David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. 'Lost' only sorta won
"Lost's" midseason return Wednesday night was -- what's the technical term for it? Oh, yeah: Ehhhh.
"Lost" lost in overall viewers to "CSI: New York," 14.68m to 15.78m, respectively, though it won in the viewers-aged-18-to-49 demographic that everyone tiresomely reminds us advertisers crave. Mediaweek's ratings guru Marc Berman goes to great lengths to explain that while those numbers don't represent a full-fledged disaster, yet concludes, "'Lost' is a classic example of a show mishandled by its network." Remember, just last year it was averaging 22m viewers -- and that, opposite "American Idol," not "CSI: NY."
Meanwhile, here's yet another glimpse inside the writers' room at "Lost." Wow, these things look pretty easy to make, and make absurd. Perhaps you should get to work on one.
Oh, and a full nine million folks who cringed through "Criminal Minds"' post-Super Bowl episode didn't bother to check in and see how it was resolved last night, though the show still boasted a whopping 17.23m viewers.