Once Upon a Time took the biggest hit against football Sunday.
The ABC drama drew 7 million viewers and a 2.0 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, dropping four tenths to tie its series low. Revenge (6.1 million, 1.5) also dipped ...
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Is "I've Got You Under My Skin" the most appropriate sweet nothing to croon in the skin-crawling world of AMC's The Walking Dead? No matter, because there's not much of a lull in Sunday's powerful episode (9/8c), ominously titled "Infected." Which suggests the virus that felled Nerd Boy last week creates a bloody panic in the cell block, reminding us how illusory any notion of safety can be. "I haven't seen anybody be lucky in a long time," former Army medic Bob Stookey (new regular Lawrence Gilliard Jr.) observes as a full gamut of courage, terror and anguish is displayed during and after the latest crisis. Earning special bonus stripes this week: Melissa McBride as the awesome Carol, who takes a few distraught girls under her wing, but not to coddle them: "You want to live, you have to become strong" is her mantra. Meanwhile, the walkers keep pressing up against the prison gates and the audience can't get enough of the riveting mayhem, as evidenced by the record numbers who turned out for last Sunday's premiere.
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CBS and ABC were no match against football and baseball Sunday night.
Every show on both networks hit series lows versus NBC's Sunday Night Football (15.4 million, 5.8) and Fox's coverage of Game 1 of the ALCS between the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox (8.3 million, 2.8). Once Upon a Time (7.4 million, 2.3) was the top-rated ...
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Betrayal might be next on the TV chopping block.
The ABC drama, which already bowed to soft numbers last week, tumbled 27 percent to 4 million viewers and a 1.1 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic Sunday. ABC, which canceled Lucky 7 on Friday, also had ...
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Betrayal got off to a rough start on a low night all around.
The infidelity drama debuted Sunday to 5.3 million viewers and a 1.5 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, down six tenths from 666 Park Avenue's premiere last year. Lead-ins Once Upon a Time (8.5 million, 2.6) and Revenge (8.04 million, 2.5) returned down ...
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