American Idol fell to an all-time low Thursday.
The one-hour results show drew 11 million viewers and a 2.7 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic to post the series' lowest demo ever in 12 seasons.
Lead-out Raising Hope averaged ...
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Oy vey. Or as Virginia Chance (Martha Plimpton) might mangle her Hebrew-isms: "Molotov! (for mazel tov)." Fox sure doesn't make it easy to say goodbye to Raising Hope as it ends its third season on a new night with back-to-back episodes (9/8c), the sort of treatment you'd normally see from a network burning off a show in which it has lost faith. Thankfully, that's not the case here. Hope has already been picked up for a fourth season, and it goes out on a delightfully deranged musical high, with Burt (the sublime Garret Dillahunt) center stage as he frantically preps for his overdue Bar Mitzvah.
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The devil's in the building!
Hollis Doyle (Gregg Henry), the man responsible for single-handedly ruining Quinn Perkins' (Katie Lowes) life, will become an OPA client during this week's Scandal (Thursday, 10/9c, ABC). Naturally, Quinn won't be the happiest person with this decision. Will Hollis' proximity cause her to finally snap? Or will she stick to being a gladiator in a suit? TVGuide.com turned to Lowes to get the scoop:
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Ever wanted to know what it really takes to be a Gladiator?
Find out Thursday at 4 p.m./ET (1 p.m./PT) when TVGuide.com staff editor Natalie Abrams moderates a live Spreecast webchat with Scandal's Darby Stanchfield and Columbus Short.
Scandal Scoop: Will Olivia discover the truth about Jake?
The dynamic duo, who play Olivia Pope's associates Abby Whelan and Harrison Wright, will be on hand to answer your burning Scandal questions. Send your questions for the cast in the comments below, via Twitter using the hashtag #AskScandal or come back Thursday and sign on to the live Spreecast, where you can submit questions and join the conversation.
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Question: This is more a commentary than a question, but what are your thoughts on Southland? Ben McKenzie and Shawn Hatosy have recently landed new pilots, so it would appear that this will be the last season of the very fine cop show Southland. Yes, the show is an ensemble and could certainly go on without the two characters they portray, but it would be a different Southland without them, even with a cast as strong as one that includes Regina King and C. Thomas Howell.
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