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Oscar Sunday helped to prove the power of AMERICAN IDOL. One can now say that the annual ratings success of the OSCARS can not only be duplicated three times a week by the FOX network, but now adults competing against 5th graders in a game of the mind will bring nearly as many eyes as [...]

It was a black day for the Donnolleys last night as the freshman series with the HEROIC lead in couldnt hold its own losing 30% of viewers between HEROES and its premier and lost an additional 40% from the first half hour to the second. Heavy promotion and strong lead in did help bring eyes [...]

A new FAMILY GUY (FOX) video short hit the myspace (OWNED BY MURDOCK) which while funny also shamelessly promotes the hell out of THE WINNER (FOX). Its always annoying when corporate synergy infiltrates our lives, but I think this a case of well done corporate shilling of 2 great shows (both from Seth MacFarlane). Enjoy [...]

Interesting night in the ratings. While there was no surprise at 8 o’clock with AMERICAN IDOL taking over the top slot against former Thursday heavy weight SURVIVOR and MY NAME IS EARL. When nine o’clock rolled around the medical team at GREYS resuscitated ABC and pulled way ahead of AI numbers actually bringing ABC to [...]

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I went away on a long birthday weekend and have been a smidgen behind on ratings updates, but I am back on track now and just in time for a thrilling ratings ride. Last night 3 networks were within inches of one another in the point system. DEAL OR NO DEAL & HEROES ranked high [...]

The winner of the HEROES Vs. 24 battle was clear and concise last night. With a 2 hour block of 24 pulling in a 4.9 rating average for both hours, HEROES is clearly the show of choice which doesn’t fair well for the once mighty Bauer Hour. The second half hour of 24 fell from [...]

Click on the picture to play. In our latest edition ofTVgasm Presents: The Paul Goebel Show Live, which airs every Friday at 12noon Live, Paul and Jim welcomed former child actor Marc Price to the TVgasm studio to discuss all things TV. Click on the picture to play

THE 49TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS was music to CBS’ ears last night pulling in Jennifer Hudson sized ratings and easily coasting CBS to the number one spot of the night. THE APPRENTICE: LA is proving to be less than stellar as its ratings continue to plummet despite the show finally finding its legs. . . [...]

Last week ended with good NUMBERS for CBS, which came in number one in nearly every hour of prime-time. The Friday ratings have fluctuated from week to week in terms of whos coming out on top, but this week once again GHOST WHISPERER took the top honor at 8pm. LAS VEGAS and CLOSE TO HOME [...]

Superbowl Sunday CBS bet on CRIMINAL MINDS to win, when they placed the first half of a two part episode immediately following the big game, last night we found out how that paid off fo the network when the thrilling conclusion aired. Would it pump CBS into a higher number two slot? (number one not [...]

In the predictable world of the Tuesday ratings, AMERICAN IDOL was number one again pulling in 30something shares. Newly coupled with HOUSE, the FOX 2 hours of prime-time seems nearly unstoppable. The Medical drama pulled in 1/4 of viewers in key demos last night. . . that aint bad. Of the non superstar shows last [...]

TVgasm is giving away a LOST HURLEY DOLL to one lucky viewer. On last weeks premier episode of TVgasm Presents: The Paul Goebel Show Live, Paul explained the rules of the contest and how to enter. This week Paul and cohost Jim Bruce welcome to the show Marc Price, famously known as Skippy from FAMILY [...]

Why is PRISON BREAK losing out to DEAL OR NO DEAL? In fact, why is DEAL OR NO DEAL beating out any of the shows on at the 8 o’clock hour. At 830, the big shock was THE CLASS, despite tying shares for third place and pulling fourth in overall ratings, the show which critics [...]

We were all expecting huge numbers for last nights Superbowl, but holy crap. The Superbowl made American idol look like COP ROCKS. Whats COP ROCKS? Exactly. It’s not only completely impressive and rare to see such high numbers, notice the incredibly low numbers for the rest of the networks. NBC pulling in a .8 in [...]

What is it that makes America care about 1 vs 100 one day, and not the next? The man vs men show which was number one earlier this week was dominated on Friday night by Jennifer Love Boobits, GHOST WHISPERER which drew a solid 10 share in the 8 oclock hour. While we are still [...]

This Friday Night, Andy Dick and The Apprentice’s Boobanka Trump were both guests on JKL and while a snarky clever puntastic post is the norm aroud here, I’m not sure there are words for how this ended. Enjoy.

Click on the picture to play. As we mentioned a few days ago, today TVgasm launched its first weekly series TVGASM PRESENTS: THE PAUL GOEBEL SHOW LIVE. Today Paul and Jim welcomed Graham Elwood to the show (click on the picture above to play). Of course we are new to this whole game and welcome [...]

The GREYS ANATOMY / CSI heads up match was last night, and a Grissomless CSI solved the case of the how-do-I-slip-into-second. Wow, these punny ratings reports are getting harder and harder. UGLY BETTY was the bell of the 830 ball beating out the always funny OFFICE after just barely losing out to MY NAME IS [...]

IDOL’S losing viewers every week. Last night it pulled in a paultry 30% off all viewers. . . hang your head low Simon Cowell, hang your head low. Shockingly the other networks still try to run counter programming rather than simply playing the national anthem going off air and coming back an hour later. The [...]

This Friday at 12pm PST marks a very exciting milestone for TVgasm.com, the launch of our first weekly live blogcasted talk show, The Paul Goebel Show Live. For those who watched TVgasm.com’s 24 B4 24, you know Paul and his cohost Jim Bruce as the guys who showed up at midnight. You may also know [...]

PRISON BREAK is not the break out success it was last year or even earlier this season before an ill planned baseball break. Following the same trap as 24 before it, when a hit show goes on hiatus midseason, the trend is to return to lower ratings. Up against the peacocks DEAL OR NO DEAL, [...]

AMERICAN IDOL fatigue must have set in last week as not a lot of people watching the TV on Friday night. TRADING SPOUSES was the top show of the night which not only fairs bad for the television landscape but really kinda fares bad for America as a whole, no? 1 VS 100 still pulls [...]

In an hour with prodominantly all reruns on Thursday night, the stand out success story is SMALLVILLE which while being one of the lamest episodes for the run of the series managed to pull in higher numbers than one of the major networks. WAR AT HOME lost the battle to SMALLVILLE which doesn’t fare well [...]

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IDOL is losing viewers from week to week, and if having only 34% of viewers watching your show makes you a loser. . . then FOX was a big loser last night. The only network IDOL doesn’t seem to effect too much is the CW whose numbers look to be fairly respectable when put side [...]

Bauers powers aren’t as great as Hiro’s on HEROES, which flew in at number one and became the most watch show of the night while 24 was a respectable 2nd with a 12 share. PRISON BREAK was no break out falling into a far second behind DEAL OR NO DEAL and uncomfortably close to the [...]

Not a lot of TV viewing Friday night. Numbers were low across the board, but someone had to come out on top. For the early hour it was 1 vs 100 who beat all the odds and pulled a higher number than a rerun of Jennifer Love Hooters GHOST WHISPERER. At nine, LAS VEGAS struck [...]

This weekend TVgasm did its first ever 24 hour nonstop blogcast as we counted down to the sixth season premier of 24. The goal of this was to. . . ok so we kinda didnt have an exact goal, it just seemed like a fun idea and a great way to honor one of televisions [...]

AMERICAN IDOL is bringing music to FOX’s ears dominating prime-time a second night in a row peaking at a solid 38 share. ARMED AND FAMOUS dropped to a 1.8/5 from last week and BEAUTY & THE GEEK, stumbled to a 1.4/4 (though still respectable marks for the CW). Despite being up against the unstoppable, CBS’ [...]

Let the IDOL worship begin. At its peak 40% of all those watching TV last night were watching the return of AMERICAN IDOL. Thats nearly 1/2 of all TVs turned on. WOW. EFFing WOW. Of course a lot more than that happened in the ratings, but who gives a shit? I mean, thats the real [...]

24′s Jack Bauer can’t stop a nuke, nor can he stop the the explosive power behind THE GOLDEN GLOBES which won the night….all night. 24 had a respectable second place finish, unfortunately if Jack finishes second. . . that means the terrorists win. Despite THE GOLDEN GLOBES and 24, other shows faired well, all things [...]

Not a good night for FOX Sunday night. Gridiron grabs great ratings for the Moonves channel. NFL OVERRUN scored big pulling in a solid 29 share. 24 debuted to a respectable numbers, but fell way short of stunning the nation with killer ratings. The crows of Whisteria Lane beat Jack Bauer in the hour it [...]

Jublee Boob Hooters’ show THE GHOST WHISPERER was top of the pack this Friday beating out craptastic programming on the other networks. CLOSE TO HOME was close to first for a full hour but LAS VEGAS won big overtaking the sophomore series in the second half hour. Hindsight is 20/20 abc, who in retrospect wishes [...]

AI is less than a week away which means, time to carry Paula Abdul barely conscious body to the press junket and have her mumble her way through even the most painful of interviews. Video of one such interview after the jump. . . Thanks to TVgasm reader Kelly for bringing this to us.

Wednesdays hit ARMED & FAMOUS couldn’t build an audience, in fact losing some viewers from its premier and dropping NBC into third place. In my opinion SMALLVILLE has completely derailed and become one of the worst hours on television (yet I’m still inexplicably watching), though it is good enough to TIE for last place against [...]

Welcome to TVgasms 24 countdown. We’ve done it before for Big Brother, the TVgasm countdown event for a deserving show; but this time we are delving into waters never before tread by us folks here at TVgasm. Starting Saturday night at 8pm/EST, we are going to broadcast live from the TVgasm studios for 24 hours [...]

An Osbourne, a Jackson, a Wee Man, Oh My! ARMED AND FAMOUS premiered at the top spot bolstering CBS to a top rank finish among the major networks last night. It was a very level 8 oclock hour all things considered. Each of the major networks gathered between a 5 and 8 share, which is [...]