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factsoflife

11-27-2010, 03:40 PM

The cast of this series is shaping up quickly...

Network has just confirmed that they have cast THREE actors on the series; First up, "Once & Again" star Billy Campbell has been cast in a supporting role; as an formerly idealistic lawyer whose recent bout of losses have left him jaded and looking for something to reinvigorate his love the law, so he turns to Ramona who he went to law school with to help him out. They of course have previous romantic history.

Next up, Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friends Wedding, The Family Stone) has been cast in the leading role of Carlson Black III, Ramona's ex-husband who is a complicated, oftentimes selfish and othertimes very generous man whose on again off again love affair with Ramona never seems to be close to ending. His role in the series will be an partner in Ramona's new firm which he seems to believe won't survive but surprises him when it lands a high profile client and wins a high profile case previously thought to be unwinnable. He is described as "Dark and Cynnical at times, but generous, caring and loving at other times, a man of many contridictions and complications".

Lastly, the network has cast television regular Emily Rose (ER, Jericho, Brothers & Sisters) in a recurring, but potentially regular role as a intern Sara Jenkins who comes with some dark and complicated secrets which will cause serious concerns for the future of Ramona's firm.

Network has also confirmed they are in talks with a number of other "high profile talents" for regular and recurring roles on the series. They confirmed this when they also mentioned that talks with Jennifer Grey have fallen apart and she will not appear on the series.

The current cast lis is this:

Brooke Sheilds as Ramona Hazelton-Black
Dermot Mulroney as Carlson Black III
Billy Campbell as Victor Goldman
Emily Rose as Sarah Jenkins

GEN-TV has finalized the cast for "Black's Law" the new David E. Kelley drama series coming in January. Joining the already announced cast of Brooke Shields, Dermot Mulroney, Billy Campbell and Emily Rose are the following cast members...

Harry Hamlin, most famous for L.A. Law, but most recently for GEN-TV's "Starting From Scratch" and "Getting Over It" is joining this drama series in an undisclosed role. Also joining the cast are Kerr Smith, most recently from The CW's "Life Unexpected" but most famous for WB's "Dawson's Creek", as a young associate attempting to make a name for himself in all the wrong ways. He is a potential love interest for Emily Rose's character.

Also singing up are two veteran performers who will add a lot of legitmacy to the series; first up Ted Danson, most famous for his role on Cheers, but most recently for his Emmy-winning work on "Damages" has signed up as a strict and frankly beligerant judge who crosses paths with Ramona setting off a series of events nobody could have foreseen. Lastly, Rick Schroder, most famous for Silver Spoons and NYPD Blue has joined the cast as a Washington Lobbyist who earns the fury of Ramona when his conservative agenda makes it's way across her desk; sparking off a firestorm in the process.

factsoflife

11-27-2010, 03:45 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Friday, November 26, 2010:

GEN-TV rose to #1 on Friday night with the following line-up of original episodes:

At 8pm, a brand new "Life's Facts" was watched by 20.24 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo. It's highest demo in over a year.

At 830pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" was watched by 24.4 million viewers and posted a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo. It's highest total viewers all season.

At 9pm, a brand new "County General" was watched by 40.2 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "One Of These Days" was watched by 47.78 million viewers and posted a 6.2 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

11-27-2010, 03:50 PM

GEN-TV is wasting no time and has renewed three of their high performing drama series for next season. "Gone", "Sisters" and "L.A. Casino" will all return next season. The network has been throughly satisfied with the performance of all three series and will have them return.

The network has also renewed comedy series "Over My Head" and "Knocked Down" for additional full seasons.

They are expected to wait until May to decide on the rest of the shows on their schedule.

yankeesrj12

11-28-2010, 01:29 AM

yankeesrj12

11-28-2010, 01:35 AM

factsoflife

11-28-2010, 01:42 PM

Ratings for GEN-TV for Saturday, November 27, 2010:

GEN-TV pre-empted scheduled new episodes of their saturday night sitcoms to instead reair the well-received Bullying movie and special.

At 8pm, the network reaired their Original movie "Bullied" to an audience of 27.7 million viewers and posted a 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, the network reaird the original news speical "Bullied To Death: An American Epidemic" to an audience of 13.7 million viewers and posted a 5.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 12am, the network aired a specially produced and brand new episode of "Life's Facts" that poigantly addressed the issue of bullying head-on. The episode featuring guest star Chris Kolfer from "GLEE" as a gay teen being bullied was watched by 39.4 million viewers; and posted a 6.6 in the 18-49 demo. It was the highest rated episode of "Life's Facts" since last season and the highest demo the series has ever gotten.

GEN-TV was the #1 network on Saturday night.

factsoflife

11-28-2010, 02:26 PM

Dean Winters who has earned rave reviews this season for his twisted and haunting portrayl of psychopathic killer The Jade Scorpion on "The Huntress" will exit the series at the end of this season; as his character is expected to be killed off. Series Producer Sharon Hillcrest says "Dean has done an incrediable job this season and his work has excelled beyond any expectations. However it's time for this story to come to an end. The twists coming up will set the stage for the heart-stopping season finale in may. That finale will open up endless new story possibilities".

GEN-TV has also announced that the actor has joined the cast of upcoming legal drama "Black's Law" as an ambulance chasing attorney from a competing firm who unexpectedly asks Ramona for help in an odd case. Winters says of the role "It's one of those roles that will keep people guessing until the very end. The way it's being written its very ambigious and you aren't entirely sure if he's totally geunine or if he's just playing a game". "The fun part is that Ramona isn't a fool and can play right along, it's going to be excellent".

Black's Law is a new legal drama premiering on GEN-TV in January.

factsoflife

11-28-2010, 11:05 PM

GEN-TV has unknowingly launched a revolution this year as several of their series have featured the returns of former tv stars in roles that have redefined and reinvograted their careers. It started early this year when Laurie Metcalf, a multiple Emmy-winner for her role on the 80's and 90's sensation "Roseann" launched the successful sitcom "Never Again" which became the only successful member of GEN-TV's Saturday night schedule last season and earned Metcalf yet another Emmy. Due to the success of the series Metcalf earned a major salary boost and a producers credit. Last season GEN-TV's "POSTAL" another successful new sitcom launched and was a rare hit that featured all performers over the age of 40. All the cast members were part of major hits in the 80's and 90's; including Annie Potts who was an 80's movie mainstay in "Pretty In Pink" and the "Ghostbusters" franchise. On TV, she earned praise for her role as interior desinger Mary Jo Shively on the hit sitcom "Desinging Women". Potts has worked steadily since that show left the air in 1993 but hasn't had a role this big in years; she earned critical praise when this show debuted and earned an Emmy for the role; she's only been nominated once before, for "Love & War" a middling sitcom she starred in following the cancellation of "Desinging Women". For William Devane, who starred on "Knot's Landing" this show has reignited a stalled career "I hadn't worked on a quality program in over 10 years and was dying for something with substance, this series was a rare gem". The series stars bonafide movie star Joan Cusack as the postmaster of a rural Vermont post office who oversees an ecletic staff of co-workers.

This season GEN-TV launched one of the most successful sitcoms in recent history in "Over My Head" starring two huge stars of 80's television, Soliel Moon Frye who played spunky, adorable "Punky Brewster" from 1984 until 1988; and hadn't starred on a series since "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch" left the airwaves over 9 years ago. "It has totally turned my career around; it has eclipsed everything else i've ever done". The series is the #1 comedy series on TV right now, quickly surpassing hits like "Two and A Half Men" and "The Big Bang Theory". It reaches over 25 million viewers a week and has earned critical raves for it's ironic take on a family comedy. In the comedy Frye plays Ariel, an magazine editor who is fired when her political magazine is bought from under her and turned into a gossip magazine, which sparks an unfortunate situtation when she acts out against the publisher. unemployable in publishing she is hired by a former high school classmate, Sunny Van Husen, a sunny, perky and endlessly clueless sitcom starlet who is the polar oppositte of Ariel and blindsides Ariel by asking her to be the nanny to her brood of spoiled kids... Sunny is played by Pamela Anderson, who shattered many men's hearts in the 90's on "Baywatch" and made tabloid headlines herself. For Anderson, the road to TV success post "Baywatch" has been tough; she's tried sitcoms ("Stacked" last 12 episodes, and was critically savaged), her E! reality show flopped and she missed out on several big roles; including Susan in "Desperate Housewives" which relaunched Terri Hatchers career. Anderson is a bit more pragmatic about the success of this show simply saying "I'm taking it one day at at a time and enjoying every moment of it".

Among the other former stars regaining success on GEN-TV this season are James Caan, Gillian Anderson, Helen Hunt, Sherry Stringfield, Emilio Estevez, Chad Allan and several others. The cast of hit drama "SISTERS" alone is a whos who of 80's and 90's film and television including such big names as Alicia Silverstone ("Clueless"), Elizabeth Rohm ("Law & Order"), Lisa Nicole Carson ("Ally McBeal", "ER"), Ming Na ("ER"), Isiaha Washington ("Grey's Anatomy"), Jere Burns ("Dear John"), Jean Smart ("Desinging Women") and Maura Tierny ("ER"). The series also features two actors who made their career in daytime soap operas but have since found primetime success, a fact that alludes many daytime actors. David Canary worked on "All My Children" since the 1970's and won 9 Emmys for his role as twins Adam and Stuart Chandler but decided to retire from the series earlier this year admist budget cuts, pressure from network brass to take less episode guarentees and a diminished role on the series that he once was the star of. "I started my career on primetime on "Bonanza" and was lucky enough to get a role on daytime in the 70's after being out of work for years, and i'm so lucky to be on a show like this, doing work i couldn't have thought possible a year ago". Maura West, started on daytime in 1997 and has won three Emmy's and was once crowned by Soap Magazines as "Daytime's Best Leading Lady". After her soap opera, "As The World Turns" was cancelled by CBS this year she had a choice "take a role on another soap, which may not be long-lasting or take a chance at primetime". she says "i took a leap of faith and just went for it, luckily it worked out for me this time".

GEN-TV seems to have launched a revolution as every network right now is seeking once hot talent for their current crop of pilots.

factsoflife

11-29-2010, 05:23 PM

GEN-TV aired only reruns last night (Sunday, November 28, 2010) and thus ratings will not re released.

However, the network wants to note that all the episodes aired last night from 8-11pm were reruns of "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe". Without releasing the acutal numbers the network says "the ratings were great and we are satisfied".

factsoflife

11-30-2010, 09:42 PM

GEN-TV was all-new on Monday night and ranked as the #2 network on the dial:

At 8pm, GEN-TV aired an all-new "Doctor/Patient" to 19.2 million viewers and a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, an all-new "Knocked Down" was watched by 22.36 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 21.24 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Them & Us" was watched by 14.4 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "GONE" was watched by 25.6 million viewers and posted a 4.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "HOTEL" was watched by 13.46 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

jimpickens

11-30-2010, 10:06 PM

The ratings for all three networks were tallied up Monday and here they are.
RMTV will be getting and overhual after the first of the year to amend for the lagging rattings due to unintentienal neglect with emphasis on original programing.
TLTPN is still going strong although The Little Bastard Show has dropped down to #3 due to the shock factor wearing off plus the show was moved to 8PM but is still one of the networks rattings juggernuaght but the other shows did exeptionally well particually the new shows.
45 Caliber TV is still going stronger than ever and in honor of Bill Of Rights Day December 15th the whole month will be dedacated to the second admndment.

factsoflife

11-30-2010, 11:26 PM

yankeesrj12

11-30-2010, 11:54 PM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

ROCK THE NIGHT HALTS PRODUCTION
It may be late, but YTN just sent out the following notice:
As of Monday, November 30th, production will be halted on YTN's late night series, Rock the Night. No date has yet been set as to when production will continue again.

YTN gave no explanation as to why they halted production, but this can't be good news. Encores of Kate and Zoe will fill the 11pm timeslot next week.
RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN EXITS THE LATE NIGHT BUSINESS
After three short months, YTN is officially out of the late night business. Despite semi-strong numbers, usually tied or above that of TBS' Conan, YTN has pulled the plug on Rock the Night (hosted by Chris Rock). From a viewers standpoint, the news is kind of surprising in that the series was renewed through August a few weeks back and the numbers were strong enough to stay on the air. When you head behind the scenes, however, the cost of the show was too high to re-coup the advertising dollars and YTN had a strained relationship with Chris Rock. In a statement released by the network, the president says, "We thank Chris Rock and all his dedicated viewers, but at this point in time, Rock the Night will no longer air on YTN." Chris Rock did not put out a statement, but his publicist says, "Mr. Rock enjoyed his time on YTN, and he is sad that it could not continue. Chris thanks his viewers for sticking with him while on the air." Encores of Kate and Zoe are airing this week at 11pm, while encores of Family Guy will fill the 11pm hour for the rest of the season starting next week.

***STATEMENTS ARE FAKE AND WERE NEVER SAID BY CHRIS ROCK. THIS IS JUST FOR FUN.***

factsoflife

12-01-2010, 12:50 AM

GEN-TV's is adding another popular up and coming actor to the upcoming drama "SMASHED". Shawn Hatosy (Dexter, Southland) has joined the cast of the series in an undisclosed but pivotal role. In addition the actor has been given an overall development deal with the network worth over 3.1 million dollars.

In other news, David Duchvony has signed a far reaching development deal with the network; not as an actor, but as a producer. He currently stars on Showtime's "Californiacation" so he is not available to act; but is free to work as a producer. The first project he is setting up is a sexually charged erotic mini-series called "Till The End Of Time"; which spans 13 years in the emotionally charged, oftentimes violent relationship between an emotionally disturbed man and his on-again/off-again girlfriend. The project was written by Duchovny and is going to be produced by GEN-TV Studios to air on the network later this year.

America Ferrera has signed a two-year holding and development deal with GEN-TV. The "Ugly Betty" Emmy-winner was last seen on GEN-TV's "The Boy Next Door" as a guidance counsoler. Only two of her episodes aired before the show was cancelled. The deal calls for her to produce and act for programs on GEN-TV over the next two-years.

Craig T. Nelson and Meredith Baxter are set to go "POSTAL" the two veteran actors have signed on to star in the GEN-TV comedy "POSTAL" which is currently in it's second season and still going strong. Both will start work on the series in March and will recur through the rest of the season; the network has options on both actors waiting to be picked up for next season, depending on response to their characters.

factsoflife

12-01-2010, 09:26 PM

GEN-TV was the 4th place network on Tuesday with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a rerun of "Mixed Blessings" (the award-winning tv movie from last season) was watched b 11.1 million viewers and posted a 2.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new movie "Thanksgiving Reunion" was watched by 14.4 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

12-01-2010, 09:57 PM

GEN-TV has set airdates for all of their new series and the start of their January 2011 schedule.

First up, GEN-TV's Monday Schedule will kick-off on Monday, January 3rd with the following line-up:

8pm: The Arrival (Returns to Monday)
830pm: Knocked Down (Returns with all-new episodes--- special 1-hour episode)
930pm: Becoming Us (Series Premiere!)
10pm: Snatched (Moves to Monday!)
11pm: Gone (New Timeslot- Timeslot Premiere!)

The Following Week, January 10th; the regular line-up debuts:

8pm: The Arrival
830: Knocked Down
9pm: The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe
930: Becoming Us (regular timeslot debut)
10pm: Snatched
11pm: Gone

On January 4th, The Tuesday line-up debuts:
8pm: Doctor/Patient (new night & time)
830pm: This Just In (new night & time)
9pm: The Huntress
10pm: Smashed (Series Premiere!)

On January 5th, The Wednesday line-up debuts:

8pm: Press Time
830pm: On The Air (series premiere!)
9pm: Postal (new night & time)
930: West Of Broadway
10pm: This Time Around

On January 6th, the Thursday line-up kicks off with:
8pm: Something Old, Something New
830pm: Boyfriends
9pm: Over My Head (special 1-hour episode)
10pm: Sisters
11pm: L.A. Casino (new night & time)

Then on January 13th, the full Thursday line-up returns in tact:
8pm: Something Old, Something New
830: Boyfriends
9pm: Over My Head
930: Hot Tamales
10: Sisters
11: L.A. Casino

On January 7th, the Friday line-up gets a kick start with the following debuts:
8pm: Somebody Like Me (series premiere)
830: Teachers Pet (new night & time)
9pm: Hacked (Series Preview)
930: Never Again (special one-time airing)
10pm: One Of These Days

On January 14th, the regular line-up debuts:
8pm: Somebody Like Me
830: Teachers Pet
9pm: County General
10pm: One Of These Days

The Saturday line-up debuts on January 8th, with the following shows:
8pm: Hacked (Offical Series Timeslot Debut)
830pm: Like Mother, Like Daughter
9pm: Never Again (returns with all-new episodes; new timeslot)
930: Life's Facts (new night & time)
10pm: GEN-TV Movie

And The Sunday line-up returns on January 9th:
8pm: 50 Stops Before Home
830: Them & Us (new night & time)
9pm: Hotel (new night & time)
10pm: Lifeline (new night & time)

factsoflife

12-02-2010, 07:07 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Wednesday, December 1, 2010:

Congrats to GEN-TV for becoming the #1 network on Wednesday night thanks to reruns on ABC, CBS and NBC.

At 8pm, a brand new "Press Time" was watched by 28.4 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "This Just In" was watched by 17.3 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" (airing on a special night) was watched by 13.3 million viewers and posted a 4.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 21.2 million viewers and posted a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" was watched by 34.1 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

12-02-2010, 11:49 PM

YTN Press Release:
Series Updates
*THROUGH FRIDAY SERIES (October 5th)*
*Shows in BOLD have been given full seasons
Outburst! - 40/40 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 34/34 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 + 2 holiday specials

FALL '10-'11 SEASON:
Locked - 24/24 episodes have aired
Yahtzee! - 13/13 episodes have aired
Outburst! - 16/16 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 24/24 episodes have aired
Cops of New York - 24/24 episodes have aired
Rule of Law - 22/22 episodes have aired
Pushing Daisies - 24/24 episodes have aired + 2 specials
Looking for Love 3 - 12/12 episodes have aired + 1 special
TAKEN - 24/24 episodes have aired
Roommates - 23/23 episodes have aired
Kate and Zoe - 25/25 episodes have aired
College - 25/25 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 23/23 episodes have aired
They Work Hard For Their Money - 13/13 episodes have aired
TAKEN: Phoenix - 25/25 episodes have aired
Singles - 24/24 episodes have aired
Living Life - 17/17 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 24/24 episodes have aired
Weekly Update - 72/72 episodes have aired

MIDSEASON '11 SEASON:
Can You Beat Ken? - 13/13 episodes have aired
The Inside Job - 8/8 episodes have aired
Sisterhood - 16/16 episodes have aired
Looking for Love: 4Ever and Ever - 12/12 episodes have aired + 1 special

SUMMER '11 SEASON:
The Neighborhood - 8/8 episodes have aired
Our Family - 13/13 episodes have aired
Sing it Loud - 13/13 episodes have aired
Karaoke Challenge - 16/16 episodes have aired
The Rich Life: Love, Money, and Sex - 13/13 episodes have aired
$7.25 an Hour - 26/26 episodes have aired + 2 holiday specials
Detroit Homicide - 13/13 episodes have aired
Lie to Me - 13/13 episodes have aired

FALL '11-'12 SEASON:
TAKEN - 25/25 episodes have aired
Kate and Zoe - 25/25 episodes have aired
College - 25/25 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 25/25 episodes have aired
TAKEN: Phoenix - 24/24 episodes have aired
Cops of New York - 24/24 episodes have aired
Looking for Love 5 - 12/12 episodes have aired + 1 special
Weekly Update (Controversy and Murder Investigation) - 70/70 episodes have aired
Singles - 25/25 episodes have aired
Rebuilding My Life - 24/24 episodes have aired
Secret Service - 24/24 episodes have aired
Chicago District Attorney - 18/18 episodes have aired
Mother and Daughter - 25/25 episodes have aired
Call Girls - 24/24 episodes have aired
Roommates - 25/25 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 24/24 episodes have aired
The Inside Job - 22/22 episodes have aired
Can You Beat Ken? - 12/12 episodes have aired
Locked - 24/24 episodes have aired
The Weakest Link - 24/24 episodes have aired
The End of the World - 7/7 parts have aired

MIDSEASON '12 SEASON:
Sisterhood - 18/18 episodes have aired
Detroit Homicide - 15/15 episodes have aired
Beaufort County - 8/8 episodes have aired
Border Patrol - 8/8 episodes have aired
CHELSEA - 15/15 episodes have aired
Looking for Love: Second Chances - 12/12 episodes have aired + 1 special
Looking for Love: The Wedding Special - 2/2 parts have aired

SUMMER '12 SEASON:
Lie to Me - 20/22 episodes have aired
The Rich Life - 16/16 episodes have aired
$7.25 an Hour - 13/13 episodes have aired
The Neighborhood - 13/13 episodes have aired
Sing it Loud - 13/13 episodes have aired
Our Family - 13/13 episodes have aired
3 Months - 13/13 episodes have aired
Weight Race - 10/10 episodes have aired
Celebrity Move In - 10/10 episodes have aired
The Love Story - 10/10 episodes have aired

FALL '12-'13 SEASON:
TAKEN - 3/27 episodes have aired
TAKEN: Phoenix - 3/26 episodes have aired
Cops of New York - 3/26 episodes have aired
Call Girls - 3/26 episodes have aired
College - 3/26 episodes have aired
Kate and Zoe - 3/26 episodes have aired
Mother & Daughter - 3/26 episodes have aired
Reversing History - 3/26 episodes have aired
Roommates - 1/7 episodes have aired
Lie to Me - 0/13 episodes have aired
Singles - 3/26 episodes have aired
Behind the Scenes - 3/26 episodes have aired
CHELSEA - 3/26 episodes have aired
Looking for Love 7 - 3/13 episodes have aired + 0/1 reunion special
Rebuilding My Life - 3/26 episodes have aired
Secret Service - 3/26 episodes have aired
Locked - 3/26 episodes have aired
Chicago District Attorney - 3/13 episodes have aired
Border Patrol - 2/13 episodes have aired
Raising Teenagers - 3/13 episodes have aired
TAKEN: New Orleans - 3/13 episodes have aired
The Life of Gary - 3/13 episodes have aired
Blue Collar - 3/13 episodes have aired
Racially Divided - 3/13 episodes have aired

MIDSEASON '13 SEASON:
Therapy - 0/13 episodes have aired
Three Bitches - 0/13 episodes have aired
Coastal - 0/13 episodes have aired
Home Again - 0/13 episodes have aired
Secrets of a Small Town - 0/13 episodes have aired
Looking for Love 8 - 0/13 episodes have aired + 0/1 reunion special
Clerks of the Court - 0/13 episodes have aired
Serial - 0/13 episodes have aired

SUMMER '13 SEASON:
The Rich Life - 0/22 episodes have aired
Sing it Loud - 0/16 episodes have aired
Our Family - 0/16 episodes have aired
The Neighborhood - 0/13 episodes have aired
The Love Story - 0/13 episodes have aired
Weight Race - 0/10 episodes have aired

factsoflife

12-03-2010, 12:21 AM

GEN-TV's struggling daytime soap opera "OAKHURST", a political soap opera starring daytime television legends is continuing to underperform, most recently on Wednesday hitting a series low of 756,982 viewers and a series low .23 in the 18-49 demo. Not only is it the lowest rated series on daytime television; it is the lowest rated scripted program on all of television period. The ratings are lower than what got "Guiding Light" cancelled by GEN-TV a year ago, and 200% lower than what got that same program cancelled by CBS the year before that.

Industry insiders expect that GEN-TV won't stand for this and that the program will end sooner rather than later, however Bridget Klien insists "We remain fully committed to OAKHURST and believe it has the potential to breakthrough; we plan on giving it the fullest support we can".

This comes in the wake of the networks newest talk show "Chick Chat" reaching a series high of 7.7 million viewers and a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo. "Chick Chat has been a tremendous success for the network and the failure of OAKHURST is only illuminated in the wake of the talk show's success" says an insider.

factsoflife

12-03-2010, 12:27 AM

factsoflife

12-03-2010, 09:19 PM

GEN-TV was the #3 network last night with a mixtaure of reruns and new episodes (the schedule was changed at the last minuet).

At 8pm, a brand new "Never Again' was watched by 13.2 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a rerun of "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 15.67 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a rerun of "Knocked Down" was watched by 15.45 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 17.9 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "Sisters" was watched by 21.2 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

12-04-2010, 11:57 PM

Friday, November 26th Ratings - YTN
On this holiday weekend, YTN aired the 8pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 4.27 million; 18-49: 1.2/3) and 9pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.01 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) which were both down from last weeks numbers. At 10pm, an encore of Cops of New York (Viewers: 3.38 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was stable despite the holiday.

In late night, YTN aired an encore of Rock the Night (Viewers: 638,000; 18-49: 0.2/0) which is low for an encore. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.18 million viewers and had a 0.6/2 demo.
Friday, December 3rd Ratings - YTN
YTN aired the 8pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.09 million; 18-49: 1.3/3) and 9pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.16 million; 18-49: 1.4/4), both were up 0.1 demo points from last week. At 10pm, an encore of Cops of New York (Viewers: 3.59 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was up 0.1 demo points. Despite being an encore, Cops of New York was only 0.6 demo points behind CBS' Blue Bloods.

In case you're curious about the late night situation, YTN aired an encore of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 1.94 million; 18-49: 1.2/4) and an encore of Family Guy (Viewers: 2.19 million; 18-49: 1.3/4). Those are the highest numbers in late night on a Friday night for quite some time. Overall, Kate and Zoe encores averaged 2.47 million viewers and a 1.4/5 demo; great numbers for late night!

factsoflife

12-05-2010, 02:10 PM

GEN-TV aired only reruns on Friday and Saturday so ratings will not be published.

factsoflife

12-05-2010, 02:43 PM

factsoflife

12-05-2010, 03:01 PM

It was less than a month ago that GEN-TV realunched a struggling talk show starring Lisa Rinna into the successful phenom that is now "Chick Chat"; and with the show firmly entrenched in the top 3 programs on daytime tv, the network has decided to cut all ties with that old show. They have announced that they are dropping Lisa Rinna from the program totally, effective immeditely. Bridget Klien says "Lisa Rinna will no longer appear on Chick Chat and has appeared for the final time". No immedite reason was given for this sudden change, but rumors are swirling that Lisa had always been informed that her time on the show would be short-lived and that she was merely meant as a way of transitioning over from her old show. "It was made clear from day one that Joan Rivers would be the head moderator of the show and that Lisa was only a temporary presence on the show" says another insider.

It seems that GEN-TV doesn't know when to leave well enough alone. Their newest talk show "Chick Chat" is at the top of the daytime ratings game and is he most popular show among the 18-49 demographic in daytime but they still seem hell-bent on changing things. The network today announced another round of shake-ups and casting changes for this talk show; hot on the heels of announcing that Lisa Rinna would exit the series.

In an effort to fully inject "youth and young energy" into the show the network has announced that co-hosts Mary Hart, Jackie Harry and Leeza Gibbons will also leave the series. According to sources they have already aired their last episode.

They will be replaced by a group of younger co-hosts who will join exsisting hosts Joan Rivers, Sandra Bernhardt and Bill Bochrupt. First up the network has snagged another gay man to co-host; reality show contestant and celebirty spokespereson Riehchen Luhmkuhl has agreed to come on-board the series effective in January. Reichen is best known for winning the CBS reality show "The Amazing Race" and formerly dating Lance Bass of "NSYNC" fame. He currently stars in a LOGO cable network reality show "The A-List: New York".

Next up the network has signed singer and sometimes actress Mya to the panel, she is apparently to represent the African-American community which research shows the network is dying to attract to the series. Lastly the network has signed Melissa Rivers; daughter of Joan Rivers to the series. She and Mya will debut in February.

Bridget Klien says "the changes in casting for Chick Chat are due to extensive research and a comprehensive understanding that our audience is seeking a younger group of co-hosts". But what about Joan Rivers who is over 70 years old? according to Bridget "Joan was the one exception where research showed that age didn't matter; people just love Joan endlessly and didn't care about her age".

yankeesrj12

12-05-2010, 06:07 PM

factsoflife

12-06-2010, 01:29 AM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

THE RICKI LAKE SHOW JUMPS TO SERIES HIGH
Here are the ratings for the week from November 29th to December 3rd.

Monday - 1.65 million viewers; 0.8/3 demo
Tuesday - 1.47 million viewers; 0.7/3 demo
Wednesday - 1.98 million viewers; 1.0/3 demo <--- SERIES HIGH
Thursday - 1.73 million viewers; 0.9/3 demo
Friday - 1.84 million viewers; 0.9/3 demo

From YTN: "We are very proud of The Ricki Lake Show. To acheive series highs after two months on the air is a great accomplishment. A 1.0 demo for only two million viewers in daytime is just as impressive."

GEN-TV's newly appointed studio president Scott Horgan isn't wasting time getting his opinions out there about the shows that air on the competition. He was quoted in a New York Times piece on Page six as saying "YTN is dillsuional to continue trying to make people think that their Ricki Lake show isn't a total bust. Less than a million viewers and under a 2.0 in the demos does not a hit make". This is espeically timely as GEN-TV's "Chick Chat" recently hit the 7 million viewers mark on Wednesday and celebrated it's first 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

Horgan recently took over the Presidency of GEN-TV Studios from the late Diane L. Swift who died of complications from breast cancer early in October.

Horgan was also quoted as saying "Diane Swift was right about one thing; YTN is run by a bunch of yahoos who have no clue about how to run a network". He further said "GEN-TV is really the best network right now; we have more balance in our schedule than FOX, our shows have better production values than the CW and we did what ABC hasn't done and tapped fully into the gay market and made shows that mainstream America can also relate too". "YTN is a sinking ship and i doubt it'll be around much longer; espeically as GEN-TV works to continually expand our slate of programming".

Back to Ricki Lake, the talk show she hosts on YTN was recently the topic of discussions among some GEN-TV brass how have been quoted by The New York Times as saying "Ricki Lake on YTN is a utter and total disaster, thank god we passed on her when we had the chance and let another network deal with that egomaniac and have what is clearly a show that will never work."

yankeesrj12

12-06-2010, 11:58 PM

GEN-TV's newly appointed studio president Scott Horgan isn't wasting time getting his opinions out there about the shows that air on the competition. He was quoted in a New York Times piece on Page six as saying "YTN is dillsuional to continue trying to make people think that their Ricki Lake show isn't a total bust. Less than a million viewers and under a 2.0 in the demos does not a hit make". This is espeically timely as GEN-TV's "Chick Chat" recently hit the 7 million viewers mark on Wednesday and celebrated it's first 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

Horgan recently took over the Presidency of GEN-TV Studios from the late Diane L. Swift who died of complications from breast cancer early in October.

Horgan was also quoted as saying "Diane Swift was right about one thing; YTN is run by a bunch of yahoos who have no clue about how to run a network". He further said "GEN-TV is really the best network right now; we have more balance in our schedule than FOX, our shows have better production values than the CW and we did what ABC hasn't done and tapped fully into the gay market and made shows that mainstream America can also relate too". "YTN is a sinking ship and i doubt it'll be around much longer; espeically as GEN-TV works to continually expand our slate of programming".

Back to Ricki Lake, the talk show she hosts on YTN was recently the topic of discussions among some GEN-TV brass how have been quoted by The New York Times as saying "Ricki Lake on YTN is a utter and total disaster, thank god we passed on her when we had the chance and let another network deal with that egomaniac and have what is clearly a show that will never work."
YTN Slams GEN-TV
In a statement released by the President of YTN, he says, "I am proud of each and every YTN series. I stand behind the product we put out and I am always looking for something new and better each day. Viewers are flocking to our shows more than ever, so there is no reason to believe we are a 'sinking ship' that is run by 'a bunch of yahoos'. I respect GEN-TV, and their opinions, but they should check the facts before releasing such non-sense. Regarding their statement on Ricki Lake, I think it is false. Ricki has become the staple of our daytime lineup, and I see her with us for years to come. The audience is up from the encores we were airing at the same time last year, and is continually building from its lead in. She is paving the way for us to launch even more daytime shows in the afternoon. With all due respect, it is GEN-TV who should be careful of their 'Chick Chat' as they are making too many changes to quickly. I fully expect the audience to flee the show in droves."

:lol:

factsoflife

12-09-2010, 04:31 PM

GEN-TV has altered the remained of it's December schedule.

Tonight's schedule which was supposed be all-new episodes of it's regular Sunday night series has been changed and will instead be:

8pm: Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe (All-New Episode, 3rd to last episode of year).

830pm: Knocked Down (Rerun)

9pm: Postal (New, last episode of this year)

930pm: Doctor/Patient (new, last episode until January).

10pm: One Of These Days (rerun)

With this schedule change this marks the last episodes of "Doctor/Patient" and "Postal" until the January schedule launches. This also leaves several episodes unaired for "50 Stops Before Home"; which according to GEN-TV will not air the rest of the month.

GEN-TV has altered the schedule to effectively cause only rerusn and specials to air the remainder of the month; with a few notable exceptions. Here are when new episodes will air:

December 6th (Monday):

All new episodes will air of the following shows:
8pm: The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe (2nd to last episode until January)
830pm: Knocked Down (last episode until January)
9pm: Never Again (last episode until January)
930: Them & Us (last episode until January)
10pm: L.A. Casino (last episode until January)
11pm: GONE (last episode until january)

December 21st (Tuesday):
8pm: The Arrival (last episode until January--special 1-hour episode)
9pm: Press Time (Last new episode until January)
930pm: This Just In (last new episode until January)
10pm: Hot Tamales (last new episode until January)
1030: Something Old, Something New (last new episode until january)
11pm: Boyfriends (last new episode until January)
1130pm: County General (last new episode until January)

December 29th (Wednesday)
8pm: Snatched (last new episode until January)
9pm: This Time Around (last new episode until January--- special 2-hour episode)
11pm: Over My Head (last new episode until January)
1130: The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe (last new episode until January)

December 16th (Thursday)
8pm: Knocked Down (last new episode until January)
830pm: West Of Broadway (last new episode until January)
9pm: Life's Facts (last new episode until January)
930: Like Mother, Like Daughter (last new episode until Jan)
10pm: The Huntress (last new episode until January)
11pm: One Of These days (last new episode until January)

NOTES:

This leaves "50 Stops Until Home", "Teachers Pet", "Sisters", "Lifeline" and "Hotel" off the schedule until the new year. GEN-TV assures us that this is not a reflection on the performance of any of these series but was a decision made to accomodate GEN-TV Studios going dark between December 14th and January 2nd.

The only shows that will remain in production during this period of time are "Sisters", "Becoming Us", "On The Air", "Smashed", "One Of These Days", "This Time Around", "County General", "Gone", "Chick Chat" and "Oakhurst". This is due to the fact that three of these shows are working on their inital episode orders and haven't completed production yet and the remainder have large episode orders they must complete.

GEN-TV Ratings...

Sunday, December 5, 2010:

GEN-TV won Sunday night by a wide margin, beating out new episodes on ABC and destroying CBS.

At 8pm, an all-new "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 27.4 million viewers and posted a 4.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a rerun of "Knocked Down" was watched by 18.4 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, the mid-season finale of "Postal" was watched by 27.8 million viewers and posted a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, the mid-season finale of "Doctor/Patient" was watched by 26.17 million viewers and posted a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "One Of These Days" was watched by 19.3 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

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GEN-TV Ratings for Monday, December 6th, 2010:

At 8pm, a brand new "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 28.49 million viewers and posted a 5.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, the mid-season finale of "Knocked Down" was watched by 30.2 million viewers and posted a 6.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, the mid-season finale of "Never Again" was watched by 15.4 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, the mid-season finale of "Them & Us" was watched by 12.2 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the mid-season finale of "L.A. Casino" was watched by 23.4 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, the mid-season finale of "GONE" was watched by 34.5 million viewers and posted a 5.5 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

12-11-2010, 12:29 AM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN ORDERS 24 EPISODES FOR "COPS OF NEW YORK"
Only weeks after getting the boot to Friday nights, YTN has handed Cops of New York a full 22 episode season, plus an additional two episodes. The 22 episode order isn't all too surprising, but with the extra two episodes, Cops of New York has been given the largest order for a drama on the network. Cops of New York returns for the last 12 episodes beginning in January.

factsoflife

12-12-2010, 09:17 PM

GEN-TV's "Chick Chat" has another milestone to celebrate. The series on Wednesday marked a victory most talk shows do not reach. GEN-TV's freshmen series has been given several major votes of confidence by the network. First off, prepare to be seeing a lot of the Chick Chat hosts as the series has signed many huge and lucrative endorsement deals; among them:

United Airlines: Chick Chat has become the talk show of United Airlines. The aerospace giant has agreed to air episodes of the talk show on their international and domestic flights starting in May 2011. In addition to that, cast members from the series will appear in a series of television and print ads for the airline starting in May 2011.

K-Mart & Sears: The cast has been signed to appear in up to 15 television, print and radio spots for Sears and K-Mart within the next 4 years; starting in April 2011. In addition to this; GEN-TV is working with the retail giant (K-Mart/Sears Corporation) to create a line of lifestyle and home goods featuring the Chick Chat logo and cast, to be sold exclusively in K-Mart and Sears stores starting in March 2012.

Sprint-Nextel: Chick Chat has found a home on Sprint-Nextel mobile devices; as the mobile phone company has agreed to allow episodes of the series to be downloaded onto sprint-nextel mobile devices and phones. As well as the introduction of several chick chat centric applicatons that will be available starting in February 2011.

In other news; this series has been sold into international syndication in 14 different countries starting in February 2011.

Countries such as Mexico, Bahamas, France, Switzerland, Germany, England, Canada, Brazil, Turkey, Argentina, Uraguay, Austriallia, Amsterdam and Poland have bought the rights to broadcast the series. The episodes will be edited from the original U.S. broadcasts and will be dubbed into the appropriate languages. In Mexico the episodes will be available in both English and Spanish. In Canada episodes will be available in English and in French.

The series fetched a healthy 12.34 million dollars in overseas sales since being offered earlier this month at an international syndication meeting.

factsoflife

12-12-2010, 09:22 PM

Scott Horgan, who just recently took the office of President of GEN-TV Studios has already insulted his co-worker Bridget Klien. The outspoken and sometimes hostile executive who has a reputation of being a bit of a chauvinist was asked by a press reporter what he thought about Bridget Klien's job running GEN-TV Network and he responded "For a chick she's doing fine; but i'd obviously rather have a guy running the network. Men are just smarter at most things than chicks to get too emotional and can't think logically".

A rep for Klien refused to comment on this story and Horgan's people did not return our phone calls.

yankeesrj12

12-13-2010, 04:32 PM

Friday, December 3rd Ratings - YTN
YTN aired the 8pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.09 million; 18-49: 1.3/3) and 9pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.16 million; 18-49: 1.4/4), both were up 0.1 demo points from last week. At 10pm, an encore of Cops of New York (Viewers: 3.59 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was up 0.1 demo points. Despite being an encore, Cops of New York was only 0.6 demo points behind CBS' Blue Bloods.

In case you're curious about the late night situation, YTN aired an encore of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 1.94 million; 18-49: 1.2/4) and an encore of Family Guy (Viewers: 2.19 million; 18-49: 1.3/4). Those are the highest numbers in late night on a Friday night for quite some time. Overall, Kate and Zoe encores averaged 2.47 million viewers and a 1.4/5 demo; great numbers for late night!
Friday, December 10th Ratings - YTN
YTN aired the 8pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.17 million; 18-49: 1.3/3) and 9pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.29 million; 18-49: 1.3/4), with the 9pm episode down a point from last week. At 10pm, an encore of Cops of New York (Viewers: 3.69 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was up in total viewers, but down in the demo.

In case you're curious about the late night situation, YTN aired an encore of Family Guy (Viewers: 2.14 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) and another encore of Family Guy (Viewers: 2.26 million; 18-49: 1.4/4). I guess we now know why YTN pulled the plug on original programming in late night.

factsoflife

12-15-2010, 06:55 PM

GEN-TV's sitcom Life's Facts earned the hatred of many religious groups last year for it's abortion themed episode and for generally having an anti-religious attitude. Top Catholic magazines scorned the series for "skewing too obviously towards liberals and straying from traditional values". In it's second season however the series has undergone a total overhaul and has according to Christian Family Issues magazine "corrected it's liberal bias and found it's footing among the great pro-christian series of all-time". The series was named by that magazine as 2010's "Best TV Comedy" beating out the hit ABC comedy "Modern Family" which the magazine criticized for "highlighting a gay couple and interracial couple as part of some sort of new age American family and overlooking the traditional and more realistic family that built America". Among the worst of the year according to the magazine were FOX's "GLEE" which they say "focuses far too much on approving alternative lifestyles and not enough on making people understand how to fit in within a religiously fueled world".

While "Life's Facts" earned top scores the network it airs on GEN-TV earned the second lowest score on the annual survey of year-ends best; only the CW scored worse; for its "over-reliance on satanic and evil themes and shows such as "supernatural", "the vampire diaires" and "smallville" and it's oversexualized images as seen in "gossip girl" and "hellcats"."

factsoflife

12-18-2010, 03:28 AM

GEN-TV Ratings for December 16th, Thursday:

GEN-TV was the #1 network on Thursday night with the following line-up:

December 16th (Thursday)
8pm: Knocked Down (last new episode until January)----18.4/3.4
830pm: West Of Broadway (last new episode until January)-----11.12/2.7
9pm: Life's Facts (last new episode until January) --------------13.3/1.3
930: Like Mother, Like Daughter (last new episode until Jan)------9.1/1.7
10pm: The Huntress (last new episode until January)-------------23.31/4/5
11pm: One Of These days (last new episode until January) ------58.8/7.2

factsoflife

12-18-2010, 03:32 AM

Chick Chat hit a series high on Friday with 8.13 million viewers tuning in and a stunning 6.2 in the 18-49 demographic. This marks the highest rating a daytime talk-show has had since "Deidra Hall" last year. The achievement of Chick Chat comes during a week when other networks have criticized the series and declared that viewers would leave in droves.

yankeesrj12

12-19-2010, 08:02 PM

Friday, December 10th Ratings - YTN
YTN aired the 8pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.17 million; 18-49: 1.3/3) and 9pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.29 million; 18-49: 1.3/4), with the 9pm episode down a point from last week. At 10pm, an encore of Cops of New York (Viewers: 3.69 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was up in total viewers, but down in the demo.

In case you're curious about the late night situation, YTN aired an encore of Family Guy (Viewers: 2.14 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) and another encore of Family Guy (Viewers: 2.26 million; 18-49: 1.4/4). I guess we now know why YTN pulled the plug on original programming in late night.

Friday, December 17th Ratings - YTN
YTN aired the 8pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 4.03 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) and 9pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 4.42 million; 18-49: 1.1/3). While both episodes did drop, the 8pm episode was a series low. At 10pm, an encore of Cops of New York (Viewers: 3.45 million; 18-49: 0.9/3) was down a tick in the demo.

In case you're curious about the late night situation, YTN aired an encore of Family Guy (Viewers: 2.11 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) and another encore of Family Guy (Viewers: 1.95 million; 18-49: 0.9/3).

yankeesrj12

12-19-2010, 08:06 PM

factsoflife

12-20-2010, 02:21 AM

Executive Producer David E. Kelley promises that when new episodes resume in January that fans of his medical drama "County General" will be treated to some long awaited answers on some of the shows centeral mysteries; including who is behind those saucy and scandalous photos that have been driving Dr. Harley McKenzie (Geena Davis) crazy all season long; even reducing her to a anger fueled breakdown during a administration meeting and causing her to miss some big appointments; which has hurt her reputation. He says "Within the first two episodes back we'll reveal exactly who or what has leaked those photos all around the hospital and why they did so" he teases "the answer will surprise many and will set the stage for the remainder of the season which will usher us into the next chapter of her story".... He also previews some of the other stories planned for the second half of the season; including the long-awaited Bhaltazar Getty story which he promised earlier this year would change the face of television, "Bhaltazar appears in our third episode back and his story is a big one, big in every way". The story is being touted as timely, topical and groundbreaking; but nobody is discussing what exactly that story will entail. Kelley says "It's far better to let the viewers figure this one out on their own, otherwise it would ruin the fabric of the story".

In other County General news; poor nurse adele soronson (neve campbell) has been going certifably insane all season long; after being strapped to a bomb and surving she's seen the relationship with her longtime lesbian lover crumble as she deals with the aftermath of that expierence. Add to that the fact that her partner who we haven't yet seen on-screen has been dealing with non-hodgkins lymphomna and it makes for a very dramatic story. Kelley teases "We are going to see a lot more of Adele and her partner, Michelle (who finally gets a name) in the remainder of the season" he does however state "we won't actually see Michelle on-screen; having her referenced but not seen has worked tremendously well and has added a layer of mystery we hadn't anticipated". He also says "not everything for Adele will be so dramatic, we have a few light things coming up as well".

He also promises that these upcoming episodes will also appease some fans of the show who have complained about the lack of storyline for Ben Savage and Sarah Paxton; he says "We definetly have a huge story upcoming for both Ceceila and Greg which will push boundaries".

And lastly he says "Sela Ward will be back with the last of her episodes for this season". Her first three appearances as Hillary Weston-Ellis were earlier this spring and were mildly succesful; but Kelley promises that "these last three episodes will be much more substantial and will feature a clear resolution", something that the last few episodes did not "i guess it confused fans the way we ambigiously just cut away from Hillary and didn't say if she'd be back or not" said Ward in a recent interview "these next episodes will be much clearer about the state of Hillary's presence in the hospital and in Grant's life (Grant Ellis played by Tim Matheson)"

factsoflife

12-21-2010, 02:14 AM

GEN-TV won't release their full year-end ratings until December 20th, 2010, but here is a preview of what is to be expected:

Despite record ratings this season, "Hot Tamales" is not expected to be among the top 10 shows on the network this season. An insider explains "Tamales didn't air for much of the season and when it returned for it's third season ratings were down a bit. But the bigger issue is that other shows had stronger ratings all year".

The top ten is expected to include several new, big hits; including highly performing drama series "Gone", "L.A. Casino", "Sisters" and "Hotel".

New Comey smashes "Over My Head", "Knocked Down" and "Elizabeth Bordoe" are all expected to place highly on the list.

The lowest rated series on the network this season include several shows that were quickly cancelled as well as a few that made it through most of the year.

Here are the offical year end tallies for GEN-TV Programming between January 1, 2010 and December 20, 2010.

This is just the Top 20 Programs Broadcast by GEN-TV on these airdates, The full list will be released in a few weeks.

* equals title has been abreviated.

Series Rank Series Title Yearly Average (in Millions)
1 This Time Around 54.4 mill
2 One Of These Days 49.5 mill
3 Hot Tamales 33.5 mill
4 Sisters 29.4 mill
4 Over My Head 29.4 mill
5 County General 29.2 mill
6 Gone 29.1 mill
7 L.A. Casino 28.4 mill
8 Knocked Down 20.3 mill
9 Elizabeth Bordoe * 20.1 mill
10 Doctor/Patient 20.0 mill
11 The Huntress 19.88 mill
12 Snatched 19.73 mill
13 Never Again 19.67 mill
14 The Arrival 19.64
15 Postal 19.44
16 Hotel 19.40
17 Press Time 19.29
18 West Of Broadway 19.20
19 Say Cheese 19.12
20 Lifeline 19.11

yankeesrj12

12-21-2010, 05:29 PM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

HITS AND MISSES OF 2010 - YTN
Here are the hits and misses for YTN this year:

HITS
Moving TAKEN
When YTN moved the series, everyone thought it was being left to die, luckily for them, it exploded into a hit. The series sat around a 2.0 demo before reaching a 3.0 demo in its current timeslot. The show became big enough that it was given a spinoff, TAKEN: Phoenix, which is also a hit.

Moving Looking for Love
Looking for Love originally premiered on Friday, a wasteland for television. The series was able to achieve a 3.0 demo on Fridays, but YTN pulled it off the night, and shipped it off to Tuesdays. With the move, YTN finally found a hit behind Pushing Daisies.

Ending Pushing Daisies
While the series won't officially end until 2011, YTN announced earlier this year that the show was coming to an end. It is good to see a network take a series that is still doing good, and ending it before it dropped creatively.

Kate & Zoe
The show was called the best of the YTN crop of new shows, and it's doing the best. It may be too soon to give it another season, but I think we have a new hit comedy for YTN.

Cutting Back on Reality
YTN announced a few months back that they were not ordering any more reality series, with the exception of more seasons for the current crop. Many on the message boards on YTN's official site complained about the reality shows and the network listened.

Reversing History
A clever series for all viewers, this show has just started gaining critical acclaim. Premiering huge, the series has settled into the 3.0 demo range, and has become one of the best dramas on the network.

Weekly Update
Despite being low rated (1.0-1.5 demo) the show is a great watch. The network is trying to regain its foot in the news world, and this is just the way to do it. It also makes for a good Friday night series!

MISSES
Renewing The One for a Third Season
The One became a surprise hit in the summer of 2009, so YTN did what any smart network would do, and ordered a second season. The second season went to normal castmembers, and plummeted in ratings. Anyways, you would think that would be the end, but YTN ordered a new season and premiered it in January to terrible numbers. YTN took a hit and killed it quite fast.

Late Night
What a mess! Three shows in two months, all cancelled or moved to daytime. While Rock the Night did have some success, he became too expensive, so YTN reverted to encores of Family Guy again.

Roommates to 8pm
What a disaster! The show was a huge hit for a whole season behind College, and fell apart when shipped to 8pm. YTN became so nervous they moved the show to Thursdays after Singles.

Dr. Heart
The show started strong (ratings and writing), fell quickly (ratings and writing), and finished strong (writing). If YTN had found better writers for those few episodes, the series could have done well. Instead, you had a pile of garbage (those few episodes) worse than Grey's Anatomy.

Too Many Game Shows
YTN went game show crazy, ordering Outburst!, The Weakest Link, Can You Beat Ken?, Locked, and Yahtzee. Of those shows, only one (TWL) is a moderate hit. The rest either started strong and collapsed, started weak, or sailed along. YTN has already started looking for a new Sunday concept by scheduling much-anticipated The Inside Job on the night at 10pm.

Family Super Challenge
You're probably saying, what is that? That's why it's on the list.

yankeesrj12

12-23-2010, 12:08 AM

Tuesday, December 21st Ratings - YTN
For the first time in a month, YTN has original programming on a night other than Friday. At 8pm, YTN kicked it off with an encore of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 3.83 million; 18-49: 1.4/4). At 9pm, YTN aired two Christmas episodes of summer series $7.25 an Hour. The 9pm episode (Viewers: 6.87 million; 18-49: 2.0/7) and the 9:30pm episode (Viewers: 6.31 million; 18-49: 1.8/6) were both way down from the summer numbers, but respectable for the holiday time. YTN finished primetime with an encore of TAKEN (Viewers: 7.28 million; 18-49: 1.9/6).

factsoflife

12-23-2010, 07:56 PM

GEN-TV ratings for Tuesday, December 21, 2011:

December 21st (Tuesday):
8pm: The Arrival (last episode until January--special 1-hour episode------14.5/3.2
9pm: Press Time (Last new episode until January) -----------------------------13.45/2.9
930pm: This Just In (last new episode until January)-----------------------------11.3/1.2
10pm: Hot Tamales (last new episode until January)-----------------------------10.45/1.4
1030: Something Old, Something New (last new episode until january-------15.6/3.6
11pm: Boyfriends (last new episode until January) -------------------------------18.3/3.7
1130pm: County General (last new episode until January) ---------------------21.1/3.5

yankeesrj12

12-27-2010, 02:40 PM

Friday, December 17th Ratings - YTN
YTN aired the 8pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 4.03 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) and 9pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 4.42 million; 18-49: 1.1/3). While both episodes did drop, the 8pm episode was a series low. At 10pm, an encore of Cops of New York (Viewers: 3.45 million; 18-49: 0.9/3) was down a tick in the demo.

In case you're curious about the late night situation, YTN aired an encore of Family Guy (Viewers: 2.11 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) and another encore of Family Guy (Viewers: 1.95 million; 18-49: 0.9/3).

Friday, December 24th Ratings - YTN
YTN aired the 8pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 4.63 million; 18-49: 0.8/2) and 9pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 4.77 million; 18-49: 0.8/3). At 10pm, an encore of Cops of New York (Viewers: 4.26 million; 18-49: 0.9/3) did fine for the holidays.

factsoflife

12-28-2010, 09:27 PM

GEN-TV is a network that likes to make bold moves and they've made a pretty giant move this week by announcing end dates for two of their top rated programs, a mere two seasons ahead of schedule. The networks new head honcho Scott Horgan announced that both "Hot Tamales" and "One Of These Days" will end in 2012.

"Hot Tamales" is the networks #1 rated comedy series and just finished it's 3rd season for the network. Horgan announced that the series will return to the schedule for it's 4th season in April 2011, and air until July 2011. It will then take a brief hiatus until October 2011 when it returns for the final part of it's 4th season. It's 5th and final season will debut in April 2012 where it will air until September 2012, just prior to the launch of the offical 2012 fall season. The decision was made based on a myriad of factors, including ratings, creative longevity and cost. By it's fifth season the series will have reached the magic 100 episodes needed for syndication and will be nationally syndicated.

As for "One Of These Days", the highest rated program in GEN-TV history; producers have known for sometime that the creative vision of the show wasn't going to last forever and with the children characters growin up the series has a shelf life. The series will air for two more seasons; and will exit the schedule in a big way in 2012.

Currently in its second season, the series will air until April when it will go on a hiatus. It will return to start it's 3rd season in June and will air until December 2011. Then it will return in January 2012 with it's 4th season which will air until April 2012. It will return for it's 5th and final season in June 2012 and will air through November 2012 when it will air it's spectacular final broadcast. The decision to end the show was made jointly by the series producers and the network who worked together to come up with an end plan they could both live with.
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One Of These Days will have produced just under 100 episodes, about 92 approximately when it exits television but it should still be a solid performer in syndication.

factsoflife

12-28-2010, 09:37 PM

Effective immedietly GEN-TV networks has announced that they will now be reffered to in-print as gentv, which reflects the on-air change already seen. Earlier this year the network changed their on-screen logo to gtv.

In other gentv news,

While "One Of These Days" and "Hot Tamales" both prepair for the end of their run, another GEN-TV hit is gearing up for a much longer run, as the network works to soldify their long-term plans. The network has announced that they have more than doubled the current episode order for hit series "This Time Around" which has now been offically renewed through 2017. That is an additional 7 years on the air. Scott Horgan and Bridget Klien said in a joint statement "This Time Around is a timeless series that has endless appeal, it's ratings and creative growth continue to impress us and we are delighted to have this series among the shows we want on our schedule for a long-term period of time". In additon to this the network has granted huge salary bumps to it's stars, with a 5% pay raise effective next season; 10% the following year and an additional 11% each additional season. Should the series actually run for this long this would make both stars multi-billionaires by the time the series ends in 2017. If the show actually runs beyond 2017, though unthinkable, the stars would be entitled to an additional salary bump of 12%.

factsoflife

12-28-2010, 10:01 PM

gentv the best network on the air has ordered several high profile pilots in contention for the fall season; including:

East Vs. West (working title): a modern day version of West Side Story set in a L.A. suburb the features to rival high schools; one on the East Side featuring the wealthiest students in the town and the other in the West Side featuring the poorest students in the town, and the bitter rivarly that sparks when the most popular male student from the poor side starts dating the most popular female from the rich side. Kevin Williamson (The Vampire Diaries, Dawson's Creek) is penning the pilot script, but his day to day involvement is up in the air should it go to series.

Tracie: It's Ally McBeal meets Queer As Folk as Tracie Stevens, a 30-something year old gay interior desinger is starting to hear his internal clock ticking and wants to meet mr. right and settle down. The problem is that he's stuck in a loveless marriage to Thom, his high school sweetheart he married when it became legal in California, and he isn't sure how or if he should end it. Complicating things more is the lengthy legal battles he's facing from his ex-business partner who is suing him for 60,000 dollars after they decided to dissolve their partnership in a catering company.

yankeesrj12

01-01-2011, 05:45 PM

Friday, December 24th Ratings - YTN
YTN aired the 8pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 4.63 million; 18-49: 0.8/2) and 9pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 4.77 million; 18-49: 0.8/3). At 10pm, an encore of Cops of New York (Viewers: 4.26 million; 18-49: 0.9/3) did fine for the holidays.

Friday, December 31st Ratings - YTN
YTN aired the 8pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 4.24 million; 18-49: 0.7/3) and 9pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 4.16 million; 18-49: 0.7/2). Beginning at 10pm (an hour later than announced in October), YTN aired Rock the Night: New Years Eve with Chris Rock (Viewers: 3.38 million; 18-49: 0.6/2). The special New Years Eve event (Viewers: 4.85 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) had a good jump at midnight to ring in the new year. YTN's New Years Eve special skewed quite old, and finished behind both ABC and NBC.

Program Alert: Looking for Love 3: The Reunion will air on Monday, January 3rd at 8/7c, leading into the two hour winter premiere of Rule of Law.

factsoflife

01-03-2011, 01:17 AM

yankeesrj12

01-03-2011, 08:40 PM

Sunday, January 2nd Ratings - YTN
The only original programming on the night for the network, the YTN Midseason Preview Show (Viewers: 3.96 million; 18-49: 0.9/3) got little traction, but it could be good for the network. Midseason preview specials tend to do low numbers, but it always gives their new shows more exposure.

factsoflife

01-03-2011, 09:54 PM

GEN-TV has updated their Daytime and Weekend Schedules; effective immediately.

DAYTIME:

4am: Sally Jesse Raphael Show (classic episodes—New timeslot)
430: Judge Judy (current episode)
5am: Judge Judy (classic episode)
530: Mad About You
630: Mad About You
7am: Jeopardy (classic episode)
730: Wheel of Fortune (classic episode)
8am: Law & Order (new to GEN-TV)
9am: Law & Order (new to GEN-TV)
10am: Deidra Hall
11am: Chick Chat
12pm: Cash Cab (classics)
1pm: General Hospital Classics
2pm: One Life to Live Classics
3pm: All My Children Classic
4pm: As the World Turns Classic
5pm: Sunset Beach (new timeslot)
6pm: Strong Medicine (new timeslot)
7pm: Any Day Now (new timeslot)

GEN-TV Daytime is mostly the same with shows simply switching timeslots. Classic soap operas move to mid-afternoon to make room for the launch of "Law & Order" which finally shows up on the GEN-TV Schedule months after a law-suite. "Mad About You" gains a second airing but moves to 530 am instead of 4am. Jeopardy joins the schedule to air with Wheel Of Fortune. Cash Cab and Classic As The World Turns episodes join the schedule.

WEEKEND:

Saturday:
Morning:
5am: Everybody Loves Raymond
530: Everybody Loves Raymond
6am: The King Of Queens
630: The King Of Queens
7am: Grace Under Fire
730: The Nanny
8am: The Nanny
830: Murphy Brown (new timeslot)
9am: Murphy Brown (new timeslot)
930: Cybill (new to GEN-TV)
10am: Thirtysomething (new timeslot)
11: Party Of Five (returns to GEN-TV)

Afternoon:
12pm: Ugly Betty (new to GEN-TV)
1pm: Samantha Who? (reruns, new to GEN-TV)
130: Samantha Who?
2pm: Married with Children (new to GEN-TV)
230: Married with Children (new to GEN-TV)
3pm: Unhappily Ever After (returns to GEN-TV)
330: Unhappily Ever After (returns to GEN-TV)
4pm: Grounded For Life (new timeslot)
430: Grounded For Life
5pm: Blossom (new timeslot)
530: Moesha (new timeslot)
6pm: Saved By The Bell (new timeslot)
630: Saved By The Bell
7pm: California Dreams (new timeslot)
730: Hang Time (new to GEN-TV)

Sunday:
Morning:
4am: Our House (new to GEN-TV)
5am: Sisters (1990's version, New to GEN-TV)
6am: Daria (Returns to GEN-TV)
630: Daria
7am: Ally McBeal (New to GEN-TV)
8am: The Practice (returns to GEN-TV)
9am: Judging Amy (returns to GEN-TV)
10: NYPD BLUE (New to GEN-TV)
11: Homicide: Life On The Street (new to GEN-TV)

Afternoon:
12pm: New York Undercover (returns to GEN-TV)
1pm: Missing Persons (New to GEN-TV)
2pm: Without A Trace (Returns to GEN-TV)
3pm: Felicity (Returns to GEN-TV)
4pm: Roswell (Returns to GEN-TV)
5pm: Life Unexpected (New to GEN-TV)
6pm: Second Noah (Returns to GEN-TV)
7pm: Something So Right (new to GEN-TV)
730: Malcolm In The Middle (new to GEN-TV )

yankeesrj12

01-04-2011, 04:14 PM

Monday, November 22nd Ratings - YTN
YTN continues to bounce around on Monday nights. The fall finale of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.26 million; 18-49: 2.0/6) was up over 2 million viewers and 0.4 demo points to it's highest numbers in two weeks. Remember, this is the final airing of Cops of New York on Monday nights, it shifts to Fridays when it returns in January. At 10pm, the fall finale of Rule of Law (Viewers: 3.77 million; 18-49: 1.3/5) was steady with last weeks series low. Retention out of Cops of New York was a measly 60% in total viewers and 65% in the demo. Rule of Law had held onto only 43% of it's audience in the demo since the season finale back in May. YTN has major problems with the show, and they need to be addressed ASAP.

Night thirty six of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.34 million; 18-49: 0.8/2) had a normal 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.
Monday, January 3rd Ratings - YTN
After a full month of repeats (excluding Fridays) YTN finally had some new episodes airing! YTN kicked off the night with the last minute airing of Looking for Love 3: The Reunion (Viewers: 7.97 million; 18-49: 2.7/8). The reunion was down 0.9 demo points from the season finale, but did exceptionally well given the season ended a month ago and aired on a special night. At 9pm, the winter premiere of endangered Rule of Law (Viewers: 5.94 million; 18-49: 1.8/6) was up over 2 million viewers and 0.5 demo points from its fall finale. However, retention out of Looking for Love 3 was 75% in total viewers and 67% in the demo. The 10pm portion of the two hour episode (Viewers: 4.69 million; 18-49: 1.5/6) lost over a million viewers and 0.3 demo points from its lead in. Overall, Rule of Law averaged 5.32 million viewers and a 1.7/6 demo, not helping its case for renewal too much.

factsoflife

01-05-2011, 12:30 AM

GEN-TV has reverted on its decision to be referred to in print as gentv; after negative feedback from viewers and advertisers made them realize it was a mistake. As of now, the network will be seen in print as GEN-TV once again; but will retain it's gtv logo on-screen and online.

In other news the network is ready to launch its January schedule tonight with this line-up:

8pm: The Arrival- ALL-NEW, Returns To Mondays
830pm: Knocked Down- ALL-NEW--- 1-hour episode
930pm: Becoming Us (Series Premiere)
10pm: Snatched (All-New, Moves To Mondays)
11pm: GONE (All-New, New Time-slot)

"Elizabeth Bordoe" returns next week along with the regular Monday night schedule.

The network has announced that as of today they have changed the name of "The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe" to simply "Elizabeth Bordoe", which testing showed would be viewed as more accessible and hip to audiences.

GEN-TV Ratings for January 3, 2011:

GEN-TV Ranked #2 on Monday with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "The Arrival" in it's new Monday timeslot was watched by 19.31 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, the return of "Knocked Down" aired a special 1 hour episode that was watched by 26.7 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, the series premiere of "Becoming Us" starring Tyler Labaine and Kristen Bell was watched by a disappointing 11.1 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo; which is very much below expectations for this show.

At 10pm, the return of "Snatched" in it's new Monday timeslot was watched by 25.9 million viewers and posted a 4.1 int he 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, the return of "GONE" in it's new timeslot was a success with 32.78 million viewers tuning in and 5.3 in the 18-49 demo.

---Ratings compiled and released by Rainbow Media Incorporated; a private ratings firm based out of Ojai, California.

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Here are the preliminary overnight ratings for Tuesday, January 4, 2011 for GEN-TV:

These are not final tallies and a final, confirmed result will be available tomorrow.

GEN-TV Ratings for Tuesday, January 4, 2011:

Preliminary results suggest that GEN-TV is going to be ranked as the #1 network for Tuesday night with the following results;

At 8pm, a brand new "Doctor/Patient", returning from hiatus on it's new night and time was watched by its highest audience to date with 36.6 million viewers tuning in and it's highest demos in over a year with 4.6 in 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "This Just In" on it's new night and time was watched by 16.6 million viewers and posted a 4.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Huntress" was watched by 34.5 million viewers and posted a 5.7 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the series premiere of "Smashed" was a true smash with 24.3 million viewers tuning in and an impressive 5.6 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

01-05-2011, 01:01 AM

factsoflife

01-05-2011, 02:54 AM

GEN-TV has released these latest casting alerts:

"One Of These Days":

Mandy Musgrove has been upped to series regular. She joined the show earlier this season as a replacement for Marla Sokolove who exited the series to co-star in the hit comedy "Knocked Down" which is a top 5 series and earning critical raves. Musgrove was scheduled for only a handful of episodes but will now appear for the remainder of the season; and possibly beyond. Producer Jill Samson says "We are really loving Mandy and the way her character has been intergrated into the series; it's fun to see what happens when a new family member comes in and stirs things up". Her character started off as a member of a rape support group that Kimberly (Lacey Chabert) attends and eventually came to live with the Bishop family and is now learning she has a more organic, biological connection to the family.

The series has also announced they are in the process of casting a potentially recurring role of "Chad, 22, an openly gay student at the high school with a past connection to Corey (Chad Michael Murray)". This would mark the second time that Corey has a connection to a gay character; last season viewers briefly saw Lance, a former camp buddy of Corey from elementary school who revealed that in camp when they were eight he and Corey shared a very awkward kiss forced by a game of truth or dare. Producer Jill Samson says "Chad is going to be very different from Lance. Lance was a comedic character; but Chad comes with some serious issues and baggage and he turns to Corey in a way that nobody, especially Corey is ready for and it upsets the balance of many things".

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"County General"

The network has announced that acclaimed actress Margaret Colin has landed a guest starring role in an up-coming episode as a "three-time survivor of breast cancer who is in the middle of her fourth bout and makes a startling decision to stop treatment". Producer Claire Beam says "It's a story that will be earth-shattering to several characters on the show".

In other casting news, Emmy-winning veteran actress Blythe Danner (mother of Gwyneth Paltrow) has been cast as a trauma consular who comes to the hospital in need of counseling herself after a vicious attack on her granddaughter whom she cares for. Producer Claire Beam says "At first it seems like a random attack but there is much more to the story than meets the eye". She will appear in multiple episodes and the role is potentially recurring.

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PILOT CASTINGS

Holly Robinson-Peete has been cast as the lead role in a GEN-TV Pilot about an impoverished African-American family who gets to move out of the ghetto and into the suburbs when the mother finds a way to clean pots and pans that gets the attention of a domestic diva similar to Martha Stewart and she gets a job offer. Robinson will play the lead role of the mother, Hatti Windsor. Right now only a pilot is ordered.

Veteran sitcom producer/writer Yvette Bowser (Living Single, A Different World, Hanging With Mr. Cooper, Half & Half) is penning the script which she will produce with her husband Kyle Bowser.

factsoflife

01-05-2011, 03:20 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for January 3, 2011:

GEN-TV Ranked #2 on Monday with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "The Arrival" in it's new Monday timeslot was watched by 19.31 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, the return of "Knocked Down" aired a special 1 hour episode that was watched by 26.7 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, the series premiere of "Becoming Us" starring Tyler Labaine and Kristen Bell was watched by a disappointing 11.1 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo; which is very much below expectations for this show.

At 10pm, the return of "Snatched" in it's new Monday timeslot was watched by 25.9 million viewers and posted a 4.1 int he 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, the return of "GONE" in it's new timeslot was a success with 32.78 million viewers tuning in and 5.3 in the 18-49 demo.

---Ratings compiled and released by Rainbow Media Incorporated; a private ratings firm based out of Ojai, California.

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Here are the preliminary overnight ratings for Tuesday, January 4, 2011 for GEN-TV:

These are not final tallies and a final, confirmed result will be available tomorrow.

GEN-TV Ratings for Tuesday, January 4, 2011:

Preliminary results suggest that GEN-TV is going to be ranked as the #1 network for Tuesday night with the following results;

At 8pm, a brand new "Doctor/Patient", returning from hiatus on it's new night and time was watched by its highest audience to date with 36.6 million viewers tuning in and it's highest demos in over a year with 4.6 in 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "This Just In" on it's new night and time was watched by 16.6 million viewers and posted a 4.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Huntress" was watched by 34.5 million viewers and posted a 5.7 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the series premiere of "Smashed" was a true smash with 24.3 million viewers tuning in and an impressive 5.6 in the 18-49 demo.

Final Ratings for Tuesday, January 4, 2011:

GEN-TV is able to confirm the final ratings for last night.

As reported in the preliminary report, GEN-TV took home the #1 spot on Tuesday night; however ratings were slightly different than first reported.

8pm: Doctor/Patient was first reported as 36.6 million viewers and a 4.6 but in actuality the final tally was 37.45 million viewers and a 18-49 posting of 4.9

830pm: This Just in was reported as 16.6 and 4.2 but it's final tally was 16.23 and a 5.3

At 9pm, The Huntress was reported as a 34.5 and a 5.7 but it's final tally was 34.3 and a 4.4

At 10pm, Smashed was reported as initally having 24.3 and a 5.6 but it's final tally was 23.1 and a 2.9.

All in all GEN-TV is calling the night a success and hoping that ratings continue to stay this strong.

yankeesrj12

01-05-2011, 04:14 PM

A new thread...haha I guess the last one was a bit long. :D

Tuesday, November 23rd Ratings - YTN
The fall finale of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 5.82 million; 18-49: 2.0/6) was down 0.3 demo points from last week. At 9pm, the season finale of Looking For Love 3 (Viewers: 11.04 million; 18-49: 3.6/9) was up a tad in total viewers and another 0.1 demo points to a season high. The final fifteen minutes of Looking for Love 3 reached 12.96 million viewers and had a 4.0 demo. Rounding out primetime was the fall finale of TAKEN (Viewers: 15.85 million; 18-49: 4.2/10) was up another million viewers and 0.3 demo points to a new series high for the second week in a row. Fan reaction to the three episode storyline which would "change the show forever" are quite positive, so look for more viewers to stick around come January.

Night thirty seven of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.49 million; 18-49: 0.7/2) did fine. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.73 million viewers and had a 0.8/3 demo.
Tuesday, January 4th Ratings - YTN
The winter premiere of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.84 million; 18-49: 2.4/7) was up 0.4 demo points from it's fall finale back in November. Since its premiere in September, Pushing Daisies is down 0.4 demo points and about three million viewers.
At 9pm, the season premiere of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 8.96 million; 18-49: 2.7/8) was down 0.1 demo points from the third season premiere in September.
Rounding out primetime was the fall finale of TAKEN (Viewers: 13.29 million; 18-49: 3.7/9) which was down 2 million viewers and 0.5 demo points from the last November airing, that airing was a series high.

factsoflife

01-06-2011, 12:25 AM

factsoflife

01-06-2011, 01:17 AM

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..

When "One Of These Days", the hit GEN-TV series returns from hiatus this upcoming Friday it will be entering a new phase of it's life. First off, the series will be employing a now-popular plot device and flash-forwarding six months after the events of the winter finale. When we left out favorite characters last they were all in states of transition; some of which will just now be resolved when the series returns. The biggest change will be seen in Linda Bishop, the concerned and loving mother character played by Angie Harmon, who will finally be out of the wheelchair that her character has been in since the start of this season. Linda was shot in open court in the season 1 finale and had a long road to recovery; none of which was helped by the fact that her husband Gary (Tom Irwin) cheated on her and she had to endure several months of hell when his mistress, who happened to be her nurse tormented her. Producer Bill Sherman says "Linda finally gained enough strength and courage in our winter finale to speak out against nasty nurse Melinda (Daytime Emmy Winner Sarah Brown) and when we see her again now she is fully recovered and attempting to rebuild her life". Since the show is moving six months forward we'll see what happened to Melinda who had a serious mental breakdown in the finale when she was finally confronted with the fact that Gary doesn't love her and it was a one-night stand that produced her pregnancy. Linda is now fully healed, physically but has a long road ahead of her to regain the love and trust she once had for Gary and the fact is she still hasn't dealt with the turmoil caused by the shooting in terms of her own miscarriage. "Linda had just learned she was pregnant moments before she was shot, and the loss of that pregnancy hasn't been addressed yet, but it will be in huge ways in the upcoming episodes".

Other characters will also be in different places; Kimberly (Lacey Chabert) was last seen dealing with the fall-out from her ill-advised visit with Chuck (James Masters) in prison where she informed him of her pregnancy (which he caused after he raped her) and her plans to give the baby up for adoption. The visit ended in Chuck threatening to sue her for custody. She was also dealing with her equally ill-advised affair with Tim (Chad Lowe), the leader of her trauma support group. Producers say "Kimberly will be in much stronger place emotionally when we see her again; she's already dealt with the Chuck issue, in a way that is very fitting and she's just beginning to get over the Tim thing, but as always things come back to haunt her".

Another character we will be learning a lot more about is Randi Jerkins, the homeless teenager played by Mandy Musgrove (who was just upped to a series regular), who will now be residing in the Bishop home, a move producers say "was pretty much inevitable, we couldn't just have Randi running around town and only showing up at support group meetings, to integrate her fully she had to live with the Bishops". This new arrangement will have major impacts, especially as viewers learn more about Kimberly and Randi's past connections and what they have in common.

Producer Carly Nicks says "The rest of this season is about change, later in the season Kimberly will graduate high school, and will come closer than ever to gaining total freedom, but she'll have to make some big choices, such as if she wants to go to college, which is one of the requirements for her to gain control of her inheritance before her 25 birthday". "Kimberly started the series with the idea she'd just "get through" life in Idaho until she regained her wealth but has since come to truly love Linda and Gary and view Idaho as her home, so she'll have a lot of thinking to do". She also promises that "Viewers will at long last see Chuck get what's coming to him, and the Chuck/Kimberly custody battle will come to it's natural conclusion", but she warns "That doesn't mean that Chuck is out of Kimberly's life forever, a man like Chuck has a way of turning up time and time again, in ways nobody expects, and Kimberly will soon realize she'll be linked to him in many ways forever".

Lastly we will see one major character make a pretty surprising exit from the series. Producers are not talking about who it is and why they are leaving, but does warn "viewers won't see this coming in any way at all, it's going to be a big shock, but will make a lot of sense organically to the plot of the series".

factsoflife

01-06-2011, 01:27 AM

factsoflife

01-06-2011, 06:20 PM

GEN-TV ratings for January 5, 2011:

GEN-TV had to deal with disappointing returns last night for it's Wednesday comedy series; and less than average ratings for the return of "This Time Around". However, the network still managed a competitive second place finish.

At 8pm, The return of "Press Time" was watched by 11.2 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo. It rated a distant 3rd place in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, the series premiere of "On The Air" starring Jeanine Garafoalo and Fran Drescher among others was seen by 15.53 million viewers and posted 2.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, the return of "Postal" on it's new night and time was a solid, but not dominant performer with 13.24 million viewers and a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 14.4 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the return of "This Time Around" was watched by 17.93 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

01-06-2011, 07:09 PM

Wednesday, November 24th Ratings - YTN
YTN started the night with the fall finale of Roommates (Viewers: 4.85 million; 18-49: 1.4/5) which sank another 0.2 demo points to a series low on YTN. The fall finale of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 9.81 million; 18-49: 2.8/7) was down 0.6 demo points to a new series low. At 9pm, the fall finale of College (Viewers: 10.42 million; 18-49: 3.0/8) dropped 1.0 demo points, hitting a season low. The fall finale of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.96 million; 18-49: 2.9/8) dropped 1.1 demo points to a season low. At 10pm, the fall finale of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 9.03 million; 18-49: 2.6/6) was down 0.5 demo points to a series low. No doubt the holiday travel season put a huge dent in the shows.

Night thirty eight of Rock the Night (Viewers: 995,000; 18-49: 0.4/1) hit a series low. Just of note, an encore of Family Guy at 11:30pm was seen by 1.29 million viewers and had a 0.6/2 demo.
Wednesday, January 5th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the timeslot premeire of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 10.57 million; 18-49: 3.1/8) kicked off the night. The series was up from its 8:30pm fall finale in November by 0.3 demo points. Kate and Zoe also increased 1.7 demo points over previous timeslot occupant, Roommates.

At 8:30pm, the long awaited premiere of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 7.59 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) had little to cheer about. Retention out of Kate and Zoe was 71% in total viewers and 77% in the demo. Considering most comedies fall around 20% in the second week, we can't see the series lasting too long. YTN has no other comedies ready for the timeslot if Sisterhood does fall in the coming weeks.

At 9pm, the winter premiere of College (Viewers: 11.19 million; 18-49: 3.3/8) was up 0.3 demo points from its fall finale, but still down 0.7 demo points from the episode before the finale. College was still able to rank as the highest rated comedy on the night for YTN.

At 9:30pm, the winter premiere of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 10.48 million; 18-49: 3.2/8) was also up 0.3 demo points from its fall finale, but is down 0.8 demo points from the episode before the finale. Behind the Scenes continues to outpace its first season viewer and demo average by wide margins.

At 10pm, the winter premiere of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.94 million; 18-49: 3.0/6) saw the largest increase from its fall finale, growing 0.4 demo points. TAKEN: Phoenix posted series highs in M18-34 (1.8) and M54+ (2.2).

factsoflife

01-06-2011, 07:20 PM

Kurt Russell, long-time companion to Goldie Hawn and a former movie star has signed an exclusive holding and talent deal with GEN-TV for a reported 1.7 million dollars. The deal calls for Russell to develop and produce shows for the network as well as star in them. The deal is valid for three years. His first role for GEN-TV will be a guest-starring role on an upcoming episode of "The Huntress" as a tough as nails former bounty hunter who has crossed over to the criminal side of law and got involved with a drug cartel.

In other news, GEN-TV has announced that in a move to help prepare their long-term future the network has preemptively renewed "The Huntress" for the next three years (until May 2014). Because of this several cast members have signed long-term contracts with the network; since their current contracts are set to end in May. Shannen Doherty is signed on for and additional 4 years. In the new contracts Doherty receives a major raise, bumping her salary up to 21,000 dollars per episode for a 22 episode cycle. Her current salary was a mere 15,000 per episode. In each year of her contract she'll receive an additional 2% raise; excluding additional bonuses.

Several other cast members have signed new contracts as well; Eric Close, Mo'Nique, Molly Culver, Jason Patric and Frank Grillo have each signed three-year contracts. They each receive a 2% pay-bump for each year of their contract. Dean Cain, Sharon Gless and Dean Winters have not signed on for additional seasons as they are recurring characters.

It is assumed that Winters will not appear in any future episodes as his character, The Jade Scorpion was killed off in the winter finale after nearly raping Samantha (Molly Culver). He was shot in the head by Fabritz (Mo'Nique) who witnessed the crime and acted quickly.

yankeesrj12

01-07-2011, 10:09 PM

Thursday, November 19th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, Singles (Viewers: 8.47 million; 18-49: 3.2/7) was up 0.2 demo points from last week. At 9:30pm, week eleven of Living Life (Viewers: 6.03 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) was exactly the opposite, down 0.2 demo points. Rounding out primetime was an all new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 12.38 million; 18-49: 3.4/9) which was steady from last weeks huge gains.

Night thirty four of Rock the Night (Viewers: 1.77 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was up from last nights numbers. 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.
Thursday, January 6th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, the winter premiere of Singles (Viewers: 8.67 million; 18-49: 3.3/8) was up 0.1 demo points from its season finale way back in the middle of November. Singles tied College (in the demo) to become YTN's highest rated comedy of the week.

At 9:30pm, the winter premiere Living Life (Viewers: 6.53 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) was up 0.3 demo points to its highest rating since the end of October. Living Life tied with the series premiere of Sisterhood to register as the lowest rated YTN comedy on the right. Remember, Roommates premieres in February, taking over the timeslot from Living Life.

At 10pm, the winter premiere of Reversing History (Viewers: 12.57 million; 18-49: 3.5/9) was up 0.1 demo points from its November fall finale. Reversing History was the second highest drama on YTN for the week, finishing just behind TAKEN.

factsoflife

01-08-2011, 01:55 AM

GEN-TV Ratings for January 6th and 7th, 2011:

Thursday, January 6th, 2011:

GEN-TV faced defeat on a crowded Thursday night and lost the night to CBS. GEN-TV was the 3rd rated network on Thursday night:

At 8pm, the return of "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 11.5 million viewers and posted a 1.6 in the 18-49 demo. This is a nearly 40% drop from it's last original episode back in November.

At 830pm, the return of "Boyfriends" was watched by 21.3 million viewers and posted a 2.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, A special 1-hour episode of "Over My Head" was watched by 26.9 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, A brand new "Sisters" was watched by 30.4 million viewers and posted a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, the timeslot premiere of "L.A. Casino" was watched by 20.4 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

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Friday, January 7th, 2011:

GEN-TV had mixed results on Friday with it's new series debut and it's special line-up of shows being tested on the night. The network ultimately had to settle for 3rd place on Friday night.

At 8pm, the series premiere of "Somebody Like Me" was a non-starter with 8.2 million viewers and a 1.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Teachers Pet" was watched by a less than impressive 6.9 million viewers and a 1.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, the series premiere of "Hacked" was worthy of it's considerable critical acclaim with 16.8 million viewers tuning in and a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a special one-time airing of a brand new "Never Again" was watched by 14.2 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "One Of These Days" held the night up with 36.8 million viewers and a 4.6 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

01-08-2011, 02:10 AM

Bridget Klein the President of GEN-TV Studios admitted in an televised press conference today that despite the opinion of others, such as her direct supervisor Scott Horgan that several of the other younger skewing networks that are GEN-TV's rivals are starting to gain a lot of steam, she said "It would be pretty narrow minded of us at GEN-TV to not admit that in terms of demographics lately YTN has been catching up to us and even on some nights have beaten us." she continued "This was not always the case; we used to trounce that network, but they have developed some strong performing shows and have developed a clear lead among the 12-19 demographic". She also acknowledged that "among teenage girls 12-18 we have yet to come close to beating either The CW or YTN; and that is especially painful for us as we pride ourselves on being the network for teenage girls". When asked why the network is failing to dominate the young demographic like they claim to she says "I think that we've failed to truly program for that specific audience and have instead focused too much on broadening our mass appeal." she points to several shows that have hurt the networks image with young viewers "I really don't see how any teenage girl would want to tune into a show like "Gone" or "Snatched" or "Doctor/Patient", none of these shows have anything to do with a teenage girls life, so in that respect we've failed". She did point out though that the network hasn't totally forgotten about that audience either "We tried to appeal to them this year with shows like "The Boy Next Door" and "Knocked Down" and have had mixed results at best." Indeed, "The Boy Next Door" was an epic failure and lost more than 7 million viewers from it's debut until it's unceremonious cancellation. "The demos started strong but eventually fell below a million viewers, it was dead."

Her other comments that drew a reaction from the crowd were about her new boss Scott Horgan "Scott is a wonderful executive but the truth is that when he declared YTN to be a unsuccessful network he was in fact off-base. That network has made miraculous strides in the last year and has launched several shows that compete highly with us, and in many cases beat us in both demo's and total viewers". "To say they are run by a bunch of yahoos is not correct, and i do not support that statement".

She said that "We are working overtime to develop a slate of new programs that will be much more able to compete with and hopefully defeat the other networks; we have a lot of ideas about how to gain the trust and loyalty of the younger demographic". She admits that means several current shows will have to be axed or reworked "We are looking at ways to make certain programs more desirable to that demo" she said. When asked about specific shows she was talking about she said "One show in discussions is "Life's Facts", we are trying to look at that program and find out if it is salvageable to the younger viewers or if the religious topics on the program simply turn teen viewers off". She also said "We are going to make sure our new line-up has a shot of youthful energy into it, and isn't so heavy on over 40 actresses". "we saw shows like "Women Of A Certain Age" and "Them & Us" perform very low and it's proven we need more youthful shows".

yankeesrj12

01-08-2011, 01:50 PM

Friday, December 24th Ratings - YTN
YTN aired the 8pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 4.63 million; 18-49: 0.8/2) and 9pm edition of Weekly Update (Viewers: 4.77 million; 18-49: 0.8/3). At 10pm, an encore of Cops of New York (Viewers: 4.26 million; 18-49: 0.9/3) did fine for the holidays.
Friday, January 7th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the first hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.49 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was up 0.3 demo points from its performance two weeks ago. This marks its largest performance in over a month.

At 9pm, the second hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.81 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) was also way up from its last performance (0.5 demo points). The 1.3 demo for Weekly Update is the highest performance since November.

At 10pm, the winter premiere/timeslot premiere of Cops of New York (Viewers: 7.02 million; 18-49: 1.8/5) did exceptionally well for its new night. Cops of New York is up over 1 million viewers and steady in the demo from its fall finale (on Monday) in November. Cops of New York outrated CBS and NBC in timeslot to finish second in its timeslot.

*Comparisons exclude last weeks episodes.

factsoflife

01-09-2011, 01:18 AM

GEN-TV Ratings for Saturday, January 8, 2011:

GEN-TV had a lot to celebrate with a extremely rare victory on Saturday night. All of their shows rated in the top 2 among the 18-49 demographics and crushed NBC, FOX and ABC in the ratings.

At 8pm, the official timeslot premiere of "Hacked" built on it's audience from Friday and was watched by 16.16 million viewers and posted a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo. It was the #1 rated program among the demo for its timeslot.

At 830pm, the return of "Like Mother, Like Daughter" saw a significant growth with 22.8 million viewers tuning in and a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo. It ranked #2 in its timeslot among the demo.

At 9pm, the timeslot premiere of "Never Again" was watched by 14.2 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo. It was #2 in its timeslot.

At 930pm, the return of "Life's Facts" on it's new night was watched by 21.4 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo. It was the #3 rated show in its timeslot.

At 10pm, the return of the GEN-TV movie was a GEN-TV Original called "Life After Death" about a woman who is raped and only discovers her cervical cancer when having a rape kit. The movie starred Kathryn Winnick and was watched by 7.1 million viewers and posted a 2.2 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

01-10-2011, 10:20 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Sunday, January 10, 2011:

GEN-TV had nothing to smile about on Sunday with a dismal 8th place finish and beyond abysmal ratings in the 18-49 demo.

Here is the network rankings for Sunday:
1. FOX
2. ABC
3. CBS
4. NBC
5. CW
6. YTN
7. TBS
8. GEN-TV

At 8pm, a brand new "50 Stops Before Home" was watched by it's lowest audience ever, 3.1 million viewers and posted a humiliating .5 in the 18-49 demo, ranking 8th for the night among ad sustained networks.

At 830pm, a brand new "Them & Us" making its timeslot premiere was watched by 12.1 million viewers and posted a 1.2 in the demos.

At 9pm, a brand new "Hotel" was watched by 14.3 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Lifeline" was watched by 12.3 million viewers and posted a 1.1 in the 18-49 demo.

Clearly GEN-TV will have some schedule changes to make. They have several mid-season programs waiting in the wings to air and some pilots up for review.

factsoflife

01-10-2011, 11:18 PM

GEN-TV Pilot News:

GEN-TV has ordered three more pilots today, the first a drama called "Nowhere to Run" centers on a group of teenage runaways living on the street. This pilot was previously in contention last development season but was passed over. Kevin Williamson currently is writing the script and has a deal in place to be show-runner if the pilot is ordered to series.

The network has also ordered an untitled comedy series from Executive Producer Lisa Kudrow (Say Cheese, Friends) about a group of social misfits in the 1980's dealing with the issues of high school. Kudrow is producing a script from veteran sitcom scribe Suzanne Martin (Hot In Cleveland).

The last pilot ordered is a reality pilot called "America's Hottest DJ"; a competition series hosted by MTV star DJ Pauly D (Jersey Shore) to find the hottest DJ in America. Contestants will compete in DJ related competitions for a period of three weeks for the chance to win an exclusive contract as the house DJ at a Las Vegas nightclub. Series is from Bunim-Murray Productions, the creators of Jersey Shore and The Real World.

yankeesrj12

01-10-2011, 11:48 PM

YTN PRESS RELEASE:
YTN Orders More "Weekly Update"
YTN's hit Friday night news-magazine, Weekly Update, has been given an additional order of 24 episodes, bringing the total number of episodes to 72 for the season. The 72 episode order allows the Weekly Update series to run through June 2011, along with an unannounced number of specials.

factsoflife

01-11-2011, 12:35 AM

GEN-TV is making news this week for several rumors that are floating around the industry. The first rumor and one that makes a lot of sense given the current ratings is that the network has all but canceled struggling sophomore comedy "50 Stops Before Home" which as recently as last night was watched by only 3.1 million viewers; a sharp decrease from it's season average of 12 million viewers. The series has been on the decline all season long and hasn't made much traction on Sunday nights; the networks toughest night to program.

The problem with canceling the show right now is the network may not have anything to air in it's place; anticipated mid-season series like "Special Ed" and "Summerville" were canceled before production could be completed; and currently they have a slew of pilots that have yet to be picked up because they are still in the casting stage.

Two of them however seem like good bets to make the schedule ASAP:

"Love Happens" a half-hour comedy pilot starring Kim Catrall and recently cast Chris Carmack as a May/December romance is gaining traction. In the pilot Catrall best known as cougar-licious Samantha Jones on "Sex and The City" plays a recently divorced 50-something who enters into a romance with a 26 year old construction worker who happens to be a former high school classmate of her daughter, Amanda who is in college. Carmack plays Charles, the young construction worker. Carmack is best known for his brief role as Luke, Mischa Barton's boyfriend on "The O.C.".

Another comedy pilot "On & Off" (formerly called "Online/Offline") centering on two lonely singles engaged in a long-term internet relationship and trying to decide if they should meet up in real life; has also gained traction this week. The series is rumored to have finally cast actor Ryan Devlin in the lead role of a successful but always single dermatologist; though the network has yet to confirm this news. Rumors are that the network has also narrowed down the search for the lead female to four actresses; character actress Krysten Ritter, hot newcomer Allison Ritter (no relation to the other Ritter) and another unknown character actress Marnette Patterson who has tested for GEN-TV pilots before but has yet to make the final cut.

Other rumors floating around are that the network plans to massively overhaul it's current schedule at some point before February sweeps.

In other news, fans of GEN-TV's hot crime drama "GONE" may have noticed that the network never did air the planned November Sweeps episode featuring Julia Roberts and John Cusack. When producers were asked about this they said "The episode has been pushed back to February Sweeps, because we feel it was too special an episode and wanted to give it the best possible chance at success". Producers also said that fans shouldn't be worried because airing it in February instead of November doesn't hurt the continuity of the episode or the series as it is a stand-alone episode.

factsoflife

01-11-2011, 12:50 AM

factsoflife

01-11-2011, 03:27 AM

GEN-TV is a network always looking towards the future and so it's only reasonable to to think that at least some of their current programs may not make it back on the air next season. Both Scott Horgan and Bridget Klein have said numerous times the network plans on redefining the networks image in the next season; so that leaves one to believe the network will not be renewing all of their long-running series... It's clear at least a few of their older series will be cut by the time the fall schedule is announced; but which one's will join previously canceled "Starting From Scratch", "Getting Over It", "50 Stops Before Home", "Say Cheese" and "Good Sports", among others?

Well rumors are surfacing that the network is not happy with "Never Again", the second season sitcom starring Laurie Metcalf as a middle aged woman dealing with an unexpected, late in life pregnancy just as she sent her last child off to college and was ready to go back to work outside the home. The series was a strong performer last season; but a series of timeslot switches has left the show unable to deliver high numbers. "It was never a strong demo show, but it had it's audience" says one source, however numbers have dropped rapidly this season.

Another trouble show is "Teachers Pet" which has been burdened with several issues; first off, the entire cast was fired after season one and the concept totally overhauled; to feature a younger cast. Despite this the show has flounder in the ratings and is among the lowest rated on the network.

It looks like the network also needs to clear room for a few new dramas, though they have a strong drama line-up it can't hurt to inject some new blood into the mix. It would appear the most vulnerable are drama's "Lifeline"; a freshmen series with average ratings and middling demos; or "Hotel" a freshmen drama with little critical support and below average ratings. Another trouble show is "Snatched"; a missing persons crime drama with a lack of viewers and dwindling critical support. The series was once a critical favorite but a series of plot changes have exhausted critics and the ratings have slowly suffered.

yankeesrj12

01-11-2011, 09:39 PM

Sunday, November 14th Ratings - YTN
An encore of Locked (Viewers: 4.19 million; 18-49: 1.5/4) was up 0.2 demo points from last week. At 8:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 5.59 million; 18-49: 2.0/5) was up 0.1 demo points this week. At 9pm, a new episode of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.93 million; 18-49: 2.6/8) was up another 0.3 demo points.

Sunday, November 21st Ratings - YTN
An encore of Locked (Viewers: 4.14 million; 18-49: 1.5/4) followed by another encore of Locked (Viewers: 4.25 million; 18-49: 1.5/5) did acceptable. At 9pm, a new episode of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.27 million; 18-49: 2.0/6) was down 0.4 demo points.
Sunday, January 9th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an encore of Locked (Viewers: 3.87 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was at its lowest level in months.

At 8:30pm, the winter premiere of Locked (Viewers: 5.33 million; 18-49: 1.9/5) was down 0.1 demo points from its fall finale back in November

At 9pm, the winter premiere of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.52 million; 18-49: 2.2/6) was up from its fall finale, but down from the week before that. The Weakest Link was YTN's highest rated series (in the demo) on the night.

At 10pm, the long-awaited and critically acclaimed series premiere of The Inside Job (Viewers: 8.08 million; 18-49: 2.0/6) had little to cheer about. While the series did grow over 1.5 million viewers from its lead in, it dropped 0.2 demo points, hinting older people love it. As it stands right now, The Inside Job is the oldest skewing drama on the network. The series also has the strongest following among those making for than $100k, so there is some bright spots. YTN says, "The long awaited premiere of The Inside Job was met by 8 million viewers, YTN's highest rated series premiere of the year." What they failed to mention was that they had only one other premiere: Sisterhood, which had 7.59 million viewers.

factsoflife

01-11-2011, 10:06 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Monday:

Ratings for GEN-TV Monday, January 10, 2011:

GEN-TV was in celebration mode last night with it's strongly performing Monday comedies all returning to great numbers and it's continued success with it's drama's also successful. The network took home the #2 spot for Monday night.

At 8pm, the return of "The Arrival" was watched by 22.1 million viewers and posted a 2.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Knocked Down" was watched by 23.8 million viewers and posted a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 21.32 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Becoming Us" did showed significant growth week to week with 12.35 million viewers tuning in vs 11.1 last week. In demos it also picked up with 2.6 vs 2.1 last week.

At 10pm, the success continued with a brand new "Snatched" being watched by 25.16 million viewers and posting a 4.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "GONE" was watched by 32.82 million viewers and posted a 5.5 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

01-11-2011, 11:02 PM

Monday, January 3rd Ratings - YTN
After a full month of repeats (excluding Fridays) YTN finally had some new episodes airing! YTN kicked off the night with the last minute airing of Looking for Love 3: The Reunion (Viewers: 7.97 million; 18-49: 2.7/8). The reunion was down 0.9 demo points from the season finale, but did exceptionally well given the season ended a month ago and aired on a special night. At 9pm, the winter premiere of endangered Rule of Law (Viewers: 5.94 million; 18-49: 1.8/6) was up over 2 million viewers and 0.5 demo points from its fall finale. However, retention out of Looking for Love 3 was 75% in total viewers and 67% in the demo. The 10pm portion of the two hour episode (Viewers: 4.69 million; 18-49: 1.5/6) lost over a million viewers and 0.3 demo points from its lead in. Overall, Rule of Law averaged 5.32 million viewers and a 1.7/6 demo, not helping its case for renewal too much.
Monday, January 10th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, the season premiere of Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 5.82 million; 18-49: 1.9/7) was down from last week's Looking for Love 3 reunion, but even with it's own fall finale.

At 10pm, an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 4.01 million; 18-49: 1.3/5) was down 0.4 demo points from last weeks two hour winter premiere. Retention out of Can You Beat Ken? was 69% in total viewers and 68% in the demo.

Programming alert - Pushing Daisies: Behind the Daisies will air next Monday at 8/7c. This is the second of three specials for the departing hit series.

yankeesrj12

01-12-2011, 04:59 PM

Tuesday, January 4th Ratings - YTN
The winter premiere of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.84 million; 18-49: 2.4/7) was up 0.4 demo points from it's fall finale back in November. Since its premiere in September, Pushing Daisies is down 0.4 demo points and about three million viewers.
At 9pm, the season premiere of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 8.96 million; 18-49: 2.7/8) was down 0.1 demo points from the third season premiere in September.
Rounding out primetime was the fall finale of TAKEN (Viewers: 13.29 million; 18-49: 3.7/9) which was down 2 million viewers and 0.5 demo points from the last November airing, that airing was a series high.
Tuesday, January 11th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.02 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) was down 0.3 demo points from last week. Remember, NCIS had a series high 22 million viewers last night.

At 9pm, week two of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 8.26 million; 18-49: 2.5/7) was down 0.2 demo points from the premiere last week.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 13.24 million; 18-49: 3.7/8) was even with last weeks episode.

yankeesrj12

01-12-2011, 05:05 PM

YTN PRESS RELEASE
Hit Drama, TAKEN, Renewed For a Third Season
YTN's hit Tuesday night kidnapping procedural, TAKEN, has been renewed for a third season consisting of 24 episodes.

The renewal comes on the heels of series highs in November, and continued strength into this month. This season, TAKEN is up by double digits in total viewers and every key demographic.

The President of YTN Studios says, "TAKEN demonstrates that a procedural can be successful at 10pm on broadcast or cable. The series marks an incredible move forward for our network. We look forward to continuing our work with everyone on the cast and crew of the series."

factsoflife

01-12-2011, 09:34 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Tuesday, January 11, 2011:

GEN-TV was a solid performer with the #1 line-up on television Tuesday night:

At 8pm, a brand new "Doctor/Patient" was watched by 32.2 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "This Just In" was watched by 14.23 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Huntress" was watched by 35.62 million viewers and posted a 4.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Smashed" was watched by 23.13 million viewers and a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a newly transplanted "Lifeline" was watched by 11 million viewers and posted a 1.4 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

01-13-2011, 05:29 PM

Wednesday, January 5th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the timeslot premeire of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 10.57 million; 18-49: 3.1/8) kicked off the night. The series was up from its 8:30pm fall finale in November by 0.3 demo points. Kate and Zoe also increased 1.7 demo points over previous timeslot occupant, Roommates.

At 8:30pm, the long awaited premiere of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 7.59 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) had little to cheer about. Retention out of Kate and Zoe was 71% in total viewers and 77% in the demo. Considering most comedies fall around 20% in the second week, we can't see the series lasting too long. YTN has no other comedies ready for the timeslot if Sisterhood does fall in the coming weeks.

At 9pm, the winter premiere of College (Viewers: 11.19 million; 18-49: 3.3/8) was up 0.3 demo points from its fall finale, but still down 0.7 demo points from the episode before the finale. College was still able to rank as the highest rated comedy on the night for YTN.

At 9:30pm, the winter premiere of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 10.48 million; 18-49: 3.2/8) was also up 0.3 demo points from its fall finale, but is down 0.8 demo points from the episode before the finale. Behind the Scenes continues to outpace its first season viewer and demo average by wide margins.

At 10pm, the winter premiere of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.94 million; 18-49: 3.0/6) saw the largest increase from its fall finale, growing 0.4 demo points. TAKEN: Phoenix posted series highs in M18-34 (1.8) and M54+ (2.2).
Wednesday, January 12th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 10.03 million; 18-49: 3.2/8) was down in total viewers, but up 0.1 demo points. Kate and Zoe hit a series high in Kids 2-11 (0.6) and Teens 12-14 (1.4).

At 8:30pm, week two of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 7.26 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) surprised many by holding steady vs. its premiere last week. Retention from its week ago premiere was 96% in total viewers and 100% in the demo. Retention out of Kate and Zoe was 72% in total viewers and 75% in the demo, pretty much even with last week.

At 9pm, an all new College (Viewers: 10.64 million; 18-49: 3.5/9) was up 0.2 demo points from last week to rank as the highest rated YTN comedy on the night. College has an all new two part episode starting next week.

At 9:30pm, an all new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 10.03 million; 18-49: 3.4/9) was also up 0.2 demo points this week. Retention out of College was an impressive 94% in total viewers and 97% in the demo.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.29 million; 18-49: 3.0/7) was stable with last weeks episode.

factsoflife

01-13-2011, 08:25 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Wednesday, January 12, 2011:

GEN-TV was handed a harrowing defeat on Wednesday night with the lowest numbers it's ever gotten on a Wed night; and a stunning 3rd place finish for the evening.

At 8pm, a brand new "Press Time" showed signs of weakening with a sad 14.5 million viewers and a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo, down a considerable amount from it's average at this time last season.

At 830pm, a brand new "On The Air" was watched by 15.31 million viewers, a sharp decrease from last weeks 15.53; and posted a 2.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 13.34 million viewers; and posted a 2.9 in the demos. It actually increased among total viewers but decreased in demos.

At 930pm, a brand new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 15.6 million viewers and posted a 2.8 in the 18-49 demo. This is a large increase over last week.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" was able to bounce back from horrible ratings with a 38.59 million viewers watching and a 5.4 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

01-13-2011, 11:44 PM

Two of them however seem like good bets to make the schedule ASAP:

"Love Happens" a half-hour comedy pilot starring Kim Catrall and recently cast Chris Carmack as a May/December romance is gaining traction. In the pilot Catrall best known as cougar-licious Samantha Jones on "Sex and The City" plays a recently divorced 50-something who enters into a romance with a 26 year old construction worker who happens to be a former high school classmate of her daughter, Amanda who is in college. Carmack plays Charles, the young construction worker. Carmack is best known for his brief role as Luke, Mischa Barton's boyfriend on "The O.C.".

Another comedy pilot "On & Off" (formerly called "Online/Offline") centering on two lonely singles engaged in a long-term internet relationship and trying to decide if they should meet up in real life; has also gained traction this week. The series is rumored to have finally cast actor Ryan Devlin in the lead role of a successful but always single dermatologist; though the network has yet to confirm this news. Rumors are that the network has also narrowed down the search for the lead female to four actresses; character actress Krysten Ritter, hot newcomer Allison Ritter (no relation to the other Ritter) and another unknown character actress Marnette Patterson who has tested for GEN-TV pilots before but has yet to make the final cut.

GEN-TV has officially picked up the red-hot pilot "Love Happens" starring Kim Catrall and Chris Carmack. The series will debut on the networks February schedule.

In addition to picking up the series for a 6-episode first season the network has cast actor Jon Tenney (The Closer) in the leading role of the smarmy ex-husband, tentatively named Curtis.

Kim Cattral's character is named Andrea "Andi" Harrison and is a 52 year old mother of two adult daughters (yet to be cast) who has recently divorced from her husband of fourteen years, Curtis Harrison (Tenney) and now three months later is entering into a serious relationship with Van Vasquez (Carmack), who is only 26 years old, the same age as her oldest daughter. At first all in her family; especially her ex-husband revile in the ideal that she is dating so much younger; but all will have a lot to learn as Andi and Van explore the world together.

The network has also confirmed that they have picked up another new comedy series "Getting Together" formerly called "On & Off" (and previously "Online/Offline) about two desperately single people who have carried on an on-line relationship but have yet to work up the nerve to meet in real life. The network has given the single camera comedy a 12-episode commitment.

Network has also announced the cast of the series:

Ryan Devlin, a hot upcoming actor who has worked on "Brothers & Sisters", "Grey's Anatomy", "Cougar Town" and other shows has landed the leading role of Reese Williams, a 27 year old successful dermatologist who has been unable to commit because he believe he hasn't yet found "The One". He has had a causal, but not overly impressive online relationship for the last four and half months with Liz Mathers, a 31 year old history teacher at a local high school. Liz is recovering from the death of her husband Joel, who died of cancer three years ago. Joel was the love of her life she believed and she isn't sure if she wants to date again. The role of Liz Mathers has been cast with "Saturday Night Live" alumni Casey Wilson. Supporting roles for the series will be announced at a later date. Series will join the networks February schedule.

factsoflife

01-14-2011, 12:22 AM

yankeesrj12

01-14-2011, 11:05 PM

Thursday, January 6th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, the winter premiere of Singles (Viewers: 8.67 million; 18-49: 3.3/8) was up 0.1 demo points from its season finale way back in the middle of November. Singles tied College (in the demo) to become YTN's highest rated comedy of the week.

At 9:30pm, the winter premiere Living Life (Viewers: 6.53 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) was up 0.3 demo points to its highest rating since the end of October. Living Life tied with the series premiere of Sisterhood to register as the lowest rated YTN comedy on the right. Remember, Roommates premieres in February, taking over the timeslot from Living Life.

At 10pm, the winter premiere of Reversing History (Viewers: 12.57 million; 18-49: 3.5/9) was up 0.1 demo points from its November fall finale. Reversing History was the second highest drama on YTN for the week, finishing just behind TAKEN.
Thursday, January 13th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, an all new Singles (Viewers: 8.24 million; 18-49: 3.2/8) was down 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Living Life (Viewers: 6.79 million; 18-49: 2.5/6) was actually up 0.1 demo points despite its lead in being down. Retention out of it's lead in was an improved 82% in total viewers and 78% in the demo.

At 10pm, an all new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 11.63 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) was down 0.2 demo points from last week.

factsoflife

01-14-2011, 11:20 PM

GEN-TV has issued formal cancellation notices to two series as they prepare their February schedule for publication. In addition to the two cancellations the network is rumored to picked up as many as five or six new series; as it is rumored that they have totally revamped their schedule.

Currently only the canceled series are known; they are freshmen drama series "Lifeline" which has seen shrinking numbers since returning from winter hiatus, and returning comedy "Teachers Pet" which despite a massive cast overhaul has gotten below average numbers all season. They join a large list of series already canceled by the network this season, including, freshmen series "Women Of A Certain Age", "The Boy Next Door", "Passing Notes", "Tycoons", "Hollywood Now", "Another Day", "Our Father", "Homecoming" and older series, "Getting Over it", "starting from scratch", "good sports", "say cheese" and "50 stops before home".

The network will announce their February schedule in the next week or so as they work to finalize the details. One giant rumor floating around is that the network plans "Massive, Extensive and Sweeping overhauls of the schedule". This could include moving even successful series around the schedule.
GEN-TV Answered a lot of questions at the TCA Winter Press Tour today; including officially announcing their February 2011 schedule; and the final word on the future of several series; including whether or not "Second Family" is really dead.

The 3-hour session was broken down into 3-sections:

The first section called "DRAMAS" was hosted by GEN-TV Network President Bridget Klein as well as Daphne Zuniga (This Time Around), Alicia Silverstone (Sisters) and Chad Allen (L.A. Casino). It focused on the returning GEN-TV Drama series that will continue to make the network shine.

Cast members from "This Time Around", "Sisters", "L.A. Casino" and "GONE" took questions from critics and then the network showed a montage of upcoming story-lines from all the networks dramas. One scene that got the attention of all was a preview of an upcoming "County General" story featuring Balthazar Getty with a shaved head, looking very skinny and coughing. The scene also included Neve Campbell's character Adele crying hysterically and Tim Matheson's character discussing insurance premiums and the hospital not being able to survive "A disaster like this". Show-Runner Robin Hillman was on-hand to take a few questions about this long-awaited story and was able to spill only a small tidbit "It involves Balthazars character returning from Afghanistan and some serious emotional and health issues he'll face; which were in no small part made worse by toxic chemicals he was exposed to in war". She also confirmed that the network has managed to secure Kerri Russell for an additional four episodes this winter as her character returns to the emergency room this time in the midst of a health crisis for one of her children who at age 14 has come down with a serious STD that has put her health at risk and shaken the family to it's core because of their religious beliefs. We will also for the first time this winter she said, meet the life partner of Neve Campbell's character Adele; who until now has not been seen on-screen. She will be played by a familiar face to television viewers; as the role has been cast by Emmy-nominated actress Kellie Martin (Life Goes On, E.R.).

The second hour called "Sitcoms" was hosted by Tamera Mowry (Somebody Like Me), GEN-TV Studios President Scott Horgan and Tori Spelling (Like Mother, Like Daughter) and included a brief session on all the networks returning comedy series. Tidbits from this session included that most of the sitcoms returning this winter will be moved to new timeslots; including red-hot comedy "Elizabeth Bordoe" which will take residence on the hottest night of TV, Thursday. It will air Thursdays at 830. Series star Elizabeth Banks said of this move "It's both thrilling and scary at the same time; because moving to Thursdays puts a lot of pressure on us to truly deliver because it's such an important night for advertisers". She also said "We've been doing well on Monday's so part of us wants to stay put; but it's a great vote of confidence to see they are willing to move us".

The third hour was called "Executive Q&A" and was hosted by Horgan and Klein and consisted of the two executives answering questions about their Winter schedule and other issues from the past season. One tidbit that came out was that canceling "Second Family" was a "Very difficult decision, but ultimately came down to the show being creatively dead, to the point it would have made the network look foolish to air it". However she did say "We feel really stupid that we let Mila Kunis go know that she's a Golden Globe nominee for her film "Black Swan" and is very possibly going to get an Oscar nomination". "We wish we had kept her on-contract" said Horgan. When asked if the filmed episodes of "Second Family" of which there are about 4 will ever see the light of day the basic answer was "Maybe; but likely only as part of our very successful, "The One's That Didn't Make It' stunt, which will be repeated this summer as well" said Klein.

The network executives announced they have picked up five new sitcoms for February because as Bridget Klein says "We are trying to truly develop our comedic brand; in hopes it can become as successful as our dramas have been".

The full schedule:

GEN-TV Schedule
February 2011
Effective: February 1, 2011

Morning:

1am: The Geraldo Rivera Show (classics)
2am: Judge Judy (classics)
230: The New Adventures of Old Christine (returns to GEN-TV)
3am: Suddenly Susan (returns to GEN-TV)
4am: Caroline in the city (returns to GEN-TV)
430am: Veronica’s Closet (returns to GEN-TV)
5am: Judge Judy (classic episode)
530: Jeopardy (new timeslot)
630: Wheel of Fortune (new timeslot)
7am: Will & Grace (Returns to GEN-TV)
730: Mad About You (new timeslot)
8am: The Sally Jesse Raphael Show (classic episode)
9am: Chick Chat (yesterday’s episode)
10am: Deidra Hall (today’s episode)
11am: Chick Chat (today’s episode)
12pm: Deidra Hall (yesterday’s episode)
1pm: The Nanny (returns to GEN-TV)
130: The Nanny (returns to GEN-TV)
2pm: Still Standing (new to GEN-TV)
230: According To Jim (new to GEN-TV)
3pm: Strong Medicine (New Timeslot)
4pm: The Division (Returns to GEN-TV)
5pm: The Game (New to GEN-TV)
530: Living Single (Returns to GEN-TV)
6pm: Sister, Sister (New To Daytime)
630: Moesha (Returns to Daytime)
7pm: Sunset Beach Classics (new timeslot)

WEEKENDS:
Saturday:
1am: Judge Judy Marathon (All of This Weeks Original Judge Judy Episodes Back-to-Back)
5am: General Hospital Classics (5 Classic GH Episodes Back To Back)
10am: Thirtysomething (new timeslot)
11: Party of Five (Returns to GEN-TV)
12pm: Queer as Folk (new to GEN-TV)
1pm: New York Undercover (Returns to GEN-TV)
2pm: Homicide: Life on the Streets (new to GEN-TV)
3pm: NYPD BLUE (new to GEN-TV)
4pm: The Practice (returns to GEN-TV)
5pm: Ally McBeal (Returns to GEN-TV)
6pm: Boston Public (Returns to GEN-TV)
7pm: Picket Fences (returns to GEN-TV)

SUNDAY:
1am: Classic One Life to Live Marathon (3-hours of classic “One Life To Live” episodes)
4am: Classic All My Children Marathon (3-hours of classic “All My Children” episodes)
7am: Classic Soap Opera Rotating Wheel (Rotating episodes of classic soap operas; each airs for 4 weeks and then a new soap takes over--- included in wheel “As The World Turns”, “Search For Tomorrow”, “Edge Of Night”, “Loving”, “The City”, “Port Charles”, “Santa Barbara”, “Another World”, “Capitol”, “The Doctors” and “Ryan’s Hope”).
8am: Sisters (returns to GEN-TV)
9am: Felicity (returns to GEN-TV)
10am: Las Vegas (New to Weekends)
11am: Bones (New to GEN-TV)
12pm: CSI: New York (new to GEN-TV)
1pm: CSI: Miami (new to GEN-TV)
2pm: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (new to GEN-TV)
3pm: Criminal Minds (new to GEN-TV)
4pm: L.A. Law (Returns to GEN-TV)
5pm: Family Law (Returns to GEN-TV)
6pm: The Division (Returns to GEN-TV)
7pm: The Practice (Returns To GEN-TV)

PRIMETIME:

Monday:
8pm: Knocked Down (new timeslot)
830: Becoming us (new timeslot)
9pm: Something Old, Something New (new night & time)
930: The Arrival (new timeslot)
10pm: Black’s Law (new series)

Monday's hottest comedy "Knocked Down" continues to lead off the night followed by successful newcomer "Becoming Us" leading into "Something Old, Something New", a successful returning series on a new night. "The Arrival" continues to air on Monday's leading into new drama "Black's Law".

Tuesday:
8pm: Doctor/Patient
830: On The Air (new night & Time)
9pm: Boyfriends (new night & time)
930pm: Love Happens (new series)
10pm: The Huntress (new timeslot)

Tuesday's see's a lot of changes with "Boyfriends" moving to Tuesdays and "Love Happens" joining the networks line-up. "On The Air" moves to Tuesdays sandwiched between "Doctor/Patient" and "Boyfriends". "The Huntress" will continue to stir up the drama!

Wednesday:
8pm: Press Time
830: This Just In
9pm: West of Broadway (new timeslot)
930: Postal
10pm: One of These Days (new night & time)
11pm: Smashed (new night & time)

Wednesday night is all about laughs with "Press Time" starting off the night, following into "This Just In" and "West Of Broadway". At 930, Postal returns with hilarious new episodes followed by two stunning dramas "One Of These Days" and "Smashed"; both on new nights and timeslots.

Thursday:
8pm: Over My Head (new timeslot)
830: Elizabeth Bordoe (new night & time)
9pm: Hot Tamales (new timeslot)
930: Getting together (new series)
10pm: This Time Around (new night & time)
11pm: Sisters (new timeslot)

Thursdays is the best night of TV this year with "Over My Head" leading off the night; followed by the hottest comedy on TV "Elizabeth Bordoe". "Hot Tamales" airs until April and is followed by newcomer "Getting Together". "This Time Around" moves to Thursdays followed by "Sisters" at a later hour.

Friday:
8pm: L.A. Casino
9pm: County General
10pm: GONE (new night & time)

Friday's are all about the drama with "L.A. Casino", "County General" and "GONE" all hoping to launch the night into a new arena.

Saturday:
8pm: Hacked
830: Never Again (new timeslot)
9pm: Them & Us (new night & time)
930: Class Action (new series)
10pm: Hotel (new night & time)

GEN-TV is making a real attempt to program on Saturday in hopes of finding an audience. "Hacked" returns leading into "Never Again" and "Them & Us". New series "Class Action" at 930 followed by "Hotel" on a new night and time.

Sunday:
8pm: Somebody Like Me (new timeslot)
830: Life’s Facts (new night & time)
9pm: Like Mother, Like Daughter (new night & time)
930: The Department (new series)
10pm: Cougars (new series)
1030: Snatched (new night & time)

Sunday night is all-new with "Somebody Like Me", "Life's Facts", "Like Mother, Like Daughter", new series "The Department" and "Cougars" followed by "Snatched" on a new night and time.

New SERIES:

"Love Happens" is a brand new multi-camera sitcom starring Kim Cattral, Chris Carmack, Jon Tenney and others yet to be cast about a middle aged divorcee (Cattrall) who enters into a romance with a man much younger than her.

"Getting Together" is a single camera comedy about two lonely, desperate singles who are contemplating whether or not to meet off-line after having an online relationship for four months.

"Class Action" is a new single camera comedy about a former litigator who decides to become a high school ethics and law teacher after having a mid-life crisis. Timothy Stack (Good Sports) stars. More casting to be announced later.

"The Department" is a new multi-camera comedy focused on the staff of Manhattan Department Of Motor Vehicles. Rhea Pearlman (Cheers) stars along with others yet to be cast.

"Cougars" is a new sitcom about four sexy, single and um, mid-life ladies all in various relationship issues. CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED.

factsoflife

01-14-2011, 11:27 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Thursday, January 13, 2011:

GEN-TV was given a deafening blow last night when it finished 3rd place.

At 8pm, a brand new "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 13.1 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched by 16.72 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Over My Head" was watched by 30.2 million viewers and posted a 4.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930, a brand new "Hot Tamales" was watched by 25.2 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Sisters" was watched by 37.5 million viewers and posted a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "L.A. Casino" was watched by 23.4 million viewers and posted a 4.8 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

01-15-2011, 02:57 AM

GEN-TV Casting News:

"The Department": Debuting in February is a brand new sitcom from veteran sitcom producers Carsey-Warner centering on the dysfunctional staff of the Manhattan Department Of Motor Vehicles. Multiple Emmy-Winner Reah Pearlman (Cheers) stars in the series as Rhonda Pearson; the demanding, takes no prisoners, tell it like it is Brooklyn born and raised Assistant Director of the Lower Manhattan Department of Motor Vehicles, who runs a tight ship and has to deal with all the kooky employees in the department. Joining her in this series will be several well known performers, all just confirmed by GEN-TV's very own Bridget Klein.

First up, Andy Dick (Newsradio, Less than perfect) has joined the cast as Donnie Wilson, an eccentric, over-the-top personality responsible for new registrations whose outlandish personality grates on Rhonda's last nerve. He is involved in a quirky relationship with Helen Bridges, a equally out-there Road Test Supervisor who has just moved to New York from Memphis, Tennessee and still believes that people are mostly good. She sees the best in everybody, even Rhonda; which drives everybody at work, especially Rhonda absolutely nuts. The role of Helen is being play television mainstay Cheryl Ladd (Charlies Angels, Las Vegas).

Also joining the cast is former "Seinfeld" star, and Emmy-nominated actor, Jason Alexander as John Pearson, Rhonda's self-absorbed, vain and slightly off his rocker ex-husband who she has been divorced from for eleven years, but has been working with for 17 years. They have two children together; who are grown and mostly have nothing to do with either of them. They are best friends but also worst enemies because they push each others buttons.

Others joining the cast in limited or recurring roles are:

Tony Hale, the former star of "Arrested Development" is joining the series in the recurring role as Arnold Anderson, the tyrannical and evil State Director of the Department Of Motor Vehicles who has a vendetta against Rhonda that will come bubbling to the surface in many hilarious ways. He is also Rhonda's ex-husband, they were married for less than three months before she ran off with John and divorced him, leaving him scarred psychologically.

Jamie Pressley, The Emmy-Winning "My Name Is Earl" actress has joined the cast in a limited capacity as Joleen Anderson, who is the current wife of Arnold and is severely ditzy. She works at the department handling new registrations and has developed a soft spot for Donnie, that will cause problems with Helen.

yankeesrj12

01-16-2011, 11:54 AM

Friday, January 7th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the first hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.49 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was up 0.3 demo points from its performance two weeks ago. This marks its largest performance in over a month.

At 9pm, the second hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.81 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) was also way up from its last performance (0.5 demo points). The 1.3 demo for Weekly Update is the highest performance since November.

At 10pm, the winter premiere/timeslot premiere of Cops of New York (Viewers: 7.02 million; 18-49: 1.8/5) did exceptionally well for its new night. Cops of New York is up over 1 million viewers and steady in the demo from its fall finale (on Monday) in November. Cops of New York outrated CBS and NBC in timeslot to finish second in its timeslot.

*Comparisons exclude last weeks episodes.
Friday, January 14th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the first hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.68 million; 18-49: 1.2/3) was up 0.1 demo points from its performance last week.

At 9pm, the second hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 6.71 million; 18-49: 1.6/5) was up 0.3 demo points from last week. This episode featured an exclusive interview with Arizona Governor, Jan Brewer. The 1.6 demo fro Weekly Update was a series high.

At 10pm, a new episode of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.80 million; 18-49: 1.6/5) was down 0.2 demo points from last week. Cops of New York retained 100% of its lead in, and was the highest rated show in the 10pm timeslot.

factsoflife

01-16-2011, 04:06 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Friday, January 14, 2011:

GEN-TV ranked #1 on Friday night.

At 8pm, a rerun of "L.A. Casino' was watched by 20.4 million viewers and posted a 2.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "L.A. Casino" was watched by 28.3 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "County General" was watched by 17.7 million viewers, it's lowest number all season and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a rerun of "County General" was watched by 14.4 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

01-16-2011, 04:12 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Saturday, January 15, 2011:

GEN-TV rated #4 for Saturday night.

At 8pm, an all-new "Hacked" was watched by 16.9 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" was watched by 13.2 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Never Again" was watched by 13.4 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new GEN-TV MOVIE "Our Special Bond" starring Wilson Cruz and Johnny Weir (in his acting debut) was watched by 11.2 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

01-17-2011, 12:50 AM

GEN-TV congratulates all of it's Golden Globe nominees. Sadly despite 18 nominations, GEN-TV went away empty handed tonight.

Our Nominees Were:

Outstanding TV Series- Drama:

GONE

Sisters

Outstanding TV Series-Comedy:

Knocked Down

Outstanding TV Movie Or Mini-Series:

I Have Breast Cancer

A Lesson In Humility

Outstanding Actress In A Television Series- Drama:

Maura West- Sisters

Helen Hunt- L.A. Casino

Gillian Anderson- GONE

Outstanding Actor In A Television Series- Comedy:

Nathan Lane- Them & Us

Outstanding Actress In A Television Series- Comedy:

Pamela Anderson- Over My Head

Mandy Moore- Knocked Down

Soliel Moon Frye- Over My Head

Elizabeth Banks- Elizabeth Bordoe (aka The Life & Times Of Elizabeth Bordoe)

Outstanding Actor In A TV Series- Drama:

James Caan- GONE

Supporting Actor In A TV Series, Mini-Series Or Movie Made For TV:

Dean Winters- The Huntress

Kelsey Grammar- Doctor/Patient

Supporting Actress In A Television Series, Mini-Series or Made For Television Movie:

Rue McClanahan- Women of A Certain Age

Maria Conchita-Alonso- The Arrival

Marla Sokolove- Knocked Down

factsoflife

01-17-2011, 01:21 AM

Hollywood Insiders
Dana Barron-Cohen
January 17, 2011

Despite a huge misfire at the Golden Globes tonight; where the network went home totally empty-handed despite 18 nominations across the board, GEN-TV is pushing hard this award show season hoping to make a big showing at the SAG Awards and Emmy's later this year. The network has launched a massive campaign for its series; taking out full page ads in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter for it's top shows as well as a few duds that they still think should get considered for award shows.

One of the biggest ads, a full page, color ad for it's top rated comedies "Elizabeth Bordoe" (formerly "the life & times of elizabeth bordoe") and "Knocked Down" features leading ladies Elizabeth Banks and Mandy Moore fully clad in gold dresses and gold earring with the headline "Don't They Look Great In Gold? Vote For GEN-TV Comedy"

In another ad, four of the sexy cast members of the networks sexy drama "Sisters" appears laying in a golden bed sheet with gold earring on with the headline "Get in Bed with these "Sisters"; vote for "SISTERS".

Nominations for Emmy won't be revealed until later, but the nominees for SAG have been out for weeks and GEN-TV reaped several bids, in the following categories:

Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Series-Comedy:

Elizabeth Banks- Elizabeth Bordoe (The Life & Times Of)

Shelley Long- Them & Us

Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Series- Comedy:

Nathan Lane- Them & Us

Jason Bateman- Boyfriends

Performance By Female Actor In A Television Series- Drama:

Shannen Doherty- The Huntress

Daphne Zuniga- This Time Around

Geena Davis- County General

Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Series-Drama:

James Caan- GONE

Chad Allen- L.A. Casino

Ensemble Performance By A Cast In A TV Series- Drama:

Sisters:
Sherry Stringfield
Maura West
Alicia Silverstone
David Canary
Mary Kay Place
Piper Perabou
Easi Morales
Jere Burns
Rupert Everett
Jean Smart
Isaiah Washington
Lisa Nicole Carson
Ming Na-Weng
Maura Tierny
Elizabeth Rohm
Anna Sophia Robb
Gil Bellows
Steven Weber
Wentworth Miller

GONE:
Gillian Anderson
James Caan
Alana De La Garza
Gale Harold
Enrique Muricano
Ally Sheedy
Jerry O'Connell
Mario Lopez
Rebecca Gayheart

Performance By An Ensemble Cast In A Television Series-Comedy:

Them & Us:
Emily Rutherford
Sam Page
Shelley Long
Nancy Lenehan
Nathan Lane
Jane Curtain
Dennis Farina
Melissa Joan Hart
Steve Zahn

Knocked Down:
Mandy Moore
Marla Sokolove
Scott Caan
Danny Strong
Wendie Mallick
Eddie Von Detten

yankeesrj12

01-17-2011, 03:56 PM

Sunday, January 9th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an encore of Locked (Viewers: 3.87 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was at its lowest level in months.

At 8:30pm, the winter premiere of Locked (Viewers: 5.33 million; 18-49: 1.9/5) was down 0.1 demo points from its fall finale back in November

At 9pm, the winter premiere of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.52 million; 18-49: 2.2/6) was up from its fall finale, but down from the week before that. The Weakest Link was YTN's highest rated series (in the demo) on the night.

At 10pm, the long-awaited and critically acclaimed series premiere of The Inside Job (Viewers: 8.08 million; 18-49: 2.0/6) had little to cheer about. While the series did grow over 1.5 million viewers from its lead in, it dropped 0.2 demo points, hinting older people love it. As it stands right now, The Inside Job is the oldest skewing drama on the network. The series also has the strongest following among those making for than $100k, so there is some bright spots. YTN says, "The long awaited premiere of The Inside Job was met by 8 million viewers, YTN's highest rated series premiere of the year." What they failed to mention was that they had only one other premiere: Sisterhood, which had 7.59 million viewers.
Sunday, January 16th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an encore of Locked (Viewers: 3.88 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was even with last week.

At 8:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 5.68 million; 18-49: 2.0/5) was up 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 9pm, an all new episode of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.59 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) was also up 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 10pm, week two of The Inside Job (Viewers: 6.84 million; 18-49: 1.7/6) continued to flounder despite the critical acclaim. The series fell over 1.5 million viewers and 0.3 demo points from its series premiere a week ago. Retention out of it's lead in was a weak 74% in the demo, although it did grow in total viewers.

factsoflife

01-17-2011, 07:31 PM

GEN-TV aired all reruns on Sunday night so ratings will not be published.

yankeesrj12

01-18-2011, 10:51 PM

Monday, January 10th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, the season premiere of Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 5.82 million; 18-49: 1.9/7) was down from last week's Looking for Love 3 reunion, but even with it's own fall finale.

At 10pm, an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 4.01 million; 18-49: 1.3/5) was down 0.4 demo points from last weeks two hour winter premiere. Retention out of Can You Beat Ken? was 69% in total viewers and 68% in the demo.

Programming alert - Pushing Daisies: Behind the Daisies will air next Monday at 8/7c. This is the second of three specials for the departing hit series.
Monday, January 17th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the all new special Pushing Daisies: What You Didn't See (Viewers: 5.83 million; 18-49: 1.8/5) put up a solid performance.

At 9pm, a new episode of Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 6.17 million; 18-49: 2.0/7) was up 0.1 demo points from last weeks premiere.

At 10pm, an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 3.72 million; 18-49: 1.1/4) was down another 0.2 demo points from last week for a new series low. Retention for Rule of Law was a mere 60% in total viewers and 55% in the demo, a series worst.

yankeesrj12

01-18-2011, 11:05 PM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN CHANGES UP MONDAY NIGHT SCHEDULE
Effective immediately, YTN's Monday night lineup is going to look a bit different. With Rule of Law tanking after a strong first season, YTN has few options to save the series, but they are trying.

Here is the Monday night schedule effective 1/24/11:
8/7c - Can You Beat Ken? (New Timeslot)
9/8c - TAKEN (Repeat)
10/9c - Rule of Law

TAKEN is YTN's strongest drama, so they are giving it a nice lead in, even though it is a repeat. Expect an slight uptick for the failing courtroom drama next week - or a cancellation.

factsoflife

01-19-2011, 12:02 AM

Ratings for GEN-TV for Monday, January 17, 2011:

GEN-TV was the #1 network on Monday night thanks to a strong line-up. GEN-TV beat ABC's "The Bachelor" and destroyed NBC's "The Cape" and "Harry's Law".

At 8pm, a brand new "The Arrival" was watched by 22.5 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Knocked Down" was watched by 26.26 million viewers and posted a 4.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 25.12 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Becoming Us" was watched by 12.43 million viewers tuning in and a 2.7 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Snatched" was watched by 25.12 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a rerun of "GONE" was watched by 22.1 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

01-19-2011, 12:21 AM

New SERIES:

"Love Happens" is a brand new multi-camera sitcom starring Kim Cattral, Chris Carmack, Jon Tenney and others yet to be cast about a middle aged divorcee (Cattrall) who enters into a romance with a man much younger than her.

"Getting Together" is a single camera comedy about two lonely, desperate singles who are contemplating whether or not to meet off-line after having an online relationship for four months.

"Class Action" is a new single camera comedy about a former litigator who decides to become a high school ethics and law teacher after having a mid-life crisis. Timothy Stack (Good Sports) stars. More casting to be announced later.

"The Department" is a new multi-camera comedy focused on the staff of Manhattan Department Of Motor Vehicles. Rhea Pearlman (Cheers) stars along with others yet to be cast.

"Cougars" is a new sitcom about four sexy, single and um, mid-life ladies all in various relationship issues. CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED.

GEN-TV has some casting news to share:

"COUGARS":

The network has cast four leading ladies in the leading roles for this new sitcom set to debut in February.

Gail O'Grady best known to TV audiences for her work on the 90's crime drama "NYPD BLUE" and for her recent work on GEN-TV series like "The Daily Grind" and "Texas Justice" joins the cast of this sitcom as Linda McPherson, a 40-something recent widower living in Houston, Texas who is reentering the dating scene for the first time since 1994. She is a man hungry, money loving member of a Texas oil family who hasn't had to struggle for anything in her life and now that her husband, Conrad is dead has more money than ever and is enjoying the good life; except for that she is lonely.

Rebecca Romijn-O'Connell (Ugly Betty) has joined the cast of this series as Carla Ann Wedgeworth; another recent widower. Carla is a former waitress who had the luck of marrying a rich oil man, but after he dies under suspicious circumstances she is disowned by his family; leaving her and their two children; penny 4, and sydney 10 without money or a place to live. Carla takes a job as Linda's housekeeper; Linda and her are old friends; but Linda being a snob treats Carla like a servant and not a friend.

Sharon Lawrence as joined the cast as Madelyn Sanford, who at 44 years old is devastated to find out that her husband of 22 years has filed for divorce. Because they married when she was young and had nothing she was foolish enough to sign a pre-nuptial agreement and now after 22 years and producing 4 kids for him she is left penniless and broke and has to move in with her best friend of 15 years Linda McPherson; who in reality she is mortally jealous of. Lind and her will butt heads, but ultimately will have a lot of fun chasing men.

Park Overall best known to TV fans for her work as Nurse Laverne on the 1980's classic sitcom "Empty Nest" has joined the cast as Hillary Eastwick, the 55 year old Houston, Texas socialite who sets the rules for the socialite scene and decides who is in and who is out. She and Linda have been "friends"/"enemies" for many years and have a competitive relationship. But she's about to find out that they have a lot more in common than they ever thought possible.

yankeesrj12

01-20-2011, 05:17 PM

Tuesday, January 11th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.02 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) was down 0.3 demo points from last week. Remember, NCIS had a series high 22 million viewers last night.

At 9pm, week two of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 8.26 million; 18-49: 2.5/7) was down 0.2 demo points from the premiere last week.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 13.24 million; 18-49: 3.7/8) was even with last weeks episode.
Tuesday, January 18th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.94 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) was up 0.3 demo points from last week.

At 9pm, week three of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 8.39 million; 18-49: 2.5/7) was even with last week.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 12.96 million; 18-49: 3.5/8) was down 0.2 demo points from last week.

yankeesrj12

01-20-2011, 05:21 PM

Wednesday, January 12th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 10.03 million; 18-49: 3.2/8) was down in total viewers, but up 0.1 demo points. Kate and Zoe hit a series high in Kids 2-11 (0.6) and Teens 12-14 (1.4).

At 8:30pm, week two of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 7.26 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) surprised many by holding steady vs. its premiere last week. Retention from its week ago premiere was 96% in total viewers and 100% in the demo. Retention out of Kate and Zoe was 72% in total viewers and 75% in the demo, pretty much even with last week.

At 9pm, an all new College (Viewers: 10.64 million; 18-49: 3.5/9) was up 0.2 demo points from last week to rank as the highest rated YTN comedy on the night. College has an all new two part episode starting next week.

At 9:30pm, an all new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 10.03 million; 18-49: 3.4/9) was also up 0.2 demo points this week. Retention out of College was an impressive 94% in total viewers and 97% in the demo.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.29 million; 18-49: 3.0/7) was stable with last weeks episode.
Wednesday, January 19th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 9.64 million; 18-49: 3.2/8) was even with last weeks episode.

At 8:30pm, week three of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 7.37 million; 18-49: 2.5/6) surprised many (again) by growing vs. last week. Retention out of Kate and Zoe was a much better 76% in total viewers and 78% in the demo, it's highest retention yet.

At 9pm, an all new College (Viewers: 10.67 million; 18-49: 3.8/9) was up 0.3 demo points from last week to rank as the highest rated YTN comedy on the night. College started its two part episode last night, which ends next week.

At 9:30pm, an all new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 10.54 million; 18-49: 3.6/9) was up 0.2 demo points this week. Retention out of College was an impressive 99% in total viewers and 95% in the demo.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.73 million; 18-49: 3.1/7) was up 0.1 demo points from last week.

yankeesrj12

01-21-2011, 04:53 PM

Thursday, January 13th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, an all new Singles (Viewers: 8.24 million; 18-49: 3.2/8) was down 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Living Life (Viewers: 6.79 million; 18-49: 2.5/6) was actually up 0.1 demo points despite its lead in being down. Retention out of it's lead in was an improved 82% in total viewers and 78% in the demo.

At 10pm, an all new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 11.63 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) was down 0.2 demo points from last week.
Thursday, January 20th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, an all new Singles (Viewers: 7.41 million; 18-49: 2.9/7) was down 0.3 demo points from last week. With increased competition from Bones and The Office, Singles was bound to fall this week.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Living Life (Viewers: 6.30 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) was down only 0.1 demo points. Retention out of it's lead in was an all time high 85% in total viewers and 83% in the demo.

At 10pm, an all new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 10.08 million; 18-49: 3.0/7) was down 0.3 demo points from last week.

factsoflife

01-21-2011, 10:13 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Tuesday, January 18- Thursday, January 20, 2011:

GEN-TV Ratings:

Tuesday, January 18, 2011:

GEN-TV was the #1 rated network on Tuesday night with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "Doctor/Patient" was watched by 23.31 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "This Just In" was watched by 13.56 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "The Huntress" was watched by 33.2 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Smashed" was watched by 24.2 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "Lifeline" was watched by 9.3 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011:

GEN-TV settled for 3rd place on Wed night with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "Press Time" was watched by 14.4 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "On The Air" was watched by 13.4 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 15.5 million viewers and posted a 2.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 15.8 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" was watched by 41.1 million viewers and posted a 7.3 in the 18-49 demo.

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Ratings for Thursday, January 20, 2011:

GEN-TV had to settle for 3rd place against brand new comedy on NBC and CBS. But the network still put up a fight and beat ABC and FOX.

At 8pm, a brand new "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 16.8 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched by 17.7 million viewers and posted a 3.5 int he 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Over My Head" was watched by 36.78 million viewers and posted a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Hot Tamales" was watched by 30.3 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "L.A. Casino" was watched by 26.5 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

01-22-2011, 04:49 PM

Friday, January 14th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the first hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.68 million; 18-49: 1.2/3) was up 0.1 demo points from its performance last week.

At 9pm, the second hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 6.71 million; 18-49: 1.6/5) was up 0.3 demo points from last week. This episode featured an exclusive interview with Arizona Governor, Jan Brewer. The 1.6 demo fro Weekly Update was a series high.

At 10pm, a new episode of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.80 million; 18-49: 1.6/5) was down 0.2 demo points from last week. Cops of New York retained 100% of its lead in, and was the highest rated show in the 10pm timeslot.
Friday, January 21st Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the first hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.53 million; 18-49: 1.2/3) was even with last week.

At 9pm, the second hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.92 million; 18-49: 1.4/5) was down 0.2 demo points from last weeks big interview with the governor of Arizona, which was also a series high.

At 10pm, a new episode of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.83 million; 18-49: 1.6/5) was even with last week.

factsoflife

01-22-2011, 07:06 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Friday, January 21, 2011:

GEN-TV took home the gold on Friday with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "L.A Casino" was watched by 27.7 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "County General" was watched by 31.2 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "One Of These Days" was watched by 40.2 million viewers and posted a 4.8 in then 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

01-24-2011, 06:39 PM

Sunday, January 16th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an encore of Locked (Viewers: 3.88 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was even with last week.

At 8:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 5.68 million; 18-49: 2.0/5) was up 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 9pm, an all new episode of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.59 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) was also up 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 10pm, week two of The Inside Job (Viewers: 6.84 million; 18-49: 1.7/6) continued to flounder despite the critical acclaim. The series fell over 1.5 million viewers and 0.3 demo points from its series premiere a week ago. Retention out of it's lead in was a weak 74% in the demo, although it did grow in total viewers.
Sunday, January 23rd Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an encore of Locked (Viewers: 3.01 million; 18-49: 0.9/3) was down 0.2 demo points from last week.

At 8:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 4.94 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) was down 0.3 demo points from last week.

At 9pm, an all new episode of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.03 million; 18-49: 1.9/6) was down 0.4 demo points to a season low.

At 10pm, week three of The Inside Job (Viewers: 6.14 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) plummeted 0.4 demo points from last week to a new series low. Retention out of it's lead in was a series low 68% in the demo, although it did grow in total viewers.

factsoflife

01-25-2011, 01:26 AM

GEN-TV Ratings:

Saturday, January 22, 2011:

GEN-TV raked in the viewers on Saturday night, thanks to new hit series "Hacked" and a strong showing for its TV Movie franchise. The network was the #2 network on Saturday night. It lost out to FOX but easily beat out CBS, ABC, NBC, The CW and YTN.

At 8pm, a brand new "Hacked" was watched by 16.17 million viewers and posted a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" was watched by 13.6 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Never Again" was watched by 13.8 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, GEN-TV aired an Original GEN-TV movie called "Becoming Jeremy" a two-hour dramatic movie showcasing the life of a transgendered teenager, Jenni (Degrassi's Jordan Todosey) who makes the decision to transition into a male body and decides to become "Jeremy". The film follows the spiritual and emotional journey and the reactions of family and friends to the news. It was watched by a staggering 29.48 million viewers and posted an amazing 6.8 in the 18-49 demo. It is the highest rated TV-Movie of the year for GEN-TV and set a new record for highest 18-49 demo rating for any made for television film in history.

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Sunday, January 23, 2011:

On Sunday, GEN-TV was the #1 rated network, beating ABC, FOX and CBS.

At 8pm, the network aired a brand new documentary entitled "Transitions: Life Stories from America's Transgendered Youth". The documentary was hosted and narrated by Lisa Ling and featured interviews with 14 different transgendered youths and their families, friends and members of their community. Several of the featured participants were shown only with their voices and faces disguised out of fear of being harmed. The special also featured the cast of "Becoming Jeremy" relating their personal experiences with transgendered youth and how it affected their work in the movie. It was watched by 15.9 million viewers and posted a 5.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the network rebroadcast the hit television film "Becoming Jeremy". It was watched by 33.82 million viewers and posted a 7.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 12pm, the network rebroadcast "Transitions: Life Stories from America's Transgendered youth" and it was watched by 12.2 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

01-25-2011, 01:32 AM

Preliminary ratings for Monday, January 24, 2011:

GEN-TV is TENTATIVELY the winner for Monday night with another #1 victory thanks to its award-winning, critically acclaimed comedy line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "The Arrival" was watched by 14.5 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Knocked Down" was watched by 32.2 million viewers and posted a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 31.2 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Becoming Us" was watched by 13.1 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Snatched" was watched by 27.6 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "GONE" was watched by 29.3 million viewers and posted a 4.7 in the 18-49 demo.

**** These Ratings are tentative and are subject to verification. Final ratings will be published later on Tuesday.

GEN-TV ratings are certified, tabulated and released by 5 Guys Ratings; an independent ratings firm.

factsoflife

01-25-2011, 02:26 AM

GEN-TV had a major presence at this years NAPTE convention in Miami, Florida where Scott Horgan (President, GEN-TV Studios & Syndication) was joined by other executives from the network to sell programs from the studios syndication and production arm for syndication for the 2011-2012 season.

Last year the network sold nearly half a dozen original scripted and unscripted programs into national and local syndication; including successful syndicated talker "Kirstie Alley" and original sitcoms "2nd Shift" and "Baby Time". This year the network has a slew of series and programs being offered. Here are the highlights:

1st Run Syndication:

"Kirstie Alley" (Returning Talk Show): Emmy-Winning actress, author and Reality TV star Kristie Alley returns for a second season of outrageous discussions as the outspoken star addresses topical issues head-first in a no holds bar format. Since debuting in syndication earlier this fall KIRSTIE has become a hit averaging 4.4 million viewers and becoming the #3 show in the coveted 18-49 demo among daytime talk shows. GEN-TV hopes to pick up additional stations for the show and expand its clearances.

"Deidre Hall" (Returning Talk Show): The #1 rated talk show in the country returns for its third season after breaking ratings records, dethroning Oprah and becoming a sensation. For the first time ever GEN-TV offers this show up for national syndication after airing exclusively on GEN-TV for the last two seasons. Currently the show is cleared for 14% of the country and is expected to get clearance in most of the country.

"Cybill Shepherd" (New Talk Show): GEN-TV pairs up with sensational, inspiring and outspoken actress, author, singer and media icon Cybill Shepherd for a brand new daytime talk show featuring Cybill's unique and original take on current cultural issues; interviews with celebrities, key cultural figures and original performances from top acts as well as Cybill herself. The series is being produced by CBS Television Distribution, GEN-TV Studios and River Siren Productions. Currently cleared only in 2 markets (Fort Lauderdale, FL and Atlanta, Georgia).

"[COLOR=black][FONT=&quot]Baby Time" (Returning Comedy), Returning for a second season of 50 original episodes; this comedy series is currently cleared for more than 50% of the country and hopes to expand its presence in the next year. It was watched by 2.1 million viewers last season and became a top rated cable program. It is being sold for first run syndication in both daytime and late-night hours. It is targeted for local stations as well as cable. It will return to TBS for weekend airings and is also going to air weekdays on Oxygen Network. It previously aired on MTV and LIFETIME networks.

The series stars Courtney Thorne Smith (According To Jim, Ally McBeal, Melrose Place) as the owner and manager of a Florida daycare center where its dysfunctional staff is more like family than co-workers. Co-starring Marcy Rylan, Wilmer Valdarama and Kelly Packard.

"2nd Shift" (Returning Comedy): This returning comedy which aired on cable and national syndication was watched by 1.14 million viewers and posted an impressive 2.1 season total among the 18-49 demo. Co-starring Mitch Rouse, Yvette Freeman, Hattie Winston, Nancy Travis and others this hit comedy centers on the staff of a New york city walk-in clinic where a wide array of odd and eccentric patients come in and out seeking medical treatment.

It is being sold into national syndication for local stations to air M-F during the daytime and on weekends.

On Cable it will continue its successful run on BET during the weekends and WE on the weekdays.

"The Clinic" (Returning Drama): This one-hour drama set inside a Manhattan fertility clinic returns for weekend airings on local stations. It has been airing in 40% of the country and studio hopes to expand its clearances. Previously it was made available for weekdays as well; but the show has performed better on weekends so the studio is offering only weekend clearances for now.

Cast of the show is headlined by Monica Potter (Boston Legal) and Richard Grieco (21 Jump Street). The series performed well and has been renewed for a second season of 44 episodes to begin airing fall 2011.

"Clue" (Returning game show): Entering its second year in syndication (it previously aired on GEN-TV in 2009) the popular game show returns with a brand new cycle of 110 episodes to air on weekdays and weekends on over 89% of the country. Studio is hoping to expand to more than 97% of the country this season.

"Perfection" (Returning game show): Returning for another star-studded season this celebrity laden series returns for its second year in syndication and hopes to expand beyond the 60% of the country it is currently airing on. Last season it saw record ratings growth.

"The Investigators" (original drama): This brand-new original drama offering centers around a group of arson investigators in Chicago fighting corruption and trying to find the truth in high profile arson cases. Starring "Queer As Folk" alumni Gale Harold, Josie Bissett (Melrose Place), Dan Cortese (Veronica's Closet, Melrose Place) and veteran character actor J.K. Simmons (OZ, Law & Order: SVU). The series is being offered for both weekend and weekday broadcasts for cable and local syndication. It is being produced by CBS Television Distribution and GEN-TV Studios.

2nd Run Syndication:

“Hot Tamales": Already sold into syndication last year for a Fall 2013 start date, this endearing and unstoppable comedy is currently being offered to additional networks. It is already sold to TBS for cable for a fall 2014 start date.

“One Of These Days”: has already been sold into local syndication starting in 2013 and will make its cable syndication debut on TNT starting in 2014. Studio is offering additional clearances for weekend timeslots.

“Life’s Facts”: Already sold into syndication last year, the series will start airing in local syndication starting in fall 2015 and will enter cable syndication in fall 2017 on Hallmark Channel; 2018 on Oxygen and in 2020 on GMC.

“Starting From Scratch” had already been sold into syndication last year, but since the show has been canceled studio is offering a refund to stations that purchased said series. Stations are also being offered an alternative series to air instead. They can chose from "Hot Tamales", "Doctor/Patient" or "Like Mother, Like Daughter".

“Getting Over It” was recently canceled so it's previously sold syndication contract has been canceled.

"The Story of Jacob": Series was canceled. Stations were offered alternatives series instead.

"This Time Around": Being offered for the first time this series is being offered for both re-purposing and for syndication. LIFETIME TV and TNT have purchased separate contracts to re-purpose the series. LIFETIME will be able to air the shows first two seasons starting Fall 2012; but only on weekends during the daytime. TNT will have the rights to air the entire series span, starting in Fall 2013, with old episodes airing primetime during the weekdays and new episodes being broadcast 1-week later during a weekday timeslot. Syndication rights for the series are up for grabs. Studio hopes to clear over 90% of the country soon.

"The Arrival": Currently in its second season, the hot comedy series is being offered for re-purposing and syndication. Currently it has no clearances but updates will be announced when they become available.

"Doctor/Patient": Currently in its successful second season the series is being offered for syndication and re-purposing.

"Postal": Currently airing its second season the studio is offering the series for syndication.

yankeesrj12

01-25-2011, 04:06 PM

Monday, January 17th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the all new special Pushing Daisies: What You Didn't See (Viewers: 5.83 million; 18-49: 1.8/5) put up a solid performance.

At 9pm, a new episode of Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 6.17 million; 18-49: 2.0/7) was up 0.1 demo points from last weeks premiere.

At 10pm, an all new Rule of Law (Viewers: 3.72 million; 18-49: 1.1/4) was down another 0.2 demo points from last week for a new series low. Retention for Rule of Law was a mere 60% in total viewers and 55% in the demo, a series worst.
Monday, January 24th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the time period premiere of Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 6.02 million; 18-49: 1.9/5) did well in its new timeslot. The game show, which has aired in at least four timeslots was down only 0.1 demo points from last weeks 9pm episode.

At 9pm, an encore of hit drama TAKEN (Viewers: 6.46 million; 18-49: 2.2/6) was up 0.2 demo points from last weeks new episode of Can You Beat Ken?. Oddly enough, TAKEN is actually a young-skewing procedural - go figure!

At 10pm, a new episode of fading Rule of Law (Viewers: 4.03 million; 18-49: 1.4/4) got a shot in the arm this week, growing 0.3 demo points. Rule of Law had its largest performance since its winter premiere on January 3rd. Retention for Rule of Law was still a low 62% in total viewers and 63% in the demo - and that's out of an encore!

yankeesrj12

01-25-2011, 04:25 PM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN Preempts TAKEN: Phoenix (R) for new Rule of Law
With Rule of Law fading, YTN is taking action to try and save the series. Effective next Wednesday, when two of the four comedies go into a three week repeat mode, YTN will air new episode of Rule of Law at 10pm. YTN had planned to air encores of TAKEN: Phoenix at 10pm, so the encores will not air. Instead, these TAKEN: Phoenix encores will air on Mondays at 10pm, in place of Rule of Law NEW episodes. Next week, TWO NEW EPISODES of Rule of Law will air; one on Monday, one on Wednesday. In case you're confused...

Monday, January 31st
8 - Can You Beat Ken? (NEW; EPISODE 2x04)
9 - TAKEN (REPEAT; EPISODE 2x03)
10 - Rule of Law (NEW; EPISODE 2x17)

Monday, February 7th and 14th
8 - Can You Beat Ken? (NEW; EPISODE 2x05 and 2x06)
9 - TAKEN (REPEAT; EPISODE 2x04 and 2x05)
10 - TAKEN: Phoenix (REPEAT; EPISODE 2x01 and 2x02)

Wednesday, February 2nd, 9th, and 16th
8 - Kate and Zoe (REPEAT; EPISODE 1x01, 1x02, and 1x03)
830 - Sisterhood (NEW; EPISODE 1x05, 1x06 - REPEAT on 16th - 1x01)
9 - College (REPEAT; EPISODE 2x01, 2x02, 2x03)
930 - Behind the Scenes (NEW; EPISODE 2x13, 2x14 - REPEAT on 16th - 2x01)
10 - Rule of Law (NEW; EPISODE 2x18, 2x19, and 2x20)

Monday, February 21st and 28th
8 - Can You Beat Ken? (NEW; EPISODE 2x07 and 2x08)
9 - TAKEN (REPEAT; EPISODE 2x06 and 2x07)
10 - Rule of Law (NEW; EPISODE 2x21 and 2x22 - Season/Series Finale)

Wenesday, February 23rd
8 - Kate and Zoe (NEW)
830 - Sisterhood (NEW)
9 - College (NEW)
930 - Behind the Scenes (NEW)
10 - TAKEN: Phoenix (NEW)

*YTN has said that through all of April, most shows will be encores.

factsoflife

01-25-2011, 04:52 PM

yankeesrj12

01-26-2011, 04:01 PM

Tuesday, January 18th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.94 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) was up 0.3 demo points from last week.

At 9pm, week three of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 8.39 million; 18-49: 2.5/7) was even with last week.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 12.96 million; 18-49: 3.5/8) was down 0.2 demo points from last week.
Tuesday, January 25th Ratings - YTN
With only competition from the State of the Union, YTN was up sharply from last week.

At 8pm, an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 7.54 million; 18-49: 2.7/6) was up 0.3 demo points from last week, hitting a season high.

At 9pm, week four of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 9.76 million; 18-49: 3.0/7) was up 0.5 demo points from last week, also a season high. Looking for Love faced mostly State of the Union broadcasts and The CW's Hellcats.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 13.41 million; 18-49: 3.8/8) was up 0.3 demo points from last week. TAKEN is poised to be the largest rated drama on YTN once again this week.

factsoflife

01-26-2011, 08:09 PM

GEN-TV Ratings:

Ratings for GEN-TV for Tuesday, January 25, 2011:

GEN-TV benefited from being the only major broadcasting network; besides so small they hardly count YTN to air original programming. GEN-TV ranked as the #1 rated broadcast network last night. GEN-TV beat the State Of The Union Address in all major demographics.

At 8pm, GEN-TV ceased the opportunity to gain viewers for a struggling show and aired an original one-hour episode of "On The Air" which was watched by its highest audience to date 17.5 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "This Just In" was watched by 13.3 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, GEN-TV aired a brand new "Becoming Us" and it was watched by 14.5 million viewers and posted a 5.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Hacked" was watched by 18.4 million viewers and posted a 5.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 1030pm, a brand new "Knocked Down" was watched by 14.5 million viewers (its lowest audience ever) and posted a 2.9 in the 18-49 demo. (its lowest demo in a long time).

At 11pm, a brand new "Smashed" was watched by 18.9 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

01-27-2011, 05:22 PM

Wednesday, January 19th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 9.64 million; 18-49: 3.2/8) was even with last weeks episode.

At 8:30pm, week three of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 7.37 million; 18-49: 2.5/6) surprised many (again) by growing vs. last week. Retention out of Kate and Zoe was a much better 76% in total viewers and 78% in the demo, it's highest retention yet.

At 9pm, an all new College (Viewers: 10.67 million; 18-49: 3.8/9) was up 0.3 demo points from last week to rank as the highest rated YTN comedy on the night. College started its two part episode last night, which ends next week.

At 9:30pm, an all new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 10.54 million; 18-49: 3.6/9) was up 0.2 demo points this week. Retention out of College was an impressive 99% in total viewers and 95% in the demo.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.73 million; 18-49: 3.1/7) was up 0.1 demo points from last week.
Wednesday, January 26th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 8.16 million; 18-49: 2.8/8) took a hit against American Idol this week, dropping 0.4 demo points.

At 8:30pm, week four of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 6.89 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) was also down, but only 0.2 demo points. The four week trend for Sisterhood is quite appealing: 2.4, 2.4, 2.5, 2.3 - it could be worse! Retention out of Kate and Zoe was a series high 84% in total viewers and 82% in the demo.

At 9pm, an all new College (Viewers: 9.34 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) was down 0.5 demo points from last week despite being the conclusion to a two part episode. College goes on a three week repeat stint starting next week (as does Kate and Zoe).

At 9:30pm, an all new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.87 million; 18-49: 3.4/9) was down 0.2 demo points this week. For the first time in a long time, a comedy other than College was the highest comedy on the network for the night.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.40 million; 18-49: 3.0/7) was down 0.1 demo points from last week.

factsoflife

01-27-2011, 06:52 PM

GEN-TV Wednesday Ratings:

GEN-TV was a solid, but not dominant performer on Wed night and took home the silver medal with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "Press Time" was watched by 16.67 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Becoming Us" was watched by 18.4 million viewers on its special Wednesday night airing.

At 9pm, a brand new "This Time Around" was watched by 37.99 million viewers and posted a 6.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Sisters" was watched by 35.9 million viewers and posted a 4.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "GONE" was watched by 39.4 million viewers and posted a 5.2 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

01-28-2011, 10:18 PM

Thursday, January 20th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, an all new Singles (Viewers: 7.41 million; 18-49: 2.9/7) was down 0.3 demo points from last week. With increased competition from Bones and The Office, Singles was bound to fall this week.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Living Life (Viewers: 6.30 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) was down only 0.1 demo points. Retention out of it's lead in was an all time high 85% in total viewers and 83% in the demo.

At 10pm, an all new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 10.08 million; 18-49: 3.0/7) was down 0.3 demo points from last week.
Thursday, January 27th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, an all new Singles (Viewers: 7.02 million; 18-49: 2.8/7) was down 0.1 demo points from last week, hitting a season low.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Living Life (Viewers: 6.27 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) was steady with last week. Retention out of it's lead in was an all time high (yet again) 89% in total viewers and 86% in the demo.

At 10pm, an all new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 9.41 million; 18-49: 2.8/7) was down 0.2 demo points from last week.

factsoflife

01-28-2011, 11:26 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Thursday, January 27, 2011:

GEN-TV's demographics took a hit against mostly reruns on the other networks; but the network was still #2 amongst total viewers.

At 8pm, a brand new "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 14.5 million viewers and posted a 2.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched by 21.1 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Over My Head" was watched by 29.4 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930, a brand new "Hot Tamales" was watched by 20.24 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "SISTERS" was watched by 30.44 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

01-29-2011, 11:36 PM

GEN-TV's hot dramas were all in repeat mode on Friday, but the network still aired a group of original programs on the night with a #1 victory for the night. Here is the results:

At 8pm, a GEN-TV Original Movie "Copycat" starring Teri Polo as a woman whose identity is stolen after somebody creates a social networking page using her name and picture; was watched by 12.2 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Snatched" was watched by 13.4 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "Smashed" was watched by 15.8 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

01-29-2011, 11:49 PM

GEN-TV has taken the first step towards truly getting into the reality TV game after a series of high profile and embarrassing reality TV flops. They have paired with Mark Burnett (Survivor) on a new docudrama set at a rehab center that treats "sexual addiction and other issues related to sex addiction, such as STD's and HIV". The series from Burnett will be produced by GEN-TV Studios and will be co-funded by the CDC (Center For Disease Control), a rep for whom said "The series will aim to educate viewers about the dangers of making poor decisions and how to get treatment if you could be at risk". The series is in the very early planning stages right now but if picked up to series will debut likely sometime in 2012.

The network has also ordered a reality competition series produced by and starring Fran Drescher that would see "The Nanny" and "On The Air" star helping set up hopelessly single and style challenged gay men, with the help of their female best friends.

Scott Horgan said of these two pilot orders "GEN-TV is committed to launching a viable, stable and quality reality series that will last more than 12 episodes. I am confident that these two pilots are the first steps toward doing just that".

Meanwhile the network has announced that they have given full season orders to it's recent comedy debuts "On The Air" and "Becoming Us", both series had small 6 episode orders but will now air for a total of 20 episodes through May. While neither show is a massive hit as of yet they are both solid performers.

yankeesrj12

01-30-2011, 01:19 AM

Friday, January 21st Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the first hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.53 million; 18-49: 1.2/3) was even with last week.

At 9pm, the second hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.92 million; 18-49: 1.4/5) was down 0.2 demo points from last weeks big interview with the governor of Arizona, which was also a series high.

At 10pm, a new episode of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.83 million; 18-49: 1.6/5) was even with last week.
Friday, January 21st Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the first hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.49 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was down 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 9pm, the second hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.56 million; 18-49: 1.2/4) was down 0.2 demo points from last week as well.

At 10pm, a new episode of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.88 million; 18-49: 1.5/5) was down 0.1 demo points from last week.

factsoflife

01-31-2011, 02:35 AM

GEN-TV Ratings for Saturday, January 29, 2011:

GEN-TV aired a mix or new shows and reruns on Saturday for a 3rd place finish among the ad-sustained networks.

At 8pm, a repeat of the GEN-TV Original Movie "Bullied" was watched by 16.67 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new GEN-TV special "Black's Law: Preview Special" hosted by Brooke Shields, David E. Kelley, Harry Hamlin and GEN-TV's President Bridget Kline. It was watched by 17.9 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a rerun of "County General' was watched by 13.2 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

01-31-2011, 04:06 PM

Sunday, January 23rd Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an encore of Locked (Viewers: 3.01 million; 18-49: 0.9/3) was down 0.2 demo points from last week.

At 8:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 4.94 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) was down 0.3 demo points from last week.

At 9pm, an all new episode of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.03 million; 18-49: 1.9/6) was down 0.4 demo points to a season low.

At 10pm, week three of The Inside Job (Viewers: 6.14 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) plummeted 0.4 demo points from last week to a new series low. Retention out of it's lead in was a series low 68% in the demo, although it did grow in total viewers.
Sunday, January 30th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an encore of Locked (Viewers: 2.89 million; 18-49: 0.8/2) was down 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 8:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 4.97 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) was even from last week.

At 9pm, an all new episode of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.26 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) was up 0.2 demo points from last weeks season low.

At 10pm, week four of critically acclaimed, but low rated The Inside Job (Viewers: 6.81 million; 18-49: 1.4/4) was up 670,000 viewers and 0.1 demo points from last week. The Inside Job continues to be the oldest skewing drama on the network with an average age of 62. Retention out of it's lead in was a series low 67% in the demo, although it did grow in total viewers.

yankeesrj12

01-31-2011, 04:25 PM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS
YTN Continues to Confuse Viewers...
What's better than confusing viewers with the placement of one show (Rule of Law)? How about the placement of TWO more shows!

Starting this week, Kate and Zoe, College, Singles, Reversing History, and Cops of New York are encores for three weeks. Starting next week, all Tuesday (with the exception of Looking for Love 4) and Sunday series are encores for three weeks. Confused? Well, YTN is changing up its schedule for more confusion.

When the Sunday night lineup returns on February 27th, encores of Locked are out as are new episodes of The Inside Job. YTN will air shortened encores of Can You Beat Ken? at 8pm, and NEW episodes of Weekly Update at 10pm.

When the Friday night lineup returns on February 25th, the 9pm episode of Weekly Update is out (moving to Sundays). Sunday night series, The Inside Job, moves to Fridays at 9pm, while Cops of New York will remain in its 10pm timelsot.

To sum it up:

Sundays (2/27)
8 - Can You Beat Ken? (encores; shortened)
8:30 - Locked (NEW)
9 - The Weakest Link (NEW)
10 - Weekly Update (NEW)

Fridays (2/25)
8 - Weekly Update (NEW)
9 - The Inside Job (NEW)
10 - Cops of New York (NEW)

*Once The Inside Job finishes its last four episodes on March 18th, Weekly Update will return to its Friday night timeslot, with encores of Burn Notice moving to Sundays at 10pm.

factsoflife

01-31-2011, 11:36 PM

GEN-TV was the 4th place network on Sunday with an all-new line-up, that consisted of burning off episodes of canceled series.

At 8pm, a brand new "Teachers Pet" was watched by 11.1 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Teachers Pet" was watched by 11 million viewers and posted a 2.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Teachers Pet" was watched by 4.4 million viewers and posted a 1.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930, a brand new "50 Stops Before Home" was watched by 8.2 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "50 Stops Before Home" was watched by 8.3 million viewers and posted a 2.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 1030pm, a brand new "50 Stops Before Home" was watched by 7.4 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "Tycoons" was watched by 3.1 million viewers and posted a .13 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

02-01-2011, 04:41 PM

Monday, January 24th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the time period premiere of Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 6.02 million; 18-49: 1.9/5) did well in its new timeslot. The game show, which has aired in at least four timeslots was down only 0.1 demo points from last weeks 9pm episode.

At 9pm, an encore of hit drama TAKEN (Viewers: 6.46 million; 18-49: 2.2/6) was up 0.2 demo points from last weeks new episode of Can You Beat Ken?. Oddly enough, TAKEN is actually a young-skewing procedural - go figure!

At 10pm, a new episode of fading Rule of Law (Viewers: 4.03 million; 18-49: 1.4/4) got a shot in the arm this week, growing 0.3 demo points. Rule of Law had its largest performance since its winter premiere on January 3rd. Retention for Rule of Law was still a low 62% in total viewers and 63% in the demo - and that's out of an encore!
Monday, January 31st Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an all new Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 5.49 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) was down 0.2 demo points from last weeks timeslot premiere.

At 9pm, an encore of hit drama TAKEN (Viewers: 6.13 million; 18-49: 1.9/6) was down 0.3 demo points from last weeks encore episode. Just to point out, Sundays new episode of The Inside Job had a similar viewership, but only a 1.4 demo. Worth saving The Inside Job? Probably not.

At 10pm, a new episode of certain to be cancelled Rule of Law (Viewers: 4.10 million; 18-49: 1.4/4) was even from last week. Retention for Rule of Law was an improved 67% in total viewers and 74% in the demo - and that's out of an encore! Remember, Rule of Law moves to Wednesdays at 10pm (this week) for the next three weks. Also worth noting, Rule of Law and The Inside Job have similar demos, yet Rule of Law skews much younger.

yankeesrj12

02-02-2011, 04:33 PM

Tuesday, January 25th Ratings - YTN
With only competition from the State of the Union, YTN was up sharply from last week.

At 8pm, an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 7.54 million; 18-49: 2.7/6) was up 0.3 demo points from last week, hitting a season high.

At 9pm, week four of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 9.76 million; 18-49: 3.0/7) was up 0.5 demo points from last week, also a season high. Looking for Love faced mostly State of the Union broadcasts and The CW's Hellcats.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 13.41 million; 18-49: 3.8/8) was up 0.3 demo points from last week. TAKEN is poised to be the highest rated drama on YTN once again this week.
Tuesday, February 1st Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 7.89 million; 18-49: 2.8/6) was up 0.1 demo points from last week, hitting a season high for the second week in a row.

At 9pm, week five of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 9.61 million; 18-49: 3.0/7) was even with last weeks season high.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 12.46 million; 18-49: 3.5/8) was down 0.3 demo points from last week.

factsoflife

02-03-2011, 01:58 PM

The world was stunned two years ago when Melissa Joan Hart was unceremoniously fired from the GEN-TV sitcom "Second Family". Rumors swirled that her weight played a factor in her firing; others claim it was simply a creative decision. The star now speaks out about the truth and her feelings on the shows sad downward spiral since; which led to its cancellation. Sitting in a cafe on a moody, rainy day in New Haven, Connecticut the actress reveals for the first time the truth about why she was fired from the series "It was the result of months of tension between myself and producers on the show; my weight had a small part in it, but ultimately the issue was that they didn't respect the fact that I'm a mother and I wanted my schedule to be conducive to being able to see my kids when they get home from school". "I couldn't be working 15/16 hour days and producers didn't like that fact at all". She continues "The PEOPLE magazine cover about my weight, well that didn't help, they had already told me they thought I was too fat, and even though i had lost over 25 pounds they still wanted me to loose more".

Since she left the series "Second Family" underwent a series of creative changes and ultimately was canceled. Hart, one of the original stars of the show had this to say about the shows unfortunate end "It's a shame, our original concept and cast were excellent, the network just wouldn't leave well enough alone. They were always forcing producers to change this or that and wouldn't let the writers just write; they always sent down notebooks full of notes about what to change". "I remember one time on executive spent nearly 25 minuets arguing with a producer about the color of the curtains on the windows in one scene; a totally trivial fact; but they just wouldn't let it go".

When asked about her exit she said "I was sad to see them writer Jodi out so stupidly; she just left a note and vanished; it was insulting; they should have just killed me off".

And she said one more big thing "GEN-TV is the worst network I've ever worked on, they do not respect talent and they assume that everybody watches them, when the sad truth is hardly anybody even watches that network".

yankeesrj12

02-03-2011, 04:36 PM

Wednesday, January 26th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 8.16 million; 18-49: 2.8/8) took a hit against American Idol this week, dropping 0.4 demo points.

At 8:30pm, week four of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 6.89 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) was also down, but only 0.2 demo points. The four week trend for Sisterhood is quite appealing: 2.4, 2.4, 2.5, 2.3 - it could be worse! Retention out of Kate and Zoe was a series high 84% in total viewers and 82% in the demo.

At 9pm, an all new College (Viewers: 9.34 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) was down 0.5 demo points from last week despite being the conclusion to a two part episode. College goes on a three week repeat stint starting next week (as does Kate and Zoe).

At 9:30pm, an all new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.87 million; 18-49: 3.4/9) was down 0.2 demo points this week. For the first time in a long time, a comedy other than College was the highest comedy on the network for the night.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.40 million; 18-49: 3.0/7) was down 0.1 demo points from last week.
Wednesday, February 2nd Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an encore of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 5.92 million; 18-49: 1.9/6) was solid compared to how it does for new episodes.

At 8:30pm, week five of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 6.02 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) was also down 0.2 demo points without a new lead in, While it is a series low for the new comedy, the growth in the demo is worth noting.

At 9pm, an encore of College (Viewers: 5.03 million; 18-49: 1.9/6) also had a solid encore performance.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.54 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) was only down 0.1 demo points despite no new College as a lead in. Behind the Scenes, which did only modest last year, has grown into a solid hit for the network.

At 10pm, a new episode of Rule of Law (Viewers: 6.29 million; 18-49: 1.7/6) was up 2.25 million viewers and 0.3 demo points from its Monday airing, but the performance is still weak. Retention out of Behind the Scenes was a weak 67% in the demo and 52% in the demo.

factsoflife

02-04-2011, 11:58 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Monday, January 31- Thursday, February 3, 2011:

Monday, January 31, 2011:

GEN-TV took home the bronze medal with this faltering line-up mixed with reruns and originals.

At 8pm, a rerun of "Knocked Down" was watched by 20.2 million viewers and posted a 5.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a rerun of "Becoming Us" was watched by 13.34 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a rerun of "The Huntress" was watched by 17.4 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "GONE" was watched by 28.49 million viewers and posted a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo.

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011:

The launch of GEN-TV's February schedule was officially a hit. The network scored a #1 finish for the night.

At 8pm, a brand new "Doctor/Patient" on its new night was watched by an impressive 26.6 million viewers (a season high) and posted a 4.8 (also a season high).

At 830pm, a brand new "On The Air" (also on its new night) was watched by 14.45 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" anchoring its new night was watched by 22.4 million viewers and posted a 3.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, The series premiere of "Love Happens" was watched by 24.7 million viewers and posted a 5.8 in the 18-49 demo. Proving that Kim Cattrall is a hit with viewers.

At 10pm, a brand new "The Huntress" surprised everybody by breaking all network TV records with its first original episode in months. It was watched by 49.5 million viewers and posted a huge growth in the 18-49 demo where it posted a 30.3, the highest 18-49 demo in the history of television for a scripted one-hour drama.

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011:

GEN-TV saw a mixed bag on Wed night with a second place finish overall.

At 8pm, a brand new "Press Time" was down across the board with a sad 12.3 million viewers and a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "This Just In" was watched by 15.5 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 16.2 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 17.4 million viewers and posted a 4.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "One Of These Days" on its new night was watched by 50.34 million viewers; its highest audience in nearly four months and posted a 12.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "Smashed" was watched by 19.4 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in its timeslot debut.

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Thursday, February 3, 2011:

Last night, GEN-TV pulled off a #1 victory; though by the narrowest of margins:

At 8pm, a brand new "Over My Head" was watched by 37.5 million viewers and posted a 5.7 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Elizabeth Bordoe" was a solid hit on its new night with 38.4 million viewers tuning in and a 5.9 in the 18-49 demo. Solid retention and great growth over its previous original episode.

At 9pm, a brand new "Hot Tamales" showed signs of age with 18.4 million viewers watching and a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, the series debut of "Getting Together" was watched by 13.3 million viewers and posted a 3.0 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" was watched by 50.2 million viewers and posted a 9.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "Sisters" was watched by 38.19 million viewers and posted a 12.3 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

02-05-2011, 01:05 AM

Thursday, January 27th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, an all new Singles (Viewers: 7.02 million; 18-49: 2.8/7) was down 0.1 demo points from last week, hitting a season low.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Living Life (Viewers: 6.27 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) was steady with last week. Retention out of it's lead in was an all time high (yet again) 89% in total viewers and 86% in the demo.

At 10pm, an all new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 9.41 million; 18-49: 2.8/7) was down 0.2 demo points from last week.
Thursday, February 4th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, an encore of Singles (Viewers: 4.92 million; 18-49: 1.6/5) was low, but it was only a repeat.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Living Life (Viewers: 5.05 million; 18-49: 1.9/6) fell 0.5 points this week with no new lead in. The good news for Living Life is that it did build by 0.3 points from the encore of Singles.

At 10pm, an encore of Reversing History (Viewers: 4.14 million; 18-49: 1.4/5) was also low, but again, a repeat.

jimpickens

02-06-2011, 01:27 AM

Okay as promised here is the new and improved RMTV
MORNINGS MONDAY-FRIDAY
Nothing changed my viewers love watching uncut Little Rascals and Three Stooges shorts as well as uncut and uncensored WB and MGM cartoons and the old school supermarionation shows are a hit with model enthuthiast.
AFTERNOONS MONDAY-FRIDAY
Afternoon Matinees westerns, sci-fi/creature features, screwball comedy, crime dramas, and action/adventure.
The Rat Patrol
Daniel Boone
Northwest Passage
5-7 MONDAY-FRIDAY
Duck Commander
North American Hunter
Gunsmoke
Bread Truck a hour long COPS like show that follows armored car (aka bread trucks) guards and drivers on their daily routines
PRIMETIME MONDAYS
ROH wrestling
Danger Theatre not the 90s short lived comedy but an hour long homage to the pulp western,crime noir, sci-fi, action/adventure, and detective novels and magazines of yesteryear.
The Booze Hour dedicated to various spirits and cocktails
LATE NIGHT MONDAY-THURSDAY
Movies til dawn
TUESDAY PRIMETIME
Movie of the week uncut and uncensored
Gunblast Street a non pornographic version of Sesame Street geared towards adults
WENSDAY PRIMETIME
Galactic Encounters a sci-fi hour long series based on the TTA RPG series of books with original characters and stories.
Flash Gordon but this time the series takes place after the fall of Ming
Savage Tales stories based off the Save tales magazine
THURSDAY PRIMETIME
Dragons Gate USA wrestling
Bull riding competition
FRIDAY PRIMETIME
Friday Night At The Grindhouse featuring exploitation movies from the 70s and 80s
The Abductors an hour long series based on the 70s exploitation favorite in fact the Movie will be played to introduce the season opener
FRIDAY LATE NIGHTS
Sex, drugs, mayhem and rock and roll anything goes as long as it appeals to men.
SATURDAY MORNINGS
Classic cartoons uncut and uncensored
Korg 10,000 BC
The Flintstones uncut and uncensored
The original Johnny Quest series uncut and uncensored
SATURDAY AFTERNOONS
Science Fiction Theatre sci-fi/horror movies uncut and uncensored
UFO
Un pc nature shows
UFO
5-7 SATURDAY
The best of pro bullriding
I Love Toy Trains
Machinery Of The Past
Armed Professionals the truth about private contractors like Blackwater
SATURDAY PRIMETIME
Titties, Guns, and Beer Drive In movies that appeal to real men
Knuckle Duster City is what you get cross Sesame Street, Meet The Feebles minus some of the sick body fluid jokes Sons Of Anarchy, and the GTA franchise in other words a real wild time.
Pole Dancer a one hour show dedicated to hot chicks pole dancing to kick off the Saturday late night sex, drugs mayhem and rock and roll all night long which is basically Night Flight with an attitude
SUNDAY MORNING
Church Services
The same as Saturday
AFTERNOONS
The afternoon matinee
A repeat of Bread Truck
The late afternoon movie
5-7
Exotic Hunting an hour long of exotic and feral game hunting
Backwoods Fun an hour of camping, shooting, and everything else in the backwoods.
Fun In The Swamps imagine if the Red Green Show was set in the swamp country of the deep south.
PRIMETIME
Action Theatre westerns, shoot em ups, good ol boy, action or whatever movie I play just make yourself comfy get yourself a snack pop open your favorite cold one and relax or recuperate.
The Sneaky Bastard Show an hour show focusing on the Little Bastards Father.
LATE NIGHT
Underground til dawn what doesn't fit in the rest of the six days goes here.

yankeesrj12

02-06-2011, 01:45 AM

Friday, January 28th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the first hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.49 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was down 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 9pm, the second hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.56 million; 18-49: 1.2/4) was down 0.2 demo points from last week as well.

At 10pm, a new episode of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.88 million; 18-49: 1.5/5) was down 0.1 demo points from last week.
Friday, February 4th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the first hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.06 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was down 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 9pm, the second hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.94 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) was up 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 10pm, an encore of Cops of New York (Viewers: 3.13 million; 18-49: 0.6/2) didn't do so well.

factsoflife

02-06-2011, 11:27 PM

GEN-TV had a huge victory on Friday; but a stunning defeat on Saturday.

Friday, February 4, 2011:

GEN-TV's Friday night debuts were huge successes with a 1st place finish beating out CBS, FOX, and ABC.

At 8pm, a brand new "L.A. Casino" was watched by 21.3 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "County General" was watched by 26.6 million viewers and posted a 4.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "GONE" on its timeslot debut almost doubled it's average from last Monday's airing with 54.43 million viewers watching and posting a 7.8 in the 18-49 demo.

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Saturday, February 5, 2011:

GEN-TV faced stunning defeat on Saturday with all of its comedy series loosing viewers and posting dismal demographics.

At 8pm, a brand new "Hacked" was watched by 11.2 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Never Again" was watched by 8.3 million viewers and posted a 2.0 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Them & Us" was watched by 8 million viewers and posted a 1.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930om, a the series premiere of Timothy Stacks "Class Action" was a complete disaster with 4.1 million viewers and a .17 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "HOTEL" was watched by 17.4 million viewers and posted a 1.1 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

02-06-2011, 11:34 PM

factsoflife

02-07-2011, 03:20 AM

GEN-TV has confirmed that the scheduled January 16th debut of "Black's Law" is being pushed back until February because of the strong ratings of "Snatched" which debuted in the Monday night 10pm slot to unusually strong returns. Scott Horgan, speaking on behalf of Bridget Klein who is out of the country on GEN-TV business said "We fully support Black's Law and want to give it the best possible platform on which to launch, so we are pushing the debut date back until sometime in February". It appears that the network wants to wait and see how "Snatched" holds up over the next few weeks to see if they need to program "Black's Law" elsewhere in the schedule. The truth is that insiders did not expect "Snatched" to debut as strongly as it did when it returned this week and were taken aback by how much it's ratings grew, GEN-TV wisely wants to see if that trend holds up or if it's a fluke. Insiders also suggest that the network wants to make sure that "Black's Law" gets the best possible timeslot and isn't sure if Monday will work for that show. Rumors suggest it could land elsewhere on the schedule, perhaps on Sunday's to boost the profile of that night which GEN-TV struggles with or on Friday's as a companion piece to strongly performing dramas "One Of These Days" and "County General". Some insiders suggest a move to Tuesday nights behind "Smashed" could be in the works.

GEN-TV has set the official premiere date of "Black's Law" for Monday, March 14th, 2011. It will debut at 10pm. Recently, a Black's Law Introduction special netted huge numbers for the network, and GEN-TV is anxious to get the show on the air but had to wait until it's schedule was able to permit the series to air.

Bridget Kline says "We didn't want to just throw the show on the air without promotion so we set a March premiere date to give us adequate promotional time".

The network isn't wasting anytime with promotion either; full paged ads have appeared recently in Variety, Hollywood Reporter and inside the pages of Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide and US Weekly. Full billboards advertising the show have shown up in Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston. Non-stop promos on television and radio have been played since early January and the network has paid over 150 thousand dollars in advertising for the series.

The last time the network spend this much on ads was for "SISTERS" which is now a major hit.

factsoflife

02-07-2011, 03:33 AM

GEN-TV Issues URGENT NOTICE about ratings for its series.

GEN-TV Legal Rep Marina Meyers-Brock issues a pressing legal announcement about GEN-TV's recent ratings reports.

"GEN-TV wishes to correct an egregious error made in publishing ratings for the last month; on a handful of occasions ratings reports were incorrectly marked as being from January and February of 2010 instead of 2011, We apologize for the mistake and are working to correct them as soon as possible. The actual ratings have already been tripled checked and are 100% accurate. Again, this error was a simple oversight and is being corrected as soon as possible".

GEN-TV has filed a 1.5 million dollar breach of contract suit against 5 Guys and A Girl Ratings (a subsidiary of Rainbow Media Inc.,); an independent ratings service that tracks, records and publishes television ratings. The network says that "5GGR (as it's referred to in the official complaint) "Deliberately and willfully published inaccurate information and dates on our ratings results". Marina Meyers-Brock, In-House Legal Rep for GEN-TV says "From the get-go the company has been shady in its handling of our ratings and has made inaccurate reports for months. We had contacted them months ago about a resolution to fix the inaccurate data and got no response". The suit seeks damages in excess of 1.5 million dollars for the cost of fixing the data and re-publishing ratings information. Suit also seeks to dissolve the contract GEN-TV has with the company.

factsoflife

02-08-2011, 12:03 AM

Sunday, February 6, 2011:

GEN-TV's Sunday line-up was a mixed bag with the networks returning series all getting series highs in demos and amongst overall viewers; but with several new series struggling.

GEN-TV overall ended up in third place for the evening behind FOX with its superbowl coverage and CBS with repeats of "Undercover Boss" and "60 Minuets".

At 8pm, a brand new "Somebody Like Me" was watched by 8.1 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Life's Facts" was watched by 29.4 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo, it's highest overall ratings in over two years.

At 9pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" was watched by 22.9 million viewers and posted a 3.15 in the 18-49 demo. It's highest numbers in nearly a year.

At 930pm, the series premiere of "The Department" was watched by 16.63 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, the series premiere of "Cougars"; the critically savaged sitcom was watched by 5.6 million viewers and posted a 1.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 1030, a brand new "SNATCHED" was watched by 25.6 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

02-08-2011, 12:29 AM

GEN-TV has some news and notes:

The much hyped, long overdue sweeps episode of "GONE" featuring Julia Roberts and John Cusack has finally been scheduled to air. The episode will air on February 25, 2011 in a special two-hour format. It will air from 9pm to 11pm.

The schedule for the night is being altered:

Schedule for Friday, February 25, 2011:

8-9pm: County General (NEW)
9-11pm: GONE (NEW)
11-12: SISTERS (RERUN)

In other news, Bette Midler has announced that she has extended her contract on "West of Broadway" beyond the current season. Though the series has yet to be officially picked up for next season the actress has signed a contract good for the next two seasons. A rep for the network says "While no formal decisions about the fate of the show have been made, we are thrilled to have Ms. Midler in our cast and are very excited to announce she has agreed to appear on our program for at least two more years". In addition to becoming a series regular her new contract includes a few big perks, which are listed below:

1. A considerable salary bump. Previously the actress was signed only for a 1-season contract; having been upped from guest star to recurring mid-way through this season. She was making roughly 1100 per episode for the course of 13 episodes for which she was to appear over the course of the contract. With this new contract good for two years she is being bumped to a salary of 20,000 per episode; for the length of two seasons (or about 40 episodes).

2. She gets a hand in production; she is becoming an Associate Producer on the series and will also be permitted to direct several episodes of the series.

3. She is to get top billing in the opening credits.

4. She will be allowed to perform at least two full-length musical numbers per season on the series and will be allowed to co-writer and co-produce music for the series.

yankeesrj12

02-08-2011, 09:18 PM

Monday, January 31st Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an all new Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 5.49 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) was down 0.2 demo points from last weeks timeslot premiere.

At 9pm, an encore of hit drama TAKEN (Viewers: 6.13 million; 18-49: 1.9/6) was down 0.3 demo points from last weeks encore episode. Just to point out, Sundays new episode of The Inside Job had a similar viewership, but only a 1.4 demo. Worth saving The Inside Job? Probably not.

At 10pm, a new episode of certain to be cancelled Rule of Law (Viewers: 4.10 million; 18-49: 1.4/4) was even from last week. Retention for Rule of Law was an improved 67% in total viewers and 74% in the demo - and that's out of an encore! Remember, Rule of Law moves to Wednesdays at 10pm (this week) for the next three weeks. Also worth noting, Rule of Law and The Inside Job have similar demos, yet Rule of Law skews much younger.
Monday, February 7th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an all new Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 5.60 million; 18-49: 1.8/5) was up 0.1 demo points from last week.

YTN aired encores at 9pm (TAKEN) and 10pm (TAKEN: Phoenix).

factsoflife

02-08-2011, 10:13 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Monday, February 7, 2011:

GEN-TV faced stiff competition against all original episodes on ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX and came out in 2nd place overall.

At 8pm, a brand new "Knocked Down" was watched by 35.5 million viewers; a series high and posted a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo. It was the #1 rated program of the evening among 18-49 demo and #1 in its timeslot.

At 830pm, a brand new "Becoming Us" was watched by 16.8 million viewers and posted a 3.7 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 22.35 million viewers and posted a 3.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "The Arrival" was watched by 26.6 million viewers and posted a 3.4 int he 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "This Time Around" was watched by 29.4 million viewers and posted a 5.9 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

02-08-2011, 10:35 PM

GEN-TV has signed an exclusive deal with "The Trevor Project" and "It Gets Better Project" to develop and air a series of documentaries and specials focused on teen bullying, coming out and life as a gay teen. Said specials will air over the course of the next five months and will feature both ordinary citizens telling their stories as well as well known figures discussing the topics.

GEN-TV's Gail Strickland, Head of GEN-TV Specials & Documentaries says "It is our distinct pleasure to team up with "The Trevor Project" and "It Gets Better Project" to help make a difference in society for the gay teens struggling with feelings of isolation and self-hatred; we are thrilled to work with two well know organizations to achieve this goal".

Bridget Kline is said to be the brainchild behind this idea and is getting an Executive Producer credit on all of the projects.

The first project called "Real Life: The Stories & Faces Behind It Gets Better" will feature Dan Savage, the founder of It Gets Better as well as several actual gay teens telling their stories. It will be a behind the scenes documentary and will showcase the lives of four different teens from across the nation in various states of coming out. One teen will be just coming out; another teen will be out in an accepting environment, another out teen will be facing homophobia and the fourth will be struggling with whether or not they are even gay.

So far a few big name celebrities have agreed to lend their voices to this project. Portia De Rossi is going to serve as narrator for the special; Melissa Etheridge is going to produce original music for the special and several other celebrities will appear on the special as commentators who will comment on the reactions of the documentary subjects.

This first special will air in April sometime.

Among the other specials to be produced include:

"Gay Bashed", an original documentary special hosted by T.R. Knight that will follow three different people all experiencing issues surrounding having recently been gay bashed. Special will also look at the police investigating the crime and what they go through. Special will air in mid-April.

"Outed": This special documentary will follow the lives of three kids who have recently been out against their will and what happens as they adjust to being out. Rosie O'Donnell is set to host and narrate this documentary.

"It Gets Better: True Life Stories": This special will take highlights from the popular on-line series "It Gets Better Project" and showcase them on national television. It will focus the same people retelling their stories and discussing the issues of bullying, suicide and being gay. Neil Patrick Harris to narrate.

"Aftermath": This documentary will follow the lives of the victims and police investigating a recent shooting at a gay club. The documentary will focus on the aftermath of the event and the traumatic repercussions it has.

Other specials will also be produced; but no details are available as of yet.

The Network is also working on producing a second "GEN-TV Gives Back" specials to help the gay community. The last one was a major success. No details on that are available yet beyond the network has committed to it and that possibly Cher is in talks to host the event.

factsoflife

02-10-2011, 12:54 AM

Tuesday, February 8, 2011:

GEN-TV Ratings;

GEN-TV was in third place overall (CBS #1, FOX #2) with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "Doctor/Patient" was watched by 13.34 million viewers and posted a 2.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830, a brand new "On The Air" was watched by 13.20 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched by 17.56 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930, a brand new "Love Happens" was watched by 20.3 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

at 10pm, a brand new "The Huntress" was watched by 38.3 million viewers and posted a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

02-10-2011, 10:54 PM

Tuesday, February 1st Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an all new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 7.89 million; 18-49: 2.8/6) was up 0.1 demo points from last week, hitting a season high for the second week in a row.

At 9pm, week five of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 9.61 million; 18-49: 3.0/7) was even with last weeks season high.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 12.46 million; 18-49: 3.5/8) was down 0.3 demo points from last week.
Tuesday, February 8th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, week six of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 8.42 million; 18-49: 2.7/6) was down 3/10th's in the demo. Without a new Pushing Daisies lead in or a new TAKEN as a lead out, Looking for Love fell to its lowest numbers in three weeks.

yankeesrj12

02-10-2011, 10:59 PM

Wednesday, February 2nd Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an encore of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 5.92 million; 18-49: 1.9/6) was solid compared to how it does for new episodes.

At 8:30pm, week five of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 6.02 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) was also down 0.2 demo points without a new lead in, While it is a series low for the new comedy, the growth in the demo is worth noting.

At 9pm, an encore of College (Viewers: 5.03 million; 18-49: 1.9/6) also had a solid encore performance.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.54 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) was only down 0.1 demo points despite no new College as a lead in. Behind the Scenes, which did only modest last year, has grown into a solid hit for the network.

At 10pm, a new episode of Rule of Law (Viewers: 6.29 million; 18-49: 1.7/6) was up 2.25 million viewers and 0.3 demo points from its Monday airing, but the performance is still weak. Retention out of Behind the Scenes was a weak 67% in the demo and 52% in the demo.
Wednesday, February 9th Ratings - YTN
At 8:30pm, week six of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 6.11 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) was even with last weeks series low.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.02 million; 18-49: 3.2/7) was down 1/10th of a demo point without a new College as a lead in. Given the competition at 9:30pm, Behind the Scenes is doing very well.

At 10pm, a new episode of Rule of Law (Viewers: 7.35 million; 18-49: 1.6/6) was up one million viewers from last week, but dropped 1/10th of a demo point. Retention out of Behind the Scenes was an acceptable 81% in the total viewers, but a dismal 50% in the demo.

yankeesrj12

02-10-2011, 11:14 PM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS
YTN - WHAT WILL RETURN, AND WHAT WON'T?!

Categories: Already Renewed, Renewal Likely, 50/50, Cancellation Likely, Already Cancelled

Already Renewed
TAKEN
Behind the Scenes
College
Kate and Zoe
Cops of New York
TAKEN: Phoenix
Looking for Love
Weekly Update
Singles
Reversing History

Renewal Likely
The Weakest Link

50/50
Roommates
Sisterhood
Locked
Can You Beat Ken?

Cancellation Likely
The Inside Job

Already Cancelled
Yahtzee!
Outburst!
Pushing Daisies (FINAL SEASON)
They Work Hard For Their Money
Rule of Law
Living Life

yankeesrj12

02-10-2011, 11:23 PM

YTN PRESS RELEASE:
BEHIND THE SCENES, COLLEGE, KATE AND ZOE RENEWED FOR 2011-2012 TELEVISION SEASON
Hit Wednesday night comedies, Behind the Scenes, College, and Kate and Zoe have all been renewed through the 2011-2012 television season.

With each comedy averaging a 3.0 demo or better, the comedies have become a staple of the YTN network.

The President of YTN, Brian Lonze, says, "Behind the Scenes, College, and Kate and Zoe have all demonstrated strength no matter where they are on the schedule. Each series has a talented cast and crew, and we can't wait for them to return next season."

All three hit comedies have been given an order for 22 episodes. Behind the Scenes and College will both enter their third seasons, with Kate and Zoe stating its second season in the fall.

factsoflife

02-11-2011, 12:45 AM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS
YTN - WHAT WILL RETURN, AND WHAT WON'T?!

Categories: Already Renewed, Renewal Likely, 50/50, Cancellation Likely, Already Cancelled

Already Renewed
TAKEN
Behind the Scenes
College
Kate and Zoe

Renewal Likely
Locked
The Weakest Link
Cops of New York
TAKEN: Phoenix
Singles
Reversing History
Weekly Update

50/50
Roommates (depends on new timeslot performance)
Living Life
Can You Beat Ken?
Sisterhood
Looking for Love

Cancellation Likely
Rule of Law
The Inside Job

Already Cancelled
Yahtzee!
Outburst!
Pushing Daisies (FINAL SEASON)
They Work Hard For Their Money

Following in the footsteps of ABC which announced it's renewals back in January and YTN which just did it today; GEN-TV has announced it's plans for the 2011-2012 Television season.

Already Renewed:
This Time Around (Renewed through the 2013-2014 season)
One Of These Days (will end in 2014)
Hot Tamales (will end in 2013)
Doctor/Patient (renewed for 2011-2012)
County General (renewed through the 2013-2014 season)
Over My Head (renewed through the 2015-2016 season)
Elizabeth Brodoe (renewed 2011-2012)
Knocked Down (renewed for 2011-2012)
GONE (renewed through 2011-2012)
Sisters (renewed through 2011-2012)
The Huntress (renewed through 2015-2016)
The Arrival (renewed for 2011-2012)
Hacked (renewed for 2011-2012)
L.A. Casino (renewed for 2011-2012)

Renewal Likely:
Boyfriends
West Of Broadway
Snatched
Smashed

50/50 Chance Of Renewal:
This Just In
Postal
Something Old, Something New
Press Time * (Was renewed by Diane Swift by Scott Horgan has since revoked that and decided to let programmers see what fall schedule looks like first.)

Renewal Unlikely:
Never Again
Life's Facts
Somebody Like Me
Them & Us

Already Canceled:
The Boy Next Door
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Woman of a certain age
Hotel
Tycoons
Good Sports
50 Stops Before Home
Another Day
Passing Notes
Lifeline
Hollywood Now
Say Cheese
Starting From Scratch
Getting Over It
Homecoming
Our Father
Teachers Pet

Too Soon To Tell: (these shows haven't aired long enough to render a decision, fate will be determined in May).

Cougars
Class Action
The Department
Black's Law
Getting Together
On The Air
Becoming Us
Love Happens

factsoflife

02-11-2011, 12:52 AM

GEN-TV Ratings for Wednesday, February 9, 2011:

GEN-TV focused on Valentines Day this week (shows will be in reruns next week) and the ratings were good. GEN-TV emerged as the #1 network of the evening.

At 8pm, a brand new "Press Time" featuring a look back at Valentines days of the past for the staff was watched by 14.5 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "This Just In" was watched by 13.31 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 15.6 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930, a brand new "Postal' was watched by 15.83 million viewers and posted a 2.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "One Of These Days" was watched by 39.94 million viewers and posted a 5.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "Smashed" was watched by 19.93 million viewers and posted a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

02-11-2011, 03:27 AM

Following in the footsteps of ABC which announced it's renewals back in January and YTN which just did it today; GEN-TV has announced it's plans for the 2011-2012 Television season.

Already Renewed:
This Time Around (Renewed through the 2013-2014 season)
One Of These Days (will end in 2014)
Hot Tamales (will end in 2013)
Doctor/Patient (renewed for 2011-2012)
County General (renewed through the 2013-2014 season)
Over My Head (renewed through the 2015-2016 season)
Elizabeth Brodoe (renewed 2011-2012)
Knocked Down (renewed for 2011-2012)
GONE (renewed through 2011-2012)
Sisters (renewed through 2011-2012)
The Huntress (renewed through 2015-2016)

Renewal Likely:
L.A. Casino
The Arrival
Boyfriends
This Just In
West Of Broadway
Hacked

50/50 Chance Of Renewal:
Smashed
Postal
Something Old, Something New
Press Time * (Was renewed by Diane Swift by Scott Horgan has since revoked that and decided to let programmers see what fall schedule looks like first.)
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Snatched

Renewal Unlikely:
Never Again
Life's Facts
Somebody Like Me
Them & Us
Hotel

Already Canceled:
The Boy Next Door
Woman of a certain age
Tycoons
Good Sports
50 Stops Before Home
Another Day
Passing Notes
Lifeline
Hollywood Now
Say Cheese
Starting From Scratch
Getting Over It
Homecoming
Our Father
Teachers Pet

Too Soon To Tell: (these shows haven't aired long enough to render a decision, fate will be determined in May).

Cougars
Class Action
The Department
Black's Law
Getting Together
On The Air
Becoming Us
Love Happens

GEN-TV has just secured renewals for three more series; which initially were not picked up. The network has officially cleared freshmen comedy series "HACKED" for a second season pick-up. The series stars Timothy Stack as the mayor of a small town whose computer system is hacked and he must find out how to fix the chaos it caused. Stack also stars on another GEN-TV series "CLASS ACTION"; which currently isn't faring too well; but has yet to be officially canceled. "Hacked" has achieved acclaim from critics and has been a bright spot for the networks Saturday line-up which isn't rating too well.

The network has also picked-up popular drama series "L.A. Casino" for a second season. The soapy crime drama set in a Los Angeles Casino/Hotel starring Chad Allen, Helen Hunt and others has fared extremely well with over 28 million viewers per episode and excellent demographics. Never considered in danger of being canceled the series was waiting contractual clearance for its cast members. The series has now been cleared for another year; and both Helen Hunt and Chad Allen have agreed to return.

Lastly, the network has renewed sophomore comedy "The Arrival" for a third season. The series co-starring Vanessa Marcil, Jason Wiles, Kim Coles and Maria Conchita-Alonso has maintained healthy numbers despite several time-slot changes.

Sadly, the news isn't as good for another GEN-TV comedy, "Like Mother, Like Daughter" starring Suzanne Somers, Tori Spelling, Judy Greer and Khandi Alexander has been canceled after it's second season. The series has never been a top performer and has produced inconsistent ratings for its entire run. The fate of the series had been in question for sometime now as Khandi Alexander and Judy Greer; both were highly sought-after talents and were long trying to escape their contract. Tori Spelling has also stated her disinterest in continuing the series; expressing the need to spend more time at home. The series finale will air in May.

The last canceled series is the drama series "HOTEL" which has produced low ratings and poor critical notices all season long. It will air through May but will not be returning in the Fall.

factsoflife

02-12-2011, 04:52 AM

Just hours after GEN-TV canceled her sitcom "Like Mother, Like Daughter" which was axed after two seasons, actress Tori Spelling has already landed another gig. The former "Beverly Hills, 90210" starlet and daughter of late TV Producer Aaron Spelling has landed a co-starring role on the popular GEN-TV drama series "L.A. Casino". Tori will join the cast of the series later this season; as a new casino hostess with a comedic side "My character will have an issue with continually falling and bumping into things" she says to Hollywood Now Online "I love doing comedy and with LMLD gone will really enjoy the chance to do comedy again". Her role is only recurring for this season but producers hope to make her a more regular presence on the show next year, where they have already thought about a long-term story arch for the character.

In other news, Khandi Alexander, a television veteran of shows like "Newsradio", "CSI: Miami" and HBO's "The Corner" and "Treme" has landed another gig as well. The actress has booked a 3-episode guest appearance on "County General" as a "Social worker who is fed up by careless parents and does something drastic, that ends up with her being committed to the County General psych ward". The role is currently only a guest starring role but could possibly expand to more if the character is well received.

factsoflife

02-12-2011, 06:06 PM

GEN-TV Ratings...

GEN-TV Ratings for Thursday, February 10 and Friday, February 11, 2011:

Thursday, February 10, 2011:

GEN-TV had a rough night Thursday with a 2nd place finish.

At 8pm, a brand new "Over My Head" was watched by 33.49 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 24.59 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Hot Tamales" was watched by 17.33 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Getting Together" was watched by 15.93 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" was watched by 43.19 million viewers and posted a 5.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "Sisters" was the stand out with 52.2 million viewers tuning in and a 7.3 in the 18-49 demo.
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Friday, February 11, 2011:

GEN-TV bounced to #1 on Friday with a stunningly strong showing for it's drama line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "L.A. Casino" was a strong performer with 32.1 million viewers and a 6.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "County General" was watched by 33.9 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "GONE" was watched by 42.30 million viewers and posted a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

02-12-2011, 06:13 PM

GEN-TV announced today that they are pulling the plug on struggling daytime soap opera "Oakhurst". After the series reached all-time series lows among total viewers and demos the fate was sealed and network opted to not renew the series contract. Series will air it's last episode on March 22nd and will be pulled from the schedule.

GEN-TV long tried to develop a daily soap opera that could sustain an audience but has had no luck. "Guiding Light" was pulled from the networks schedule three months into it's run and "Sunset Heights" never even aired before it was canceled. "The reality of a daily soap surviving in today's world just isn't real" says Bridget Kline, President of GEN-TV Entertainment "But we have plans to continue to satisfy the soap opera audience and have several big things in the works".

yankeesrj12

02-13-2011, 02:23 AM

Thursday, February 3rd Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, an encore of Singles (Viewers: 4.92 million; 18-49: 1.6/5) was low, but it was only a repeat.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Living Life (Viewers: 5.05 million; 18-49: 1.9/6) fell 0.5 points this week with no new lead in. The good news for Living Life is that it did build by 0.3 points from the encore of Singles.

At 10pm, an encore of Reversing History (Viewers: 4.14 million; 18-49: 1.4/5) was also low, but again, a repeat.
Thursday, February 10th Ratings - YTN
At 9:30pm, a new episode of Living Life (Viewers: 5.18 million; 18-49: 1.9/6) was even with last weeks series low. The good news for Living Life is that it did build by 0.3 from it's lead in of Singles (encore).

yankeesrj12

02-13-2011, 02:26 AM

Friday, February 4th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the first hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.06 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was down 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 9pm, the second hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.94 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) was up 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 10pm, an encore of Cops of New York (Viewers: 3.13 million; 18-49: 0.6/2) didn't do so well.
Friday, February 11th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the first hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.18 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was up 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 9pm, the second hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 6.25 million; 18-49: 1.4/4) was also up 0.1 demo points from last week.

factsoflife

02-13-2011, 06:22 PM

GEN-TV Ratings:

GEN-TV Ratings for Saturday, February 12, 2011:

GEN-TV took a hit Saturday night and was the 5th rated broadcast network for the evening among demos and total viewers.

At 8pm, a brand new "Hacked" was watched by 11.3 million viewers and posted a 2.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Never Again" was watched by 14.4 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Them & Us" was watched by 15.5 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Class Action" was a bust with 3.2 million viewers watching and posting a 1.0 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Hotel" was watched by 12.3 million viewers and posted a 2.8 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

02-13-2011, 06:29 PM

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The last canceled series is the drama series "HOTEL" which has produced low ratings and poor critical notices all season long. It will air through May but will not be returning in the Fall.

GEN-TV has changed their mind and has given freshmen drama series "Hotel" a second season renewal after-all. The drama has been cleared for a 12-episode season to begin at mid-season. Scott Horgan says "We opted at the last minuet to give the series another chance; it will be slightly retooled and some casting changes will be made, we want to find a bigger star to headline the series and change up the tone of the show".

Tori Spelling who recently signed a contract to recur on "L.A. Casino" is considered a front-runner for a series regular spot on "Hotel", which may end up airing as a lead-in to that series.

Currently the series stars Austin Peck, Susan Lucci, Adrianne Padalecki and Ryan Devlin, but the network wants to spice up the cast and add a few more headlining actors.

yankeesrj12

02-13-2011, 10:30 PM

BREAKING NEWS - RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF YTN STEP DOWN
The news is just coming in, so expect updates for the next few hours.

For unknown reasons, both the President (Brian Lonze) and Vice President (Taylor Song) of YTN have stepped down effective immediately. Sources say at 9:15pm today, both informed all employees that on Monday morning the network would have no permanent leadership.

It's rare for a network President to step down without warning, but it's almost unheard of for both the President and Vice President of a network to step down without warning.

No new President or Vice President have been named as of yet.

UPDATE #1: Here is the official statement from the Vice President of YTN, Taylor Song:
After much consideration, I have decided to step down from my position of Vice President at the network effective immediately. This was not an easy decision, but I feel like it is one that will only make the network stronger in the future. I'd like to thank everyone for their hard work and dedication to YTN and YTN Studios.

UPDATE #2: Here is the official statement from the President of YTN, Brian Lonze:
When we sat down with designers for YTN back in 2007, we never thought original programming could happen. Since the launch of YTN in 2009, the network has expanded to those heights, and way beyond. I've been at the network from the very beginning, but I believe it is in the interest of the network that I step aside effective immediately. My time at YTN has been special, and I will always remember this as my first job major in the industry. I'd like to thank everyone who has been part of the network since 2007, and I wish you all the best of luck. I plan to take my time off to enjoy it with my family, but I will be back before you know it.

Sources tell us that the Chairman of YTN is expected to release a statement within the next few hours.

UPDATE #3: Here is the official statement from the Chairman of YTN, Carl Mayer:
Earlier today, the President and Vice President of YTN informed me that they would step down from their positions effective immediately for personal reasons. It is my firm belief that if it were not for them, the network would not be as strong as it is now. I thank them for their service and wish them the best of luck in the future.

With pilot season in full force, it is our main goal to find someone to replace them as soon as possible. Effective tomorrow, Programming Director Olivia Pavlin will be promoted to Interim-President of YTN, and will remain in the position until the completion of YTN Upfronts in May 2011. The position of Vice President will remain vacant for the time being.

UPDATE #4: Sources say the statement about resigning for personal reasons is bogus. I'm told that Brian Lonze was let go due to ineffectiveness to find "new, hip programming" and Taylor Song was let go due to "inappropriate behavior with employees". Sounds like everything at YTN is not in the best of shape right now. The new Interim-President of YTN has a clean record from what we are told and may become the full time President as soon as next week. The only odd thing is that the President was fired for ineffectiveness to find new programming, yet the Programming Director was saved in the slew of resignations.

UPDATE #5: Here is the official statement from the Interim-President of YTN, Olivia Pavlin:
Working for a high-rated network has always been a dream of mine, but running a high-rated network always seemed like an impossible dream. As of today though, I can say that dream has come true. Effective tomorrow, I will officially become the Interim-President of YTN and YTN Studios. Running a top notch network won't be easy, but I am always up for a challenge. I can promise you that with a new President comes new and innovative programming. I can not wait to get started, and I hope each and every one of you are just as excited as I am.

UPDATE #6: We're told that the Olivia Pavlin will have a lot of work on her desk starting tomorrow. With most stars already snatched up for the pilot season, its going to be a long road ahead for YTN. Pilot orders are expected to begin this week.

yankeesrj12

02-14-2011, 11:13 PM

YTN PRESS RELEASE:
COPS OF NEW YORK AND TAKEN: PHOENIX RENEWED FOR 2011-2012 TELEVISION SEASON
Hit dramas Cops of New York and TAKEN: Phoenix have both been renewed through the 2011-2012 television season.

The Interim-President of YTN, Olivia Pavlin, says, "Cops of New York and TAKEN: Phoenix are two very successful dramas. Having them both return next season will ensure success for the entire network and will let us expand our network even further."

Both dramas have been given an order for 22 episodes. Cops of New York and TAKEN: Phoenix will both return for their sophomore seasons in the fall.

factsoflife

02-14-2011, 11:54 PM

BREAKING NEWS - RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF YTN STEP DOWN
The news is just coming in, so expect updates for the next few hours.

For unknown reasons, both the President (Brian Lonze) and Vice President (Taylor Song) of YTN have stepped down effective immediately. Sources say at 9:15pm today, both informed all employees that on Monday morning the network would have no permanent leadership.

It's rare for a network President to step down without warning, but it's almost unheard of for both the President and Vice President of a network to step down without warning.

No new President or Vice President have been named as of yet.

UPDATE #1: Here is the official statement from the Vice President of YTN, Taylor Song:

UPDATE #2: Here is the official statement from the President of YTN, Brian Lonze:

Sources tell us that the Chairman of YTN is expected to release a statement within the next few hours.

UPDATE #3: Here is the official statement from the Chairman of YTN, Carl Mayer:

UPDATE #4: Sources say the statement about resigning for personal reasons is bogus. I'm told that Brian Lonze was let go due to ineffectiveness to find "new, hip programming" and Taylor Song was let go due to "inappropriate behavior with employees". Sounds like everything at YTN is not in the best of shape right now. The new Interim-President of YTN has a clean record from what we are told and may become the full time President as soon as next week. The only odd thing is that the President was fired for ineffectiveness to find new programming, yet the Programming Director was saved in the slew of resignations.

UPDATE #5: Here is the official statement from the Interim-President of YTN, Olivia Pavlin:

UPDATE #6: We're told that the Olivia Pavlin will have a lot of work on her desk starting tomorrow. With most stars already snatched up for the pilot season, its going to be a long road ahead for YTN. Pilot orders are expected to begin this week.

GEN-TV isn't known for mincing words or being polite, and Scott Horgan, President of GEN-TV Studios has released a statement about the issues at YTN.

In regards to YTN's Brian Lonze, "I personally have met Brian Lonze several times and can tell you he is a mindless shrew who has no ability to make decisions on his own, and the fact he was ever a network President is beyond hilarious to me". "I wouldn't be surprised if he never works again in this industry". he added "YTN has been a mess for a long-time and his departure is only one in many steps needed for the network to find a semblance of balance and quality to their schedule".

In regards to Taylor Song's exit he said "I've never met that sad-sack before but the rumors I've heard are pretty clear that there was some inappropriate behavior at play; seriously inappropriate behavior that could lead to a law-suit".

GEN-TV and YTN once had an amicable relationship but in recent years that has deteriorated into a mess of harsh words and cruel press statements at one another. GEN-TV is currently the #1 rated ad sustained network on television among 18-49 year old's. YTN is sadly ranked in 4th place, only above the CW.

factsoflife

02-15-2011, 12:00 AM

GEN-TV Ratings:

Ratings for Sunday, February 13, 2011:

GEN-TV faced stiff competition on Sunday against the Grammy's on CBS and originals on ABC. GEN-TV was in 4th place for the night with a lackluster night of original programs.

At 8pm, a brand new "Somebody Like Me" was watched by 7.23 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Life's Facts" was watched by 14.4 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" dropped to a series low of 8.8 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "The Department" was watched by 15.62 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Cougars" was watched by 3.2 million viewers and posted a -3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 1030pm, a brand new "Snatched" was watched by 16.4 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

02-15-2011, 12:12 AM

GEN-TV has inked a talent holding deal with Swoosie Kurtz (Pushing Daisies, Huff, Sisters) the Emmy-nominated actress best known for her role on NBC's "Sisters" which ran from 1991-1996. Kurtz has long been among the talents that GEN-TV has longed to work with and has waited patiently to get her on their network. Pushing Daisies is airing it's final season on YTN and will not return in the fall. GEN-TV has inked a two-year holding deal with the actress that will call for the network to develop a pilot for her. The deal is worth over 2.4 million dollars and goes into effect exactly 1 day after her YTN contract is over (in May 2011). Until a pilot featuring Kurtz is picked up to series by GEN-TV, the actress will make guest appearances on existing GEN-TV series.

Swoosie Kurtz once appeared on a GEN-TV Pilot called "Now What" in the 2009 season that never made it past development.

Tubehead

02-15-2011, 12:21 AM

mondren classic mondays
7:00am court ship of eddie father
7:30am mister ed
8:00am the three stooges
8:30amTHE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW
9:00am dick van dyke show
9:30am mary talroy moore
10;00am the bob new heart show
10:30am the new heart show
11:00am the flip wlison show
11:30pm the caorl burnet show
12;00pm mammasfmaily
12:30pm my three sons
1:00pm perfect stranger
1:30pm the odd couple
2:00pm the wonder years
2:30pm boy meet world
3:00pm i love lucy
3:30pm the lucy show
4:00pm heres lucy
4:30pm theh ooney mooners
5;00pm saved by the bell
5:30pm calfirondreams
6:00pm family matters
6:30pm alf
7:00pm what happing
7:30pm haningwith mr cooper
8:00pm the bill engvall show
8:30pm worst week
9;00pm the big bang theory
9;30pm gray unamried
10:00pm meet the browns
10;30pm are we their yeet?

MESSED UP SHOWS TUESDAYS
7:00AM Hercules legendary JOURANY
8;00AM JOHN DOE
9:00AM Early ediiton
10;00am knight rider remake
11:00am day break
12:00pm growning pains
12:30pm facts of life
1:00pm my two dads
1:30pm bossom buddies
2:00pm judge pirrio
3:00pm lets make a deal
4:00pm macgvyer
5:00pm the A-TEAM
6:00PM Magnum P.I.
7:00PM THE ROCK FORD FILES
8:00PMHAWIE FIVE O REMAKE
9:00PM AMERICAN GOT TLANTA
10:00PM AMERICAN GALTDIORS
11:00PM UN SLOVED MYSTERS
12:00AM FEAR FACTOR
1:00AM WHOS LINE IS IT ANY WAYS?
1:30AM WHOS LINEIS IT ANY WAYS?
2:00AM ARE YOU SMARTEDTHEN FIFTH GRADER?
2:30AM ARE YOU SMARTEED THEN A FIFTH GRAER?
3:00AM WALKER TEAXES ,RANGER
4:000AM MOONLIGHT
5:00AM JERICHO

OUT OF Siet WENSYDAS
7:00AM JERICHO
8:00AM MOONLIGHT
9:00AM PRICE IS RIGHT
10:00AM JUDGE JOE BROWN
10;30AM JUDGE KAREN
11:00AM I LOVE LUCY
11:30AM MY FAVORITE MARTIAN
12:00PM STEP BY STEP
12:30PM THEWONDER YEARS
1;00PM 8 SIMPLE RULES
1:30PM SECERT WORLD OF ALEX MAC
2:00PM GOESSBUMPS
2:30PM AREYOU AFADI OF THE DAKR ?
3:00PM I CARLY
3:30PM HANNA MONTANT
4:00PM THE FLAHS
4:30PM HOME INMPROVMENT
LUNC TIME
5:00PM MACGYVER
6:00PM THEa-tam
6:00pm knight rider remake
7:0pm the incdabile hulk
8:o0pm Magnum P.I.
9:00pm bones
10:00pm the melaist
11:00pm muder she ,worte
12:00am clombo
1:00am bones
2:00am nisc
3:00am nsic lose angles

catons teenages thursdays
7:00am popeye
7:30am incsoptor gadit
8:00am garfield
8:30am swat kats
9;00am looney toones
9:30am tiny toones
10;00am the flistone
10;30am the flistones kids
11:00amthe jetesons
11:30am wait unitl your fatherget s home
12:00pm doug
12:30pm mummpet babies
1:00pm he-manmastero f the unviser
1:30pm he-man masteroof the unsiver 2002
2:00pm teeange mutnat ninja turtles 1980s
2:30pm teeange mutnat ninja turtles 2000
3:00pm spdier-man anmtiedsereis
3:30pm speculter spider-man
4:00pm spider-man 1973 cartoon
4:30pm static shock
5:00pm x-men anmtiedseris
5:30pm x-men evoultion
6:00pm wolvri n and the x-men
6:30pm supermananmitedsersi
7:00pm justic league
7:30pm jutic league unlitmed.
8:00pm the wonder years
8:30pm boy meets world
9:00p m saved by theb ell
9:30pm calrifon dreams
10;00pm family matters
10:30pm step by step
11:00pm hana montant
11:30pm icarly
12;00am powerrangers
12;30am bobbys world
1:00am Lincolon Heights

power house fridays
7:00am power rangers
7:30am garfield
8:00am incpotr gadit
8:30amreal ghost bustes
9:00am what woudl you do?
10:00a m unlsoved mystiers
11:00am quatan leap
12:00pm seven days
1:00pm macgvyer
2:00pm who wonts to be asuperhero?
3:00pm judge karen
3:30pm judge alex
4:00pm i love lucy
4:30pm the hooney mooners
5:00pm whos lineis it any ways?
5:30pm are yousmarted then a fifth grader?
6:00pm american got tlant
7:00pm life on mars
8:00pm whipout
9:00pm bones
10;00pm numbers
11:00pm Early ediiton
12:00am night court
12:30am get smart
1:00am taxie
1:30am wings

factsoflife

02-15-2011, 10:09 PM

GEN-TV Ratings:

Monday, February 14, 2011:

GEN-TV was the #2 network on Monday night with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "Knocked Down" was watched by 28.31 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Becoming Us" was watched by 17.3 million viewers and posted a 2.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 14.45 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "The Arrival" was watched by 26.92 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "Sisters" was watched by 29.2 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

02-15-2011, 11:32 PM

factsoflife

02-15-2011, 11:57 PM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN SHOCKER!!
Only days after the resignations of Brian Lonze (YTN President) and Taylor Song (YTN Vice President), Rumors About TV Shows has learned that the two were in a relationship. Under network rules, employees may have relationships, but the relationship between the two broke a specific rule. It's rumored that Brian Lonze used network advertising money to buy Taylor Song a Christmas gift back in December 2010. Since then, Lonze has used over $258,000 in network money for Song. $258,000 may not sound like much, but network employees may not use advertising money for personal use for any reason. Taylor Song also used advertising money to help pay for a new home in Beverly Hills, but at a lower $196,290.

Taylor Song is also believed to have been involved in relationships with other employees at the network, but nothing has been confirmed as of yet.

Hollywood Now has an exclusive story, that you will only see here at our web-site:

A former employee of YTN has come to us with a story so outrageous that it has to be true. According to Brian Mendell, 33, a former YTN employee who worked as Director of the networks accounting department from February 2009 until April 2010; Taylor Song "consistently and routinely sexually harrassed me." He alleges in court papers filed today in Los Angeles County Court that "For over four months she propositioned me for sexual favors and shouted lewd comments to me on a daily basis". He also provides as evidence in the court papers, a series of explicit emails and text messages that were allegedly sent to him from Ms. Song. These documents are so explicit and raw that we cannot legally publish them here or in our paper, but rest assured they are disgustingly lewd.

He alleges that he was terminated from his post at YTN because "I turned down one of her requests for a sexual tryst; she was enraged fired me because i dared to deny her carnal desires" .

It doesn't end here either, apparently even after he stopped working at YTN, Ms. Song continued to "harass, stalk and embarrass me on a daily basis". She apparently went as far as to contact his new employer (A rival network) and "barrage them with slanderous emails, letters and phone calls in which she denigrated my character and threatened my livelihood".

Mendell, who by all accounts was a model employee and came highly recommended from the prestigious Highlander & Botch Accounting firm with a degree from Oxford University has hired one hell of a high profile lawyer. He has hired Robert Shapiro, the famed defense attorney from the OJ Simpson trial; who most recently was rumored to be representing Lindsay Lohan. Shaprio says "It's a great idea for him to hire a defense attorney because I'll give him the perspective of what the other team is thinking and can benefit him".

YTN has released no statement at this time, and calls to Ms. Song's attorney of record were not returned.

We have also learned that at least three other individuals have or will be filing some sort of charges against Ms. Song and YTN.

In the case of Mr. Mendell, the defendants named in the suit are Ms. Taylor Song, Mr. Brian Lonze (whose role in the case is as of know unknown), YTN Network & all subsidiary companies and the state of California, The City Of Los Angeles and several other YTN staff members.

The suit was filed in L.A. County Court and has passed the desk of County Clerk Antonio Wilcox, a liberal democrat with 15 years on the bench.

factsoflife

02-16-2011, 12:09 AM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

KRISTIN CHENOWETH STICKS WITH YTN
When Pushing Daisies leaves the airwaves this spring, you won't be missing Kristin Chenoweth for too long. Chenoweth has just signed on as the lead role in the new YTN summer series, Sing it Loud. The sixty minute drama focuses on a group of four teenagers who are part of the crew in a real life singing competition show. Little does anyone know that the four also have the ability to sing just as well as the actual contestants. Chenoweth will play the part of Penny, a mentor to the four teenagers. Sing it Loud is expected to premiere this June.

GEN-TV is sad about Kristin Chenoweth:

GEN-TV's Bridget Kline said today in a press junket to promote the red-hot series "Sisters" and "GONE" that the network is "bummed we weren't able to get Kristin Chenoweth on our network" she says "We really wanted her to appear on our series called West Of Broadway, but were not able to work out an agreement, she decided to stick with her network, YTN".

But no fret for GEN-TV, the network has already secured the talents of other "Pushing Daisies" cast members; in addition to the already announced holding deal for Swoosie Kurtz, GEN-TV has announced today they have secured the considerable talents of two other PD cast members once the series ends; Lee Pace, the series leading star and David Arquette who has guest-starred on the series on a recurring basis since the show started on ABC.

Lee Pace is a highly in-demand actor who has since been signed by GEN-TV to an Iron-clad, 4-year holding deal with GEN-TV. The deal is worth 3.4 million dollars over the next four years and is exclusive, and allows Pace to start appearing on GEN-TV's current programs while the network searches for a pilot for him. Unlike Swoosie Kurtz contract which allows her to appear in a YTN TV movie about "Pushing Daisies", Pace's deal does not permit this at all; and in fact strictly prohibits such a thing.

Arquette's deal is bigger, worth 4.6 million dollars over a period of 5 years. It is exclusive and covers Acting, Producing and Directing. GEN-TV gets a first priority look at any projects Arquette and his production company develop; but if GEN-TV turns it down other networks have the right to look at it.

Though GEN-TV's Bridget Kline says they meant no ill-will towards YTN in getting these deals, sources indicate that "Nobody at GEN-TV is shedding any tears and the thought of YTN trying to do a Pushing Daisies movie without Lee Pace is thrilling to some at GEN-TV".

factsoflife

02-16-2011, 11:42 PM

GEN-TV Ratings:

GEN-TV ratings for Tuesday, February 15, 2011:

GEN-TV had a strong showing Tuesday night with a #1 finish among demos and total viewers.

At 8pm, a brand new "Doctor/Patient" was watched by 13.3 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "On The Air" was watched by 12.2 million viewers and posted a 2.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched by 18.93 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Love Happens" was watched by 19.28 million viewers and posted a 2.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "The Huntress" was watched by 41.24 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

02-17-2011, 12:10 AM

Hollywood Now has an exclusive scoop on an upcoming plot for one of your favorite GEN-TV series. Rumors are swirling that one of the three main female characters on "The Huntress" will be pregnant by the end of the season. The show includes three lead females; Shannen Doherty's Monica who is "The Huntress", Molly Culver's Samantha and Mo'Nique's Fabritz. Logically, I think we can rule out Fabritz as the suspect, which leaves Monica and Samantha... So which of our two leading ladies will be with child by years end?

Let's review the facts:

Monica: Already mother of one child; a daughter, Kayla. In the Pilot episode of the series, Kayla's age is mentioned as being somewhere around 10 or 11; however in an episode from earlier this season ("Moonlighting", season 2, episode 4) she was briefly seen through a web-cam chat and looked to be closer to 12 or 13. In "Fright Zone" (season 2, episode 10), Samantha mentioned that "I have a niece who is a teenager now" , so maybe producers opted to age Kayla who is the only child we know of that Monica has.

Monica has been very active in several relationships which could easily have caused a pregnancy. She has a obsessive and dangerous relationship with Kyle (Dean Cain) her maniacal and dangerous ex-husband, who she occasionally has one-night stands with, despite her intention not to be with him. They last slept together this season in episode 19 ("Entering The Past") which aired back December 2010. Then there is The Jade Scorpion (Dean Winters) who raped Monica in "The Huntress Movie" back December; that also could have produced a pregnancy, and would obviously have a dramatic effect. Next there is Michael (Frank Grillo) a seedy, dirty and also dangerous drifter that Monica has developed a cat and mouse like relationship with; and which was consummated in episode 6 of this season; after Monica had a difficult time getting over a case.

Monica has never really expressed any emotion at all about wanting another child, so this would be interesting.

Samantha has no children and has been trying since season one to get pregnant. She suffered a devastating miscarriage in the first episode of this season and has been trying to recover from not only that, but from the shocking death of Teddy, her husband, which was mentioned in the first episode when his funeral was shown. Since then, Samantha has been seen sleeping with two different guys, Connor Kilpatrick (Eric Close), a fellow bounty hunter and Mark Richards (Jason Patric), a District attorney. Her pregnancy would be a bit soon, but dramatically could work well.

To cover all bases, Fabritz has not been seen in a relationship on-screen, however she frequently mentions her boyfriend Edgar who is often mentioned, but never seen.

So who do you think is pregnant?

"The Huntress" which debuted in 2009 was canceled abruptly into the season, but thankfully was renewed during the off-season and returned in Fall 2010. It has since become one of the networks biggest series; earning huge ratings and critical acclaim. It will be on hiatus until April 5th, when it will return for the last of 7 new episodes for the season.

factsoflife

02-17-2011, 07:51 PM

GEN-TV Wednesday Ratings:

GEN-TV had a difficult night last night, Wednesday, February 16, 2011, and managed only a 3rd place win overall.

At 8pm, a brand new "Press Time" continued it's weeks long downward spiral; with just 11.3 million viewers tuning in and a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "This Just In" was a solid, but not dominant performer with 13.21 million viewers tuning in and a 1.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 15.7 million viewers and posted a 2.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 18.2 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "One Of These Days" was watched by 44.4 million viewers and posted a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "Smashed" was watched by 19.3 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

02-18-2011, 12:47 AM

Tuesday, February 8th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, week six of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 8.42 million; 18-49: 2.7/6) was down 3/10th's in the demo. Without a new Pushing Daisies lead in or a new TAKEN as a lead out, Looking for Love fell to its lowest numbers in three weeks.
Tuesday, February 15th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, week seven of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 8.04 million; 18-49: 2.5/6) was down 2/10th's of a point in the demo. This marks a season low for the fourth edition of the show.

*YTN aired a marathon of Pushing Daises on 2/14, thus Can You Beat Ken? (NEW) did not air.

yankeesrj12

02-18-2011, 12:56 AM

Wednesday, February 9th Ratings - YTN
At 8:30pm, week six of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 6.11 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) was even with last weeks series low.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.02 million; 18-49: 3.2/7) was down 1/10th of a demo point without a new College as a lead in. Given the competition at 9:30pm, Behind the Scenes is doing very well.

At 10pm, a new episode of Rule of Law (Viewers: 7.35 million; 18-49: 1.6/6) was up one million viewers from last week, but dropped 1/10th of a demo point. Retention out of Behind the Scenes was an acceptable 81% in the total viewers, but a dismal 50% in the demo.
Wednesday, February 16th Ratings - YTN
*Comedy lineup was repeats, mostly due to two hour American Idol.

At 10pm, a new (and final) Wednesday episode of Rule of Law (Viewers: 4.91 million; 18-49: 1.1/4) slipped 2.4 million viewers and 0.5 demo points from last week to tie a series low (in the demo). Retention out of its repeat lead in, Behind the Scenes, was 81% in total viewers, and a paltry 55% in the demo - remember, the lead in was an ENCORE. The second to last episode of the season airs this Monday.

yankeesrj12

02-18-2011, 01:06 AM

Lee Pace is a highly in-demand actor who has since been signed by GEN-TV to an Iron-clad, 4-year holding deal with GEN-TV. The deal is worth 3.4 million dollars over the next four years and is exclusive, and allows Pace to start appearing on GEN-TV's current programs while the network searches for a pilot for him. Unlike Swoosie Kurtz contract which allows her to appear in a YTN TV movie about "Pushing Daisies", Pace's deal does not permit this at all; and in fact strictly prohibits such a thing.
RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS:
YTN SUES GEN-TV....AGAIN
It's happening again, YTN is suing GEN-TV. In papers filed at the Los Angeles County Courthouse, they say YTN has filed legal action against GEN-TV for signing an actor to a new contract despite his old one not being complete. The actor in question is from the hit dramedy series, Pushing Daisies - Lee Pace. His contract, which he renewed in July of 2009, signs him through March 4th, 2011, in which time he may not sign any new contracts. YTN knew the series would be ending in 2011, and allowed him to have a March date to sign onto new projects. HOWEVER, his original contract says that Lee may appear in any Pushing Daisies projects through 2013, but must pay the network he is working at a fee for his use.

GEN-TV announced that they had signed Lee Pace, but according to his current contract, he still has another month before he can do so. In order to stop the iron-clad contract, YTN has filed a lawsuit for $3.4 million dollars, the price of Lee's new contract. The official complaint says, "An early removal from current contract is illegal, and GEN-TV crossed its boundaries." The document later goes on to say, "For illegal tampering of contracts and illegal ploys to sign actors to new contracts."

YTN said they are willing to settle out of court, but until March 4th (or when the dispute is over), Lee Pace remains at YTN.

factsoflife

02-18-2011, 01:40 AM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS:
YTN SUES GEN-TV....AGAIN
It's happening again, YTN is suing GEN-TV. In papers filed at the Los Angeles County Courthouse, they say YTN has filed legal action against GEN-TV for signing an actor to a new contract despite his old one not being complete. The actor in question is from the hit dramedy series, Pushing Daisies - Lee Pace. His contract, which he renewed in July of 2009, signs him through March 4th, 2011, in which time he may not sign any new contracts. YTN knew the series would be ending in 2011, and allowed him to have a March date to sign onto new projects. HOWEVER, his original contract says that Lee may appear in any Pushing Daisies projects through 2013, but must pay the network he is working at a fee for his use.

GEN-TV announced that they had signed Lee Pace, but according to his current contract, he still has another month before he can do so. In order to stop the iron-clad contract, YTN has filed a lawsuit for $3.4 million dollars, the price of Lee's new contract. The official complaint says, "An early removal from current contract is illegal, and GEN-TV crossed its boundaries." The document later goes on to say, "For illegal tampering of contracts and illegal ploys to sign actors to new contracts."

YTN said they are willing to settle out of court, but until March 4th (or when the dispute is over), Lee Pace remains at YTN.

Marina Meyers-Brock, GEN-TV Legal Representative has released this statement:

"GEN-TV is sorry for this unfortunate situation and wishes to resolve it as quickly and honestly as possible. Therefore we officially present YTN with this settlement offer:

1. GEN-TV agrees to admit to wrong-doing in entering into a contract with Lee Pace while his current contract is still in effect. We offer in addition to our written, public apology, a fair and honest settlement amount of the full 3.4 million dollars, plus additional damages in the amount of 2,344 dollars.

2. Additionally we agree to drop our entire contract with Mr. Pace, effective immediately.

3. We ask that all parties henceforth agree to enter into a legally binding gag order on this matter which would prohibit for a period of 2-years any party from publicly discussing in print, in person, on-line or on-air any portion this legal proceeding and the terms of this deal and the negotiations. This includes all employees of YTN and their legal team, all employees of GEN-TV and their legal team and Mr. Pace himself and his legal team and representation.

4. We would ask that once the settlement is reach that all parties agree that they will not seek any further legal action on this matter.

5. Here is the written, public apology that GEN-TV has issued:

"We at GEN-TV would like to admit publicly that we were in the wrong when we entered into a legally questionable and unfair contract with Mr. Lee Pace, who is under legal contract to a competing network until March 2011. We also admit that we were careless because we did not fully investigate the nature of his contract. We admit fully to being in the wrong and wish to make full restitution. GEN-TV agrees to drop from Mr. Pace's contract any language about exclusivity or barring him from appearing on YTN.

We sincerely apologize and admit fully to our wrong doing.

Thank you,
GEN-TV Studios
---Scott Horgan, President, GEN-TV Studios

GEN-TV Network
-Bridget Kline, President, GEN-TV Network
President, GEN-TV Entertainment & Syndication Division

GEN-TV Legal
Marina Meyers-Brock, GEN-TV General Legal Consul

Ariana Mayfair, GEN-TV Legal Rep.

Scott Lon, GEN-TV Legal Rep.

GEN-TV officially and humbly awaits response from YTN.

yankeesrj12

02-18-2011, 02:14 PM

Marina Meyers-Brock, GEN-TV Legal Representative has released this statement:

"GEN-TV is sorry for this unfortunate situation and wishes to resolve it as quickly and honestly as possible. Therefore we officially present YTN with this settlement offer:

1. GEN-TV agrees to admit to wrong-doing in entering into a contract with Lee Pace while his current contract is still in effect. We offer in addition to our written, public apology, a fair and honest settlement amount of the full 3.4 million dollars, plus additional damages in the amount of 2,344 dollars.

2. Additionally we agree to drop our entire contract with Mr. Pace, effective immediately.

3. We ask that all parties henceforth agree to enter into a legally binding gag order on this matter which would prohibit for a period of 2-years any party from publicly discussing in print, in person, on-line or on-air any portion this legal proceeding and the terms of this deal and the negotiations. This includes all employees of YTN and their legal team, all employees of GEN-TV and their legal team and Mr. Pace himself and his legal team and representation.

4. We would ask that once the settlement is reach that all parties agree that they will not seek any further legal action on this matter.

5. Here is the written, public apology that GEN-TV has issued:

"We at GEN-TV would like to admit publicly that we were in the wrong when we entered into a legally questionable and unfair contract with Mr. Lee Pace, who is under legal contract to a competing network until March 2011. We also admit that we were careless because we did not fully investigate the nature of his contract. We admit fully to being in the wrong and wish to make full restitution. GEN-TV agrees to drop from Mr. Pace's contract any language about exclusivity or barring him from appearing on YTN.

We sincerely apologize and admit fully to our wrong doing.

Thank you,
GEN-TV Studios
---Scott Horgan, President, GEN-TV Studios

GEN-TV Network
-Bridget Kline, President, GEN-TV Network
President, GEN-TV Entertainment & Syndication Division

GEN-TV Legal
Marina Meyers-Brock, GEN-TV General Legal Consul

Ariana Mayfair, GEN-TV Legal Rep.

Scott Lon, GEN-TV Legal Rep.

GEN-TV officially and humbly awaits response from YTN.
RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN DROPS LAWSUIT AGAINST GEN-TV
Wow, that was fast...YTN has dropped its lawsuit against GEN-TV regarding the contract of Pushing Daisies star Lee Pace. While this is far from over, YTN published the following statement:
"We apologize to GEN-TV for the lawsuit regarding Mr. Pace's contract. We fully understand that GEN-TV had no knowledge of the contract and put full blame on Mr. Pace's agent. YTN will accept no money from GEN-TV in the ordeal, but we do ask that GEN-TV avoid contact with Mr. Pace until March 4th, 2011. At 12:01am on March 5th, 2011, GEN-TV may approach Mr. Pace with any contract offer they wish to offer him. Until May 2013, however, Mr. Pace is under contract with YTN to produce any possible Pushing Daisies movies. That contract, however, allows him to work for any other network that offers him a contract, including GEN-TV. We sincerly apologize for the mistake and hope that this does not take away from Mr. Pace's possible success on GEN-TV."
YTN went on to say that if GEN-TV had any questions that they should contact the President of YTN as soon as possible.

yankeesrj12

02-18-2011, 02:22 PM

YTN PRESS RELEASE:
YTN ORDERS MORE TAKEN, TAKEN: PHOENIX, PUSHING DAISIES, REVERSING HISTORY,
SINGLES, KATE AND ZOE, COLLEGE, AND BEHIND THE SCENES
YTN has extended the seasons of eight hit series, allowing for an even finish at the end of the season.

Kate and Zoe, College, and Behind the Scenes were each given an extra episode, bringing the shows to 25, 25, and 23 episodes, respectively. Each Wednesday night comedy now has ten episodes remaining for the season.

TAKEN, TAKEN: Phoenix, Pushing Daisies, and Reversing History were each given an additional two episodes, for a total of 24 episodes. Pushing Daisies, which shoots its series finale in three weeks, will push that episode back and film two additional episodes in between. The creator of Pushing Daisies, Bryan Fuller, had asked for the two extra episodes to give the series a better ending.

Singles, which was previously at 23 episodes, will now have 24 episodes, giving the series an extra episode. Roommates, which joins the Thursday night comedy block next week, will have one extra episode than its comedy partner.

yankeesrj12

02-18-2011, 03:22 PM

Thursday, February 10th Ratings - YTN
At 9:30pm, a new episode of Living Life (Viewers: 5.18 million; 18-49: 1.9/6) was even with last weeks series low. The good news for Living Life is that it did build by 0.3 from it's lead in of Singles (encore).
Thursday, February 17th Ratings - YTN
At 9:30pm, the season/series finale of Living Life (Viewers: 5.29 million; 18-49: 2.0/5) was up 1/10th in the demo from last weeks series low. Roommates, the parent series to Living Life, returns next week with an all new Singles as a lead in.

factsoflife

02-18-2011, 06:58 PM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN DROPS LAWSUIT AGAINST GEN-TV
Wow, that was fast...YTN has dropped its lawsuit against GEN-TV regarding the contract of Pushing Daisies star Lee Pace. While this is far from over, YTN published the following statement:
"We apologize to GEN-TV for the lawsuit regarding Mr. Pace's contract. We fully understand that GEN-TV had no knowledge of the contract and put full blame on Mr. Pace's agent. YTN will accept no money from GEN-TV in the ordeal, but we do ask that GEN-TV avoid contact with Mr. Pace until March 4th, 2011. At 12:01am on March 5th, 2011, GEN-TV may approach Mr. Pace with any contract offer they wish to offer him. Until May 2013, however, Mr. Pace is under contract with YTN to produce any possible Pushing Daisies movies. That contract, however, allows him to work for any other network that offers him a contract, including GEN-TV. We sincerly apologize for the mistake and hope that this does not take away from Mr. Pace's possible success on GEN-TV."
YTN went on to say that if GEN-TV had any questions that they should contact the President of YTN as soon as possible.

From the desk of Bridget Kline, President, GEN-TV Entertainment & Syndication:

"GEN-TV is profoundly grateful to YTN for graciously dropping their law-suit against, GEN-TV for Mr. Lee Pace. We humbly accept your dropping this offer and the terms you have outlined within this offer."

Furthermore, GEN-TV has decided in order to prevent this from happening again they have created a new position within the company's legal department called "Contract Status Checker"; who will solely be responsible for checking the status of contracts for talent they want to use. "It's become far to common for agents and managers to mislead us into signing invalid and illegal contracts so we've created a new system of checks & balances that will have a person whose job entirely is to frequent meetings with talent agents and other networks to access and evaluate who is free to sign to contracts and who is not. This person will have a comprehensive background in talent management and contract negotiations, so as to provide valuable expertise to us".

GEN-TV has yet to name who this person is, but is looking towards launching this job within the next two months. Said individual will also need a legal background and will report to Marina Meyers-Brock, GEN-TV's legal consul.

factsoflife

02-18-2011, 07:27 PM

GEN-TV is said to be on the verge of a dramatic restructuring of it's top-level executives and how they organize their jobs and duties.

First up, Scott Horgan is out as President of GEN-TV Studios, after only a few months the network has opted to go in a new direction and eliminate the position all-together. A rep for the network says "Scott has done fantastic work and we respect all he has accomplished since coming on board. However in order to more effectively mange our network we need to implement a new model of doing business".

With that said, Bridget Kline, currently serving as President, GEN-TV Network and President, GEN-TV Syndication has been promoted and given a new title "President, GEN-TV Entertainment" in this new role she will effectively overtake all business related decisions for all of GEN-TV's companies; including GEN-TV Network, GEN-TV Production studios, GEN-TV Syndication & Distribution, all GEN-TV cable stations and more.

In order to do this she will be handing over the creative reigns of GEN-TV Network to Tom Dalton, a well regarded creative and development guru best known for his fourteen year gig at CBS where he was Nina Tassler's right hand man and helped develop some of the networks biggest series including "CSI", "NCSI", "The Good Wife", "Two & a Half Men", "How I Met Your Mother" and others.

Tom's main job will be to oversee development of the networks prime-time schedule; to manage the crew and talent of the networks programming and to develop new programming for the network as well as their syndication arm. He will have primary control over most creative decisions for the network.

In order to accommodate her new role Bridget Kline has also been issued a hefty salary bump and will now be taking in more than 3.2 million dollars a year; for the remainder of her newly signed 4-year contract with GEN-TV.

Tom Dalton will now be making nearly 1.4 million dollars a year, far more than he was making at CBS.

The changes are all effective immediately with Scott Horgan having already worked his last day at the network. When contacted for a comment, Horgan was not available, nor was Bridget Kline or Tom Dalton.

factsoflife

02-18-2011, 07:31 PM

GEN-TV Ratings:

GEN-TV ratings for Thursday, February 17, 2011:

GEN-TV was #1 on Thursday night.

At 8pm, a brand new "Over My Head" was watched by 38.3 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 23.32 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Hot Tamales" was watched by 14.4 million viewers and posted a 2.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Getting Together" was watched by 13.32 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" was watched by 60.3 million viewers and posted a 16.6 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "Sisters" was watched by 51.1 million viewers and posted a 13.3 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

02-19-2011, 01:52 AM

Bridget Klein President of GEN-TV Networks has formally announced her engagement to long-time boyfriend Jason Washborn. Bridget Klein is 32 years old and Jason Washborn is 44 years old. The couple met in April 2000 and have been together ever since; except for a brief period between March 2002 when they temporarily broke-up because he had to take a job in Beijing. This is the second marriage for Klein, who was previously maried to Entertainment Lawyer Robert Conroy from January 1997 until March 1999 when the couple divorced citing "irreconcilable differences". Conrad publicly came out of the closet as a homosexual in February 2000, and has been with his partner Todd Evers since April 2000. This is the third marriage for 44 year old Washborn. His first marriage to Tea Marshall of Longview, Texas lasted from January 1985 until May 1991 when they divorced. His second marriage to Miami socialite Nadine Wassermann lasted September 1991 until August 1995 when she died from a long battle with lung cancer. He was briefly married to Las Vegas stripper Divinity Faye from April 1997 until March 1998; the marriage ended in divorce.

The couple is planning a large-scale celebrity driven wedding for July 2011. Washborn is the father of three children; 26 year old twins Scarlett Mae Marshall-Washborn and Peter Marshall-Washborn; and 17 year old daughter Sydney Anne Wasserman-Washborn.

The happy couple also announced that they are joyfully expecting their first child together in October 2011. The couple is pregnant with twin girls.

GEN-TV's Bridget Kline has some unfortunate news to share. The executive has suffered a unpredicted and absolutely devastating miscarriage on Friday night. Ms. Kline had been pregnant with twin girls due in October of this year, but has suffered a fatal miscarriage and has lost both babies. No further details have been released at the request of Ms. Kline, but she and her fiancee Jason Washborn are together and are trying to heal as quickly as they can.

Due to this personal issue Ms. Kline is expected to take a medical leave for the next several months. Newly instated GEN-TV Network president Tom Dalton will temporarily step into her role while she is on paid medical leave. Jason Washborn, who is the general manager of a Los Angeles 5-star hotel is also expected to take a temporary leave of absence to deal with this personal issue.

The couple asks that the press respect their privacy and they will not be granting any interviews on this matter.

factsoflife

02-19-2011, 07:44 PM

GEN-TV's Bridget Kline has some unfortunate news to share. The executive has suffered a unpredicted and absolutely devastating miscarriage on Friday night. Ms. Kline had been pregnant with twin girls due in October of this year, but has suffered a fatal miscarriage and has lost both babies. No further details have been released at the request of Ms. Kline, but she and her fiancee Jason Washborn are together and are trying to heal as quickly as they can.

Due to this personal issue Ms. Kline is expected to take a medical leave for the next several months. Newly instated GEN-TV Network president Tom Dalton will temporarily step into her role while she is on paid medical leave. Jason Washborn, who is the general manager of a Los Angeles 5-star hotel is also expected to take a temporary leave of absence to deal with this personal issue.

The couple asks that the press respect their privacy and they will not be granting any interviews on this matter.

Just hours after the announcement of her miscarriage comes word that Bridget Kline's fiancee, Jason Washborn, has been arrested and charged with several counts of domestic violence, battery, assault and attempted murder. The charges stem from what police are calling "an on-going investigation involving Mr. Washborn that was triggered following an urgent 911 call to his home". No further details have been released, but police have said that Ms. Kline is not the person who called 911 or alerted the police to the situation, the caller was a "third party, who is remaining unnamed for now".

yankeesrj12

02-20-2011, 10:39 PM

Friday, February 11th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the first hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.18 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was up 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 9pm, the second hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 6.25 million; 18-49: 1.4/4) was also up 0.1 demo points from last week.
Friday, February 18th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the first hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.51 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was up in total viewers, but down 1/10th of a point in the demo.

At 9pm, the second hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 6.59 million; 18-49: 1.2/4) was also up in total viewers, but was down 2/10ths of a point in the demo. The 6.59 million who tuned in made this the second most watch telecast for the series.

yankeesrj12

02-21-2011, 02:46 PM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN ORDERS SIX PILOTS
After a week as Interim-President, Olivia Pavlin has put an order in for six pilots. Here are the following pilots they have ordered:

Secret Service
- "In this epic new drama, follow a group of the Presidents security team as they protect our leader. What secrets will they discover, and is everyone really working to protect the President?"

Call Girls
- "Sexy, seductive, slimy. In an all new drama from YTN Studios, look at what four women go through making a living off of their bodies."

D.A.
- "The District Attorney of Chicago has a tough job ahead of her. She is the first female D.A., must protect the people of Chicago, and take down the criminal mayor. Sounds like an easy first year."

1850
- "Imagine its the year 1850; slavery is everywhere and the country is ripping away at the seams. In this new drama that goes into the past, follow a family of rich slave owners and the power they have in South Carolina."

Rebuilding My Life
- "A man must focus on rebuilding his life after his family is killed tragic car accident, an accident he caused. When you lose everything you ever cared for, how do you move on?"

Border Patrol
- "A team of Border Patrol agents work on the US-Mexican border to protect our citizens."

factsoflife

02-21-2011, 03:53 PM

GEN-TV will not be publishing ratings for this week because the network aired only reruns Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

factsoflife

02-21-2011, 04:00 PM

yankeesrj12

02-21-2011, 05:45 PM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

OLIVIA PAVLIN PROMOTED TO PRESIDENT OF YTN
Only a week as Interim President of YTN, and Olivia Pavlin has been promoted to the President of YTN and YTN Studios. The news comes as no surprise as many had thought she would be offered the job by the end of the month.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH YTN PRESIDENT
Rumors About TV Shows has scored the first interview with the new President of YTN, Olivia Pavlin. We took your questions to her, and here is what she had to say...

RUMORS: Congrats on your promotion Olivia!
YTN: Thank you, Rumors. I'm glad to be here.

RUMORS: We know you are extremely busy with your new job, so we won't keep you for too long.
YTN: It's no problem at all.

RUMORS: Today you ordered six new pilots that may air next season. Which of the six pilots is your favorite?
YTN: They say you're never supposed to have a favorite, but I fell in love with Rebuilding My Life from the moment I read the script. It had emotion, drama, and sounded like a solid series. When it comes down to ordering the series, though, I will not be basing it on my personal tastes, but what fits on the network.

RUMORS: Any of the pilots you don't like?
YTN: Honestly, I'm not sold on Border Patrol, but as I said, it's not what I like, its what will fit on the network.

RUMORS: Back in November we asked Brian a few questions, so we are going to revisit those to see if you have any different answers.
YTN: Sounds good!

RUMORS: Rule of Law - is it coming back?
YTN: That's too hard to know at this point. We won't make anything official until April, when we have our upfronts. If we have a strong slate of pilots, then cuts will need to be made. If we have a weak slate of pilots, then we have to salvage what we have and make the best of it.

RUMORS: So you're saying Rule of Law isn't working then?
YTN: I would go as far as to say it's not working. The previous President of YTN tested the series in different timeslots, and it just couldn't reclick with viewers. I'll try my best to get it started again, but there are only two episodes left, so it will be a challenge.

RUMORS: What are your feelings on the final season of Pushing Daisies?
YTN: I was never a huge fans of the series, but it has done very well for our network. It brings in a loyal fanbase, and helped YTN get to where it is today.

RUMORS: Are you sticking with Brian said a few months back and not ordering anymore reality series next season?
YTN: I can't comment on that just yet since we haven't seen all the pilot orders.

RUMORS: So more reality series may be coming next season?
YTN: It's a possibility.

RUMORS: The Inside Job had a ton of buzz, but hasn't shown it in the ratings. How do you address the poor ratings?
YTN: Well, promotion will be key. I think the move to Friday nights will help bring in more eyeballs. It may be crazy to think Friday is a strong night, but it has plenty of help with Weekly Update and Cops of New York.

RUMORS: Is late night coming back under your reigns?
YTN: Absolutely not. My focus is on creating a full six day, 19 hour schedule. We are currently up to six days, but only 15.5 hour schedule. My goal is to bring in enough original programming to fix that 3.5 hour gap.

RUMORS: Does this mean next season no off network acquisitions will air in primetime?
YTN: That is my goal; no off network acquisitions between the hours of 8pm and 11pm, six days of the week.

RUMORS: Is Living Life returning next season?
YTN: I'm not sure at this point.

RUMORS: What about Living Life's parent series, Roommates?
YTN: Roommates hasn't aired in quite some time, so everything is going to come down to how it does in its Thursday 9:30pm timeslot. It won't matter how it did in the fall, or the year before, its how its going to do in the next few weeks.

RUMORS: This season YTN had two spinoff series (Living Life and TAKEN: Phoenix). Are there anymore spinoffs in store for next season?
YTN: At this point in time, we are looking into it.

RUMORS: Thank you for your time, and once again, congrats on your promotion.
YTN: Thank you for allowing me to sit down with you, and thank you once again. I look forward to my time as President of YTN.

factsoflife

02-22-2011, 02:14 AM

GEN-TV has announced that in order for her to heal properly and deal with her personal issues, Bridget Kline is going on a "forced, paid leave". saying "While Ms. Kline would prefer to work through her personal ordeal, we at GEN-TV know it is best for her to deal with her life in private and to take some time to herself". In the meanwhile, the network has asked Tom Dalton to step in for her while she is recovering. Mr. Dalton was recently named President, Creative Development for GEN-TV Studios; a role in which he was to inherit from Ms. Kline who has been promoted to President, GEN-TV Entertainment & Syndication. He will get the title "Interim President of GEN-TV Creative, Entertainment & Syndication" until Ms. Kline is able to return to work.

GEN-TV's Tom Dalton has wasted no time in stepping up his role as Interim President, and has ordered a staggering TEN new pilots.

The pilots consist of 3 dramas, 4 comedies and 3 reality projects.

First up, the dramas:

The first pilot ordered is a spin-off of hit drama series "GONE" tentatively title "Abducted" that follows closely in the same vein as "Gone" in that it's a crime procedural; except this series would focus solely on kidnapping and abduction cases. Mr. Dalton says "In some ways its very reminiscent of Without a trace, which helped to launch GEN-TV, but its very much focused on solving cases involving minors and teens". This project has been given a put-pilot commitment and is currently going to be produced by 20th Century Fox.

The next drama pilot being ordered is called "Hustled" and is a gritty, adults only drama set on the streets of San Fransisco after dark. It follows the lives of four male street hustlers and the daily issues that arise when one of their one is murdered; supposedly by a corrupt vice cop. A cast-contingent order has been placed for a pilot.

The Coven; a brand new drama series loosely based on the 1996 movie "The Craft". This series would follow four teenage girls who are involved in various types of witchcraft and how they come together to form a coven when a new girl with a mysterious pull on them moves into town and odd things start happening.

The comedy pilots include:

Untitled Cybill Shepherd Project: The network has ordered a brand new half-hour, multiple camera sitcom in which Cybill Shepherd will produce. The sitcom will follow the life of a college undergraduate who at 21 has her life changed when her parents are killed in a freak accident and she's left with custody of her 4 siblings; all in various stages of adolescence.

"Unattached", a new single camera comedy from "Sex and The City" producer Cindy Chupack, about four best friends all living, loving and trying to survive single life in 1990's L.A.

Untitled High School Comedy Show: an untitled comedy series about high school students living in a surfing community in California and the hilarious misadventures they get in.

Untitled Gay comedy: The network has ordered a pilot for what is being described as "A truly modern romantic comedy... with a gay twist. Charlie and Adam have been best friends for four years; and Charlie has always had a crush on Adam; but Adam was always involved with Henry; but now Adam and Henry have broken up for good; so Charlie wants to make his move. But as with life, nothing happens as planned". It has been given a cast contingent order.

Reality Pilots:

"The Redemption of Winona Ryder": This brand new docudrama would follow the life of former A-List actress Winona Ryder as she attempts to break back into the film career she once had and documents her personal and professional struggles. It has been given an order for a pilot presentation.

"Shipwrecked": It's a combination of LOST and Survivor for this reality pilot in which a group of 15 strangers expect to on a luxury cruise and are unwittingly "shipwrecked" onto a deserted island and forced to find ways to survive. Although some members of the group are aware of the set-up; the rest are not and through competing in a series of "Survival" challenges they must find a way to survive until they can either be rescued or find their way to the mainland.

"Center Stage": This docudrama follows the lives of seven exotic dancers all working at an unidentified L.A. strip club and the daily struggles they endure. A pilot presentation has been ordered.

yankeesrj12

02-22-2011, 04:22 PM

Monday, February 7th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an all new Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 5.60 million; 18-49: 1.8/5) was up 0.1 demo points from last week.

YTN aired encores at 9pm (TAKEN) and 10pm (TAKEN: Phoenix).

Wednesday -
At 10pm, a new (and final) Wednesday episode of Rule of Law (Viewers: 4.91 million; 18-49: 1.1/4) slipped 2.4 million viewers and 0.5 demo points from last week to tie a series low (in the demo). Retention out of its repeat lead in, Behind the Scenes, was 81% in total viewers, and a paltry 55% in the demo - remember, the lead in was an ENCORE. The second to last episode of the season airs this Monday.
Monday, February 21st Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, an all new Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 5.69 million; 18-49: 1.8/5) was even with it's performance from two weeks ago. If you recall, YTN aired a Pushing Daisies Valentines Day marathon last week. This was also the timeslot premiere of Can You Beat Ken? at 9pm.

At 10pm, a new episode of Rule of Law (Viewers: 5.78 million; 18-49: 1.2/4) was up 870,000 viewers and 1/10th of a demo point from its Wednesday airing. Retention out of Can You Beat Ken? was a depressed 67% in the demo, although it did grow in total viewers. The season (most likely series) finale of Rule of Law airs next Monday at 10pm.

factsoflife

02-22-2011, 09:40 PM

GEN-TV Ratings:

GEN-TV ratings for Monday, February 21, 2011:

GEN-TV was the #2 rated network on Monday night, defeated only by CBS.

It narrowly defeated ABC in demos and was ranked #1 among the 18-49 demographic; but overall was the #2 network of the evening among total viewers.

At 8pm, a brand new "Knocked Down" was watched by 30.94 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Becoming Us" was watched by 15.78 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 17.72 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "The Arrival" was watched by 19.3 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a rerun of "Snatched" was watched by 22.21 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

02-23-2011, 08:45 PM

GEN-TV Ratings:

Ratings for GEN-TV for Tuesday, February 22, 2011:

GEN-TV aired a special night of original movies and documentaries last night and was catapulted to the top of the ratings heap, taking #1 for all key demographics and among total viewers:

At 8pm, a brand new documentary "After The Bashing" aired featuring victims recovering from gay bashing and race related hate crimes. It was watched by 33.9 million viewers and posted a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, an original GEN-TV movie "Recovery" following the journey of two gay teens after they survive a brutal gay bashing in their school parking lot. The film starring GLEE's Chris Colfer and Ugly Betty's Mark Indelicato. It was watched by 44.5 million viewers and posted a 8.35 in the 18-49 demo.

AT 11pm, a brand new episode of "GONE" featuring a high profile gay talk show hostess who goes missing was watched by 36.92 million viewers and posted a 6.8 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

02-23-2011, 08:58 PM

Just hours after the announcement of her miscarriage comes word that Bridget Kline's fiancee, Jason Washborn, has been arrested and charged with several counts of domestic violence, battery, assault and attempted murder. The charges stem from what police are calling "an on-going investigation involving Mr. Washborn that was triggered following an urgent 911 call to his home". No further details have been released, but police have said that Ms. Kline is not the person who called 911 or alerted the police to the situation, the caller was a "third party, who is remaining unnamed for now".

In what I'm sure won't be the last surprising twist in this case, L.A. County District Attorney Leann Morgan has dismissed all charges levied against Jason Washborn citing "clear and indisputable evidence that Mr. Washborn did not act with any ill-will and had no intentions of harming Ms. Kline or her unborn twins". Although she refused to cite what that evidence was it was clear from her statement that she had no doubt about his innocence. "Mr. Washborn is an upstanding, law abiding citizen and his arrest was without merit, without just cause and franky moronic, I am vacating all charges against him and will not be pursuing any legal action against him" she wrote in her legal briefing.

yankeesrj12

02-23-2011, 11:26 PM

Tuesday, February 15th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, week seven of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 8.04 million; 18-49: 2.5/6) was down 2/10th's of a point in the demo. This marks a season low for the fourth edition of the show.

*YTN aired a marathon of Pushing Daises on 2/14, thus Can You Beat Ken? (NEW) did not air.
Tuesday, February 22nd Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, week eight (and the final week without a new lead in) of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 8.69 million; 18-49: 2.8/6) was up 3/10th's of a point in the demo, jumping nicely after last weeks season low.

yankeesrj12

02-23-2011, 11:38 PM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

SERIES FINALE FOR PUSHING DAISIES SET
For Pushing Daisies fans, its something they knew was coming, but didn't want it to happen. Earlier today, YTN announced that the hit dramedy series Pushing Daisies would end its five season run (three of which were on YTN) on Tuesday, April 26th at 8/7c. When Pushing Daisies returns next Tuesday, it will run uninterrupted for nine episodes, ending with a two hour episode, and special at 10pm. Looking for Love 4 will have ended its run by then, while TAKEN will take the week off that night. TAKEN is slated to have its season finale two weeks later (an unscheduled encore will happen sometime in March).

Here is the schedule for April 26th:
8/7c - Pushing Daisies (two hour series finale)
10/9c - Pushing Daisies: A Look Back at the Series

YTN will also air Pushing Daisies: Behind the Scenes on Monday, April 25th at 8/7c, the timeslot where the other two specials aired. We have also learned that a Pushing Daisies movie may be in the works, but nothing official has been set in stone yet. A Pushing Daisies spinoff was in the works the past two pilot seasons, but died in the development stages both times.

factsoflife

02-24-2011, 01:02 AM

GEN-TV has announced that Kurt Russell, who recently signed a holding deal with the network has joined the cast of "Black's Law" as a full-time series regular. The A-List actor will complete his first assignment for the network; a 4-episode guest stint on "The Huntress", which he finishes filming next week and will report to work on the set of "Black's Law" on Wednesday. The series, gearing up for it's debut in March stars Brooke Sheilds as Ramona Black, a successful attorney who has been practicing supreme court cases and gives it all up to open a pro-bono only firm focusing on civil rights, discrimination and sexual harassment cases. Mr. Russell joins a growing list of heavy weight actors that have signed onto the legal drama from creator David E. Kelley that is garnering much buzz.

It debuts March 14th at 10pm.

yankeesrj12

02-24-2011, 07:51 PM

Wednesday, February 9th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 8.16 million; 18-49: 2.8/8) took a hit against American Idol this week, dropping 0.4 demo points.

At 8:30pm, week four of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 6.89 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) was also down, but only 0.2 demo points. The four week trend for Sisterhood is quite appealing: 2.4, 2.4, 2.5, 2.3 - it could be worse! Retention out of Kate and Zoe was a series high 84% in total viewers and 82% in the demo.

At 9pm, an all new College (Viewers: 9.34 million; 18-49: 3.3/9) was down 0.5 demo points from last week despite being the conclusion to a two part episode. College goes on a three week repeat stint starting next week (as does Kate and Zoe).

At 9:30pm, an all new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.87 million; 18-49: 3.4/9) was down 0.2 demo points this week. For the first time in a long time, a comedy other than College was the highest comedy on the network for the night.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 11.40 million; 18-49: 3.0/7) was down 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 8:30pm, week six of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 6.11 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) was even with last weeks series low.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.02 million; 18-49: 3.2/7) was down 1/10th of a demo point without a new College as a lead in. Given the competition at 9:30pm, Behind the Scenes is doing very well.

At 10pm, a new episode of Rule of Law (Viewers: 7.35 million; 18-49: 1.6/6) was up one million viewers from last week, but dropped 1/10th of a demo point. Retention out of Behind the Scenes was an acceptable 81% in the total viewers, but a dismal 50% in the demo.
Wednesday, February 23rd Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the return of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 8.10 million; 18-49: 2.8/8) was even with its last new episode from January.

At 8:30pm, week seven of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 6.87 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) was up 2/10ths of a demo point from its last new episode two weeks ago, but was even with its previous performance behind a new Kate and Zoe from January.

At 9pm, the return of College (Viewers: 8.99 million; 18-49: 3.1/7) was down 2/10ths of demo points from its last new episode in January. Last nights performance marks a season low (in total viewers) for the hit comedy.

At 9:30pm, an all new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.14 million; 18-49: 3.1/7) was down 3/10ths from its last new episode behind College, but down only 1/10th from its performance two weeks ago.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 10.16 million; 18-49: 2.9/6) was down 2/10ths of a demo points from its last new episode in January. TAKEN: Phoenix did have a series high in M54+ (1.1).

factsoflife

02-25-2011, 08:26 PM

GEN-TV Ratings

Ratings for GEN-TV for Wednesday, February 23, 2011:

GEN-TV had a decent night on Wed, with a #2 finish.

At 8pm, a brand new "Pres Time" was watched by 11.23 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-48 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "This Just In" was watched by 14.5 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 16.9 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 18.9 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "One Of These Days" was watched by 37.5 million viewers and posted a 5.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "Sisters" was watched by 48.56 million viewers and posted a 9.46 in the 18-49 demo.

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Thursday, February 24, 2011:

GEN-TV aired only reruns on Thursday and will not be publishing full ratings details.

yankeesrj12

02-25-2011, 09:19 PM

Thursday, January 27th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, an all new Singles (Viewers: 7.02 million; 18-49: 2.8/7) was down 0.1 demo points from last week, hitting a season low.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Living Life (Viewers: 6.27 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) was steady with last week. Retention out of it's lead in was an all time high (yet again) 89% in total viewers and 86% in the demo.

At 10pm, an all new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 9.41 million; 18-49: 2.8/7) was down 0.2 demo points from last week.
Thursday, February 24th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, the return of Singles (Viewers: 7.98 million; 18-49: 3.0/7) was up 2/10ths of a point in the demo from its last new episode in January.

At 9:30pm, the winter premiere of Roommates (Viewers: 6.81 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) was up 1.0 demo points from its last new episode in November, but was steady with the performance by the Roommates spinoff, Living Life. Retention out of it's lead in was 85% in total viewers and 80% in the demo, down from what Living Life had been doing in the timeslot.

At 10pm, the return of Reversing History (Viewers: 10.26 million; 18-49: 3.1/7) was up 3/10ths of a demo point from its last new episode in January.

yankeesrj12

02-26-2011, 03:58 PM

Friday, February 18th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the first hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.51 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was up in total viewers, but down 1/10th of a point in the demo.

At 9pm, the second hour of Weekly Update (Viewers: 6.59 million; 18-49: 1.2/4) was also up in total viewers, but was down 2/10ths of a point in the demo. The 6.59 million who tuned in made this the second most watch telecast for the series.

At 10pm, week four of critically acclaimed, but low rated The Inside Job (Viewers: 6.81 million; 18-49: 1.4/4) was up 670,000 viewers and 0.1 demo points from last week. The Inside Job continues to be the oldest skewing drama on the network with an average age of 62. Retention out of it's lead in was a series low 67% in the demo, although it did grow in total viewers.

At 10pm, a new episode of Cops of New York (Viewers: 6.88 million; 18-49: 1.5/5) was down 0.1 demo points from last week.

Friday, February 25th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.67 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was steady with last weeks performance.

At 9pm, the timeslot premiere of The Inside Job (Viewers: 8.09 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) was up 1.28 million viewers from its last new episode in January, but was down 1/10th of a point in the demo. The Inside Job had a series high in total viewers, but tied for a series low in the demo. Just of note, The Inside Job premiered to 8.02 million viewers and a 2.0 demo, but has dropped almost half of its young viewers since the premiere.

At 10pm, the return of Cops of New York (Viewers: 7.19 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) was up 300,000 viewers and 2/10ths of a point in the demo from its last new episode in January. Cops of New York tied for first place (in the demo) with CBS' Blue Bloods, but Cops of New York skewed much younger.

factsoflife

02-27-2011, 12:43 AM

GEN-TV Ratings:

GEN-TV Ratings for Friday, February 25, 2011:

GEN-TV soared to #1 with a night of original concerts and documentary specials:

At 8pm, a brand new concert, "Pink: The Best So Far" was watched by 23.94 million viewers and posted a 4.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new documentary "Pink: In her own words" was watched by 19.4 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "County General" was watched by 23.9 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

02-27-2011, 04:00 AM

yankeesrj12

03-01-2011, 06:24 PM

Monday, February 21st Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, an all new Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 5.69 million; 18-49: 1.8/5) was even with it's performance from two weeks ago. If you recall, YTN aired a Pushing Daisies Valentines Day marathon last week. This was also the timeslot premiere of Can You Beat Ken? at 9pm.

At 10pm, a new episode of Rule of Law (Viewers: 5.78 million; 18-49: 1.2/4) was up 870,000 viewers and 1/10th of a demo point from its Wednesday airing. Retention out of Can You Beat Ken? was a depressed 67% in the demo, although it did grow in total viewers. The season (most likely series) finale of Rule of Law airs next Monday at 10pm.
Monday, February 28th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, a new Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 6.17 million; 18-49: 2.0/5) was up 2/10ths of a point in the demo, tying a season high.

At 10pm, the season/series finale of Rule of Law (Viewers: 5.65 million; 18-49: 1.2/4) was even with last week. Retention for what is sure to be the last episode was an okay 92% in total viewers, but a weak 60% in the demo.

factsoflife

03-01-2011, 09:02 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Saturday, February 26- Monday, February 28, 2011:

GEN-TV Ratings for Saturday, February 26, 2011:

GEN-TV had a difficult Saturday with a 5th place finish overall.

At 8pm, a brand new "Hacked" was watched by 13.3 million viewers and posted a 2.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Never Again" was watched by 12.2 million viewers and posted a 2.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Them & Us" was watched by 11.1 million viewers and posted a 2.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Class Action" was watched by 8.1 million viewers and posted a 2.0in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Hotel" was watched by 14.42 million viewers and a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

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Ratings for Sunday, February 27, 2011:

GEN-TV had a terrible Sunday night with a 6th place finish overall; it was beaten by all broadcast nets and TBS.

At 8pm, a brand new "Somebody Like Me" was watched by 7.72 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Life's Facts" was watched by 17.4 million viewers and posted a 2.12 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" was watched by 14.4 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "The Department" was watched by 18.4 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Cougars" was watched by 678,000 viewers and posted a -94 in the 18-49 demo.

At 1030, a brand new "Snatched" was watched by 22.89 million viewers and posted a 3.24 in the 18-49 demo.

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GEN-TV Ratings for Monday, February 28, 2011:

GEN-TV had a strong Monday and finished in 1st place.

At 8pm, a brand new "Knocked Down" was watched by 38.4 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Becoming Us" was watched by 15.5 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 15.59 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "The Arrival" was watched by 29.3 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new special "Introducing Black's Law: Meet The Cast" featuring the cast of the upcoming series previewing the series was watched by 32.93 million viewers and posted a 8.2 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

03-01-2011, 11:46 PM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN CANCELS RULE OF LAW
Only 24 hours after its last episode aired, YTN has officially pulled the plug on Rule of Law. Rule of Law became a breakout hit last season, but quickly plunged to series lows for season two. Many wondered if YTN was serious about bringing the series back when they gave it a shot behind the hit Wednesday night comedy block, but its clear that chance is over. Olivia Pavlin, the President of YTN, released the following statement earlier today: "YTN would like to thank everyone who worked for two seasons on Rule of Law, but at this time we have decided to not move forward with the show." Short and simple statement, eh? This marks the first cancellation for the newly instated President of YTN.

YTN aired two seasons, consisting of 39 episodes, since the series premiered in January 2010.

In a later statement, YTN announced that the fate of Living Life would be announced before upfronts on Monday, April 18th.

yankeesrj12

03-02-2011, 12:09 AM

YTN PRESS RELEASE:
YTN RELEASES REVISED SCHEDULE

Sunday:
8:00 - Can You Beat Ken? (R)
8:30 - Locked
9:00 - The Weakest Link
10:00 - Weekly Update

Monday:
8:00 - Repeats
9:00 - Can You Beat Ken?
10:00 - Cops of New York (R; until April 4th) / TAKEN (R; until TBA)

Tuesday:
8:00 - Pushing Daisies
9:00 - Looking for Love: 4ever and Ever
10:00 - TAKEN

Wednesday:
8:00 - Kate and Zoe
8:30 - Sisterhood
9:00 - College
9:30 - Behind the Scenes
10:00 - TAKEN: Phoenix

Thursday:
8:00 - Repeats
9:00 - Singles
9:30 - Roommates
10:00 - Reversing History

Friday:
8:00 - Weekly Update
9:00 - The Inside Job
10:00 - Cops of New York

factsoflife

03-02-2011, 12:18 AM

GEN-TV has announced that it will host it's third annual Upfront Presentations on May 9th and 12th of this year. The network will host a star-studded, gala event in Los Angeles on May 9th that will be opened to the press and will feature the announcement of the networks Fall 2011 schedule, as well as a few big surprises. Further details are scarce, but the network will likely follow in the footsteps of their well received reception last year that was hosted by a variety of big name stars and had a show-stopping finale performance by Vanessa Williams. In terms of executives present at the event, we know that while GEN-TV is in limbo with Bridget Kline on temporary, mandatory leave that Tom Dalton has been consulting heavily with the networks board of trustees. Kline has been giving her input via emails and short, abbreviated phone calls as she recovers. So nothing on who will appear and announce the schedule is final yet.

On May 12th, the network will host a smaller, but no less glamorous reception and cocktail luncheon in New York for members of the East Coast press. It will feature highlights of the networks fall schedule and some other surprises.

The L.A. event is scheduled to be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills and will be catered by Wolfgang Puck. It will take place between 11am and 2pm, featuring several different break-out panels.

The New York Event will be a private luncheon held between 12pm and 3pm for selected members of the press as well as selected other high profile names. It will be privately catered by a soon to be named New York chef and will feature performances from still to be determined entertainers as well as other big surprises.

factsoflife

03-02-2011, 12:40 AM

GEN-TV's Tom Dalton has order several more high-profile pilots today:

First up, "The Ward", a one-hour drama pilot set in 1992 and focused on a New York City Hospital's emerging HIV/AIDS department. David E. Kelley is penning the pilot, which is being given a put-pilot deal. If picked up it would be the third Kelley drama on the network, following "County General" and "Black's Law" (which debuts this month).

The network has also ordered a few more pilots including:

"Nuns": A half-hour comedy pilot centered around five aging nuns in a convent and how their life is turned upside down when one of the nuns decides that after 40 years in the convent she wants to try life outside of the convent.

"The Glossy Life" (working title): A one-hour, single camera comedy/drama set in the world of cosmetics. The series revolves around a crumbling cosmetics company known for selling fancy lip gloss and high end make-up. The company is in turmoil after a series of high profile product failures have left them the laughing stock of their industry. The focus would be on the family run company trying to survive and find a new direction. Silvio Horta (Ugly Betty) is set to produce and direct the pilot, which he created.

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GEN-TV has been busy casting it's latest pilot orders:

First, up, Becki Newton ("Ugly Betty") has been cast in the pilot "The Glossy Life" and will be joined by soap icon Genie Francis ("General Hospital") who will play a dueling mother/daughter duo fighting for control of a struggling company who find a reason to bond and join forces when they find a common enemy; a rival cosmetics company led by a ruthless executive hell-bent on buying the company and destroying it. That ruthless executive? the new wife of the ex-husband of Francis's character and the step-mother to Newton's character. This role has been cast by another soap opera icon; Susan Lucci ("All My Children") who departs her role on GEN-TV's "Hotel" to star in this pilot. Sources indicate that "the pilot is very close to a sure thing for GEN-TV". other say "Executives love the script and barring a miracle that isn't about to change". Casting is still underway for additional principal roles as well as a few secondary roles; and network is looking for a day to day show-runner to assist creator/producer Silvio Horta.

Next up; Katherine Higel has landed her first starring role for GEN-TV; the former "Grey's Anatomy" actress has landed the female lead in the pilot "Consumer Affairs". Higel has a long-term deal with GEN-TV that so far has covered producing "Sisters" and directing episodes of that show as well as episodes of "The Huntress", "This Time Around" and "One Of These Days"; but this is her first acting role on the network; aside from a pilot that never aired prior to the 2009-2010 season.

A slew of high-profile talents have joined the cast of the pilot "The Ward", among them are three former "ER" cast-mates, Maria Bello, Maura Tierny and Gloria Ruben. Ruben and Bello are signed on as leads and Tierny has booked a guest starring role in the pilot for the series. Also joining this massive ensemble drama are Jimmy Smitts, John Stamos and Shemar Moore. The actual roles they will play have not been announced, as the pilot is in the midst of on-going writing and the tone and characters on the series may change. However, actors of this caliber joining are a good sign that the network believes there is quality in the script otherwise it wouldn't be allowed to cast such huge names; that come with huge salaries attached.

And lastly, Swoosie Kurtz has been booked for her first GEN-TV gig, she is going to work on the pilot for "NUNS", playing a mother superior type, with a hugely superior attitude whose strict rules drive one nun of 40 years to up and quit the convent, and try life as a civilian for the first time since the 1970's, something that will present a huge culture clash as the sheltered nun moves from a rural convent to the big city, New York as a teacher at a public school in Harlem". Swoosie's role is considered a one-off, but could become recurring if the show is picked up. In order to avoid issues surrounding lawsuits and her commitment to YTN's "Pushing Daisies", she won't report to work on the set until JUNE 2011, to film her once scene. "She is technically still under contract with that other network so she isn't permitted to work for GEN-TV until after her contract expires with them" said a legal rep not associated with the case.

factsoflife

03-02-2011, 12:49 AM

GEN-TV has officially pulled the plug on a trio of unsuccessful series. "Cougars", "Class Action" and "Somebody Like Me" have all been canceled. Though the cancellation of these series is no shock, and was widely expected it is now official. None of these series have done well for the network.

A few other series are considered to be in grave danger of cancellation, but may be spared due to network needs:

The Department, starring Reah Pearlman has also not done well and may face a similar fate.

Getting Together, a new relationship comedy is struggling as well and likely could get axed.

and two others "Becoming us" and "On The Air" are also "on the bubble" as they say.

The Kim Cattrall headed sitcom "Love Happens" is expected to be cleared for another season.

Among the drama's there are few spots open on the schedule as the network has launched many successful dramatic series; but "Snatched" and "Smashed" are the most vulnerable. One insider suggests some of the networks dramas may be renewed for half-seasons and air in mid-season or summer to make room for new shows on the schedule. Recently the network renewed marginal performer "Hotel" with plans to relaunch it at mid-season with a dramatic cast and tonal overhaul. Similar plans may be in the works for other series.

yankeesrj12

03-02-2011, 04:29 PM

Tuesday, March 1st Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the return of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.49 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) plummeted 5/10ths of a demo point from its last new episode a month ago. With competition from American Idol, the ratings were expected to drop.

At 9pm, week nine of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 8.01 million; 18-49: 2.6/6) was down 2/10ths of a demo point from last week.

At 10pm, the return of TAKEN (Viewers: 11.30 million; 18-49: 3.2/8) was down 3/10ths of a demo point from its last new episode on February 1st.

yankeesrj12

03-02-2011, 06:31 PM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

YTN CANCELS LIVING LIFE
YTN has officially pulled the plug on new comedy entry Living Life after a short 17 episode season. In a statement released by the network, they say, "Living Life had a great run on our network, but after 17 episodes, we have decided to end the series. The writers and producers will put all of their focus into its parent series, Roommates. We humbly thank everyone who was a part of the cast and crew and look forward to working with them in the future." YTN ordered a Roommates spinoff back in late 2009, but nothing ever came together until Tia Mowery (sister of Roommates star, Tamera Mowry) joined the show for an eight episode guest arc as Hope's (Tamera) sister. From there, the Roommates spinoff took off. What became the first spinoff in the history of the network also became the first spinoff to be cancelled.

UPDATE: Tia Mowry, who starred in Living Life, will join Roommates full time starting later this season. Roommates has ten episodes left to air this season, but only four more to film. Tia is expected to air in the final three episodes of the season as Hope's (Tamera Mowry) sister.

factsoflife

03-02-2011, 07:44 PM

factsoflife

03-02-2011, 10:04 PM

Tuesday Ratings:

GEN-TV Ratings for Tuesday, February 1, 2011:

GEN-TV ranked at the #2 network on Tuesday night:

At 8pm, a brand new "Doctor/Patient" was watched by 10.39 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "On The Air" was watched by 12.93 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Boyfriends" was watched by 16.93 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Love Happens" was watched by 16.19 million viewers and posted a 2.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "The Huntress" was watched by 33.93 million viewers and posted a 6.3 in the 18-49 demo.

yankeesrj12

03-03-2011, 04:23 PM

Wednesday, February 23rd Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the return of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 8.10 million; 18-49: 2.8/8) was even with its last new episode from January.

At 8:30pm, week seven of new Olsen twin comedy Sisterhood (Viewers: 6.87 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) was up 2/10ths of a demo point from its last new episode two weeks ago, but was even with its previous performance behind a new Kate and Zoe from January.

At 9pm, the return of College (Viewers: 8.99 million; 18-49: 3.1/7) was down 2/10ths of demo points from its last new episode in January. Last nights performance marks a season low (in total viewers) for the hit comedy.

At 9:30pm, an all new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.14 million; 18-49: 3.1/7) was down 3/10ths from its last new episode behind College, but down only 1/10th from its performance two weeks ago.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 10.16 million; 18-49: 2.9/6) was down 2/10ths of a demo points from its last new episode in January. TAKEN: Phoenix did have a series high in M54+ (1.1).
Wednesday, March 4th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 7.93 million; 18-49: 2.7/6) was down 1/10th of a demo point from last week, tying a series low.

At 8:30pm, week eight of Sisterhood (Viewers: 6.49 million; 18-49: 2.2/6) was also down 1/10th of a demo point from last week.

At 9pm, a new episode of College (Viewers: 8.36 million; 18-49: 2.9/7) was down 2/10ths of a demo point from last week, hitting a new season low. Against competiton of American Idol, Modern Family, and Criminal Minds, it could have been a lot worse.

At 9:30pm, an all new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.57 million; 18-49: 3.2/7) was actually UP 1/10th of a demo point from last week. Behind the Scenes did NOT face competition from American Idol at 9:30pm.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 10.19 million; 18-49: 2.9/6) was steady with last weeks episode.

factsoflife

03-04-2011, 08:45 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Wednesday, March 2, 2011:

GEN-TV had a strong night on Wed, with a #3 finish (against "American Idol") and the following results:

At 8pm, a brand new "Press Time" was watched by 13.3 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "This Just In" was watched by 15.5 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "West Of Broadway" was watched by 13.94 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Postal" was watched by 19.34 million viewers and posted a 5.5 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "One Of These Days" was watched by 32.39 million viewers and posted a 8.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "Smashed" was watched by 18.2 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

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GEN-TV Ratings for Thursday, March 4, 2011:

GEN-TV claimed the #1 spot on Thursday night.

GEN-TV had a decent Thursday night with the following results:

At 8pm, a brand new "Over My Head" was watched by 40.3 million viewers and posted a 9.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Elizabeth Bordoe" was watched by 30.3 million viewers and posted a 5.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, The season finale of "Hot Tamales" (It will return this summer) was watched by 10.9 million viewers and posted a 4.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "Getting Together" was watched by 19.2 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" was watched by a series high of 78.9 million viewers and posted a 50.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "Sisters" was watched by 67.5 million viewers and posted a 39.3 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

03-04-2011, 09:34 PM

[quote=factsoflife]

GEN-TV's Tom Dalton has order several more high-profile pilots today:

First up, "The Ward", a one-hour drama pilot set in 1992 and focused on a New York City Hospital's emerging HIV/AIDS department. David E. Kelley is penning the pilot, which is being given a put-pilot deal. If picked up it would be the third Kelley drama on the network, following "County General" and "Black's Law" (which debuts this month).

The network has also ordered a few more pilots including:

"Nuns": A half-hour comedy pilot centered around five aging nuns in a convent and how their life is turned upside down when one of the nuns decides that after 40 years in the convent she wants to try life outside of the convent.

"The Glossy Life" (working title): A one-hour, single camera comedy/drama set in the world of cosmetics. The series revolves around a crumbling cosmetics company known for selling fancy lip gloss and high end make-up. The company is in turmoil after a series of high profile product failures have left them the laughing stock of their industry. The focus would be on the family run company trying to survive and find a new direction. Silvio Horta (Ugly Betty) is set to produce and direct the pilot, which he created.

GEN-TV has been busy casting it's latest pilot orders:

First, up, Becki Newton ("Ugly Betty") has been cast in the pilot "The Glossy Life" and will be joined by soap icon Genie Francis ("General Hospital") who will play a dueling mother/daughter duo fighting for control of a struggling company who find a reason to bond and join forces when they find a common enemy; a rival cosmetics company led by a ruthless executive hell-bent on buying the company and destroying it. That ruthless executive? the new wife of the ex-husband of Francis's character and the step-mother to Newton's character. This role has been cast by another soap opera icon; Susan Lucci ("All My Children") who departs her role on GEN-TV's "Hotel" to star in this pilot. Sources indicate that "the pilot is very close to a sure thing for GEN-TV". other say "Executives love the script and barring a miracle that isn't about to change". Casting is still underway for additional principal roles as well as a few secondary roles; and network is looking for a day to day show-runner to assist creator/producer Silvio Horta.

Next up; Katherine Higel has landed her first starring role for GEN-TV; the former "Grey's Anatomy" actress has landed the female lead in the pilot "Consumer Affairs". Higel has a long-term deal with GEN-TV that so far has covered producing "Sisters" and directing episodes of that show as well as episodes of "The Huntress", "This Time Around" and "One Of These Days"; but this is her first acting role on the network; aside from a pilot that never aired prior to the 2009-2010 season.

A slew of high-profile talents have joined the cast of the pilot "The Ward", among them are three former "ER" cast-mates, Maria Bello, Maura Tierny and Gloria Ruben. Ruben and Bello are signed on as leads and Tierny has booked a guest starring role in the pilot for the series. Also joining this massive ensemble drama are Jimmy Smitts, John Stamos and Shemar Moore. The actual roles they will play have not been announced, as the pilot is in the midst of on-going writing and the tone and characters on the series may change. However, actors of this caliber joining are a good sign that the network believes there is quality in the script otherwise it wouldn't be allowed to cast such huge names; that come with huge salaries attached.

And lastly, Swoosie Kurtz has been booked for her first GEN-TV gig, she is going to work on the pilot for "NUNS", playing a mother superior type, with a hugely superior attitude whose strict rules drive one nun of 40 years to up and quit the convent, and try life as a civilian for the first time since the 1970's, something that will present a huge culture clash as the sheltered nun moves from a rural convent to the big city, New York as a teacher at a public school in Harlem". Swoosie's role is considered a one-off, but could become recurring if the show is picked up. In order to avoid issues surrounding lawsuits and her commitment to YTN's "Pushing Daisies", she won't report to work on the set until JUNE 2011, to film her once scene. "She is technically still under contract with that other network so she isn't permitted to work for GEN-TV until after her contract expires with them" said a legal rep not associated with the case.

GEN-TV has a lot of news to share today:

Bridget Kline, the GEN-TV Executive on leave has filed a restraining order against ex-fiancee Jason Washborn. The signed affidavit sworn by Ms. Kline says "Mr. Jason Washborn has physically, emotionally and sexually abused me between 2008 and 2011, I am in constant fear for my life. His physical abuse began with slapping and has progressed into full-fledged physical assault, sexual assault and daily threatening my life. On multiple occasions between May 2010 and January 2011, Mr. Washborn threatened my life with a knife and verbally threatened to end my life. He is the direct cause of my miscarriage after he threw me down a flight of stairs, following an argument over the unborn twins future nursery". According to court documents, Ms. Kline has "multiple, reliable and unshakable witnesses and undeniable proof to back this up". Although the D.A has refused to file charges against him, this newest document is sure to cause a firestorm and possibly lead to charges.

A judge wasted no time in issuing the temporary restraining order immediately. The order, is a harsh one, permitting Mr. Washborn from coming into "Direct or In-direct contact with Ms. Kline at any point over the next 2 years; excluding court hearings and court appointed visits, should they apply". He is also "To have no contact with Ms. Kline's place of work, place of residence and is to avoid any and all contact; including emails, telephone and social networking with Ms. Kline, her immediate family and known personal associates".

In other news, Ms. Kline has been cleared to return to work, effective Tomorrow.

The network has also announced that "We will be doing something unusual and will not be announcing what shows we pick up or pilots that we order to series, until upfront day". Typically, networks will announce series they've picked up in advance of announcing their fall schedule; but this year to build momentum and suspense the network won't make any such announcements until Upfront day in May".

Mr. Tom Dalton said "This unprecedented move is being done to maximize impact when we announce our fall schedule. And by all means, no show is safe at this point".

yankeesrj12

03-04-2011, 10:02 PM

Thursday, February 24th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, the return of Singles (Viewers: 7.98 million; 18-49: 3.0/7) was up 2/10ths of a point in the demo from its last new episode in January.

At 9:30pm, the winter premiere of Roommates (Viewers: 6.81 million; 18-49: 2.4/6) was up 1.0 demo points from its last new episode in November, but was steady with the performance by the Roommates spinoff, Living Life. Retention out of it's lead in was 85% in total viewers and 80% in the demo, down from what Living Life had been doing in the timeslot.

At 10pm, the return of Reversing History (Viewers: 10.26 million; 18-49: 3.1/7) was up 3/10ths of a demo point from its last new episode in January.
Thursday, March 3rd Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, a new episode of Singles (Viewers: 7.02 million; 18-49: 2.6/6) was down a steep 4/10ths of a demo point from last week. With tough competition from American Idol, the huge drop was to be expected, even though it held up well last week.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 5.94 million; 18-49: 2.1/5) was down 3/10ths of a demo point from last weeks winter premiere. Retention out of Singles was 85% in total viewers and 81% in the demo.

At 10pm, a new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 8.94 million; 18-49: 2.6/5) was down a hefty 0.5 demo points from last week, hitting a season low. No reason for Reversing History's drop can be explained since the competition was very light last night.

jimpickens

03-05-2011, 02:12 AM

The new and improved RMTV is a hit the revamping and tweaking that I did paid off in spades. Bread Truck which was intended as a time filler has turned out to be very popular due to people wanting to know the ins and outs of the industry responsible for the transportation and handling of their money. By a daily basis here is how the new primetime line ups ratings go.
MONDAYS
ROH wrestling a no brainer pro wrestling is always a ratings getter
Danger Theatre 9.5 very popular with 18-75 male range group
The Booze Hour 8 very popular with the 18-55 age group
TUESDAYS
Movie Of Week 10 with the general male viewership mainly due to the hostess with the mostest the lovely Velvet Funbags
Gunblast Street 10.12 what started out as people tuning in out of curiosity due to the controversy stirred up by strategically placed ads and TV spots turned a devilishly conceived novelty show into an overnight sensation with the 18-45 crowd due mainly to the shows clever and subversive writing, rock solid acting, well placed rock em sock em violence, and overall unpcness.
WENSDAY
Sci Fi Wednesday is a hit with a combined 30.9 the two most popular being Galactic Encounters and Savage Tales.
THURSDAYS
Dragons Gate USA wrestling once again pro wrestling is a ratings getter
Bull Riding Competition real popular with fans of rodeo
FRIDAYS PRIMETIME
Friday Night At The Grindhouse a solid 12 real popular with the 18-65 crowd
The Abductors 11.9 a surprise hit with the same age group
LATE NIGHTS
Is a real hit letters and emails pour in every day by guys saying it's the most fun they have that doesn't involve going to jail.
SATURDAYS
Armed Professionals 9.11 people really like this show
PRIMETIME
T-G & B Drive In 12 like FNATGH real popular with the 18-65 age group
Knuckle Duster City 11.8 like Gunblast Street people lured in out of curiosity and immediately got hooked.
Pole Dancers 9 my veiwership finds this show to be a great way to kick off the late night party.
SUNDAYS 5-7
Exotic Hunting 10 a hit with hunters of all ages
Backwoods Fun 10 another hit for outdoorsmen of all ages
Fun In The Swamps 10 a real hoot for the family
PRIMETIME
Action Theatre 11
The Sneaky Bastard 12 like son like father
LATE NIGHT
Underground til dawn is very popular with the hipsters

yankeesrj12

03-06-2011, 06:57 PM

Friday, February 25th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Weekly Update (Viewers: 5.67 million; 18-49: 1.0/3) was steady with last weeks performance.

At 9pm, the timeslot premiere of The Inside Job (Viewers: 8.09 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) was up 1.28 million viewers from its last new episode in January, but was down 1/10th of a point in the demo. The Inside Job had a series high in total viewers, but tied for a series low in the demo. Just of note, The Inside Job premiered to 8.02 million viewers and a 2.0 demo, but has dropped almost half of its young viewers since the premiere.

At 10pm, the return of Cops of New York (Viewers: 7.19 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) was up 300,000 viewers and 2/10ths of a point in the demo from its last new episode in January. Cops of New York tied for first place (in the demo) with CBS' Blue Bloods, but Cops of New York skewed much younger.
Friday, March 4th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Weekly Update (Viewers: 6.16 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was up 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 9pm, a new episode of The Inside Job (Viewers: 8.83 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) was up in total viewers, but flat in the demo. The Inside Job had a series high in total viewers for the second week in a row, but tied for a series low in the demo.

At 10pm, a new episode Cops of New York (Viewers: 7.52 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) was up in total viewers, but flat in the demo. Cops of New York and The Inside Job both skew old, but The Inside Job is running away with the title of "oldest show on the network."

yankeesrj12

03-07-2011, 04:23 PM

Sunday, January 30th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an encore of Locked (Viewers: 2.89 million; 18-49: 0.8/2) was down 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 8:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 4.97 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) was even from last week.

At 9pm, an all new episode of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 6.26 million; 18-49: 2.1/6) was up 0.2 demo points from last weeks season low.

At 10pm, week four of critically acclaimed, but low rated The Inside Job (Viewers: 6.81 million; 18-49: 1.4/4) was up 670,000 viewers and 0.1 demo points from last week. The Inside Job continues to be the oldest skewing drama on the network with an average age of 62. Retention out of it's lead in was a series low 67% in the demo, although it did grow in total viewers.
Sunday, March 6th Ratings - YTN
After a more than a month off the air, the YTN gameshows finally returned...

At 8pm, the timeslot premiere of encore Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 2.18 million; 18-49: 0.6/1) was down heavily from how Locked previously performed in the timeslot.

At 8:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 4.31 million; 18-49: 1.5/5) was down 2/10ths of a demo point from its last new episode.

At 9pm, an all new episode of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 5.43 million; 18-49: 1.8/5) was down 3/10ths of a demo point for a new season low.

At 10pm, the time period premiere (for only two weeks) of Weekly Update (Viewers: 7.20 million; 18-49: 1.3/5) was up in total viewers, and up 2/10ths in the demo from its Friday episode. Retention out of its lead in was 72% in the demo, up from what The Inside Job had been doing in the timeslot.

factsoflife

03-08-2011, 12:40 AM

GEN-TV Ratings:

GEN-TV Ratings for Friday, March 4, 2011-Sunday, March 6, 2011:

GEN-TV Ratings for Friday, March 4, 2011:

GEN-TV was the #1 rated network on Friday night, with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "L.A. Casino" was watched by 34.59 million viewers and posted a 4.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "County General" was watched by 23.3 million viewers and posted a 3.4 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Gone" was watched by 50.39 million viewers and posted a 18.2 in the 18-49 demo.

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On Saturday night, GEN-TV aired all original shows and had a #1 finish.

At 8pm, a brand new GEN-TV Documentary entitled "Behind The Hate: Examining Hate Crimes In America" hosted by GEN-TV's Jean Smart and Ruprett Everett, the one-hour special was watched by 37.92 million viewers and posted a 7.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new GEN-TV Original movie "Fighting For Justice" starring Jean Smart as a mother fighting back (in the courtroom) after her lesbian daughter is killed outside a gay nightclub was watched by 21.29 million viewers and posted a 5.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "Hotel" aired an episode featuring the murder of a gay right activist and was watched by 12.19 million viewers and posted a 1.93 in the 18-49 demo.

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On Sunday Night, GEN-TV was the 5th rated network.

At 8pm, a brand new "Somebody Like Me" was watched by 5.9 million viewers and posted a .19 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Life's Facts" was watched by 17.94 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Like Mother, Like Daughter" was watched by 20.39 million viewers and posted a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930, a brand new "The Department" was watched by 15.4 million viewers and posted a 2.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new "Cougars" was watched by 3,213 viewers and posted a -145 in the 18-49 demo.

At 1030, a brand new "Snatched" was watched by 21.94 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

03-08-2011, 12:49 AM

GEN-TV has announced that "Hot Tamales" will end it's current season earlier than anticipated, it will end on April 14th. The series is currently airing it's third season and will return for it's fourth in the summer. Although ratings for the once-popular laughfest have fallen in recent months, it still remains part of the networks plans, at least for the time being. The series will air it's fourth season of 20 episodes this summer (presumably between June and August) and then will exit until April 2012 where it will return for it's fifth and final season, of 15 episodes.

The reason the network is holding onto the series until then is to allow the series to produce 100 episodes for syndication. The series will exit the network once 100 episodes are completed and the series gets a syndication cycle. It appears that the series was likely on it's way out anyway with a nearly 40% ratings drop season to season. The series was once a major player for the network but frequent cast changes and turn over in producers and writers has hurt the series. Eva La Rue as Stacie is the only series regular left-over from the first year. All other cast-members have left the series since then.

Right now their are around 65 completed episodes of the series.

When it exits in April it will be replaced by various reruns.

factsoflife

03-08-2011, 01:10 AM

[quote=factsoflife]

GEN-TV's Tom Dalton has order several more high-profile pilots today:

First up, "The Ward", a one-hour drama pilot set in 1992 and focused on a New York City Hospital's emerging HIV/AIDS department. David E. Kelley is penning the pilot, which is being given a put-pilot deal. If picked up it would be the third Kelley drama on the network, following "County General" and "Black's Law" (which debuts this month).

The network has also ordered a few more pilots including:

"Nuns": A half-hour comedy pilot centered around five aging nuns in a convent and how their life is turned upside down when one of the nuns decides that after 40 years in the convent she wants to try life outside of the convent.

"The Glossy Life" (working title): A one-hour, single camera comedy/drama set in the world of cosmetics. The series revolves around a crumbling cosmetics company known for selling fancy lip gloss and high end make-up. The company is in turmoil after a series of high profile product failures have left them the laughing stock of their industry. The focus would be on the family run company trying to survive and find a new direction. Silvio Horta (Ugly Betty) is set to produce and direct the pilot, which he created.

GEN-TV has been busy casting it's latest pilot orders:

First, up, Becki Newton ("Ugly Betty") has been cast in the pilot "The Glossy Life" and will be joined by soap icon Genie Francis ("General Hospital") who will play a dueling mother/daughter duo fighting for control of a struggling company who find a reason to bond and join forces when they find a common enemy; a rival cosmetics company led by a ruthless executive hell-bent on buying the company and destroying it. That ruthless executive? the new wife of the ex-husband of Francis's character and the step-mother to Newton's character. This role has been cast by another soap opera icon; Susan Lucci ("All My Children") who departs her role on GEN-TV's "Hotel" to star in this pilot. Sources indicate that "the pilot is very close to a sure thing for GEN-TV". other say "Executives love the script and barring a miracle that isn't about to change". Casting is still underway for additional principal roles as well as a few secondary roles; and network is looking for a day to day show-runner to assist creator/producer Silvio Horta.

Next up; Katherine Higel has landed her first starring role for GEN-TV; the former "Grey's Anatomy" actress has landed the female lead in the pilot "Consumer Affairs". Higel has a long-term deal with GEN-TV that so far has covered producing "Sisters" and directing episodes of that show as well as episodes of "The Huntress", "This Time Around" and "One Of These Days"; but this is her first acting role on the network; aside from a pilot that never aired prior to the 2009-2010 season.

A slew of high-profile talents have joined the cast of the pilot "The Ward", among them are three former "ER" cast-mates, Maria Bello, Maura Tierny and Gloria Ruben. Ruben and Bello are signed on as leads and Tierny has booked a guest starring role in the pilot for the series. Also joining this massive ensemble drama are Jimmy Smitts, John Stamos and Shemar Moore. The actual roles they will play have not been announced, as the pilot is in the midst of on-going writing and the tone and characters on the series may change. However, actors of this caliber joining are a good sign that the network believes there is quality in the script otherwise it wouldn't be allowed to cast such huge names; that come with huge salaries attached.

And lastly, Swoosie Kurtz has been booked for her first GEN-TV gig, she is going to work on the pilot for "NUNS", playing a mother superior type, with a hugely superior attitude whose strict rules drive one nun of 40 years to up and quit the convent, and try life as a civilian for the first time since the 1970's, something that will present a huge culture clash as the sheltered nun moves from a rural convent to the big city, New York as a teacher at a public school in Harlem". Swoosie's role is considered a one-off, but could become recurring if the show is picked up. In order to avoid issues surrounding lawsuits and her commitment to YTN's "Pushing Daisies", she won't report to work on the set until JUNE 2011, to film her once scene. "She is technically still under contract with that other network so she isn't permitted to work for GEN-TV until after her contract expires with them" said a legal rep not associated with the case.

Justin Hartley (Smallville, Passions) has landed a starring role on the GEN-TV Pilot "Consumer Affairs", he will play the male lead in the series, a possible love interest for Katherine Higel's character. Oscar-nominated actress Sigourney Weaver has landed a supporting, but crucial role on the series as a mentor figure and former boss to Higel's character. The actress beat out three other heavy-weight actresses for the role; Jamie Lee Curtis, Debra Winger and Candice Bergen all auditioned for but did not get the role.

In other casting news, the network cast a pivotal lead role for their comedy/drama pilot "Nuns". Carrie Fisher has signed onto the lead role of the veteran nun who decides abruptly (or so it seems) to leave the convent she has called home most of her life; to teach public school and live as a civilian.

Bridget Kline, on her first full day back at work says "The casting of these two powerful, respected actresses is a true delight for me to announce. They are proven successes with years of experience and wisdom to their credit. We are thrilled to have them attached to our pilots, they give both pilots a huge boost in viability".

yankeesrj12

03-08-2011, 04:03 PM

Monday, February 28th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, a new Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 6.17 million; 18-49: 2.0/5) was up 2/10ths of a point in the demo, tying a season high.

At 10pm, the season/series finale of Rule of Law (Viewers: 5.65 million; 18-49: 1.2/4) was even with last week. Retention for what is sure to be the last episode was an okay 92% in total viewers, but a weak 60% in the demo.
Monday, March 7th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, a new episode of Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 6.94 million; 18-49: 2.1/5) was up 1/10th of a demo point, hitting a season high.

factsoflife

03-08-2011, 08:05 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Monday, March 7, 2011:

GEN-TV was the #1 rated network on Monday with the following line-up:

At 8pm, a brand new "Knocked Down" was watched by 31.26 million viewers and posted a 5.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 830pm, a brand new "Becoming Us" was watched by 16.5 million viewers and posted a 3.2 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new "Something Old, Something New" was watched by 12.34 million viewers and posted a 3.8 in the 18-49 demo.

At 930pm, a brand new "The Arrival" was watched by 25.78 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new special "The Essential Guide to: Black's Law" was watched by 29.3 million viewers and posted a 5.1 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

03-08-2011, 09:41 PM

GEN-TV has had a lot of success recently with drama series; but has had a difficult time this season launching comedy series; with only three of their new comedies this season garnering anywhere near "satisfactory" ratings (Elizabeth Bordoe, Knocked Down and West Of Broadway). To fight this, the network has ordered eight new comedy pilots, the low-down is below:

"The Accidental Husband": This half-hour, multi-camera comedy pilot centers on a self-declared "permanent" bachelor who awakens after a drunken night of debauchery to find that he has accidentally married the stripper at his friends bachelor party. At first he decides he will get a annulment, but after a series of events finds out that she's loaded and that if he stays married to her for at least a year and convinces her to go back to college and give up stripping that he'll inherit a boatload of money. The pilot is being penned by Chuck Lorre (2.5 Men, The Big Bang Theory).

"The Ex-In-Law": This series is a half-hour multi-camera comedy is about a recent divorcee who after finally getting rid of her deadbeat ex-husband must settle into her new life, and deal with the fact that even though she's divorced she still must live in the same apartment they shared; which is owned by her exes parents.

"First Come, First Serve": This half-hour, single camera comedy is about the staff of a low-rent buffet style reception hall and the plot revolves around the egotistical manager who is hell-bent on turning his struggling business into a thriving enterprise, morals, feelings and kindness be dammed.

"The Choir": This traditional, three-camera sitcom centers around a Georgia, Southern Baptist church and the struggling choir that was once the toast of the town; but is in great need of updating. The series is being penned by Bill Cosby; who may also star in one of the lead roles.

"Shrunken": This half-hour, three-camera sitcom follows the daily life of a neurotic; yet somehow successful psychoanalyst and the patients she serves.

"Maximum Capacity": This half-hour, multi-camera sitcom focuses on a 48 year old woman who after years of bliss-filled, peace finds her house and life turned upside down and overtaken after her 25 year old son returns home; new wife and baby in tow; her husband retires and her daughter flunks out of college and moves back into the house. On top of this all; her sister, a recent widower at the age of 32 moves in with her, bringing along her 2 school-age children. The series is from creator Jeff Franklin (Full House, Hanging With Mr. Cooper).

"Blanche, Ala Mode": This half-hour, three-camera sitcom focuses on the life of Blanche Middelton, a 44 year old southern belle who decides after the death of her husband to follow her life long dream and open up an ice cream shop.

"Long View Beach": This half-hour, single camera comedy series centers around the lives of a group of dedicated life-guards and beach patrol trainees living together as they train to become lifeguards and patrol officers on the beaches of Hawaii.

The network has also confirmed that they are still investigating whether or not to pick up the Telma Hopkins pilot in which she stars a homemaker plucked from the ghetto to star in a lifestyles show by a Martha Stewart-like guru.

factsoflife

03-08-2011, 09:57 PM

GEN-TV has announced what can only be described as a "massive and unbelievable" slate of cancellations today. It seems as though the network is making room for a total overhaul of it's schedule with more than half of their current schedule not returning for another season.

Among the series that have been given the axe today are:

"Love Happens": The Kim Catrall series has not been given a second season. It will not return in the fall.

"Press Time": After a strong first season, this Judith Light sitcom has flounder in its second season and has been canned.

"This Just In": A moderate performer at best, this series is not returning.

"Getting Together" : A low-rated dud with no critical support. It is gone.

"Never Again": Another former star player that has fallen off the ratings map.

"Them & Us": This series was a non-starter and will not return.

"Class Action": Canceled because of terrible ratings.

"Smashed": This moderately successful drama suffers from expense issues; it is far too costly to produce for it's low-ratings.

"Somebody Like Me" -- A complete flop from day one.

"Cougars"--- The least watched series on Television, it has been canceled.

"Snatched"--- Considering the huge cast it has; it's far too costly to produce with low ratings.

"Like Mother, Like Daughter"--- This sitcom was canceled earlier this season.

Apparently all the other series on the networks schedule are still "waiting word on their fates". If they haven't been announced; it's likely safe to assume they will return; but with a massive development slate, the network is looking at all their options. "Black's Law" still hasn't debuted yet, and barring a disaster should do well in the ratings.

yankeesrj12

03-09-2011, 04:26 PM

GEN-TV, what are Press Time and This Just In about?

Tuesday, March 1st Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, the return of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 6.49 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) plummeted 5/10ths of a demo point from its last new episode a month ago. With competition from American Idol, the ratings were expected to drop.

At 9pm, week nine of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 8.01 million; 18-49: 2.6/6) was down 2/10ths of a demo point from last week.

At 10pm, the return of TAKEN (Viewers: 11.30 million; 18-49: 3.2/8) was down 3/10ths of a demo point from its last new episode on February 1st.
Tuesday, March 8th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Pushing Daisies (Viewers: 7.41 million; 18-49: 2.6/6) was up 3/10ths of a demo point from its last week when it faced American Idol. Pushing Daisies rated number two on the night in W18-34 and W18-49, behind a new episode of Glee.

At 9pm, week ten of Looking For Love: 4Ever and Ever (Viewers: 8.63 million; 18-49: 2.9/6) was up 3/10ths of a demo point from last week as well.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN (Viewers: 11.46 million; 18-49: 3.3/8) was up 1/10th of a demo point from its last week.

factsoflife

03-10-2011, 12:23 AM

GEN-TV, what are Press Time and This Just In about? [QUOTE]

From the GEN-TV Fall 2010 Press Release:

"PRESS TIME"

A year ago, Sylvia Wilde-Sharpe was unemployable and washed up in the world of television after years of habitual alcohol abuse and a diva-like reputation. But thanks to her life-long best friend and manager, Russell Thompson (Dennis Miller) she got a second chance when being hired by a floundering all-female news network to be a correspondent. It’s a year later and she’s much happier now and much better off; the only problem now is the burgeoning relationship between her and Russell which in recent months has turned into a romance. How will Sylvia and Russell be together and will it affect their working relationship? In the second season, Diahann Carroll joins the cast as Minerva, a newly appointed executive at the network and a former rival of Sylvia who is hell-bent on revenge. Portia De Rossi is added as a series regular in her role of Heather, the producer of the show; she was previously recurring on the series.

CAST:
Judith Light as Sylvia Wilde-Sharpe
Dennis Miller as Russell Thompson
Rebecca Budig as Clarice Michelle Hopkins
Portia De Rossi as Heather Winters
Diahann Carroll as Minerva

“This Just In”

PREMISE:
Meet the staff of “Update Now” a struggling news program on the least watched cable news network on television. This news magazine show suffers from low-ratings, low-standards and lack of vision. It’s staff is made up of a group of bored, disenchanted former superstars who have all lost jobs on other bigger shows and are slumming it on this network. They have bad attitudes and don’t care about the show at all and it shows on-screen. That is until they get a new producer; Terry Franklin, a 22 year old graduate of The University of Idaho who thinks he knows everything about television since he has a television production degree. He was hired by the network because frankly he was the only person who applied; thinking he got a job because he was the best he comes to “Update Now” thinking he’ll be respected and have a caring, dedicated staff of professionals to work with. Sadly he was mistaken, he meets this sad sack staff and is almost ready to pack up and go home but then a wave of inspiration hits him and he has a breakthrough with one of the staff members; Bernadette Gibson, the wise, knowledgeable senior network executive who despite having little invested in this show believes that Terry can turn it around and make it a hit. Candace Bergin stars as Bernadette Gibson, the wise network executive that hired Terry and is the only one on the network that really believes he can turn the show around (or cares to try), she serves as a mentor to Terry, though not always by out-right giving him the answers he needs; but by making him search within himself for the right thing to do. Alan Cummings portrays Victor Gilroy an aging, less than easy to work with investigative reporter who used to be a major star on one of New York’s biggest stations, but thanks to a sex scandal has been black-listed by the networks and is stuck at the only network that cares so little about standards that they’ve hired him. Webster Riley is a wannabe meteorologist who couldn’t be bothered to go to college and instead focused on modeling and is pretty terrible at his job. Hayden Majors is an aging entertainment reporter whose looks long past their peak and whose work has only gotten more and more scatterbrained. Veronica Morella is a sexy, young sports co-anchor whose real dream is to report the sports, a job that is currently occupied by over the hill reporter Steven Stallone whose entire career has been based on his charm and good looks, both of which are fading as he falls further and further into drinking. He has had an on again/off again relationship with Veronica for years now. Sonja Hilton was once the most respected female anchor in news, and once was considered for Diane Sawyers spot on “Good Morning America” but she was booted from her long-time post at a New York station for a much young anchor and has lost her self-confidence and passion. The fact she now also must co-anchor with her ex-husband and bitter enemy Kent Robinson is no picnic either. John O’Hurley plays Kent Robinson a suave, sophisticated former anchor for CNN who was fired from his job after he verbally attacked Anne Coulter and refused to apologize. He and his ex-wife really despise one another, and he blames her for all the problems in his life. And Mark Addison is a witty and sharp as a tack writer/producer whose only fault lies in his overinflated sense of self-worth; the fact he graduated from Harvard is something he likes to hold over everybody else.

CAST:
Candace Bergin as Bernadette Gibson
Joshua Malina as Terry Franklin
Alan Cummings as Victor Gilroy
Cameron Mathison as Webster Riley
Vicki Lewis as Hayden Majors
Alyssa Milano as Veronica Morella
Christine Branaksi as Sonja Hilton
Jonthon Togo as Mark Addison
Richard Grieco as Steven Stallone
John O’Hurley as Kent Robinson

This Just In was created last year as a companion piece for Press time, which was an emerging hit for the network, both set in the world of cable news, they were meant to air back to back. however, a myriad of factors prevented that from happening until recently. "Press Time" has seen ratings drop nearly 30% this season; and "This Just In" was only a moderate performer to begin with. As PT is canceled, the network has no need for TJI anymore.

Tubehead

03-10-2011, 12:31 AM

7;00AM quantam leap
8:00am early ediotn
9:00am mintue towin it
10:00am are yousmartedthen a fif th grader
10:30am are yousmartedthen afifth grader?
11:00am judge karne court
11:30am judge karencoutrt
12;00pm judgepirrio
1:00pm judge ross america court
1:30pmjudge rossamericncourt
2:00pm judge mathis
3:00pm judge judy
3;30pmjudg judy
4:00pmjudge joe brown
4:30pmjudge joe brown
5;00pm the jerfferosn
5;30pm amen
6;00pmfamily ties
6;30pm growingpaibs
7:000pm what woudl you do?
6:00pm smallvlille
9;00pm mintue to win it
10;00pm the menlist
frigh night
11;00pm fear factor
12;00amgoes bumps
12:30am goessbumps
1:00am are you adfad of the dark?
1:30am are you afard of the dark?
2:00amthe tlwigth zone
2:30am the twligth zone
3;00am moon light
4:00a m amazing stories
4;30am amazing stoires
5:00am the incdaible hulk
6;00am beyond beleve fact or ficiton

TEEN TUSDYS
7:00AM POWER RANGERS
7:30AM BOBBYS WORLD
8;00AM LOONEY TOONES
8;30AM TINY TOONES
10:00AM RUGRATS
10:30AM SECET WORLD OF ALEXMAC
11;00AM MUMMEPT BABIES
12:00PM SWAT KATS
12:30PM DOUG
1;00PM SCOOBY DOO WERE ARE YOU ?
1;30PM THE JETSONS
2:00PM THE FLISTONES
2:30PM THE FLISTONE KIDS
3:00PM WAIT UNITL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME
3:30PMTHE SRUFMS
TEEN TEUSDAYS
4;00PM KEEN ANDKAL
4;30PM ALL THAT
5:00PM THE WONDER YEARS
5:30PM BOY MEEETS WORL
6:00PMSAVED BY THE BEL
6;30PM CALFIRONDREAMS
7:00PM FAMILYMATTES
7:30PM FRESH PRICNEOF BEL AIR
8;00PM DARK AND JOSH
8:30PM I CARLY
9:00PM HANNA MONTANT
9:30PM WIZARD OF WEAVRLY PLACE
10;00PM STEP BY STEP
10;30PM GOWING PAINS
11;00PM FAMILY TIES
11;30PM X-MEN ANMITED SEREIS
12;00AMSPIDER-MANANMITED SEEIS
1;00AM BATMAN ANMITED SERIS
1;30AM BATMAN BEYOND
2;0AM SUPERMANANMIE SEISE
2:30M JUSTIC LEAUGE
3:00PM JUSICE LEAGUE UNLITME

CRIME STOPPERS WESNDAYS
7:00amquantam leap
8:00am EARLY EIDITON
9;00AM hercles ledgen jourany
10;00AM MUDER SHEWORT
11:00AM NUMBERS
12;00PM COLOUMBO
1:00PM MATLOCK
2;00PM SIMION AND SIMON
3:00PM THE MENALIST
4;00PM BONES
5:00PM NSIC
6:00PM NSIC LOSEANGLES
7:00PM HAWI FIVE O
8:00PM HAWI FIVE O REMAKE
9:00PM CASTLE
10:00PMMagnum P.I.
11:00PM THE ROCKFORD FILES
12:00AM MACGYVER
1:00AM KNIGHT RIDER
2:00AM KNIGHT RIDER REMAKE
3;00AM THE A-TEAM
4:00AM THE INCDAIBLE HULK

ACTION /COMDEY THURSDAYS
7:00AM QUANAM LEAP
8:00AAM HERUCLES LEDGEN JOURNY
9:00AM EARLY EDIITON
10:00AM ARE YOU SMARTED THEN A FIFTH GRADER?
10;30AM WHOSLINEIS IT ANY WAYS?
11:00AM PRICE IS RIGHT
12:00PM Lincolon Heights
1:00PM THE INCDAIBLE HULK
2:00PM THE BOB NEWHERT HOW
2;30PM THE NEWHEART SHOW
3:00PM I LOVE LUCY
3:30PM THE LUCYSHOW
4:00PMHERE S LUCY
4:30PM HANING WITH MR COOPER
5;00PM DAY BREAK
6;00PM LIFE ON MARS
7:00PM JOURANY MAN
8;00PM qUANTAM LEAP
9:00PM SEVEEN DAYS
10:00PM MACYGVER
11;00PM THE A-TEAM
12:00AM THE INCDBILE HULK
1:00AMIRONSIDE
2:00AM KNIGHT RIDER
3:00AMKNIGHT RIDER REMAKE
4:00AM BONICO WOMEN
5:00AM BONICOWOMEN REMAKE

TGIF FRIDAYS
7:00AM QUANTUM LEAP
8;00AM early ediitio
9:00am mintue to win it
10;00am what woudl you do?
12;00PM the menlist
1:00PM NSIC
2:00PM NSICLOSE ANGLES
3:00PM MINUTINE TO WIN IT
4:00PM AMERICAN GOT TLANT
5:00PM PAWN STARS
5;30PM PAWN STARS
6;00PM ONLYIN AMRIECAN LARRY CABLE GUY
9:00PM STAN LEES SUPER HUMANS
10:00PM TOP SHOT
11;00PM JUDGE KAREN
11:30PM JUDGEKAREN
12;00AM WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

SECERT SATUDRAYS
7:00AM POWER RANGERS
7:30AM THE MUNSTERS
8:00AM THE FLIP WLISON SHOW
8;30AM EVERY ONE HATES CHRIS
9;00AM WALKER TEAXES RANGER
10:00AM PRICE IS RIGHT
11;00AMLEETSMAKE A DEAL REMAKE
12:00PM ARE YOU SMARTED THEN A FIFTH GRADER?
12:30PM ARE YOU SMARTED THEN A FIFTH GRADER?
1:00PM WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
2:00PM WHAT WOULD YOUDO ?
3:00PM I LOVE LUCY
3:30PM THE LUCYSHOW
4:00PM I DREAM OF JENNIA
4;30PM COURTSHIP OF EDDIES FATHER
5:00PM THE INCDAIBLE HULK
6;00PM JUDGE PIRRIO
7:00PM PEOPLES COURT
8;00PM JUDGE MATHIS
9:00PM JUDGE KAREN
9:30PM JUDGE KARNE
10;00PM JUDGE JUDY
10:30PM JUDGE JUDY
11:00PM JUDGE JOE BROWN
11:30PM JUDGE JOE BROWN
12:00AM EMTPY NEST
12:30AM EMPTY NEST
1:00AN UNSLVOE MYSTIERS
2:00AM LOSIE ANDCLARK NEW ADVTURNS OF SUPER MAN
3:00AM MUANT X
4:00AM HEREOS

7:00AM qUANTAM LEAP
8:00AM EARLY EIDITON
9;00AM THE JERFFEROS
9:30AM FAMILY MATTER
10;00AM EVERY ONEHATES CHRI
10:30AM AMEN
11;00AM HANING WITH MR COOPER
11:30AM MALCOMAND EDDIE
12:00PM THE A-TEAM
1:00PM BONES
2:00PM THE MENLIST
3:00PM THE MENLIST
4:00PM I LOVE LUCY
4:30PM I LOVE LUCY
5;00PM FAMILY TIES
5:30PM FAMILY TIES
6:00PM MY TWODADS
6:30PM MAJOR DAD
7:00PM TOUCH BY AANGL
8:00PM HIGH WAYTO HEAVEN
9;00PM JUSTIC LEAGUE
9;30PM JUSTIC LEAGUE UNLITME
10;00pm x-men anmtied sereis
10;30pm spider-man amited serie
11:00pm hapy days
11:30pm mork and mindy
12:00aam the glodne girls
12:30am empty nest
1;00am i love lucy
1:30am the lucy show
2;00am heres lucy
2:30am the honey mooner

factsoflife

03-10-2011, 12:56 AM

GEN-TV had a decent Tuesday night. with a 1st place finish and the following results:

8pm: A brand new "Doctor/Patient" (19.3 million viewers, 4.3 18-49)

830pm: A brand new "On The Air" (14.21 million viewers, 3.2 18-49)

9pm: A brand new "Boyfriends" (16.8 million viewers, 4.6 18-49)

930pm: A brand new "Love Happens" (11.23 million viewers, 3.1 18-49)

10pm: A brand new "The Huntress" (39.4 million viewers, 5.8 18-49)

yankeesrj12

03-10-2011, 04:54 PM

Wednesday, March 4th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 7.93 million; 18-49: 2.7/6) was down 1/10th of a demo point from last week, tying a series low.

At 8:30pm, week eight of Sisterhood (Viewers: 6.49 million; 18-49: 2.2/6) was also down 1/10th of a demo point from last week.

At 9pm, a new episode of College (Viewers: 8.36 million; 18-49: 2.9/7) was down 2/10ths of a demo point from last week, hitting a new season low. Against competiton of American Idol, Modern Family, and Criminal Minds, it could have been a lot worse.

At 9:30pm, an all new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.57 million; 18-49: 3.2/7) was actually UP 1/10th of a demo point from last week. Behind the Scenes did NOT face competition from American Idol at 9:30pm.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 10.19 million; 18-49: 2.9/6) was steady with last weeks episode.
Wednesday, March 9th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Kate and Zoe (Viewers: 8.05 million; 18-49: 2.8/6) was up 1/10th of a demo point from last week.

At 8:30pm, week nine of Sisterhood (Viewers: 6.88 million; 18-49: 2.3/6) was also up 1/10th of a demo point from last week.

At 9pm, a new episode of College (Viewers: 9.27 million; 18-49: 3.2/7) was up 3/10ths of a demo point from last week. With Criminal Minds and Modern Family in repeat-mode, College had its highest ratings since January.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Behind the Scenes (Viewers: 9.41 million; 18-49: 3.2/7) was even with last week, despite facing American Idol this week.

At 10pm, a new episode of TAKEN: Phoenix (Viewers: 10.70 million; 18-49: 3.1/7) was up 2/10ths of a demo point from last week.

factsoflife

03-10-2011, 08:36 PM

GEN-TV was all-new on Wednesday and was the #1 rated network in America.

At 8pm: A brand new documentary "Tarnished: How Coming Out Ruined George Michael's Career in the USA" was watched by 14.2 million viewers and posted a 3.1 in the 18-49 demo.

At 9pm, a brand new documentary "Comeback: Can Christina Aguilera save her career" was watched by 19.34 million viewers and posted a 3.9 in the 18-49 demo.

At 10pm, a brand new documentary "End Of An Era: The Death Of TV Soaps" was watched by 26.73 million viewers and posted a 5.3 in the 18-49 demo.

At 11pm, a brand new "Sisters" was watched by 50.24 million viewers and posted a 4.9 in the 18-49 demo.

factsoflife

03-11-2011, 01:12 AM

[quote=yankeesrj12]GEN-TV, what are Press Time and This Just In about?

From the GEN-TV Fall 2010 Press Release:

"PRESS TIME"

A year ago, Sylvia Wilde-Sharpe was unemployable and washed up in the world of television after years of habitual alcohol abuse and a diva-like reputation. But thanks to her life-long best friend and manager, Russell Thompson (Dennis Miller) she got a second chance when being hired by a floundering all-female news network to be a correspondent. It’s a year later and she’s much happier now and much better off; the only problem now is the burgeoning relationship between her and Russell which in recent months has turned into a romance. How will Sylvia and Russell be together and will it affect their working relationship? In the second season, Diahann Carroll joins the cast as Minerva, a newly appointed executive at the network and a former rival of Sylvia who is hell-bent on revenge. Portia De Rossi is added as a series regular in her role of Heather, the producer of the show; she was previously recurring on the series.

CAST:
Judith Light as Sylvia Wilde-Sharpe
Dennis Miller as Russell Thompson
Rebecca Budig as Clarice Michelle Hopkins
Portia De Rossi as Heather Winters
Diahann Carroll as Minerva

“This Just In”

PREMISE:
Meet the staff of “Update Now” a struggling news program on the least watched cable news network on television. This news magazine show suffers from low-ratings, low-standards and lack of vision. It’s staff is made up of a group of bored, disenchanted former superstars who have all lost jobs on other bigger shows and are slumming it on this network. They have bad attitudes and don’t care about the show at all and it shows on-screen. That is until they get a new producer; Terry Franklin, a 22 year old graduate of The University of Idaho who thinks he knows everything about television since he has a television production degree. He was hired by the network because frankly he was the only person who applied; thinking he got a job because he was the best he comes to “Update Now” thinking he’ll be respected and have a caring, dedicated staff of professionals to work with. Sadly he was mistaken, he meets this sad sack staff and is almost ready to pack up and go home but then a wave of inspiration hits him and he has a breakthrough with one of the staff members; Bernadette Gibson, the wise, knowledgeable senior network executive who despite having little invested in this show believes that Terry can turn it around and make it a hit. Candace Bergin stars as Bernadette Gibson, the wise network executive that hired Terry and is the only one on the network that really believes he can turn the show around (or cares to try), she serves as a mentor to Terry, though not always by out-right giving him the answers he needs; but by making him search within himself for the right thing to do. Alan Cummings portrays Victor Gilroy an aging, less than easy to work with investigative reporter who used to be a major star on one of New York’s biggest stations, but thanks to a sex scandal has been black-listed by the networks and is stuck at the only network that cares so little about standards that they’ve hired him. Webster Riley is a wannabe meteorologist who couldn’t be bothered to go to college and instead focused on modeling and is pretty terrible at his job. Hayden Majors is an aging entertainment reporter whose looks long past their peak and whose work has only gotten more and more scatterbrained. Veronica Morella is a sexy, young sports co-anchor whose real dream is to report the sports, a job that is currently occupied by over the hill reporter Steven Stallone whose entire career has been based on his charm and good looks, both of which are fading as he falls further and further into drinking. He has had an on again/off again relationship with Veronica for years now. Sonja Hilton was once the most respected female anchor in news, and once was considered for Diane Sawyers spot on “Good Morning America” but she was booted from her long-time post at a New York station for a much young anchor and has lost her self-confidence and passion. The fact she now also must co-anchor with her ex-husband and bitter enemy Kent Robinson is no picnic either. John O’Hurley plays Kent Robinson a suave, sophisticated former anchor for CNN who was fired from his job after he verbally attacked Anne Coulter and refused to apologize. He and his ex-wife really despise one another, and he blames her for all the problems in his life. And Mark Addison is a witty and sharp as a tack writer/producer whose only fault lies in his overinflated sense of self-worth; the fact he graduated from Harvard is something he likes to hold over everybody else.

CAST:
Candace Bergin as Bernadette Gibson
Joshua Malina as Terry Franklin
Alan Cummings as Victor Gilroy
Cameron Mathison as Webster Riley
Vicki Lewis as Hayden Majors
Alyssa Milano as Veronica Morella
Christine Branaksi as Sonja Hilton
Jonthon Togo as Mark Addison
Richard Grieco as Steven Stallone
John O’Hurley as Kent Robinson

This Just In was created last year as a companion piece for Press time, which was an emerging hit for the network, both set in the world of cable news, they were meant to air back to back. however, a myriad of factors prevented that from happening until recently. "Press Time" has seen ratings drop nearly 30% this season; and "This Just In" was only a moderate performer to begin with. As PT is canceled, the network has no need for TJI anymore.

Just days after announcing that they had canceled their two sitcoms "Press Time" and "This Just In", GEN-TV Studios has announced that they have received multiple offers from rival production companies and cable networks for the rights to both series. Although, they have not at this time reached a final deal, they are "pleased and excited" with the response they've gotten thus far. According to Anne Hunter, V.P. of Sales for GEN-TV Studios, "At least three huge production companies and upwards of nine cable networks have expressed moderate to serious interest in these programs and we are attempting to negotiate serious deals to work something out with them".

Although these potential deals are proprietary and thus, cannot be discussed we can confirm that one network that is NOT in the running is competing network YTN, who Bridget Kline says "Is simply not a network we would do business with anymore". Although she chose not to elaborate the indication is pretty clear that GEN-TV does not wish to broker any deals with the network that has caused them much pain in recent months. Scott Horgan, former President of GEN-TV who no longer works for the company did have a lot to say on the subject, and said "GEN-TV hates YTN with a passion; although Bridget Kline wouldn't ever verbalize it she despises that network and views their entire business model as archaic, chaotic and moronic". "Bridget simply feels that the higher ups at YTN don't understand modern business dealings and she would rather not deal with what she considers to be a bunch of undereducated idiots; she believes that it's best to deal with other networks/companies that have a better understanding of the intricacies of modern day television".

Industry analyst Sofia Halberg, of independent, L.A. based market research company Kraft-Hollander & Bishop says "Although Bridget Kline never speaks ill publicly of rival networks, it's very clear from an insiders viewpoint that she hates YTN and would NEVER sell them one; let alone two of the shows from her network".

yankeesrj12

03-12-2011, 01:27 AM

Thursday, March 3rd Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, a new episode of Singles (Viewers: 7.02 million; 18-49: 2.6/6) was down a steep 4/10ths of a demo point from last week. With tough competition from American Idol, the huge drop was to be expected, even though it held up well last week.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 5.94 million; 18-49: 2.1/5) was down 3/10ths of a demo point from last weeks winter premiere. Retention out of Singles was 85% in total viewers and 81% in the demo.

At 10pm, a new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 8.94 million; 18-49: 2.6/5) was down a hefty 0.5 demo points from last week, hitting a season low. No reason for Reversing History's drop can be explained since the competition was very light last night.
Thursday, March 10th Ratings - YTN
At 9pm, a new episode of Singles (Viewers: 7.58 million; 18-49: 2.8/6) was up 2/10ths of a demo point from last week.

At 9:30pm, a new episode of Roommates (Viewers: 6.15 million; 18-49: 2.2/5) was up 1/10th of a demo point from last week. Retention out of Singles was 81% in total viewers and 79% in the demo, a season low.

At 10pm, a new episode of Reversing History (Viewers: 9.63 million; 18-49: 2.9/6) was up 3/10ths of a demo points from last week.

yankeesrj12

03-12-2011, 04:46 PM

Friday, March 4th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Weekly Update (Viewers: 6.16 million; 18-49: 1.1/3) was up 0.1 demo points from last week.

At 9pm, a new episode of The Inside Job (Viewers: 8.83 million; 18-49: 1.3/4) was up in total viewers, but flat in the demo. The Inside Job had a series high in total viewers for the second week in a row, but tied for a series low in the demo.

At 10pm, a new episode Cops of New York (Viewers: 7.52 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) was up in total viewers, but flat in the demo. Cops of New York and The Inside Job both skew old, but The Inside Job is running away with the title of "oldest show on the network."
Friday, March 11th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, a new episode of Weekly Update (Viewers: 6.63 million; 18-49: 1.2/3) was up 1/10th of a demo point this week. Last nights episode featured the latest updates on the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

At 9pm, a new episode of The Inside Job (Viewers: 9.04 million; 18-49: 1.4/4) was up in total viewers, and 1/10th in the demo. For the third week in a row, The Inside Job had a series high in total viewers.

At 10pm, a new episode Cops of New York (Viewers: 8.17 million; 18-49: 1.9/6) was up 2/10ths of a demo point, hitting a timeslot high.

yankeesrj12

03-12-2011, 05:12 PM

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

1.87 million viewers - 1.08 demo

TCN PRESS RELEASE:
TCN HAS LARGEST NIGHT IN NETWORK HISTORY

*Tuesday, March 8th ratings*
The Comedy Network, with the help of the season premieres of Being Average and The Comedy Hour, had the largest night in network history.

The one hour (two episodes) season premiere of Being Average averaged 1.96 million viewers and a 1.1 demo, up 240,000 viewers (1.72 million) from its season three premiere on July 6th. The episode by episode breakdown showed growth from episode one to episode two. Episode one averaged 1.83 million viewers (up 9,000 viewers from last year), with episode two averaging 2.09 million viewers (up 400,000 viewers from last year). Both episodes scored a 1.1 demo among 18-49 year olds, up 10% from last year.

The series premiere (on TCN) of The Comedy Hour averaged 2.03 million viewers and a 1.2 in the 18-49 year olds demo. The Comedy Hour retained 97% of Being Average's total audience, and actually grew in the demo. At 9:30pm, The Comedy Hour grew to 2.15 million viewers, a remarkable feat for a new series. The Comedy Hour scored the largest reality series audience on the network in over a year (since Jan. 2010).

All together, TCN averaged 1.98 million viewers and a 1.2 demo on the night, the largest average audience in network history. The previous record was 1.94 and a 1.1 demo in January of 2010.

*TCN aired encores of Being Average at 10pm.

factsoflife

03-12-2011, 07:16 PM

GEN-TV Ratings for Thursday, March 10 and Friday, March 11, 2011:

Thursday, March 10, 2011:

GEN-TV had the best Thursday night of the season with the following line-up; that produced a #1 finish among total viewers and #1 finish in key demos.

At 8pm, A brand new "Over My Head" (45.68 million viewers; 7.3 18-49)

At 830pm, a brand new "Elizabeth Bordoe" (28.19 million viewers; 5.5 18-49)

At 9pm, a brand new "Hot Tamales" (14.41 million viewers; 3.2 18-49)

At 930pm, a brand new "Getting Together" (11.3 million viewers; 2.1 18-49)

At 10pm, a brand new "This Time Around" (74.42 million viewers; 34.5 18-49)

At 11pm, a brand new "Sisters" (57.56 million viewers; 28.4 18-49)

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Friday, March 11, 2011:

GEN-TV had a excellent Friday night with the following line-up; that prompted the a #2 finish among total viewers and #1 among key demos.

At 8pm: A brand new "L.A. Casino" (30.2 million viewers; 3.9 18-49)

At 9pm: a brand new "County General" (19.34 million viewers; 3.5 18-49)

At 10pm, a brand new "Gone" (43.3 million viewers; 15.9 18-49)

factsoflife

03-12-2011, 07:23 PM

TCN PRESS RELEASE:
TCN HAS LARGEST NIGHT IN NETWORK HISTORY

*Tuesday, March 8th ratings*
The Comedy Network, with the help of the season premieres of Being Average and The Comedy Hour, had the largest night in network history.

The one hour (two episodes) season premiere of Being Average averaged 1.96 million viewers and a 1.1 demo, up 240,000 viewers (1.72 million) from its season three premiere on July 6th. The episode by episode breakdown showed growth from episode one to episode two. Episode one averaged 1.83 million viewers (up 9,000 viewers from last year), with episode two averaging 2.09 million viewers (up 400,000 viewers from last year). Both episodes scored a 1.1 demo among 18-49 year olds, up 10% from last year.

The series premiere (on TCN) of The Comedy Hour averaged 2.03 million viewers and a 1.2 in the 18-49 year olds demo. The Comedy Hour retained 97% of Being Average's total audience, and actually grew in the demo. At 9:30pm, The Comedy Hour actually grew to 2.15 million viewers, a remarkable feat for a new series. The Comedy Hour scored the largest reality series audience on the network in over a year (since Jan. 2010).

All together, TCN averaged 1.98 million viewers and a 1.2 demo on the night, the largest average audience in network history. The previous record was 1.94 and a 1.1 demo in January of 2010.

*TCN aired encores of Being Average at 10pm.

GEN-TV's Bridget Kline amps up talks of a feud with rival network YTN when she scoffs publicly at the other networks supposed "highest ratings in network history". Rival network YTN; which competes against GEN-TV for key demographics and the same target audience was recently bragging about a supposed historical ratings peak; which according to Kline is "Pathetic. Not even close to the ratings our lowest rated show gets". "YTN wishes they were as good as us; yet, they continue to produce utter crap; it's hilarious really". Ms. Kline was speaking at a San Bernadino Community College at the school's Television Business class when she made the comment. A member of the associate press was on-hand covering the speech when she took notes on the speech and included this comment in her report.

It's pretty unusual for Bridget to ever speak about another network; but considering all the personal turmoil she's going through perhaps it was just an off the cuff comment and she didn't mean it. Who knows.

yankeesrj12

03-12-2011, 09:04 PM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

THE RICKI LAKE SHOW DROPS WITH HOLIDAY WEEK
Here are the ratings for the week from December 13th to December 17th.

Monday - 1.31 million viewers; 0.6/2 demo
Tuesday - 1.37 million viewers; 0.6/2 demo
Wednesday - 1.28 million viewers; 0.5/2 demo
Thursday - 1.42 million viewers; 0.6/2 demo
Friday - 1.57 million viewers; 0.7/2 demo

From YTN: "The Ricki Lake Show continues to dominate the daytime landscape, and we couldn't be any happier. We are proud to be one of the few cable networks bringing a daytime talk show to our viewers."
RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS

THE RICKI LAKE SHOW DOWN FROM THREE MONTHS AGO
Here are the ratings for the week from March 7th to March 11th.

Monday - 1.23 million viewers; 0.5/1 demo
Tuesday - 1.10 million viewers; 0.4/1 demo
Wednesday - 1.14 million viewers; 0.5/1 demo
Thursday - 1.29 million viewers; 0.5/2 demo
Friday - 1.26 million viewers; 0.5/2 demo

factsoflife

03-14-2011, 12:35 AM

GEN-TV Ratings for Saturday, March 12 and Sunday, March 13, 2011:

Saturday, March 12, 2011:

GEN-TV roared to a first place finish among total viewers; but settled for #3 among key demographics.

8pm: Hacked (all-new) (11.1 million viewers; 2.3 18-49)
830: Never Again (all-new) (17.6 million viewers; 1.0 18-49)
9pm: GEN-TV Original Documentary "Rejected: Kicked Out For Being Gay" (all-new) (50.3 million viewers; 6.2 18-49)
10pm: Hotel (all-new) (22.19 million viewers; 4.1 18-49)

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Sunday, March 14, 2011:
(Preliminary Fast-Track Ratings)

GEN-TV amended it's line-up on Sunday, removing "Cougars" and "Somebody Like Me" from the schedule.

GEN-TV was the #4 rated network among total viewers and dead last in key demos.

8pm: Doctor/Patient (Rerun) (10.2 million viewers; 2.3 18-49)
830: Doctor/Patient (Rerun) (10.2 million viewers; 2.0 18-49)
9pm: Like Mother, Like Daughter (all-new) (12.2 million viewers, 1.3 18-49)
930: The Department (all-new) (14.4 million viewers; 2.1 18-49)
10: The Arrival (rerun) (13.14 million viewers, 1.13 18-49)
1030: Snatched (all-new) (8.31 million viewers; 1.0 18-49)

factsoflife

03-14-2011, 12:51 AM

[quote=factsoflife]

Justin Hartley (Smallville, Passions) has landed a starring role on the GEN-TV Pilot "Consumer Affairs", he will play the male lead in the series, a possible love interest for Katherine Higel's character. Oscar-nominated actress Sigourney Weaver has landed a supporting, but crucial role on the series as a mentor figure and former boss to Higel's character. The actress beat out three other heavy-weight actresses for the role; Jamie Lee Curtis, Debra Winger and Candice Bergen all auditioned for but did not get the role.

In other casting news, the network cast a pivotal lead role for their comedy/drama pilot "Nuns". Carrie Fisher has signed onto the lead role of the veteran nun who decides abruptly (or so it seems) to leave the convent she has called home most of her life; to teach public school and live as a civilian.

Bridget Kline, on her first full day back at work says "The casting of these two powerful, respected actresses is a true delight for me to announce. They are proven successes with years of experience and wisdom to their credit. We are thrilled to have them attached to our pilots, they give both pilots a huge boost in viability".

GEN-TV has been tinkering with it's pilots and has exciting casting news to announce:

Kim Cattral; fresh off her GEN-TV sitcom "Love Happens" has signed on to replace soap star Genie Francis in "The Glossy Life", a GEN-TV pilot set in the cosmetics industry. She will play the mother of Becki Newton's character. Francis was dropped from the role after a test read gone awry. "She and Becki didn't have any chemistry" says an insider who chooses to speak on the condition of anonymity

Meanwhile; the network has already signed Genie Francis to a long-term contract; according to Tom Dalton "Genie is a longtime favorite of our network and we have always wanted to work with her. Despite her not being a great fit for "The Glossy Life", she is an immensely talented performer who we are privileged to have grace our network" . She has signed a 2-year, 1.1 million dollar holding deal that focuses on getting her a series regular role on GEN-TV. The contract does not specify prime-time or daytime, but it is believed to be covering prime-time TV only.

yankeesrj12

03-14-2011, 03:15 PM

Sunday, March 6th Ratings - YTN
After a more than a month off the air, the YTN gameshows finally returned...

At 8pm, the timeslot premiere of encore Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 2.18 million; 18-49: 0.6/1) was down heavily from how Locked previously performed in the timeslot.

At 8:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 4.31 million; 18-49: 1.5/5) was down 2/10ths of a demo point from its last new episode.

At 9pm, an all new episode of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 5.43 million; 18-49: 1.8/5) was down 3/10ths of a demo point for a new season low.

At 10pm, the time period premiere (for only two weeks) of Weekly Update (Viewers: 7.20 million; 18-49: 1.3/5) was up in total viewers, and up 2/10ths in the demo from its Friday episode. Retention out of its lead in was 72% in the demo, up from what The Inside Job had been doing in the timeslot.
Sunday, March 13th Ratings - YTN
At 8pm, an encore of Can You Beat Ken? (Viewers: 2.24 million; 18-49: 0.6/1) was even with last weeks low numbers.

At 8:30pm, a new episode of Locked (Viewers: 4.19 million; 18-49: 1.4/5) was down 1/10th of a demo point from last week, tying a series low.

At 9pm, an all new episode of The Weakest Link (Viewers: 5.26 million; 18-49: 1.7/5) was down 1/10th of a demo point, hitting a new series low.

At 10pm, the last Sunday episode of Weekly Update (Viewers: 7.84 million; 18-49: 1.5/5) was up 2/10ths from last week, hitting a series high in total viewers. Retention out of The Weakest Link was 88%, the highest-ever for any series behind The Weakest Link.

yankeesrj12

03-14-2011, 03:35 PM

GEN-TV's Bridget Kline amps up talks of a feud with rival network YTN when she scoffs publicly at the other networks supposed "highest ratings in network history". Rival network YTN; which competes against GEN-TV for key demographics and the same target audience was recently bragging about a supposed historical ratings peak; which according to Kline is "Pathetic. Not even close to the ratings our lowest rated show gets". "YTN wishes they were as good as us; yet, they continue to produce utter crap; it's hilarious really". Ms. Kline was speaking at a San Bernadino Community College at the school's Television Business class when she made the comment. A member of the associate press was on-hand covering the speech when she took notes on the speech and included this comment in her report.

It's pretty unusual for Bridget to ever speak about another network; but considering all the personal turmoil she's going through perhaps it was just an off the cuff comment and she didn't mean it. Who knows.
RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS:

OLIVIA PAVLIN FIGHTS BACK AGAINST BRIDGET KLINE
The new President of YTN, Olivia Pavlin, isn't going to let GEN-TV defeat her, even if it means making crude comments.

Late last week, TCN (which is owned and operated by YTN, thus run by Olivia Pavlin) sent out a press release that their new Tuesday comedy schedule had set network records; and GEN-TV was quick to pounce. In a statement by their President, Bridget Kline says, "Pathetic. Not even close to the ratings our lowest rated show gets. YTN wishes they were as good as us; yet, they continue to produce utter crap; it's hilarious really."

The statements by Kline didn't sit well with Pavlin, who just got back from a network conference in Los Angeles. In an interview with Weekly Update, YTN's own flagship news program, she said, "GEN-TV has some oddballs running their network. What Ms. Kline and GEN-TV failed to note is that YTN never broke records, it was TCN that did the record breaking. I, along with my co-workers, will stand behind our record performance, which was more than a year in the making. Since launching to only 27 million homes in 2009, we have increased to 35 million homes, a growth of 23% in only two years. To average 2 million viewers for a single night on our network is tremendous considering we are only in 35 million homes. Our goal at TCN is to make money, and we are doing that with our classic comedies and our original comedies. Advertisers are giving us money, and we are close to making a profit for the first time ever. GEN-TV may be quick to shoot down our record peformance, but for us, we will celebrate it anyway we can"

On the issue of producing "crap" programming:
"I fail to see how any series on our network is "utter crap." Ms. Kline was totally out of line in her comments, which show just how low she is willing to go for publicity. Every single one of our series have been successful in one way or another to help build our network. Writers, producers, and cast members put hard work and time into creating a series, and for another network executive to call it crap is a disgrace to the business. Sure there are shows on GEN-TV that I would never watch, but I'm not going to call them crap. By calling our series crap, Ms. Kline insulted our viewers as well. I will stand behind every decision that ever comes out of our network, and we will continue to give viewers what they want. If Ms. Kline would like to continue insluting our network, go ahead, but I can't see you gaining much out of it."

Last nights episode of Weekly Update had 7.84 million viewers, a series high.

In a poll on our website, voters are standing by Olivia Pavlin.

Who is right?
Bridget Kline (GEN-TV) - 13%
Olivia Pavlin (YTN/TCN) - 72%
Neither - 15%

factsoflife

03-14-2011, 11:28 PM

RUMORS ABOUT TV SHOWS:

OLIVIA PAVLIN FIGHTS BACK AGAINST BRIDGET KLINE
The new President of YTN, Olivia Pavlin, isn't going to let GEN-TV defeat her, even if it means making crude comments.

Late last week, TCN (which is owned and operated by YTN, thus run by Olivia Pavlin) sent out a press release that their new Tuesday comedy schedule had set network records; and GEN-TV was quick to pounce. In a statement by their President, Bridget Kline says, "Pathetic. Not even close to the ratings our lowest rated show gets. YTN wishes they were as good as us; yet, they continue to produce utter crap; it's hilarious really."

The statements by Kline didn't sit well with Pavlin, who just got back from a network conference in Los Angeles. In an interview with Weekly Update, YTN's own flagship news program, she said, "GEN-TV has some oddballs running their network. What Ms. Kline and GEN-TV failed to note is that YTN never broke records, it was TCN that did the record breaking. I, along with my co-workers, will stand behind our record performance, which was more than a year in the making. Since launching to only 27 million homes in 2009, we have increased to 35 million homes, a growth of 23% in only two years. To average 2 million viewers for a single night on our network is tremendous considering we are only in 35 million homes. Our goal at TCN is to make money, and we are doing that with our classic comedies and our original comedies. Advertisers are giving us money, and we are close to making a profit for the first time ever. GEN-TV may be quick to shoot down our record peformance, but for us, we will celebrate it anyway we can"

On the issue of producing "crap" programming:
"I fail to see how any series on our network is "utter crap." Ms. Kline was totally out of line in her comments, which show just how low she is willing to go for publicity. Every single one of our series have been successful in one way or another to help build our network. Writers, producers, and cast members put hard work and time into creating a series, and for another network executive to call it crap is a disgrace to the business. Sure there are shows on GEN-TV that I would never watch, but I'm not going to call them crap. By calling our series crap, Ms. Kline insulted our viewers as well. I will stand behind every decision that ever comes out of our network, and we will continue to give viewers what they want. If Ms. Kline would like to continue insluting our network, go ahead, but I can't see you gaining much out of it."

Last nights episode of Weekly Update had 7.84 million viewers, a series high.

In a poll on our website, voters are standing by Olivia Pavlin.

Who is right?
Bridget Kline (GEN-TV) - 13%
Olivia Pavlin (YTN/TCN) - 72%
Neither - 15%

Hollywood Now is not usually the type of magazine to take the side of one executive over the other; but this time we've got to step in. Olivia Palin, the recently instated President of YTN/TCN has been making waves for her harsh and unneeded comments towards Bridget Kline, a defenseless and harmless young executive who is in the middle of an on-going domestic violence case. Ms. Palin has called out Bridget for speaking the truth about the ratings of her competitors fledgling network. I think, Ms. Pavlin, who by the way nobody at our office has even heard of before she got this job; needs to take a chill pill and leave domestic violence victims alone. Do you like seeing victims of abuse being abused in public?

Now, the truth is, Nobody even knows who Olivia Pavlin is, however, Bridget Kline is a BELOVED and well known industry insider who has become a favorite of fellow executives for years now. And honestly, it is silly for YTN/TCN to try and compare their ratings to that of a juggernaut like GEN-TV whose 18-49 demos for one episode of "This Time Around" alone could shatter the season record for their entire line-up.

It's not just Hollywood Now that thinks so either, celebrities left and right are fighting mad and are speaking their mind, here's what a few high profile celebs said when Hollywood Now asked them to speak:

Charlie Sheen said "GEN-TV is a winning network. Olivia Pavlin is the devil, just like Chuck Lorre".

Martha Stewart said "I would never work on YTN they are so low-brow."

Tia Mowry said "Olivia Palvlin is a nutcase. I much prefer working for Bridget Kline who is like a sister to me. She was a bridesmaid in my wedding".

Barbara Striesand said "YTN? What's that? I've never heard of it."

Shannen Doherty said "I was offered a job once on YTN, I turned it down flat, because they are a bunch of nonsensical yahoos over there. I believe GEN-TV is in the right"

and Rosie O'Donnell said "YTN is a homophobic network run by a completely close minded bigot; I believe Olivia Pavlin is without merit in this case".