Top-10 New TV Shows

Is "Samantha Who" still the #1 new show this season? Which two shows are doing equally well (or badly, depending on your point of view)? And which shows are fading fast and heading down the chart? Take a look at the current status of your favorite freshman show (for the week ending December 2).

"Private Practice" may soon regain its top status since the inflated ratings for "Samantha Who" have taken a tumble this week following the conclusion of its former lead-in "Dancing with the Stars."

"Bionic Woman" which scored only 6 million viewers last week (and will therefore continue to go down the chart) may be the biggest loser this season as it began its run on a par with "Private Practice."

Although CBS shows "Cane" and "The Big Bang Theory" share the same ratings this week, the former has been declining, while the latter has shown growth, as has NBC's "Chuck."


1. SAMANTHA WHO, ABC (14.05 million)

2. PRIVATE PRACTICE, ABC (12.73 million)

3. WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB, ABC (10.34 million)

PUSHING DAISIES, ABC (10.34 million)

5. BIONIC WOMAN, NBC (9.65 million)

6. DIRTY SEXY MONEY, ABC (8.99 million)

7. CANE, CBS (8.94 million)

BIG BANG THEORY (8.94 million)

9. CHUCK (8.50 million)

10. BIG SHOTS (8.39 million)


Moonlight (CBS), Life (NBC), Kid Nation (CBS), Journeyman (NBC), Carpoolers (ABC), Back to You (FOX), Phenomenon (NBC), Cavemen (ABC), Viva Lauglin (CBS) and K-Ville (FOX) round out the top-20 in this exact order.

Of all the top-10 shows "Bionic Woman," "Cane" and "Big Shots" are the three that have not been picked up for a full season yet.

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TV Ratings: Top-10 New Shows

This week's Top-10 New Shows chart (based on season averages through 11/18) looks very similar to last week's chart. Most of the shows are losing viewers, one of which even went down a notch. Can you guess which 3 shows managed to add eyeballs? Find out, after the jump.

Since the current ratings of NBC's "The Bionic Woman" are about 4 million people below last week's season average, it is not surprising the show is the biggest loser this week (-600,000) switching places with "Women's Murder Club."

The three shows which added viewers this week are "Samantha Who" (+50,000), "The Big Bang Theory" (+100,000) and "Big Shots" (+80,000). "Chuck" on the other hand managed to hold on to the same audience it had last week.

5 of these shows have already been renewed for a full season (ABC's "Samantha Who," "Pushing Daisies," "Private Practice," "Dirty Sexy Money," and CBS' "The Big Bang Theory"). I would also expect "Women's Murder Club" and "Chuck" to get full seasons pick-ups, but I suppose one never knows.

1. SAMANTHA WHO, ABC (14.19 million)

2. PRIVATE PRACTICE, ABC (13.17 million)

3. PUSHING DAISIES, ABC (10.69 million)

4. WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB, ABC (10.09 million)

5. THE BIONIC WOMAN, NBC (9.93 million)

6. DIRTY SEXY MONEY, ABC (9.52 million)

7. CANE, CBS (9.23 million)

8. THE BIG BANG THEORY, CBS (9.17 million)

9. BIG SHOTS, ABC (8.77 million)

10. CHUCK, NBC (8.42 million)

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Top-10 TELEVISIONISTA Posts in September

One year after its launch, the TELEVISIONISTA blog has enjoyed yet another month of growth with well over 200,000 pageviews. Many thanks to all of you who made that happen. Here is now the rundown of 10 most popular posts in September.


#10 GREY'S ANATOMY SPOILERS: #4.01 "A Change is Gonna Come"

The most popular show on television (and this blog as well) was back last week with the season premiere episode "A Change is Gonna Come." Did Shonda Rhimes fulfill her promise to make Seattle Grace a much more fun place to visit on Thurdsay nights?



#09 ZAC EFRON HITS THE BEACH

Nothing like a bunch of good old-fashioned beach pics to spark up a rainy morning. This month, "High School Musical" star Zac Efron made a splash with this collection of sexy images taken during his vacation in Hawaii.



#8 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: SEASON 4 PROMO STILLS

We waited for these official promo stills of the ladies from Wisteria Lane a bit longer than last year, but that only made the interest in them stronger. The new images also capture the current storylines.



#7 BROTHERS & SISTERS SPOILERS: #205

Being the 3rd most popular show on this blog "Brothers & Sisters" always generates a lot of pageviews. And what could be more fun than jumping several episodes ahead to see what happens next to the crazy Walker clan.



#6 CANDIS CANE BREAKS TRANSGENDER GROUND

ABC's amazing new sudser "Dirty Sexy Money" has generated a lot of buzz during the summer (deservingly, I might add), but the post getting the most pageviews was this early August article about the transgender entertainer Candis Cane and her groundbreaking role on the show.



#5 GREY'S ANATOMY SEASON 4 STILLS

The new stills of the cast of ABC's blockbuster "Grey's Anatomy" reflected changes brought about the dismissal of actor Isaiah Washington, promotion of guest star Chyler Leigh, and the departure of star Kate Walsh to headline her own spin-off.



#4 DAILY EYE CANDY: MARIOS LEKKAS

These not-so-daily (I promise to improve the frequency) features of the hottest male models in the fashion business have proven to be a very popular addition to the blog over the summer, and Greek god Marios Lekkas was the hottest of all generating sufficient number of pageviews to enter the top-10.



#3 PRISON BREAK SPOILERS #304: "Good Fences"

The twists and turns on FOX's gritty drama "Prison Break" always keep the fans guessing about what's ahead for Michael Scofield and an entire gang of wacky characters. The latest PB spoiler post was published just 3 days before the end of the month and yet it made it to the top-3.



#2 WENTWORTH MILLER & LUKE MACFARLANE PICS

Is he or isn't he gay? You may think it's none of people's business to discuss Wentworth Miller's personal life, but there are a lot of folks out there keeping the rumors alive as they search for details of "Prison Break" star's alleged relationship with the "Brothers & Sisters" actor Luke MacFarlane.



#1 IS WENTWORTH MILLER GAY?

This is the original late June post about the rumors and yes, after all this time it's still 4 times more popular than the #2 post on the list which incidentally covers the same topic.

The 5 most popular shows (out of 17) covered by TELEVISIONISTA in September were:

1. GREY'S ANATOMY,
2. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES,
3. BROTHERS & SISTERS,
4. UGLY BETTY AND
5. PRISON BREAK

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Top-10 Celebrities on TELEVISIONISTA

Finally, before I get back to regular news and updates, here are the 10 most popular celebrities - male and female - on the Televisionista blog. It is no secret I like to focus on male beauty and TV hunkage, but I do tend to write quite a bit about a number of female celebrities, including Katherine Heigl, Evangeline Lilly and Hayden Panettiere. Surprisingly, only 3 female celebrities made the top-10 among readers of this blog and they may not necessarily be the aforementioned ladies.

1. WENTWORTH MILLER
2. PATRICK DEMPSEY
3. ERIC DANE
4. ISAIAH WASHINGTON
5. MILO VENTIMIGLIA
6. RACHEL BILSON
7. EVA LONGORIA
8. KATE WALSH
9. MATTHEW FOX
10. DAVE ANNABLE

What a shocker! There have been numerous updates on Heigl, Lilly and Panettiere and yet Rachel Bilson of the canceled "The O.C." has exceeded all of them.

In fact, readers of this blog appear to be more interested in "Brothers & Sisters" hunk Dave Annable (pictured above with "Grey's" new star Chyler Leigh on FOX's "Reunion") then they are in some of the biggest female celebrities of the small screen. I guess that says something about your average Televisionista reader. :)

Finally, Isaiah Washington is also pretty high on the list, but I would suspect that ranking was achieved for all the wrong reasons.

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Top-10 Shows on TELEVISIONISTA

We all know what the most watched shows in America are (well, at least some of us do), but which 10 shows did the visitors of this blog read most about over the past year? The results are of course affected by my choice of topics and the frequency I write about them, as well as how strong the competition is. For instance, not too many blogs published regular updates about "Brothers & Sisters" making Televisionista the blog of choice for some fans of that ABC show.

1. GREY'S ANATOMY
2. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
3. BROTHERS & SISTERS
4. UGLY BETTY
5. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
6. LOST
7. THE O.C.
8. PRISON BREAK
9. HEROES
10. PRIVATE PRACTICE

I suppose as many as 3 of last season's freshman shows did well on this blog for the aforementioned reasons. Competition among blogs and websites covering ABC's "LOST" is particularly stiff, so I am not surprised "Friday Night Lights" did better on a young blog like this one. Also, there were quite a few updates about "24," "American Idol," "Smallville" and many other shows, but they failed to make the cut.

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Top-20 TELEVISIONISTA Posts

Almost 2000 posts have been published on the Televisionista blog over the past year. Which 20 stories sparked the strongest interest of regular readers or casual surfers? Find out, after the jump.

10. LOST Newspaper Mystery

After the brilliant May cliffhanger of ABC's "LOST" - as always - there were numerous unanswered questions. One of those questions - when exactly is the flash forward taking place? - may have been answered.


09. The Intriguing Mr. Hodge

Following "Desperate Housewives'" lackluster second season and all that Applewhite nonsense, the show got back into high gear with a compelling new mystery - is Orson Hodge dangerous, what happened to his wife Alma and who killed Monique?



08. Wentworth Miller/Luke MacFarlane Pics

Fans of "Prison Break" star Wentworth Miller speculated over his reported relationship with "Brothers & Sisters" star Luke MacFarlane before the pictures of the alleged couple finally arrived in late August.


07. McCuddly's Beau?

Before he got into gossip blogs for supposedly dating Wentworth Miller, Luke MacFarlane was rumored to be the boyfriend of "Grey's Anatomy" star T.R. Knight.



06. Will Meredith Die?

The "Grey's Anatomy" 3-episode sweeps stunt may not have been better than the infamous Super Bowl "bomb" episode a year earlier, but fans of the red-hot medical drama wanted to know if the show's titular heroine would survive.



05. LOST to Drop Story Bomb

After LOST ended its mini-season last fall, many fans were disappointed with those grim Others-centered early season 3 episodes and wanted to find out if we'll ever get to see the original gang again.



04. "Desperate Housewives" Shocker

This is the episode everyone was talking about. This is the episode that made up for a dreadful second season. This is the episode we will never forget.



03. First Look at "Grey's Sweeps Stunt

Shonda Rhimes wanted to pull out all stops for a spectacular February sweeps event. But after ABC looked at the budget necessary to execute the storyline they asked the "Grey's Anatomy" creator to stretch the story into 3 episodes.



02. LOST Production Mistake?

The day after LOST fall finale aired I noticed there was a person in the official LOST production stills we did not see on screen. Was that just an error or did we miss something very important. Little did I know this fun post which was conceived more as a joke would spark an Internet debate and generate tens of thousands of pageviews.



01. Is Wentworth Miller Gay?

The post may have been published in late June, but in those three months it managed to generate 2 times more pageviews than the #2 story on this list. Some believe it is wrong to speak about that unless Wentworth Miller is ready to come out. If indeed he is gay, that is. Nevertheless, there are thousands of people trying to find out every day if Mr. Miller is gay or not.



Finally, here are the 10 stories rounding out the top-20.

11. First Look at "Private Practice"

12. "Grey's" Wins Favorite Drama

13. "Prison Break" Hiatus Cut Short

14. CSI Miniature Killer Strikes Again

15. Is Ryan Seacrest Gay? Simon Says "Come Out"

16. VIDEO: Celine & Elvis

17. New "Desperate" Stills

18. O.C. Creator Previews Finale

19. Shonda Rhimes Breaks Her Silence

20. How LOST Stars Keep Fit

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Top-10 TELEVISIONISTA Posts in August

It's that time of the month again, so let's take a look at the 10 stories/posts that generated the strongest interest of Televisionista readers and casual Google surfers. And it appears, the top story of August will not only become the top story of the summer, but also the top story of the year. Who would have thought? Two of the stories were published in July, one in June, and the remaining 7 are new entries from August.

10. LEVI'S SWINGS BOTH WAYS

Levi's Jeans Co. may be the first advertiser to create two versions of the same ad to appeal both to straight and gay audiences.



9. HAYDEN PANETTIERE'S BIKINI PICS

"Heroes" star Hayden celebrated her 18th birthday this month. That didn't stop thousands of people from checking out her bikini pics weeks before. The post was published in July and it is down 2 places.



8. "GREY'S ANATOMY" WILL BE FUN AGAIN

Shonda Rhimes has vowed to make "Seattle Grace" a fun place to visit on Thursday nights again. Apparently, some viewers disliked the drama's recent gloomy tone.



7. "PRIVATE PRACTICE" STILLS

One actress is out, two are in. ABC continued to promote the highly-anticipated launch of the "Grey's Anatomy" spin-off with these stills.



6. MILLER & MACFARLANE SNAPPED TOGETHER

Gotcha! After months of speculation whether the alleged lovers Wentworth Miller & Luke MacFarlane even know each other, the two actors were snapped spending a day together.



5. NEW INTERNS ON "GREY'S ANATOMY"

Isaiah Washington was fired. Although the fans will obviously notice his absence, the writers will try to distract them with the addition of new interns.



4. PRODUCTION ON "GREY'S" SEASON 4 BEGINS

Although I think the only reason this July post made it onto the list was that a lot of people put "Grey's Anatomy" and "Season 4" into their Google search box, it's nice to know that despite recent criticism people still adore "Grey's Anatomy." The post was published in July and it is down 2 places.



3. UGLY BETTY SEASON 2 SPOILERS

"Ugly Betty" has certainly grown in popularity over the past year. As the comedy is introduced to new audiences across the globe, more and more people want to know what awaits that darling Betty Suarez at those cold but oh-so-cool Mode offices.



2. UGLY BETTY SEASON 2 STILLS

What did I just say? We can't get enough of Betty.




1. IS WENTWORTH MILLER GAY?

The June post I wrote following the original Perez Hilton report has not only become the leading story of the summer (despite being long gone from the front page), but may now - thanks to recent photographs of Wentworth and Luke - become the biggest story of the year. In August, the post generated 7 times more hits than the #2 story on the list.

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Top-10 TELEVISIONISTA Posts in July

There are now almost 1700 posts available on Televisionista.Net. Which 10 stories got the highest number of pageviews over the past 31 days? Take a look at them one last time, after the jump. Plus, details about Televisionista's new update schedule.

You may have noticed consistency in the frequency of updates was an issue on Televisionista over the past couple of months, ever since the end of the regular TV season.

We have now reached the middle of the summer and that means that the production of most of your favorite shows is in full swing now. Spoilers, promotional stills, video previews are all emerging now, so it is time to get back to regular updates.

As of tomorrow, August 2, Televisionista will bring you at least 10 posts on any working day, two of which will be daily columns Daily Eye Candy and StarPix which proved to be a hit with many of you.

The first 5 updates including Daily Eye Candy will be published by 9:00 AM EST / 6:00 AM PST. The remaining 5 updates including StarPix will be available later in the day or by 6:00 PM EST/ 3:00 PM PST at the latest.

There will be only 3-5 updates on Saturdays, and then an additional 5-7 updates on Sundays (including Daily Eye Candy and StarPix: Weekend). Also, you can find the latest Box Office reports on Sunday mornings.

Televisionista will resume daily TV ratings reports on Monday, September 17 in the week marked by the Emmy telecast and FOX premieres.

I certainly hope the new schedule will bring you a lot more to look forward to on Televisionista.Net.

Now, on to the countdown:

10. SUMMER HOLIDAYS McSTEAMY STYLE

Are the fans of Dr. Mark "McSteamy" Sloan happy to catch any glimpse of the body that kept temperature rising ever since the infamous towel scene or was it Rebecca Gayheart's boobs that landed this post into the top-10?



9. HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY MILO VENTIMIGLIA

He's a big boy now! The hunky actor who plays our favorite Petrelli brother on NBC's "Heroes" Milo Ventimiglia celebrated his big 3-oh in early July being cute and adorable as photographers snapped away.



8. OK MAGAZINE BRITNEY STORY REVEALED

The celeb tabloid leaked information about Britney's photo shoot "meltdown" episode generating little more than a yawn once we realized what they leaked was all they had.


7. HAYDEN PANETIERRE'S BIKINI GALORE

Good ole bikini spreads. They never fail to generate interest. Especially when you get to see the breakout star of one of TV's biggest rookie hits, NBC's "Heroes." For the rest of us, Hayden's boyfriend Stephen Coletti added the sizzle.



6. PHOTOSHOPPERS ATTACK VICTORIA BECKHAM

Her legs can't look that awful, can they? The British celeb who generated a lot of buzz with her move to America sparked an online debate whether these candid images had been photoshopped or not.


5. BECKHAMS W PHOTO SHOOT

The Beckhams were everywhere during the month of July and one of the projects that helped keep them in the headlines was this ultrasexy photoshoot for the August edition of W Magazine that gave many of us something to drool over.


4. DAILY EYE CANDY: PEDRO ANDRADE

Daily Eye Candy proved to be a very popular series on this blog, but none of the hunks showcased in the month of July generated as much interest as out singer Lance Bass' new boyfriend Pedro Andrade.


3. ABC's TRAVELER UNLIKELY TO RETURN

How could they do that to us? ABC's merciless axe had swung killing the freshman thriller series that got a small but very loyal following in the quiet summer months. ABC later explained they were "not happy with the creative direction of the show."


2. PRODUCTION ON GREY'S ANATOMY: SEASON 4 BEGINS

Sometimes I feel all I have to do is write the title "Grey's Anatomy" and then repeat the name of that show 25 times in the accompanying text and it will still be the most popular post. You really love those crazy docs at Seattle Grace. You really do.


1. "PRISON BREAK" STAR WENTWORTH MILLER GAY & DATING "BROTHERS & SISTERS" ACTOR LUKE MACFARLANE?

Wentworth Miller can't be gay! Can he? No. I don't believe that. But we never see him dating a woman. Do we? Why do all cute guys have to be gay!? He says he's not gay. It's none of your business anyway! How dare you out gay actors!? It's wrong! Is it? They are a very cute couple. What?!!! Wentworth Miller?!!! Are you crazy? He's straight. I know. My sister slept with him. No, she didn't. How do you know...?

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