was down 11% in total viewers and 21% in the demo from its series premiere last week. Compared to its parent show, Roommates, Living Life is down 2.21 million viewers and 0.4 demo points. Up next was a new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 11.86 million; 18-49: 3.5/10), up from last week by a small amount in total viewers and 0.1 demo points. Reversing History also built by 1.2 demo points and 5.39 million viewers from its lead in.
At 11pm, a new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.26 million; 18-49: 0.4/2) was up 190,000 viewers and 0.1 demo points from yesterday. Just to note again, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.94 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.

YTN PRESS RELEASE:

"KATE AND ZOE", "TAKEN: PHOENIX" GET EXTENSIONS
After premiering to above-average numbers, and holding onto most of the audience in week two, YTN had ordered more episodes for both Kate and Zoe and TAKEN: Phoenix. YTN has ordered five additional episodes of Kate and Zoe, bringing the total number of episodes to 18 for the season. Also, YTN has ordered three additional episodes of TAKEN: Phoenix, bringing the total number of episodes to 16 for the season.

"COLLEGE" AND "ROOMMATES" ORDERS TRIMMED
Despite great ratings, YTN has cut the episode orders for College and Roommates from 32 episodes to 26 episodes, a reduction of six (6) episodes. The President of YTN says, "The ratings had nothing to do with the reduction in episodes. We sat down with the writers and producers and they told us 32 episodes was a bit too much for one short season. We came to an agreement of 26 episodes, which is still a lot higher than most cable series."

"PUSHING DAISIES: BEHIND THE SCENES" TO AIR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH AT 8/7c
With the final season of Pushing Daisies underway, YTN will air Pushing Daisies: Behind the Scenes on Monday, September 27th at 8/7c. The special will feature cast interviews about the final season and how they hope the show will end. Fans will also get to see preperation for each episode and how much work goes into the set. A five minute sneak preview of the next episode will also be shown at the end of the special. Pushing Daisies: Behind the Scenes will lead into an all new episode of Cops of New York at 9/8c.

Ratings for GEN-TV for Friday, September 17th, 2010:

GEN-TV's Friday night debuts had a seriously mixed result. All in all GEN-TV rated 4th for the night, and was trounced in demos by CBS, FOX and ABC.

At 8pm, the season premiere of "Life's Facts" was watched by a less than impressive 9.19 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo. It ranked 4th place for it's timeslot.

At 830pm, the season premiere of "Like Mother, Like Daughter" was watched by a solid, but not foreceful 11.8 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo. It ranked 3rd in it's timeslot.

At 9pm, the season premiere of "County General" did boost the networks fortunes; but not by much. It was watched by 15.7 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo. This is being seen as a complete and utter flop on the networks part for moving such a valuable show onto a viewerless night, such as friday.

At 10pm, the season premiere of "One Of These Days" was the savior of the night with 22.8 million viewers watching and a 4.2 in the 18-49 demo; however with all that said it was still down nearly 41% from it's last original episode. And in demo's it was down 48% over it's last original episode.


NOTES:

GEN-TV is saying they will continue to support their friday night line-up and they are not giving up on "County General" and "One Of These Days" becoming solid performers on Friday nights. Bridget Klien says "We believe strongly that both OOTD and CG will find a audience on friday night and will boost this networks averages on the night; it's a matter of time and we plan to give both time to shine".

and Diane L. Swift says "It is a fact that viewers love these shows and i believe both "County General" and "One Of These Days" will perform superbly this season on friday nights. Viewers just have to find them and we plan to promote the hell out of them".

Hollywood Now
"Catching up with... GEN-TV's friday night hits (county general and one of these days)"
By: Allison Placia-Martin & Andre Andres
September 18, 2010
(Online Edition Only)

Last season, GEN-TV did the unthinkable, they launched three successful dramatic series that saw the largest viewership in recent television history. "This Time Around" a critically acclaimed drama starring former Melrose Place vixen Daphne Zuniga and prennial actor Tom Evertt Scott became an instant sensation; eventually reaching over 66 million viewers and earning the highest demographics any show has reached in over 24 years. If that wasn't stunning enough; the network also launched "One Of These Days" a family drama with a soap opera flair that headlined the network's tuesday night line-up (before moving to and raising averages for Thursday nights as well); it also saw huge ratings; eventually reaching over 59 million viewers. It eventually started going head-to-head with "This Time Around" for demographics. Lastly, the network used TV veteran David E. Kelley to launch a third massive hit; "County General" a medical anthology series with an off-beat twist. That show eventually reached over 40 million viewers and set demographics on fire.

"This Time Around" was moved to Wednesday nigths this season where it has so far continued to perform up to expectations. The other two series face a big challenge; they have been moved to Friday nights (airing back to back at 9 and 10pm respectively); a night that typically is reserved for series that are either aging and no longer profitable for a network (think, CSI: New York on CBS which moves to this night this year) or series that the network knows is a stinker and won't work anyplace else on the schedule (think CBS's Medium or ABC's Body Of Proof, which still has no premiere date set). The thing setting these two series apart from those other friday night series is that both are creatively in top of their gamel are fresh newcomers and are massive hits that audiences love. So why would the network risk moving two hugely popular series to another night? espeically one so lowly watched as Friday? The idea is to boost viewership on a historically low night by placing valuable series there; wether it works or not will be seen, but this article is to highlight the return of these two series.

"County General":

Last we saw the good doctors at Boston County General Hosptial; they were in the midst of a explosive situation as a madman with a bomb had overtaken the hospital leaving several regulars in jepoardy. Kooky lesbian nurse Adele Soronson (Emmy-Nominee Neve Campbell) had just learnt she was pregnant with her rapists baby (Adele had been raped off-screen prior to the pilot episode and her arch last season was coming to grips with her assualt and eventually seeking therapy to overcome the trauma and reclaim her romantic relationship with life partner Geraldine, who as of yet has not yet been seen on-screen). She was left in the middle of the hostage crises and had a bomb strapped to her chest. Sassy and outspoken nurse Angela Wilkins (Victoria Rowelle) was laying face down on the floor praying she didn't get shot after she angered the gun-man by taunting him. (Since Rowelle has since been fired from the series; she's a likely bet to die). Lastly, interns Ceceila and Gregory (Sarah Paxton and Ben Savage) where tied up to yet another bomb and had to come to terms with the end of their romantic relationship as Cecelia's infidelity came to light.

When the new season starts; it will be three days after the hostage situation has occured and all of the survivors will be coping with serious emotional, physical and medical issues. Kimberly Elise debuts as Nadine Walker-Smith a social worker and psychologist assigned to help the hospital staff deal with the emotional damage from the crisis; and as a former nurse herself she has to come to terms with her own issues involved in the impact of this situation; since her cousin; Angela was involved with it. In the meantime; Dr. Grant Ellis (Tim Matheson) will be dealing with headaches involved with restaffing his hospital and re-opening following the police and FBI investigations. Plus the arrival of his barrachuda ex-wife Hillary Weston-Ellis (Sela Ward, in a recurring role) who comes bearing pressing news about their daughters love life and to make waves for him; since she is a member of the hospital board of trustees. Dr. Harley McKenzie (Geena Davis) will also be dealing with a crisis of her own; as her past secrets threaten to come to light and ruin her career when she recieves a mysterious and distrubing package containing some very incriminating photographs and documents that shake her to her core.

All in all, County General will continue to entertain but will be slightly more serious for the first half of the season; Associate Producer Lynn Evers says "We have definetly several serious; dark episodes up-front leading into the season; but we have some lighter fare coming later on in the season; including a pretty provoactive and light-hearted story involving Greg, Cecelia and a third partner that will have everybody talking". Also coming up for this season; the much talked about Bhaltzar Getty story involving a discharged soilder that will tackel a majorly buzz-worthy topic; so buzz-worthy that the producers refuse to discuss what it is. All David E. Kelley would say is "It will change everything you think television can do". Also; later in the season; Kerri Russell returns for a guest stint. The procuers have also announced that Faith Ford (Murphy Brown) will guest star on a few episodes this season as Gregory's mother who comes to the hospital not looking for gregory but for a very personal reason that will end up having big impact on Gregory.


"One Of These Days":

The Bishop family had a lot to deal with last season. Kimberly Bishop (Lacey Chabert), a 16 year old Beverly Hills brat lost her father and step-mother to a car accident; her trust fund was frozen until she is 25 or completes college and she was sent to Idaho to live with an aunt and uncle she hadn't seen since she was three years old. Linda Bishop (Angie Harmon), her aunt had to deal with the newfound stress of mothering not only her daughter Megan (Marla Sokolove), but also Kimberly as well as the realization that she is unhappy in her marriage and homelife; she wants a career; something her tyrannical husband Gary (My So-Called Life's Tom Irwin) is dead-set against. Kimberly was raped by Chuck (James Masters) a classmate hired to rough her up by Megan and was involved in a romantic triangle with Megan and her ex-boyfriend Corey (Chad Michael Murray). This season things change for everybody:

Kimberly must deal with the devestation of finding out she is pregnant with Chuck's baby; and the drama this causes since he raped her and his mother Bethenny just shot Linda in open-court after he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Megan has left town to attend boarding school to escape the reputation she earned last year as a bad girl after her involvement in Kimberly's attack. Linda is lying in a hospital bed; paralyzed and unaware that the shooting caused her to miscarry the child she just found out she was carrying. Gary will have his hands full trying to nurse Linda back to health and trying to deal with the ramifications of his infidelity after he sleeps with Linda's nurse; Melinda (Daytime Emmy winner, Sarah Joy Brown).

Corey will be involved in a risque story of his own when a former camp buddy comes to town threatening to expose their bi-sexual tryst a few summers ago; and will be dealing with problems at home when his mother decides to leave her abusive husband; which prompts Corey to remember a traumatic event from his past.

Producers of the series promise this season will continue to provide both frank social discussion scenes that the series has become known for (such as Linda and Gary's discussion over wether Kimberly needs medication for depression or Linda's need to work outside the home) and soapy melodrama (Kimberly's rape; Megans jealousy of Kimberly). But with an amped up adrenaline; producer Ed Zwick says "This season; everything is amped up and the pace is faster; speedier and has more energy to it".

Both shows returned last night on GEN-TV but encores of the series returns are scheduled to air this Saturday from 5-7pm (One Of These Days at 5, pre-empting reruns of "Grace Under Fire" and "Suddenly Susan", and County General at 6pm, pre-empting reruns of "Good Morning, Miami").

The network is also planning an all-day marathon of both shows for sometime later in the season for one weekend; probrally around Thanksgiving time.

Here are some ratings for more of GEN-TV's premeire dates...

Saturday, September 11th, 2010:

Being the only network not programming 9/11 tributes was a wise move for the network as it managed a rare 3rd place finish on Saturday night with the following line-up.

At 8pm, the season premiere of "Good Sports" returned to 12.5 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, the season premeire of "Postal" debuted to 19.4 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, the series premier of "The Boy Next Door" debuted to 8.4 million viewers but posted a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo; proving that it's target demographic was watching. It'll be intresting to see how this one holds up.

At 930; the series premeire of "Homecoming" debuted to 10.33 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo. (NOTE: this is the same territory that got "Another Day" cancelled; and those demos are not positive).

At 1030pm; a rerun of "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 18.5 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.
Overall it was a night of strong demos; but dissapointing overall viewership. Returning comedy "Postal" was down 15% year-to-year and in demos was up only 5%. "Good Sports" saw a 13% viewer lapse since it's last orignal episode.



GEN-TV was top dog on Saturday night with a #1 finish and a slate of strongly performing series. The series premiere of "L.A. Casino" was a smash hit and produced huge demographic results!

At 8pm, a brand new episode of "Good Sports" was watched by 12.9 million viewers and posted a 2.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 19.8 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, an brand new "The Boy Next Door" was watched 8.6 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo. It was the #1 rated series among the 18-49 demo in this timeslot (#4 overall for the night).

At 1030pm, the series premiere of "L.A. Casino" was a massive success with 23.65 million viewers tuning in and a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo. Overall it was the #1 show of the evening among the demos and was #2 overall with total viewers.

GEN-TV Sunday Night Promo's:

GEN-TV is THE place to be for, thrills, laughter, excitement and heart-tugging entertainment...

At 8pm, an all-new ONE-HOUR "Women Of A Certain Age" celebrates the life and times of Rue McClanahan as Ruth Ann dies and past friends and family come to honor her life. Special guest star Betty White appears as Rose "an old friend of Ruth's from our time in Miami in the 80's" who comes to pay tribute to her friend with a touching eulogy. Guest star Vicki Lawerence appears as Ruth Ann's best friend who comes to fullfill Ruth's lifelong wish to be creamated and have her ashes scattered in the wind.

At 830pm, the laughter and tears continue as "Women Of A Certain Age" continues to pay tribute to McClanahan with a roasing musical performance from Liza Minnelli who appears as Ruth's dear friend Lizzy a former broadway performer. In the second half of this episode, new series regulars Cicely Tyson and Carol Burnett make their first appearances.


(Hollywood Now is being pre-empted this week to make room for the special extended length episode of Women Of A Certain Age).

At 9pm, A brand new "50 Stops Before Home" asks the age old question: "what to do when you have two females, 1 bathroom and 2 men all living in the same house?".

At 930pm, an all-new "Getting Over It" features the touching conclusion to the speical two part premiere episode with special guest star Sarah Gilbert.

At 10pm, an all-new "Tycoons" features the first appearance of Sophia Loren and the first-apperance of Susan Lucci as the outlandish lives of the filthy rich are on display in full "Dynasty" fashion.

Friday, September 17th Ratings - YTN
An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.34 million; 18-49: 0.5/2) was up again to its highest ratings on the week. Just to note again, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 2.01 million viewers and had a 1.0/3 demo, growing significantly from its lead in once again.

YTN Press Release:
Series Updates
*THROUGH FRIDAY SERIES (September 10th)*
*Shows in BOLD have been given full seasons
Outburst! - 38/40 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 32/34 episodes have aired
The One - 11/11 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 26/26 episodes have aired
The Streets - 10/10 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 22/22 episodes have aired
The One: Ce1ebrities 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Being Average - 13/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 30/30 episodes have aired
The New Life - 13/13 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 13/13 episodes have aired
College - 32/32 episodes have aired
Roommates - 32/32 episodes have aired
Dr. Heart - 22/22 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 18/18 episodes have aired
Looking For Love - 10/10 episodes have aired (+1 Reunion Special)
Family Super Challenge - 6/6 episodes have aired
Looking For Love 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 10/10 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 17/17 episodes have aired
Do You Trust Me? - 13/13 episodes have aired
Killer Island - 8/8 episodes have aired
The Comedy Hour - 13/13 episodes have aired
The Rich Life: Love, Money and Sex - 13/13 episodes have aired
$7.25 an Hour - 22/22 episodes have aired

FALL '10-'11 SEASON:
Locked - 2/13 episodes have aired
Yahtzee! - 2/13 episodes have aired
Outburst! - 1/24 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 1/24 episodes have aired
Cops of New York - 1/13 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 1/22 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 1/22 episodes have aired
Looking for Love 3 - 1/12 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 1/22 episodes have aired
Roommates - 1/32 episodes have aired
Kate and Zoe - 1/13 episodes have aired
College - 1/32 episodes have aired
They Work Hard For Their Money - 1/13 episodes have aired
TAKEN: Phoenix - 1/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 1/22 episodes have aired
Living Life - 1/13 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 1/22 episodes have aired

MIDSEASON '11 SEASON:
Behind the Scenes - 0/13 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 0/13 episodes have aired
The Inside Job - 0/8 episodes have aired
Sisterhood - 0/13 episodes have aired
YTN Press Release:
Series Updates
*THROUGH FRIDAY SERIES (September 17th)*
*Shows in BOLD have been given full seasons
Outburst! - 38/40 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 32/34 episodes have aired
The One - 11/11 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 26/26 episodes have aired
The Streets - 10/10 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 22/22 episodes have aired
The One: Ce1ebrities 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Being Average - 13/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 30/30 episodes have aired
The New Life - 13/13 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 13/13 episodes have aired
College - 32/32 episodes have aired
Roommates - 32/32 episodes have aired
Dr. Heart - 22/22 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 18/18 episodes have aired
Looking For Love - 10/10 episodes have aired (+1 Reunion Special)
Family Super Challenge - 6/6 episodes have aired
Looking For Love 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 10/10 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 17/17 episodes have aired
Do You Trust Me? - 13/13 episodes have aired
Killer Island - 8/8 episodes have aired
The Comedy Hour - 13/13 episodes have aired
The Rich Life: Love, Money and Sex - 13/13 episodes have aired
$7.25 an Hour - 22/22 episodes have aired

FALL '10-'11 SEASON:
Locked - 3/13 episodes have aired
Yahtzee! - 3/13 episodes have aired
Outburst! - 2/24 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 2/24 episodes have aired
Cops of New York - 2/13 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 2/22 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 2/22 episodes have aired
Looking for Love 3 - 2/12 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 2/22 episodes have aired
Roommates - 2/26 episodes have aired
Kate and Zoe - 2/18 episodes have aired
College - 2/26 episodes have aired
They Work Hard For Their Money - 2/13 episodes have aired
TAKEN: Phoenix - 2/16 episodes have aired
Singles - 2/22 episodes have aired
Living Life - 2/13 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 2/22 episodes have aired

MIDSEASON '11 SEASON:
Behind the Scenes - 0/13 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 0/13 episodes have aired
The Inside Job - 0/8 episodes have aired
Sisterhood - 0/13 episodes have aired

GEN-TV Sunday Night Promo's:

GEN-TV is THE place to be for, thrills, laughter, excitement and heart-tugging entertainment...

At 8pm, an all-new ONE-HOUR "Women Of A Certain Age" celebrates the life and times of Rue McClanahan as Ruth Ann dies and past friends and family come to honor her life. Special guest star Betty White appears as Rose "an old friend of Ruth's from our time in Miami in the 80's" who comes to pay tribute to her friend with a touching eulogy. Guest star Vicki Lawerence appears as Ruth Ann's best friend who comes to fullfill Ruth's lifelong wish to be creamated and have her ashes scattered in the wind.

At 830pm, the laughter and tears continue as "Women Of A Certain Age" continues to pay tribute to McClanahan with a roasing musical performance from Liza Minnelli who appears as Ruth's dear friend Lizzy a former broadway performer. In the second half of this episode, new series regulars Cicely Tyson and Carol Burnett make their first appearances.


(Hollywood Now is being pre-empted this week to make room for the special extended length episode of Women Of A Certain Age).

At 9pm, A brand new "50 Stops Before Home" asks the age old question: "what to do when you have two females, 1 bathroom and 2 men all living in the same house?".

At 930pm, an all-new "Getting Over It" features the touching conclusion to the speical two part premiere episode with special guest star Sarah Gilbert.

At 10pm, an all-new "Tycoons" features the first appearance of Sophia Loren and the first-apperance of Susan Lucci as the outlandish lives of the filthy rich are on display in full "Dynasty" fashion.

GEN-TV's Sunday night ratings. GEN-TV is 3rd place on Sunday.

Even with a special elongated episode of "Women Of A Certain Age" celebrating the life of Rue McClanahan, GEN-TV settled for 3rd place on Sunday night.

At 8pm, the special farewell Rue McClanahan episode of "Women Of A Certain Age" was watched by a healthy, but not dominante 19.66 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo. It lost viewers in the second half hour; though, dropping almost 10% of the audience between 8 and 830.

At 9pm, "50 Stops Before Home" was watched by 12.4 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, an all-new "Boy Next Door" was watched by 8.83 million viewers and posted a 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, an all-new "Tycoons" was watched by 6.9 million viewers and posted a 1.9 in the 18-49 demo.

Sunday, September 12th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an all new episode of Locked (Viewers: 3.92 million; 18-49: 1.3/4), up 0.2 demo points from last week. At 7:30pm, the third episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.85 million; 18-49: 0.4/1) slipped to another series low despite a larger lead in this week. Expect a cancellation anyday from YTN for Yahtzee!. Up next was week two of Outburst! (Viewers: 5.33 million; 18-49: 1.5/7), stable from last week. It should be noted that Outburst! still grew more than a full demo point from its lead in, but it is still weaker than usual. At 9pm, YTN aired an all new The Weakest Link (Viewers: 7.03 million; 18-49: 2.5/10), up 2% in total viewers and 9% in the demo. The Weakest Link continues to be the dominant series on the night, and still, no surprise.

Sunday, September 19th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an encore episode of Locked (Viewers: 3.22 million; 18-49: 1.1/3), down from last weeks new episode. At 7:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 4.05 million; 18-49: 1.5/4) was up from last weeks new episode, and had its largest ratings yet. Up next was an all new episode of Outburst! (Viewers: 5.14 million; 18-49: 1.5/5), stable with last week despite a much larger lead in. It should be noted that Outburst! skews much older than the new game show, Locked. At 9pm, YTN aired an all new The Weakest Link (Viewers: 7.39 million; 18-49: 2.6/7), was up again this week to its highest numbers since last March.

RATINGS FOR WORLD NEWS CHANNEL VIA RATINGS INC.
Ratings run from September 6th - September 10th.

TIME / SHOW / VIEWERS / UP OR DOWN FROM LAST WEEK
12am-6am: What's Ahead - 4,000 viewers (DOWN)
6am-8am: WNC Morning News - 8,000 viewers (DOWN)
8am-10am: World News Channel Presents: Coffee Express - 9,000 viewers (DOWN)
10am-12pm: What's Happening Across the World? - 17,000 viewers (UP)
12pm-3pm: WNC Afternoon (Part I) - 19,000 viewers (DOWN)
3pm-6pm: WNC Afternoon (Part II) - 14,000 viewers (DOWN)
6pm: In-Depth - 34,000 viewers (UP)
7pm: Live from WNC Headquarters with Lou Dobbs - 39,000 viewers (UP)
8pm: Keeping You Informed - 51,000 viewers (UP)
9pm: International Scoop - 17,000 viewers (DOWN)
10pm: Your Day Reviewed - 35,000 viewers (DOWN)
11pm: News Quicky - 42,000 viewers (DOWN)
RATINGS FOR WORLD NEWS CHANNEL VIA RATINGS INC.
Ratings run from September 13th - September 17th.

TIME / SHOW / VIEWERS / UP OR DOWN FROM LAST WEEK
12am-6am: What's Ahead - 2,000 viewers (DOWN)
6am-8am: WNC Morning News - 5,000 viewers (DOWN)
8am-10am: World News Channel Presents: Coffee Express - 11,000 viewers (UP)
10am-12pm: What's Happening Across the World? - 19,000 viewers (UP)
12pm-3pm: WNC Afternoon (Part I) - 17,000 viewers (DOWN)
3pm-6pm: WNC Afternoon (Part II) - 18,000 viewers (UP)
6pm: In-Depth - 36,000 viewers (UP)
7pm: Live from WNC Headquarters with Lou Dobbs - 24,000 viewers (DOWN)
8pm: Keeping You Informed - 48,000 viewers (DOWN)
9pm: TEA PARTY - THE ROAD TO WASHINGTON - 64,000 viewers (UP from International Scoop, which ended Friday)
10pm: Your Day Reviewed - 31,000 viewers (DOWN)
11pm: News Quicky - 45,000 viewers (UP)

TCN PRESS RELEASE:
BEING AVERAGE RATINGS
Episode 3x01 - SEASON PREMIERE - (7/6):
1.74 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x02 (7/6):
1.69 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x03 (7/13):
1.53 million viewers (0.8 demo)

Episode 3x04 (7/13):
1.62 million viewers (0.9 demo)

Episode 3x05 (7/20):
1.87 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x06 (7/20):
1.96 million viewers (1.1 demo)

Episode 3x07 (7/27):
1.92 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x08 (7/27):
1.97 million viewers (1.2 demo)

Episode 3x09 (8/3):
1.52 million viewers (0.9 demo)

Episode 3x10 (8/3):
1.67 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x11 (8/10):
1.85 million viewers (1.1 demo)

Episode 3x12 (8/10):
1.82 million viewers (1.1 demo)

Episode 3x13 (8/17):
1.99 million viewers (1.2 demo)

Episode 3x14 (8/17):
1.86 million viewers (1.1 demo)

Episode 3x15 (8/24):
1.91 million viewers (1.1 demo)

Episode 3x16 (8/24):
1.73 million viewers (0.9 demo)

Episode 3x17 (8/31):
2.04 million viewers (1.2 demo)

Episode 3x18 (8/31):
2.18 million viewers (1.3 demo)

BEING AVERAGE RENEWED FOR FOURTH SEASON
The hit TCN comedy, Being Average, has been renewed for a fourth season consisting of 22 episodes. This marks the first time in network history that the comedy series has been renewed for a full season before the season even began. The renewal of 22 episodes brings the total order for the series to 79 episodes (13 - 22 - 22 - 22). The third season will conclude on September 14th, with two episodes each. The fourth season is expected to premiere in January 2010, with the second season of The Comedy Hour.
TCN PRESS RELEASE:
BEING AVERAGE RATINGS
Episode 3x01 - SEASON PREMIERE - (7/6):
1.74 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x02 (7/6):
1.69 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x03 (7/13):
1.53 million viewers (0.8 demo)

Episode 3x04 (7/13):
1.62 million viewers (0.9 demo)

Episode 3x05 (7/20):
1.87 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x06 (7/20):
1.96 million viewers (1.1 demo)

Episode 3x07 (7/27):
1.92 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x08 (7/27):
1.97 million viewers (1.2 demo)

Episode 3x09 (8/3):
1.52 million viewers (0.9 demo)

Episode 3x10 (8/3):
1.67 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x11 (8/10):
1.85 million viewers (1.1 demo)

Episode 3x12 (8/10):
1.82 million viewers (1.1 demo)

Episode 3x13 (8/17):
1.99 million viewers (1.2 demo)

Episode 3x14 (8/17):
1.86 million viewers (1.1 demo)

Episode 3x15 (8/24):
1.91 million viewers (1.1 demo)

Episode 3x16 (8/24):
1.73 million viewers (0.9 demo)

Episode 3x17 (8/31):
2.04 million viewers (1.2 demo)

Episode 3x18 (8/31):
2.18 million viewers (1.3 demo)

Episode 3x19 (9/7):
2.03 million viewers (1.2 demo)

Episode 3x20 (9/7):
1.89 million viewers (1.0 demo)

Episode 3x21 (9/14):
2.14 million viewers (1.3 demo)

Episode 3x22 (9/14; SEASON FINALE):
2.29 million viewers (1.4 demo) <--- SEASON HIGH

Tonight, GEN-TV Presents an outstanding line-up of television shows...

Starting at 8pm with an all-new "Doctor/Patient" featuring special guest star Roseanne as a patient of Sarah's looking for help with a pretty odd problem. The episode also features Sarah meeting Richard's new girlfriend for the first time; in the strangest of places; her office.

At 830pm, an all-new episode of smash hit "Knocked Down" featuring culture clash when two newly joined famalies meet for the first time.

At 9pm, a brand new "Life & Times of Elizabeth Bordoe" featuring Elizabeth Banks, singing in a most hilarious fashion as Elizabeth tries to impress a potential suitor who she mistakes for a record industry scout.

At 930, hit series "Them & Us" is all new, leading into the 10pm series premiere of "Gone" starring Emmy-winning Gillian Anderson and Hollywood icon James Caan.

Tonight, GEN-TV Presents an outstanding line-up of television shows...

Starting at 8pm with an all-new "Doctor/Patient" featuring special guest star Roseanne as a patient of Sarah's looking for help with a pretty odd problem. The episode also features Sarah meeting Richard's new girlfriend for the first time; in the strangest of places; her office.

At 830pm, an all-new episode of smash hit "Knocked Down" featuring culture clash when two newly joined famalies meet for the first time.

At 9pm, a brand new "Life & Times of Elizabeth Bordoe" featuring Elizabeth Banks, singing in a most hilarious fashion as Elizabeth tries to impress a potential suitor who she mistakes for a record industry scout.

At 930, hit series "Them & Us" is all new, leading into the 10pm series premiere of "Gone" starring Emmy-winning Gillian Anderson and Hollywood icon James Caan.

Although fast overnight ratings for other networks have yet to come in; it looks like GEN-TV had an overall sub par night.

At 8pm, an all-new "Doctor/Patient" was watched by 17.41 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the demos; down nearly 24% week-to-week (22.75/3.6 last week).

At 830pm, an all-new "Knocked Down" was the only one of GEN-TV's new comedy series to show growth this week with 14.74 million viewers tuning in (vs. 14.67 last week) and a 4.6 in the 18-49 demo (vs. 4.3 last week).

At 9pm, an all-new "The Life & Times Of Elizaeth Bordoe" was watched by 17.35 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo. (vs. 17.32/5.0 last week). This could possibly mean that the show isn't holding peoples attention and that specifically the 18-49 demo isn't entirely impressed with the series. It's drop in demos is shocking and troublesome.

At 930pm, an all-new "Them & Us" was watched by 16.1 million viewers (vs. 16.5 last week) and a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo (vs. a 4.7 last week)

The good news is that at 10pm; the series premiere of "GONE" attracted a whopping 26.92 million viewers and posted a 5.4 in the 18-49 demo. The question is wether these ratings can hold up or if people just tuned in out of curiosity. It'll depend on wether viewers liked what they saw enough to tune in.

When ratings for other networks are available; this news release will be updated with up to date facts about the network's overall standing. (it is currently projected that GEN-TV probrally placed around 3rd place for the evening).

Bridget Klien has been working in television for a preciously small amount of time; having done two short stints at other companies before landing what she assumed to be a temporary job as a floater at GEN-TV; she expected to work in departments like human resources or payroll; her degree afterall is a Business Administration degree with a concentration in Payroll & Accounting and a minor in Human Resources. However, as luck would have it, the network was going through a transistion period when she arrived and the network's president of entertainment & primetime programming Mark Mitchellson passed away suddenly and she was the only person on-staff with enough free time to handle the job. She was given a big chance; one almost unfathomable and it turned out to be the best thing that ever could have happened to her. It's almost five months later and Klien is now a permanate member of the GEN-TV team; having been named President Of GEN-TV Network. Her primary responsobility is to oversee development; programming and scheduling of GEN-TV networks primetime schedule. She reports directly to Diane L. Swift; who is GEN-TV Studios President and once held the same role Klien held.

In the short months since she took over; GEN-TV has seen a dramatic transformation. She slowly cut some of the network's dead weight series; amped up development on a slew of shows that are being cited as shows that very well could "chnage the face of television". She managed the almost unthinkable and got "The Huntress" back on the air; and it seems to be performing above expectations. She's debuted a slew of new series that are so far becoming solid hits. Her Monday night schedule of comedy series with a female centric vibe are solid performers; usually hitting #1 or #2 for the evening. At least one of those shows; "Knocked Down" appears to be a long-term hit; as it grows every week in both demos and total viewers. Another new show on Mondays; "The Life & Times of Elizabeth Bordoe" started out strong; but could be showing signs of viewer erosion already. Elsewhere on the schedule it looks like she's launched successful new series in "Over My Head"; "L.A. Casino" and "Gone".

How did she do it we asked her "Gut instinct. as a adamant viewer of tv myself i know what i like to watch and what my friends and family watch; and they are about as far removed from the industry as one can get; so i know if they watch a show then it'll be a big hit". This may sound hokey; but thus far her instincts have proven correctly about almost everything. Despite her great success so far; the network has some failuers this season already; "Another Day" a much buzzed about police drama featuring Drea De Matteo was supposed be a big hit on Monday nights; but after getting below ten million viewers it was cancelled quickly into it's run. So far another big bomb is "Passing Notes" a passion project of Diane L. Swifts that's getting under nine million viewers each week and is being moved to Saturday nights. Klien says that her failures ad a president only serve to make her stronger "If a show fails than i look at why that show failed; what went wrong and i learn from that and try to improve on it. I've already found sometimes an explination isn't available; oftentimes it's a matter of scheduling; sometime's it's just because viewers wanted to watch something else more".

Monday, September 13th Ratings - YTN
YTN started its primetime night with week two of Cops of New York (Viewers: 5.86 million; 18-49: 1.8/6), stable with last week, which is quite rare. It looks as if viewers liked what they saw and came back for more. At 10pm, YTN aired an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 8.67 million; 18-49: 2.4/7), down 9% in total viewers and 13% in the demo from its season premiere last week. At 11pm, an encore Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.25 million; 18-49: 0.4/1) was up a tad from Fridays new episode. However, the 11:30pm episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 995,000; 18-49: 0.3/1) was down to a new series low. Why did YTN move Rosie's Roundtable to 11:30pm? I guess we will never know!

UPDATE: After hitting series lows, new episodes of Rosie's Roundtable will move back to 11pm TONIGHT. Encores of Family Guy are scheduled to air at 11:30pm now, and will NOT air at 11pm starting next week.

Monday, September 20th Ratings - YTN
YTN started its primetime night with week three of Cops of New York (Viewers: 5.85 million; 18-49: 1.8/6). The amazing thing here: Cops of New York has had a 1.8 demo for three weeks in a row. While it could always grow, its better then slipping each week. At 10pm, YTN aired an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 7.45 million; 18-49: 2.1/7) slipped 16% in total viewers and 14% in the demo from last week. An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.01 million; 18-49: 0.3/1) was down from its Friday episode. Just to note again, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.94 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.

Although fast overnight ratings for other networks have yet to come in; it looks like GEN-TV had an overall sub par night.

At 8pm, an all-new "Doctor/Patient" was watched by 17.41 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the demos; down nearly 24% week-to-week (22.75/3.6 last week).

At 830pm, an all-new "Knocked Down" was the only one of GEN-TV's new comedy series to show growth this week with 14.74 million viewers tuning in (vs. 14.67 last week) and a 4.6 in the 18-49 demo (vs. 4.3 last week).

At 9pm, an all-new "The Life & Times Of Elizaeth Bordoe" was watched by 17.35 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo. (vs. 17.32/5.0 last week). This could possibly mean that the show isn't holding peoples attention and that specifically the 18-49 demo isn't entirely impressed with the series. It's drop in demos is shocking and troublesome.

At 930pm, an all-new "Them & Us" was watched by 16.1 million viewers (vs. 16.5 last week) and a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo (vs. a 4.7 last week)

The good news is that at 10pm; the series premiere of "GONE" attracted a whopping 26.92 million viewers and posted a 5.4 in the 18-49 demo. The question is wether these ratings can hold up or if people just tuned in out of curiosity. It'll depend on wether viewers liked what they saw enough to tune in.

When ratings for other networks are available; this news release will be updated with up to date facts about the network's overall standing. (it is currently projected that GEN-TV probrally placed around 3rd place for the evening).

Now that all the ratings for all networks are available; GEN-TV has offically secured the #2 spot for Monday nights ratings. It was a head-to-head war between GEN-TV and ABC; but the alphabet network reinged victorious.

Here is a play by play of the ratings:

At 8pm:

ABC- "Dancing With The Stars"- Season Premiere- 21.00 million viewers and a 4.9 in 18-49

GEN-TV- "Doctor/Patient" and "Knocked Down" (original episodes:

DP: 17.41 million viewers/2.4 KD: 14.74 and 4.6

VERDICT: ABC wins the hour by a mile. DTWTS outperforms in both demos and total viewers. Although "Knocked Down" came pretty close in demos.


At 9pm:

ABC: still had "Dancing with the stars"--- 21.00 million viewers and a 4.9

GEN-TV: "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" and "Them & Us"

Elizabeth B: 17.35 million viewers and a 3.5 Them & Us: 16.1 and a 3.7

VERDICT: ABC continues to win.


At 10pm:

ABC: "Castle" (season premiere)---11.7 million viewers, 2.8 in 18-49

GEN-TV: "Gone" (series premiere)---26.92 million viewers and a 5.4 18-49.

VERDICT: GEN-TV wins by a wide margin. "Gone" trounced "Castle" both in total viewers and in demos.




CBS was in third place; followed by NBC, then FOX followed by YTN and The CW.

GEN-TV's Bridget Klien says in her online blog today "We are very excited that our programming not only was very compeitive but that it managed to beat everything aired on NBC, CBS, FOX, YTN and The CW networks. We are espeically proud of the huge growth for "Knocked Down" and the big premiere numbers for "Gone" which destroyed ABC's "Castle" and clearly proved strong enough that it got higher ratings than "Dancing With The Stars"."

While, Diane L. Swift calls it "A victory that we are insanely proud of to beat "Castle" so througholy and to have the premiere of "Gone" beat "Dancing with the stars" is a huge victory".

GEN-TV has always had a eye for talent and has always manged some pretty big casting coupes; but today they released several pretty high profile casting coupes that will have other networks shaking...

First off; Bette Midler has been upgraded to a series regular on "West Of Broadway"; the freshmen sitcom that is almost a hit; but is still not there yet... After signing onto the series for three episodes as a guest star the actress had so much fun that she sent a letter to the series producers asking if they'd write her in for another few episodes; they apparently were so touched that they immedietly responded by calling her agent and asking her to sign on as a series regular for the rest of the season. She explains "I've signed on for the rest of the season; which is currently 6 more episodes; but i've agreed to come back if the series is given an order for a back-nine. Beyond that will remain to be seen depending on the quality of the series and other factors".

The sitcom which is part of GEN-TV's Wednesday night comedy line-up and airs at 930pm faces stiff competition from ABC's "Cougar Town" and "Modern Family", CBS's "Criminal Minds" and NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" but has manged to find an audience thus far. The cast features Broadway veterans David Hyde Pierce, Bernedette Peters, Bailey Hanks, Diane Wiest and Dan Bucatinsky. It also features Joesph Gordon Levitt, Chad Allen (in a recurring role; which was scaled down to accomodate his work on L.A. Casino) and George Segal.


In some other big casting news; GEN-TV's "GONE" which is already a giant smash hit has attracted a big name actress to guest star in an upcoming episode. The series has snagged none other than Julia Roberts to appear in what is sure to be a hugely anticipated November sweeps episode. She will play none other than an acclaimed, Oscar-Winning actress in the midst of a huge personal crises when her husband/manager goes missing and takes with him a pretty personal diary that includes information that would destory her career. The episode being titled "Secrets, Dirt and Death" is being scribed by acclaimed writer Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars) who has signed onto write this episode as a special stunt. The network confirms they are also looking for a well-known A-List actor to appear as the missing manager/husband. Bridget Klien says "If i could pick anybody i'd get George Clooney. He's my ideal husband". Star, Gillian Anderson has another idea "Personally i think David Duchovny would be perfect in this role; and i'd love if they asked him to come on... i'd love to work with him again". Roberts herself has another name in mind; "Denzel. that man can do anything. Let him have the role. if he wants it. Or Russell Crowe".

GEN-TV has also released some casting news about a mid-season returning series; that series being "Hot Tamales"...

Joining returning Eva La Rue and already confirmed Leah Remini in the cast of this returning (but never with the same cast in tact) comedy are several known talents:

Benjiman Bratt, best known for "Law & Order" has joined the cast of the comedy series as a love interest for La Rue's Stacey. He'll play Perry Suarez; a attractive and confidante music promoter who rubs Stacey the wrong way at the opening of "Tamales, L.A." the hot new club that Stacey has moved to L.A. to help open and sparks fly.

Just about 5 months after a shocking rumor surfaced about the cancellation of GEN-TV's "Hot Tamales" and "Second Family" (which at the time was proven to be untrue), comes word of a bigger shock. The series has been cancelled. this time for real. Bridget Klien confirmed the news today in a press junket and said "Creatively this series never seemed to find it's footing; ratings were always stable; but creatively is bounced around a lot and after the departure of Suzanne De Passe from the series it never found it's creative footing". Despite plans to relocate the setting of the show to Massachusetts and have it star Mila Kunis and Eric Balfour the network has decided instead to scrap the entire series. "It will not be returning in January or at anytime beyond that point" confirmed Klien, who was quick to point out that "We have already launched several comedy series to great success and have a stronger schedule overall". But to those on the outside this doesn't seem like a wise move; espeically with "Hot Tamales" returning in a relocated setting and with only Eva La Rue returning; so it begs the question; will any GEN-TV series ever survive past a second season? So far; two seasons is the longest any show has run on the network.

When asked if this affects "Hot Tamales" Klien said "Hot Tamales will still debut in January as planned; and will air for 6 weeks; but no decision beyond that has been made".


She also confirmed that "Teachers Pet" will be returning to the network's schedule in January as well. "no specific date has been set for the return of either show; but both will be back in January".

"Second Family" had produced three episodes of a 13-episode order; and the network says they will likely "never make it to air". However; Diane L. Swift did says that she is entertaining the idea of "selling the airing rights of the series to another party; but not the production rights. We never sell production rights to any show; ever" says Swift. Se claims at least three networks have already expressed interest in airing the series in it's entirery as well as the three unaired episodes.

GEN-TV rating results for Tuesday, September 21, 2010:

At 8pm, an all-new "The Arrival" was watched by 26.4 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, an all-new "Never Again" was watched by 24.3 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, an all-new '"The Huntress" on at it's new time was a huge hit with 27.8 million viewers watching and a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the second episode of "L.A. Casino" on it's new night held steady over it's Saturday night premire. 23.73 million viewers tuned in and it got a 4.8 in the 18-49 demographic.

NOTES:

"The Huntress" at 9pm, improved the timeslot performance by over 87% compared to "Passing Notes" which struggled to find an audience.

Tuesday, September 14th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 8.76 million; 18-49: 2.4/5), down 14% in total viewers and 17% in the demo from its season premiere last week. At 9pm, week two of Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 9.04; 18-49: 2.6/7) was down 4% in total viewers and 8% in the demo from its season premiere last week. Worth noting is the growth in both total viewers and demo from an all new Pushing Daisies. Rounding out primetime was a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 11.98 million; 18-49: 2.9/8), down 4% in total viewers and 10% in the demo from the season premiere last week. At 11pm, an all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.14 million; 18-49: 0.4/1) was up just a bit from its 11:30pm timeslot on Monday. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.85 million viewers and had a 0.8/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.
Tuesday, September 21st Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 8.79 million; 18-49: 2.5/6) was stable from last week in total viewers, but up 0.1 demo points in the demo. At 9pm, an all new Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 9.49 million; 18-49: 2.7/7) was up over last week in total viewers and in the demo. Rounding out primetime was a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 12.45 million; 18-49: 3.1/9) was up to season premiere numbers.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 846,000; 18-49: 0.2/0) hit a new series low last night. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.79 million viewers and had a 0.8/3 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.

Wednesday, September 15th Ratings - YTN
Week two of Roommates (Viewers: 8.68 million; 18-49: 2.7/9) kicked off the night and was down 9% in total viewers and 15% in the demo from its season premiere last week to record its lowest numbers ever on YTN. Week two of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 12.85 million; 18-49: 3.6/11) faired much better, falling only 7% in total viewers and 2% in the demo. Also of positive note, Kate and Zoe grew nearly a full demo point from its lead in, Roommates. At 9pm, College (Viewers: 12.94 million; 18-49: 3.8/12) fell another 8% in total viewers and the demo from last week. From its highs last year, College is down almost 3.0 demo points! Why the fall? Perhaps its the 32 episode order or the show has become more boring. Whatever it is, its also affecting the numbers for Roommates. Following College was week two of They Work Hard for Their Money (Viewers: 9.41 million; 18-49: 2.8/9), down a steep 26% in total viewers and 21% in the demo. Retention out of College was 72% in total viewers and 74% in the demo, down from the retention last week of over 80%. YTN finally got some good news with week two of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 12.42 million; 18-49: 3.0/10) held onto 99% of its total viewers and 97% of its demo from last weeks series premiere. It should be noted that TAKEN: Phoenix had higher ratings than TAKEN (by 0.1 demo) although the original TAKEN had a smaller lead in (2.6 demo to 2.9 demo). At 11pm, an all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.07 million; 18-49: 0.3/1) was down from its numbers on Tuesday. Just to note again, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.76 million viewers and had a 0.8/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.
Wednesday, September 23rd Ratings - YTN
An all new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 8.15 million; 18-49: 2.6/9) started the night and was down once again to series lows for YTN. Week three of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 12.83 million; 18-49: 3.5/11) fell only 0.1 demo point, which is posivite considering the tough competiton. Kate and Zoe only rated behind an all new Survivor on 8pm, which had a 4.0 demo. At 9pm, College (Viewers: 11.04 million; 18-49: 3.4/10) fell a whopping 17% in total viewers and 12% in the demo from last week. These are not series lows for College, but it should be noted that College fell from its lead in at 8:30pm. Perhaps the season premiere of Modern Family, which nabbed a 5.0, has something to do with the low numbers. Week three of They Work Hard for Their Money (Viewers: 7.02 million; 18-49: 2.2/7) was down another 34% in total viewers and 27% in the demo from last week. Retention out of College was 64% in total viewers and 65% in the demo, down from the retention last week of over 70% and 80% from the previous week. At 10pm, week three of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 12.03 million; 18-49: 2.9/9) was down only a few viewers and 0.1 in the demo. Considering how far its lead in fell this week, this is great news. TAKEN: Phoenix tied for first at 10pm with the series premiere of The Defenders on CBS. TAKEN: Phoenix was 0.2 demo points lower than its parent series this week, but still, a great performance.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 899,000; 18-49: 0.2/0) was up only a bit from its series low yesterday. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.83 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN PULLS "THEY WORK HARD FOR THEIR MONEY"; BEHIND THE SCENES RETURNING
After three episodes on the air, YTN has pulled They Work Hard For Their Money from its schedule. Averaging a 2.2 demo on Wednesday, a number most networks would be pleased with, YTN decided to pull the series from its timeslot.

Replacing the low rated comedy is the modest-rated Behind the Scenes from last season. Encores of Behind the Scenes are scheduled to air at 9:30pm next week, with new episodes starting Wednesday, October 6th. Sisterhood, a new comedy starring the Olsen twins, was scheduled to fill the timeslot according to sources, but the shows pilot is being reworked for January 2011.

The remaining seven (7) episodes (episode 12 and 13 have not yet been filmed) have not yet been scheduled to air. Perhaps YTN is losing viewers by not airing the final episodes of a series, something YTN has done with every show prior to this season.


UPDATE: They Work Hard For Their Money will air starting tonight at 8/7, with two episodes (episode 4 and 5). Episode 6 and 7 will air next Friday, with episodes 8-11 not yet scheduled. We will keep you updated!

UPDATE 2: Yahtzee!, which was pulled last week, will air episodes 3 and 4 tonight, starting at 9/8c. Episodes 5-13 have not yet been scheduled to air. YTN recently stated that Yahtzee! may not air at all, so this is good news for its few fans.

Here are the ratings for GEN-TV for Wednesday, September 15, 2010:

Most of GEN-TV's comedy series held up well, w ith the exception of "Say Cheese" which was off by 20% from last week in demos and down 14% in total viewers.

At 8pm, an all-new "Press Time" was watched by 26.74 million viewers tuning in and a 3.4 in the 18-49 demographic.

At 830pm, an all-new "Say Cheese" was watched by 12.10 million viewers and posted a 1.9 in the 18-49 demographic.

At 9pm, an all-new "This Just In" was watched by 14.5 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, an all-new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 13.4 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, an all-new "This Time Around" was watched by 44.1 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV Ratings for Wednesday, September 22, 2010:

GEN-TV had a solid and praise worthy evening last night; taking home the silver medal with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "Press Time" was watched by 26.78 million viewers and posted a 3.7 in the 18-49 demographic...


So to compare; that is 26.78 million viewers and a 3.7

Compared to:

CBS: Survivor- 12.47 million viewers; 4.0
NBC: Undercovers- 8.57 million viewers; 2.1
FOX: Hell's Kitchen- 5.59 million; 2.6
ABC: The Middle- 8.81 million, 2.6
CW: Top Model- 2.82 million, 1.3
YTN: Roomates--- 8.15, 2.6


That places GEN-TV's "Press Time" #1 among totat viewers for the half-hour and in second place among demographics for the half-hour (CBS as #1).

At 830pm, an all-new episode of "Say Cheese" was watched by 12.4 million viewers (down 5% week to week) and posted a 1.4 in the 18-49 demo.

Compared to other networks:
ABC: Better with you- 7.97 million; 2.5
CBS: Survivor; 12.47 million; 4.0
FOX: Hell's Kitchen; 5.95 million; 2.9
NBC: Undercovers; 8.57 million; 2.1
CW: 2.82 million; 1.3
YTN: Kate and Zoe: 12.83 million; 3.5

Among total viewers this places GEN-TV once again in second place among total viewers (CBS's Survivor is #1) and in 6th place among demographics (1st place is CBS. 7th place is the CW; to be fair though by only a tenth of a point).

At 9pm; it was a brand new episode of freshmen comedy "This Just In" which was watched by 14.3 million viewers and posted a 3.2.

Comparing it to the other networks:
CBS: Criminal Minds: 14.08 million; 4.0
FOX: Hell's Kitchen (second episdoe): 7.19 million; 3.2
NBC: Law & Order: SVU: 9.68 million; 3.0
ABC: Modern Family: 12.61 million; 5.0
CW: Hellcats: 2.32 million; 1.0
YTN: College: 11.04 million; 3.4

This means that GEN-TV's "This Just In" was in second place among total viewers (First place going to CBS's "Criminal Minds". GEN-TV just narrowly defeated by the network). and was in a tie for fifth place among demos (tied with FOX. FIrst place going to NBC).

At 930pm was an all-new "West Of Broadway" which was watched by 13.8 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

Comparing it with other networks:
CBS: The Defenders: 12.09 million; 2.9
NBC: Law & Order: SVU- 10.36; 3.5
ABC: Cougar Town: 8.34 million; 3.4
YTN: They Work Hard For their money: 7.02 million; 2.02
CW: Hellcats: 2.32 million; 1.0
FOX: Hell's Kitchen: 7.19 million; 3.2

Among total viewers this places GEN-TV in first place and among demographics it places GEN-TV in a dead tie with NBC for 1st place.

Lastly at 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" slaughtered every single other program broadcast; with 44.92 million viewers watching and a 4.8 in the 18-49 demo. No need to compare it to any other network as it was #1 among all key demographics and total viewers.

Due to terffic ratings; GEN-TV has gone ahead and given a full-season commitment to the following new series: "West Of Broadway" a freshmen sitcom which has performed solidly all season long and last night claimed a first place victory in it's timeslot. The network has already given a full-season renewal to freshmen sitcom "This Just In" another high performing wednesday night series.

The network has also decided to cut back the episode order of returning comedy "Say Cheese" starring Lisa Kudrow. The series order will be cut from 22 to just 13 episodes. (This means the network has cut 9 full episodes from the series order). It's pretty unlikely at this point for the show to get a third season pick-up. The network has also announced they plan to move the series to a new night and time; It will move to Sunday's at 8pm. It will swap places with freshmen comedy "Women of a certain age" which is struggling to get ahead on that night. The network likely see's this as an oppurtunity to improve ratings on "Age" while not lose a ton of revenue on "Cheese" which will burn-off it's episodes on Sundays.

Here is the current status of GEN-TV's programming:

Picked Up For Full Season:
Knocked Down
The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe
Them & Us
Over My Head
This Just In
Lifeline
Boyfriends
Something Old, Something New
The Arrival
Never Again
Press Time
This Time Around

Waiting For Pick-Up, But Likely To Be Renewed:
Doctor/Patient
Gone
L.A. Casino
The Huntress
One Of These Days
County General
50 Stops Before home

Likely To Be Cancelled:
Tycoons
Hollywood Now
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Life's Facts
Homecoming
Passing Notes


50/50 Shot At best:
Getting Over It--- Ratings are sliding; and demos aren't very good. Depends on other factors such as scheduling needs and strength of pilots.
The Boy Next Door--- Total viewers aren't good; but it attracts the correct demographics.
Good Sports--- decent performer; but demos are so/so. could go either way.
Women of a certian age--- depends on how well the timeslot switch to Wed goes. It may be dead on arrival.
Starting From Scratch---It performs well enough but it seems like a relic of an era gone by compared to the newer; fresher; hipper programs GEN-TV currently churns out. Bridget Klien is said to detest the series; but Diane L. Swift loves it so that might save the program. Experts say "Life's Facts", "Getting Over It" or "Starting From Scratch" are all in danger and only 1 of them will return; but definetly not all three.

Thursday, September 16th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with a new episode of Singles (Viewers: 8.36 million; 18-49: 3.2/9), which is stable from last weeks season premiere. At 9:30pm, week two of Living Life (Viewers: 6.47 million; 18-49: 2.3/7) was down 11% in total viewers and 21% in the demo from its series premiere last week. Compared to its parent show, Roommates, Living Life is down 2.21 million viewers and 0.4 demo points. Up next was a new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 11.86 million; 18-49: 3.5/10), up from last week by a small amount in total viewers and 0.1 demo points. Reversing History also built by 1.2 demo points and 5.39 million viewers from its lead in.
At 11pm, a new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.26 million; 18-49: 0.4/2) was up 190,000 viewers and 0.1 demo points from yesterday. Just to note again, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.94 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.
Thursday, September 23rd Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with a new episode of Singles (Viewers: 8.83 million; 18-49: 3.3/9), which was actually up from last week despite the tougher competition. Praise should be awarded to Singles for moving to a new night and becoming YTN's third highest rated comedy, behind Kate and Zoe and College. At 9:30pm, week three of Living Life (Viewers: 7.04 million; 18-49: 2.5/7) was up 0.2 demo points from last week, with retention increasing to 76% this week. Up next was a new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 11.53 million; 18-49: 3.4/10), which was down 0.1 demo points for last week. Reversing History built by large numbers once again from its lead-in.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 796,000; 18-49: 0.1/0) hit yet another series low despite a larger lead in last night. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.88 million viewers and had a 1.0/3 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

CHRIS ROCK'S "ROCK THE NIGHT" COMING SOON
YTN has announced that Chris Rock's new late night series, Rock the Night, will premiere THIS Wednesday (September 29th) at 9:30/8:30c, following a new episode of College. Rock the Night will then move to its late night home on Monday, October 4th at 11/10c. Rosie's Roundtable, the current 11pm timeslot holder, will go on hiatus for the next few weeks. YTN calls the primetime premiere of Rock the Night, "a move to show we are dedicated to our newest late night series."

YTN just announced yesterday that an encore of Behind the Scenes was to air this Wednesday, but that is no longer the case. The season premiere of Behind the Scenes is still scheduled for Wednesday, October 6th.

Promotion for both Rock the Night and Behind the Scenes is scheduled to start tonight at 6/5c.

Friday, September 17th Ratings - YTN
An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.34 million; 18-49: 0.5/2) was up again to its highest ratings on the week. Just to note again, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 2.01 million viewers and had a 1.0/3 demo, growing significantly from its lead in once again.

Friday, September 24th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with the first burn-off episode of They Work Hard For Their Money (Viewers: 3.92 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) and the second burn-off episode (Viewers: 4.05 million; 18-49: 1.4/4). They Work Hard For Their Money didn't do terrible, but considering how it compares to other YTN comedies, they decided it was best to burn-off the series now. At 9pm, YTN aired burn-off episode number one of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.55 million; 18-49: 0.5/2) and another burn-off episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.87 million; 18-49: 0.6/2). It should be noted that these numbers are better than the numbers the show produced on Sundays, but still low.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 692,000; 18-49: 0.1/0) hit an all time low last night in total viewers and tied its worst performance in the demo. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.56 million viewers and had a 0.8/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.

UPDATED!!!

The Ricki Lake Show Ratings - Monday through Thursday
The ratings are in, and The Ricki Lake Show is actually doing well in its timeslot. Here are the ratings...

Monday (Daytime Premiere) - 841,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.4/1
Tuesday - 849,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.4/1
Wednesday - 868,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.4/2
Thursday - 904,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2

While the ratings look small, they are pretty good for 10am. For comparison, an encore of Wife Swap at 9am (its lead in) recorded an average of 793,000 viewers. How I Met Your Mother, which previously aired at 10am, averaged 802,000 viewers and a 0.5/2 demo.

The Ricki Lake Show Ratings - Monday (20th) through Friday (24th)
Updated ratings for The Ricki Lake Show...

Monday (Repeat; Personal Reasons) - 684,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.2/1
Tuesday (Repeat; Personal Reasons) - 702,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.3/1
Wednesday - 847,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.4/2
Thursday - 934,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2
Friday - 912,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2

While the ratings look small, they are pretty good for 10am. For comparison, an encore of Wife Swap at 9am (its lead in) recorded an average of 802,000 viewers this week. How I Met Your Mother, which previously aired at 10am, averaged 719,000 viewers and a 0.4/1 demo three weeks ago.

Biggie Family Channel
October 2010 Program Schedule:

****AS OF NOW THIS WILL BE THE SCHEDULE THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR—WITH A FEW CHANGES IN NOVEMBER DUE TO CONTRACT EXPIRATIONS****

SCHEDULE CHANGES:
WEEKDAYS:
7:00am Sanford & Son (replaces The Jefferson’s)
8:30am Home Improvement (replaces Sabrina, the Teenage Witch)

EVERYDAY:
10:00pm/10:30pm The Cosby Show (replaces Home Improvement)
11:00pm Little House on the Prairie (replaces The Cosby Show X2)

WEEKENDS:
6:00am Saved By the Bell (replaces Father Knows Best)
6:30am Family Matters (replaces Hazel)
7:00am Full House (replaces Burns & Allen)
7:30am Home Improvement (replaces Dennis the Menace)
8:00am The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (replaces The Donna Reed Show/The
Honeymooners)
9:00am The Mary Tyler Moore Show X2 (replaces The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour)


WEEKDAYS:

6:00am Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
7:00am Sanford & Son
7:30am The Jefferson’s
8:00am Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
8:30am Home Improvement
9:00am Diagnosis Murder
10:00am Matlock
11:00am Murder, She Wrote
12:00pm Little House on the Prairie
1:00pm I Dream of Jeannie
1:30am Bewitched
2:00pm I Love Lucy
2:30pm The Andy Griffith Show
3:00pm Leave it to Beaver
3:30pm The Beverly Hillbillies
4:00pm Gilligan’s Island
4:30pm The Munster’s
5:00pm 7th Heaven
6:00pm Mama's Family
6:30pm Mama’s Family
7:00pm The Golden Girls
7:30pm The Golden Girls
8:00pm I Love Lucy
8:30pm The Andy Griffith Show
9:00pm The Flintstones
9:30pm The Flintstones
10:00pm The Cosby Show
10:30pm The Cosby Show
11:00pm Little House on the Prairie
12:00am Matlock
1:00am Diagnosis Murder
2:00am Family Matters
2:30am Newhart
3:00am Leave it to Beaver
3:30am Carol Burnett & Friends
4:00am Carol Burnett & Friends
4:30am The Jefferson's
5:00am Full House
5:30am Full House


SATURDAY:

6:00am Saved By the Bell
6:30am Family Matters
7:00am Full House
7:30am Home Improvement
8:00am The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
9:00am The Mary Tyler Moore Show
9:30am The Mary Tyler Moore Show
10:00am Matlock
11:00am Murder, She Wrote
12:00pm Little House on the Prairie
1:00pm The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1:30pm The Mary Tyler Moore Show
2:00pm I Love Lucy
2:30pm The Andy Griffith Show
3:00pm Leave it to Beaver
3:30pm The Beverly Hillbillies
4:00pm Gilligan’s Island
4:30pm The Munster’s
5:00pm 7th Heaven
6:00pm Mama's Family
6:30pm Mama’s Family
7:00pm The Golden Girls
7:30pm The Golden Girls
8:00pm I Love Lucy
8:30pm The Andy Griffith Show
9:00pm The Flintstones
9:30pm The Flintstones
10:00pm The Cosby Show
10:30pm The Cosby Show
11:00pm Little House on the Prairie
12:00am Matlock
1:00am Diagnosis Murder
2:00am Family Matters
2:30am Newhart
3:00am Leave it to Beaver
3:30am Carol Burnett & Friends
4:00am Carol Burnett & Friends
4:30am The Jefferson's
5:00am Full House
5:30am Full House




SUNDAY:

6:00am Saved By the Bell
6:30am Family Matters
7:00am Full House
7:30am Home Improvement
8:00am The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
9:00am Leave it to Beaver
9:30am Religious Programming
12:30pm Newhart
1:00pm I Dream of Jeannie
1:30am Bewitched
2:00pm I Love Lucy
2:30pm The Andy Griffith Show
3:00pm Leave it to Beaver
3:30pm The Beverly Hillbillies
4:00pm Gilligan’s Island
4:30pm The Munster’s
5:00pm The Mary Tyler Moore Show
5:30pm The Mary Tyler Moore Show
6:00pm Religious Programming
7:30pm The Golden Girls
8:00pm I Love Lucy
8:30pm The Andy Griffith Show
9:00pm The Flintstones
9:30pm The Flintstones
10:00pm The Cosby Show
10:30pm The Cosby Show
11:00pm Little House on the Prairie
12:00am Matlock
1:00am Diagnosis Murder
2:00am Family Matters
2:30am Newhart
3:00am Leave it to Beaver
3:30am Carol Burnett & Friends
4:00am Carol Burnett & Friends
4:30am The Jefferson's
5:00am Full House
5:30am Full House

Biggie Family Channel
November 2010 Program Schedule:

SCHEDULE CHANGES:
WEEKDAYS:
7:30am Sanford & Son (replaces The Jefferson’s)

EVERYDAY:
4:30am Sanford & Son (replaces The Jefferson’s)
5:00am/5:30am Home Improvement (replaces Full House X2)

WEEKENDS:
7:00am Home Improvement (replaces Full House)

WEEKDAYS:

6:00am Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
7:00am Sanford & Son
7:30am Sanford & Son
8:00pm Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
8:30pm Home Improvement
9:00am Diagnosis Murder
10:00am Matlock
11:00am Murder, She Wrote
12:00pm Little House on the Prairie
1:00pm I Dream of Jeannie
1:30am Bewitched
2:00pm I Love Lucy
2:30pm The Andy Griffith Show
3:00pm Leave it to Beaver
3:30pm The Beverly Hillbillies
4:00pm Gilligan’s Island
4:30pm The Munster’s
5:00pm 7th Heaven
6:00pm Mama's Family
6:30pm Mama’s Family
7:00pm The Golden Girls
7:30pm The Golden Girls
8:00pm I Love Lucy
8:30pm The Andy Griffith Show
9:00pm The Flintstones
9:30pm The Flintstones
10:00pm The Cosby Show
10:30pm The Cosby Show
11:00pm Little House on the Prairie
12:00am Matlock
1:00am Diagnosis Murder
2:00am Family Matters
2:30am Newhart
3:00am Leave it to Beaver
3:30am Carol Burnett & Friends
4:00am Carol Burnett & Friends
4:30am Sanford &Son
5:00am Home Improvement
5:30am Home Improvement


SATURDAY:

6:00am Saved By the Bell
6:30am Family Matters
7:00am Home Improvement
7:30am Home Improvement
8:00am The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
9:00am The Mary Tyler Moore Show
9:30am The Mary Tyler Moore Show
10:00am Matlock
11:00am Murder, She Wrote
12:00pm Little House on the Prairie
1:00pm The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1:30pm The Mary Tyler Moore Show
2:00pm I Love Lucy
2:30pm The Andy Griffith Show
3:00pm Leave it to Beaver
3:30pm The Beverly Hillbillies
4:00pm Gilligan’s Island
4:30pm The Munster’s
5:00pm 7th Heaven
6:00pm Mama's Family
6:30pm Mama’s Family
7:00pm The Golden Girls
7:30pm The Golden Girls
8:00pm I Love Lucy
8:30pm The Andy Griffith Show
9:00pm The Flintstones
9:30pm The Flintstones
10:00pm The Cosby Show
10:30pm The Cosby Show
11:00pm Little House on the Prairie
12:00am Matlock
1:00am Diagnosis Murder
2:00am Family Matters
2:30am Newhart
3:00am Leave it to Beaver
3:30am Carol Burnett & Friends
4:00am Carol Burnett & Friends
4:30am Sanford &Son
5:00am Home Improvement
5:30am Home Improvement




SUNDAY:

6:00am Saved By the Bell
6:30am Family Matters
7:00am Home Improvement
7:30am Home Improvement
8:00am The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
9:00am Leave it to Beaver
9:30am Religious Programming
12:30pm Newhart
1:00pm I Dream of Jeannie
1:30am Bewitched
2:00pm I Love Lucy
2:30pm The Andy Griffith Show
3:00pm Leave it to Beaver
3:30pm The Beverly Hillbillies
4:00pm Gilligan’s Island
4:30pm The Munster’s
5:00pm The Mary Tyler Moore Show
5:30pm The Mary Tyler Moore Show
6:00pm Religious Programming
7:30pm The Golden Girls
8:00pm I Love Lucy
8:30pm The Andy Griffith Show
9:00pm The Flintstones
9:30pm The Flintstones
10:00pm The Cosby Show
10:30pm The Cosby Show
11:00pm Little House on the Prairie
12:00am Matlock
1:00am Diagnosis Murder
2:00am Family Matters
2:30am Newhart
3:00am Leave it to Beaver
3:30am Carol Burnett & Friends
4:00am Carol Burnett & Friends
4:30am Sanford &Son
5:00am Home Improvement
5:30am Home Improvement



Special Events:

October 3rd-9th: “ANDYVERSRY”

8pm-2am:

10/3:
Episodes 1,2,4,8,9,10,12,13,14,15,16,17

10/4:
Episodes 18,20,21,23,30,35,42,43,47,48,52,54

10/5:
Episodes 55,60,61,63,66,70,71,74,78,79,81,82

10/6:
Episodes 83,85,86,87,88,89,90,92,94,99,100,101

10/7:
Episodes 104,105,106,108,111,112,113,114,116,117,118,120

10/8:
Episodes 122,123,124,125,129,130,131,133,134,135,137,140

10/9:
Episodes 141,143,144,145,147,148,152,153,155,176,177,202

10/26: BACK TO THE FUTURE 25TH ANNIVERSARY MARATHON
9:00am/4:30pm Back to the Future
11:00am/6:30pm Back to the Future Part II
2:15pm/8:45pm Back to the Future Part III


10/30: 5th Annual HAUNTED DAY OF HALLOWEEN:

6:00am Saved By the Bell 060 “Mystery Weekend”
6:30am Family Matters 029 “Dog Day Halloween”
7:00am Diagnosis Murder 073 “A History of Murder”
8:00am Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 005 “A Halloween Story”
8:30am Home Improvement 030 “The Haunting of Taylor House”
9:00am Diagnosis Murder 049 “Misdiagnosis Murder”
10:00am Matlock 142 “The Ghost”
11:00am Murder, She Wrote 024 “Joshua Peabody Died Hear Possibly”
12:00pm Little House on the Prairie 120 “The Halloween Dream”
1:00pm I Dream of Jeannie 014 “What House Across the Street”
1:30am Bewitched 113 “The Safe and Sane Halloween”
2:00pm I Love Lucy 004 “Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her”
2:30pm The Andy Griffith Show 141 “Three Wishes for Opie”
3:00pm The Andy Griffith Show 097 “The Haunted House”
3:30pm Leave it to Beaver 062 “The Haunted House”
4:00pm Gilligan’s Island 063 “Ghost a Go-Go”
4:30pm Gilligan’s Island 052 “Not Guilty”
5:00pm Diagnosis Murder 073 “A History of Murder”
6:00pm Mama's Family 115 “Tri-States Most Wanted”
6:30pm The Golden Girls 156 “The Case of the Libertine Bell”
7:00pm Saved By the Bell 060 “Mystery Weekend”
7:30pm Family Matters 029 “Dog Day Halloween”
8:00pm I Love Lucy 004 “Lucy Thinks Ricky is Trying to Murder Her”
8:30pm The Andy Griffith Show 141 “Three Wishes for Opie”9:00pm
9:00pm The Andy Griffith Show 097 “The Haunted House”
9:30pm Leave it to Beaver 062 “The Haunted House”
10:00pm The Cosby Show 030 “Halloween”
10:30pm Mama's Family 115 “Tri-States Most Wanted”
11:00pm Bewitched 078 “Twitch or Tweet”
11:30pm Bewitched 079 “Endora Moves in For A Spell”

Sunday, September 19th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an encore episode of Locked (Viewers: 3.22 million; 18-49: 1.1/3), down from last weeks new episode. At 7:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 4.05 million; 18-49: 1.5/4) was up from last weeks new episode, and had its largest ratings yet. Up next was an all new episode of Outburst! (Viewers: 5.14 million; 18-49: 1.5/5), stable with last week despite a much larger lead in. It should be noted that Outburst! skews much older than the new game show, Locked. At 9pm, YTN aired an all new The Weakest Link (Viewers: 7.39 million; 18-49: 2.6/7), was up again this week to its highest numbers since last March.

Sunday, September 26th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an encore episode of Locked (Viewers: 3.47 million; 18-49: 1.2/3), up a bit from last weeks encore episode. At 7:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 4.49 million; 18-49: 1.6/5) climbed to a new series high. We don't know what it is with Locked, but viewers seem to be finding it each week, giving YTN a bit of hope in the hour. Up next was an all new episode of Outburst! (Viewers: 5.04 million; 18-49: 1.6/6), down in total viewers, but up in the demo from last week. At 9pm, YTN aired an all new The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.94 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) was down this week.

YTN Press Release:
Series Updates
*THROUGH FRIDAY SERIES (September 17th)*
*Shows in BOLD have been given full seasons
Outburst! - 38/40 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 32/34 episodes have aired
The One - 11/11 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 26/26 episodes have aired
The Streets - 10/10 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 22/22 episodes have aired
The One: Ce1ebrities 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Being Average - 13/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 30/30 episodes have aired
The New Life - 13/13 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 13/13 episodes have aired
College - 32/32 episodes have aired
Roommates - 32/32 episodes have aired
Dr. Heart - 22/22 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 18/18 episodes have aired
Looking For Love - 10/10 episodes have aired (+1 Reunion Special)
Family Super Challenge - 6/6 episodes have aired
Looking For Love 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 10/10 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 17/17 episodes have aired
Do You Trust Me? - 13/13 episodes have aired
Killer Island - 8/8 episodes have aired
The Comedy Hour - 13/13 episodes have aired
The Rich Life: Love, Money and Sex - 13/13 episodes have aired
$7.25 an Hour - 22/22 episodes have aired

FALL '10-'11 SEASON:
Locked - 3/13 episodes have aired
Yahtzee! - 3/13 episodes have aired
Outburst! - 2/24 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 2/24 episodes have aired
Cops of New York - 2/13 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 2/22 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 2/22 episodes have aired
Looking for Love 3 - 2/12 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 2/22 episodes have aired
Roommates - 2/26 episodes have aired
Kate and Zoe - 2/18 episodes have aired
College - 2/26 episodes have aired
They Work Hard For Their Money - 2/13 episodes have aired
TAKEN: Phoenix - 2/16 episodes have aired
Singles - 2/22 episodes have aired
Living Life - 2/13 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 2/22 episodes have aired

MIDSEASON '11 SEASON:
Behind the Scenes - 0/13 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 0/13 episodes have aired
The Inside Job - 0/8 episodes have aired
Sisterhood - 0/13 episodes have aired
YTN Press Release:
Series Updates
*THROUGH FRIDAY SERIES (September 24th)*
*Shows in BOLD have been given full seasons
Outburst! - 38/40 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 32/34 episodes have aired
The One - 11/11 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 26/26 episodes have aired
The Streets - 10/10 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 22/22 episodes have aired
The One: Ce1ebrities 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Being Average - 13/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 30/30 episodes have aired
The New Life - 13/13 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 13/13 episodes have aired
College - 32/32 episodes have aired
Roommates - 32/32 episodes have aired
Dr. Heart - 22/22 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 18/18 episodes have aired
Looking For Love - 10/10 episodes have aired (+1 Reunion Special)
Family Super Challenge - 6/6 episodes have aired
Looking For Love 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 10/10 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 17/17 episodes have aired
Do You Trust Me? - 13/13 episodes have aired
Killer Island - 8/8 episodes have aired
The Comedy Hour - 13/13 episodes have aired
The Rich Life: Love, Money and Sex - 13/13 episodes have aired
$7.25 an Hour - 22/22 episodes have aired

FALL '10-'11 SEASON:
Locked - 4/13 episodes have aired
Yahtzee! - 5/13 episodes have aired
Outburst! - 3/24 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 3/24 episodes have aired
Cops of New York - 3/13 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 3/22 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 3/22 episodes have aired
Looking for Love 3 - 3/12 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 3/22 episodes have aired
Roommates - 3/26 episodes have aired
Kate and Zoe - 3/18 episodes have aired
College - 3/26 episodes have aired
They Work Hard For Their Money - 5/13 episodes have aired
TAKEN: Phoenix - 3/16 episodes have aired
Singles - 3/22 episodes have aired
Living Life - 3/13 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 3/22 episodes have aired

MIDSEASON '11 SEASON:
Behind the Scenes - 0/13 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 0/13 episodes have aired
The Inside Job - 0/8 episodes have aired
Sisterhood - 0/13 episodes have aired

RATINGS FOR WORLD NEWS CHANNEL VIA RATINGS INC.
Ratings run from September 13th - September 17th.

TIME / SHOW / VIEWERS / UP OR DOWN FROM LAST WEEK
12am-6am: What's Ahead - 2,000 viewers (DOWN)
6am-8am: WNC Morning News - 5,000 viewers (DOWN)
8am-10am: World News Channel Presents: Coffee Express - 11,000 viewers (UP)
10am-12pm: What's Happening Across the World? - 19,000 viewers (UP)
12pm-3pm: WNC Afternoon (Part I) - 17,000 viewers (DOWN)
3pm-6pm: WNC Afternoon (Part II) - 18,000 viewers (UP)
6pm: In-Depth - 36,000 viewers (UP)
7pm: Live from WNC Headquarters with Lou Dobbs - 24,000 viewers (DOWN)
8pm: Keeping You Informed - 48,000 viewers (DOWN)
9pm: TEA PARTY - THE ROAD TO WASHINGTON - 64,000 viewers (UP from International Scoop, which ended Friday)
10pm: Your Day Reviewed - 31,000 viewers (DOWN)
11pm: News Quicky - 45,000 viewers (UP)
RATINGS FOR WORLD NEWS CHANNEL VIA RATINGS INC.
Ratings run from September 20th - September 24th.

TIME / SHOW / VIEWERS / UP OR DOWN FROM LAST WEEK
12am-6am: What's Ahead - N/A viewers *Number was too low to record
6am-8am: WNC Morning News - N/A viewers *Number was too low to record
8am-10am: World News Channel Presents: Coffee Express - *Number was too low to record
10am-12pm: What's Happening Across the World? - 11,000 viewers (DOWN)
12pm-3pm: WNC Afternoon (Part I) - 19,000 viewers (UP)
3pm-6pm: WNC Afternoon (Part II) - 22,000 viewers (UP)
6pm: In-Depth - 31,000 viewers (DOWN)
7pm: Live from WNC Headquarters with Lou Dobbs - 32,000 viewers (UP)
8pm: Keeping You Informed - 36,000 viewers (DOWN)
9pm: TEA PARTY - THE ROAD TO WASHINGTON - 79,000 viewers (UP)
10pm: Your Day Reviewed - 18,000 viewers (DOWN)
11pm: News Quicky - 34,000 viewers (DOWN)

Now that "OlsenTV" was dead as of probably 2005 or 2006, it was replaced by a new one called "Ronald-TV", named after Ronald McDonald. Here is a schedule of shows that you are about to see on "Ronald-TV" for the 2010-2011 lineup:

Weekdays:

6:00 AM - Mighty Mouse
6:30 AM - Banana Splits
7:00 AM - Dastardly & Muttley
7:30 AM - Josie & the Pussycats
8:00 AM - Tom & Jerry
8:30 AM - Popeye
9:00 AM - The Transformers
9:30 AM - GI Joe
10:00 AM - My Little Pony & Friends
10:30 AM - Thundercats
11:00 AM - Festival of Family Classics
11:30 AM - Voltron
12:00 PM - The Odd Couple
12:30 PM - Family Ties
1:00 PM - Silver Spoons
1:30 PM - The Hogan Family
2:00 PM - Inspector Gadget
2:30 PM - Robotech
3:00 PM - The Super Mario Bros. Super Show
3:30 PM - Heathcliff
4:00 PM - The Tom & Jerry Hour
5:00 PM - Full House
5:30 PM - Match Game
6:00 PM - Two Of A Kind
6:30 PM - So Little Time
7:00 PM - Mary-Kate & Ashley Adventures (Episodes from the direct-to-video series including "The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley" and "You're Invited to Mary-Kate & Ashley's" parties.)
7:30 PM - Mary-Kate & Ashley in Action!
8:00 PM - The Price Is Right (with Bob Barker) - Reruns from 1972-2007
9:00 PM - Password
9:30 PM - Password Plus
10:00 PM - The $25,000 Pyramid
10:30 PM - The $100,000 Pyramid
11:00 PM - The Golden Girls
11:30 PM - Match Game PM
12:00 AM - The Twilight Zone
12:30 AM - Tales From the Darkside
1:00 AM - Tales of the Crypt
1:30 AM - Dark Shadows
2:00 AM - The Edge of Night
2:30 AM - The Search for Tomorrow
3:00 AM - Ryan's Hope
3:30 AM - Loving
4:00 AM - Passions
5:00 AM - Santa Barbara

Saturday:

6:00 AM - Bullwinkle
6:30 AM - King Leonardo
7:00 AM - Underdog
7:30 AM - Tennesse Tuxedo & His Tales
8:00 AM - $ale of the Century
8:30 AM - Scrabble
9:00 AM - $100,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
9:30 AM - $100,000 Name That Tune
10:00 AM - Face the Music
10:30 AM - Treasure Hunt
11:00 AM - Super Password
11:30 AM - The Joker's Wild
12:00 PM - Tic Tac Dough
12:30 PM - America's Top 10 with Casey Kasem
1:00 PM - Saturday Afternoon Movie
3:00 PM - Un-Million Dollar Movie
5:00 PM - Full House
5:30 PM - Match Game
6:00 PM - The Golden Girls
6:30 PM - Family Ties
7:00 PM - Family Matters
7:30 PM - So Little Time
8:00 PM - The Price Is Right (With Bob Barker) - 4 hours of the best from 1972 to 2007.
12:00 AM - Two of a Kind
12:30 AM - Mary-Kate & Ashley's Adventures
1:00 AM - So Little Time
1:30 AM - Mary-Kate & Ashley in Action!
2:00 AM - The Twilight Zone
2:30 AM - Tales From the Crypt
3:00 AM - Tales From the Darkside
3:30 AM - Dark Shadows
4:00 AM - The Search for Tomorrow
4:30 AM - Ryan's Hope
5:00 AM - Passions

Sunday:

6:00 AM - Romper Room
6:30 AM - Davey & Golitah
7:00 AM - Shining Time Station
7:30 AM - Square One TV
8:00 AM - Where In the World Is Camen Sandiego?
8:30 AM - The Little Rascals
9:00 AM - Sunday Morning Movie
11:00 AM - Full House
11:30 AM - Two of a Kind
12:00 PM - So Little Time
12:30 PM - Mary-Kate & Ashley in Action!
1:00 PM - Sunday Afternoon Movie
3:00 PM - Sunday's Great Movie
5:00 PM - Sunday Movie Special
7:00 PM - America's Top 10 with Casey Kasem
7:30 PM - Match Game
8:00 PM - The 8:00 Movie
10:00 PM - The Muppet Show
10:30 PM - Gilligan's Island
11:00 PM - Love Connection
11:30 PM - Win, Lose or Draw
12:00 AM - Tales From the Crypt
12:30 AM - Tales From the Darkside
1:00 AM - The Twilight Zone
1:30 AM - Alfred Hitchcock Presents
2:00 AM - The Mystery Movie (Columbo, McCloud, etc.)
4:00 AM - Loving
4:30 AM - Ryan's Hope
5:00 AM - Passions

Monday, September 20th Ratings - YTN
YTN started its primetime night with week three of Cops of New York (Viewers: 5.85 million; 18-49: 1.8/6). The amazing thing here: Cops of New York has had a 1.8 demo for three weeks in a row. While it could always grow, its better then slipping each week. At 10pm, YTN aired an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 7.45 million; 18-49: 2.1/7) slipped 16% in total viewers and 14% in the demo from last week. An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 1.01 million; 18-49: 0.3/1) was down from its Friday episode. Just to note again, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.94 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.
Monday, September 27th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with a different tune last night. The 8pm hour kicked off with Pushing Daisies: Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 6.41 million; 18-49: 1.9/6). The numbers are weaker than an actual episode of Pushing Daisies, but given it was just a special behind the scenes look, these numbers are great! Week four of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.18 million; 18-49: 2.0/6) broke the 1.8 demo barrier for the first time, most likely as a result of its lead in. Cops of New York seems to be following the pattern of TAKEN from last season, start slow and explode into a hit. At 10pm, YTN aired an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 7.05 million; 18-49: 2.0/7) down to a season low from last week.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 714,000; 18-49: 0.1/0) was up from the series low on Friday, but thats not saying much. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.79 million viewers and had a 0.9/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in. Remember, Rock the Night premieres THIS WEDNESDAY at 9:30/8:30c before moving to late night Monday, October 4th at 11/10c.

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

ROSIE'S ROUNDTABLE - CANCELLED
Rumors About TV Shows has received numerous reports that YTN's late night series, Rosie's Roundtable, has been cancelled by the network. While nothing is official, it would not be a surprise given that the network has pulled the series from its timeslot effective next Monday.

Rosie's Roundtable started with around 2 million viewers, but has since fallen as low as 692,000 viewers. Here are the demo numbers from Friday - 18-49: 0.0, 18-34: 0.0, 25-54: 0.2, Women (18-34, 25-54, and 18-49): 0.1, Men (18-34, 25-54, and 18-49): 0.0. Yikes!! To put it into perspective: The Ricki Lake Show was a dud in late night for one week, moved to daytime, and now outrates Rosie in every demo. Here they are (last W-F averages; M and Tu excluded due to repeats): 18-49: 0.5, 18-34: 0.3, 25-54: 0.6, Women (18-34, 25-54, and 18-49): 0.4, Men (18-34, 25-54, and 18-49): 0.2. Sure, they aren't great either, but The Ricki Lake Show outrates its lead in while Rosie falls almost 99% from its lead in.

UPDATE: Rosie's Roundtable will return in January according to network insiders.
UPDATE 2: Rosie has a contract for at least two months, which would expire at the end of October.
UPDATE 3: Reporters from "Rumors" spotted Rosie outside the YTN executive headquarters minutes ago.


YTN ORDERS FAMILY DRAMA
With only one other drama on the midseason slate, YTN has ordered their first ever family drama. Tentatively titled WELCOME TO THE FAMILY, the series will follow a couple going through divorce and destroying their children's lives in the process. YTN skipped the pilot process and ordered 6 episodes for midseason, with a possible extension of 7 more if the series is successful. The series is expected to film in Novemeber, with a premiere possible in January 2011. YTN's other drama, The Inside Job, is expected to premiere in January 2011 as well.


WEEKLY UPDATE WILL AIR AFTERALL
YTN's news magazine program, Weekly Update, will air after all. The series was ordered back in May, but was pulled from the schedule in August. YTN executives said in a statement, "We try to avoid news magazines, but with the removal of Your News Now from our schedule, it only makes sense." Weekly Update has been given a 4 episode order and will be renewed on a monthly basis, depending on ratings. Weekly Update premieres this Friday at 10/9c, leading into the finale of Rosie's Roundtable.


THEY WORK HARD FOR THEIR MONEY AND YAHTZEE! WILL REMAIN
Perhaps YTN isn't giving up just yet. Only moments after announcing the revival of Weekly Update, YTN is keeping They Work Hard For Their Money and Yahtzee! on the Friday night schedule. However, YTN is reducing the number of episodes a week from two to one. On top of the weekly episode of They Work Hard For Their Money, YTN will in fact film the remaining two episodes. They Work Hard For Their Money will air at 9pm, with Yahtzee! airing at 9:30pm. YTN now has a solid Friday night lineup with two half hour shows, a news magazine, and a new late night series.

Tuesday, September 21st Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 8.79 million; 18-49: 2.5/6) was stable from last week in total viewers, but up 0.1 demo points in the demo. At 9pm, an all new Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 9.49 million; 18-49: 2.7/7) was up over last week in total viewers and in the demo. Rounding out primetime was a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 12.45 million; 18-49: 3.1/9) was up to season premiere numbers.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 846,000; 18-49: 0.2/0) hit a new series low last night. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.79 million viewers and had a 0.8/3 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.
Tuesday, September 21st Ratings - YTN
No idea what happened to YTN last night, but everything was way down compared to last week. YTN kicked off the night with an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.84 million; 18-49: 2.0/5) which was down 29% in total viewers and 25% in the demo from last week. Perhaps it was the effect of Glee on FOX, but who knows?! At 9pm, an all new Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 8.40 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) was down 13% in total viewers and 17% in the demo. Looking For Love 3 did grow out of Pushing Daisies, but it produced it's lowest ratings ever on a Tuesday night. Rounding out primetime was a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 10.94 million; 18-49: 2.6/8) which was down 14% in total viewers and 19% in the demo. TAKEN was the highest rated show at 10pm, however, defeating the big three networks.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 548,000; 18-49: 0.0/0) got absolutley pummled last night, falling to a new series low. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.54 million viewers and had a 0.7/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in. Remember, Rock the Night premieres THIS WEDNESDAY at 9:30/8:30c before moving to late night Monday, October 4th at 11/10c.

Ratings for GEN-TV for Thursday, September 16, 2010:

GEN-TV regined victorious and was crowned the #1 network on Television for Thursday night!

At 8pm, a brand new episode of "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 20.13 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched by 23.61 million viewers and posted a 4.0 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Starting From Scracth" was watched by 16.88 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Over My Head" more than held it's audience from last week; in fact it was up by 15% with 30.21 million viewers tuning in and a 5.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Lifeline" was watched by 21.25 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo. Overall it was up by 5% over last week in total viewers and down by 4% in demographics.

Overall GEN-TV has a lot to be proud of on Thursday nights; but should be careful of "Starting From Scratch" which could become a serious issue if it's demographics don't increase fast.


All Ratings info compiled by Herring Media Inc.,

GEN-TV Ratings for Thursday, September 23, 2010:

GEN-TV had a strong night but had to settle for third place on Thursday night with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 20.67 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched by 23.58 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm; a brand new "Starting From Scratch" was watched by 16.89 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Over My Head" was watched by 30.34 million viewers and posted a 5.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Lifeline" was watched by 21.32 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV had to settle for third place after CBS and FOX.

Ratings for GEN-TV for Friday, September 17th, 2010:

GEN-TV's Friday night debuts had a seriously mixed result. All in all GEN-TV rated 4th for the night, and was trounced in demos by CBS, FOX and ABC.

At 8pm, the season premiere of "Life's Facts" was watched by a less than impressive 9.19 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo. It ranked 4th place for it's timeslot.

At 830pm, the season premiere of "Like Mother, Like Daughter" was watched by a solid, but not foreceful 11.8 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo. It ranked 3rd in it's timeslot.

At 9pm, the season premiere of "County General" did boost the networks fortunes; but not by much. It was watched by 15.7 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo. This is being seen as a complete and utter flop on the networks part for moving such a valuable show onto a viewerless night, such as friday.

At 10pm, the season premiere of "One Of These Days" was the savior of the night with 22.8 million viewers watching and a 4.2 in the 18-49 demo; however with all that said it was still down nearly 41% from it's last original episode. And in demo's it was down 48% over it's last original episode.


NOTES:

GEN-TV is saying they will continue to support their friday night line-up and they are not giving up on "County General" and "One Of These Days" becoming solid performers on Friday nights. Bridget Klien says "We believe strongly that both OOTD and CG will find a audience on friday night and will boost this networks averages on the night; it's a matter of time and we plan to give both time to shine".

and Diane L. Swift says "It is a fact that viewers love these shows and i believe both "County General" and "One Of These Days" will perform superbly this season on friday nights. Viewers just have to find them and we plan to promote the hell out of them".

Congrats to GEN-TV who soared to an easy win Friday night over CBS's "CSI: New York" and got it's best 18-49 demos on a friday night this season.

At 8pm, a brand new "Life's Facts" improved week-to-week with 10.88 million viewers watching and a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" also showed some improvement week-to-week with 12.6 million viewers watching and a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "County General" easily beat the competition with 22.9 milllion viewers tuning in and a 4.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "One Of These Days" was watched by 23.5 million viewers and posted a 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV was top dog on Saturday night with a #1 finish and a slate of strongly performing series. The series premiere of "L.A. Casino" was a smash hit and produced huge demographic results!

At 8pm, a brand new episode of "Good Sports" was watched by 12.9 million viewers and posted a 2.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 19.8 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, an brand new "The Boy Next Door" was watched 8.6 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo. It was the #1 rated series among the 18-49 demo in this timeslot (#4 overall for the night).

At 1030pm, the series premiere of "L.A. Casino" was a massive success with 23.65 million viewers tuning in and a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo. Overall it was the #1 show of the evening among the demos and was #2 overall with total viewers.

Ratings for GEN-TV for 9/25.

At 8pm, a brand new "Good Sports" showed some signs of ware and tare with 11.3 million viewers tuning in (minus 14% week to week) and a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 20.8 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Boy Next Door" was watched by 8.9 million viewers and posted a 4.8 int he 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Homecoming" was watched by 9.4 million viewers and posted a 2.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 1030pm a brand new "Passing Notes" was watched by 8.4 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

NOTES:

Last week, by accident, ratings for "Homecoming" were accidently not released; they were 9.1 million viewers and a 2.4 in the 18-49 dem.

GEN-TV's Sunday night ratings. GEN-TV is 3rd place on Sunday.

Even with a special elongated episode of "Women Of A Certain Age" celebrating the life of Rue McClanahan, GEN-TV settled for 3rd place on Sunday night.

At 8pm, the special farewell Rue McClanahan episode of "Women Of A Certain Age" was watched by a healthy, but not dominante 19.66 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo. It lost viewers in the second half hour; though, dropping almost 10% of the audience between 8 and 830.

At 9pm, "50 Stops Before Home" was watched by 12.4 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, an all-new "Boy Next Door" was watched by 8.83 million viewers and posted a 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, an all-new "Tycoons" was watched by 6.9 million viewers and posted a 1.9 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV was 2nd place on Sunday night with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "Say Cheese" (on it's new night) was watched by 7.5 million viewers and posted a 1.9 in the 18-49 demo.

at 830pm, a brand new "Hollywood Now" was watched by 2.1 million viewers and posted a 1.0 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "50 stops before home" decreased to 11.94 million viewers and posted a 2.3 int he 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Getting Over It" was watched by 7.9 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, an all-new "Tycoons" was watched by 5.3 million viewers and posted a 1.2 in the 18-49 demo.

Now that all the ratings for all networks are available; GEN-TV has offically secured the #2 spot for Monday nights ratings. It was a head-to-head war between GEN-TV and ABC; but the alphabet network reinged victorious.

Here is a play by play of the ratings:

At 8pm:

ABC- "Dancing With The Stars"- Season Premiere- 21.00 million viewers and a 4.9 in 18-49

GEN-TV- "Doctor/Patient" and "Knocked Down" (original episodes:

DP: 17.41 million viewers/2.4 KD: 14.74 and 4.6

VERDICT: ABC wins the hour by a mile. DTWTS outperforms in both demos and total viewers. Although "Knocked Down" came pretty close in demos.


At 9pm:

ABC: still had "Dancing with the stars"--- 21.00 million viewers and a 4.9

GEN-TV: "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" and "Them & Us"

Elizabeth B: 17.35 million viewers and a 3.5 Them & Us: 16.1 and a 3.7

VERDICT: ABC continues to win.


At 10pm:

ABC: "Castle" (season premiere)---11.7 million viewers, 2.8 in 18-49

GEN-TV: "Gone" (series premiere)---26.92 million viewers and a 5.4 18-49.

VERDICT: GEN-TV wins by a wide margin. "Gone" trounced "Castle" both in total viewers and in demos.




CBS was in third place; followed by NBC, then FOX followed by YTN and The CW.

GEN-TV's Bridget Klien says in her online blog today "We are very excited that our programming not only was very compeitive but that it managed to beat everything aired on NBC, CBS, FOX, YTN and The CW networks. We are espeically proud of the huge growth for "Knocked Down" and the big premiere numbers for "Gone" which destroyed ABC's "Castle" and clearly proved strong enough that it got higher ratings than "Dancing With The Stars"."

While, Diane L. Swift calls it "A victory that we are insanely proud of to beat "Castle" so througholy and to have the premiere of "Gone" beat "Dancing with the stars" is a huge victory".

GEN-TV ratings for Monday, September 27, 2010:

GEN-TV takes home the gold on Monday night!

At 8pm, a brand new "Doctor/Patient" rebounds heavily with 19.39 million viewers and a 2.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Knocked Down" was watched by 16.89 million viewers, showing startling growth (up from 14.74 the week before) and a 5.3 in the 18-49 demo (up from 4.6 the prior week).

At 9pm, a brand new "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 18.94 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo (up from 17.35/3.5 the week before)

At 930pm, a brand new "Them & Us" was the only show to decrease with 15.92 million viewers and a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Gone" increased to 27.59 million viewers and a 5.8 in the 18-49 demo (vs. 26.92/5.4 last week).

Ratings for 9/28 and 9/29 will be made available by the end of the weekend, due to an error in the internal processor for Herring Media Inc, these ratings along with those of 9/30 are unavilable at the moment.

GEN-TV has issued formal cancellation notices to a slew of underperfoming (if performing at all) series. None of these shows have been renewed for the remainder of the season.

First up; the network has offically pulled the plug of struggling drama series "Tycoons". the Perry King/Susan Lucci/Sophia Lorena drama has struggled to maintain more than six million viewers this season and has been cancelled. Production on the costly soap opera from E. Duke Vincent has been halted and the remaning 4 filmed episodes will air in their regularly schedule slot; but the series will be pulled after that.

Next week. October 3 a new episode will air, and a new episode will air on 10/10. A rerun will air on 10/17 and 10/24. A new episode will air on 10/31 followed by the series finale on 11/7.


The network has also offically cancelled drama series "Homecoming" it has been pulled from the schedule immeditely. Reruns of "Boyfriends" will assume the 930pm timeslot on Saturday starting tommorrow and at 10pm, a rerun of "Doctor/Patient" will air from 10-1030; leading into "Passing Notes".

Also being handed cancellation notices today are returning comedy "Say Cheese" which will continue to air throughout the year but will not return in 2011.

The network has also offically cancelled "Passing Notes" the struggling drama series that was recently moved to Friday nights.

Lasty the network has pulled the plug on "Hollywood Now" the news magazine that has not pulled in an audience all season.

All shows will continue to air until further notice.

Wednesday, September 23rd Ratings - YTN
An all new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 8.15 million; 18-49: 2.6/9) started the night and was down once again to series lows for YTN. Week three of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 12.83 million; 18-49: 3.5/11) fell only 0.1 demo point, which is posivite considering the tough competiton. Kate and Zoe only rated behind an all new Survivor on 8pm, which had a 4.0 demo. At 9pm, College (Viewers: 11.04 million; 18-49: 3.4/10) fell a whopping 17% in total viewers and 12% in the demo from last week. These are not series lows for College, but it should be noted that College fell from its lead in at 8:30pm. Perhaps the season premiere of Modern Family, which nabbed a 5.0, has something to do with the low numbers. Week three of They Work Hard for Their Money (Viewers: 7.02 million; 18-49: 2.2/7) was down another 34% in total viewers and 27% in the demo from last week. Retention out of College was 64% in total viewers and 65% in the demo, down from the retention last week of over 70% and 80% from the previous week. At 10pm, week three of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 12.03 million; 18-49: 2.9/9) was down only a few viewers and 0.1 in the demo. Considering how far its lead in fell this week, this is great news. TAKEN: Phoenix tied for first at 10pm with the series premiere of The Defenders on CBS. TAKEN: Phoenix was 0.2 demo points lower than its parent series this week, but still, a great performance.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 899,000; 18-49: 0.2/0) was up only a bit from its series low yesterday. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.83 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.
Wednesday, September 29th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an all new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 7.63 million; 18-49: 2.4/6), which was down to a new series low again this week. Week four of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 12.45 million; 18-49: 3.4/9) fell only 0.1 demo point, which is posivite considering the tough competiton. Kate and Zoe tied for first place at 8pm with CBS' Survivor. At 9pm, College (Viewers: 11.28 million; 18-49: 3.4/10) was even with last week. The preview of Rock the Night (Viewers: 8.88 million; 18-49: 2.7/7) was up from last weeks episode of They Work Hard For Their Money. This should give YTN a somewhat good boost for its move to 11pm next week. Retention out of College was a respectable 79% in total viewers and the demo. At 10pm, week four of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 12.11 million; 18-49: 3.0/9) was up 0.1 in the demo from last week. TAKEN: Phoenix easily won its timeslot, and outrated the original TAKEN, which had a 2.6 demo.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 501,000; 18-49: 0.0/0) did what no one thought it could do; hit another series low. If you want the retention in total viewers, its an abysmal 4%! Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.21 million viewers and had a 0.5/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in, but way down from recent numbers. Remember, Rock the Night premieres THIS WEDNESDAY at 9:30/8:30c before moving to late night Monday, October 4th at 11/10c.

Thursday, September 23rd Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with a new episode of Singles (Viewers: 8.83 million; 18-49: 3.3/9), which was actually up from last week despite the tougher competition. Praise should be awarded to Singles for moving to a new night and becoming YTN's third highest rated comedy, behind Kate and Zoe and College. At 9:30pm, week three of Living Life (Viewers: 7.04 million; 18-49: 2.5/7) was up 0.2 demo points from last week, with retention increasing to 76% this week. Up next was a new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 11.53 million; 18-49: 3.4/10), which was down 0.1 demo points for last week. Reversing History built by large numbers once again from its lead-in.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 796,000; 18-49: 0.1/0) hit yet another series low despite a larger lead in last night. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.88 million viewers and had a 1.0/3 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.
Thursday, September 30th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with a new episode of Singles (Viewers: 8.42 million; 18-49: 3.2/9) which was down just 0.1 demo point from last week. At 9:30pm, week four of Living Life (Viewers: 7.16 million; 18-49: 2.5/7) was even with last week. Up next was a new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 10.99 million; 18-49: 3.2/10), down 0.2 demo points from last week.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 458,000; 18-49: 0.0/0) loves to play the how low can you go game! Rosie's Roundtable plunged to a new low, and will air for what is likely to be the final time tonight. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.28 million viewers and had a 0.5/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in. Remember, Rock the Night premieres Monday, October 4th at 11/10c.

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

ROSIE'S ROUNDTABLE - CANCELLED
Rumors About TV Shows has received numerous reports that YTN's late night series, Rosie's Roundtable, has been cancelled by the network. While nothing is official, it would not be a surprise given that the network has pulled the series from its timeslot effective next Monday.

Rosie's Roundtable started with around 2 million viewers, but has since fallen as low as 692,000 viewers. Here are the demo numbers from Friday - 18-49: 0.0, 18-34: 0.0, 25-54: 0.2, Women (18-34, 25-54, and 18-49): 0.1, Men (18-34, 25-54, and 18-49): 0.0. Yikes!! To put it into perspective: The Ricki Lake Show was a dud in late night for one week, moved to daytime, and now outrates Rosie in every demo. Here they are (last W-F averages; M and Tu excluded due to repeats): 18-49: 0.5, 18-34: 0.3, 25-54: 0.6, Women (18-34, 25-54, and 18-49): 0.4, Men (18-34, 25-54, and 18-49): 0.2. Sure, they aren't great either, but The Ricki Lake Show outrates its lead in while Rosie falls almost 99% from its lead in.

UPDATE: Rosie's Roundtable will return in January according to network insiders.
UPDATE 2: Rosie has a contract for at least two months, which would expire at the end of October.
UPDATE 3: Reporters from "Rumors" spotted Rosie outside the YTN executive headquarters minutes ago.

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN PULLS THE PLUG ON ROSIE'S ROUNDTABLE
The rumors are now true, YTN has cancelled Rosie's Roundtable. The low rated late night series had been scheduled to return in January 2011, but has officially been cancelled by the network. Network executives were hoping to pull the low rated late night series for a few months, and then relaunch it with more advertising. That was the plan, until Rosie's Roundtable fell into the ratings abyss. With ratings well under 500,000 viewers and an invisible 0.0 demo in all categories, they knew it was time to cancel the show. No word yet on what will happen to Rosie, but her show won't be back. Oh well!

Friday, September 24th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with the first burn-off episode of They Work Hard For Their Money (Viewers: 3.92 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) and the second burn-off episode (Viewers: 4.05 million; 18-49: 1.4/4). They Work Hard For Their Money didn't do terrible, but considering how it compares to other YTN comedies, they decided it was best to burn-off the series now. At 9pm, YTN aired burn-off episode number one of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.55 million; 18-49: 0.5/2) and another burn-off episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.87 million; 18-49: 0.6/2). It should be noted that these numbers are better than the numbers the show produced on Sundays, but still low.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 692,000; 18-49: 0.1/0) hit an all time low last night in total viewers and tied its worst performance in the demo. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.56 million viewers and had a 0.8/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in.

Friday, October 1st Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with an all new They Work Hard For Their Money (Viewers: 3.41 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) which is even with last weeks new episode at 9pm. At 9:30pm, YTN aired a new episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.59 million; 18-49: 0.6/2), even with last weeks 9:30pm episode. At 10pm, YTN went with the series premiere of Weekly Update (Viewers: 4.94 million; 18-49: 1.2/4). While the numbers are very low in the 18-49 demo, it did come in second in its timeslot, defeating 20/20 and Outlaw.

The series finale (just announced yesterday) of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 312,000; 18-49: 0.0/0) hit yet another series low. Rosie's Roundtable premiered to over 2 million viewers, and nearly lost every single one. An encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.34 million viewers and had a 0.6/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in. Rock the Night takes over the 11pm timeslot starting Monday.

GEN-TV rating results for Tuesday, September 21, 2010:

At 8pm, an all-new "The Arrival" was watched by 26.4 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, an all-new "Never Again" was watched by 24.3 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, an all-new '"The Huntress" on at it's new time was a huge hit with 27.8 million viewers watching and a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the second episode of "L.A. Casino" on it's new night held steady over it's Saturday night premire. 23.73 million viewers tuned in and it got a 4.8 in the 18-49 demographic.

NOTES:

"The Huntress" at 9pm, improved the timeslot performance by over 87% compared to "Passing Notes" which struggled to find an audience.

here are the ratings for Tuesday, September 28, 2010 for GEN-TV (compliled by Herring Media Inc.,)

At 8pm, a brand new "The Arrival" was watched by 26.8 million viewers and posted a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Never Again" was watched by 24.5 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new episode of "The Huntress" was watched by 27.69 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new episode of "L.A. Casino" was watched by 24.51 million viewers and posted a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV Ratings for Wednesday, September 22, 2010:

GEN-TV had a solid and praise worthy evening last night; taking home the silver medal with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "Press Time" was watched by 26.78 million viewers and posted a 3.7 in the 18-49 demographic...


So to compare; that is 26.78 million viewers and a 3.7

Compared to:

CBS: Survivor- 12.47 million viewers; 4.0
NBC: Undercovers- 8.57 million viewers; 2.1
FOX: Hell's Kitchen- 5.59 million; 2.6
ABC: The Middle- 8.81 million, 2.6
CW: Top Model- 2.82 million, 1.3
YTN: Roomates--- 8.15, 2.6


That places GEN-TV's "Press Time" #1 among totat viewers for the half-hour and in second place among demographics for the half-hour (CBS as #1).

At 830pm, an all-new episode of "Say Cheese" was watched by 12.4 million viewers (down 5% week to week) and posted a 1.4 in the 18-49 demo.

Compared to other networks:
ABC: Better with you- 7.97 million; 2.5
CBS: Survivor; 12.47 million; 4.0
FOX: Hell's Kitchen; 5.95 million; 2.9
NBC: Undercovers; 8.57 million; 2.1
CW: 2.82 million; 1.3
YTN: Kate and Zoe: 12.83 million; 3.5

Among total viewers this places GEN-TV once again in second place among total viewers (CBS's Survivor is #1) and in 6th place among demographics (1st place is CBS. 7th place is the CW; to be fair though by only a tenth of a point).

At 9pm; it was a brand new episode of freshmen comedy "This Just In" which was watched by 14.3 million viewers and posted a 3.2.

Comparing it to the other networks:
CBS: Criminal Minds: 14.08 million; 4.0
FOX: Hell's Kitchen (second episdoe): 7.19 million; 3.2
NBC: Law & Order: SVU: 9.68 million; 3.0
ABC: Modern Family: 12.61 million; 5.0
CW: Hellcats: 2.32 million; 1.0
YTN: College: 11.04 million; 3.4

This means that GEN-TV's "This Just In" was in second place among total viewers (First place going to CBS's "Criminal Minds". GEN-TV just narrowly defeated by the network). and was in a tie for fifth place among demos (tied with FOX. FIrst place going to NBC).

At 930pm was an all-new "West Of Broadway" which was watched by 13.8 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

Comparing it with other networks:
CBS: The Defenders: 12.09 million; 2.9
NBC: Law & Order: SVU- 10.36; 3.5
ABC: Cougar Town: 8.34 million; 3.4
YTN: They Work Hard For their money: 7.02 million; 2.02
CW: Hellcats: 2.32 million; 1.0
FOX: Hell's Kitchen: 7.19 million; 3.2

Among total viewers this places GEN-TV in first place and among demographics it places GEN-TV in a dead tie with NBC for 1st place.

Lastly at 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" slaughtered every single other program broadcast; with 44.92 million viewers watching and a 4.8 in the 18-49 demo. No need to compare it to any other network as it was #1 among all key demographics and total viewers.

Here are the ratings for GEN-TV for Wednesday, September 29, 2010 and Thursday, September 30, 2010:

WED:

At 8pm: a brand new "Press Time" was watched by 30.4 million viewers and posted a 5.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Women Of A Certian Age" (on it's new night) was watched by 10.3 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "This Just In" was watched by 14.7 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 14.5 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" was watched by 45.03 million viewers and posted a 5.2 in the 18-49 demo.

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Thursday, September 30, 2010:

At 8pm, a brand new "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 27.4 million viewers and posted a 4.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched by 26.7 million viewers and posted a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Starting From Scratch" was watched by 13.2 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a rerun of "Over My Head" was watched by 10.2 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "Lifeline" was watched by 14.1 million viewers and posted a 2.2 in the 18-49 demo.

Congrats to GEN-TV who soared to an easy win Friday night over CBS's "CSI: New York" and got it's best 18-49 demos on a friday night this season.

At 8pm, a brand new "Life's Facts" improved week-to-week with 10.88 million viewers watching and a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" also showed some improvement week-to-week with 12.6 million viewers watching and a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "County General" easily beat the competition with 22.9 milllion viewers tuning in and a 4.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "One Of These Days" was watched by 23.5 million viewers and posted a 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.

Ratings for GEN-TV for Friday, October 1, 2010:

GEN-TV was given another rare victory on Friday night with the following ratings:

At 8pm, a brand new "Life's Facts" was watched by 10.94 million viewers and posted a 2.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" was watched by 13.5 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "County General" was victorious over all other shows and was watched by a season high of 25.8 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "One Of These Days" was watched by 25.7 million viewers and posted a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV today announced their brand new October 2010 schedule which goes into effect immeditely and includes the relaunch of "Teachers Pet"; the return of "Hot Tamales" and the debuts of hot new series "Sisters", "Snatched" and "Hotel".

The new schedule scraps plans for "Tycoons" to continue airing through Novemeber; instead that series will air only until 10/24. It also pulls from the schedule cancelled series "Passing Notes" and "Hollywood Now".

The new schedule includes moving "Starting From Scratch" out of Thursday nights and onto the Saturday night schedule.

The full schedule is below:

Monday:
8pm: Doctor/Patient
830: Knocked Down
9pm: The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe
930: Them & Us
10pm: GONE
11pm: Hotel (debuts 10/18)

Tuesday:
8pm: The Arrival
830: Never Again
9pm: The Huntress
10pm: L.A. Casino
11pm: Lifeline (moves here 10/19)

Wednesday:
8pm: Press Time
830: This Just In (moves here 10/20)
9pm: Women of a certian age (moves here 10/20)
930: West Of Broadway
10pm: This Time Around

Thursday:
8pm: Something Old, Something New
830: Boyfriends
9pm: Over My Head (moves here 10/21)
930: Hot Tamales (Retruns 10/21)
10pm: Sisters (debuts 10/21)


Friday:
8pm: Life's Facts
830: Like Mother, Like Daughter
9pm: County General
10pm: One Of These Days

Saturday:
8pm: Good Sports
830: Postal
9pm: The Boy Next Door
930: Starting From Scratch (moves here 10/23)
10pm: GEN-TV Movie (returns 10/23)

Sunday:
8pm: 50 Stops Before Home (moves here 10/24)
830pm: Getting Over It (moves here 10/24)
9pm: Teachers Pet (returns 10/24)
930: Snatched (debuts 10/24)
1030: RERUNS

BOLD equals schedule change

Italics Equals New Series

On October 24th; GEN-TV's acclaimed; award-winning Movie Of The Week Franchise returns to the airwaves with a slate of original; inspiring and sure to be classic original movies. Here is the full listing.

October:

24th: "A Lesson In Humility": This heart-tugging movie focuses on Harold Greenberg; a career sexiest and complete grouch who has spent the last 25 years pushing his family away. Days away from his 56th birthday he learns that he has incurable brain cancer and has less than a year to live. The movie showcases what will happen to Harold as he tries to make amends to his family and how they deal with the news of his illness. Co-starring Oscar-Winner Kathy Bates as his ex-wife; Stockard Channing as his girlfriend; Kelli Martin as his daughter and Chad Lowe as his son. Ted Danson stars as Harold.

October 31: "Boo: The Halloween Story: This one is for the kids. Family favorite Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical) stars in this haunted story of a spooky pumpkin patch and the creepy visitors setting out to destory the world's pumpkins.

November 7th: "Summer Romance": This sweet movie tells the story of what happens to a couple who met at a time share on the beach in the summer and fall in love. Will they let their summer love fade as the sun sets or will their passion carry them into the fall? Starring: Mandy Moore, Tyler Labaine, Rob Morrow and Teri Polo.

November 14: "Thanksgiving Reunion": in the tradition of last years "Mixed Blessings" and "A Family Gathering" comes this heart-warming story of an estranged family reunited during the holidays and forced to confront some deep-seeded issues. Perfect housewife Amber Needlemyere (Bess Armstrong) must confront her nearly three-ear avoidance of discussing the death of her husband, Louie. Eldest daughter Morgan (Jennifer Love Hewitt) must come to terms with her recent misscarriage and the reasons why her husband Duncan (Joey Lawrence) has filed for divorce. Amber's sister; Holly (Teri Polo) must deal with her recent breast cancer diagnosis; and the entire family must deal with the attempted suicide of Jordan; the youngest son of Amber and Louie; who is now 26 and tried to swallow a bottle of pills. Hunter Parrish plays Jordan.

November 21: "48 Hours": Oscar-nominated actress Viola Davis (Doubt) stars in this harrowing original movie as Nurse Jackie Spencer; a trauma nurse who learns she has only 48 hours left to live and must make the most out of them. Jackie decides to spend the last 48 hours of her life doing all the things she never had the guts to do before; such as quit her job; get a wild haircut; spend 10000 dollars on a dress and kiss the man she's always crushed on. The movie follows Jackie from diagnosis to death and shows the impact she has on everybody around her.

The Ricki Lake Show Ratings - Monday (20th) through Friday (24th)
Updated ratings for The Ricki Lake Show...

Monday (Repeat; Personal Reasons) - 684,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.2/1
Tuesday (Repeat; Personal Reasons) - 702,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.3/1
Wednesday - 847,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.4/2
Thursday - 934,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2
Friday - 912,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2

While the ratings look small, they are pretty good for 10am. For comparison, an encore of Wife Swap at 9am (its lead in) recorded an average of 802,000 viewers this week. How I Met Your Mother, which previously aired at 10am, averaged 719,000 viewers and a 0.4/1 demo three weeks ago.

The Ricki Lake Show Ratings - Monday (27th) through Friday (1st)
Updated ratings for The Ricki Lake Show...

Monday - 871,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.4/1
Tuesday - 918,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2
Wednesday - 905,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2
Thursday - 994,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2
Friday - 1,048,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2 <--- Series high in daytime

The Ricki Lake Show is turning into the little show that could for YTN. Each week the numbers start out a bit slow, but pick up steam by Friday. It should be noted that the 0.6 demo is actually a series high for the show in daytime AND late night. Total viewership is closing in on a series high for both daytime and late night, but isn't there just yet. The Ricki Lake Show also hit a series high in W18-49 (0.7) and W25-54 (1.1).

RATINGS FOR WORLD NEWS CHANNEL VIA RATINGS INC.
Ratings run from September 20th - September 24th.

TIME / SHOW / VIEWERS / UP OR DOWN FROM LAST WEEK
12am-6am: What's Ahead - N/A viewers *Number was too low to record
6am-8am: WNC Morning News - N/A viewers *Number was too low to record
8am-10am: World News Channel Presents: Coffee Express - *Number was too low to record
10am-12pm: What's Happening Across the World? - 11,000 viewers (DOWN)
12pm-3pm: WNC Afternoon (Part I) - 19,000 viewers (UP)
3pm-6pm: WNC Afternoon (Part II) - 22,000 viewers (UP)
6pm: In-Depth - 31,000 viewers (DOWN)
7pm: Live from WNC Headquarters with Lou Dobbs - 32,000 viewers (UP)
8pm: Keeping You Informed - 36,000 viewers (DOWN)
9pm: TEA PARTY - THE ROAD TO WASHINGTON - 79,000 viewers (UP)
10pm: Your Day Reviewed - 18,000 viewers (DOWN)
11pm: News Quicky - 34,000 viewers (DOWN)

RATINGS FOR WORLD NEWS CHANNEL VIA RATINGS INC.
Ratings run from September 27th - October 1st.

TIME / SHOW / VIEWERS / UP OR DOWN FROM LAST WEEK
12am-6am: What's Ahead - N/A viewers *Number was too low to record
6am-8am: WNC Morning News - N/A viewers *Number was too low to record
8am-10am: World News Channel Presents: Coffee Express - *Number was too low to record
10am-12pm: What's Happening Across the World? - *Number was too low to record
12pm-3pm: WNC Afternoon (Part I) - 12,000 viewers (DOWN)
3pm-6pm: WNC Afternoon (Part II) - 17,000 viewers (DOWN)
6pm: In-Depth - 27,000 viewers (DOWN)
7pm: Live from WNC Headquarters with Lou Dobbs - 22,000 viewers (DOWN)
8pm: Keeping You Informed - 31,000 viewers (DOWN)
9pm: TEA PARTY - THE ROAD TO WASHINGTON - 52,000 viewers (DOWN)
10pm: Your Day Reviewed - 15,000 viewers (DOWN)
11pm: News Quicky - 24,000 viewers (DOWN)

*WNC had a record four shows that were too low to record. It should be noted that EVERY show fell from last week's already terrible numbers.

YTN Press Release:
Series Updates
*THROUGH FRIDAY SERIES (September 24th)*
*Shows in BOLD have been given full seasons
Outburst! - 38/40 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 32/34 episodes have aired
The One - 11/11 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 26/26 episodes have aired
The Streets - 10/10 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 22/22 episodes have aired
The One: Ce1ebrities 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Being Average - 13/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 30/30 episodes have aired
The New Life - 13/13 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 13/13 episodes have aired
College - 32/32 episodes have aired
Roommates - 32/32 episodes have aired
Dr. Heart - 22/22 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 18/18 episodes have aired
Looking For Love - 10/10 episodes have aired (+1 Reunion Special)
Family Super Challenge - 6/6 episodes have aired
Looking For Love 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 10/10 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 17/17 episodes have aired
Do You Trust Me? - 13/13 episodes have aired
Killer Island - 8/8 episodes have aired
The Comedy Hour - 13/13 episodes have aired
The Rich Life: Love, Money and Sex - 13/13 episodes have aired
$7.25 an Hour - 22/22 episodes have aired

FALL '10-'11 SEASON:
Locked - 4/13 episodes have aired
Yahtzee! - 5/13 episodes have aired
Outburst! - 3/24 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 3/24 episodes have aired
Cops of New York - 3/13 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 3/22 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 3/22 episodes have aired
Looking for Love 3 - 3/12 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 3/22 episodes have aired
Roommates - 3/26 episodes have aired
Kate and Zoe - 3/18 episodes have aired
College - 3/26 episodes have aired
They Work Hard For Their Money - 5/13 episodes have aired
TAKEN: Phoenix - 3/16 episodes have aired
Singles - 3/22 episodes have aired
Living Life - 3/13 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 3/22 episodes have aired

MIDSEASON '11 SEASON:
Behind the Scenes - 0/13 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 0/13 episodes have aired
The Inside Job - 0/8 episodes have aired
Sisterhood - 0/13 episodes have aired
YTN Press Release:
Series Updates
*THROUGH FRIDAY SERIES (October 1st)*
*Shows in BOLD have been given full seasons
Outburst! - 38/40 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 32/34 episodes have aired
The One - 11/11 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 26/26 episodes have aired
The Streets - 10/10 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 22/22 episodes have aired
The One: Ce1ebrities 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Being Average - 13/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 30/30 episodes have aired
The New Life - 13/13 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 13/13 episodes have aired
College - 32/32 episodes have aired
Roommates - 32/32 episodes have aired
Dr. Heart - 22/22 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 18/18 episodes have aired
Looking For Love - 10/10 episodes have aired (+1 Reunion Special)
Family Super Challenge - 6/6 episodes have aired
Looking For Love 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 10/10 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 17/17 episodes have aired
Do You Trust Me? - 13/13 episodes have aired
Killer Island - 8/8 episodes have aired
The Comedy Hour - 13/13 episodes have aired
The Rich Life: Love, Money and Sex - 13/13 episodes have aired
$7.25 an Hour - 22/22 episodes have aired

FALL '10-'11 SEASON:
Locked - 5/13 episodes have aired
Yahtzee! - 6/13 episodes have aired
Outburst! - 4/24 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 4/24 episodes have aired
Cops of New York - 4/13 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 4/22 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 4/22 episodes have aired + 1 special
Looking for Love 3 - 4/12 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 4/22 episodes have aired
Roommates - 4/26 episodes have aired
Kate and Zoe - 4/18 episodes have aired
College - 4/26 episodes have aired
They Work Hard For Their Money - 6/13 episodes have aired
TAKEN: Phoenix - 4/16 episodes have aired
Singles - 4/22 episodes have aired
Living Life - 4/13 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 4/22 episodes have aired
Weekly Update - 1/4 episodes have aired

MIDSEASON '11 SEASON:
Behind the Scenes - 0/13 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 0/13 episodes have aired
The Inside Job - 0/8 episodes have aired
Sisterhood - 0/13 episodes have aired

Ratings for GEN-TV for Saturday and Sunday night:

Saturday, October 2, 2010:

At 8pm, a brand new "Good Sports" was watched by 14.1 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 24.74 million viewers and posted a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo; this was an unusually large number of viewers for this series.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Boy Next Door" was watched by 7.92 million viewers and posted a 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a rerun of "The Boy Next Door" was watched by 5.21 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "The Boy Next Doo" was watched by 5.13 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

at 1030pm, a rerun of "The Boy Next Door" was watched 5.09 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

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Sunday, October 3, 2010:

With half the shows from Sunday night cancelled or on hiatus the sunday line-up was filled with reruns and burn-offs.

At 8pm, a rerun of "The Arrival" was watched by 12.5 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a rerun of "Never Again" was watched by 10.2 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "50 stops before home" was watched by 17.8 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Getting Over It" was watched by 10.1 million viewers and posted a 1.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "Gone" was watched by 21.9 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo. (that's nearly triple the number of viewers that watched any of the episodes of "Tycoons" that aired).


NOTES:

Despite plans to burn off the remaining episodes; it appears "Tycoons" has been pulled from the schedule after-all.

With a 1.9 demo it looks like "Getting Over It" is on it's last legs unless something can be done to save the series. The ratings for the show have been slipping since last season when it was moved out of it's Monday night timeslot (where it was a solid performer; getting over 22 million viewers a week. It never recovered. The loss of Heather Locklear has also hurt the series).

Ratings and related info is compiled by Herring Media Inc., an independant Television ratings firm.

Hollywood Now
October 4, 2010
"GEN-TV: Operation Life Support: 5 Series on their last legs and how to save them".

GEN-TV has done something of a miracle this season; they've launched nearly a dozen new series and over half of them are successes or on their way to be. On Monday nights they've managed to launch three new comedy series and a new drama series without much effort. In fact; the three new comedy series are among the highest rated programs on television; "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" is one of the hippest shows on television and has been attracting demographics that would make any advertiser proud. "Knocked Down" starring Mandy Moore is the surprise hit of the season with excellent demographics and overall successful ratings. It's neck and neck with "Elizabeth Bordoe" in terms of total viewers and some weeks even surpasses that show in terms of demographics. "Them & Us" is a quiet little sleeper of a show that has been slowly building an audience all season long. It's also reignited the careers of veteran actresses Shelley Long; Jane Curtain and Nancy Leenehan. The network has also launched "Gone" a successful crime franchise that has been garnering over 30 million viewers this season and gets nearly unamious praise. Elsewhere on the schedule the network has managed to launch a successful and compeitive block of comedy on Wednesday nights which includes returning hit "Press Time" and hot new series like "This Just In" and "West Of Broadway". On Friday nights the network has taken two valuable drama series and let them build ratings averages on a typically low viewing night. It's a gamble that's paid off handsomely.

Even with all this success the network has had some struggles this year; The network has seen a slew of series crash and burn. "Another Day"; a Stephen J. Cannell produced series (the last that will ever be); starring Drea De Matteo and Michael Trucco was cancelled after two episodes (which together got a combined average of 21.2 million viewers). "Tycoons" a sultry, very expensive soap opera from Aaron Spelling's former partner E. Duke Vincent crashed and burned with under 6 million viewers watching each episode. The entertainment news magazine "Hollywood Now" was an utter flop with under three million viewers watching.

The network also has some other trouble spots on their schedule; here we highlight 5 series that according to GEN-TV's history could be in big danger if things don't improve:

1. "Starting From Scratch": This comedy series was once a valued player for the network when it headlined the Monday night comedy block with "Getting Over It" and "Doctor/Patient". However a move to Thursday nights saw an alarming decrease in the series ratings. Another factor working against it was the fact that it's demographics are far too old-skewing; the typical audience of this show is comprised of 5% 18-49 and 90% of 50-75 year olds. The networks rocky relationship with stars Doris Roberts and Kirstie Alley also don't help at all. Both have been outspoken and have said they felt little support from the network for the show. An attempt at a strike last season did little to help the show's fortunes. If you look purley at the numbers; this show is in danger; with decreasing number of total viewers and shrinking demos every week this show needs a miracle to survive.

2. "Getting Over It": another formerly hot series for the show; this series is on a deathbed and is waiting for somebody to pull the plug. It started off as a solid performer; with nearly 22 million viewers each week. However after being moved to Wednesday nights the ratings begun to shrink. A second move this season to Sunday nights has further decreased the ratings; proving this show wasn't a series able to sustain itself and was reliant on more popular shows on the monday line-up for it's ratings. The loss of series star Heather Locklear (who was fired) has also not helped the series as it's had to refocus it's premise and rely more on Harry Hamlin and the shows two younger actresses; Kristen Alderson and G. Hanneluis.

3. "The Boy Next Door": This show has a lot of things working against it. First off; it's a teenage show set in a high school. That alone limits it's audience; next up it's got a female lead; further limiting it's mass appeal. Thirdly its stuck on Saturday nights; when most teenagers are out having fun and not watching TV. It also has no other shows on the network aimed at it's teenage audience (except maybe "One Of These Days"); and airs between two of the oldest skewing shows on television "Postal" and the recently cancelled "Homecoming". The ratings for the series have been by most standards appalling; with non consistent following; it goes from a high of 9.3 million viewers one week to a low of 2.35 million viewers another week. It's only saving grace is it's superb demographics; it's the #2 rated series among Male Teens 10-16 and is the #1 show on TV among females 10-20. It has an appealling lead actress in Emma Roberts and a "GLEE" like youthfulness and optimisim that most would find refreshing. GEN-TV needs to be patient with this one and perhaps give it a few sneak peek airings on other nights. This feels like a great property to air on a Monday night with "Knocked Down" as a lead-in; or to air on a thursday night with "Over My Head".

4. "Life's Facts": The fact this series even got a season 2 is mind-blowing. Ratings were never consistant and reviews were mixed. Audiences have clearly and flatly rejected this sitcom and airing on Friday nights has done nothing to help ratings at all. Despite a creative refreshing this season the show isn't getting any eyeballs and it's averages are not healthy for the network.

5. "Hot Tamales": This used to be TV's #1 rated series; but a series of missteps and mishandling from GEN-TV and it's producers (Carsey-Werner Television) has not helped the series at all. After loosing all of it's cast (except Eva La Rue) the show is transplanting to Los Angeles (from Miami) and adding Leah Remini to the cast. However industry anaylsts predict that this show is past its prime and that audiences have moved on and that the series will be cancelled by years end.

Here are some news and notes from around Hollywood; thanks to Hollywood now:


It looks like GEN-TV's Diane L. Swift is standing by her word. Last month the executive of GEN-TV Studios declared her intent to let network president Bridget Klien do her job without influence from Swift; "Bridget is a savvy, smart lady and knows how to run a network, she is going to be allowed to program on her own and rebrand the network anyway she sees fit, without any doctarines or dictations from me". Today, the network announced that GEN-TV is going to be totally rebranding it's line-up. Starting with the network slogan. The network has announced they are offically dropping "TV For The TV Generation" as its slogan and is adapting a newer, fresher, younger slogan of "It's TV". Klien announced with GEN-TV's President of Adverstising and Publicity Mark Keller; the new slogan which encompasses the networks newly adapted philosphy about television "that all things about tv are unique, fun and original and that it's the young demographic that drives things forward". They said about the slogan "It's an irrevent, fun and slightly off-color reference to the fact that we make Television which should from the viewer perspective be fun and entertaining".

The network has also announced they are adapting a new on-air graphic logo. Gone will be the familiar GEN-TV that has been the company logo ever since it's inception. Instead they are going with a fresher, more youth oriented logo of Gtv. It consists of a uppercase G and lowercase tv. Essentially dropping the "EN-" from the title will make the network seem cooler and more in tune with youth markets.

Bridget Klien explains the changes will show up on-air almost immedietly (October 16) to be exact and the programming line-up will be changed to reflect that in the upcoming months. "In particular major changes will occur in daytime and weekend line-ups" explained the executive; "with fresher, more youth oriented programming replacing some of the older shows. We've had great success with shows like Grounded For Life in daytime and want to expand that". She did however say "We won't be totally ignoring our older viewers; shows like "Any Day Now", "Judge Judy" and "Mad About You" that continue to perform well but are slightly older demographically will continue to air; with an adjusted timeslots". The primetime line-up is apparently going to mostly remain in-tact for now "Until we asses what shows do and do not fit our brand and target our demographic".

Originally GEN-TV launched in Spring 2008 with a series of daytime reruns and weekend acquired programming making up the line-up. GEN-TV was spun-off from now defunct cable network HGN (Hidden Gems Network) when CableCorp bought out Factsoflifecorp (FOLCORP) and decided to launch a network capable of producing original programming for a mass audience. The result was GEN-TV's first ever line-up of primetime shows that debuted in Fall 2009. A mixed result at best; the network quickly cancelled a slew of shows that underperformed; but quickly found a slew of strongly performing series including "The Huntress", "One Of These Days", "This Time Around", "Starting From Scratch"; "Getting Over It", "Never Again", "The Arrival" and "Postal". Among the early successes was "The Story Of Jacob" a drama series that was ultimately cancelled at the hands of production costs and flagging ratings when moved around the schedule; a move that Diane L. Swift admits was a big mistake "Yes, it was a mistake to cancel "The Story Of Jacob" a show that performed well and only slipped when it was moved around the schedule; erratically aired and stopped getting support from our promotion department". To be fair, she didn't make that decision; it was decided by Mark Mitchellson, the now deceased head of GEN-TV Studios.

Breaking News just out of Hollywood:

GEN-TV president Diane L. Swift has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is to undergo radiation treatments this month in Los Angeles. The executive who is 55 years of age has undergone treatment for the diease twice before; in 1995 when she was 40 years of age and in 1983 when she was 28. According to Swift, through a statment her publicist released "The prognosis is good; better than in the last two times she's had the disease". Swift will continue to work at GEN-TV as President Of GEN-TV Studios but will be leaning on co-workers for help. Lena Bloom-Goodman, a V.P. Of Development at the network is going to be working with her to help her with her work while undergoing treatment.

Sunday, September 26th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an encore episode of Locked (Viewers: 3.47 million; 18-49: 1.2/3), up a bit from last weeks encore episode. At 7:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 4.49 million; 18-49: 1.6/5) climbed to a new series high. We don't know what it is with Locked, but viewers seem to be finding it each week, giving YTN a bit of hope in the hour. Up next was an all new episode of Outburst! (Viewers: 5.04 million; 18-49: 1.6/6), down in total viewers, but up in the demo from last week. At 9pm, YTN aired an all new The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.94 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) was down this week.
Sunday, October 3rd Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an encore episode of Locked (Viewers: 3.59 million; 18-49: 1.3/3), up again from last week's encore. At 7:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 5.08 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) hit a new series high once again this week. Up next was an all new episode of Outburst! (Viewers: 4.41 million; 18-49: 1.5/5), which hit a new series low this week. This is the first time a new episode of Outburst! failed to grow from it's lead in. At 9pm, YTN aired an all new The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.54 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) which was down a bit, but still strong.

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN DOUBLE PUMPS "OUTBURST"
It looks as if the end is near for YTN's first game show, Outburst. The network just announced that in addition to airing on Sundays at 8pm, it will also air on Fridays at 8pm, starting this Friday. While it may not look like a cancellation, no network would waste new episodes of a show on a Friday. Despite a strong first season, the second season has been a bust, hitting a new series low nearly every week. The most recent episode of Outburst reached only a 1.5 demo, falling 0.2 demo points from its lead in. Once again, it may not seem like much, but this is the first time it has ever fallen from its 7pm lead in.

YTN, usually a slow network to cancel shows, has been quick to cancel numerous shows this season. Already on the Friday burnoff-system; They Work Hard For Their Money and Yahtzee!, which appear to be one and done. YTN is also losing Pushing Daisies at the end of the season, and this near-cancellation of Outburst! is another smack in the face to YTN.

It is a well documented fact in Hollywood that when GEN-TV executives love a series they love it big time; and when they fall out of love they fall out of love, big time. Look at the fact: "Texas Justice" was utterly beloved by Executive Shirley Smith; but was quickly cancelled. "The Story Of Jacob" was Matthew Smith's favorite series; but was moved around the schedule and cancelled shockingly. "Starting From Scratch" and "Getting Over It" were also one-time favorites of the network; look where they are on the schedule now. In any case; it appears GEN-TV is pushing their upcoming drama series "SISTERS" as their new favorite program. In addition to finally announcing the full cast of the series; including character descriptions the network has unleashed one hell of a marketing campaing for the series. The campaing's risque content is pretty bold and audactious. The billboard for the series hanging in times square in New York and over Sunset in Hollywood features the nude backsides of three blonde women (identified with Bolded, Gold font as SILVERSTONE; STRINGFIELD, RHOM) with only a plain black sheet covering their rear ends. Just underneath this image is huge gold font with the shows title on it SISTERS it says. The tagline for the series is "Through Thick Or Thin Family has your back".

This ad and several other risque ads; featuring the cast in less than respectable poses (especially considering none of the cast is younger than 35). These ads are appearing on buses; park benches and magazines all over the country. The television ads are even more suggestive. One such TV ad features; former soap star Maura West laying on a bed of black sheets with a singular top sheet covering what appears to be her nude body and smoking a cigarette and breathily looking up at the camera with a giant black eye and saying into the camera "Family is supposed love and trust you. have your back. Sometimes family is the last one you can trust". After this pronouncement the dark jazz music fades out revealing the series title and the airdate.


Another steamy ad features Alicia Silverstone and guest star Piper Parabou laying on a bed together also in a black sheet and holding hands; the jazz music plays into the scene of them rolling around on a bed and then Silverstone looks at the camera and says "sometimes what you've known your whole life is nowhere close to being who you are" and then Parabou looks at the camera and says "sometimes it's what you've never thought possible that becomes who you truly are"...

The ads are gaining lots of mainstream press; Inside Edition recently ran a story about the ads and how they do little to showcase what the series is about and just seem to be risque for the sake of being risque.

With all this said, the network today has announced the cast information; here it is:

Sherry Stringfield as Shelia Bishop-Everett: Character info: Mid-40's respected attorney in a marriage with a less successful husband who is pushing her to end her career and start a family.


Alicia Silverstone as Deidra “Dee-Dee” Bishop: Mid-30's; free-spirited hippie living and working in Health Industry. In and Out of loveless relationships with men until she meets a lesbian she went to school with.

Maura West as Emily Bishop-Matthews: Early 40's; In a marriage to her high school sweetheart with a domineering and controlling husband. Has five children. Realizing now her marriage isn't healthy.

Lisa Nicole Carson as Hannah Bishop: Adopted sister of Shelia; Dee-Dee and Emily. Married to a respected doctor and learning she may know less about her heritage than she thought. Is engaged to a respected doctor who is ashamed of her adopted white family.

Elizabeth Rohm as Carly Bishop: Early 30's; living in New York away from her family and loosing interest in her hippie boyfriend and finding an attraction to his twin brother; a respected businessman.

Mary Kay Place as Amelia Bishop: Religliously fantaical mother with issues about her children's lifestyles and is very homophobic.

Steven Weber as Frank Mather: Jerome's current boyfriend; a therapist working with HIV-AIDS patients who is helping Jerome come to terms with his recent life changes.

Ruprett Everett as Scott Hunter: Jerry's ex-boyfriend and best friend who is a confidante and helps him raise his daughter; Merrin. A former friend of Helena who she know hates. He is dying of HIV.

Jere Burns as Jerome "Jerry" Bishop/Geraldine Bishop: The only son of Felix and Amelia; he is in a relationship with Frank who he loves more than life itself but is going through a lot of life changes. He is currently in the process of deciding wether or not to have a sex change operation. He is father of Merrin and ex-husband of bother Helena and Scott. He is coming to terms with Scott's impending death and Helena's growing issues with alchohol and bad parenting.

David Canary as Felix Bishop: Amelia's husband who has renounced his faith and wants nothing more than peace in his family and for his wife to accept his children.

Jean Smart as Helena Baxter-Bishop: Jerry's ex-wife and mother of Merrin. She is resentful and hateful of her husband's homosexuality and even less thrilled about his recent declarations. Resents loosing custody of Merrin to two gay men and is disgusted at Scott for having AIDS. She is slowly loosing grip with her drinking and on the edge of a total collapse.

Ming Na-Weng as Nadine Novack: Resepected family therapist and consoler who helps Jerry come to major decisions and ends up a major part of the Bishiop family's life. She also works with Fredrick and will be a major player in his dealings with his fiancee.

Isaiah Washington as Fredrick Grates: Hannah's fiancee and a respected nerurosurgeon. Secretly resents her white family and not sure of how to proceed in a relationship with her.

Gil Bellows as Dan Everett: Shelia's husband; a construction foreman who wants her to end her career and start a family.

Piper Perabo as Claudette O’Malley: A former classmate of Dee-Dee who reenters her life and has a startling consequence on Dee-Dee's self-identity.

Esai Morales as Lawrence Matthews: Emily's husband who is domineering and controlling. He is possesive and believes men should run the household. His demands and control are taking a toll on Emily.

Wentworth Miller as Hector Vargas: Carly's current boyfriend a hippie who she's loosing interst in.

Wentworth Miller as Nolan Vargas: Hector's wordly; sophisticated twin brother with whom Carly is finding herself attracted too.

Annasophia Robb as Merrin Bishop: Jerry and Helena's only daughter. At 18 years old she chooses to spend time with her father and Scott but is starting to wonder if her mother is as bad as they say she is. She's taking on some bad habits from both of her parents.

"SISTERS" is a current day update of the classic 1990's drama of the same name. This series is created and produced by Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser. It debuts on GEN-TV on October 21st.

In addition to all of this; GEN-TV has announced plans to screen the pilot episode of the show for the public to view; a few days before it's debut on GEN-TV. It will be screened in the following cities for a first come, first serve basis.

Los Angeles (October 18th; 2pm; Sunset Blvd Royal Theater)

New York (October 17th; Lowe's Time Squares; 113 Time Square. 4pm)

Boston (October 19th; Showcase Cinemas North Attleboro; 134 South Bend Road. 2pm).

Cleveland (October 19th; The Old Cinema's, Route 11; 3pm).

Baltimore (October 14th; the 1934 club. Rout 12. 4pm).

GEN-TV says these advanced screenings are to spread positive word of mouth about the series and it plans to have cast and crew present are most of the screenings to discuss the series with audiences.

Here are the people that will be present at the showings:

Los Angeles: Alicia Silverstone; Sherry Stringfield; Mary Kay Place; Isahiah Washington; Easi Morales, Maura West; Gil Bellows, Lisa Nicole Carson; Elisabeth Rohm, Wentworth Miller, Mary Kay Place, David Canary, Piper Parabou, Annasophia Robb, Jean Smart, Steven Weber, Jere Burns; Ruprett Everett, Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser.

New York: Maura West; Sherry Stringfield; David Canary; Amy Lippman, Christopher Keyser; Steven Weber, Ruprett Everett, Wentworth Miller and Annasophia Robb.

Boston: Amy Lippman, Esai Morales; Piper Parabou; Mary Kay Place; Jean Smart and Ming Na-Weng, Ruprett Everett.

Cleveland: Piper Parabou; Easi Morales; Isaiah Washington, Jere Burns and Amy Lippman.

Baltimore: Jean Smart, Maura West, Christopher Keyser; Easi Morales; Isiaha Washintong, Lisa Nicole Carson, Jere Burns and Gil Bellows.

Breaking News just out of Hollywood:

GEN-TV president Diane L. Swift has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is to undergo radiation treatments this month in Los Angeles. The executive who is 55 years of age has undergone treatment for the diease twice before; in 1995 when she was 40 years of age and in 1983 when she was 28. According to Swift, through a statment her publicist released "The prognosis is good; better than in the last two times she's had the disease". Swift will continue to work at GEN-TV as President Of GEN-TV Studios but will be leaning on co-workers for help. Lena Bloom-Goodman, a V.P. Of Development at the network is going to be working with her to help her with her work while undergoing treatment.

Just hours after news broke about GEN-TV's Diane L. Swift having breast cancer she is speaking to the press; in an attempt to gain, of all things, Privacy from the press. She said to a reporter for the L.A. Times today "My health is not of any concern to anybody other than my family and my business associates; i do not wish to discuss this with you or any other reporter that is going to camp outside my house or my office. If you do not leave me alone i will sue you; your magazine and any other company i have to sue to get from freaking privacy. I demand the press respect my wish and do not bother me or try to report on my health. I wish to be left alone". In a statement from her publicist the Executive was a bit more vulnerable and said simply "I am going through a massive health issue at this moment and wish to maintain my privacy and not to discuss my health with the press. Should a grave change take place i will inform the appropriate people but at this time i wish not to discuss my health with the press".

IS it just me or does going to the press and bereting a reporter for reporting the news seem like a pretty bad way to get privacy and espeically to ask the press for help? Diane L. Swift is up to her old tricks.

Monday, September 27th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with a different tune last night. The 8pm hour kicked off with Pushing Daisies: Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 6.41 million; 18-49: 1.9/6). The numbers are weaker than an actual episode of Pushing Daisies, but given it was just a special behind the scenes look, these numbers are great! Week four of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.18 million; 18-49: 2.0/6) broke the 1.8 demo barrier for the first time, most likely as a result of its lead in. Cops of New York seems to be following the pattern of TAKEN from last season, start slow and explode into a hit. At 10pm, YTN aired an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 7.05 million; 18-49: 2.0/7) down to a season low from last week.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 714,000; 18-49: 0.1/0) was up from the series low on Friday, but thats not saying much. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.79 million viewers and had a 0.9/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in. Remember, Rock the Night premieres THIS WEDNESDAY at 9:30/8:30c before moving to late night Monday, October 4th at 11/10c.
Monday, October 4th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with week five of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.07 million; 18-49: 1.9/6), which is down only 0.1 demo points from last week. At 10pm, YTN aired an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 6.59 million; 18-49: 1.9/7), which was down another demo point to a new season low.

The series premiere of Rock the Night (Viewers: 2.49; 18-49: 1.4/5) premiered strong, but we will have to see how it does in the coming weeks. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 2.13 million viewers and had a 1.3/4 demo.

GEN-TV ratings for Monday, September 27, 2010:

GEN-TV takes home the gold on Monday night!

At 8pm, a brand new "Doctor/Patient" rebounds heavily with 19.39 million viewers and a 2.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Knocked Down" was watched by 16.89 million viewers, showing startling growth (up from 14.74 the week before) and a 5.3 in the 18-49 demo (up from 4.6 the prior week).

At 9pm, a brand new "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 18.94 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo (up from 17.35/3.5 the week before)

At 930pm, a brand new "Them & Us" was the only show to decrease with 15.92 million viewers and a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Gone" increased to 27.59 million viewers and a 5.8 in the 18-49 demo (vs. 26.92/5.4 last week).

GEN-TV ratings for Monday, October 4, 2010:

GEN-TV emerges as the #1 network on Monday night with the following strong line-up.

At 8pm, a brand new "Doctor/Patient" saw a huge increase and was watched by 22.5 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm a brand new "Knocked Down" was watched by 16.95 million viewers and posted a 5.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new episdoe of "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 19.9 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Them & Us" was watched by 15.88 million viewers and a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Gone" was watched by 28.9 million viewers and a 5.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a rerun of "County General" was watched by 20.1 million viewers and posted a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV Development update:

The network has released the following talent and production related updates to it's development slate.


Grammy and Oscar Winning singer; Melissa Etheridge has renewed her overall development deal with GEN-TV and the network has announced that they are formally developing a sitcom for her called "Melissa" which will follow a famous country singer who decides to leave fame behind and start a family with her life partner. So far Suzanne Martin ("Hot In Cleveland", "Fraiser") is singed on to produce and write the series and Melissa is going to star in the series as Melissa Goodfellow. No other casting is available at this time.


In other development news;

the network has announced the formation of several pilots that are in consideration for either mid-season or next fall:

"Foregin Relations": This one-hour dramedy pilot from Amy Sherman-Pallidono (Gilmore Girls) focuses on Brandi Anderson; a bright, beautiful, 16 year old All-American California girl who signs up to be a foriegn exchange student expecting to party it up in Austrialia or have a romance in Paris; but is pretty stunned to learn she'll be spending a semester in of all places; India. The series would focus on Brandi trying to adapt to Indian culture and how her American family reacts to the news they'll be getting a foregin exchange student as well from; Iran. So far no casting has been announced. This project is in early-development stages.

"Untitled David Kelley Legal Project": GEN-TV is proud to announce that they have teamed up with David E. Kelley ("County General") on a brand new legal project. The proposed series would follow a team of highly educated litigators who have decided to use their legal skills for the better of society and form a pro-bono only firm that focuses on issues of Civil Rights; Discrimination and Harrassment. No cast or production crew is available at this time. This project is in early development.

"The Reef": this one-hour drama series would follow the life of Greg Bennett; who at 24 is sick and tired of his life and his corporate job and decides to give it all up to open a surf shop in Honolulu, Hawaii and follow his life dream of becoming a world renowed surf competitor. The network has ordered a pilot for this proposed series.

"Me & You": This half-hour comedy follows what happens to a group of six close friends when two members of the group start dating and ultimately break up over the course of a year and a half. Kristen Bell has signed on to star in the series (she was previously attached to GEN-TV's "In The Weeds" a pilot which did not get picked up).

"Love & Other Considerations": This half-hour comedy follows Beth and Kip; two people as different as can be who for some reason fall in love. Beth is a totally relationship-oriented person and has always tried pleasing her boyfriends; to no avail. Kip is the ultimate single guy; he lives in a one-bedroom bachelor pad and eats in front of the tv while watching various sports. He has no intrest in relationships; until he meets Beth and just knows it's the right girl for him. He has a lot of work to do before he gets with her as Beth's standards are too high to overcome without a lot of work on himself.

GEN-TV has released some information updating the status of these and some other projects.

First up; the network has announced that they are changing the title of "Love & Other Considerations" to "Getting Together". The title change comes as "Sex and The City" creator Candace Bunshell has signed on as the Executive Producer and Head Writer of the series. She replaces previous showrunner Marie Wilson-Withers, a newcomer in the role.

The network has also cast two actors in the lead roles; Tyler Labaine most recently of FOX's "Sons Of Tuscon" and The CW's "Reaper" has landed the lead role of Kip and Kristen Bell, of "Veronica Mars" fame has been signed to play the lead role of Beth. She recently appeared in GEN-TV's pilot for "Me & You" (see below). Lizzy Caplan formerly STARZ cancelled series "Party Down" has also singed onto the series in an undisclosed role.

The series has been greenlit to move forward as a mid-season series. It is being given an inital order of 5 episodes (excluding the pilot).


The network has also announced that they have decided to pass on the comedy pilot "Me & You", which did not test well at all, according to industry insiders.

GEN-TV has also today announced several other projects vying for consideration on the schedule, they are:

"Smashed": a one-hour drama series focuses on six individuals who are in a rehab seeking treatment for drug and alcohol abuse issues. The series would be told through a mockumentary format. So far the only person signed onto the cast is James Marsden who will play an undisclosed character.

"It Might Be Me": a brand new half-hour dramady focusing on a creative and imagaintive 13 year old girl living in a state adoption agency in the 1980's who hopes for nothing more than to be adopted by a loving family and has vivid dreams of her biological family coming to rescue her and wisk her off into a lavish lifestyle in the vein of The Carrington's on "Dynasty". She often daydreams of this lifestyle.

"Daily News": This brand new half-hour sitcom focuses on the staff of a Daily Show-like new program featuring a cast of college tv production students. It is being considered as a companion piece for strongly performing comedy series "Press Time" and "This Just In" which are getting network high ratings on Wednesday nights.

"The B Squad": This brand new teen dramady series is being considered as a companion piece for struggling in total viewers; but scoring with demographics series "The Boy Next Door". It is set in the world of high school basketball and focuses not on those on the team that get the glory and score the shots; but those that sit on the bench; clean the team's towels and haul team equipment. The B-Squad; the losers; the one's the coach had to put on the team as "alternatives" but that will likely never play. So far only a pilot has been ordered; on a cast-contingent basis.

"Online/Offline (working title)": This half-hour comedy series focuses on Liz and Mark; two lonely singles living in Manhattan who are currently engaged in a semi-serious on-line relationship and who are unsure if they should take the plunge and meet in real life. Mark is a handsome, successful dermatologist who for some reason just can't seem to attract a sane girl and find a meaningful, lasting realtionship. He places an ad on an internet dating service as a fluke and is surprised to meet Liz; a bubbly, beautiful and bright human resources manager whose most recent realtionship ended when her fiancee died of a rare form of cancer; leaving Liz afraid to date again and also very lonely. This series is being given an order for a pilot on a cast-contingent basis.

"The Ironside Days": This one-hour drama is being given a pilot commitment. It is set inside a metals factory in the 1950's and focuses on the lives of the metal workers and their families as they face the hardships of poverty.

"On-Air": This half-hour comedy series focuses on a neruotic and perpetually single radio talk show shrink who seems to need more help than her patients. It's being called "Frasier meets Sex and The City" and is being produced by Jada Pinkett Smith.


So far none of these series are beyond the pilot stage, announcements will be made as they become available.

GEN-TV Studios has announced that after just half a season in national syndication they are immedietly suspending production on two GEN-TV Studios produced properties. "Me, My Wife & Our Mothers" and "The Daily Grind" will both halt production immedietly and will not be renewed for an additional season in first-run syndication. Though it remains likely both will continue to air reruns; neither series will produce additional episodes.

"Me, My Wife & Our Mothers" aired on GEN-TV Primetime in fall 2009 but was cancelled due to low ratings. It was picked up for first run syndication; but ratings haven't been good and mounting production costs associated with the series have led the studio to cancel the series. The series starred Johnny Lee Miller; Aisha Tyler; Telma Hopkins; Sherman Hemsley and Viki Lawerence in it's original GEN-TV run. The series focused on newlyweds forced out of finacial issue to move in with the son's mother (Lawrence) and the impending fued between the mothers-in-law that ensued. Mid-way into the series run, Brandy joined the cast as a quirky co-worker of the husband. In the syndicated run almost all of the cast except for Hopkins and Tyler were replaced with unknown actors. Early into the development stages of this series Matt Dillion and Tom Cavanaugh were attached by dropped out prior to series air. Production on the series was shut down on Monday

"The Daily Grind" was a half-hour comedy starring Debra Messing about a 40-something waitress who realizes her life is in shambles. She still works at a coffeehouse; her boyfriend is gay; her mother is divorcing her father and taking up with a shady retiree and her new boss is her ex-boyfriend's mother; whose house she accidently burnt down. The series was a moderate performer but demos were not acceptable. Messing earned numerous award nominations for this role and it was listed by TV GUIDE as one of 2009's best comedy series. After being cancelled the series was picked up for first-run syndication but ratings haven't fared well. It will not produce anymore episode. Production was shut down on Monday.

In more positive news the studio has announced that two of it's first-run reality project have been picked up for the rest of the season:

"The Rosie O'Donnelle Interviews" has been averaging 2.4 million viewers this season in first-run syndication and is being picked up for the remainder of the season.

Another first run property; "The Melissa Rivers Show"; a reality project chronicling Melissa Rivers and her life at home with her mother Joan is averaging 2.7 million viewers this season and will continue to air all year long. It has been renewed for an additional 10 episodes.

Tuesday, September 21st Ratings - YTN
No idea what happened to YTN last night, but everything was way down compared to last week. YTN kicked off the night with an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.84 million; 18-49: 2.0/5) which was down 29% in total viewers and 25% in the demo from last week. Perhaps it was the effect of Glee on FOX, but who knows?! At 9pm, an all new Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 8.40 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) was down 13% in total viewers and 17% in the demo. Looking For Love 3 did grow out of Pushing Daisies, but it produced it's lowest ratings ever on a Tuesday night. Rounding out primetime was a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 10.94 million; 18-49: 2.6/8) which was down 14% in total viewers and 19% in the demo. TAKEN was the highest rated show at 10pm, however, defeating the big three networks.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 548,000; 18-49: 0.0/0) got absolutley pummled last night, falling to a new series low. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.54 million viewers and had a 0.7/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in. Remember, Rock the Night premieres THIS WEDNESDAY at 9:30/8:30c before moving to late night Monday, October 4th at 11/10c.

Tuesday, October 5th Ratings - YTN
YTN's Tuesday night lineup continued to fall, as did most networks. YTN kicked off the night with an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.51 million; 18-49: 1.9/5) was down 0.1 demo points to a new YTN series low. If you count in the episodes that ABC aired as well, Pushing Daisies has a long way to go before tying those series lows. At 9pm, an all new Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 7.94 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) had it's lowest ratings ever for a Tuesday night. Rounding out primetime was a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 10.14 million; 18-49: 2.5/7) which was down a bit in total viewers and 0.1 demo points. TAKEN tied CBS' The Good Wife in the demo for a first place finish.

Night two of Rock the Night (Viewers: 2.11; 18-49: 1.2/3) was down 18% in total viewers and 17% in the demo. It appears that Rock the Night may follow the same path as Rosie's Roundtable! Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.84 million viewers and had a 1.2/3 demo.

GEN-TV rating results for Tuesday, September 21, 2010:

At 8pm, an all-new "The Arrival" was watched by 26.4 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, an all-new "Never Again" was watched by 24.3 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, an all-new '"The Huntress" on at it's new time was a huge hit with 27.8 million viewers watching and a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the second episode of "L.A. Casino" on it's new night held steady over it's Saturday night premire. 23.73 million viewers tuned in and it got a 4.8 in the 18-49 demographic.

NOTES:

"The Huntress" at 9pm, improved the timeslot performance by over 87% compared to "Passing Notes" which struggled to find an audience.

GEN-TV shocks everybody in the TV industry by becoming the #1 network on Tuesday night thanks to a line-up of original episodes of their strong comedy series and new dramas!

At 8pm, a brand new "The Arrival" boosted it's best numbers all season with 26.89 million viewers tuning in and a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

Compared to other 8pm shows, GEN-TV's "The Arrival" was #2 in the 18-49 demo and was #1 among total viewers.

CBS: NCIS: 19.48 million viewers, 3.2
FOX: GLEE: 10.97 million viewers, 4.5
ABC: NO ORDINARY FAMILY: 8.93 million viewers, 2.6
NBC: THE BIGGEST LOSER: 6.81 million viewers, 2.5
YTN: PUSHING DAISIES: 6.51 million viewers; 1.5
CW: ONE TREE HILL; 1.99 million viewers; 0.9


At 830pm, GEN-TV's "Never Again" was watched by 24.6 million viewers and posted a 2.2 in the 18-49 demo. In total viewers it was #1 and among demos it was fourth place.

Comparing it to other 830 shows:
CBS: NCIS: 19.48 , 3.2
NBC: BIGGEST LOSER: 6.81 million viewers, 1.5
ABC: NO ORDINARY FAMILY: 8.93 million viewers, 2.6
FOX: GLEE: 10.97 million viewers, 4.5
CW: ONE TREE HILL: 1.99 million viewers, 0.9
YTN: PUSHING DAISIES: 6.51 million viewes, 1.5


At 9pm, it was an all-new episode of GEN-TV's "The Huntress" that proved to be the most valuable show on the networks schedule. It performed exceptionally well while facing stiff competition from "NCSI: Los Angeles" (16.19 million viewers/3.2), ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" (16.41 million viewers/3.2) and YTN's "LOOKING FOR LOVE" (7.94/2.1). "The Huntress" was watched by 27.17 million viewers and posted a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo.

This was enough for a #1 finish in both demographics and total viewers.

Compared to:
CBS: NCIS: LOS ANGELES: 16.19/3.2
ABC: DANCING WITH THE STARS: 16.41/3.2
FOX: RAISING HOPE: 6.27/2.6
NBC: BIGGEST LOSER: 6.81/2.5
CW: LIFE UNEXPECTED: 1.59/.08
YTN: LOOKING FOR LOVE: 7.94/2.1

At 10pm it was a brand new episode of "L.A. Casino" which held up superbly well with 23.75 million viewers tuning in and a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo. Again, this made GEN-TV the #1 network on television in both total viewers and demos.

Compared to:
CBS: The Good Wife: 12.67/2.5
ABC: Detroit 187: 8.29/1.8
NBC: Parenthood: 5.15/2.0
YTN: Taken: 10.14/2.5

At 11pm, it was a rerun of "Lifeline" which attracted 13.9 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV Executives are already shouting out how proud they are off the line-up of shows. It's no surprise that all of them have already received orders for full-seasons; with "The Huntress", "The Arrival" and "Never Again" already getting the go-ahead for next season as well.

GEN-TV's original daytime soap opera "OAKHURST", a political soap opera debut softly on Monday with 1.11 million viewers tuning in and .04 in the 18-49 demo. The ratings did improve slightly on Tuesday with 1.12 million viewers and a .04 and on Wednesday it was watched by 1.10 million viewers and .03 in the 18-49.

The intriquing and thus far critically acclaimed soap centers on a rutheless politican named Jerrica Holt-Jennins played by soap opera icon Tonja Walker-Davidson who has earned the hatred and fear of everybody in town. The multi-generational series focuses on not only the political intrique involved in Jerrica's rise from obscurity to the position of Governor of Oakhurst but also the multi-cultural affairs of the townspeople; which include the rich, the poor and the middle class. A cast of name soap opera actors make up the cast of the series which critics have given positive reviews too so far. Soap Opera Weekly declared it "The Best New Soap since The Bold & The Beautiful" and Soap Opera Digest called it "Flawlessly written, masterfully acted and skillfully plotted; a slam-dunk quality soap".

Hollywood Now
"Catching up with... GEN-TV's friday night hits (county general and one of these days)"
By: Allison Placia-Martin & Andre Andres
September 18, 2010
(Online Edition Only)

Last season, GEN-TV did the unthinkable, they launched three successful dramatic series that saw the largest viewership in recent television history. "This Time Around" a critically acclaimed drama starring former Melrose Place vixen Daphne Zuniga and prennial actor Tom Evertt Scott became an instant sensation; eventually reaching over 66 million viewers and earning the highest demographics any show has reached in over 24 years. If that wasn't stunning enough; the network also launched "One Of These Days" a family drama with a soap opera flair that headlined the network's tuesday night line-up (before moving to and raising averages for Thursday nights as well); it also saw huge ratings; eventually reaching over 59 million viewers. It eventually started going head-to-head with "This Time Around" for demographics. Lastly, the network used TV veteran David E. Kelley to launch a third massive hit; "County General" a medical anthology series with an off-beat twist. That show eventually reached over 40 million viewers and set demographics on fire.

"This Time Around" was moved to Wednesday nigths this season where it has so far continued to perform up to expectations. The other two series face a big challenge; they have been moved to Friday nights (airing back to back at 9 and 10pm respectively); a night that typically is reserved for series that are either aging and no longer profitable for a network (think, CSI: New York on CBS which moves to this night this year) or series that the network knows is a stinker and won't work anyplace else on the schedule (think CBS's Medium or ABC's Body Of Proof, which still has no premiere date set). The thing setting these two series apart from those other friday night series is that both are creatively in top of their gamel are fresh newcomers and are massive hits that audiences love. So why would the network risk moving two hugely popular series to another night? espeically one so lowly watched as Friday? The idea is to boost viewership on a historically low night by placing valuable series there; wether it works or not will be seen, but this article is to highlight the return of these two series.

"County General":

Last we saw the good doctors at Boston County General Hosptial; they were in the midst of a explosive situation as a madman with a bomb had overtaken the hospital leaving several regulars in jepoardy. Kooky lesbian nurse Adele Soronson (Emmy-Nominee Neve Campbell) had just learnt she was pregnant with her rapists baby (Adele had been raped off-screen prior to the pilot episode and her arch last season was coming to grips with her assualt and eventually seeking therapy to overcome the trauma and reclaim her romantic relationship with life partner Geraldine, who as of yet has not yet been seen on-screen). She was left in the middle of the hostage crises and had a bomb strapped to her chest. Sassy and outspoken nurse Angela Wilkins (Victoria Rowelle) was laying face down on the floor praying she didn't get shot after she angered the gun-man by taunting him. (Since Rowelle has since been fired from the series; she's a likely bet to die). Lastly, interns Ceceila and Gregory (Sarah Paxton and Ben Savage) where tied up to yet another bomb and had to come to terms with the end of their romantic relationship as Cecelia's infidelity came to light.

When the new season starts; it will be three days after the hostage situation has occured and all of the survivors will be coping with serious emotional, physical and medical issues. Kimberly Elise debuts as Nadine Walker-Smith a social worker and psychologist assigned to help the hospital staff deal with the emotional damage from the crisis; and as a former nurse herself she has to come to terms with her own issues involved in the impact of this situation; since her cousin; Angela was involved with it. In the meantime; Dr. Grant Ellis (Tim Matheson) will be dealing with headaches involved with restaffing his hospital and re-opening following the police and FBI investigations. Plus the arrival of his barrachuda ex-wife Hillary Weston-Ellis (Sela Ward, in a recurring role) who comes bearing pressing news about their daughters love life and to make waves for him; since she is a member of the hospital board of trustees. Dr. Harley McKenzie (Geena Davis) will also be dealing with a crisis of her own; as her past secrets threaten to come to light and ruin her career when she recieves a mysterious and distrubing package containing some very incriminating photographs and documents that shake her to her core.

All in all, County General will continue to entertain but will be slightly more serious for the first half of the season; Associate Producer Lynn Evers says "We have definetly several serious; dark episodes up-front leading into the season; but we have some lighter fare coming later on in the season; including a pretty provoactive and light-hearted story involving Greg, Cecelia and a third partner that will have everybody talking". Also coming up for this season; the much talked about Bhaltzar Getty story involving a discharged soilder that will tackel a majorly buzz-worthy topic; so buzz-worthy that the producers refuse to discuss what it is. All David E. Kelley would say is "It will change everything you think television can do". Also; later in the season; Kerri Russell returns for a guest stint. The procuers have also announced that Faith Ford (Murphy Brown) will guest star on a few episodes this season as Gregory's mother who comes to the hospital not looking for gregory but for a very personal reason that will end up having big impact on Gregory.


"One Of These Days":

The Bishop family had a lot to deal with last season. Kimberly Bishop (Lacey Chabert), a 16 year old Beverly Hills brat lost her father and step-mother to a car accident; her trust fund was frozen until she is 25 or completes college and she was sent to Idaho to live with an aunt and uncle she hadn't seen since she was three years old. Linda Bishop (Angie Harmon), her aunt had to deal with the newfound stress of mothering not only her daughter Megan (Marla Sokolove), but also Kimberly as well as the realization that she is unhappy in her marriage and homelife; she wants a career; something her tyrannical husband Gary (My So-Called Life's Tom Irwin) is dead-set against. Kimberly was raped by Chuck (James Masters) a classmate hired to rough her up by Megan and was involved in a romantic triangle with Megan and her ex-boyfriend Corey (Chad Michael Murray). This season things change for everybody:

Kimberly must deal with the devestation of finding out she is pregnant with Chuck's baby; and the drama this causes since he raped her and his mother Bethenny just shot Linda in open-court after he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Megan has left town to attend boarding school to escape the reputation she earned last year as a bad girl after her involvement in Kimberly's attack. Linda is lying in a hospital bed; paralyzed and unaware that the shooting caused her to miscarry the child she just found out she was carrying. Gary will have his hands full trying to nurse Linda back to health and trying to deal with the ramifications of his infidelity after he sleeps with Linda's nurse; Melinda (Daytime Emmy winner, Sarah Joy Brown).

Corey will be involved in a risque story of his own when a former camp buddy comes to town threatening to expose their bi-sexual tryst a few summers ago; and will be dealing with problems at home when his mother decides to leave her abusive husband; which prompts Corey to remember a traumatic event from his past.

Producers of the series promise this season will continue to provide both frank social discussion scenes that the series has become known for (such as Linda and Gary's discussion over wether Kimberly needs medication for depression or Linda's need to work outside the home) and soapy melodrama (Kimberly's rape; Megans jealousy of Kimberly). But with an amped up adrenaline; producer Ed Zwick says "This season; everything is amped up and the pace is faster; speedier and has more energy to it".

Both shows returned last night on GEN-TV but encores of the series returns are scheduled to air this Saturday from 5-7pm (One Of These Days at 5, pre-empting reruns of "Grace Under Fire" and "Suddenly Susan", and County General at 6pm, pre-empting reruns of "Good Morning, Miami").

The network is also planning an all-day marathon of both shows for sometime later in the season for one weekend; probrally around Thanksgiving time.

October 6, 2010
Hollywood Now
"Friday Night Shockers: GEN-TV drama deliver the goods"
By: Alison Placia-Martin and Andre Anders
(online edition only)

Last week's new episodes of "County General" and "One Of These Days" provided a lot of shocking revelations and sudsy twists that only a well-written soap opera could provide. Both shows, not only managed to stablize ratings on Friday nights and beat CBS's "CSI: New York" but managed to also keep top-secret crucial plot twists that otherwise would have been leaked and spilled over the internet on any other program.

Starting first with David E. Kelley's "County General" which finally revealed which hospital staffers died. The shocking news was that nobody died as a result of the bombing; which was resolved with an FBI swat team was able to take the bomber away alive. It was revealed the only minor scrapes and some emotional damage were incurred by hospital staffers; Greg (Ben Savage) broke his leg and is now in therapy for a case of post tramautic stress disorder; Bebe (Julia Ormond) had to have surgery to remove a bullet from her right leg and Theodore (John Leguizamo) had to have surgery to remove a bullet from a rather delicate area of his body. We also learnt the most shocking truth of them all; that Nurse Angela Watkins (Victoria Rowelle) was in fact involved in the shooting. It turns out the sassy nurse we watched all last season was in fact working with a terrorist orgnization and helped plan and execute the bombing; including letting bombers know the best time to get in the hospital and the best time to do the most damage. It turns out Angela is a bit psychotic has been on an emotional downward spiral all season long.

Angela was arressted and is now sitting in federal prison for probrally the rest of her life; her involvement was told on-screen through flashbacks and a couple shocking (and secretly filmed) new scenes that included Victoria Rowelle (whose law-suite by the way was dismissed by the court and will not move forward).

The shocks didn't end there either; as this action-packed episode (which btw, was unusually quick-paced, to it's benefit) also revealed another secret to the season long mystery about Harley's (Geena Davis) secret past; as we finally saw the sexually provocative photos that have her shaken to her core; or at least part of the photo; all we know is that a woman in a red teddy was weilding a whip. We did not see the face; so we do not know if the photos are of Harley or what connection she has to them. We do know that it'll probrally be big.


Moving onto "One Of These Days"; this episode was slower paced and focused more on the family drama than on Kimberly's pregnancy woes. This episode was a departure for the series and was told entirely from the perspective of Linda; who is laying in a coma after being shot. The episode narrated by Linda (Angie Harmon) discussed her thoughts on her family's issues since the shooting four months prior. It shows how her supposed neglect of Meghan left her daugher open to undue influnces (such as Chuck) and led her down a dangerous path to evil and ultimately to deciding to leave town for good. It showed the deterioration of her and Gary's marriage; slowly over a three year period; shown through flashbacks and new footage that was set in the past. This time-jumping episode also featured the first glimpse of a major new character; Randi Jenkins (Mandy Musgrove) a homeless teenager first came into contact with Kimberly during Kimberly's one scene in the episode; in a rape survivors group. Randi was one of the girls in the group and convinced Kimberly to speak at the group. It appears that there is a lot more to Randi's story than having just been raped; she and Kimberly will become friends and find out a lot of distrubing information about themselves and how much they have in common..

GEN-TV has always had a eye for talent and has always manged some pretty big casting coupes; but today they released several pretty high profile casting coupes that will have other networks shaking...



In some other big casting news; GEN-TV's "GONE" which is already a giant smash hit has attracted a big name actress to guest star in an upcoming episode. The series has snagged none other than Julia Roberts to appear in what is sure to be a hugely anticipated November sweeps episode. She will play none other than an acclaimed, Oscar-Winning actress in the midst of a huge personal crises when her husband/manager goes missing and takes with him a pretty personal diary that includes information that would destory her career. The episode being titled "Secrets, Dirt and Death" is being scribed by acclaimed writer Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars) who has signed onto write this episode as a special stunt. The network confirms they are also looking for a well-known A-List actor to appear as the missing manager/husband. Bridget Klien says "If i could pick anybody i'd get George Clooney. He's my ideal husband". Star, Gillian Anderson has another idea "Personally i think David Duchovny would be perfect in this role; and i'd love if they asked him to come on... i'd love to work with him again". Roberts herself has another name in mind; "Denzel. that man can do anything. Let him have the role. if he wants it. Or Russell Crowe".

GEN-TV has also released some casting news about a mid-season returning series; that series being "Hot Tamales"...

Joining returning Eva La Rue and already confirmed Leah Remini in the cast of this returning (but never with the same cast in tact) comedy are several known talents:

Benjiman Bratt, best known for "Law & Order" has joined the cast of the comedy series as a love interest for La Rue's Stacey. He'll play Perry Suarez; a attractive and confidante music promoter who rubs Stacey the wrong way at the opening of "Tamales, L.A." the hot new club that Stacey has moved to L.A. to help open and sparks fly.

GONE; the hot new drama on GEN-TV's line-up has made a big casting choice today to solidify it as the coolest drama on the dial.

John Cusack; a hollywood icon who is the epitome of cool has been cast as the scheming missing husband/manager of Julia Roberts character in the top-secret November sweeps episode. He accepted the role this morning and will start taping sometime in the next two weeks.

In other news; "Hot Tamales" which returns on October 21 has finally finalized it's cast for this season. Confirmed cast already includes Eva La Rue, Leah Remini and Benjamin Bratt. GEN-TV has also announced that Lizzy Caplan will join the cast for this season in a "limited role". The actress is best known for her work on the much loved; but little seen STARZ series "Party Down" and on CBS's cancelled "The Class" sitcom from a few years back. It also is being confirmed that Daisy Fuentes a former MTV VJ in the 90's, and a regular tv host and fashion designer is joining the cast as a relative of Stacey's. Lastly; Adrian Pasdar (Made To Order) returns to GEN-TV in this series as a love interest for Remini's character.

Wednesday, September 29th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an all new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 7.63 million; 18-49: 2.4/6), which was down to a new series low again this week. Week four of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 12.45 million; 18-49: 3.4/9) fell only 0.1 demo point, which is posivite considering the tough competiton. Kate and Zoe tied for first place at 8pm with CBS' Survivor. At 9pm, College (Viewers: 11.28 million; 18-49: 3.4/10) was even with last week. The preview of Rock the Night (Viewers: 8.88 million; 18-49: 2.7/7) was up from last weeks episode of They Work Hard For Their Money. This should give YTN a somewhat good boost for its move to 11pm next week. Retention out of College was a respectable 79% in total viewers and the demo. At 10pm, week four of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 12.11 million; 18-49: 3.0/9) was up 0.1 in the demo from last week. TAKEN: Phoenix easily won its timeslot, and outrated the original TAKEN, which had a 2.6 demo.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 501,000; 18-49: 0.0/0) did what no one thought it could do; hit another series low. If you want the retention in total viewers, its an abysmal 4%! Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.21 million viewers and had a 0.5/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in, but way down from recent numbers. Remember, Rock the Night premieres THIS WEDNESDAY at 9:30/8:30c before moving to late night Monday, October 4th at 11/10c.
Wednesday, October 6th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an all new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 7.13 million; 18-49: 2.1/6), which fell to yet another series low. Week five of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 11.09 million; 18-49: 3.0/9) took a major hit this week, falling 13% in the demo to a series low. A major positive for Kate and Zoe, it grew 0.9 demo points from its lead in. At 9pm, College (Viewers: 11.29 million; 18-49: 3.3/10) was down 0.1 demo points, but even in the demo. The season premiere of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.86 million; 18-49: 2.9/7) did well enough. Retention out of College was a respectable 87% in total viewers and 88% in the demo. At 10pm, week five of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.47 million; 18-49: 2.9/9) was also down this week, but easily won its timeslot.

Night three of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.68; 18-49: 0.9/3) was down a whopping 26% in total viewers and 33% in the demo. Rock the Night has shed 48% of it's total viewers and 56% of its demo since the premiere on Monday! Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.79 million viewers and had a 1.0/3 demo.

YTN PRESS RELEASE:

"KATE AND ZOE", "TAKEN: PHOENIX" GET EXTENSIONS
After premiering to above-average numbers, and holding onto most of the audience in week two, YTN had ordered more episodes for both Kate and Zoe and TAKEN: Phoenix. YTN has ordered five additional episodes of Kate and Zoe, bringing the total number of episodes to 18 for the season. Also, YTN has ordered three additional episodes of TAKEN: Phoenix, bringing the total number of episodes to 16 for the season.
YTN PRESS RELEASE:

"KATE AND ZOE" AND "TAKEN: PHOENIX" RENEWED FOR FULL SEASONS
YTN's hit comedy Kate and Zoe and hit drama TAKEN: Phoenix have been renewed for full 22 episode seasons. The full season orders come only weeks after both shows were given episode extensions. Kate and Zoe has bolstered the Wednesday night comedy block, growing by double digits from its lead in each week. TAKEN: Phoenix, spinoff of the popular TAKEN, has shown it has a loyal audience and has easily beaten ABC, CBS, and NBC in the timeslot. Both shows mark the first full season orders for YTN.

A.J. COOK JOINS "TAKEN: PHOENIX"
After being let go from CBS' popular Criminal Minds, A.J. Cook will join YTN's TAKEN: Phoenix later this season. Her character, Brenda, will be introduced in the eighth episode of the season and will then join the show full time.

"COPS OF NEW YORK" GETS EPISODE EXTENSION
With solid numbers thus far, YTN has given Cops of New York an episode extension. The series, which airs on Monday nights, has been given a four episode extension, bringing the total number of episodes to 17 for the season.

Here are the ratings for GEN-TV for Wednesday, September 29, 2010 and Thursday, September 30, 2010:

WED:

At 8pm: a brand new "Press Time" was watched by 30.4 million viewers and posted a 5.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Women Of A Certian Age" (on it's new night) was watched by 10.3 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "This Just In" was watched by 14.7 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 14.5 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" was watched by 45.03 million viewers and posted a 5.2 in the 18-49 demo.



GEN-TV ratings for 10/6/2010

GEN-TV ranked #1 on Wednesday night; beating ABC's comedy line-up and all-new drama's on CBS and NBC.

At 8pm, an all-new "Press Time" was watched by 29.46 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a rerun of "women of a certian age" was watched by 9.6 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

at 9pm, a brand new "This Just In" was watched by 14.9 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a band new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 14.8 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" was a force all on it's own, single handily propelling GEN-TV to a #1 finish with 46.49 million viewers tuning in and 5.6 in the 18-49 demo.

Eleven years ago in 1999, Daphne Zuniga was just another actress in her late 20's and early 40's who was struggling to find work. Her most famous role at that point was of bab boy manget photographer Jo Reynolds on "Melrose Place" a cultural phenomenom that became one of the nations most watched series and catapaulted her to a level of stardom many have wished for. Zuniga left the sudsy Aaron Spelling soap in 1996; and struggled to find work on tv; she did a few guest spots on sitcoms like "Spin City" and "Stark Raving Mad" and several tv-movies before the roles dried up. Zuniga explains "After "Melrose Place" it was difficult to get cast; casting agents didn't want to see anybody from an Aaron Spelling show because the writing on those shows were seen as sub-par and the acting considered terrible". While she did continue to find work in guest spots she was rarely; if ever considered for the lead role in any series "I would go on hundred of auditions but ultimately wouldn't get cast because the Melrose Place stigma followed me; people only saw me as that chick from Melrose Place".

In 2009 Daphne Zuniga got the chance of a lifetime; she was asked to audtion for a new GEN-TV drama pilot; "i was told i was testing for a role on "Texas Justice" which i wasn't terribly excited about because i felt the show wasn't very good" says Zuniga "but i agreed to test for the role because i loved Diane L. Swift and wanted to help her out". What she was really testing for was a spot to replace Sela Ward on a new drama pilot called "This Time Around". Ward had dropped out of the pilot after citing contract disputes and creative differences with producers as a chief concern of hers. Zuniga recalls "I found out that it wasn't for Texas Justice shortly before i was called into read; i was pretty excited it wasn't for that show; but was shaken when i heard i'd possibly be replacing Sela; who i've always admired as an actress". She recalls "The audition itself was pretty awful; i was shaky, nervous and sweaty". She was called back less than a day later to read for network executives who wanted control over who would replace Ward in what they considered one of their best pilots; and the exprience was less than happy "I was basically accused of not having any talent and they were really worried about my time on "Melrose Place" being a reason to think i wouldn't be able to pull off subtle; restrained scenes". After a lengthy audition process Zuniga was not offered the role. "It took three months of auditioning and they decided to go with another actress; somebody with less expeirence who they thought wouldn't have as many bad habits; as they thought i did from working on an Aaron Spelling soap". It turns out that other actress didn't work out; two weeks after starting work on the pilot she was fired because producers felt she didn't understand the emotional depth of the material. With the networks blessing they finally offered the role to Zuniga who is now headlining the top rated drama series on television and is a bonafide superstar.

Hollywood Now: So, what's it like to be the star of the most watched series on Television and to know you almost missed out on the role?

Zuniga: It is very gratifying to be on a series that people watch.

Hollywood Now: But this isn't your first hit series; "Melrose Place" was a huge hit.

Zuniga: yes, people watched "Melrose" but it wasn't the type of show that people remembered. This is a good show that people will remember years from now. Melrose wasn't taken seriously; people laughed at it.

Hollywood Now: so it must be exciting to be on a show people respect?

Zuniga: yes, yes it is.

Hollywood Now: What is the biggest difference between the fame you have now and the fame you had on Melrose Place?

Zuniga: Respect. People come up to me now and they aren't ashamed to say they watch the show. On Melrose fans would come up and would kind of whisper and try to make sure people didn't hear them say that they watched Melrose. People respect this show and arent' afriad to admit it; that's very gratifying.

Hollywood Now: Was there a lot of press coverage of you during Melrose?

Zuniga: Not particuarly; the press is a whole different beast now. Papparazzi is everywhere; thankfully i'm not the type of star they tend to follow around. Generally speaking people didn't write about Melrose alot unless it was in a soap opera magazine.

Hollywood Now: but everybody writes about "This Time Around" it was recently revealed by a poll to be the #1 most searched TV show on the internet.

Zuniga: Wow, i didn't know that.

Hollywood Now: Let's get right to it; how is this new fame affecting your personal life?

Zuniga: It just makes me more cautious who i date and who i open up too. It seems like now that i'm making big girl money everybody wants to be my friend; i'm just selective now about who i let in. Thankfully i'm old enough now to know a true friend from a fake. fifteen years ago that wouldn't have been true.

Hollywood Now: Despite all this fame and acclaim and the critical love this show has gotten you failed to earn an Emmy nom; why is that? and did it hurt?

Zuniga: I don't know how to answer that. The Emmy's are such a strange beast; sometimes they try to go nominate the hippiest shows and the most watched shows and othertimes they just go for their favorites. It's hard to predict who will get in on any given year. It did hurt a bit to get all this acclaim and everybody was telling me "you're guranteed a nod" and then not get one. but it is what it is; there's always next year.

Hollywood Now: Some have suggested that GEN-TV didn't campaing enough for this show because it's not the youngest skewing show; and others claim they pushed harder for "One Of These Days" to get nominated, what is your thoughts?

Zuniga: I can't say because i didn't really have anything to do with the campaining that may or may not have happened. I just picked my tape and submitted my work. That is it. I don't think that would have been the case though; the network has been nothing but supportive of our show.

Hollywood Now: Your show was recently given a huge boost by GEN-TV and was among a small group of shows to be renewed for multiple year contracts; does it feel good to have job security for the next two years?

Zuniga: Yes and no. It's great to know that they have this in place; but i've worked long enough to know that anything can happen. Hell, ratings could drop 40% next week and then they'd have a reason to cancel us. Contracts have so many outclauses these days that nothing is really ever final.

Thursday, September 30th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with a new episode of Singles (Viewers: 8.42 million; 18-49: 3.2/9) which was down just 0.1 demo point from last week. At 9:30pm, week four of Living Life (Viewers: 7.16 million; 18-49: 2.5/7) was even with last week. Up next was a new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 10.99 million; 18-49: 3.2/10), down 0.2 demo points from last week.

An all new episode of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 458,000; 18-49: 0.0/0) loves to play the how low can you go game! Rosie's Roundtable plunged to a new low, and will air for what is likely to be the final time tonight. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.28 million viewers and had a 0.5/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in. Remember, Rock the Night premieres Monday, October 4th at 11/10c.

Thursday, October 7th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off then night with an all new Singles (Viewers: 8.98 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) which was up from last week. At 9:30pm, week five of Living Life (Viewers: 7.06 million; 18-49: 2.4/7) hit a new series low. Up next was a new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 11.64 million; 18-49: 3.3/10), up from last week.

Night four of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.64; 18-49: 0.8/3) finally showed a bit of stability, falling only 2% in total viewers and 0.1 demo points (or 13%) . Rock the Night has shed close to 50% of it's total viewers and 60% of its demo since the premiere on Monday! Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.84 million viewers and had a 1.1/3 demo.

GEN-TV Ratings for Thursday, September 23, 2010:

GEN-TV had a strong night but had to settle for third place on Thursday night with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 20.67 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched by 23.58 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm; a brand new "Starting From Scratch" was watched by 16.89 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Over My Head" was watched by 30.34 million viewers and posted a 5.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Lifeline" was watched by 21.32 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV had to settle for third place after CBS and FOX.

Despite a strong line-up of series; GEN-TV still had to settle for 2nd place on Thrusday night.

At 8pm, the always strong "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 22.3 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched by 24.2 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a rerun of "Boyfriends" was watched by 20.24 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Lifeline" was watched by 21.39 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV Casting Info:

Eddie Cibrian; a favorite of GEN-TV executives has landed a leading role on the upcoming drama series "Snatched". He will play an undisclosed role and will appear sometime in December.

Kyle Secor an actor that has worked in the industry for years was inexplicably missing from the press announcement highlighting the cast of GEN-TV's upcoming drama series "SISTERS" but producers assure us that he is very much still apart of the cast "We just simply don't know what role he'll be playing; we are still working that out; but he's still very much apart of our cast".

Friday, October 1st Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with They Work Hard For Their Money (Viewers: 3.41 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) which is even with last weeks new episode at 9pm. At 9:30pm, YTN aired a new episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.59 million; 18-49: 0.6/2), even with last weeks 9:30pm episode. At 10pm, YTN went with the series premiere of Weekly Update (Viewers: 4.94 million; 18-49: 1.2/4). While the numbers are very low in the 18-49 demo, it did come in second in its timeslot, defeating 20/20 and Outlaw.

The series finale (just announced yesterday) of Rosie's Roundtable (Viewers: 312,000; 18-49: 0.0/0) hit yet another series low. Rosie's Roundtable premiered to over 2 million viewers, and nearly lost every single one. An encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.34 million viewers and had a 0.6/2 demo, growing significantly from its lead in. Rock the Night takes over the 11pm timeslot starting Monday.
Friday, October 8th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with a burnoff of Outburst! (Viewers: 3.46 million; 18-49: 1.3/4), which is down 0.2 demo points from its Sunday episode. Up next was an all new They Work Hard For Their Money (Viewers: 3.49 million; 18-49: 1.4/4), up 0.1 demo points from last week. At 9:30pm, YTN aired a new episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.68 million; 18-49: 0.8/2) was up to a new series high. Yes, an 0.8 demo is a series high for Yahtzee!. At 10pm, YTN aired week two of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.04 million; 18-49: 1.3/4), up 0.1 demo points from its premiere last week. Weekly Update fell behind 20/20 this week, but easily defeated a new episode of Outlaw on NBC.

Night five of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.15; 18-49: 0.5/2) completely fell apart, falling 43% in total viewers and 60% in the demo from Thursdays episode. It looks as if YTN wasn't meant to be in the late night buisness. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.45 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo.

YTN Press Release:
Series Updates
*THROUGH FRIDAY SERIES (November 19th)*
*Shows in BOLD have been given full seasons
Outburst! - 38/40 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 32/34 episodes have aired
The One - 11/11 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 26/26 episodes have aired
The Streets - 10/10 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 22/22 episodes have aired
The One: Ce1ebrities 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Being Average - 13/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 30/30 episodes have aired
The New Life - 13/13 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 13/13 episodes have aired
College - 32/32 episodes have aired
Roommates - 32/32 episodes have aired
Dr. Heart - 22/22 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 18/18 episodes have aired
Looking For Love - 10/10 episodes have aired (+1 Reunion Special)
Family Super Challenge - 6/6 episodes have aired
Looking For Love 2 - 11/11 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 10/10 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 17/17 episodes have aired
Do You Trust Me? - 13/13 episodes have aired
Killer Island - 8/8 episodes have aired
The Comedy Hour - 13/13 episodes have aired
The Rich Life: Love, Money and Sex - 13/13 episodes have aired
$7.25 an Hour - 22/22 episodes have aired

FALL '10-'11 SEASON:
Locked - 12/24 episodes have aired
Yahtzee! - 13/13 episodes have aired
Outburst! - 14/16 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 11/24 episodes have aired
Cops of New York - 11/17 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 11/22 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 10/22 episodes have aired + 1 special
Looking for Love 3 - 11/12 episodes have aired
TAKEN - 10/22 episodes have aired
Roommates - 11/23 episodes have aired
Kate and Zoe - 11/24 episodes have aired
College - 11/24 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 7/22 episodes have aired
They Work Hard For Their Money - 13/13 episodes have aired
TAKEN: Phoenix - 11/22 episodes have aired
Singles - 11/23 episodes have aired
Living Life - 11/17 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 11/22 episodes have aired
Weekly Update - 9/48 episodes have aired

MIDSEASON '11 SEASON:
Can You Beat Ken? - 0/13 episodes have aired
The Inside Job - 0/8 episodes have aired
Sisterhood - 0/16 episodes have aired

The Ricki Lake Show Ratings - Monday (27th) through Friday (1st)
Updated ratings for The Ricki Lake Show...

Monday - 871,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.4/1
Tuesday - 918,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2
Wednesday - 905,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2
Thursday - 994,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2
Friday - 1,048,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2 <--- Series high in daytime

The Ricki Lake Show is turning into the little show that could for YTN. Each week the numbers start out a bit slow, but pick up steam by Friday. It should be noted that the 0.6 demo is actually a series high for the show in daytime AND late night. Total viewership is closing in on a series high for both daytime and late night, but isn't there just yet. The Ricki Lake Show also hit a series high in W18-49 (0.7) and W25-54 (1.1).

The Ricki Lake Show Ratings - Monday (4th) through Friday (8th)
Updated ratings for The Ricki Lake Show...

Monday - 889,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2
Tuesday - 912,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2
Wednesday - 948,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2
Thursday - 1,193,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2 <--- Series high in daytime
Friday - 1,175,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2

The Ricki Lake Show is turning into the little show that could for YTN. Each week the numbers start out a bit slow, but pick up steam by Friday. It should be noted that the 0.7 demo is a series high for the show in daytime AND late night. Total viewership is closing in on a series high for both daytime and late night, but is within 25,000 of doing so. The Ricki Lake Show also hit a series high in W18-49 (0.8), W25-54 (1.2), and W18-34 (0.4).

RATINGS FOR WORLD NEWS CHANNEL VIA RATINGS INC.
Ratings run from September 27th - October 1st.

TIME / SHOW / VIEWERS / UP OR DOWN FROM LAST WEEK
12am-6am: What's Ahead - N/A viewers *Number was too low to record
6am-8am: WNC Morning News - N/A viewers *Number was too low to record
8am-10am: World News Channel Presents: Coffee Express - *Number was too low to record
10am-12pm: What's Happening Across the World? - *Number was too low to record
12pm-3pm: WNC Afternoon (Part I) - 12,000 viewers (DOWN)
3pm-6pm: WNC Afternoon (Part II) - 17,000 viewers (DOWN)
6pm: In-Depth - 27,000 viewers (DOWN)
7pm: Live from WNC Headquarters with Lou Dobbs - 22,000 viewers (DOWN)
8pm: Keeping You Informed - 31,000 viewers (DOWN)
9pm: TEA PARTY - THE ROAD TO WASHINGTON - 52,000 viewers (DOWN)
10pm: Your Day Reviewed - 15,000 viewers (DOWN)
11pm: News Quicky - 24,000 viewers (DOWN)

*WNC had a record four shows that were too low to record. It should be noted that EVERY show fell from last week's already terrible numbers.
RATINGS FOR WORLD NEWS CHANNEL VIA RATINGS INC.
Ratings run from October 4th - October 8th.

TIME / SHOW / VIEWERS / UP OR DOWN FROM LAST WEEK
12am-6am: What's Ahead - N/A viewers *Number was too low to record
6am-8am: WNC Morning News - N/A viewers *Number was too low to record
8am-10am: World News Channel Presents: Coffee Express - *Number was too low to record
10am-12pm: What's Happening Across the World? - *Number was too low to record
12pm-3pm: WNC Afternoon (Part I) - *Number was too low to record
3pm-6pm: WNC Afternoon (Part II) - *Number was too low to record
6pm: In-Depth - 19,000 viewers (DOWN)
7pm: Live from WNC Headquarters with Lou Dobbs - 18,000 viewers (DOWN)
8pm: Keeping You Informed - 25,000 viewers (DOWN)
9pm: TEA PARTY - THE ROAD TO WASHINGTON - 38,000 viewers (DOWN)
10pm: Your Day Reviewed - *Number was too low to record
11pm: News Quicky - 19,000 viewers (DOWN)

*WNC had a record SEVEN shows that were too low to record. With such terrible mumbers, ratings will be posted on a monthly basis now.

Congrats to GEN-TV who soared to an easy win Friday night over CBS's "CSI: New York" and got it's best 18-49 demos on a friday night this season.

At 8pm, a brand new "Life's Facts" improved week-to-week with 10.88 million viewers watching and a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" also showed some improvement week-to-week with 12.6 million viewers watching and a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "County General" easily beat the competition with 22.9 milllion viewers tuning in and a 4.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "One Of These Days" was watched by 23.5 million viewers and posted a 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV was once again the most watched network on Friday, October 8, 2010:

At 8pm, a brand new "Life's Facts" was watched by 10.91 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" was watched by 12.9 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "County General" was a solid performer; with 23.7 million viewers tuning in and a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo. Beating CBS's "CSI: New York" by nearly a million viewers!

At 10pm; it was a brand new "One Of These Days" that was the real winner with 24.53 million viewers tuning in and a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

Ratings for GEN-TV for Saturday and Sunday night:

Saturday, October 2, 2010:

At 8pm, a brand new "Good Sports" was watched by 14.1 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 24.74 million viewers and posted a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo; this was an unusually large number of viewers for this series.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Boy Next Door" was watched by 7.92 million viewers and posted a 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a rerun of "The Boy Next Door" was watched by 5.21 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "The Boy Next Doo" was watched by 5.13 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

at 1030pm, a rerun of "The Boy Next Door" was watched 5.09 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

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Sunday, October 3, 2010:

With half the shows from Sunday night cancelled or on hiatus the sunday line-up was filled with reruns and burn-offs.

At 8pm, a rerun of "The Arrival" was watched by 12.5 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a rerun of "Never Again" was watched by 10.2 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "50 stops before home" was watched by 17.8 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Getting Over It" was watched by 10.1 million viewers and posted a 1.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "Gone" was watched by 21.9 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo. (that's nearly triple the number of viewers that watched any of the episodes of "Tycoons" that aired).


NOTES:

Despite plans to burn off the remaining episodes; it appears "Tycoons" has been pulled from the schedule after-all.

With a 1.9 demo it looks like "Getting Over It" is on it's last legs unless something can be done to save the series. The ratings for the show have been slipping since last season when it was moved out of it's Monday night timeslot (where it was a solid performer; getting over 22 million viewers a week. It never recovered. The loss of Heather Locklear has also hurt the series).

Ratings and related info is compiled by Herring Media Inc., an independant Television ratings firm.

GEN-TV Ratings for Saturday, October 9, 2010:

GEN-TV ranked #3 on Saturday night with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "Good Sports" was watched by 14.5 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 24.79 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Boy Next Door" was watched by 6.71 million viewers and posted a 4.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Never Again" (on a speical night) was watched by 19.3 million viewers and posted a 2.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "This Time Around" was watched by 17.43 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

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Sunday, October 10, 2010:

GEN-TV was ranked 3rd place on Sunday with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a rerun of "50 Stops Before Home" was watched by 12.34 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a rerun of "Press Time" was watched by 20.3 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "50 Stops Before Home" was watched by 17.10 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

at 930pm, a brand new "Getting Over It" was watched by 9.89 million viewers and posted a 1.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "L.A. Casino" was watched by 22.1 million viewers and posted a 4.2 in the 18-49 demo.

Sunday, October 3rd Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an encore episode of Locked (Viewers: 3.59 million; 18-49: 1.3/3), up again from last week's encore. At 7:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 5.08 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) hit a new series high once again this week. Up next was an all new episode of Outburst! (Viewers: 4.41 million; 18-49: 1.5/5), which hit a new series low this week. This is the first time a new episode of Outburst! failed to grow from it's lead in. At 9pm, YTN aired an all new The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.54 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) which was down a bit, but still strong.
Sunday, October 10th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an encore episode of Locked (Viewers: 3.37 million; 18-49: 1.3/3), even with last week. At 7:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 5.11 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) was up a bit in total viewers and even in the demo from last week. Up next was an all new episode of Outburst! (Viewers: 4.31 million; 18-49: 1.4/5), down to a Sunday night series low. At 9pm, YTN aired an all new The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.79 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) which is up 0.1 demo points from last week.

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN DOUBLE PUMPS "OUTBURST"
It looks as if the end is near for YTN's first game show, Outburst. The network just announced that in addition to airing on Sundays at 8pm, it will also air on Fridays at 8pm, starting this Friday. While it may not look like a cancellation, no network would waste new episodes of a show on a Friday. Despite a strong first season, the second season has been a bust, hitting a new series low nearly every week. The most recent episode of Outburst reached only a 1.5 demo, falling 0.2 demo points from its lead in. Once again, it may not seem like much, but this is the first time it has ever fallen from its 7pm lead in.

YTN, usually a slow network to cancel shows, has been quick to cancel numerous shows this season. Already on the Friday burnoff-system; They Work Hard For Their Money and Yahtzee!, which appear to be one and done. YTN is also losing Pushing Daisies at the end of the season, and this near-cancellation of Outburst! is another smack in the face to YTN.
RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

OUTBURST! AND LOCKED FLIP TIMESLOTS; OUTBURST TRIMMED
Outburst! continues its slow march towards cancellation. YTN just issued a press release that Outburst! is moving to 7pm, with Locked moving to 8pm. This is just another step closer to cancellation as Outburst! is already airing two times a week. In addition to the timeslot flip, YTN has trimmed the 24 episode order all the way down to 16 episodes. With two episodes airing a week, Outburst! will most likely end its run in November.

Here is the Sunday schedule:
7pm - Outburst (New Timeslot)
8pm - Locked (Repeat; New Timeslot)
8:30pm - Locked (New Timeslot)
9pm - The Weakest Link

Monday, October 4th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with week five of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.07 million; 18-49: 1.9/6), which is down only 0.1 demo points from last week. At 10pm, YTN aired an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 6.59 million; 18-49: 1.9/7), which was down another demo point to a new season low.

The series premiere of Rock the Night (Viewers: 2.49; 18-49: 1.4/5) premiered strong, but we will have to see how it does in the coming weeks. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 2.13 million viewers and had a 1.3/4 demo.

Monday, October 11th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with week six of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.15 million; 18-49: 2.0/6), up 0.1 demo points from last week to tie a series high. At 10pm, YTN aired an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 6.13 million; 18-49: 1.8/6), down to a new season low. This marks the first time Rule of Law has fallen from its lead in and the lowest performance in months. If you remember correctly, Rule of Law scored a 3.0 demo for its season finale. Yikes!

Night six of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.58 million; 18-49: 0.8/3) was back up to Thursday numbers, so perhaps Fridays are just bad days for the show to air on. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.54 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo.

GEN-TV ratings for Monday, October 4, 2010:

GEN-TV emerges as the #1 network on Monday night with the following strong line-up.

At 8pm, a brand new "Doctor/Patient" saw a huge increase and was watched by 22.5 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm a brand new "Knocked Down" was watched by 16.95 million viewers and posted a 5.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new episdoe of "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 19.9 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Them & Us" was watched by 15.88 million viewers and a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Gone" was watched by 28.9 million viewers and a 5.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a rerun of "County General" was watched by 20.1 million viewers and posted a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV was once again the #1 network on Monday night with the following ratings:

at 8pm, an all-new "Doctor/Patient" was watched by 22.9 million viewers and posted a 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, it was a brand new "Knocked Down" with 16.98 million viewers and a 5.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, it was a brand new "The Life & Times of Elizabeth Bordoe" with 19.14 million viewers and 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, it was "Them & Us" with 15.90 million viewers and 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, it was a brand new episode of "GONE" with 28.12 million viewers and a 5.7 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a rerun of "GONE" was watched by 14.5 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

NOTES:

Next week is the series premiere of "Hotel" in the 11pm timeslot.

GEN-TV shocks everybody in the TV industry by becoming the #1 network on Tuesday night thanks to a line-up of original episodes of their strong comedy series and new dramas!

At 8pm, a brand new "The Arrival" boosted it's best numbers all season with 26.89 million viewers tuning in and a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

Compared to other 8pm shows, GEN-TV's "The Arrival" was #2 in the 18-49 demo and was #1 among total viewers.

CBS: NCIS: 19.48 million viewers, 3.2
FOX: GLEE: 10.97 million viewers, 4.5
ABC: NO ORDINARY FAMILY: 8.93 million viewers, 2.6
NBC: THE BIGGEST LOSER: 6.81 million viewers, 2.5
YTN: PUSHING DAISIES: 6.51 million viewers; 1.5
CW: ONE TREE HILL; 1.99 million viewers; 0.9


At 830pm, GEN-TV's "Never Again" was watched by 24.6 million viewers and posted a 2.2 in the 18-49 demo. In total viewers it was #1 and among demos it was fourth place.

Comparing it to other 830 shows:
CBS: NCIS: 19.48 , 3.2
NBC: BIGGEST LOSER: 6.81 million viewers, 1.5
ABC: NO ORDINARY FAMILY: 8.93 million viewers, 2.6
FOX: GLEE: 10.97 million viewers, 4.5
CW: ONE TREE HILL: 1.99 million viewers, 0.9
YTN: PUSHING DAISIES: 6.51 million viewes, 1.5


At 9pm, it was an all-new episode of GEN-TV's "The Huntress" that proved to be the most valuable show on the networks schedule. It performed exceptionally well while facing stiff competition from "NCSI: Los Angeles" (16.19 million viewers/3.2), ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" (16.41 million viewers/3.2) and YTN's "LOOKING FOR LOVE" (7.94/2.1). "The Huntress" was watched by 27.17 million viewers and posted a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo.

This was enough for a #1 finish in both demographics and total viewers.

Compared to:
CBS: NCIS: LOS ANGELES: 16.19/3.2
ABC: DANCING WITH THE STARS: 16.41/3.2
FOX: RAISING HOPE: 6.27/2.6
NBC: BIGGEST LOSER: 6.81/2.5
CW: LIFE UNEXPECTED: 1.59/.08
YTN: LOOKING FOR LOVE: 7.94/2.1

At 10pm it was a brand new episode of "L.A. Casino" which held up superbly well with 23.75 million viewers tuning in and a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo. Again, this made GEN-TV the #1 network on television in both total viewers and demos.

Compared to:
CBS: The Good Wife: 12.67/2.5
ABC: Detroit 187: 8.29/1.8
NBC: Parenthood: 5.15/2.0
YTN: Taken: 10.14/2.5

At 11pm, it was a rerun of "Lifeline" which attracted 13.9 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV Executives are already shouting out how proud they are off the line-up of shows. It's no surprise that all of them have already received orders for full-seasons; with "The Huntress", "The Arrival" and "Never Again" already getting the go-ahead for next season as well.

GEN-TV sinks to #2 on Tuesday thanks to strong performances from GLEE and CBS's "NCIS".

GEN-TV has a strong night but not enough for more than #2 on Tuesday night.

At 8pm, an all-new "The Arrival" was watched by 26.83 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830, an all-new "Never Again" was watched by 23.44 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Huntress" was a solid hit with 27.22 million viewers watching and a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new 'L.A. Casino" was watched by 23.81 million viewers and a 4.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a rerun of "Lifeline" was watched by 12.34 million viewers and posted a 1.9 in the 18-49 demo.

NOTES: Next Week "Lifeline" returns with all-new episodes at 11pm.

Tuesday, October 5th Ratings - YTN
YTN's Tuesday night lineup continued to fall, as did most networks. YTN kicked off the night with an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.51 million; 18-49: 1.9/5) was down 0.1 demo points to a new YTN series low. If you count in the episodes that ABC aired as well, Pushing Daisies has a long way to go before tying those series lows. At 9pm, an all new Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 7.94 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) had it's lowest ratings ever for a Tuesday night. Rounding out primetime was a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 10.14 million; 18-49: 2.5/7) which was down a bit in total viewers and 0.1 demo points. TAKEN tied CBS' The Good Wife in the demo for a first place finish.

Night two of Rock the Night (Viewers: 2.11; 18-49: 1.2/3) was down 18% in total viewers and 17% in the demo. It appears that Rock the Night may follow the same path as Rosie's Roundtable! Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.84 million viewers and had a 1.2/3 demo.
Tuesday, October 12th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.94 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) up 0.2 demo points from last week. At 9pm, an all new Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 8.85 million; 18-49: 2.4/7) was up 0.3 demo points from last week. This week featured a shocking secret, and next week we see the consequences, so you can expect another increase. Rounding out primetime was a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 10.74 million; 18-49: 2.7/8) up 0.2 demo points to win the timeslot by 0.1 demo points over The Good Wife.

Night seven of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.79 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was up to its highest numbers since Wednesday. Just when it looked like the show was dead on Friday, it perked back up. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.68 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo.

Wednesday, October 6th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an all new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 7.13 million; 18-49: 2.1/6), which fell to yet another series low. Week five of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 11.09 million; 18-49: 3.0/9) took a major hit this week, falling 13% in the demo to a series low. A major positive for Kate and Zoe, it grew 0.9 demo points from its lead in. At 9pm, College (Viewers: 11.29 million; 18-49: 3.3/10) was down 0.1 demo points, but even in the demo. The season premiere of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.86 million; 18-49: 2.9/7) did well enough. Retention out of College was a respectable 87% in total viewers and 88% in the demo. At 10pm, week five of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.47 million; 18-49: 2.9/9) was also down this week, but easily won its timeslot.

Night three of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.68; 18-49: 0.9/3) was down a whopping 26% in total viewers and 33% in the demo. Rock the Night has shed 48% of it's total viewers and 56% of its demo since the premiere on Monday! Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.79 million viewers and had a 1.0/3 demo.
Wednesday, October 13th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an all new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 7.86 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) was up 0.2 demo points after weeks of series lows. Week six of recently renewed Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 10.63 million; 18-49: 3.2/9) was also up 0.2 demo points from last weeks series low. At 9pm, College (Viewers: 10.34 million; 18-49: 3.3/10) was up a bit in total viewers, but even in the demo. A new episode of last season's modestly rated Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.60 million; 18-49: 3.2/9) was actually up 10% in the demo from the season premiere last week. Retention out of College was a very solid 93% in total viewers and 97% in the demo. At 10pm, week six of recently renewed TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.16 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) hit a series high in both total viewers and the demo.

Night eight of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.86 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was up again last night. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.74 million viewers and had a 1.0/3 demo.

Thursday, October 7th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off then night with an all new Singles (Viewers: 8.98 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) which was up from last week. At 9:30pm, week five of Living Life (Viewers: 7.06 million; 18-49: 2.4/7) hit a new series low. Up next was a new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 11.64 million; 18-49: 3.3/10), up from last week.

Night four of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.64; 18-49: 0.8/3) finally showed a bit of stability, falling only 2% in total viewers and 0.1 demo points (or 13%) . Rock the Night has shed close to 50% of it's total viewers and 60% of its demo since the premiere on Monday! Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.84 million viewers and had a 1.1/3 demo.
Thursday, October 7th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off then night with an all new Singles (Viewers: 9.27 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) which was up in total viewers, and stable in the demo. At 9:30pm, week six of Living Life (Viewers: 7.19 million; 18-49: 2.5/7) was up 0.1 demo points from its series low last week. Rounding out primetime was an all new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 11.57 million; 18-49: 3.3/10), down just a bit in total viewers from last week.

Night nine of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.81 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) dropped only 2% in total viewers. Overall, it seems that viewers are responding well to the new late night series. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.89 million viewers and had a 1.1/3 demo.

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN MIDSEASON PLANS
Before we start, just note these are NOT OFFICIAL PLANS. These are what rumors have compiled over the past two weeks...

Sundays -
8 - Can You Beat Ken? (Return; shortened 30 minute version)
8:30 - Locked
9 - The Weakest Link

Mondays* -
8 - Rule of Law
9 - Cops of New York
10 - The Inside Job

Tuesdays -
8 - Pushing Daisies
9 - Looking for Love 4
10 - TAKEN

Wednesdays -
8 - Roommates
830 - Kate and Zoe
9 - College
930 - Behind the Scenes
10 - TAKEN: Phoenix

Thursdays -
9 - Singles
930 - Sisterhood (new series)
10 - Reversing History

Fridays -
10 - Weekly Update

*Unlike most networks, YTN is doing well at 10pm, so a drama has to move to 8pm, and it looks like it will be Rule of Law. The series is falling a bit, but The Inside Job needs a solid lead in (which is actually a new series!). We don't see them moving either of the TAKEN's or Reversing History since they are performing quite well. YTN won't bump another series on Fridays. Obviously gone; Living Life and Outburst!.

Friday, October 8th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with a burnoff of Outburst! (Viewers: 3.46 million; 18-49: 1.3/4), which is down 0.2 demo points from its Sunday episode. Up next was an all new They Work Hard For Their Money (Viewers: 3.49 million; 18-49: 1.4/4), up 0.1 demo points from last week. At 9:30pm, YTN aired a new episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.68 million; 18-49: 0.8/2) was up to a new series high. Yes, an 0.8 demo is a series high for Yahtzee!. At 10pm, YTN aired week two of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.04 million; 18-49: 1.3/4), up 0.1 demo points from its premiere last week. Weekly Update fell behind 20/20 this week, but easily defeated a new episode of Outlaw on NBC.

Night five of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.15; 18-49: 0.5/2) completely fell apart, falling 43% in total viewers and 60% in the demo from Thursdays episode. It looks as if YTN wasn't meant to be in the late night buisness. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.45 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo.
Friday, October 15th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with a burnoff of Outburst! (Viewers: 3.16 million; 18-49: 1.2/4), which is down from last week to a new series low. Up next was a new episode They Work Hard For Their Money (Viewers: 3.06 million; 18-49: 1.2/4), down to a new series low. At 9:30pm, YTN aired a new episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.03 million; 18-49: 0.5/2) which also fell this week, tying a series low. At 10pm, YTN aired week two of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.01 million; 18-49: 1.3/4), stable from last week. Weekly Update tied both 20/20 and Dateline this week.

Night ten of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.17 million; 18-49: 0.7/2) dropped the ball on Friday again, tying a series low. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.64 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo.

GEN-TV ratings for 10/6/2010

GEN-TV ranked #1 on Wednesday night; beating ABC's comedy line-up and all-new drama's on CBS and NBC.

At 8pm, an all-new "Press Time" was watched by 29.46 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a rerun of "women of a certian age" was watched by 9.6 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

at 9pm, a brand new "This Just In" was watched by 14.9 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a band new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 14.8 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" was a force all on it's own, single handily propelling GEN-TV to a #1 finish with 46.49 million viewers tuning in and 5.6 in the 18-49 demo.

Ratings for GEN-TV for Wednesday, 10/13/2010:

GEN-TV was without a doubt the network to beat once again on Wednesday nights with a strong line-up propelling them to yet another #1 finish!

At 8pm, a brand new episode of "Press time" was watched by a series high of 32.48 million viewers and posted a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a rerun of "This Just In" was watched by 12.2 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a rerun of "women of a certain age" was watched by 9.11 million viewers and posted a 2.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 14.14 million viewers and posted a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" was watched by a season high of 53.3 million viewers and posted a season high of 12.9 in the 18-49 demo.

Despite a strong line-up of series; GEN-TV still had to settle for 2nd place on Thrusday night.

At 8pm, the always strong "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 22.3 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched by 24.2 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a rerun of "Boyfriends" was watched by 20.24 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Lifeline" was watched by 21.39 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

Ratings for GEN-TV for 10/14/2010

GEN-TV was able to secure a #1 finish despite being a mostly rerun line-up on Thursday night.

At 8pm, a brand new "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 22.8 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a rerun of "Boyfriends" was watched by 21.1 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a rerun of "Over My Head" was watched by 16.7 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a rerun of "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 12.2 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "County General" was watched by 19.23 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV was once again the most watched network on Friday, October 8, 2010:

At 8pm, a brand new "Life's Facts" was watched by 10.91 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" was watched by 12.9 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "County General" was a solid performer; with 23.7 million viewers tuning in and a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo. Beating CBS's "CSI: New York" by nearly a million viewers!

At 10pm; it was a brand new "One Of These Days" that was the real winner with 24.53 million viewers tuning in and a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV ratings for Friday, 10/15/2010:

GEN-TV roared to #1 on Friday night; once again defeating CBS's "Blue Bloods" and "CSI: New York" combo and demolishing ABC's "20/20".

At 8pm; a brand new "Life's Facts" soared to it's season high ratings of 14.5 million viewers (up over 27% week to week) and posting a shockingly strong 4.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" also saw huge gains week to week with 15.6 million viewers watching and a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo. Nearly double who watched last week.

At 9pm, a special two-hour "One Of These Days" (featuring the last apperance of Marla Sokolove; though mostly in flashbacks) was watched by a season high of 44.5 million viewers and posted a stunning 9.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a GEN-TV Original retrosepctive "One Of These Days: Looking Back" hosted by Marla Sokolove and Mandy Musgrove was watched by 23.4 million viewers and posted a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 1130pm, a GEN-TV Special called "County General: This season so far" was watched by 19.3 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV has released this announcement:

Kyle Secor has been dropped from the cast of the upcoming series "SISTERS" but has joined the cast of "SNATCHED". The change announced by GEN-TV's Bridget Klein is due to "lack of story for Kyle on Sisters and a robust character being available on SNATCHED".

GEN-TV has announced the cast of upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer procedural series "SNATCHED". The series looks at what happens when the very wealthy Gilbert family of Virginia finds out their 19 year old daughter; Emily (Brittany Snow) has been kidnapped. The series looks at the personal issues the family faces in their search for Emily; who may or not actually be missing and the issues faced by the FBI team assigned to solve the case.

The cast includes:

Stockard Channing as Anna-Beth Fraser-Gilbert, the matriarch of the Gilbert family. She is at first the main suspect in Emily's kidnapping but soon becomes a valuable resource to the team assigned to the case.

Kelly Rowan as Margo Gilbert-Morgan

Alyssa Milano as Clara Field, FBI Special Analyst
Kyle Secor as Charles Morgan
Emily Van Camp as Felicity Harper, FBI Trainee
Frederick Weller as Gordon Gilbert II
Neal McDonaugh as Spencer Dietrich, FBI Supervisory Agent
Michelle Phillips as Carol Lander; FBI Agent
Malcolm McDowell as Gordon Gilbert I
Brittany Snow as Emily Gilbert
Eddie Cibrian as Conner Fitzpatrick; FBI Agent
And featuring Patrick Duffy as Mayor Dan Harper
PREMISE AND CAST OF CHARACTERS:

a brand new one-hour drama series chronicling what happens when a wealthy families youngest daughter is kidnapped from their home during a family reunion leaving the entire family as suspects and sets off a chain of events that will shatter all involved as the FBI investigates. Stockard Channing stars as Anna-Beth Gilbert; the matriarch of this spoiled, overly-privileged family who is the first suspect in her daughters kidnapping; but soon proves to be a valuable asset for the FBI. Malcolm McDowell stars a Gordon Gilbert; Anna-Beth’s husband and the step-father to Emily (Brittany Snow); the girl who is missing. Kelly Rowan stars as Margo Gilbert-Morgan; Gordon’s daughter who was last seen with Emily; who she has a less than cordial relationship with. Fredrick Weller stars as Gordon’s son; also named Gordon who is gay and is supposedly very close to Emily. Kyle Secor stars as Charles Morgan; Margo’s husband. The team assigned to the case is a special missing persons unit of the FBI led by Spencer Dietrich; a ruthless investigator who never leaves a case unsolved and who just returned from a forced leave due to mental health problems. Under his watch is Conner Fitzpatrick; an FBI agent with a lot to prove since he is returning to work after a lengthy court battle to clear his name in a shooting of a unarmed suspect left him unemployed for four years. Carol Lander is Spencer’s ex-lover and an agent on his team with an unusual way of looking at cases that often gets her in hot water. Alyssa Milano co-stars as the FBI team’s special analyst who helps the team in any way she can. Lastly is Felicity Harper; an FBI Trainee assigned to the missing persons unit with a lot to learn and even more to prove after her father; the mayor of Washington used his influence to get her assigned to this team; she assumes because missing person’s is the safest unit in the FBI; but mostly because of his own personal agenda.

PRODUCTION INFO:
SNATCHED is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer productions in association with 20th Century Fox; Mark Gordon Productions and GEN-TV Studios.

The series will be Executive Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Mark Gordon, Diane L. Swift and Bridget Klien with Jonathon Littman and Meredith Steihm (cold case) serving as day-to-day showrunners.

The network has amended their episode order to 14 episodes for now (up from 10; any remaining order is dependant on how the series performs).

GEN-TV was #3 on Saturday night with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "Good Sports" was watched by 10.3 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 14.5 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The boy next door" continued it's inconsistant ratings with 4.1 million viewers tuning in and a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo (it's lowest demo ever).

At 930pm, a rerun of "Them & Us" was watched by 13.4 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "One Of These Days" was watched by 28.4 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

The Ricki Lake Show Ratings - Monday (4th) through Friday (8th)
Updated ratings for The Ricki Lake Show...

Monday - 889,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2
Tuesday - 912,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2
Wednesday - 948,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2
Thursday - 1,193,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2 <--- Series high in daytime
Friday - 1,175,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2

The Ricki Lake Show is turning into the little show that could for YTN. Each week the numbers start out a bit slow, but pick up steam by Friday. It should be noted that the 0.7 demo is a series high for the show in daytime AND late night. Total viewership is closing in on a series high for both daytime and late night, but is within 25,000 of doing so. The Ricki Lake Show also hit a series high in W18-49 (0.8), W25-54 (1.2), and W18-34 (0.4).
The Ricki Lake Show Ratings - Monday (11th) through Friday (15th)
Updated ratings for The Ricki Lake Show...

Monday - 942,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2
Tuesday - 994,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2
Wednesday - 1,059,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2
Thursday - 1,105,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2
Friday - 1,262,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.8/2 <--- Series high in daytime

The Ricki Lake Show is growing each week, improving the timeslot significantly. Each week the numbers start out a bit slow, but pick up steam by Friday. It should be noted that the 0.8 demo is a series high for the show in daytime AND late night. Total viewership is hit a series high on Friday, outrating the series finale in primetime by 2,000 viewers. The Ricki Lake Show also hit series highs in W18-49 (0.9), W25-54 (1.3), tied in W18-34 (0.4), and M25-54 (0.2).

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN ORDERS MORE "LOCKED" AND "WEEKLY UPDATE"
Despite a slow start, Locked has picked up in the ratings and earned itself a few more episodes. YTN has ordered an additional five episodes, bringing the total number of episodes to 18 for the season.

Also getting an episode order is Weekly Update, scoring itself an additional four episodes to bring the total number of episodes to eight. While the ratings of around 5 million viewers and a 1.3 demo aren't much, Weekly Update did tie both 20/20 and Dateline this past Friday. YTN stated earlier this month that Weekly Update would be ordered on a monthly, four episode basis, so this news isn't all too surprising. Weekly Update will also move to 9pm starting NEXT Friday. In a statement from the network, YTN says, "Weekly Update doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it does provide viewers with late breaking and weekly stories. In ordering more episodes, its only appropriate to move it away from 20/20 in the 10pm timeslot." NBC's Dateline, however, airs at both 9pm and 10pm, so Weekly Update will face some competition. YTN's comedy They Work Hard For Their Money and game show Yahtzee! will move to 10pm effective this week. Both shows have five episodes left on their series orders, so the move to 10pm won't mean much.

Sunday, October 10th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an encore episode of Locked (Viewers: 3.37 million; 18-49: 1.3/3), even with last week. At 7:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 5.11 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) was up a bit in total viewers and even in the demo from last week. Up next was an all new episode of Outburst! (Viewers: 4.31 million; 18-49: 1.4/5), down to a Sunday night series low. At 9pm, YTN aired an all new The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.79 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) which is up 0.1 demo points from last week.
Sunday, October 17th Ratings - YTN
YTN mixed up its schedule last night with Outburst moving to 7pm. The timeslot premiere of Outburst! (Viewers: 4.24 million; 18-49: 1.4/5) was steady with last weeks episode, but was down from a new episode of Locked in the timeslot. An encore episode of Locked (Viewers: 4.06 million; 18-49: 1.4/5) was up from last weeks encore by 0.1 demo points. At 8:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 5.39 million; 18-49: 1.9/5) hit a new series high. Locked has built into a strong option for YTN after a slow start, just as Can You Beat Ken? did last season. At 9pm, YTN aired an all new The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.94 million; 18-49: 2.5/6) up just a bit from last week with increased lead in support.

Ratings for GEN-TV for Sunday, October 17, 2010:

GEN-TV had to settle for 4th place on Sunday with a weak line-up.

At 8pm, a brand new "50 stops before home" was watched by 11.1 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Getting Over It" was watched by 2.3 million viewers and posted a 1.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Boy Next Door" (on a special night) was watched by 1.11 million viewers and posted a .04 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a rerun of "Getting Over It" was watched by 1.93 million viewers and posted a .9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "The Boy Next Door" was watched by 1 million viewers and posted a .4 in the 18-49 demo.

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Ratings For Monday, October 18, 2010:

GEN-TV raced to #1 with the following strong line-up:

At 8pm; a brand new "Doctor/Patient" was watched by 32.3 million viewers and posted a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Knocked Down" was a hit with 29.4 million viewers tuning in and a 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 31.2 million viewers and posted a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo. ( a rare demo victory over Knocked Down).

At 930pm, a brand new "Them & Us" was watched by 19.4 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "GONE" was watched by 32.4 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, the series premiere of "Hotel" was watched by a healthy 21.2 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

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NOTE:

"Hotel" stars Austin Peck as Ian Reynolds; the general manager and head of security for the recently reopened St. Gregory Hotel in San Fransisco. Co-starring is Susan Lucci as Lola Shepherd; a corporate executive with a healthy sexual appetitte and ruthless business ethics. Also starring is Emilio Estevez as a down on his luck employee named Gerald Hopkins who recently incurred Lola's wrath by denying her a sexual conquest. Adrianne Palacki and Ryan Devlin also co-star.

Monday, October 11th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with week six of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.15 million; 18-49: 2.0/6), up 0.1 demo points from last week to tie a series high. At 10pm, YTN aired an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 6.13 million; 18-49: 1.8/6), down to a new season low. This marks the first time Rule of Law has fallen from its lead in and the lowest performance in months. If you remember correctly, Rule of Law scored a 3.0 demo for its season finale. Yikes!

Night six of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.58 million; 18-49: 0.8/3) was back up to Thursday numbers, so perhaps Fridays are just bad days for the show to air on. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.54 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo.
Monday, October 11th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with week seven of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.26 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) was up another demo point to a series high. At 10pm, YTN aired an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 5.89 million; 18-49: 1.7/6), down a point to a season low.

Night eleven of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.74 million; 18-49: 0.8/3) was back up last night despite a series low on Friday. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.68 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo.

Despite having a stellar reputation within the gay community, GEN-TV came under fire today from a gay advocacy group for it's new series "HOTEL" for being "flagrantly anti-gay and totally homophobic". The series which is set in San Fransisco is being taken to task for "featuring not a single gay or lesbian character within its main cast of characters. For a show set in the hotel industry in San Fran in 2010 this is moronic" said Tuesday Willner, the head of Gay People For Equal Media Treatment or GPEM as it's known. The organization is calling on it's members to boycott GEN-TV and the series "HOTEL" until "adequate or above adequate gay characters are added to HOTEL". GEN-TV President Bridget Klien blew off the threats as "unbiased and totally meritless" saying "GEN-TV has a wonderful relationship with the gay community and has no issues with any of the content in "HOTEL" and has no reason to believe that it is offensive in any way". She noted "we work closely with Gay groups; GLADD and GLESN to assure that our programming meets the highest standards of respect and decency to the gay community".

Diane L. Swift, currently undergoing intense treatment for breast cancer noted "By boycotting our programming; which is of the most respectful and inclusive on TV the orgnization risks the very life of our programming and hurts the one network that is truly supportive of their community".

GEN-TV has worked it's magic wheels once again and sold several big shows into syndication.

Here is the exciting news:

GEN-TV decided to go ahead and offer hit series "Doctor/Patient" now in it's second season and showing no signs of slowing down to buyers and has struck pay dirt. LIFETIME has bought he exclusive cable rights to the hit sitcom for a hefty sum of 245,000 dollars per episode for a 5 year timeframe starting in 2013.

The network has also decided to offer some other hit series up for syndication; figuring they would follow in the steps of other companies such as ABC who recently sold hit sitcom "Modern Family" into syndication in it's second season and got huge asking prices.

The network has offered up first-season sitcoms "Knocked Down", "Over My Head", "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" and "Them & Us" for syndication.

So far only "Elizabeth Bordoe" has gotten a deal; BRAVO owned by NBC-Universal has snatched up the cable rights to that show with a hefty 498,000 per episode asking price. The network can air the series twice a week during the daytime starting in 2012 but can air the series five times a week starting in 2016.

"Knocked Down" is currently in a bidding war between TBS, Lifetime, Oxygen and USA.

Among drama's the network has offered "L.A. Casino", "Gone" and "Sisters" up for syndication; this shows a lot of faith in "Sisters" which hasn't even aired yet. "Gone" is currently attracting a lot of attention from potential buyers such as USA network, Syfy, Spike, TNT and Universal HD; but hasn't gotten a buyer yet.

In other news; GEN-TV has signed a deal with Bravo to air the 6 produced but unaired episodes of "Our Father" the original series that GEN-TV pulled from the schedule last month before it even aired. The series starring Neal McDonaugh and Susan Haskell was set in south boston and focused on a priest trying to end corrouption in the church and bring the community back together. Bravo will air the 6 episodes of the series (including the original pilot episode) starting next month for 6 weeks during primetime.

GEN-TV has released a few updates about their Novemeber Daytime Schedule.

Apparently most of the daytime schedule will remain exactly the same in daytime but a few minor changes:

At 8am; "Any Day Now" is leaving daytime and being replaced with Classic episodes of ABC's "General Hospital" starting with episodes from 1989.

At 11am, "Search For Tomorrow" is leaving and being replaced with classic episodes of "All my Children" from 1993.

At 2pm, the network has removed "Santa Barbara" in favor of classic "One Life To Live" episodes.

At 4pm, "Second Noah" is being moved to make room for classic "Port charles"

"Second Noah" moves to 630pm, replacing a second airing of "Grounded For Life". (1 episode will still air at 6pm).

At 730pm, "Wheel Of Fortune" is moving to make room for "Good Morning, Miami" which is now displaced from it's original 7pm timeslot.

"Wheel of Fortune" moves to 7am, replacing a second episode of "The Weakest Link".

The rest of the schedule remains the same; including struggling original soap "Oakhurst" at 1pm and all the currently airing talk shows still in their timeslots.

Melissa Etheridge has dropped out of her GEN-TV development contract citing "personal obligations". This effectively kills the planned Melissa Etheridge sitcom that was being worked on.

GEN-TV is renewing it's committment to diversity with a slate of diverse programming being ordered to pilot:

The network has ordered a sitcom pilot about an African-American family moving from the projects to the suburbs when the mother discovers a new way to clean pots and pans that makes the family filthy rich when a domestic diva Martha Stewart type buys the rights to the product.

The network has also ordered a pilot presentation for a new sitcom about a retired couple who are forced to move in with their lesbian daughter and her life partner when they loose their retirement fund. The series will be a clash of the cultures type series. It's been given a cast-contingent order.

The network has also declared an intent to "focus more on the disabled community and program for their needs" with a few pilots focused on people with various disabilities.

First up they've ordered a drama pilot called "Mad Love" loosely based on the movie of the same name that starred Drew Barrymoore and Chris O'Donnelle. This series focuses on 30-something manic depressive who is released from a mental hospital after 3 years and must make amends to all the people that she's wronged in her life; including her ex-fiancee who she tried to kill after suffering a mental breakdown. She goes on a journey of self-discovery, self-loathing and ultimately forgivness. The series has a cast contingent order.

They've also ordered a sitcom pilot for a series set in a mental hospital that would focus on the interactions of the staff memebers.

Lastly a drama pilot centered around a world class olympic skier who becomes paralyzed and must adjust to life as a parapalegic. The series is getting a cast-contingent order.

Tuesday, October 12th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.94 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) up 0.2 demo points from last week. At 9pm, an all new Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 8.85 million; 18-49: 2.4/7) was up 0.3 demo points from last week. This week featured a shocking secret, and next week we see the consequences, so you can expect another increase. Rounding out primetime was a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 10.74 million; 18-49: 2.7/8) up 0.2 demo points to win the timeslot by 0.1 demo points over The Good Wife.

Night seven of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.79 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was up to its highest numbers since Wednesday. Just when it looked like the show was dead on Friday, it perked back up. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.68 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo.
Tuesday, October 19th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 7.64 million; 18-49: 2.4/6), which was up a whopping 0.3 demo points from last week. With Glee out of the way, YTN won the 8pm hour for the first time in months. At 9pm, an all new Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 10.16 million; 18-49: 2.9/7) was up a HUGE 0.5 demo points from last week. The increased lead in helped, along with the fact the show had a major consequence to last weeks secret. Rounding out primetime was a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 10.99 million; 18-49: 3.0/8) up just a bit in total viewers, but up 0.2 demo points from last week.

Night twelve of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.92 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) did solid numbers once again. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.84 million viewers and had a 1.0/3 demo.

GEN-TV Ratings for Tuesday, October 19, 2010:

GEN-TV soared to #1 on Tuesday night defeating all other networks in total viewers and crushing FOX in Demographics.

At 8pm, a brand new "The Arrival" was watched by it's highest audience all season with 35.6 million viewers tuning in and 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Never Again" was watched by 20.7 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Huntress" soared to a season high of 37.9 million viewers and posted a 5.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "L.A. Casino" was watched by 26.4 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, the timeslot premiere of "Lifeline" (moving from Thursdays) was watched by 21.6 million viewers (12% more than it's last original outing on Thursdays) and posted a 4.3 in the 18-49 demo (it's highest demo ever).

GEN-TV Ratings for Tuesday, October 19, 2010:

GEN-TV soared to #1 on Tuesday night defeating all other networks in total viewers and crushing FOX in Demographics.

At 8pm, a brand new "The Arrival" was watched by it's highest audience all season with 35.6 million viewers tuning in and 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Never Again" was watched by 20.7 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Huntress" soared to a season high of 37.9 million viewers and posted a 5.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "L.A. Casino" was watched by 26.4 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, the timeslot premiere of "Lifeline" (moving from Thursdays) was watched by 21.6 million viewers (12% more than it's last original outing on Thursdays) and posted a 4.3 in the 18-49 demo (it's highest demo ever).

GEN-TV amps up the action on Thursday night with an all-new line-up sure to please; including the return of "Hot Tamales" now in Los Angeles and featuring the series debut of Leah Remini.

The return of TV's hottest series "Hot Tamales" features big changes as Stacey (Eva La Rue) moves from Miami to Los Angeles to open the Miami location of "Hot Tamales" club. Reeling from being rejected by the adoption agency and from having her unrequited love reject her she's in no mood for a man in her life. Leah Remini (The King Of Queens) joins the series as Nicole a bartender at the club who at first can't stand Stacey but eventually becomes Stacey's best friend. Daisy Fuentes joins the cast as Flora; Stacey's sexy, wild, freely loving roomate who gets Stacey into a lot of wild adventures. Lizzy Caplan joins the cast as Remy; Stacey and Flora's next door neighboor who has nothing but hate for them and does everything she can to make their life miserable. Adrian Pasdar joins the series as Scott; Nicole's boyfriend who just may have eyes for Stacey.

At 8pm, it's an all-new "Something Old, Something New" featuring a shocking decision that will change everybody's life!

At 830pm, it's an all-new "Boyfriends" that asks the question "what happens when you best friend dates your ex-boyfriend?"

At 9pm, it's a brand new "Over My Head" featuring a clash of the lifestyles at a charity gala!

At 930pm, it's the highly anticipated premiere of "Hot Tamales"

At 10pm, it's the series premiere of "SISTERS" which will set the world on fire!

Wednesday, October 13th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an all new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 7.86 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) was up 0.2 demo points after weeks of series lows. Week six of recently renewed Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 10.63 million; 18-49: 3.2/9) was also up 0.2 demo points from last weeks series low. At 9pm, College (Viewers: 10.34 million; 18-49: 3.3/10) was up a bit in total viewers, but even in the demo. A new episode of last season's modestly rated Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.60 million; 18-49: 3.2/9) was actually up 10% in the demo from the season premiere last week. Retention out of College was a very solid 93% in total viewers and 97% in the demo. At 10pm, week six of recently renewed TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.16 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) hit a series high in both total viewers and the demo.

Night eight of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.86 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was up again last night. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.74 million viewers and had a 1.0/3 demo.

Wednesday, October 20th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an all new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 6.74 million; 18-49: 2.0/6) was down 0.3 points from last week, hitting a YTN series low. Week seven of recently renewed Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 10.40 million; 18-49: 3.1/9) was down just a point in the demo. At 9pm, College (Viewers: 10.46 million; 18-49: 3.3/10) was up a bit in total viewers, but even in the demo once again this week. A new episode of last season's modestly rated Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 10.10 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) continued to grow this week, retaining nearly all of the audience from College. At 10pm, week seven of recently renewed TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.17 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) was up 10,000 viewers from last week.

Night thirteen of Rock the Night (Viewers: 2.07 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was up again last night to its highest numbers of the week. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.99 million viewers and had a 1.0/3 demo.

Ratings for GEN-TV for Wednesday, 10/13/2010:

GEN-TV was without a doubt the network to beat once again on Wednesday nights with a strong line-up propelling them to yet another #1 finish!

At 8pm, a brand new episode of "Press time" was watched by a series high of 32.48 million viewers and posted a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a rerun of "This Just In" was watched by 12.2 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a rerun of "women of a certain age" was watched by 9.11 million viewers and posted a 2.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 14.14 million viewers and posted a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" was watched by a season high of 53.3 million viewers and posted a season high of 12.9 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV became the #1 network on Wednesday night with a super strong line-up that bested CBS's crime drama's and ABC's strong but not dominant sitcoms.

At 8pm, an original episode of "Press Time" bested it's own series-best ratings from last week (32.48) with 32.52 million viewers tuning in and a 5.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, "This Just In" (in it's new earlier timeslot) was back with an original episode and was watched by 16.98 million viewers and a 4.0 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, it was an original "Women of a certian age" (also in it's new timeslot) featuring the first apperance of Cicely Tyson that drew 13.2 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new episode of "West Of Broadway" was watched by was watched by it's series high of 16.7 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" once again powered the network to unheard of ratings highs with 53.55 million viewers watching and a impressive 8.1 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV has been making a steady stream of changes to it's daytime schedule; and it looks like another round may be coming to fruition sooner rather than later. Insiders are saying that the network is currently not satisfied with its current rooster of talk shows and that at least one more will be cancelled by years end; the network already removed "The Kirstie Alley Show" off the network schedule and will produce the show only for national syndication. Rumors persist that either "Lisa Rinna" or "Jackie Zeman" will get cancelled by years end. One insider says "the network is desperate to drive ratings up for it's talk shows and will do whatever they can to make that happen". Another says that their recent contract with Sally Jesse Raphael may be the culprit here "GEN-TV simply wants to produce a talk show for Sally and if that means sacrificing Lisa or Jackie than so be it".

Let's look objectively at this; Ratings-wise; Lisa Rinna is the most likey canidate to be cancelled; she currently ranks 6th out of all of GEN-TV's daytime programs (including sitcom reruns, syndicated dramas and game shows)-----whereas Jackie Zeman ranks in 2nd place. So that means Lisa should be canned right? Well no... not so fast. Demographically speaking the shows are much closer thasn in terms of total viewers...

Jackie currently rated a 2.1 with the 18-49 demo and Lisa a 1.9; only a few points away from Jackie. The issue would be which show the network feels will have broader, more long-term appeal to the audience. With demos this close it might be hard to tell; but some may view "Lisa" as the more viable series because Lisa is a younger host and has done primetime work and frankly is more attractive than jackie.

Also, if you look at the concept of the series; Lisa's appears younger than Jackie's which tends to focus more on issues of interest to older audiences.

Though the demo's are close currently; historically Lisa has always skewed younger than Jackie.


The only show that is 100% safe is Deidra Hall which is the #1 rated show on daytime television; having recently surprassed "The Oprah Winfrey Show" for the title. The first show to ever dethrone Oprah Winfrey ever (just as Oprah had dethroned Phil Donahue back in 1986).

Other news: GEN-TV says reruns of ABC daytime soaps "General Hospital", "All My Children", "Port Charles" and "One Life To Live" will appear as soon as November. The network purchased rights to rebroadcast classic episodes of the show earlier this summer.

GEN-TV has just issued this urgent bulliten to it's local affiliates and it's O&O's; outlining extensive changes in it's daytime line-up for november. In particular it's talk show line-up. First up; "The Jackie Zeman Hour" has been cancelled. Production on the low-rated talk show has been suspended and the series will be yanked from the schedule on October 26th (reruns of Deidra Hall will fill in for the remainder of that week).

Secondly; the network has announced that "Lisa Rinna" will be receiving a total overhaul in it's concept and execution. First up; the network has changed the title of the series from "Lisa Rinna" to "Chick Chat". The network has decided to revamp the show as a group panel show in the style of "The View" or "The Talk". The series will feature a panel of well known; opinionated female hosts with their own take on today's headline's and issues. While Lisa Rinna will remain on the series and will serve as the daily moderator; she will be joined by a panel of celebrity panelists. The network hopes to have 6 ladies on the panel (including Lisa) and so far they have named only one of the additional panlists; Joan Rivers who will join Lisa on the series.

"Chick Chat" will debut in Novemeber on GEN-TV (in a new timeslot of 11am; airing directly against "The View" on ABC). The network describes the series as "A irrevent, laid-back, hilariously entertaining look at today's news headlines; entertainment personalites and hot button issues as discussed by a fiery and opinoinated panel of well known, well liked celebrity panelist. The panel includes GEN-TV favorite Lisa Rinna and entertainment icon Joan Rivers".

The transition from "Lisa Rinna" to "Chick Chat" will be seen almost instantly with the series title currently being seen on-screen as "Chick Chat with Lisa Rinna" and Joan Rivers is scheduled to start appearing on the series on October 25. GEN-TV says that "while we have cast the remaining panlists we are keeping them a secret for the next few days to build excitment".

Word around Hollywood is that the panel is expected to include some pretty big names in the talk show world.

In other GEN-TV news; the network has despite low ratings expanded it's option on struggling soap opera "Oakhurst" beyond it's inital twenty-day trial. The network has ordered an additional three months worth of episodes (this means the contract originally ending in November will keep the show on the air through February 2011).

The good news is this means the network has some faith in the series to continue airing it. The bad news is the network has moved the series out of it's ultra-competitive 1pm timeslot (where it airs against Days of Our Lives; All My Children and The Young & The Restless). The series will move starting in November to 12pm.


The full November daytime schedule is below:

4am: Mad About You
430: Judge Judy (Current episode; replaces The State)
5am: Judge Judy (Current Episode; replaces The State)
530: Any Day Now (new timeslot!)
630: The Weakest Link
7am: Wheel of Fortune
730: Port Charles (classic; replaces The State)
8am: General Hospital-Classic Episode
9am: All My Children- Classic Episode (replaces Deidra Hall)
10am: Deidra Hall (new timeslot)
11am: Chick Chat (formerly Lisa Rinna; replaces search for tomorrow)
12pm: Oakhurst (new timeslot)
1pm: Sally Jesse Ralphael Show (classic episodes! new to GEN-TV)
2pm: One Life to Live (Classic episode; replaces Santa Barbara)
3pm: Sunset Beach (replaces The Jackie Zeman Hour)
4pm: Strong Medicine (new to GEN-TV)
5pm: Mad TV (new to GEN-TV)
530: Mad TV (new to GEN-TV)
6pm: The State (new later timeslot; replaces Grounded For Life)
630pm: The State (new later timeslot)
7pm: Good Morning, Miami
730pm: Grounded For Life (new later timeslot; replaces Wheel Of Fortune)

It is a well documented fact in Hollywood that when GEN-TV executives love a series they love it big time; and when they fall out of love they fall out of love, big time. Look at the fact: "Texas Justice" was utterly beloved by Executive Shirley Smith; but was quickly cancelled. "The Story Of Jacob" was Matthew Smith's favorite series; but was moved around the schedule and cancelled shockingly. "Starting From Scratch" and "Getting Over It" were also one-time favorites of the network; look where they are on the schedule now. In any case; it appears GEN-TV is pushing their upcoming drama series "SISTERS" as their new favorite program. In addition to finally announcing the full cast of the series; including character descriptions the network has unleashed one hell of a marketing campaing for the series. The campaing's risque content is pretty bold and audactious. The billboard for the series hanging in times square in New York and over Sunset in Hollywood features the nude backsides of three blonde women (identified with Bolded, Gold font as SILVERSTONE; STRINGFIELD, RHOM) with only a plain black sheet covering their rear ends. Just underneath this image is huge gold font with the shows title on it SISTERS it says. The tagline for the series is "Through Thick Or Thin Family has your back".

This ad and several other risque ads; featuring the cast in less than respectable poses (especially considering none of the cast is younger than 35). These ads are appearing on buses; park benches and magazines all over the country. The television ads are even more suggestive. One such TV ad features; former soap star Maura West laying on a bed of black sheets with a singular top sheet covering what appears to be her nude body and smoking a cigarette and breathily looking up at the camera with a giant black eye and saying into the camera "Family is supposed love and trust you. have your back. Sometimes family is the last one you can trust". After this pronouncement the dark jazz music fades out revealing the series title and the airdate.


Another steamy ad features Alicia Silverstone and guest star Piper Parabou laying on a bed together also in a black sheet and holding hands; the jazz music plays into the scene of them rolling around on a bed and then Silverstone looks at the camera and says "sometimes what you've known your whole life is nowhere close to being who you are" and then Parabou looks at the camera and says "sometimes it's what you've never thought possible that becomes who you truly are"...

The ads are gaining lots of mainstream press; Inside Edition recently ran a story about the ads and how they do little to showcase what the series is about and just seem to be risque for the sake of being risque.

With all this said, the network today has announced the cast information; here it is:

Sherry Stringfield as Shelia Bishop-Everett: Character info: Mid-40's respected attorney in a marriage with a less successful husband who is pushing her to end her career and start a family.



Alicia Silverstone as Deidra “Dee-Dee” Bishop: Mid-30's; free-spirited hippie living and working in Health Industry. In and Out of loveless relationships with men until she meets a lesbian she went to school with.

Maura West as Emily Bishop-Matthews: Early 40's; In a marriage to her high school sweetheart with a domineering and controlling husband. Has five children. Realizing now her marriage isn't healthy.

Lisa Nicole Carson as Hannah Bishop: Adopted sister of Shelia; Dee-Dee and Emily. Married to a respected doctor and learning she may know less about her heritage than she thought. Is engaged to a respected doctor who is ashamed of her adopted white family.

Elizabeth Rohm as Carly Bishop: Early 30's; living in New York away from her family and loosing interest in her hippie boyfriend and finding an attraction to his twin brother; a respected businessman.

Mary Kay Place as Amelia Bishop: Religliously fantaical mother with issues about her children's lifestyles and is very homophobic.

Steven Weber as Frank Mather: Jerome's current boyfriend; a therapist working with HIV-AIDS patients who is helping Jerome come to terms with his recent life changes.

Ruprett Everett as Scott Hunter: Jerry's ex-boyfriend and best friend who is a confidante and helps him raise his daughter; Merrin. A former friend of Helena who she know hates. He is dying of HIV.

Jere Burns as Jerome "Jerry" Bishop/Geraldine Bishop: The only son of Felix and Amelia; he is in a relationship with Frank who he loves more than life itself but is going through a lot of life changes. He is currently in the process of deciding wether or not to have a sex change operation. He is father of Merrin and ex-husband of bother Helena and Scott. He is coming to terms with Scott's impending death and Helena's growing issues with alchohol and bad parenting.

David Canary as Felix Bishop: Amelia's husband who has renounced his faith and wants nothing more than peace in his family and for his wife to accept his children.

Jean Smart as Helena Baxter-Bishop: Jerry's ex-wife and mother of Merrin. She is resentful and hateful of her husband's homosexuality and even less thrilled about his recent declarations. Resents loosing custody of Merrin to two gay men and is disgusted at Scott for having AIDS. She is slowly loosing grip with her drinking and on the edge of a total collapse.

Ming Na-Weng as Nadine Novack: Resepected family therapist and consoler who helps Jerry come to major decisions and ends up a major part of the Bishiop family's life. She also works with Fredrick and will be a major player in his dealings with his fiancee.

Isaiah Washington as Fredrick Grates: Hannah's fiancee and a respected nerurosurgeon. Secretly resents her white family and not sure of how to proceed in a relationship with her.

Gil Bellows as Dan Everett: Shelia's husband; a construction foreman who wants her to end her career and start a family.

Piper Perabo as Claudette O’Malley: A former classmate of Dee-Dee who reenters her life and has a startling consequence on Dee-Dee's self-identity.

Esai Morales as Lawrence Matthews: Emily's husband who is domineering and controlling. He is possesive and believes men should run the household. His demands and control are taking a toll on Emily.

Wentworth Miller as Hector Vargas: Carly's current boyfriend a hippie who she's loosing interst in.

Wentworth Miller as Nolan Vargas: Hector's wordly; sophisticated twin brother with whom Carly is finding herself attracted too.

Annasophia Robb as Merrin Bishop: Jerry and Helena's only daughter. At 18 years old she chooses to spend time with her father and Scott but is starting to wonder if her mother is as bad as they say she is. She's taking on some bad habits from both of her parents.

"SISTERS" is a current day update of the classic 1990's drama of the same name. This series is created and produced by Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser. It debuts on GEN-TV on October 21st.

In addition to all of this; GEN-TV has announced plans to screen the pilot episode of the show for the public to view; a few days before it's debut on GEN-TV. It will be screened in the following cities for a first come, first serve basis.

Los Angeles (October 18th; 2pm; Sunset Blvd Royal Theater)

New York (October 17th; Lowe's Time Squares; 113 Time Square. 4pm)

Boston (October 19th; Showcase Cinemas North Attleboro; 134 South Bend Road. 2pm).

Cleveland (October 19th; The Old Cinema's, Route 11; 3pm).

Baltimore (October 14th; the 1934 club. Rout 12. 4pm).

GEN-TV says these advanced screenings are to spread positive word of mouth about the series and it plans to have cast and crew present are most of the screenings to discuss the series with audiences.

Here are the people that will be present at the showings:

Los Angeles: Alicia Silverstone; Sherry Stringfield; Mary Kay Place; Isahiah Washington; Easi Morales, Maura West; Gil Bellows, Lisa Nicole Carson; Elisabeth Rohm, Wentworth Miller, Mary Kay Place, David Canary, Piper Parabou, Annasophia Robb, Jean Smart, Steven Weber, Jere Burns; Ruprett Everett, Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser.

New York: Maura West; Sherry Stringfield; David Canary; Amy Lippman, Christopher Keyser; Steven Weber, Ruprett Everett, Wentworth Miller and Annasophia Robb.

Boston: Amy Lippman, Esai Morales; Piper Parabou; Mary Kay Place; Jean Smart and Ming Na-Weng, Ruprett Everett.

Cleveland: Piper Parabou; Easi Morales; Isaiah Washington, Jere Burns and Amy Lippman.

Baltimore: Jean Smart, Maura West, Christopher Keyser; Easi Morales; Isiaha Washintong, Lisa Nicole Carson, Jere Burns and Gil Bellows.

We are mere minuets into the GEN-TV series premiere of "SISTERS"; and so far the advanced reviews for the series have been glowing. Response from the early screenings held across the country have been excellent. Here are a few choice quotes that GEN-TV has gotten from both these screenings and from critics that have screened the episodes.

From the Boston Screening (public reaction):

Kate, 19 said "Sisters is a very good show with some great characters and i'll be watching it all season".

Mark, 24 said "My girlfriend will love this show; and so will my mother... and surprisingly so did i. It's a great show with some excellent acting".


Critical Reactions (from Boston Screening):

Boston Globe wrote "Sisters hits you on the head instantly with it's raw passion for tackeling serious subject matters and it's deep understanding of the human psyche. Other shows that would take this route have failed because they fail to balance the seriousness of emotional issues with more light-hearted comedy. This serious will succeed because it has managed to do the impossible and balance both serious subject matters like religion and sexuality but also use humor to soften the drama. The acting all around is first rate; in particular from former soap star Maura West and from TV veterans Mary Kay Place and Sherry Stringfield".

Boston Citizen wrote "Unlike many other shows which try to hide their agressively preachy tone underneath sappy dialoque and deafingly sweet music; "Sisters" is a show that proudly boasts about it's preachy nature. The concept for this series is that five sisters from a religious background must each come to terms with the flaws in their life; this includes the religious intolerence of their mother; who is a devout mormon and refuses to acknowledge her daughters have the right to a sexual life. One of the most daring stories this series is tackeling is the story of Jerry Bishop; the brother of the sisters in the title of the show who is going through the journey to become a woman through a sex change operation. The subject matter of a transgendered male is a new subject for a broadcast drama series; and it's espeically rare for a network series to tackel a subject like this with such sensitivity and insight into the human mind. Overall the performances are excellent; and in several cases could merit attention at The Emmy's and Golden Globe Awards. In particular; the work being done by Maura West, who after spending nearly three decades (1995-2010) on the now cancelled daytime soap opera "As The World Turns" shows remarkable restraint and skill as an actress portraying a mentally, physically and emotionally abused housewife longing for a more fulfilled life. Another superb performance comes from television veteran; and Emmy-winner Mary Kay Place who plays the mother of the girls and delivers a raw, senstational and yet utterly nuanced performance. My only concern is that a show as deeply intellectual as this program may get lost with the average viewer and ratings might suffer because of it".


Response from the L.A. Screening:

Ronda; 35 said "This program seems to have a lot of quality in it; but i'm not sure it's one i'd watch every week. It would become too depressing for me".

Cal, 44 said "This isn't a show most men will watch, but i like it and i hope it stays around for awhile".

Val, 66 said "I really reacted to this series; the acting was very good. I love Maura West in this, she shows she has a lot of talent beyond what we say on "As The World Turns"."

Nicole, 22 said "I loved Alicia Silverstone in this. It's the best work she's done since "Clueless" in 1995."

Critical Reaction (from L.A.):

L.A. Daily News: "Sisters is a fantastically written, flawlessly acted series that is sure to become the defining program in GEN-TV history. It very clearly targets a young demographic but doesn't dumb down the writing or character development for their sake".

Hollywood Reporter: "The single best series that GEN-TV has ever produced. It's far more nuanced, balanced and emotionally rewarding than "This Time Around" and features actors with a lot more range and talent than that series. Mary Kay Place, Alicia Silverstone, Sherrystringfield and Maura West are all exceptionally great in this series."

TV Guide: "This is the breakout series of the season. It's writing is perfectly polished and expertly executed. The cast all brings a lot of life to this series. Watch out for Jean Smart, Maura West and Sherry Stringfield come Emmy time. They are sure things".


Response from New York screening:

Al, 51 said "The most richly produced series i've seen since Mad Men."

Lisa, 31 said "This show has a little bit of everything".


Critical Response from New York:

NY Times: "I don't think a series this polished and perfectly executed has been seen since "Mad Men" but this series has a lot more heart and a lot more to say than that show. Filled with excellent actors this series is brave in that it seems to fear nobody and tackles issues no other program would ever tackle. The transgender storyline is sure to be the series and probrally GEN-TV's defining storyline for decades to come".

Thursday, October 7th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off then night with an all new Singles (Viewers: 9.27 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) which was up in total viewers, and stable in the demo. At 9:30pm, week six of Living Life (Viewers: 7.19 million; 18-49: 2.5/7) was up 0.1 demo points from its series low last week. Rounding out primetime was an all new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 11.57 million; 18-49: 3.3/10), down just a bit in total viewers from last week.

Night nine of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.81 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) dropped only 2% in total viewers. Overall, it seems that viewers are responding well to the new late night series. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.89 million viewers and had a 1.1/3 demo.

Thursday, October 21st Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off then night with an all new Singles (Viewers: 8.64 million; 18-49: 3.0/8) which was down 0.3 points this week. At 9:30pm, week seven of Living Life (Viewers: 6.83 million; 18-49: 2.2/7) fell 0.3 demo points too, hitting a new series low. Rounding out primetime was an all new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 10.99 million; 18-49: 3.1/9), down 0.2 demo points this week, winning the 10pm timeslot.

Night fourteen of Rock the Night (Viewers: 2.11 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was even with Wednesdays airing. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 2.09 million viewers and had a 1.1/3 demo.

YTN PRESS RELEASE:

YTN ORDERS ADDITIONAL EPISODES OF LIVING LIFE
With a strong performance each week, YTN has ordered an additional four episodes of the new hit comedy, Living Life. The new comedy, which airs on Thursday nights at 9:30pm, averaged a 2.2 demo last night, finishing a strong third to CBS' CSI and NBC's Outsourced. The additional four episodes brings the total number of episodes to 17 for Living Life.

YTN PRESS RELEASE:
YTN ANNOUNCES MIDSEASON SCHEDULE

With only two months until the start of the midseason season, YTN is proud to announce the all new schedule, which starts in January.

Sunday:
8:00 - Locked (R)
8:30 - Locked
9:00 - The Weakest Link
10:00 - The Inside Job (Premieres January 9th)

Monday:
8:00 - Repeats
9:00 - Can You Beat Ken? (Returns January 10th)
10:00 - Rule of Law

Tuesday:
8:00 - Pushing Daisies (final season)
9:00 - Looking for Love: 4ever and Ever (Premieres January 4th)
10:00 - TAKEN

Wednesday:
8:00 - Kate and Zoe (New Timeslot)
8:30 - Sisterhood (Premieres January 5th)
9:00 - College
9:30 - Behind the Scenes
10:00 - TAKEN: Phoenix

Thursday:
8:00 - Repeats
9:00 - Singles
9:30 - Living Life / Roommates (Returns in February)
10:00 - Reversing History

Friday:
8:00 - Weekly Update
9:00 - Weekly Update
10:00 - Cops of New York (New Timeslot on January 7th)

More information:

YTN has renewed Weekly Update for an additional 40 episodes, bringing the total number of episodes to 48 for the season. Weekly Update was renewed for four episodes last week, but YTN has given the newsmagazine an order for more episodes.

YTN's hit late night series, Rock the Night, has been renewed through August 2011. In addition to the series renewal of ten months, the series will be trimmed from five days a week, to four days a week. The change will cut a new episode of Rock the Night from Fridays, starting the week of January 3rd. Chris Rock will also host the first ever Rock the Night: New Years Eve with Chris Rock on Friday, December 31st starting at 9/8c.

New comedy series, Sisterhood, has bee given three additional episodes, bringing the total number of episodes to sixteen (16). The series premieres in January 2011.

The series finale of Pushing Daisies is expected to air in February 2011. A replacement for the timeslot will be announced at a later date.

Ratings for GEN-TV for 10/14/2010

GEN-TV was able to secure a #1 finish despite being a mostly rerun line-up on Thursday night.

At 8pm, a brand new "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 22.8 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a rerun of "Boyfriends" was watched by 21.1 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a rerun of "Over My Head" was watched by 16.7 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a rerun of "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 12.2 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "County General" was watched by 19.23 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV has a lot to be proud of this week as it's Thursday comedies solidified the networks status as the #1 network on Thursday nights. Led by the return of "Hot Tamales" which was up 13% year-to-year the network steals #1 from other networks.

New drama series "SISTERS" debuts with a solid #1 finish in all key demographics.

At 8pm, GEN-TV's "Something Old, Something New", was watched by 22.15 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched by 21.5 million viewers and posted a 3.9 int he 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Over My Head" (now in it's new 9pm timeslot) was watched by 22.9 million viewers and posted a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, the season premiere of "Hot Tamales" debuted to a startingly high number of 41.3 million viewers and a 5.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the series premiere of "Sisters" was a solid hit with 33.9 million viewers tuning in and a solid 5.3 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV has issued the following development updates:

First up, entertainment veteran Jeanne Garafalo has signed a multi-million dollar development deal with the network for a period of two years. The deal calls for Garafalo to develop and star in a series for the network at some point in the two year period. It also allows her to guest star on exsisting GEN-TV programming until a series of her own is finalized.

GEN-TV has ordered a script from Brenda Hampton (The Secret Life Of The American Teenager, 7th Heaven) about a gay couple who move into a religiously controlled rural town and creates controversy. The script is currently only in the pilot stage.

Chelsea Handler has signed a contract to create a stand-up special for the network to air sometime next year.

The network has also ordered a new comedy pilot called "Love Happens". The series would center on a 44 year old widower of three teenagers who suddenly and unexpectedly enters into a relationship with a 29 year old former classmate of her daughter. The series has been given a cast contingent order; but is considered a strong contender for the network's fall schedule.

The network has announced that they will not be moving forward with "Brenda" the domestic abuse drama pilot that Bridget Klein order earlier this year.

GEN-TV has just issued this urgent bulliten to it's local affiliates and it's O&O's; outlining extensive changes in it's daytime line-up for november. In particular it's talk show line-up. First up; "The Jackie Zeman Hour" has been cancelled. Production on the low-rated talk show has been suspended and the series will be yanked from the schedule on October 26th (reruns of Deidra Hall will fill in for the remainder of that week).

Secondly; the network has announced that "Lisa Rinna" will be receiving a total overhaul in it's concept and execution. First up; the network has changed the title of the series from "Lisa Rinna" to "Chick Chat". The network has decided to revamp the show as a group panel show in the style of "The View" or "The Talk". The series will feature a panel of well known; opinionated female hosts with their own take on today's headline's and issues. While Lisa Rinna will remain on the series and will serve as the daily moderator; she will be joined by a panel of celebrity panelists. The network hopes to have 6 ladies on the panel (including Lisa) and so far they have named only one of the additional panlists; Joan Rivers who will join Lisa on the series.

"Chick Chat" will debut in Novemeber on GEN-TV (in a new timeslot of 11am; airing directly against "The View" on ABC). The network describes the series as "A irrevent, laid-back, hilariously entertaining look at today's news headlines; entertainment personalites and hot button issues as discussed by a fiery and opinoinated panel of well known, well liked celebrity panelist. The panel includes GEN-TV favorite Lisa Rinna and entertainment icon Joan Rivers".

The transition from "Lisa Rinna" to "Chick Chat" will be seen almost instantly with the series title currently being seen on-screen as "Chick Chat with Lisa Rinna" and Joan Rivers is scheduled to start appearing on the series on October 25. GEN-TV says that "while we have cast the remaining panlists we are keeping them a secret for the next few days to build excitment".

Word around Hollywood is that the panel is expected to include some pretty big names in the talk show world.

In other GEN-TV news; the network has despite low ratings expanded it's option on struggling soap opera "Oakhurst" beyond it's inital twenty-day trial. The network has ordered an additional three months worth of episodes (this means the contract originally ending in November will keep the show on the air through February 2011).

The good news is this means the network has some faith in the series to continue airing it. The bad news is the network has moved the series out of it's ultra-competitive 1pm timeslot (where it airs against Days of Our Lives; All My Children and The Young & The Restless). The series will move starting in November to 12pm.


The full November daytime schedule is below:

4am: Mad About You
430: Judge Judy (Current episode; replaces The State)
5am: Judge Judy (Current Episode; replaces The State)
530: Any Day Now (new timeslot!)
630: The Weakest Link
7am: Wheel of Fortune
730: Port Charles (classic; replaces The State)
8am: General Hospital-Classic Episode
9am: All My Children- Classic Episode (replaces Deidra Hall)
10am: Deidra Hall (new timeslot)
11am: Chick Chat (formerly Lisa Rinna; replaces search for tomorrow)
12pm: Oakhurst (new timeslot)
1pm: Sally Jesse Ralphael Show (classic episodes! new to GEN-TV)
2pm: One Life to Live (Classic episode; replaces Santa Barbara)
3pm: Sunset Beach (replaces The Jackie Zeman Hour)
4pm: Strong Medicine (new to GEN-TV)
5pm: Mad TV (new to GEN-TV)
530: Mad TV (new to GEN-TV)
6pm: The State (new later timeslot; replaces Grounded For Life)
630pm: The State (new later timeslot)
7pm: Good Morning, Miami
730pm: Grounded For Life (new later timeslot; replaces Wheel Of Fortune)

GEN-TV has announced the name of two more celebirty panelist that will join the cast of "Chick Chat" the revamped version of "Lisa Rinna" that will debut in November. Joining already announced hosts Lisa Rinna and Joan Rivers will be two exceptionally talented talents with years of expierence and tons of popularity.

First up is Mary Hart; who exits "Entertainment Tonight" at the end of this season, after nearly 30 years hosting the news magazine. She will join the panel and is expected to represent the set of females who are over 50 but are still in the workforce. GEN-TV's Diane Swift said "Mary Hart is a tremendous talent and is an icon to working women of all ages for her continued contribution to female causes and for showing how a woman can age gracefully and with dignity in the entertainment industry. Her warm personality has been a welcomed and familar face in American homes since 1982 and we are thrilled to have her talent and vision on Chick Chat".

Another beloved entertainment figure is also set to join the cast of Chick Chat. Jackie Harry; best known to audiences for her Emmy-winning role on NBC's 1980's sitcom "227" and more recnently for her work on the hit 1990's sitcom "Sister, Sister" has joined the cast of the series as a member of the panel.


News about the format of the show is also leaking; it appears the series will be set up in three disctinct segments:

The first will be "Daily Buzz", similar in vein to the "hot topics" segment that is done on "The View", this segment which will typically open the show will feature the regular panel of hosts discussing topics related to daily life; current events and news. It appears that on a given day only four of the six hosts will participate in the segment depending on the topics covered.


The next segment will be "TV, Film & Music"; this segment will feature Mary Hart and she will interview celebrities from the world's of television, film and music and relay the day's entertainment news. This segment will be much like the early days of "Entertainment Tonight" before it became more of a tabloid news program. Hart insists it will not be as sensationalized as ET has become in recent years saying "It will fo cus more on the human aspects of the subjects; and less about who is sleeping with who and so on".

Lastly the third segment will be called "Lifestyle", and will consist of cooking segements as well as other segments related to daily life including cleaning, child rearing, consumer affairs and economics.

It appears that whichever co-hosts are not present in the "Daily Buzz" segment will host this segment; and it will change on a day to day basis.

Rumors are that a fourth and fifth segement could be added and that they would be featured sporadically. Rumors are that these segments would focus on either fashion, politics, sex or dating. However this is unconfirmed as of now.


According to reports; Lisa Rinna and Joan Rivers will be both considered the Lead Hosts of the show with the others being considered secondary panelists. As such both are being given producer credits and will be permitted to produce segments of the show of which they do not appear. Network insiders are saying that Lisa is getting this privilage as a payment for the network basically cancelling her solo talk show in favor of this format and that Joan has earned it for years of service to the daytime industry.

The network is saying that the final two (or possibly three) remaining co-hosts names will be revealed in the next few days and that the will be very surprising to people.

Friday, October 15th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with a burnoff of Outburst! (Viewers: 3.16 million; 18-49: 1.2/4), which is down from last week to a new series low. Up next was a new episode They Work Hard For Their Money (Viewers: 3.06 million; 18-49: 1.2/4), down to a new series low. At 9:30pm, YTN aired a new episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.03 million; 18-49: 0.5/2) which also fell this week, tying a series low. At 10pm, YTN aired week two of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.01 million; 18-49: 1.3/4), stable from last week. Weekly Update tied both 20/20 and Dateline this week.

Night ten of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.17 million; 18-49: 0.7/2) dropped the ball on Friday again, tying a series low. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.64 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo.

Friday, October 22nd Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with a burnoff of Outburst! (Viewers: 3.02 million; 18-49: 1.1/3), which is down again from last week to a new series low. Up next was a new episode They Work Hard For Their Money (Viewers: 3.29 million; 18-49: 1.3/4), up a bit from last week. At 9:30pm, YTN aired a new episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.78 million; 18-49: 0.8/2) which jumped 0.3 demo points from last week. At 10pm, YTN aired week three of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.29 million; 18-49: 1.4/4), up 0.1 points to a series high. Weekly Update easily defeated Dateline and was 0.1 demo points behind 20/20. Weekly Update was just renewed for an additional 44 episodes, bringing the total number of episodes to 48 for the season.

Night fifteen of recently renewed Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.19 million; 18-49: 0.6/2) dropped off the map last night, as usual for a Friday night. YTN announced that they are discontinuing the Friday episode, so they see the huge drop too. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.64 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo.

The Ricki Lake Show Ratings - Monday (11th) through Friday (15th)
Updated ratings for The Ricki Lake Show...

Monday - 942,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2
Tuesday - 994,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2
Wednesday - 1,059,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2
Thursday - 1,105,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2
Friday - 1,262,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.8/2 <--- Series high in daytime

The Ricki Lake Show is growing each week, improving the timeslot significantly. Each week the numbers start out a bit slow, but pick up steam by Friday. It should be noted that the 0.8 demo is a series high for the show in daytime AND late night. Total viewership is hit a series high on Friday, outrating the series finale in primetime by 2,000 viewers. The Ricki Lake Show also hit series highs in W18-49 (0.9), W25-54 (1.3), tied in W18-34 (0.4), and M25-54 (0.2).
The Ricki Lake Show Ratings - Monday (18th) through Friday (22nd)
Updated ratings for The Ricki Lake Show...

Monday - 928,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2
Tuesday - 939,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2
Wednesday - 985,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2
Thursday - 1,001,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2
Friday - 1,095,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2

The Ricki Lake Show also tied series highs in W18-49 (0.9), W25-54 (1.3), tied in W18-34 (0.4), and M25-54 (0.2). Overall, The Ricki Lake Show was down just a bit week over week. The Ricki Lake Show has increased the timeslot by 39% in total viewers and 25% in the demo year over year.

GEN-TV ratings for Friday, 10/15/2010:

GEN-TV roared to #1 on Friday night; once again defeating CBS's "Blue Bloods" and "CSI: New York" combo and demolishing ABC's "20/20".

At 8pm; a brand new "Life's Facts" soared to it's season high ratings of 14.5 million viewers (up over 27% week to week) and posting a shockingly strong 4.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" also saw huge gains week to week with 15.6 million viewers watching and a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo. Nearly double who watched last week.

At 9pm, a special two-hour "One Of These Days" (featuring the last apperance of Marla Sokolove; though mostly in flashbacks) was watched by a season high of 44.5 million viewers and posted a stunning 9.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a GEN-TV Original retrosepctive "One Of These Days: Looking Back" hosted by Marla Sokolove and Mandy Musgrove was watched by 23.4 million viewers and posted a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 1130pm, a GEN-TV Special called "County General: This season so far" was watched by 19.3 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV was once again without question the #1 network on Friday night with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a suddenly ratings refreshed "Life's Facts" was watched by 14.9 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, an original episode of "Like Mother, Like Daughter" was watched by 16.4 million viewers and posted a 4.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "County General" trounced all the competition with it's season high 38.4 million viewers watching and a 5.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "One Of These Days" was watched by 41.53 million viewers and posted a 7.3 in the 18-49 demo.

The Ricki Lake Show Ratings - Monday (18th) through Friday (22nd)
Updated ratings for The Ricki Lake Show...

Monday - 928,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2
Tuesday - 939,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2
Wednesday - 985,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2
Thursday - 1,001,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2
Friday - 1,095,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2

The Ricki Lake Show also tied series highs in W18-49 (0.9), W25-54 (1.3), tied in W18-34 (0.4), and M25-54 (0.2). Overall, The Ricki Lake Show was down just a bit week over week. The Ricki Lake Show has increased the timeslot by 39% in total viewers and 25% in the demo year over year.

It was just a little over a year ago that GEN-TV debuted "Home Again" a dramady series starring Ricki Lake as a former beauty queen returning home to her small town after having gained a lot of weight. The series as a giagantic flop on Sunday nights and was cancelled after less than three episodes had aired. The series was also panned by critics. Now the actress and former talk show host has a low-rated series on YTN that according to insiders is "on the verge of cancellation". So this to us at Hollywood Now begs the question; "Is Ricki Lake's career in entertainment over?" it sure looks that way. Not only has her talk show on YTN failed to capture a signifigant audience, but it appears that Ricki is also unable to secure any lasting acting gigs anymore. According to Mark Mulvaney, a Television Critic for the Vancouver Times in Vancouver, California; "Ricki Lake is not considered a movie star anymore; she hasn't attracted a quality script in nearly a decade and on TV she is an afterthought".

The real issue we have is Why? Ricki Lake was an insanely popular actress and tv personality in both the 1980's and 1990's, so why did her popularity wain? "She left the airwaves when her talk show ended and got replaced by people with broader audiences and more to say; she seems rather trite in today's marketplace".

At GEN-TV it appears that she will never work again, sources close to the network say that low-ratings were not the only reason that "Home Again" was canned, "Ricki Lake was very unpopular with executives at the network. They initally thought she would be a class act; but rather quickly we realized that she was a classless diva with no professional tendencies" says an upper-level executive at the network; who went onto describe a biazarre meeting the network had with her last year "We were close to cancelling the series; but had thought maybe it could be saved with a move to another night. We broached the subject with Ricki, who was credited as a producer on the series and were rather surprised to hear her response of "do whatever the f you want, i don't give a damn about this stupid network. I should be on a real network". After that comment the networ executives decided that it wasn't worth saving a show whose star didn't even value the network it was on.

For a brieft moment the idea of refocusing the series on Leah Thompson (who was at the time a recurring character on the show, but was getting the best reviews of the show) was floated around. That idea was dropped after the research done suggested that it wouldn't improve the series performance at all.

It appears that to all but Ricki herself; her career is totally over. Is it possible someday she'll find success again? yes, anything is possible in Hollywood; but it doesn't appear very likely at all.


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History of Hollywood Now:

Hollywood Now is a weekly entertainment news magazine and trade publication published by GEN-CO Inc., a subisdary of GEN-TV Studios. It was first published by L&K Media which sold the publication to GEN-CO in 1997 for a sum of 22.1 million dollars.

GEN-TV has announced the name of two more celebirty panelist that will join the cast of "Chick Chat" the revamped version of "Lisa Rinna" that will debut in November. Joining already announced hosts Lisa Rinna and Joan Rivers will be two exceptionally talented talents with years of expierence and tons of popularity.

First up is Mary Hart; who exits "Entertainment Tonight" at the end of this season, after nearly 30 years hosting the news magazine. She will join the panel and is expected to represent the set of females who are over 50 but are still in the workforce. GEN-TV's Diane Swift said "Mary Hart is a tremendous talent and is an icon to working women of all ages for her continued contribution to female causes and for showing how a woman can age gracefully and with dignity in the entertainment industry. Her warm personality has been a welcomed and familar face in American homes since 1982 and we are thrilled to have her talent and vision on Chick Chat".

Another beloved entertainment figure is also set to join the cast of Chick Chat. Jackie Harry; best known to audiences for her Emmy-winning role on NBC's 1980's sitcom "227" and more recnently for her work on the hit 1990's sitcom "Sister, Sister" has joined the cast of the series as a member of the panel.


News about the format of the show is also leaking; it appears the series will be set up in three disctinct segments:

The first will be "Daily Buzz", similar in vein to the "hot topics" segment that is done on "The View", this segment which will typically open the show will feature the regular panel of hosts discussing topics related to daily life; current events and news. It appears that on a given day only four of the six hosts will participate in the segment depending on the topics covered.


The next segment will be "TV, Film & Music"; this segment will feature Mary Hart and she will interview celebrities from the world's of television, film and music and relay the day's entertainment news. This segment will be much like the early days of "Entertainment Tonight" before it became more of a tabloid news program. Hart insists it will not be as sensationalized as ET has become in recent years saying "It will fo cus more on the human aspects of the subjects; and less about who is sleeping with who and so on".

Lastly the third segment will be called "Lifestyle", and will consist of cooking segements as well as other segments related to daily life including cleaning, child rearing, consumer affairs and economics.

It appears that whichever co-hosts are not present in the "Daily Buzz" segment will host this segment; and it will change on a day to day basis.

Rumors are that a fourth and fifth segement could be added and that they would be featured sporadically. Rumors are that these segments would focus on either fashion, politics, sex or dating. However this is unconfirmed as of now.


According to reports; Lisa Rinna and Joan Rivers will be both considered the Lead Hosts of the show with the others being considered secondary panelists. As such both are being given producer credits and will be permitted to produce segments of the show of which they do not appear. Network insiders are saying that Lisa is getting this privilage as a payment for the network basically cancelling her solo talk show in favor of this format and that Joan has earned it for years of service to the daytime industry.

The network is saying that the final two (or possibly three) remaining co-hosts names will be revealed in the next few days and that the will be very surprising to people.

Rumors are floating around Hollywood at a rampant pace that GEN-TV's "Chick Chat" a talk show debuting in Novemeber (after Lisa Rinna is revamped) will feature not only female co-hosts but that one of the hosts of the series may be a gay male. According to insiders "GEN-TV knows it has a large gay following and feels that adding a gay male to the panel cannot hurt the ratings at all". Some say that this is a great idea to set the series apart from "The View" and "The Talk" two talk shows featuring only female co-hosts that have a very large gay following. "It appears GEN-TV is taking the popularity of the talk show format with gays and adding to it by allowing them to be represented on-air".

There are currently three names being floated around as possible contenders but nobody is confirming at the current time, they are:

ANT: a stand-up comic and former constant on NBC's "Last Comic Standing" and former host of VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club". He is openly gay and has hosted shows on LOGO as well as having appeared reguarly on "The Tyra Banks Show" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno".

Mario Cantone: an openly gay comic who has appeared on "Sex and The City" and in numerous Broadway productions. Ironically he has also appeared as a frequent guest on "The View".

Reichen Lehmkuhl: A well known reality tv personality who won the fourth season of CBS's "The Amazing Race" and has since written a best selling auto-biography called "Here's What We'll All Say: Growing Up, Coming Out and The U.S. Air Force". He has since appeared on the Logo reality program "The A-List: New York" a reality tv series featuring gay men in the A-List of New York City's elite gay culture. He is also famous for having dated Lance Bass of NSYNC fame.

If this rumor is true, GEN-TV has made a giant step in solidifying this program among gay viewers and making it stand apart from other daytime chat fests.

GEN-TV has confirmed long-standing rumors regaruding the fate of some of their struggling tv programs. The network has announced that they will not be picking up the back-nine for the struggling freshmen series "The Boy Next Door". The series focused on a high school freshmen who decides to do the unthinkable and ask out the quarterback of the school football team, who is a junior. Emma Roberts stars in the series; but the show has manged to loose viewers each week and currently averages under 2.6 million viewers per week. The one positive aspect this show had going for it was outstanding performance among the youngest viewers ages 12-24, but in recent weeks that performance has also fallen. The series will exit GEN-TV in December and will not return in January.

The network has also announced that after much thought they have also decided against ordering any more episode of struggling comedy "Getting Over It". The series debuted last January to steller ratings on Monday nights (over 22 million viewers) but since moving to other timeslots has managed to loose over half it's audience. It will not return in January. Production on this show has already been suspended and it will continue to air until December.

The network also gave out some positive news today; they have decided very quickly to give full-season orders to new drama series "Gone", "L.A. Casino", "Sisters" and returning series "Hot Tamales". The three new dramas have each performed exceptionally well and will continue to air all season. "Hot Tamales" was originally given a 6-episode order for this season; but has been given the go-ahead for a full 22 episodes.

Word is still out on new series "Hotel" which the network is still carefully considering.

Rumors still exsist that "Starting From Scratch" a second season sitcom for the network could be in danger of cancellation but the network says they will be waiting until later this season to decided what, if anything to do with the series.


Here is a status chart for each of GEN-TV's currently airing series:

Doctor/Patient---Renewed through next season
Knocked Down- Renewed for full season
The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe---Renewed for full season
Them & Us--- renewed for full season
GONE- renewed for full season
HOTEL- Jury still out/could go either way
The Arrival--- Renewed for full season
Never Again--- Renewed for full season
The Huntress- Renewed for full season
L.A. Casino--- renewed for full season
Lifeline--- renewed for full season
Press Time- Renewed through next season
This Just In--- renewed for full season
Women Of a certian age--- could go either way/jury still out
West Of Broadway- renewed for full season
This Time Around- Renewed through next season
Something Old, Something New- Renewed for full season
Boyfriends- Renewed for full season
Over My Head- Renewed for full season
Hot Tamales- renewed for full season
Sisters- renewed for full season
Life's Facts--- jury still out; but looks promosing
Like Mother, Like Daughter--- jury still out, but looks promosing
County General--- renewed through next season
One Of These Days- renewed through next season
Good Sports- Jury still out, but not looking good
Postal- Renewed for full season
Starting from scratch-- jury still out/could go either way
50 stops before home--- jury still out/future looking dim
Teacher's Pet--- jury still out/could go either way
Snatched--- jury still out/could go either way (debuts tommorrow night)
GEN-TV Movie--- jury still out/could go either way

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It was just a little over a year ago that GEN-TV debuted "Home Again" a dramady series starring Ricki Lake as a former beauty queen returning home to her small town after having gained a lot of weight. The series as a giagantic flop on Sunday nights and was cancelled after less than three episodes had aired. The series was also panned by critics. Now the actress and former talk show host has a low-rated series on YTN that according to insiders is "on the verge of cancellation". So this to us at Hollywood Now begs the question; "Is Ricki Lake's career in entertainment over?" it sure looks that way. Not only has her talk show on YTN failed to capture a signifigant audience, but it appears that Ricki is also unable to secure any lasting acting gigs anymore. According to Mark Mulvaney, a Television Critic for the Vancouver Times in Vancouver, California; "Ricki Lake is not considered a movie star anymore; she hasn't attracted a quality script in nearly a decade and on TV she is an afterthought".

The real issue we have is Why? Ricki Lake was an insanely popular actress and tv personality in both the 1980's and 1990's, so why did her popularity wain? "She left the airwaves when her talk show ended and got replaced by people with broader audiences and more to say; she seems rather trite in today's marketplace".

At GEN-TV it appears that she will never work again, sources close to the network say that low-ratings were not the only reason that "Home Again" was canned, "Ricki Lake was very unpopular with executives at the network. They initally thought she would be a class act; but rather quickly we realized that she was a classless diva with no professional tendencies" says an upper-level executive at the network; who went onto describe a biazarre meeting the network had with her last year "We were close to cancelling the series; but had thought maybe it could be saved with a move to another night. We broached the subject with Ricki, who was credited as a producer on the series and were rather surprised to hear her response of "do whatever the f you want, i don't give a damn about this stupid network. I should be on a real network". After that comment the networ executives decided that it wasn't worth saving a show whose star didn't even value the network it was on.

For a brieft moment the idea of refocusing the series on Leah Thompson (who was at the time a recurring character on the show, but was getting the best reviews of the show) was floated around. That idea was dropped after the research done suggested that it wouldn't improve the series performance at all.

It appears that to all but Ricki herself; her career is totally over. Is it possible someday she'll find success again? yes, anything is possible in Hollywood; but it doesn't appear very likely at all.


---
History of Hollywood Now:

Hollywood Now is a weekly entertainment news magazine and trade publication published by GEN-CO Inc., a subisdary of GEN-TV Studios. It was first published by L&K Media which sold the publication to GEN-CO in 1997 for a sum of 22.1 million dollars.
RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

THE RICKI LAKE SHOW IN DANGER!
Hollywood Now first broke the story, now we have learned some new information. Sources tell us that despite improving the timeslot by up to 38% in some demographics, The Ricki Lake Show is on the verge of cancellation. First reported by Hollywood Now, they say that Ricki Lake was a diva on the set of her last comedy on GEN-TV. Now on YTN, insiders tell us that Ricki Lake wants more advertising, more money, and a better timeslot; a diva. Many were surprised when YTN hired the once-famous actress to host a talk show given that she was fired from GEN-TV after this statement: "Do whatever the f*** you want. I don't give a d*** about this stupid network. I should be on a real network." We're hearing that Ricki wanting to work on a "real network" is the likes of ABC or CBS, not GEN-TV or YTN. Network executives were not available for comment as they were, "busy preparing for midseason." Will The Ricki Lake Show be cancelled? We (or Hollywood Now) will keep you updated!

Sunday, October 24th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with another burnoff episode of Outburst! (Viewers: 4.19 million; 18-49: 1.3/5), which was down 0.1 points from last week. An encore episode of Locked (Viewers: 4.18 million; 18-49: 1.4/5) was even with last weeks encore. At 8:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 5.54 million; 18-49: 2.0/5) hit a new series high in both viewers and in the demo. At 9pm, a new episode of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.88 million; 18-49: 2.5/6) was stable with last week's airing.

Ratings for GEN-TV for Sunday, October 17, 2010:

GEN-TV had to settle for 4th place on Sunday with a weak line-up.

At 8pm, a brand new "50 stops before home" was watched by 11.1 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Getting Over It" was watched by 2.3 million viewers and posted a 1.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Boy Next Door" (on a special night) was watched by 1.11 million viewers and posted a .04 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a rerun of "Getting Over It" was watched by 1.93 million viewers and posted a .9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "The Boy Next Door" was watched by 1 million viewers and posted a .4 in the 18-49 demo.

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GEN-TV Ratings for Sunday, October 24, 2010:

GEN-TV's Sunday night line-up was a spectacular flop last night with the following, less than fantastic line-up.

At 8pm, "50 Stops Before Home" was watched by 10.44 million viewers and posted a 1.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830, a brand new "Getting Over It" was watched by 1.11 million viewers and posted a .05 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, the season premiere of "Teacher's Pet" was the only one of GEN-TV's Sunday Comedy series to show signs of life with 12.94 million viewers tuning in and a 2.9 in the 18-49 demo. (still a far cry from what the series used to get with Cybill Shepherd in the cast).

At 930pm, the series premiere of "Snatched" was watched by 15.63 million viewers and posted a 2.6 in the 18-49 demo.

Rumors are floating around Hollywood at a rampant pace that GEN-TV's "Chick Chat" a talk show debuting in Novemeber (after Lisa Rinna is revamped) will feature not only female co-hosts but that one of the hosts of the series may be a gay male. According to insiders "GEN-TV knows it has a large gay following and feels that adding a gay male to the panel cannot hurt the ratings at all". Some say that this is a great idea to set the series apart from "The View" and "The Talk" two talk shows featuring only female co-hosts that have a very large gay following. "It appears GEN-TV is taking the popularity of the talk show format with gays and adding to it by allowing them to be represented on-air".

There are currently three names being floated around as possible contenders but nobody is confirming at the current time, they are:

ANT: a stand-up comic and former constant on NBC's "Last Comic Standing" and former host of VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club". He is openly gay and has hosted shows on LOGO as well as having appeared reguarly on "The Tyra Banks Show" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno".

Mario Cantone: an openly gay comic who has appeared on "Sex and The City" and in numerous Broadway productions. Ironically he has also appeared as a frequent guest on "The View".

Reichen Lehmkuhl: A well known reality tv personality who won the fourth season of CBS's "The Amazing Race" and has since written a best selling auto-biography called "Here's What We'll All Say: Growing Up, Coming Out and The U.S. Air Force". He has since appeared on the Logo reality program "The A-List: New York" a reality tv series featuring gay men in the A-List of New York City's elite gay culture. He is also famous for having dated Lance Bass of NSYNC fame.

If this rumor is true, GEN-TV has made a giant step in solidifying this program among gay viewers and making it stand apart from other daytime chat fests.

GEN-TV has finanlly announced the names of the remaining three co-hosts for the upcoming talk series "Chick Chat". They will join already announced co-hosts Lisa Rinna, Joan Rivers, Mary Hart and Jackie Harry. Originally only two more names were to be announced; but according to Bridge Klien, President of GEN-TV Network, "we were able to secure three more dynamic, insightful and worthwhile talents and we did not want to risk loosing any of them so we added them to the cast".

The first co-host being named is veteran comediane, actress and singer, Sandra Bernhard. Bernhard is best known as a stand-up comic and author. She has also released several successful comedy and cabaret albums. She is an open lesbian and was once romantically linked to Madonna. In terms of acting, her most famous role is of Nancy on the 1980's sitcom "Roseanne". Bernhard is known for being out-spoken and highly political.

The second name being announced today is Bill Brochtrup; an openly gay actor best known for his role on the 1990's drama series "NYPD BLUE" where he played the openly gay receptionist. As a gay activist he has written for OUT Magazine and has become a regconized force in the gay rights movement.

The last name being announced today is former talk show host and tv host Leeza Gibbons; best known for her stint co-hosting "Entertainment Tonight" in the 1980's and her self-titled daytime talk show "LEEZA" in the 1990's. Gibbons is being called a "permanante substitute host and correspondant". It appears Gibbons will appear on a regular basis whenever one of the other co-hosts has another obligation and cannot be there. She will also appear in other pre-taped segments and serve as a producer on the series.

So this means the full slate of hosts is as follows:
Lisa Rinna-Lead Moderator
Joan Rivers-Lead Moderator
Mary Hart- Co-Host
Jackie Harry- Co-Host
Sandra Bernhard- Co-Host
Bill Brochtrup- Co-Host
Leeza Gibbons- Recurring Host/Correspondant

The network has also announced the names of two "alternate" hosts who will appear on a sporadic basis as needed; if another host is sick or something comes up.

They are Kathy Grriffin and Ant. According to Bridget Klien, neither of these two top choices were able to commit to a full-time schedule so they will fill in as needed and will also participate in pre-taped segments from time to time.

GEN-TV ratings for Monday, October 25, 2010:

GEN-TV's sitcoms were in reruns last night; but their two drama series were brand new and led the network to a 2nd place victory!

At 8pm, GEN-TV aired a rerun of "Doctor/Patient" which recieved 15.67 million viewers and a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, it was a rerun of "Knocked Down" which was watched by 17.7 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, it was a rerun of "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" which was watched by 13.4 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, it was a rerun of "Them & Us" which was watched by 7.7 million viewers and posted a 1.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new episode of "GONE" was watched by 32.8 viewers and posted a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo. This was a gain over last week's episode which was watched by 32.4 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new episode of "Hotel" was watched by 21.28 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo. This showed modest gains over last weeks deubt (21.2 million viewers and a 3.6). If this holds up than GEN-TV has no reason to cancel the series.

GEN-TV has finanlly announced the names of the remaining three co-hosts for the upcoming talk series "Chick Chat". They will join already announced co-hosts Lisa Rinna, Joan Rivers, Mary Hart and Jackie Harry. Originally only two more names were to be announced; but according to Bridge Klien, President of GEN-TV Network, "we were able to secure three more dynamic, insightful and worthwhile talents and we did not want to risk loosing any of them so we added them to the cast".

The first co-host being named is veteran comediane, actress and singer, Sandra Bernhard. Bernhard is best known as a stand-up comic and author. She has also released several successful comedy and cabaret albums. She is an open lesbian and was once romantically linked to Madonna. In terms of acting, her most famous role is of Nancy on the 1980's sitcom "Roseanne". Bernhard is known for being out-spoken and highly political.

The second name being announced today is Bill Brochtrup; an openly gay actor best known for his role on the 1990's drama series "NYPD BLUE" where he played the openly gay receptionist. As a gay activist he has written for OUT Magazine and has become a regconized force in the gay rights movement.

The last name being announced today is former talk show host and tv host Leeza Gibbons; best known for her stint co-hosting "Entertainment Tonight" in the 1980's and her self-titled daytime talk show "LEEZA" in the 1990's. Gibbons is being called a "permanante substitute host and correspondant". It appears Gibbons will appear on a regular basis whenever one of the other co-hosts has another obligation and cannot be there. She will also appear in other pre-taped segments and serve as a producer on the series.

So this means the full slate of hosts is as follows:
Lisa Rinna-Lead Moderator
Joan Rivers-Lead Moderator
Mary Hart- Co-Host
Jackie Harry- Co-Host
Sandra Bernhard- Co-Host
Bill Brochtrup- Co-Host
Leeza Gibbons- Recurring Host/Correspondant

The network has also announced the names of two "alternate" hosts who will appear on a sporadic basis as needed; if another host is sick or something comes up.

They are Kathy Grriffin and Ant. According to Bridget Klien, neither of these two top choices were able to commit to a full-time schedule so they will fill in as needed and will also participate in pre-taped segments from time to time.

GEN-TV has set a premiere date for the forthcoming talk show "Chick Chat". The series will debut at 11am on Monday, November 8th.

On Thursday, November 4th, an original episode of current talk show "Lisa Rinna" will air at 12pm and it is slated to be a typical farewell episode with Lisa interviewing past guests to update on their status now and showing clips from past shows.

On Friday, November 5th, will be the last original episode of "Lisa Rinna" (at 12pm) but will feature the tranistion into "Chick Chat". All of the "Chick Chat" hosts will appear on the show to introduce themselves to GEN-TV audiences and they will have their first "Daily Buzz" segment together; to test the chemistry of the panel. Most of this episode will be used to introduce the concept of the show to the audience. It appears GEN-TV will be gauging the success of the format based on this episode and will make changes to the cast and format based on audience feedback.

and finally on Monday, November 8th, "Chick Chat" will formally debut at 11am. The first guests slated for this show are Maria Shriver who will discuss the end of her reign of first lady of california; and her passion project The Alzhimers Project. Lady Gaga will also appear to perform a meledy of hits from her albums and Toni Braxton will appear to discuss going bankrupt for the second time.

GEN-TV Studios has announced the following tidbits today:

The network has cancelled two of their nationally syndicated reality series; "The Melissa Rivers Show" and "Joan & Melissa Talk Fashion". Both series will end their runs in syndication in January because of a myriad of factors that include sub-par ratings and conflicts in Joan and Melissa's availablitiy.

The network has also cancelled original drama series "Sinners & Saints" after low ratings and a difficult time selling the series to affiliates. It ends it's run in December.

They join already cancelled series "The Daily Grind" and "Me, My Wife & Our Mothers".

Monday, October 11th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with week seven of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.26 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) was up another demo point to a series high. At 10pm, YTN aired an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 5.89 million; 18-49: 1.7/6), down a point to a season low.

Night eleven of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.74 million; 18-49: 0.8/3) was back up last night despite a series low on Friday. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.68 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo.
Monday, October 25th Ratings - YTN
YTN announced yesterday that all of their series would go on hiatus for the nearly the entire month of November and December, and return in January. It will limit the amount of repeats to be shown in 2011, but will two months kill the shows? The second to last episode of the year for Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.20 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) was even with last week. At 10pm, YTN aired an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 6.14 million; 18-49: 1.9/6), up a bit in total viewers and 0.2 demo points.

Night sixteen of recently renewed Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.98 million; 18-49: 0.9/3) was back up to its normal numbers after bad numbers (yet again) on Friday. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.85 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo.

MENET Weekends

6:00 Married With children
6:30 Martin
7:00 Family Guy
7:30 King of queens
8:00 Magnum PI
9:00 The A-Team
10:00-4:00 Movies
4:00 Walker Texas Ranger
5:00 The X Files
6:00 24
7:00 Smallville
8:00 Star Trek TNG
9:00 Bored to death
9:30 Bored to death
10:00 Entourage
10:30 Entourage
11:00 Curb your enthusiam
11:30 Curb your enthusiam
12:00 Battlestar galactica
1:00 Star Trek (original)
2:00 Hawaii 50
3:00 Hunter
4:00 Chips
5:00 Walker Texas Ranger

GEN-TV's Diane L. Swift isn't known for being shy or quiet; and this week she very loudly shouted through hollywood circles that if FOX is to cancel "Running Wilde" that GEN-TV is more than interested in snapping up the acclaimed actress for a role on a GEN-TV drama series. "We have always loved Kerri and have tried in vein to find a role on our schedule for her but have never had luck", declared Swift via a teleconference from her L.A. hospital room where she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer via radiation. Speaking of Swift's cancer, though she prefers to keep the press out of her cancer treatment the executive did answer one question about her general health when asked if she was progressing at all she said "Some; but not as much as i'd like to see".

A call to Russell agent was not returned.

Ever since GEN-TV started original programming over a year ago; Lisa Rinna's face has been a continious presence on the network. She has starred in a failed drama for the network "Malibu Beach Club" as a sexy waitress/lifeguard; she co-hosted two GEN-TV reality series "Lisa Rinna's Summer Beach Spectacular" and "Hollywood Now". She's also guest starred on numerous GEN-TV drama's in small roles and has hosted since last fall a daytime talk show called "Lisa Rinna". The news broke late last week that GEN-TV plans to cancel that talk show and revamp it into a 6-host panel discussion show similar to "The View" and "The Talk". Rinna, a mainstay in enterainment since the 1990's will continue on that show, which is now called "Chick Chat". She will serve as one of the lead moderators. In this interview with Daytime Magazine, Rinna discusses the end of her solo talk show; what she hoped to achieve with it and looks to the future with "Chick Chat" and what she hopes will occur in her acting career.

SYMBOLS GUIDE:

DM = Daytime Magazine
LR = Lisa Rinna

DM: Welcome, Lisa, it's so nice to have you with us

LR: Thank you, it's wonderful to talk with you.

DM: By now you're an old pro to daytime tv with your E.T. correspondant gigs and "Lisa Rinna", what does it feel like now for your show to be ending after such a bumpy ride?

LR: Bittersweet is the word that comes to mind. I loved working on this show and felt we were finally starting to get into the groove of things. Our ratings were solid; but i guess the network simply had a different vision of things.

DM: Did you know about the changes they had in mind before they announced it?

LR: Yes, they discussed it with me about a month or so ago, so i knew that they planned to end my show and i knew a change of format was in order.

DM: Were you initally approached to appear in the new revamped show or was that a last minuet decision?

LR: No; initally they were not going to use me at all. My show was going to be cancelled (like Jackie Zeman's show was) and the new show was going to take over my timeslot.

DM: what changed?

LR: I believe that they ultimately decided launching a new show is difficult enough and that having a face familar to GEN-TV viewers would be a plus so they asked me to stay on-board.

DM: Did you have any hesitation about going from a solo show where you had total control to know having to work with 5-6 other people and share the stage?

LR: Maybe a little; but i'm kind of happy to not have the whole thing resting on my shoulders; i have 5 others to share the burden with. and the joys as well, because this job is a lot of fun.

DM: Let's talk about the humbel start of your show, it was originally called "Rinnavation with Lisa Rinna"; based on your book of the same title. Gen-TV didn't much like that did they?

LR: Well, they did at first; but pretty quickly we realized that the title was limiting the kind of material we could focus on and was confusing to the audience; because many hadn't heard of the book before.

DM: Plus, ratings initally were slow right?

LR: Yes, initally ratings weren't great.

DM: how came up with the changes that made the show "Lisa Rinna?"

LR: Myself as well as several producers and executives at the network.

DM: What did you feel your show (lisa rinna) did best in it's short run?

LR: We put a spotlight on issues of aging and weight management; which other shows aren't doing. And we did it in a way that didn't alienate the viewers.

DM: and what did you do the worst at?

LR: I feel like at the start i was a bit too hyper and over acted for the camera; but i've learnt to tone it down a bit. subtley goes a long way.

DM: Who told you that this show was going to end and a new show would emerge from it?

LR: Diane Swift (GEN-TV Studios, President) called me and discussed her ideas with me. I understood her vision instantly. It's the right call.

DM: Did you get any say in choosing the panelist for the new show?

LR: Not particuarly; they did come to me when they had narrowed it down to a few people and asked me who i felt i'd work best with. I did my best to provide answers they needed; but you never know, chemistry is tough to nail down.

DM: Of the panelist who are you most excited to work with?

LR: Joan Rivers. You never know what will come out of her mouth. It's going to be very exciting.

DM: Joan also had a GEN-TV talk show that debuted along with "Rinnavation", did the network express concern that her presence will hurt the show consering her last one failed with this audience?

LR: not that i know of, but those conversations weren't exactly being had with me. it's none of my business.

DM: Who made the choice to feature a gay male host on the show?

LR: Well, i think we were all clear in production meetings that this show had to stand out from other panel shows like this and we needed an edge to make us hipper, so we came up with the idea to feature a man's point of view. Later it was fleshed out to include gay males prespective; because many gay males will watch this show and GEN-TV is a very gay friendly network. It made sense.

DM: did you have any role in choosing who the gay male would be?

LR: Again, no that wasn't up to me. I did voice my concern that we had to find somebody with the right temperment for daytime and i suggested several canidates; but the network picked who it was.

DM: and have you ever met Bill Brochrupt before??

LR: No i haven't.

DM: So what are most looking forward to with this new show?

LR: the chance to work with Mary Hart again and to share the work with these amazing, talented, very hard-working people.

DM: What's next for Lisa Rinna, the actress?

LR: I have no idea. i'm auditioning for a lot of different things. I'd love to land another soap role; prefferably a recurring or limited role. that would be fantastic.

DM: would you return to Days of our lives, if offered?

LR: Maybe, it would depend on the storyline and the way it was going to work on-screen.

DM: Thanks for being with us Lisa.

LR: no problem.

New to 45Caliber TV is a popular Versus daytime show Three Gun Nation and a new batch of shows to replace the ones that moved to 45 Caliber TV.
Swamp People we just struck a deal with the History Channel to TLTPN Monday 8PM time slot. F&T trapping TV makes its way from the Pursuit Channel on direct TV to TLTPN to replace American Rifleman on the Thursday afternoon slot. The Chucky Doodle Show replaces shooting competitions on the early Thursday evening time slot it's skit sitcom that's a hybrid of the Three Stooges and the Carrol Burnett Show. And Our Heritage's time slot is filled with the Backwoodsman a documentary/fiction series about hunting, fishing, shooting, trapping, and other backwoods activity with some episodes being fiction while others being straight up documentary. To fill in the void left by precision shooting on Friday afternoons Knuckle Dusters will air that's right a show that shows you how to make and use brass knuckles. The Sunday afternoon void with Predator Hunter and Trapper an hour long show that discusses trapping and predator hunting.

Tuesday, October 19th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 7.64 million; 18-49: 2.4/6), which was up a whopping 0.3 demo points from last week. With Glee out of the way, YTN won the 8pm hour for the first time in months. At 9pm, an all new Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 10.16 million; 18-49: 2.9/7) was up a HUGE 0.5 demo points from last week. The increased lead in helped, along with the fact the show had a major consequence to last weeks secret. Rounding out primetime was a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 10.99 million; 18-49: 3.0/8) up just a bit in total viewers, but up 0.2 demo points from last week.

Night twelve of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.92 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) did solid numbers once again. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.84 million viewers and had a 1.0/3 demo.
Tuesday, October 26th Ratings - YTN
Up against the return of Glee, Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.82 million; 18-49: 2.2/6) was down 0.2 demo points from last week. At 9pm, an all new Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 9.14 million; 18-49: 2.8/7) was down just 0.1 demo points despite a weaker lead in this week. With the show winding down, you can expect results to stay high for the last few weeks. Rounding out primetime was a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 11.29 million; 18-49: 3.1/8) which was up in total viewers and 0.1 demo points from last week.

Night seventeen of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.91 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was down in total viewers from yesterday, but up 0.1 demo points. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.98 million viewers and had a 1.0/3 demo.

GEN-TV Ratings for Tuesday, October 19, 2010:

GEN-TV soared to #1 on Tuesday night defeating all other networks in total viewers and crushing FOX in Demographics.

At 8pm, a brand new "The Arrival" was watched by it's highest audience all season with 35.6 million viewers tuning in and 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Never Again" was watched by 20.7 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Huntress" soared to a season high of 37.9 million viewers and posted a 5.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "L.A. Casino" was watched by 26.4 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, the timeslot premiere of "Lifeline" (moving from Thursdays) was watched by 21.6 million viewers (12% more than it's last original outing on Thursdays) and posted a 4.3 in the 18-49 demo (it's highest demo ever).

For the first time all-season GEN-TV was handed a defeat on Tuesday night with FOX and the return of "GLEE" destroying the network; espeically in demographics. GEN-TV had to settle for a 3rd place finish against FOX and CBS.

At 8pm, a brand new "The Arrival" saw it's lowest ratings all season with 11.05 million viewers tuning in and a 1.93 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Never Again' was watched by 8.31 million viewers and posted a .10 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Huntress" saved the night with 37.16 million viewers tuning in and a 5.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "L.A. Casino" showed some decline with 25.82 million viewers watching (down from 26.4 last week) and a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "Lifeline" was watched by 17.4 million viewers (a pretty steady decline vs last weeks 21.6 million viewers). In demos it deilvered a 2.8 in 18-49 (down from 4.3 the week before).

GEN-TV has confirmed long-standing rumors regaruding the fate of some of their struggling tv programs. The network has announced that they will not be picking up the back-nine for the struggling freshmen series "The Boy Next Door". The series focused on a high school freshmen who decides to do the unthinkable and ask out the quarterback of the school football team, who is a junior. Emma Roberts stars in the series; but the show has manged to loose viewers each week and currently averages under 2.6 million viewers per week. The one positive aspect this show had going for it was outstanding performance among the youngest viewers ages 12-24, but in recent weeks that performance has also fallen. The series will exit GEN-TV in December and will not return in January.

The network has also announced that after much thought they have also decided against ordering any more episode of struggling comedy "Getting Over It". The series debuted last January to steller ratings on Monday nights (over 22 million viewers) but since moving to other timeslots has managed to loose over half it's audience. It will not return in January. Production on this show has already been suspended and it will continue to air until December.

The network also gave out some positive news today; they have decided very quickly to give full-season orders to new drama series "Gone", "L.A. Casino", "Sisters" and returning series "Hot Tamales". The three new dramas have each performed exceptionally well and will continue to air all season. "Hot Tamales" was originally given a 6-episode order for this season; but has been given the go-ahead for a full 22 episodes.

Word is still out on new series "Hotel" which the network is still carefully considering.

Rumors still exsist that "Starting From Scratch" a second season sitcom for the network could be in danger of cancellation but the network says they will be waiting until later this season to decided what, if anything to do with the series.


Here is a status chart for each of GEN-TV's currently airing series:

Doctor/Patient---Renewed through next season
Knocked Down- Renewed for full season
The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe---Renewed for full season
Them & Us--- renewed for full season
GONE- renewed for full season
HOTEL- Jury still out/could go either way
The Arrival--- Renewed for full season
Never Again--- Renewed for full season
The Huntress- Renewed for full season
L.A. Casino--- renewed for full season
Lifeline--- renewed for full season
Press Time- Renewed through next season
This Just In--- renewed for full season
Women Of a certian age--- could go either way/jury still out
West Of Broadway- renewed for full season
This Time Around- Renewed through next season
Something Old, Something New- Renewed for full season
Boyfriends- Renewed for full season
Over My Head- Renewed for full season
Hot Tamales- renewed for full season
Sisters- renewed for full season
Life's Facts--- jury still out; but looks promosing
Like Mother, Like Daughter--- jury still out, but looks promosing
County General--- renewed through next season
One Of These Days- renewed through next season
Good Sports- Jury still out, but not looking good
Postal- Renewed for full season
Starting from scratch-- jury still out/could go either way
50 stops before home--- jury still out/future looking dim
Teacher's Pet--- jury still out/could go either way
Snatched--- jury still out/could go either way (debuts tommorrow night)
GEN-TV Movie--- jury still out/could go either way

In prepairing it's January schedule GEN-TV has announced the cancellations of two more series.


First up, the network has declared that new comedy "Women Of a certian age" will join "The Boy Next Door" and "Getting Over It" in the cancellation pool. Bridget Klien explains "The series has been a colossal failuer on every level; with below average ratings and creative issues from day one". The series ends it's run in November; right before the network goes into holiday specials and rerun mood (holiday speicals will be announced soon as will the rerun schedule).

It airs it's last episode on November 10th.

Also being given the boot is returning comedy series "Good Sports" which will not return in January. Despite averaging decent ratings the series is not apart of the networks long-term plans. Insiders explain "The fact it even made it to the fall schedule this year is miraculous considering the network had no faith at all in it".

Good Sports will air it's last episode on November 13th.

The full list of GEN-TV's Cancelled series this season:
Another Day- freshmen drama, 1 hour (13 episodes ordered; 2 aired)
Say Cheese-sophomore comedy, 1/2 hour (22 episodes ordered; 8 aired)
Our Father- Freshmen drama, 1 hour (13 episodes ordered; 0 aired)
Passing Notes- Freshmen drama, 1 hour (13 episodes ordered; 6 aired)
Homecoming- Freshmen Drama, 1 hour (13 episodes ordered; 4 aired)
Tycoons- Freshmen Drama, 1 hour (22 episodes ordered; 7 aired)
Good Sports- Sophomore comedy, 1/2 hour (24 episodes order; 18 will be aired by time show exits schedule)
Hollywood Now- freshmen reality series, 1/2 hour (67 episodes order; 4 aired)
Women Of A Certain Age- freshmen comedy series, 1/2 hour(13 episodes ordered; 9 aired by time series exits)
Getting Over It- Sophomore comedy series, 1/2 hour, (17 episodes ordered; 10 aired)

GEN-TV was #3 on Saturday night with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "Good Sports" was watched by 10.3 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 14.5 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The boy next door" continued it's inconsistant ratings with 4.1 million viewers tuning in and a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo (it's lowest demo ever).

At 930pm, a rerun of "Them & Us" was watched by 13.4 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "One Of These Days" was watched by 28.4 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

Somehow ratings for Saturday, October 23, 2010 were not published for GEN-TV. Sorry for the delay here they are:

At 8pm, a brand new "Good Sports" saw it's lowest audience ever with 945,121 viewers and a .15 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 14.9 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Boy Next Door" was watched by 423,895 viewers and posted a .2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Starting From Scratch" was watched by 7.1 million viewers and posted a 1.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the return of the GEN-TV Movie scored 17.8 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo. The movie played was the "Brokeback Mountain" starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllennhaal.

GEN-TV has picked up a slew of shows to launch on their January schedule; replacing a group of cancelled series. Though the network is not yet ready to announce their full schedule they will announce the new series joining the line-up.

They have ordered one drama and three comedy series. They are as follows:

"Becoming Us" (formerly titled Getting To You or Love & Other Considerations): this half-hour, multi-camera comedy series focuses on two totally mismatched and opposite personalites; Beth Rhine (Kristen Bell) and Kip Overman (Tyler Labaine) who despite having almost nothing in common find they have a mutual attraction and decide to give a relationship ago; despite the disapproval of almost all their friends. Also starring in this new relationship comedy from Sex and The City's Candace Bushnell is Lizzy Caplan (Party Down) as Jane; Beth's best-friend who isn't so sure that Kip is good enough for her friend. Rider Strong (Second Family) co-stars as Derrick; Kip's younger brother and best friend who has a past history with Jane and is the only one encouraging Kip and Beth's relationship. Other roles will be announced as they become available.

The series has been greenlit for 5 episodes thus far; but the network is expected to order more if the show performs well.


The network has also ordered a new comedy series starring Jeanne Garafalo called "On The Air" about the personal and professional life of a popular radio advice show host whose romantic life is in total shambles and needs more help than her patients.

The network has also ordered a half-hour single camera comedy called "Somebody Like Me" starring Tamera Mowry as twins seperate at birth and given drastically different lives who are reunited some twenty-seven years later when an unknown biological relative dies leaving them joint control of a 200 billion dollar corporation that they must run together; despite their drastically different lives.

The new drama the network has ordered is "Smashed" a much hyped drama set in a rehab center focusing on addicts trying to kick addictions to drug and alcohol and told through a documentary style of filming. James Marsden and Beverly Hills, 90210's Kathleen Roberston are the only cast members signed on so far. The series is partly being produced by James Franco.

All these series will debut in January.

Wednesday, October 20th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an all new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 6.74 million; 18-49: 2.0/6) was down 0.3 points from last week, hitting a YTN series low. Week seven of recently renewed Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 10.40 million; 18-49: 3.1/9) was down just a point in the demo. At 9pm, College (Viewers: 10.46 million; 18-49: 3.3/10) was up a bit in total viewers, but even in the demo once again this week. A new episode of last season's modestly rated Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 10.10 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) continued to grow this week, retaining nearly all of the audience from College. At 10pm, week seven of recently renewed TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.17 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) was up 10,000 viewers from last week.

Night thirteen of Rock the Night (Viewers: 2.07 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was up again last night to its highest numbers of the week. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.99 million viewers and had a 1.0/3 demo.
Wednesday, October 27th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an all new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 6.04 million; 18-49: 1.9/6) was down another demo point. YTN has to start worrying as the numbers for Roommates are getting too low. Week eight of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 10.24 million; 18-49: 3.0/9) was down just a point in the demo. At 9pm, College (Viewers: 10.51 million; 18-49: 3.3/10) was even for the third week in a row. A new episode of last season's modestly rated Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 10.42 million; 18-49: 3.4/9) grew again this week, and for the first time, outrated College in the demo. At 10pm, week eight of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.16 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) was even with last week despite the introduction of A.J. Cook's character, Brenda. With four shows at a 3.0 demo or higher, YTN has to be very worried about the 2.0 demo that Roommates is pulling.

Night eighteen of Rock the Night (Viewers: 2.27 million; 18-49: 1.2/3) was way up from last night, but shy of a series high. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 2.01 million viewers and had a 1.1/3 demo.

GEN-TV's ratings for Wed night:

At 8pm; a rerun of "Press Time" was watched by 20.1 million viewers and posted a 2.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a rerun of "This Just In" was watched by 12.1 million viewers and posted a 1.23 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Knocked Down" (on a special night) was watched by 22.9 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a rerun of "West Of Broadway" was watched by 16.4 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" was watched by 54.4 million viewers and posted a 8.3 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV has released the formal list of dates for their upcoming Holiday specials and rerun schedule. It is as follows:

All shows will be new for the remainder of this week and then the following scheduels will kick in:

NOVEMBER:

Monday Shows:

November 1st:
Doctor/Patient- NEW (8-830)
Knocked Down- NEW (9-930---Speical time)
Elizabeth Bordoe- NEW( 830-9---Special Time)
Them & Us- RERUN (930-10)
GONE- RERUN (10-11)
HOTEL- NEW (11-12)

November 8th:

ALL SHOWS NEW (regular schedule)

November 15th:
All Shows RERUN (regular schedule)

November 22:

All Shows RERUN (regular schedule)

November 29:

All Shows NEW (regular schedule)


Tuesday Shows:

November 2nd:
The Arrival- RERUN (8-830)
Never Again- RERUN (830-9)
The Huntress- NEW (Speical 3 hour episode---9-12)
L.A. Casino (pre-empted)
Lifeline (pre-empted)

November 9th:
The Arrival- NEW (830-9pm--special time)
Never Again- NEW (8-830pm---special time)
The Huntress- Pre-empted
L.A. Casino- NEW (special 2-hour episode; 9-11)
Lifeline- NEW

November 16th:
All Shows New--Regular Schedule

November 23:
Original Movie: A Lesson In Humility (rescheduled from Oct. 24. 8-10pm)
The Huntress: A Thanksgiving Special (10-11pm)
Lifeline- NEW (11-12)

November 30:
Mixed Blessings (RERUN; 8-10pm)
Thanksgiving Reunion (New Original Movie-10pm-12am)


Wednesday Shows:

November 3:
All Show's New (Regular Schedule)

November 10th:
Mariah Carey: The Best Of The Last 10 Years (Original Concert Special---8-10pm)

This Time Around: Thanksgiving Spectacular (Original 2-hour "This Time Around" Movie. 10pm-12am)

November 17th:

A Family Gathering (Rerun; 8-10pm)

48 Hours (New Original Movie; 10-11)

Press Time: Thanks For Giving Special (11-1130)

Women Of A Certian Age: Series Finale (1130-12am)

November 24th:

GEN-TV Gives Back: The Gay Community In Need (Original Telethon Event; 8-11pm)

Bullied (New Original Movie; 11pm-1am)


Thursday Shows:

November 4:

Something Old, Something New (pre-empted)

A Boyfriend Thanksgiving (Original Boyfriends Thanksgiving Special; 8-9pm)

Over My Head (New; 9-930)

Hot Tamales (New; 930-10)

Sisters (New, 10-11)

November 11th:

Diva's Give Back 2 (Original Concert Special; 8-10pm)

Thanksgiving: Around The World with Oprah Winfrey (Original Holiday Documentary; 10pm-12am)

November 18th:
All Shows New, Regular Schedule

November 25:

All Shows New, Regular Schedule


Friday Shows:

November 5th:

All Shows New, Regular Schedule


November 12th:
All Shows New, Regular Schedule

November 19th:

A GEN-TV Thanksgiving (Rerun; 8-9pm)

The Huntress: Search For The Jade Scorpion (NEW; Original Movie; 9-11pm)

Hot Tamales (New, 11-1130)

Giving Thanks (Original Holiday Special; 1130-12)


November 26th:

All Shows New, Regular Schedule


Saturday Shows:

November 6th:

All Shows Reruns, Regular Schedule.

November 13th:

Celine Dion: A Concert For Hope (Original Concert Special; 8-9pm)

Good Sports: Series Finale (9-930pm)

Getting Over It: Series Finale (930-10)

The Boy Next Door: Series Finale (10-1030)

H1N1 (Rerun; 1030-1130)

Doctor/Patient (Rerun; 1130-12)

November 20:
Summer Romance (New, Original Movie; 8-10pm)

A GEN-TV Thanksgiving (Rerun; 10-11pm)

A Country Christmas With Dolly Parton (Rerun; Concert Special; 11pm-12am)



November 27:

All Shows New, Regular Schedule


Sunday Shows:

November 7th:

All Shows New, Regular schedule

November 14th:

Mixed Blessings 2 (NEW; Original Movie; 8-10pm)

Remembering 2010: A Look Back At 2010 with Joan Lunden (NEW; Original News Special; 10-11pm:

One Of These Days: A Holiday Spectacular (NEW; Original Holiday Special; 11pm-12am)


November 21:
50 Stops Before Home (New; 8-830)
Knocked Down (Rerun; 830-9)
Teacher's Pet (New, 9-930)
Snatched (New; 930-1030)
Elizabeth Bordoe (Rerun; 1030-11)
Elizabeth Bordoe (Rerun; 11-1130)
Hot Tamales (Rerun; 1130-12)

November 28:

All Shows Reruns; Regular Schedule (NOTE: Getting Over It will not air as it is now off the schedule; it will be replaced by a rerun of Elizabeth Bordoe).


DECEMBER:

Monday Shows:

December 5:
All Shows New; Regular Schedule

December 12:

Christmas Memories with Mariah Carey (Rerun; concert special; 8-9pm)

Holiday Of My Heart with Celine Dion (Rerun; concert special; 9-11pm)

L.A. Casino (Rerun; 11pm-12am)

December 19th:
All Shows Reruns; Regular Schedule

December 26th:

All Shows Reruns; Regular Schedule

Tuesday Shows:

December 6th:
All Shows New; Regular Schedule

December 13th:
All Shows Rerun; Regular Schedule

December 14th:

All Shows Rerun; Regular Schedule

December 21:

All Shows New; Regular Schedule

December 29:

All Shows Rerun; Regular Schedule


Wednesday Shows:

December 1:
All Shows New; Regular Schedule (Woman Of A Certian Age will not air as it has already aired it's series finale in November. Reruns of Boyfriends will repalce it all this month)

December 8th:
All Shows Rerun; Regular Schedule

December 15th:
All Shows Rerun; Regular Schedule

December 22nd:

All Shows Rerun; Regular Schedule

December 29th:

All Shows New; Regular Schedule (except Women of a certian age; replaced by Boyfriends)

Thursday Shows:

December 2:

All Shows Reruns; Regular Schedule

December 9th:

"A Country Christmas" (Rerun; Original Movie; 8-10pm)

Sisters (Rerun; 10-11pm)

County General (Rerun; 11-12am)

December 16th:

All Shows reruns; regular schedule.

December 23:

All Show's New; Regular Schedule

December 30:

All Show's Rerun; Regular Schedule.


Friday Shows:

December 3rd:
All Shows Rerun; regular schedule

December 10th:

All Shows Rerun; regular schedule

December 17th:

All Show's New; Regular Schedule

December 24:

All Shows Rerun; Regular Schedule

December 31:

All Show's Rerun; Regular Schedule

Saturday Shows:

December 7th:

All Show's Reruns; Regular Schedule (NOTES: all this month "Good Sports" reruns will air in it's regular slot when available. The Boy Next Door will be replaced by reruns of "Like Mother, Like Daughter" when available slot is needed).

December 11th:
All Show's New; Regular Schedule

December 18th:

All Shows Reruns; Regular Schedule

December 25:

All Shows Reruns; Regular Schedule.

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN REPEAT SCHEDULE INCORRECT
We'd like to apologize for our sister site, Ratings Inc., making a mistake about the YTN repeat schedule. It was reported that the repeats would start after next week and air until January 2011, however, this is incorrect. New episodes will air up until Tuesday, November 23rd with Pushing Daisies, Looking for Love 3, and TAKEN. New episodes of every show will return, along with the new midseason schedule, in January 2011. YTN will air holiday programming and all repeats during the month of December. I guess that means no holiday episodes of any shows! Oh well!

YTN PRESS RELEASE:

YTN REVISES MIDSEASON SCHEDULE

Wednesday:
8:00 - Kate and Zoe (New Timeslot; Moves December 1st - Repeats)
8:30 - Sisterhood (New Timeslot; Premieres January 5th)
9:00 - College
9:30 - Behind the Scenes (Remains in Timeslot)
10:00 - TAKEN: Phoenix

Thursday:
8:00 - Repeats
9:00 - Singles
9:30 - Living Life / Roommates (New Timeslot; Returns in February)
10:00 - Reversing History


With the move to Thursday nights, YTN has trimmed the episode order from 26 to 23 for Roommates. Meanwhile, YTN has increased the episode order for Singles to 23, up from 22 episodes.

Also, YTN has cut the number of episodes for College from 26 to 24 episodes. YTN has increased the number of episodes for Kate and Zoe from 22 to 24 episodes.

BEHIND THE SCENES GETS FULL SEASON
On top of remaining on Wednesdays at 9:30, YTN has given hit comedy, Behind the Scenes, a full 22 episode season. Starting three weeks late into the season, the series has grown from College each week in key demos. The rest of the Wednesday night comedies have 24 episodes, while new entry Sisterhood, has 16 episodes.

GEN-TV has a lot to be proud of this week as it's Thursday comedies solidified the networks status as the #1 network on Thursday nights. Led by the return of "Hot Tamales" which was up 13% year-to-year the network steals #1 from other networks.

New drama series "SISTERS" debuts with a solid #1 finish in all key demographics.

At 8pm, GEN-TV's "Something Old, Something New", was watched by 22.15 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched by 21.5 million viewers and posted a 3.9 int he 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Over My Head" (now in it's new 9pm timeslot) was watched by 22.9 million viewers and posted a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, the season premiere of "Hot Tamales" debuted to a startingly high number of 41.3 million viewers and a 5.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the series premiere of "Sisters" was a solid hit with 33.9 million viewers tuning in and a solid 5.3 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV had to compete with baseball on FOX and all-new episodes on ABC; but was able to come out with a second place finish; beating ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" in the coveted 18-49 demo and demolishing "Private Practice" in all demos and total viewers.

GEN-TV is #2 after FOX with baseball.

At 8pm, a brand new "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 22.19 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched 21.8 million viewers and posted a 4.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, GEN-TV's "Over My Head" beat the first half-hour of "Grey's Anatomy" in both total viewers and demos with 23.48 million viewers tuning in and a 4.7 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, GEN-TV's "Hot Tamales" also fended off "Grey's Anatomy" with 32.3 million viewers tuning in and a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo (though this is stil a week-to-week loss of over 25%; a sign the network may take as viewers loosing interest in the series).

At 10pm, GEN-TV's "Sisters" proved itself to be a formiddable player; not only trouncing "Fringe" and "Private Practice" in total viewers; but doubling the numbers of both shows combined in demographics. The series was watched by 33.15 million viewers and posted a 7.3 in the 18-49 demo. This makes history as having the largest week-to-week jump in demos in television history.

GEN-TV has made another step in solidifying it's mid-season schedule by ordering full-seasons of two more new shows. Both "Snatched" and "Hotel" have been given the go-ahead for full seasons. The network has ordered 15 more episodes of "Snatched" up from an originally planned six episodes. This gives the show a 21 episode order. The network said "We are encouraged by the strong numbers the show has gotten thus far on a very difficult night for us and will continue to support it". Meanwhile; they have ordered 12 more episodes of "Hotel" up from 13; bringing the total order up to 25.

this means that the network has renewed all of their currently airing freshmen dramas for full seasons: "Gone", "Sisters", "L.A. Casino", "This Time Around", "County General", "One Of These Days"; "Lifeline" and "The Huntress". The network previously cancelled freshmen drama's "Another Day", "Passing Notes", "Homecoming" and "Tycoons".

Thursday, October 21st Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off then night with an all new Singles (Viewers: 8.64 million; 18-49: 3.0/8) which was down 0.3 points this week. At 9:30pm, week seven of Living Life (Viewers: 6.83 million; 18-49: 2.2/7) fell 0.3 demo points too, hitting a new series low. Rounding out primetime was an all new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 10.99 million; 18-49: 3.1/9), down 0.2 demo points this week, winning the 10pm timeslot.

Night fourteen of Rock the Night (Viewers: 2.11 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was even with Wednesdays airing. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 2.09 million viewers and had a 1.1/3 demo.

Thursday, October 28th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off then night with an all new Singles (Viewers: 8.15 million; 18-49: 2.9/7) was down another 0.1 points to a season low. At 9:30pm, week eight of Living Life (Viewers: 6.85 million; 18-49: 2.2/6) was steady with its series low this week. Rounding out primetime was an all new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 11.42 million; 18-49: 3.2/9), up 0.1 demo points.

Night nineteen of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.96 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was way down from Wednesday, but still strong. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 2.05 million viewers and had a 1.1/3 demo.

GEN-TV has several urgent pieces of news to share with the general public today:

First up some very sad news; after months of undergoing radiation treatment; GEN-TV Studios President Diane L. Swift has passed away. The 55 year old executive suffered a fatal blow to the head after passing out and hitting a glass tabletop in her living room. The L.A. County Coronor says that the cause of death was related to her cancer treatment and that she passed out due to "severely low blood pressure". The executive battled breast cancer twice before in her 20's and her 40's. She is survived by her life partner; Gail Hebert-Swift, 46 years old who she has been with since 1983 and their two adopted children; Arianna 22; who is currently attending Duke Univeristy and a son, Malcolm, 18 who is a senior at Beverly Hills High School.

The news of her death was very shocking and came as a surprise to all who knew her; her partner Gail says "Diane was a strong woman and was fighting this cancer with every fiber of her body. We had no reason to believe she wouldn't beat it".

A private memorial for friends and family is scheduled for Monday morning; no industry wide service is going to be planned.

Friday, October 22nd Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with a burnoff of Outburst! (Viewers: 3.02 million; 18-49: 1.1/3), which is down again from last week to a new series low. Up next was a new episode They Work Hard For Their Money (Viewers: 3.29 million; 18-49: 1.3/4), up a bit from last week. At 9:30pm, YTN aired a new episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.78 million; 18-49: 0.8/2) which jumped 0.3 demo points from last week. At 10pm, YTN aired week three of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.29 million; 18-49: 1.4/4), up 0.1 points to a series high. Weekly Update easily defeated Dateline and was 0.1 demo points behind 20/20. Weekly Update was just renewed for an additional 44 episodes, bringing the total number of episodes to 48 for the season.

Night fifteen of recently renewed Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.19 million; 18-49: 0.6/2) dropped off the map last night, as usual for a Friday night. YTN announced that they are discontinuing the Friday episode, so they see the huge drop too. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.64 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo.

Friday, October 29th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with a burnoff of Outburst! (Viewers: 2.96 million; 18-49: 0.8/3), which wad down 0.3 demo points to a new series low. Up next was the new 9pm timeslot occupant, Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.24 million; 18-49: 1.4/4), even with last weeks performance at 10pm. New 10pm occupants "Money" and Yahtzee! did not fare as well as Weekly Update. A new episode of They Work Hard For Their Money (Viewers: 3.1 million; 18-49: 1.1/3), down 0.2 demo points to a new series low. At 10:30pm, YTN aired a new episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.76 million; 18-49: 0.6/2) which was also down 0.2 demo points from last week.

Night twenty of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.04 million; 18-49: 0.5/1) was way down from Thursday to a new series low. The series low should be of no surprise since the show always collapses on Fridays. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.43 million viewers and had a 0.7/3 demo.

GEN-TV dedicated the entire Friday night broadcast to Diane L. Swift who passed away from breast cancer at the age of 55. It was enough for a #1 finish.

At 8pm, a brand new "Life's Facts" which conicidentally enough tackled the issue of yearly mamograms and getting a second opinion was watched by 14.93 million viewers and posted a 3.4 int he 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, the network aired the second half of a very serious "Life's Facts" episode that was watched by 15.6 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, the network dedicated this episode of "County General" to Diane Swift. The episode was also about breast cancer (it was pre-planned to air in celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month). It was the last episode ever to feature Victoria Rowelle whose character died from breast cancer. The episode was told entirely from the patients point of view as she entered the emergancy room. It was watched by 28.4 million viewers and posted a 5.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "One Of These Days" was watched by 38.56 million viewers and posted a 6.3 in the 18-49 demo.

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Saturday

GEN-TV had to settle for 4th place on Saturday night with the following dismal line-up:

At 8pm: Good sports was watched by 8.2 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm: Postal was watched by 20.45 million viewers and posted a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm: The Boy Next Door was watched by 1.1 million viewers and posted a -12 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930: A brand new Starting From Scratch was watched by 8.1 million viewers and posted a 1.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, GEN-TV Movie was an original movie called "He Said He Was Sorry..." starring Terri Polo, Phylicia Rashad, Mary Stuart Masterson, Debbie Allen, Ruby Dee, Delta Burke, Joanna Kerns, Kimberly Elise and Vanna White (among others) was watched by 17.3 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

Sunday, October 24th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with another burnoff episode of Outburst! (Viewers: 4.19 million; 18-49: 1.3/5), which was down 0.1 points from last week. An encore episode of Locked (Viewers: 4.18 million; 18-49: 1.4/5) was even with last weeks encore. At 8:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 5.54 million; 18-49: 2.0/5) hit a new series high in both viewers and in the demo. At 9pm, a new episode of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.88 million; 18-49: 2.5/6) was stable with last week's airing.
Sunday, October 31st Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with another burnoff episode of Outburst! (Viewers: 3.05 million; 18-49: 0.9/3), which was down a whopping 0.4 demo points. An encore episode of Locked (Viewers: 3.56 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was also down big, 0.3 demo points from last week. At 8:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 4.57 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) was also down 0.3 demo points this week. At 9pm, a new episode of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 5.98 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) dropped 0.4 demo points. No doubt, the Halloween holiday had a huge effect on the numbers.

GEN-TV Ratings for Sunday, October 31, 2010:

It was a GEN-TV bloodbath with record-low ratings on all of GEN-TV's sitcoms and middling ratings for "Snatched" which forced GEN-TV into 7th place overall on Sunday night; behind FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, YTN and CW networks (in that order).

Here are the ratings:

At 8pm; a halloween themed episode of "50 Stops Before Home" was watched by a record low 3.1 million viewers and produced only a .04 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm; a brand new halloween episode of "Getting Over It" also registered series low ratings of 782,341 viewers and a .1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm; a brand new "Teachers Pet" thankfully helped save the night with a moderate; but not exceptional rating of 9.3 million viewers (down over 48% week-to-week) and a .56 in the 18-49 demo down over 91% week-to-week.

At 10pm, the ratings for "Snatched" also fell with 7.21 million viewers tuning in and a .8 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV however isn't screaming defeat yet with Bridget Klien releasing a statement saying "ratings on Halloween were not expected to be huge and the ratings for "Snatched" and "Teachers Pet" are well within the expected limits". It's worth noting that she made no mention of the record lows received by already cancelled "Getting Over It" and sure to be canned next "50 stops before home".

GEN-TV has several urgent pieces of news to share with the general public today:

First up some very sad news; after months of undergoing radiation treatment; GEN-TV Studios President Diane L. Swift has passed away. The 55 year old executive suffered a fatal blow to the head after passing out and hitting a glass tabletop in her living room. The L.A. County Coronor says that the cause of death was related to her cancer treatment and that she passed out due to "severely low blood pressure". The executive battled breast cancer twice before in her 20's and her 40's. She is survived by her life partner; Gail Hebert-Swift, 46 years old who she has been with since 1983 and their two adopted children; Arianna 22; who is currently attending Duke Univeristy and a son, Malcolm, 18 who is a senior at Beverly Hills High School.

The news of her death was very shocking and came as a surprise to all who knew her; her partner Gail says "Diane was a strong woman and was fighting this cancer with every fiber of her body. We had no reason to believe she wouldn't beat it".

A private memorial for friends and family is scheduled for Monday morning; no industry wide service is going to be planned.

It was only a few months ago that GEN-TV's board of trustess was in a situation very similar to the one they face now. It was early summer when the president of GEN-TV studios, Mark Mitchellson died unexpectedly and had to be replaced. The network brass is now dealing with the sudden and overwhelming death of it's leader Diane L. Swift; who died of breast cancer last week at age 55.

The board is now faced with the task of finding yet another figurehead to run their multi-million dollar television network; syndication studio; production headquaters & business empire. The fact that they are faced with the loss of Diane L. Swift is not only tragic but very scary for the network as they have yet to get through an entire development season without loosing their top person. First Shirley Smith died before the network launched in 2008 and then Matthew Smith was arressted for embezzelment and later died in prison. Later Patricia Meyers-Johnston left the network after blowing the whistle on Matthew Smith. Mark Mitchellson; the whiz kid brought in with the expectations of saving the network never got to finish his term and now Swift; who both preceeded and replaced him is dead at the age of 55; a mere four months into her return to the network. It's unclear what Swift's long-term plans were for GEN-TV but it's very clear that whatever that vision was she hasn't achieved it yet.

The question for the board is now not what to do but when to do it. Everybody on the board knows a new president is needed; but nobody knows who it should be. According to an internal source "Friction and tension is sky high. There aren't a ton of qualified canidates within the network and nobody wants to see an outsider come in for fear of the networks entire identity being replaced". Sources say that Bridget Klien who currently runs the networks Entertainment Division (GEN-TV Network) is not considered a likely canidate to succeed Diane in her multi-faceted; complicated and business heavy role of President of GEN-TV Studios. Lynn Curtis Chapmon, a Business and Entertainment reporter for the Los Angeles Globe Magazine says "Most people inside GEN-TV are aware that not only is Bridget not as fluent in the complicated business roles that Diane filled but that Bridget's greatest strength right now is her outstanding ability to program and develop programming for the networks youth market. This is what makes her ideally suited for her current role of Network President. It's certainly unlikely she'll be even considered for the role Diane had; which is overtly over her skill level". When asked who the network might consider Curtis Chapmon said "Right now only two or three current employees fit the qualities needed to fill the role Diane had. One possible replacement is Claire Kennedy; a 61 year old Publicity agent who previously spent 18 years working as a Senior executive at CBS before leaving to try her hand in publicity where she's been extremely successful". "She's guided the networks publicity department for many years know and is well liked among the board and the general employee pool. She has a lot of expirence working with numbers and dealing with studio presidents; agents and other off-camera business personalities. A second and likely person is Michele Hansen; a 39 year old junior level executive who has no creative expierence but spent 11 years working at Paramount where she was on the team that helped build and shape the UPN Network. She has first hand knowledge of what it takes to launch a network and make it stand out from the crowd; this gives her a substaintial edge. She's also well liked by the board of trustees. Her one downfall is that among the general employee pool she's not very well received because she's one of the person solely responsible for the termination of a employee pension fund that she urged the board recently to cut. This won't win her the support of her staff. And lastly another candiate who Curtis Chapmon says has an off-chance of getting the slot is 41 years old James Elkbank; who while being the youngest canidate is also the most well-qualified after spending five years as a programming executive at the WB Network where helped develop shows such as "Dawson's Creek", "Felicity", "Supernatural" and "Gilmore Girls". He also worked in finance at NBC where he helped negotiate the final season deals of the cast of "Friends" and helped intice Donald Trump to take "The Apprentice" over to their network. A big plus for Elkbank is that he is also very well connected in the industry; his father Charles Elbank is one of the most sought after agents in the industry having recently split into his own firm after leaving C.A.A. after working their for twenty-two years. His client list includes heavy-hitters like Julia Roberts; Oprah Winfrey; John Travolta; Scarlett Johanson and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Another plus is that he grew up in Hollywood and has personal connections to many of the A-List talent that young viewers want to watch".

She stresses that "these are the only ture canidates within the network but none of them has the combonation of business and creative expierence the network would likely want in a President". This is why she believes that "Some third party canidate from a competing network is the likeliest person to be given the job". She reminds us in the past the network was close to wooing CBS's head honcho Nina Tassler away from her home and that Jamie Tarses was one of the closest canidates the network interviewed after Diane left and before Mark came on-board". She suggets "one of those two or somebody with a similar reputation is a very strong possibility for GEN-TV".

The board says they expect to reach a decision very quickly and hopes to announce it within the next week or so.

The Ricki Lake Show Ratings - Monday (18th) through Friday (22nd)
Updated ratings for The Ricki Lake Show...

Monday - 928,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2
Tuesday - 939,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2
Wednesday - 985,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2
Thursday - 1,001,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2
Friday - 1,095,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.7/2

The Ricki Lake Show also tied series highs in W18-49 (0.9), W25-54 (1.3), tied in W18-34 (0.4), and M25-54 (0.2). Overall, The Ricki Lake Show was down just a bit week over week. The Ricki Lake Show has increased the timeslot by 39% in total viewers and 25% in the demo year over year.
The Ricki Lake Show Ratings - Monday (25th) through Friday (29th)
Updated ratings for The Ricki Lake Show...

Monday - 917,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.5/2
Tuesday - 951,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2
Wednesday - 949,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2
Thursday - 1,045,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2
Friday - 1,029,000 viewers; 18-49: 0.6/2

The Ricki Lake Show only had one new series high this week: M18-49 (0.1). The Ricki Lake Show has increased the timeslot by 38% in total viewers and 21% in the demo year over year.

Ratings for GEN-TV for Monday, November 1, 2010:

GEN-TV took the TV crown and was the #1 network on TV Monday night with the following line-up consisting of a mix of new episodes and reruns:

At 8pm, a brand new "Doctor/Patient" was watched by 24.4 million viewers and posted a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" on a special time was watched by 28.4 million viewers and posted a 5.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Knocked Down" was on at a special time and was watched by 28.7 million viewers and posted a 5.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a rerun of "Them & Us" was watched by 13.1 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "GONE" was watched by 17.1 million viewers and posted a 1.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "HOTEL" was watched by 22.6 million viewers and posted a 2.9 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV massive development updates to announce today:

First up; the network has landed some major castings for their upcoming January drama "Smashed" about a group of people struggling with various addictions in and out or rehab. First up the network has signed Minka Kelly, best known for "Friday Night Lights" to star in one of the leading roles as a recovering alcholic with a past that includes an abusive boyfriend and an unwanted pregnancy.

Next up the network has cast Milo Ventimigila; straight out of the networks cancelled drama "Passing Notes" in the leading role of Ricky Vargas, a former addict now working as a rehab counserlor who makes an drastically bad decision and gets romantically involved with one of his patients.

The network has also signed Camielle Guaty (Las Vegas, I Gotta Kick It Up) to a contract in the role of a ex-prostitute trying to kick a cocaine and herione habit.

The network has also announced the casting of Brooke Smith (Grey's Anatomy) as the head rehab counsoler and liscened nurse on the show. Her character, Dr. Ellie Warner will be the primary link between the characters on the show and will provide the main narration for the series.

Lastly rounding out the cast are three rising actors: Seth Gable (Second Family; Dirty Sexy Money) as a ex-cop trying to find a new life after being barred from the force for being high on duty. His character is being listed as recurring; but he does have a contract. Bryce Johnson; most recently of the cancelled series "LONE STAR" has signed onto the role as a rich senators son who at 33 has been cut off from his family after yet another scandal involving his drug use has shamed the family. He is now in rehab and needs a clean start. The third actor cast is AJ Buckley (CSI: New York) who will juggle this role with the role on CSI. He will be recurring on this series. His character is Jordan Billings, who overall is a stand-up guy and is struggling to kick a habit of painkillers after having an accident and becoming addicted to them. He is a registered nurse and is having a difficult time kicking the habit so he can get back to work.


The network says they plan to cast three to four more roles on this series in the next few weeks. They join already cast James Marsden and Kathleen Robertson who have singed on to play the central couple in the series. Marsden will play Seth Bowland a disgraced politican who is in rehab after a sexual scandal forces him to try and do some public relations work to fix his reputation but ultimately being in rehab forces him to question his life choices. Robertson will play Emily Van Wilkins, Seth's long-time girlfriend who herself has several issues with drugs; her drug of choice is crystal meth and she must come to terms with it or face loosing her inheritance. Being in rehab is also going to test their relationship as it stands because they both will be making big life choices and reevauluating if their relationship is solid.

It was only a few months ago that GEN-TV's board of trustess was in a situation very similar to the one they face now. It was early summer when the president of GEN-TV studios, Mark Mitchellson died unexpectedly and had to be replaced. The network brass is now dealing with the sudden and overwhelming death of it's leader Diane L. Swift; who died of breast cancer last week at age 55.

The board is now faced with the task of finding yet another figurehead to run their multi-million dollar television network; syndication studio; production headquaters & business empire. The fact that they are faced with the loss of Diane L. Swift is not only tragic but very scary for the network as they have yet to get through an entire development season without loosing their top person. First Shirley Smith died before the network launched in 2008 and then Matthew Smith was arressted for embezzelment and later died in prison. Later Patricia Meyers-Johnston left the network after blowing the whistle on Matthew Smith. Mark Mitchellson; the whiz kid brought in with the expectations of saving the network never got to finish his term and now Swift; who both preceeded and replaced him is dead at the age of 55; a mere four months into her return to the network. It's unclear what Swift's long-term plans were for GEN-TV but it's very clear that whatever that vision was she hasn't achieved it yet.

The question for the board is now not what to do but when to do it. Everybody on the board knows a new president is needed; but nobody knows who it should be. According to an internal source "Friction and tension is sky high. There aren't a ton of qualified canidates within the network and nobody wants to see an outsider come in for fear of the networks entire identity being replaced". Sources say that Bridget Klien who currently runs the networks Entertainment Division (GEN-TV Network) is not considered a likely canidate to succeed Diane in her multi-faceted; complicated and business heavy role of President of GEN-TV Studios. Lynn Curtis Chapmon, a Business and Entertainment reporter for the Los Angeles Globe Magazine says "Most people inside GEN-TV are aware that not only is Bridget not as fluent in the complicated business roles that Diane filled but that Bridget's greatest strength right now is her outstanding ability to program and develop programming for the networks youth market. This is what makes her ideally suited for her current role of Network President. It's certainly unlikely she'll be even considered for the role Diane had; which is overtly over her skill level". When asked who the network might consider Curtis Chapmon said "Right now only two or three current employees fit the qualities needed to fill the role Diane had. One possible replacement is Claire Kennedy; a 61 year old Publicity agent who previously spent 18 years working as a Senior executive at CBS before leaving to try her hand in publicity where she's been extremely successful". "She's guided the networks publicity department for many years know and is well liked among the board and the general employee pool. She has a lot of expirence working with numbers and dealing with studio presidents; agents and other off-camera business personalities. A second and likely person is Michele Hansen; a 39 year old junior level executive who has no creative expierence but spent 11 years working at Paramount where she was on the team that helped build and shape the UPN Network. She has first hand knowledge of what it takes to launch a network and make it stand out from the crowd; this gives her a substaintial edge. She's also well liked by the board of trustees. Her one downfall is that among the general employee pool she's not very well received because she's one of the person solely responsible for the termination of a employee pension fund that she urged the board recently to cut. This won't win her the support of her staff. And lastly another candiate who Curtis Chapmon says has an off-chance of getting the slot is 41 years old James Elkbank; who while being the youngest canidate is also the most well-qualified after spending five years as a programming executive at the WB Network where helped develop shows such as "Dawson's Creek", "Felicity", "Supernatural" and "Gilmore Girls". He also worked in finance at NBC where he helped negotiate the final season deals of the cast of "Friends" and helped intice Donald Trump to take "The Apprentice" over to their network. A big plus for Elkbank is that he is also very well connected in the industry; his father Charles Elbank is one of the most sought after agents in the industry having recently split into his own firm after leaving C.A.A. after working their for twenty-two years. His client list includes heavy-hitters like Julia Roberts; Oprah Winfrey; John Travolta; Scarlett Johanson and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Another plus is that he grew up in Hollywood and has personal connections to many of the A-List talent that young viewers want to watch".

She stresses that "these are the only ture canidates within the network but none of them has the combonation of business and creative expierence the network would likely want in a President". This is why she believes that "Some third party canidate from a competing network is the likeliest person to be given the job". She reminds us in the past the network was close to wooing CBS's head honcho Nina Tassler away from her home and that Jamie Tarses was one of the closest canidates the network interviewed after Diane left and before Mark came on-board". She suggets "one of those two or somebody with a similar reputation is a very strong possibility for GEN-TV".

The board says they expect to reach a decision very quickly and hopes to announce it within the next week or so.

GEN-TV's board of trustees says they haven't yet reached a decision about who will replace the late Diane L. Swift as President of GEN-TV Studios but they say that "a decision is pending and will be reached fairly quickly to avoid further disruption of our development season".

GEN-TV had a remarkable evening last night with a special 3-hour episode of "The Huntress" which sets up next weeks movie "The Huntress: Search For The Jade Scropion" and a couple of sitcom reruns that both performed above expectations.

At 8pm, a rerun of "The Arrival" was watched by 14.42 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a rerun of "Never Again" was watched by 11.4 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, it was "The Huntress" that really helped the network with a total audience of 44.8 million viewers for the entire 3-hour. It ended up scoring a 6.4 in the 18-49 demo overall for the night.


NOTES: GEN-TV ended up winning the night and was the #1 network among the 18-49 demo, thanks mostly to the inspired performance of "The Huntress".

"Lifeline" and "L.A. Casino" were pre-empted.

It was only a few months ago that GEN-TV's board of trustess was in a situation very similar to the one they face now. It was early summer when the president of GEN-TV studios, Mark Mitchellson died unexpectedly and had to be replaced. The network brass is now dealing with the sudden and overwhelming death of it's leader Diane L. Swift; who died of breast cancer last week at age 55.

The board is now faced with the task of finding yet another figurehead to run their multi-million dollar television network; syndication studio; production headquaters & business empire. The fact that they are faced with the loss of Diane L. Swift is not only tragic but very scary for the network as they have yet to get through an entire development season without loosing their top person. First Shirley Smith died before the network launched in 2008 and then Matthew Smith was arressted for embezzelment and later died in prison. Later Patricia Meyers-Johnston left the network after blowing the whistle on Matthew Smith. Mark Mitchellson; the whiz kid brought in with the expectations of saving the network never got to finish his term and now Swift; who both preceeded and replaced him is dead at the age of 55; a mere four months into her return to the network. It's unclear what Swift's long-term plans were for GEN-TV but it's very clear that whatever that vision was she hasn't achieved it yet.

The question for the board is now not what to do but when to do it. Everybody on the board knows a new president is needed; but nobody knows who it should be. According to an internal source "Friction and tension is sky high. There aren't a ton of qualified canidates within the network and nobody wants to see an outsider come in for fear of the networks entire identity being replaced". Sources say that Bridget Klien who currently runs the networks Entertainment Division (GEN-TV Network) is not considered a likely canidate to succeed Diane in her multi-faceted; complicated and business heavy role of President of GEN-TV Studios. Lynn Curtis Chapmon, a Business and Entertainment reporter for the Los Angeles Globe Magazine says "Most people inside GEN-TV are aware that not only is Bridget not as fluent in the complicated business roles that Diane filled but that Bridget's greatest strength right now is her outstanding ability to program and develop programming for the networks youth market. This is what makes her ideally suited for her current role of Network President. It's certainly unlikely she'll be even considered for the role Diane had; which is overtly over her skill level". When asked who the network might consider Curtis Chapmon said "Right now only two or three current employees fit the qualities needed to fill the role Diane had. One possible replacement is Claire Kennedy; a 61 year old Publicity agent who previously spent 18 years working as a Senior executive at CBS before leaving to try her hand in publicity where she's been extremely successful". "She's guided the networks publicity department for many years know and is well liked among the board and the general employee pool. She has a lot of expirence working with numbers and dealing with studio presidents; agents and other off-camera business personalities. A second and likely person is Michele Hansen; a 39 year old junior level executive who has no creative expierence but spent 11 years working at Paramount where she was on the team that helped build and shape the UPN Network. She has first hand knowledge of what it takes to launch a network and make it stand out from the crowd; this gives her a substaintial edge. She's also well liked by the board of trustees. Her one downfall is that among the general employee pool she's not very well received because she's one of the person solely responsible for the termination of a employee pension fund that she urged the board recently to cut. This won't win her the support of her staff. And lastly another candiate who Curtis Chapmon says has an off-chance of getting the slot is 41 years old James Elkbank; who while being the youngest canidate is also the most well-qualified after spending five years as a programming executive at the WB Network where helped develop shows such as "Dawson's Creek", "Felicity", "Supernatural" and "Gilmore Girls". He also worked in finance at NBC where he helped negotiate the final season deals of the cast of "Friends" and helped intice Donald Trump to take "The Apprentice" over to their network. A big plus for Elkbank is that he is also very well connected in the industry; his father Charles Elbank is one of the most sought after agents in the industry having recently split into his own firm after leaving C.A.A. after working their for twenty-two years. His client list includes heavy-hitters like Julia Roberts; Oprah Winfrey; John Travolta; Scarlett Johanson and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Another plus is that he grew up in Hollywood and has personal connections to many of the A-List talent that young viewers want to watch".

She stresses that "these are the only ture canidates within the network but none of them has the combonation of business and creative expierence the network would likely want in a President". This is why she believes that "Some third party canidate from a competing network is the likeliest person to be given the job". She reminds us in the past the network was close to wooing CBS's head honcho Nina Tassler away from her home and that Jamie Tarses was one of the closest canidates the network interviewed after Diane left and before Mark came on-board". She suggets "one of those two or somebody with a similar reputation is a very strong possibility for GEN-TV".

The board says they expect to reach a decision very quickly and hopes to announce it within the next week or so.

GEN-TV really isn't commenting on the status of it's search for a replacement for Diane L. Swift, who succomb to complications of breast cancer, but insiders in the industry are anticipating a quick period of interviewing before a decision is made. According to those insiders at least two high profile executives are already being wooed to come aboard GEN-TV.

If rumors are to be believed it appears that GEN-TV is in talks with two high profile and sure to be controversial television industry personalities to head up GEN-TV studios. Rumors are running rampant that former FOX broadcasting president Sandy Gurshow is a top contender for the spot. Gurshow who spent the early half of his career at FOX Television where he helped launch the network and helped develop shows such as "The X-Files", "Beverly Hills, 90210", "America's Most Wanted", "Melrose Place" and "Married With Children" is rumored to be interviewing with GEN-TV Executives who apparently respect his knowledge of what makes great tv and his common sense approach to broadcasting.

Another rumor floating around Hollywood is that the network is thisclose to giving the job to former president of ABC Entertainment and currently one of the most sought after development executives/producers in the industry; Jamie Tarses. Tarses was head of ABC Television between 1996 and 1999 and had a stormy and rocky tenure their that left the network at the bottom of the ratings and without a hit until years after she left. Recently she's found a niche in developing series and selling them to other networks; she's recently developed series such as "my boys" on TBS and "Happy Endings" and "Mr. Sunshine" on ABC. She's become a well respected producer. Rumors are that GEN-TV is consdereing her to replace Diane Swift and that she'll be basically given "carte blanche" to create any identity she wants for the network. "GEN-TV is looking for somebody with both business savy and a strong creative instinct which they know she has and has in spades" says an insider. It appears that she would be a perfect match for the network as she loves creating "hip, youth oriented series focused on the younger demographics" which is right up GEN-TV's alley says an insider.

There are plenty of other names being floated around Hollywood but so far nobody is talking... Nina Tassler has declined saying she is happy at CBS where she's spent most of her career and wouldn't leave in a million years.

GEN-TV really isn't commenting on the status of it's search for a replacement for Diane L. Swift, who succomb to complications of breast cancer, but insiders in the industry are anticipating a quick period of interviewing before a decision is made. According to those insiders at least two high profile executives are already being wooed to come aboard GEN-TV.

If rumors are to be believed it appears that GEN-TV is in talks with two high profile and sure to be controversial television industry personalities to head up GEN-TV studios. Rumors are running rampant that former FOX broadcasting president Sandy Gurshow is a top contender for the spot. Gurshow who spent the early half of his career at FOX Television where he helped launch the network and helped develop shows such as "The X-Files", "Beverly Hills, 90210", "America's Most Wanted", "Melrose Place" and "Married With Children" is rumored to be interviewing with GEN-TV Executives who apparently respect his knowledge of what makes great tv and his common sense approach to broadcasting.

Another rumor floating around Hollywood is that the network is thisclose to giving the job to former president of ABC Entertainment and currently one of the most sought after development executives/producers in the industry; Jamie Tarses. Tarses was head of ABC Television between 1996 and 1999 and had a stormy and rocky tenure their that left the network at the bottom of the ratings and without a hit until years after she left. Recently she's found a niche in developing series and selling them to other networks; she's recently developed series such as "my boys" on TBS and "Happy Endings" and "Mr. Sunshine" on ABC. She's become a well respected producer. Rumors are that GEN-TV is consdereing her to replace Diane Swift and that she'll be basically given "carte blanche" to create any identity she wants for the network. "GEN-TV is looking for somebody with both business savy and a strong creative instinct which they know she has and has in spades" says an insider. It appears that she would be a perfect match for the network as she loves creating "hip, youth oriented series focused on the younger demographics" which is right up GEN-TV's alley says an insider.

There are plenty of other names being floated around Hollywood but so far nobody is talking... Nina Tassler has declined saying she is happy at CBS where she's spent most of her career and wouldn't leave in a million years.

Just moments after Hollywood Today published this article we recieved a memo from GEN-TV announcing the offical appointment of the networks new Studio President.

GEN-TV has tapped Scott Horgan, a former executive at Comedy Centeral and TNT as the new President of GEN-TV Studios. He will replace Diane L. Swift who died of breast cancer and will oversee the syndication, production, business and distribution arm of GEN-TV. Bridget Klien will remain at GEN-TV Network where she has had massive success.

Scott Horgan is 43 years old and begun his career in 1994 when he was tapped as a Marketing Executive at FOX Television. He remained there until 1997 when he took a role in marketing at Comedy Centeral; by 2001 he was promoted to an Executive role at Comedy Central. In 2005 he left the network to work as a Development Executive at TNT where he helped developed shows such as "Into The West", "Wanted", "Trust Me", "The Closer" and "The Company". He also has producing and directing expierence. Early in his career he produced episodes of many of the shows at FOX including episodes of "Melrose Place", "The X-Files", "Party Of Five", "Married With Children" and "Lush Life". He also directed several episodes of "Party Of Five", "Signifigant Others", "Melrose Place" and "Ned & Stacey".

Horgan is considered a top get for the network as he has been sought after by many networks. As early as spring 2009 he was in advanced negoitations with both ABC and NBC but pulled out when TNT offered him a truckload of money to stay. He exits TNT as the networks drama division is shifting into a new direction and is being given new leadership.

The board confirms that he was appointed over two other top talents who were in consideration for the spot. They are Jamie Tareses, formerly of ABC and currently a top TV producer, and Patricia Meyers-Johnston, a former GEN-TV Executive.

Just a week after ABC cancelled her legal drama "The Whole Truth" for low ratings Maura Tierny (ER, Newsradio) is returning to scripted television. The actress has inked a deal to appear on GEN-TV's increasingly popular series "SISTERS". She will play a close friend and confidante to Sherry Stringfields character. Her character, Miranda Hudson will play an instrumental role in Stringfields character making a life altering career decision. She will first appear in a February sweeps episode when Stringfields character suffers an panic attack due to stress and rushes to the Emergancy room where her friend, Miranda works.


GEN-TV has also announced two more castings for their upcoming drama series "Smashed" about residents at a rehab facility. joining already announced James Marsden, Kathleen Robertson, Brooke Smith, Minka Kelly, Milo Ventimilgia, Camielle Guaty and Seth Gable will be:

Matthew Letscher (Eli Stone, Brothers & Sisters) who will play a registered nurse working at the rehab facility whose daily interactions with the patients will serve as a springboard for many of the series stories.

He is joined by Wally Kurth, a former soap opera actor who has appeared on General Hospital and Days Of Our Lives who will play a recovering alcholic who is entering his final months in the rehab and preparing to reneter the sober world for the first time in four years.

Monday, October 25th Ratings - YTN
YTN announced yesterday that all of their series would go on hiatus for the nearly the entire month of November and December, and return in January. It will limit the amount of repeats to be shown in 2011, but will two months kill the shows? The second to last episode of the year for Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.20 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) was even with last week. At 10pm, YTN aired an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 6.14 million; 18-49: 1.9/6), up a bit in total viewers and 0.2 demo points.

Night sixteen of recently renewed Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.98 million; 18-49: 0.9/3) was back up to its normal numbers after bad numbers (yet again) on Friday. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.85 million viewers and had a 0.9/3 demo.
Monday, November 1st Ratings - YTN
YTN started with night with an all new episode of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.18 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) which was even with last week. At 10pm, YTN aired a new Rule of Law (Viewers: 6.53 million; 18-49: 2.0/6), up 0.1 demo points from last week.

Night twenty one of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.79 million; 18-49: 0.9/3) was back up from its low Friday numbers. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.85 million viewers and had a 1.0/3 demo.

Tuesday, October 26th Ratings - YTN
Up against the return of Glee, Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.82 million; 18-49: 2.2/6) was down 0.2 demo points from last week. At 9pm, an all new Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 9.14 million; 18-49: 2.8/7) was down just 0.1 demo points despite a weaker lead in this week. With the show winding down, you can expect results to stay high for the last few weeks. Rounding out primetime was a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 11.29 million; 18-49: 3.1/8) which was up in total viewers and 0.1 demo points from last week.

Night seventeen of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.91 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was down in total viewers from yesterday, but up 0.1 demo points. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.98 million viewers and had a 1.0/3 demo.

Tuesday, November 2nd - YTN
YTN preempted most of its regular Tuesday night lineup with election specials. At 8pm, YTN aired 2010 Midterm Election Results (Viewers: 5.28 million; 18-49: 1.5/4), down from Pushing Daisies last week. At 9pm, YTN returned to its normal lineup with an all new Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 9.98 million; 18-49: 3.0/7). Looking for Love 3 was up 0.2 demo points despite the weakened lead in, but was probably helped by less competition. At 10pm, YTN went with more election coverage, airing 2010 Midterm Election Results (Viewers: 6.33 million; 18-49: 1.7/5). The results are down from regular programming, but the 1.7 demo should be enough to win the 10pm timeslot.

Night twenty two of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.45 million; 18-49: 0.8/3) was down with a weaker than usual lead in. At 11:30pm, YTN returned to its election coverage with 2010 Midterm Election Results (Viewers: 4.02 million; 18-49: 1.3/4). Those numbers include all time zones and the entire program until 2am, when it ended, thus the higher numbers are expected.

Tuesday, October 26th Ratings - YTN
Up against the return of Glee, Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.82 million; 18-49: 2.2/6) was down 0.2 demo points from last week. At 9pm, an all new Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 9.14 million; 18-49: 2.8/7) was down just 0.1 demo points despite a weaker lead in this week. With the show winding down, you can expect results to stay high for the last few weeks. Rounding out primetime was a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 11.29 million; 18-49: 3.1/8) which was up in total viewers and 0.1 demo points from last week.

Wednesday, October 27th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an all new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 6.04 million; 18-49: 1.9/6) was down another demo point. YTN has to start worrying as the numbers for Roommates are getting too low. Week eight of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 10.24 million; 18-49: 3.0/9) was down just a point in the demo. At 9pm, College (Viewers: 10.51 million; 18-49: 3.3/10) was even for the third week in a row. A new episode of last season's modestly rated Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 10.42 million; 18-49: 3.4/9) grew again this week, and for the first time, outrated College in the demo. At 10pm, week eight of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.16 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) was even with last week despite the introduction of A.J. Cook's character, Brenda. With four shows at a 3.0 demo or higher, YTN has to be very worried about the 2.0 demo that Roommates is pulling.

Night eighteen of Rock the Night (Viewers: 2.27 million; 18-49: 1.2/3) was way up from last night, but shy of a series high. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 2.01 million viewers and had a 1.1/3 demo.
Wednesday, November 3rd Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with an all new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 5.19 million; 18-49: 1.7/6) took another hard fall this week. Perhaps the competition from The Middle is taking a toll on Roommates, but the show was pulling a 4.0 demo each week last year. Do the math, and Roommates is down by more than 50%, yikes! Luckily, YTN is moving Roommates to Thursdays in February. Week nine of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 10.45 million; 18-49: 3.1/9) actually increased despite a semi-awful lead in. At 9pm, College (Viewers: 11.65 million; 18-49: 3.7/10) took a big jump this week, increasing 0.4 demo points. A new episode Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 11.34 million; 18-49: 3.6/9) was also up this week, but 0.2 demo points. At 10pm, week nine of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 10.98 million; 18-49: 3.2/9) was down 0.1 demo points to easily win the timeslot in the demo.

Night twenty three of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.86 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was back up with elections out of the way. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.98 million viewers and had a 1.1/3 demo.

GEN-TV Ratings for Wednesday, October 3, 2010:

Despite a strong line-up and decent ratings, GEN-TV still had to settle for 3rd place behind ABC's powerful comedy block and NBC's dark and intense dramas.


At 8pm, an all-new "Press Time" was watched by 14.44 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "This Just In" was watched by 13.35 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Women Of A Certain Age" in the first of it's last three episodes ever was watched by a pretty sad 9.1 million viewers and posted a 2.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 16.3 million viewers and posted a 4.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" with the first of 3 original episodes for the year was watched by 51.2 million viewers and posted a 6.8 in the 18-49 demo.

Fran Drescher, a sitcom veteran and Emmy-nominee for her work on "The Nanny" has inked a deal to appear on GEN-TV's upcoming sitcom "On The Air" as Fran Weissman; the producer of the daily radio advice show that Jeanne Grafalo's character works on. The series will debut in January on GEN-TV.

In other news, GEN-TV has announced that it will extend "Hot Tamales" third season through the summer. It was announced that the currently airing third season of the hit sitcom will air from January until April and will then go on hiatus until June when it will return for the second half of it's third season; which will air until September when the show will exit the schedule until mid-season.

The announcement reads:

GEN-TV is proud to announce the extension of our landmark sitcom "Hot Tamales" groundbreaking third season through the summer of 2011. The hit sitcom which debuted in summer 2008 and became a sensation will air from January through April 2011 and go on hiatus from April through June. It will reppear on the schedule with the second half of it's 3rd season in June 2011 and air through the entire summer until the fall season starts in September when it will again go on hiatus.

Since returning for it's third season "Hot Tamales" has proven to be a continued success; even though ratings don't match those of it's inital success in 2008 they are still above average for a series in it's third season.

Some in the TV industry are pretty curious about why GEN-TV has opted to continue airing "Hot Tamales" in the summer. Despite the fact the network has done this before with "Tamales" it seems odd to do so now when the series is declining in the ratings and they have other, much more popular shows that could benefit from airing in the summer. One insider suggets this could be a sneaky way for the network to quickly reach the 100 episodes needed for syndication in a quicker fashion. Currently the show is scheduled for a 25 episode season; but airing through the summer will double the number of episodes from 25 to 40. (that's 15 extra episodes). It appears that the network could be planning towards the show ending it's run as early as Spring 2012 by which time the series would be in the midst of it's fifth season and would have more than enough episodes for syndication.

One question people are asking is "why didn't GEN-TV bring back 'Second family" for a third season and also speed up it's syndication route? According to insider sources the creative development of that series was far behind "Tamales" and that's why. But some wonder if that makes any sense at all from a business prespective since the network hasn't yet turned a profit despite having huge series on their schedule.

GEN-TV announced tonight that in addition to airing brand new episodes of "Hot Tamales" this summer they plan to once again program aggresively this summer with several (at least four) of their current series airing original episodes this summer; in addition to some new programs as well. Bridget Klien says "The network had great success last summer with original programming and found several hit series in the deal; including "The Arrival" and "Postal" both of which became mega hits for our network". She announced that two of the current series that will air in summer are comedy series and one is a drama; the fourth is undecided as of yet. She said the network plans to air original episodes of "Knocked Down" and "West Of Broadway" during the summer. She says "Both of these freshmen series have proven to be tremendously popular with audiences and we believe airing several new episodes this summer will help the audience continue to fall in love with these series". The network says they also plan to air additional episodes of second season series "Life's Facts" which has seen tremendous growth this season while airing on Friday nights. Klien says "Given the timeslot it has been airing in this series has done very well all season and will air several episodes this summer to tide over audiences until the fall".

As for the drama, it is believed to be "One Of These Days" that will get the summer timeslot; however some insiders suggest it could be one of the network's freshmen series like "Sisters" or "Gone" which are doing excellent. GEN-TV says they'd prefer to reveal that series at a later date.

The network says they have plans to add some new programming this summer as well but it is too early to name those at this point. They said, none of last season's summer series will return.

Thursday, October 28th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off then night with an all new Singles (Viewers: 8.15 million; 18-49: 2.9/7) was down another 0.1 points to a season low. At 9:30pm, week eight of Living Life (Viewers: 6.85 million; 18-49: 2.2/6) was steady with its series low this week. Rounding out primetime was an all new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 11.42 million; 18-49: 3.2/9), up 0.1 demo points.

Night nineteen of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.96 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was way down from Wednesday, but still strong. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 2.05 million viewers and had a 1.1/3 demo.

Thursday, November 4th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, Singles (Viewers: 7.68 million; 18-49: 2.7/7) was down another 0.2 demo points to a new season low. At 9:30pm, week nine of Living Life (Viewers: 5.93 million; 18-49: 2.0/6) fell close to a million viewers and 0.2 demo points to a series low. Rounding out primetime was an all new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 10.19 million; 18-49: 2.8/9) which was down a steep 0.4 demo points. Reversing History finished in third place for the first time this season, losing to Private Practice and The Mentalist. It should be noted that Reversing History also hit a new series low.

Night twenty four of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.84 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was stable from last night and last weeks episode. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 2.19 million viewers and had a 1.2/3 demo.

GEN-TV smashed all other networks with the highest overall ratings any network has had since 1990. The network not only led all other networks among key demographics but was the most watched network on all of television.

GEN-TV Crowned #1...

At 8pm, it was a one-hour special called "A Boyfriends Thanksgiving" featuring our favorite characters from "Boyfriends" dealing with the holiday season as only they can, with style, humor and wit. The episode was watched by 42.5 million viewers and posted a 6.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Over My Head" was watched by it's largest audience ever 40.5 million viewers and posted a 7.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Hot Tamales" was watched by 43.9 million viewers and posted a 8.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Sisters" was watched by 35.7 million viewers and posted a 5.5 in the 18-49 demo.

The overall audience for the night was 162.6 million viewers and a 27.5 in the 18-49 demo.

GEN-TV previews some of their upcoming holiday specials for the next month and a half:

November 23 (Tuesday):

A Lesson In Humility (8-10pm): An aging former army captain comes face to face with his mortality when he is given less than a year to live after being diagnosed with a rare cancer. He must make amends to those he hurt in his life; including his ex-wife and his children whom he neglected and abandoned years ago. Starring: James Brolin, Jean Smart, Hadyen Paniterre, Minka Kelly, Josh Charles and Christina Applegate.


The Huntress Thanksgiving Special (10-11pm): Shannen Doherty and company head up this speical in which Sam and her team of bounty huntin experts take on a special assignment. Tracking down a missing solider who is about to become a father who has gone missing and is needed by his family.

November 30th (Tuesday):

Thanksgiving Reunion (10-12pm): An All-star cast heads up this poigant and moving family drama in which an estranged family reunites at Thanksgiving for the first time since the death of the beloved matriarch (Concettia Tomei) whose spirit is lurking around the house causing havoc for the family. Co-starring: Leah Thompson, Wendie Mallick, Noah Wylie, Melissa Joan Hart, Matthew Lawerence and others.

November 10th ( Wednesday):

Mariah Carey: The Last 10 years (8-10pm): America's #1 Diva, Mariah Carey performs this speical concert in which she serenades us with hits from the last ten years of her career. Spanning from 1999-Today this special will feature lots of memorable tunes and a preview of a special new holiday tune.

This Time Around: Thanksgiving Spectacular (10pm-12am):A special two-hour movie featuring the cast of America's #1 series.

These are just a few of the many speicals scheduled for the upcoming months.

Friday, October 29th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with a burnoff of Outburst! (Viewers: 2.96 million; 18-49: 0.8/3), which wad down 0.3 demo points to a new series low. Up next was the new 9pm timeslot occupant, Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.24 million; 18-49: 1.4/4), even with last weeks performance at 10pm. New 10pm occupants "Money" and Yahtzee! did not fare as well as Weekly Update. A new episode of They Work Hard For Their Money (Viewers: 3.1 million; 18-49: 1.1/3), down 0.2 demo points to a new series low. At 10:30pm, YTN aired a new episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 1.76 million; 18-49: 0.6/2) which was also down 0.2 demo points from last week.

Night twenty of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.04 million; 18-49: 0.5/1) was way down from Thursday to a new series low. The series low should be of no surprise since the show always collapses on Fridays. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.43 million viewers and had a 0.7/3 demo.
Friday, November 5th Ratings - YTN
YTN kicked off the night with another burnoff episode of Outburst! (Viewers: 2.26 million; 18-49: 0.6/2), which was down another 0.2 demo points to a new series low. Ouburst! tied NBC's School Pride for a last place finish at 8pm, yikes! An all new Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.48 million; 18-49: 1.5/4) was up 0.1 demo points to finish a strong third, behind CBS' CSI: NY and ABC's What Would You Do?. At 10pm, a new episode of They Work Hard For Their Money (Viewers: 2.98 million; 18-49: 1.0/3), down 0.1 demo points to a new series low. At 10:30pm, YTN aired a new episode of Yahtzee! (Viewers: 2.01 million; 18-49: 0.7/3) which was up 0.1 demo points from last week.

Night twenty five of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.28 million; 18-49: 0.7/2) fell to its usual low Friday numbers, but not as far as it usually does. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.41 million viewers and had a 0.7/3 demo.

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN PULLS THE PLUG EARLY ON OUTBURST!
With four total episodes from this season and last season remaining, YTN has pulled the plug on Outburst! two weeks earlier than expected. YTN cited the low numbers in both timeslots forced them to remove the series two weeks early. The Sunday 7pm timeslot will be filled with various encores of comedy series that include Kate and Zoe, College, Behind the Scenes, and Singles - Roommates and Living Life are not expected to air at 7pm. On Friday, things will look a lot different in two weeks. This week, YTN will move the final two episodes of They Work Had For Their Money to 8pm, while the final two episodes of Yahtzee! will air at 10pm. The following week, a new episode of Weekly Update will fill both the 8pm and 9pm hours - the only news magazine to air at 8pm. YTN says they are not burning off episodes since the series is fairly cheap to produce. Their overall goal is to build Fridays into a powerhouse again, and they can do that with Weekly Update. Encores of various drama series will fill the 10pm timeslot. Encores from season one of TAKEN and Reversing History will air in the timeslot until May 2011.

Here are the schedules you will see for the next few weeks:

Sundays (tomorrow - 11/6)
7/6c - Comedy Encores
8/7c - Locked (R)
8:30/7:30c - Locked
9/8c - The Weakest Link

Fridays (next week - 11/12)
8/7c - They Work Hard For Their Money (final two episodes)
9/8c - Weekly Update
10/9c - Yahtzee! (final two episodes)

Fridays (two weeks - 11/19)
8/7c - Weekly Update
9/8c - Weekly Update
10/9c - Drama Encores

Once again, GEN-TV Dominated Friday night and demolished CBS's "CSI: New York" and "Blue Bloods". It was #1 network of the night.

At 8pm, a brand new "Life's Facts" was watched by 16.8 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" was watched by 22.3 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "County General" was watched by 38.12 million viewers and posted a 5.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "One Of These Days" was watched by 45.68 million viewers and posteda a 7.4 in the 18-49 demo.



GEN-TV Ratings are compiled and published by Herring Media Inc., an independant TV ratings company. It is a subisdary of 5 Guys and A Girl Inc.,.

GEN-TV announced tonight that in addition to airing brand new episodes of "Hot Tamales" this summer they plan to once again program aggresively this summer with several (at least four) of their current series airing original episodes this summer; in addition to some new programs as well. Bridget Klien says "The network had great success last summer with original programming and found several hit series in the deal; including "The Arrival" and "Postal" both of which became mega hits for our network". She announced that two of the current series that will air in summer are comedy series and one is a drama; the fourth is undecided as of yet. She said the network plans to air original episodes of "Knocked Down" and "West Of Broadway" during the summer. She says "Both of these freshmen series have proven to be tremendously popular with audiences and we believe airing several new episodes this summer will help the audience continue to fall in love with these series". The network says they also plan to air additional episodes of second season series "Life's Facts" which has seen tremendous growth this season while airing on Friday nights. Klien says "Given the timeslot it has been airing in this series has done very well all season and will air several episodes this summer to tide over audiences until the fall".

As for the drama, it is believed to be "One Of These Days" that will get the summer timeslot; however some insiders suggest it could be one of the network's freshmen series like "Sisters" or "Gone" which are doing excellent. GEN-TV says they'd prefer to reveal that series at a later date.

The network says they have plans to add some new programming this summer as well but it is too early to name those at this point. They said, none of last season's summer series will return.

Benjamen Bratt will debut on "Hot Tamales" next week. He will play the owner of the L.A. Tamales club that Stacey is charged with opening up. He is a potential love interest for Stacey.