Network Ratings Roundup (Monday edition):

Any pop/rock act whose peak of popularity came after the contestants were no longer teenagers fall into the "after their time" category, but you're right, it's more that the group is not that famous with non-music fans.

Apparently the syndication prospects for the other Chicago shows aren't as strong as hoped, which might have had something to do with this decision.

"Katie must choose between helping her mom prepare for a midterm or focusing on a hijacking story"

It depends if the tournament was taped outside of the regular taping sequence, which is sometimes the case. If the tourney was taped in sequence, it likely would have been about a month between the end of the champ's previous taping session and the one after the tournament, as they tape for two days every other week.

Once people get used to talking dogs that have blogs, it's hard to go back and rein that kind of premise in.

The dog said LIKE?????????

Exactly. They went on to move Scorpion out of its very successful 9 p.m. slot to make way for sitcom junk too. Can't help themselves.

"If Great News ends up getting beat by Downward Dog—does that end up meaning anything?"

CBS Thursday, aka "How to Kill the Ratings of Two Hit Dramas Without Even Trying".

Sorry, that's way too sensible and obvious.

Certainly not - Match Game almost doubled the ratings in the time slot with little or no publicity.

TMJFS would be analogous if he was playing Alex P. Keaton, now the head of the family and facing some of the same old issues from a different perspective.

Will & Grace, meet The Muppets. Muppets, meet Will & Grace.

But you need a hit show to rebuild the brand around. They simply don't have that right now.

Whoops, will fix, thanks.

In fairness to Drew, he's doing a much improved job. When he started he was horrendous, now after ten years he's all the way up to mediocre.

IN CHAMBERS. NOW!!!

This past Sunday there were seven series on the networks that were fractional, and six of them have been renewed (as well as OUAT, which wrapped up last week).

People who laugh at everything are so delightful and not at all disturbing!