Although Fox’s telecast of the World Series won Wednesday night’s ratings in terms of total viewership, CBS triumphed over the other major networks also airing original programming, thanks in part to a boost from The New Adventures of Old Christine, which drew in 8 million viewers. That’s the series’ best audience of its fourth season, even though it’s 20 percent down from last season’s average. Meanwhile, reliable procedurals Criminal Minds (14.7 million at 9 p.m.) and CSI: NY (14.2 million at 10 p.m.) easily won their time slots, while Gary Unmarried (7.8 million) saw a slight gain from last week.
ABC’s only good news last night? A ratings boost for Private Practice (7.8 million viewers), which reached 8 percent more patient viewers than its last new episode on Oct. 9. Dirty Sexy Money was down just slightly from its last episode, while Pushing Daisies wilted 10 percent from last week’s audience with 5.7 million viewers. All of NBC’s hour-longs suffered as well: Knight Rider (7.2 million viewers) dropped half a million talking-car enthusiasts from last week, while Lipstick Jungle (4.2 million, down 31 percent from last season’s average) saw its worst numbers yet for season 2.
The CW’s series debut of Stylista reached 2.5 million households, while America’s Next Top Model (4.4 million) enjoyed an 11 percent gain from last week. Somewhere, Tyra is smiling…with her eyes.
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Old Christine,I just broke up with you! You have sickened & disappointed me..
I love Old Christine. But her brother Matthew’s character REALLY some storylines. Every episode is about his unnatural attachment to her, or his unnatural attachment to their mother. I’d love to see him land someone (preferably a boyfriend, but a girlfriend would do). And yesterday’s episode had no Barb. SHAME!! Wanda Sykes makes my week.
Old Christine gives of a bit of The Office vibe. It makes you laugh out loud and squirm a little bit. And JLD is probably the best comedic actress working today (I love Tina Fey, but even she admits JLD is a great actress).
I was a mild Lipstick Jungle fan last season, but this season I never even realize that it’s on unless I happen to flip by it.
i’m so worried for pushing daisies—abc needs to promote it more. i don’t think people really understand what it is:)
I love Pushing Daisies! It is the most original (and visually exciting) show on TV. The characters are great. People need to give it a chance!!!!!
I agree that JLD is such a great comedic actress! Brillant. Love the show. I really like Pushing Daisies the few times that I tuned in and thought it was original, funny, and visually beautiful. But I just don’t find myself interested to make sure to catch it every week. I can’t pinpoint why…Private Practice was a decent episode last night. Last season was horrible! But I think they’re improving…and adding the actor from Gilmore Girls doesn’t hurt! I think his chemistry with Addison is better than Tim Daly’s. (sp?)
Am I the only one that watches Lipstick Jungle? I read they are cancelling it for new season of Medium?? Ask Ausiello is this true, your email wouldn’t work for me! Ps. Christine is only good when Wanda is on, let the fans save Pushing Daisies and bring it to cable network instead. The boss on Stylista is super scary,and was worth watching.
Am I the only one that watches Lipstick Jungle? I read they are cancelling it for new season of Medium?? Ask Ausiello is this true, your email wouldn’t work for me! Ps. Christine is only good when Wanda is on, let the fans save Pushing Daisies and bring it to cable network instead. The boss on Stylista is super scary,and was worth watching.
Am I the only one that watches Lipstick Jungle? I read they are cancelling it for new season of Medium?? Ask Ausiello is this true, your email wouldn’t work for me! Ps. Christine is only good when Wanda is on, let the fans save Pushing Daisies and bring it to cable network instead. The boss on Stylista is super scary,and was worth watching.
Am I the only one that watches Lipstick Jungle? I read they are cancelling it for new season of Medium?? Ask Ausiello is this true, your email wouldn’t work for me! Ps. Christine is only good when Wanda is on, let the fans save Pushing Daisies and bring it to cable network instead. The boss on Stylista is super scary,and was worth watching.
Old Christine and Gary Unmarried are two of the best shows on the air right now!!! As much as I wanty Jay Mohr back on Ghost Whisperer, I do NOT want his new show to go away. It’s HILARIOUS!! and Christine keeps getting better and better!!
It’s not hard to understand why PD’s numbers dropped when ABC didn’t run ONE SINGLE promo for it – not even a preview after last week’s ep. How do they expect it to perform when it’s clearly not a level playing field?
Old Christine is SO GOOD!
“Pushing Daisies” can’t get cancelled. This season my not be as good as the first one, but it’s still fun to watch.