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. KITT kills
NBC’s “Knight Rider” TV movie on Sunday paved the way for – ulp – a series next fall. It averaged 12.7 million viewers and built in viewership each half hour. (NBC didn’t send me a screener, or, perhaps, it got lost in the mail - insert muted tone of disappointment that's actually relief here.) Of course, we know how well revamping “Bionic Woman” fared as a new show.
NBC probably wasted its “American Gladiators” finale by airing it earlier on Sunday. It posted its lowest ratings of the season, though NBC would prefer to focus on the fact that it posted the highest ratings in that timeslot since the end of the football season.
And CBS’s “Dexter” redux did OK-ish, for what was essentially a repeat: 8.2m, though it was beaten by “Knight Rider” and a new episode of “Brothers and Sisters.” There’s a crossover I wouldn’t mind seeing: Dexter taking on the upscale whiners of “B&S.”
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I forgot that Dexter was "premeiring" on CBS. After enjoying the series on Showtime I just can't imagine that series cleaned up for broadcast being successful. Maybe I'm missing something but this just seems a bit too desperate even for CBS.
Posted by: Andrew | February 19, 2008 9:41 AM