I remain unconvinced that New York and Miami will both be gone and still think there's a good chance both will be back next season. I'd be amazed if either one got a full season order but I think they're making enough from syndication (domestic and international) that its in the best interest of everyone to keep making them if they can. Where they end up on the schedule is another issue although as I've said before I think a timeslot share between the two of them has potential. CBS is always pretty difficult to work out though. I think at the very least though one of the two CSI spin-offs will get a safety net renewal and if they need to they'll burn it off over the summer.

I totally forgot STV were still opting out of the FA Cup and England games. Deary me..

Did the announcer say something like "due to an exciting climax to a football match in England we don't want to show you, the news is delayed, so here's some movie news"....?

I just wish they'd hurry up and start announcing things, I'm bored of waiting.

Personally I think CSI: NY has done okay for Friday standards and is worth saving but CBS will probably take a different view. They ditched Without a Trace too early for my liking as well.

If Unforgettable does get its marching orders after just one season, poor Poppy Montgomery! AFAIK this was her first major role since WaT.

Well obviously because that schedule shifts everything half an hour sooner and leaves them nothing to show at 9:30pm, a complete disaster on all levels.

Something that never seems to be remembered when the predictable bashing follows every FA Cup rating. "They should be getting X million, they are paying Y millions per match etc etc"

Certain people still seem particuarly annoyed that ITV are showing 'the BBC's FA Cup'

Although Tuesday might plug a ratings hole for one week to be fair ITV pretty much always air displaced episodes in either the Wednesday or Sunday slot. Football rules out the Wednesday slot for the next three weeks, so Sunday it is - and even against Call the Midwife Corrie would almost certainly rate better on Sunday at 8pm than Tuesday at 8.30pm.


LOL at all the "shock" and "surprise" at his resignation - he's been looking for a way out long before the John Terry affair kicked in. Then again though these are the same people commenting who are "shocked" and "surprised" when England fail to make the quarter finals of a tournament even though they haven't won anything in over 40 years!


And the irony being they're having to fill so they can air News at Ten which will be dominated by English football!

Oh god, I totally forgot about Unforgettable (pun not intended!); I watched the first episode when it was on Sky Anytime and it seemed to be scraping the barrel of crime dramas. It had a good cast, but the premise was just bizarre.

given my performance in recent weeks, I may as well submit random numbers, and ill still do better than my actually guesses.

re: CBS, CBS would be crazy to loose both CSI Miani and CSI NY in the same season, maybe merge the two series into one.

What about a Saturday slot (Crimetime Saturday)? CBS did originally intend for Rules of Engagement to go out on Saturdays this season, so running new episodes on Saturday for syndication reasons isn't a totally new idea, and they can pair the CSI's up with 48 Hours Mystery

Although CBS is hard to work out, both of the CSI spin offs will be very expensive to make; I think Miami will be first to go, but NY could easily be replaced with a cheaper show.

Might ITV be happy to relinquish this contract, which only really gets the viewers if the top four teams are involved, in two years time and concentrate on the Champions League and England contracts that always guarantee relatively big audiences. I am sure Channel 5 would gladly have the FA Cup contract for the status it would bring them, or even the BBC for some live football. Also a tie like this is of limited interest outside the North East and would get well under half the audience Lewis or a certain Manchester soap would.

I could also add when Coronation St returns to its rightful home in the summer, moving the soap twice in the space of a month to accomodate some FA Cup replays that are of poor rating value again is going to annoy the fans, unless a deal is struck with ESPN to show the lesser replays.

It seems that Downton Abbey was the most popular show shown against the Superbowl in America on Sunday

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.co...ace-on-sunday/

Its a shame barring its premier, PBS don't normally announce its ratings.

Fox have just announced this will be their last season showing House. Will end its eight series run in May.

well that throws the door wide open for NBC based speculation.

I do wonder how well it would have done if it was on one of the three main networks. Seems it has a big following on PBS.

Stella and, perhaps slightly more surprisingly, The Cafe have both been recommissioned by Sky 1.

Stella will have a ten-part second series, The Cafe an eight parter - both in 2013.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-...EQd-UY.twitter

Down just a shade from its season average (roughly 4.34 million) on the biggest TV night of the year, Downton Abbey finished second place to the big game with 4.0 million between 9:00 and 10:00 p.m. It topped repeats the whole of cable and the broadcast networks.
It's a number that's likely to gain significantly with DVR viewings. Live + 7 day ratings for Downton Abbey -- including DVR and online viewings and encores -- pushed its Jan. 8 season premiere up 50 percent, from 4.2 to 6.3 million viewers.
Downton Abbey hit its season high in its fourth week, bringing in 4.8 million viewers on Jan. 29 episode. It will continue on PBS through Feb. 19.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...er-bowl-288220

I suspect you'll have to wait until May or maybe April at the earliest. My guess is that CBS won't be ready to make any decisions on the fate of the CSI's until they've seen their pilots and decide what they're taking forward and how much space they'll need to work with. As I said though I remain unconvinced that both will go and wouldn't be surprised to see both get renewals of some description.

Unforgettable on the other hand is gone. Unless it has a miraculous ratings rebound in the next couple of months there's no way CBS renew it. They don't have the space to play with and its not getting the critical attention and love of The Good Wife for them to justify keeping it around. It'll be interesting to see what they do with that Tuesday 10PM slot next season. Its become a bit of problem for them over the last few seasons with nothing really working there particularly not when you take into account the NCIS double bill lead-in. I'm of the mind that Hawaii Five-0 might be their best bet for that slot. It feels like a good match with the NCIS'.


If they were to cut the Dancing on Ice performance show down to 90 minutes I suspect they'd be able to shift some content (and a guest performance) into the results show and extend that to 45-50 minutes.


I'd be surprised if they moved them to Saturday but ultimately it'll depend on how much of the syndication value can be used to offset the license fee and how big a hit CBS is able to take for that syndication value to still mean something. Its a difficult balancing act. I think more likely than Saturday might very well be a timeslot share of Sunday 10PM. CBS has said they're willing to use 10PM as the 'syndication hour' and I suspect their priority for Sunday night's next season will be fixing 9PM before they worry too much about 10PM.


Whilst both shows are undoubtedly expensive to produce both shows are also incredibly valuable in syndication which makes continuing to produce new episodes valuable to CBS Television (who produce the show). As mentioned above the question going forward is how much of that syndication value can be used to cover production and thus limit the license fee that CBS would have to pay.


Not surprising. The writing has been on the wall for a while now. David Shore's statement that was released announcing the decision was pretty good.


It doesn't.

If I'm remembering rightly there's a clause in the contract Fox has for the show that doesn't allow for NBC to pick the show up should they ditch it. It was one of the things written into the deal to stop NBCU using the a threat to take the show to NBC as leverage for the license fee. If any network is going to 'save' House then it would have to be someone other than NBC. Of course the big issue with saving House is that nobody involved (or nobody that matters) actually wants to do another season. David Shore has been pushing Fox to let him end the show this year since this time last year and Hugh Laurie hasn't exactly made a secret of the fact that he's ready to move and its impossible to make the show without both of them.

In fairness excluding premium cable it was also (probably) the only other original show on during the time period. And actually even then I think Showtime and HBO's schedules both started at 10PM so they probably weren't on then either. Not that they would have topped those total viewers anyway.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/tv-film-...tar-set-678419

Anneka Rice is zipping up her trademark jumpsuit for a sensational TV comeback – after 17 years away. The 53-year-old blonde, famous for leaping out of helicopters in Treasure Hunt and for helping communities in Challenge Anneka, is in talks with the BBC about fronting at least two prime time shows. They are thought to be a magazine-style programme, focusing on lifestyle topics, and her own arts show. A BBC source said: “She was a star on BBC when Challenge Anneka was on TV and was a very recognisable face on screen. "Since then her TV work has dried up a lot but this is a big chance for her to become a start again.

Timeshifting to 6.3 million is very impressive (especially for an ITV1 show). DA has a very loyal audience in the US, by the way has anyone else seen this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKn-Pa5ELg4

I always liked Anneka Rice to the point where I kissed her in the back of beach buggy thing, so I hope this goes well for her.

House ending this year doesn't surprise me and it's been rumoured since last season, this gives David Shore time to write a series finale and give the show a good send off, the show has been good to both FOX and Hugh Laurie, in the case of the latter it allowed him to be recognised by a wider audience, I do wonder what Hugh will do next, I imagine he'll have a long break before deciding on his next project.