The answer to Friday's Trivia Question: Andy Samberg stars in the new FOX primetime comedy, Brooklyn Nine Nine
The theme for the week was 2013/2014 New Primetime Programs
FIRST FIVES: Sue McNamara, Michael O'Dea, Bill McLaughlin, Dan Realson, & Justin Jones Honorable Mention: Cindy Greeley
Thursday's Broadcast Top 5
NFL Football-NBC 10.4/25.8 (Man does America love their football or what?)
Football Night in America-NBC 6.5/17.8
Big Brother-CBS 2.4/6.9
The Big Bang Theory-CBS 1.5/7.2
Wipeout-ABC 1.1/3.5
Thursday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5
Sunday Night Football (On Thursday)-NBC 848,823
Big Brother-CBS 250,893
Rookie Blue-ABC 36,445
The Vampire Diaries-CW 29,926
Glee-FOX 25,191
Thursday's Cable Top 5
Burn Notice-USA 1.2/3.7
The Big Bang Theory-TBS 1.0/2.6
American Dad-Adult Swim 1.0/1.9
The Big Bang Theory-TBS .9/1.7
Project Runway-Lifetime .7/2.3
Thursday's Cable Trendrr Top 5
Project Runway-Lifetime 37,249
Tamar & Vince-WE 30,616
Impact Wrestling-Spike 23,100
Graceland-USA 18,609
Friday's Broadcast Top 5 Dateline-NB 1.2/4.9
20/20-ABC 1.1/4.8
Shark Tank-ABC 1.1/4.0
Betty White's Off Their Rockers-NBC .9/3.7
Blue Bloods-CBS .7/4.3
Friday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5
2014 FIFA Cope Mundial-Multiple Nets 230,030
America's Next Top Model-CW
Perfect Score-CW 20,737
Dateline NBC 13,574
20/20 6,779
Friday's Cable Top 5 NA
Friday's Cable Trendrr Top 5
WWE Smackdown-Syfy 84,584
Ghost Adventures-Travel 26,821
Luther-BBC America 13,636
Dear Dumb Diary-Hallmark Channel
Hello Ross-E! 8,230
Late Night Ratings for the week of 8/26/13-8/30/13
Leno-NBC .8/3.5
Letterman-CBS .6/2.5
Kimmel-ABC .5/1.9
Fallon-NBC .5/1.7
Conan-TBS .5/1.0
Ferguson-CBS .3/1.1
Nightline-ABC .3/1.3
Carson Daly-NBC .3/.9
Big Brother
With football running late, I DVR'ed Big Brother and watched late. I was really feeling the tightening of Pilates by then and needed some sleep, so my bullets are short and sweet. Here's what I got:
- Spencer won HOH and with that he got to distribute 3 "gifts" to those that lost the competition
- The Gift of Friendship was given to McCrae and GinaMarie who had to be tied together for 24 hours. Spencer figured it was best to keep a close eye on McCrae so he had GM do his dirty work. Funny thing was, GM was only really upset that McCrae was actually not very clean, so she was doing 2 different types of dirty work. McCrae didn't complain much at all about being shackled to GM but after Amanda, anyone's a piece of cake.
- The Gift of Wealth was given to Andy. He got to smash different piggy banks to win 5 grand, but he only ended up with $94.83
- The Gift of Health was given to Judd and his Grizzly Bear T-shirt. This one was awesome. Whenever Judd heard the sound (and voice) of the drill Sergeant, he had to stop and do whatever he was told which included, push ups, jumping jacks etc. It was great, it happened in the diary room, in the middle of the night and during the nomination ceremony. Hilarious, especially the insults that went with the exercise.
- Andy's diary room commentary gets more annoying by the day. I can't wait for the end just so I don't have to hear him in the diary room.
- Spencer nominated McCrae and GM...I'm fine with that. I would have put 2 Exterminators up and backdoored McCrae but whatever.
Uh Oh, problem with the meth...it's not blue! That'll cause all sorts of trouble overseas and Lydia was freaking out about it. Todd seemed relatively confident that he could fix the problem, but he'd need Mr. White to tutor him a bit. Walter called Todd and just as I suspected, asked Todd's uncle to take Jesse out. So they did some bartering...some tutoring for some killing. The rest of the episode was so intense, wasn't it? I don't really want to give anything away, but O...M...G... the rest of the episode took place in the desert and just when we thought the JIG WAS UP and we knew where things were going...BOOM. That's all I'm going to say. WOW! Only 3 episodes left and I still have NO idea at all what's going to happen.
Real Housewives of NJ
If I didn't love Joe Gorga before, I sure do now, the guy irons! Not many guys that do that these days. Can't believe I'm typing this, but poooor Melissa Gorga. If I woke up on my birthday and the first two things I saw were my husbands b@lls and my sister-in-law, who I can't stands face, I'd crawl back into bed and wait until next years birthday. That's how Melissa's birthday morning started out and the first gift she got from Teresa was panties with peace signs on them. What sister-in-law would give that kind of gift? The guys hung out at the pool and pissed off all of the other Miraval guests by being loud and rude...you know... themselves. While the guys were pissing off everyone at the pool, the girls took a "zen-ist" tennis class. Joe Gorga toasted Joe Giudice and it was nice to see. Then the gang had to do one of those trust me/trust you things up on a high wire. Of course Teresa and her bro did it and were fine but then it was time for Melissa and Teresa to do it and of course they had trouble leaning on each other. Caroline couldn't take everything being so good and had to push for everyone to start fighting again which of course they did. This bunch doesn't need any excuses to fight with each other. Thanks Caroline. She makes me nuts these days.
The White Queen
Is anyone out there watching this one? I sure hope so, because, now, I do need someone to start explaining things. I had hopes that the series would stay simple, but after this weeks episode I'm totally baffled. Not sure at all who's King, who's Queen and whose heir is next in line. Without the Internet, I don't even understand how all of the players involved knew who was supposed to be what. Back then without phones, everyone relied on notes or word of mouth for accurate news of what was happening outside castle walls. Queen Elizabeth heard from her sons that her husband was missing and she is no longer Queen and within seconds she was on the run and in fear of her and her families life. All that AND she was in labor. Not sure how I felt with the directors choice of camera angle during the birth of the prince. The Queen delivered standing up and the camera between the legs shot wasn't really necessary buddy.
NEWS & INFORMATION
-Sons of Anarchy fans...tomorrow is the night. Jax and Clay and all the guys of SAMCRO will be back in our lives. FX is launching Anarchy Afterword, a live web post show to talk about all things SOA. Not sure we've ever discussed my love of this show. I discovered it last December when I went to Las Vegas for my friends wedding. I watched all 5 seasons of it over Xmas break, so this is the first season I'm actually watching it live and I'm out of my mind excited. For all of you 50 Shades fans who have no idea who Charlie Hunnam is, now's the time to get on the bandwagon, but I recommend starting at the beginning. This show's awesome.
-Project Runway All Stars returns on 10/24 with a new judge, new mentors and some new/old faces. Sort of surprising that Alyssa Milano will be hosting the third season. Marie Claire's fashion editor Zanna Roberts Rassi will be a new mentor but Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman will be back as judges. Some of the guest judges will be: Abigail Breslin, Gabourey Sidibe, Kristin Chenoweth, Elisabeth Moss and Michael Urie. Anyone still watch this one?
-The season premieres of Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The League at their new home, FXX, delivered 757,000 and 786,000 viewers which was up 8% vs. last years premieres on FX. Now I know what the extra X is for! Xtra viewers. I'm betting FOX hopes so.
-Two big announcements over the weekend. 1) The 2020 Olympics will officially be held in Tokyo and 2) Bruno Mars will be this years Super Bowl Half Time performer. I saw Bruno on tour this past Summer and he was awesome. Guessing Jay Z and Justin passed? I thought for sure since the game was here in NJ a local celeb would be playing, but Bruno's from Hawaii. Not sure how he'll do in Rutherford in February, but he rocked Newark in July a few months ago.
-I'm really looking forward to all of your comments and feedback on a lot of the new shows this season. I'm not sure how I feel about the new Michael J. Fox show on NBC. I really need to see a few more episodes before I make an official Season Pass ruling. I'm happy that Marie from Breaking Bad has a job and I was even happier to see that Candice Bergen and Charles Grodin were cast as Mike's parents, but the pilot made me nervous. Lets see what you think.
-According to Mashable, the average US smartphone user downloads 32.8 apps. How you download .8 of an app, I'll never know. The US is 8th in most apps downloaded around the world. Here's the top 10 comparison.
South Korea- 37.4 free apps and 2.7 paid apps with a total of 40.1 apps
Switzerland-30.4 free apps and 9.4 paid apps with a total of 39.8 apps
Sweden-30.4 free apps and 8.9 paid apps with a total of 39.3 apps
Singapore-31.2 free apps and 6.3 paid apps with a total of 37.7 apps
Japan-18.9 free apps and 17.5 paid apps with a total of 36.4 apps
Australia-22.5 free apps and 10.9 paid apps with a total of 33.4 apps
Denmark-26.6 free apps and 6.3 paid apps with a total of 32.9 apps
US-25.3 free apps and 7.5 paid apps with a total of 32.8 apps
Norway-23.2 apps and 9.3 paid apps with a total of 32.5 apps
France-28.7 apps and 3.5 paid apps with a total of 32.2 apps
The Global average- 20.6 free apps and 5.6 paid apps with a total of 26.2 apps.
-I've made some big TV recommendations over the past 18 months and I hope I've steered you right more times than not. Orphan Black is another one of those shows you need to watch and now is THE perfect time. BBC is rerunning the first season on Saturday nights at 10pm. TiVO it and catch up...you have plenty of time. The new season doesn't even start until April 2014. I can't tell you ANYTHING about it because once you know the twist it ruins things...just watch it. Money back guarantee, I swear.
Monday's Trivia Question: Name any of the 3 songs that played in last nights Breaking Bad.
WWTM-Kristy
Like me on Facebook at Watching Way Too Much
Follow me on Twitter at watchingwaytoomuch@tvnme http://watchingwaytoomuch.com kristy@watchingwaytoomuch.com