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ABC's Wipeout Clears Season-Renewal Obstacle | Today's News: Our Take | 8/6/2008
Wipeout, in which players brave the world’s largest "extreme obstacle course" — and in doing so subject themselves to spills, face plants and, yes, wipeouts — has been picked up for a second season.Through the first six (of 10 first-season) telecasts, Wipeout and its big red balls ranks as the summer’s No. 2 show in total viewers and in adults 18-49, trailing only America's Got Talent and Hell's Kitchen, respectively.Wipeout also has delivered the best key demos of a freshman summer series on any network in three years, since the initial season of Dancing with the Stars. — Matt MitovichRelated:• VIDEO: Wipeout cohost Jill Wagner raves about the big red balls• Cheers & Jeers declares Wipeout in! read more
Cheers: Wipeout Is In | Cheers & Jeers | 8/6/2008
Cheers to the summer's biggest surprise: Wipeout . I didn't think I'd make it through a single episode of ABC's obstacle-course reality show, muchless become one of the sleeper hit's 10 million weekly viewers. It turns out watching people fall on their faces — among other body parts — never gets old. (I guess that's why so many slapstick silent films are still funny.) Hosts John Anderson and John Henson and field reporter Jill Wagner make a winning team, but the real stars are the "Big Balls," enormous red spheres responsible for the show's most spectacular wipeouts. The "big balls" jokes never grow old, either. Good thing, since ABC just picked up the show for a second season.• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine! read more
Considering all the ... | Matt Roush | 7/11/2008
Question: Considering all the complaints I see in your column about the lack of good shows during this summer season, I feel the need to point out the best show that no one's watching: Death Note, on Adult Swim. I realize that anime isn't everyone's cup of tea, but this is something that even those who don't normally like the genre can enjoy. The series finale just aired last Saturday, and the series will be re-aired from Episode 1 starting this week. The show starts off with someone gaining the power to kill at will; he tries to use this power to accomplish good, but he soon becomes just a serial killer. It's all about how ultimate power destroys one's soul. Despite the supernatural element, the series is very much based in reality, and the characters rely on their brains to survive. The show is tightly plotted at only 37 episodes, and each twist kept me guessing. I looked forward to each episode of Death Note so much that I didn't even miss Damages not being on this summer. I... read more
Ratings Are No Wipeout for ABC | Today's News: Our Take | 6/25/2008
Tuesday's numbers at a glance:• ABC's Wipeout drew 9.8 million total viewers, making it the most-watched summer premiere of any network since 2007's The Singing Bee, and giving the Alphabet its best warm-weather numbers since Millionaire circa June 2001. Oh, and it won the 8 o'clock hour, says Variety.• Placing second at 8 pm was Celebrity Family Feud, which hit a 10-week high of 8.8 mil.• America's Got Talent averaged 11.5 mil over its two-hour run, slipping 19 percent from its premiere but topping at least the 10 o'clock time period.• Hell's Kitchen won the 9 o'clock hour, albeit with a season low 7.7 mil.Related:• Feuding Ice-T leaves Cheers & Jeers cold.• Matt Roush: Drowning in Summer's Reality Glut read more
Drowning in Summer's Reality Glut | Matt Roush | 6/25/2008
First, some good news before the bad: July is less than a week away, and a month that once upon a time signified the absolute doldrums for TV fans now looms like an oasis of bountiful pleasures, with returning shows on the horizon including The Closer, Burn Notice, the Monk-Psych combo, and the piece de resistance of Mad Men's second season. (You’ll also want to add HBO’s gripping Generation Kill docudrama miniseries to your calendar.) Naturally, this is all on cable, but this is still especially good news after the dismal reality circus of June, capped by the current week’s onslaught of ridiculous time-wasters.More than ever, I’ve been feeling trapped in a bizarro world, as if I’d bought a subscription to a season of “To Each Their Own” theater. I know there are people out there who get their jollies at watching elaborate and messy pratfalls accompanied by snarky commentary—the model being Spike’s MXC, which I found mildly amusing until... read more

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