Viewers Have Little Appetite for NBC’s Hannibal
Broadcasters this week squeezed out two of the final scripted series premieres of the 2012-13 campaign, and as has been the case throughout the season, the results were unspectacular.
‘Smash’ Strikes a Chord With Viewers
NBC’s dogged promotional push for its new Broadway drama, Smash, appears to have paid off, as Monday night’s premiere delivered the season’s highest ratings in the 10 p.m. slot.
CBS Freezes Out ‘How to Be a Gentleman’
CBS has effectively canceled its freshman comedy How to Be a Gentleman, exiling the show to Saturday night and handing its plum post-Big Bang Theory slot to the veteran sitcom [...]
Crash and Burn: ABC’s ‘Pan Am’ Is Another Downer
Heading into the third week of the 2011-12 TV season, the new crop of broadcast dramas appears to be dying on the vine.
Girls’ Night Out: ‘Angels,’ ‘Whitney,’ and Bello Bow
When casting around for a single word to characterize the new TV season, one could do a lot worse than the millennial interjection “meh.” But for a pair of comedies [...]