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Miss Golden · 11-13-2004, 03:06 AM

CBS Boosts Freshman Comedies
(Friday, November 12 03:14 PM)

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) This may not erase the bad memories of "Bob Patterson" or discussion of the "Seinfeld Curse," but Jason Alexander's latest sitcom venture seems set to make it through at least one season. CBS has ordered up the back nine for "Listen Up," the Monday comedy starring the "Seinfeld" veteran, while also boosting the fortunes of Wednesday laffer "Center of the Universe."

Airing on Mondays in the plum slot between "Still Standing" and "Everybody Loves Raymond," "Listen Up" has averaged 10.21 million viewers through its first seven airings this fall. That's down slightly from the 10.54 million viewers drawn to its lead-in and down significantly from the 12.63 million viewers that "Still Standing" averaged in the same slot last season.

Still, CBS is confident enough in the critically savaged "Listen Up" to order a full season.

As bad as the reviews for "Listen Up" were, "Center of the Universe," which stars such comedy veterans as John Goodman, Jean Smart and Ed Asner, received even worse reviews after CBS repeated delayed the show's premiere. However, "Center of the Universe" hasn't been a ratings disaster, averaging 9.95 million viewers in its first two weeks and increasing that total for its third episode. CBS still has to be somewhat concerned with the fact that the 10 p.m. ET drama "CSI: NY" has suffered since "Universe" replaced "CSI" reruns as its lead-in.
CBS has asked for at least two addition episodes of "Universe," as well as six more scripts.

CliffClavin · 11-15-2004, 01:17 PM

This show certainly isn't a masterpiece but I love it.Wayne Knight is going to be on tonights episode.

11-13-2004, 03:06 AM	#1
Miss Golden Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Posts: 1,231	Full Season Order for Listen Up CBS Boosts Freshman Comedies (Friday, November 12 03:14 PM) LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) This may not erase the bad memories of "Bob Patterson" or discussion of the "Seinfeld Curse," but Jason Alexander's latest sitcom venture seems set to make it through at least one season. CBS has ordered up the back nine for "Listen Up," the Monday comedy starring the "Seinfeld" veteran, while also boosting the fortunes of Wednesday laffer "Center of the Universe." Airing on Mondays in the plum slot between "Still Standing" and "Everybody Loves Raymond," "Listen Up" has averaged 10.21 million viewers through its first seven airings this fall. That's down slightly from the 10.54 million viewers drawn to its lead-in and down significantly from the 12.63 million viewers that "Still Standing" averaged in the same slot last season. Still, CBS is confident enough in the critically savaged "Listen Up" to order a full season. As bad as the reviews for "Listen Up" were, "Center of the Universe," which stars such comedy veterans as John Goodman, Jean Smart and Ed Asner, received even worse reviews after CBS repeated delayed the show's premiere. However, "Center of the Universe" hasn't been a ratings disaster, averaging 9.95 million viewers in its first two weeks and increasing that total for its third episode. CBS still has to be somewhat concerned with the fact that the 10 p.m. ET drama "CSI: NY" has suffered since "Universe" replaced "CSI" reruns as its lead-in. CBS has asked for at least two addition episodes of "Universe," as well as six more scripts.

11-15-2004, 01:17 PM	#2
CliffClavin Yada Yada Yada Senior Member Join Date: May 04, 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,403	This show certainly isn't a masterpiece but I love it.Wayne Knight is going to be on tonights episode.
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