FIRST FIVE: Jim Carter, Kathy Connelly, Heather Doyle, Monica Caraffa & Priscilla Paez
Honorable Mention: Rachel Snyder Friday's Cable Top 5 NFL Draft-ESPN 1.4/3.1 NBA Playoffs-ESPN 1.3/2.8NBA Playoffs-ESPN 1.3/2.8
NFL Draft-ESPN2 1.1/2.4
WWE Friday Night Smackdown-Syfy .8/2.7 Sunday's Broadcast Top 5 Family Guy-FOX 2.5/4.9 The Amazing Race-CBS 2.3/9.0
Once Upon a Time-ABC 2.0.7.0
The Simpsons-FOX 2.0/4.4
American Dad-FOX 1.9/3.9
Sunday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5
Premios TV y Novelas-Univision 106,708 The Simpsons-FOX 70,817Family Guy-FOX 51,730
Once Upon a Time-ABC 27,005
American Dad-FOX 15,677
Sunday's Cable Top 5 NA Sunday's Cable Trendrr Top 5 NBA Playoff-TNT 216,667
Game of Thrones-HBO 154,018
MLB Baseball-ESPN 52,709
Married to Jonas-E! 44,077
Mad Men-AMC 39,745
Top 5 DVR'ed Shows for the week of 4/8/13-4/14/13
Modern Family-From a 3.8 to a 5.7 (+50%)
The Following-From a 2.2 to a 3.9 (+77%)
Revolution-From a 2.2 to a 3.7 (+68%)
New Girl-From a 2.2 to a 3.4 (+54%)
Criminal Minds-From a 2.9 to a 4.1 (+41%)
The Voice
The Knockout rounds began last night. You know what that means right? New judges outfits!!! Everyone was in black. Adam looked amazing in his black jacket and tie, Usher was also in black with that left knee back up in position, perched where we could all see it. (Super cool red kicks MIA). Shakira looked beautiful in a black top with a sparkly jacket. and Blake, as always, looked hot in his standard black on black Johnny Cash type deal.
Results for the evening:
Amber Carrington knocked out Midas Whale on Team Adam - I agreedGarrett Gardner knocked out Tanya Reynolds on Team Shakira-I agreed
Caroline Glaser knocked out Amy Whitcomb on Team Adam- I agreed
Chris Thomas knocked out Mary Miranda on Team Shakira-I agreed
Judith Hill knocked out Orlando Dixon on Team Adam-I agreed and mark my words...she wins the entire competition!
Karina Inglesias knocked out Monique Abadee on Team Shakira-I didn't agree with this one
Sarah Simmons knocked out Warren Stone on Team Adam-I agreed
Sasha Allen knocked out Shawna P on Team Shakira-I agreed
Rules of Engagement
Okay, we finally found out what the straw that would break Timmy's back would be. Russell put a GPS in him. Yep, he had a microchip implanted into Timmy so he would always know where he was. When Timmy found out, he quit. For real! (Well, on TV for real) and as the credits rolled, Timmy hadn't gone back to work. Could this be the end of Timmy & Russell forever? I hope not! Adam was trying to decide who to chose as his best man for the wedding that hopefully never happens. Of course he only seems to have two friends, Russell and Jeff. He tried testing the guys "Adam knowledge" but of course they both failed. Adam went to Central Park and called them both saying he was stuck on a rock and needed their help. Of course neither one of them got the message or showed up. Adam's so dense he didn't realize what crappy friends he has, but Jeff made it easy for him and came up with the idea of Russell and him sharing the job of co-best men. The other story of the night, Audrey thought Jeff had a thing with this chick from college because of photos on Facebook. Jeff seemed to be able to find her pretty easily and I'm guessing she lived nearby because she stopped by right away and assured Audrey that nothing ever happened between them. Before she left, she told Jeff that she did have a crush on him then and now. When Jeff told Audrey, she didn't believe him at all. Lose/lose for Jeff at this point. Cute episode, but Timmy...PLEASE come back!
How I Met Your Mother
Gotta admit, the writers got their mojo back with this episode. Maybe I'm an idiot, but they totally tricked me! Was I the only one? Barney had pretty much given Ted and Marshall a blue print for the legen...wait for it...dary bachelor party/Bro Mitzvah that he was hoping for. Of course it didn't go at all as planned. It started with a kidnapping, then a horrible hotel room outside AC, a scary clown (I hate clowns), Lily, Quinn for stripping purposes and a surprise Ralph Macchio guest appearance plus Barney lost 85K at the tables. Worst bachelor party ever right? IT WAS ALL A TRICK!!! Robin planned the entire thing and Barney was amazed, but the best surprise was that the weird scary clown was really William Zabka, the guy who played Daniel Son's arch nemesis Johnny Lawrence in The Karate Kid. Apparently Barney had a thing for WZ and that movie. I didn't know about that. If the reference was from another episode, I missed that one. Either way...hilarious and well done! Loved it.
Vikings Season Finale
I have no idea how much time passed during the one hour season finale of Vikings, but a lot happened that lead me to believe it was a month or so. Our favorite Vikings headed up to Sweden to negotiate for land on behalf of their king with a hot Swedish guy with really cool hair. During negotiations he suggested that his visitors do some sightseeing and check out the Great Ash Tree. They took him up on his offer but left Rollo behind. Big mistake. Rollo and the Swede both had brother issues in common and the Swede used it to his advantage and convinced Rollo to switch sides and fight for him instead of his brother. Back at the tree, Ragnar met a hot Princess and had sex with her right in front of Bjorn, his young son. Bjorn got really pissed off at his Dad and made him promise to never do it again. Ragnar tried to keep his promise. The princess came to Ragnar the next day (or what seemed like the next day) and said she was preggars. No idea how she knew in a day, but Ragnar's reaction was weird. I couldn't tell if he was thrilled or freaked. Back at home, Siggy caught some virus that spread and killed a ton of people including her daughter, and Lagertha and Ragnar's daughter Gita. Lagertha had to do something, so she sacrificed a goat to the gods, shmeared her face with the blood and hoped for the best. It worked. The next day (I think it was the next day) all the sick people got better. As the season ended, I thought Ragnar was going to kill his brother or the Swede, but instead he went to the Princess and listened to his unborn child's heartbeat. When next season starts...the war begins, brother vs. brother.
Married to Jonas
For any of you guys who are squeamish and don't like to talk about poo or doody...skip this section. For those of you that are cool with it...keep reading. In my family, when you eat something that doesn't agree with you and you have to spend time in the bathroom, we call that "OH THE PAIN". Everyone in my family knows what that is...if one of us says we have "OH THE PAIN" we know that we won't be seeing that person for a while and we won't be using that bathroom for a while. Anyway, in this weeks episode of MTJ, Kevin and his brothers were filming their "Pom Pom" video down in New Orleans when Bubby Brister, a New Orleans native and former NFL quarterback who is also a friend of the Jonas's, showed up with a huge box of crawfish for the gang to snack on. Kevin ate a bunch on set and ended up with a really bad case of "OH THE PAIN". He was in the bathroom for most of the episode, but time is money and he had to suck it up...literally...and go film the video. It just really reminds us that we're all the same. We all have been there...sweating and running back and forth to the bowl etc. I give Kevin credit for letting the camera's roll. Back home in NY, the way more confident and very pretty Dani looked amazing for her photo shoot. I have no idea why I felt proud of her, but I did.
News & Information:
-Fox is trying something to get fans excited for their programming and their stars. This year they are giving fans the opportunity for a front-of-the-line pass to see celebs as they head in and out of the upfront presentations. They'll also get an exclusive sneak peek of the new shows, learn about their favorite returning shows and take home some FOX swag. With a lot of the bigger FOX shows experiencing losses in ratings this season, I can see why the network's trying to get some buzz going. They all need all the help they can get.
-No ratings for the returns of All My Children and One Life to Live since they're now only available online, but 12 hours after their release, the 2 soaps were the 2 most watched episodes on Hulu. On Itunes, All My Children ranked #5 and One Life to Live #6 for individual episodes. They ranked #1 and #3 for season passes. The soaps are being sold by month rather than by season or by episode. Any of you out there still soap fans?
-I didn't watch any part of the NFL Draft, but everyone I know did. I admit, I kept up with what was going on via my Iphone. I can't believe how many people watched the draft this year. On ESPN, 6.2 million viewers watched Round 1 on Thursday, 3.1 million people watched Round 2 and 1.6 million viewers watched round 3. On ESPN 2, 2.4 million people watched Round 2 and 1.6 million people watched Round 3. In totality numbers seemed to be up about 4% year over year.
-Fashion Star's totally not my thing at all, but I do find the model a bit of a case study and follow it's its progress. On Friday's edition, the challenge to the designers was to create a design and alter it to complement both a man and a woman. 4 designers won purchases. Macy's bought a sleeveless shirt dress that will retail for $99 bucks and ankle zip pants that will retail for $79 bucks. Saks Fifth Avenue purchased a sheer top that will retail for $265 and Express bought a denim romper and jacket that will retail for $69.90 and $88 respectively. They also bought a pair of mens plaid pants that will retail for $69.90 as well.
-Any of you guys familiar with Mark Cuban's network AXS-TV? I don't think I have it on my cable system. If I do, I don't know where it is. I looked. Can't find it. It used to be HDnet if that helps. Most of AXS-TV's programming is made up of concerts and music, but the nets expanding with some original programming as well. Yesterday, a big announcement from AXS, they will carry 6 hours a day of HuffPost Live programming.
Tuesday's Trivia Question: Donnell, Young, Dole & Frutt NAME THE SHOW
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