Sunday, February 23, 2014

Nielsen Primetime Network TV Ratings (02/16/2014)

Nielsen Primetime Network Television Ratings
Week Ending February 16th 2014

1 - Winter Olympics - Tuesday 2/11   (NBC)
2 - Winter Olympics - Thursday  2/13  (NBC)
3 - Winter Olympics - Monday   2/10  (NBC)
4 - Winter Olympics - Sunday  02/16  (NBC)
5 - Winter Olympics - Wednesday  02/12 (NBC)
6 - Winter Olympics - Friday   02/14  (NBC)
7 - Winter Olympics - Saturday  02/15  (NBC)
8 - The Big Bang Theory  (CBS)
9 - American Idol - Wednesday  02/12  (FOX)
10 - American Idol - Thursday  02/13  (FOX)
11 - NCIS   (CBS)
12 - 60 Minutes  (CBS)
13 - NCIS: Los Angeles   (CBS)
14 - The Bachelor   (ABC)
15 - The Millers  (CBS)
16 - Intelligence   (CBS)
17 - Elementary   (CBS)
18 - Mike and Molly  (CBS)
19 - Person of Interest  (CBS)
20 - Hawaii Five-O   (CBS)

Gunsmoke on TV Guide

March 15th 1958


Saturday, February 22, 2014

Classic Movie Poster of the Day

From 1969, True Grit, the movie that won John Wayne his only Academy Award. He won for Best Actor.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Billboard Korea Top Ten Songs (02/15/2014)

Billboard KPop Chart
Top Ten
Week Ending February 15th 2014


Top Ten Seinfeld Episodes


I disagree with the order but not the episodes listed, I would have put "The Junior Mint" at #1 for my list, but that's the fun in doing these list.



Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Gunsmoke on Radio and Television


Today thanks to Buck Benny and his Podcast we bring another installment of Gunsmoke on Radio and Television.

Radio
Last Fling
Season 2 Episode 24
aired February 20th 1954


Television
Last Fling
Season 2 Episode 26
aired March 23rd 1957

Saturday, February 15, 2014

NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction 02/16/2014

New York Times Bestseller List
Hardcover Fiction
Week Ending February 16th 2014

10 - Under The Wide and Starry Sky - Nancy Horan
(2 weeks on list)
A novel about Robert Louis Stevenson's troubled marriage

9  -  Command Authority - Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney
(9 weeks on list)

8  -  An Officer and a Spy - Robert Harris
(Debut)
A fictionalized account of the Dreyfus Affair focuses on Lt. Col. Georges Picquart, who discovered evidence exonerating Dreyfus and bravely defended him.

7  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(74 weeks on list)

6  -  The First Phone Call From Heaven - Mitch Albom
(12 weeks on list)

5  -  Sycamore Row - John Grisham
(15 weeks on list)

4  -  First Love - James Patterson and Emily Raymond
(3 weeks on list)

3  -  Still Life With Bread Crumbs - Anna Quindlen
(Debut)
An aging photographer rents a rural cottage and discovers sparks of creativity and desire.

2  -  The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
(15 weeks on list)

1  -  The Invention of Wings - Sue Monk Kidd
(4 weeks on list)
The relationship between a wealthy Charleston girl, Sarah Grimke, who will grow up to become a prominent abolitionist, and the slave she is given for her 11th birthday.

Classic Movie Poster of the Day

With the release of the Diamond Edition of The Jungle Book on Blu Ray, lets revisit 1967 and the original release of this classic animation from Walt Disney.


Friday, February 14, 2014

Happy Birthday Jack Benny!


Today, February 14th, is the 39th anniversary (get it?) of the birth of radio and tv legend Jack Benny.  For those of you who follow my on Facebook and Twitter and Tumblr you all know I am a huge fan (in size too) of Jack's.

Here are some of the classic radio and TV episodes about Jack's birthday






Thursday, February 13, 2014

Gunsmoke TV Season 3


The third season of Gunsmoke on TV (1957-58) was the first of 4 consecutive seasons that Gunsmoke was the #1 show on network television in primetime.  This would be the record until the 1970s when All In The Family spent 5 consecutive seasons as the #1 show on TV.

Season 3 episode 14
"Doc's Reward"
originally aired December 14th 1957
CBS


Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Nielsen Prime Time Network Ratings 02/09/2014

Nielsen Prime Time Network Television Ratings
Top 20 in Total Viewers
Week Ending February 9th 2014

1 - Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony  (NBC)
2 - Winter Olympics Sunday Primetime  (NBC)
3 - Winter Olympics Saturday Primetime  (NBC)
4 - Winter Olympics Thursday Primetime  (NBC)
5 - NCIS   (CBS)
6 - The Big Bang Theory  (CBS)
7 - NCIS: Los Angeles   (CBS)
8 - The Beatles : A Grammy Salute  (CBS)
9 - American Idol - Wednesday  (FOX)
10 - Criminal Minds  (CBS)
11 - Person of Interest  (CBS)
12 - CSI   (CBS)
13 - American Idol - Thursday   (FOX)
14 - The Millers   (CBS)
15 - Mike and Molly  (CBS)
16 - Castle   (ABC)
17 - How I Met Your Mother  (CBS)
18 - Modern Family   (ABC)
19 - Elementary  (CBS)
20 - 60 Minutes   (CBS)

Lorne Greene


The Lorne Green album from 1964 that featured the #1 pop and country single from December of that year, "Ringo".  
The album charted at #35 on the Billboard album chart.

Monday, February 3, 2014

The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football


NY Times Bestseller List - NonFiction (02/02/2014)

New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Non Fiction 
Week Ending February 2nd 2014

10 - Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
(153 weeks on list)

9  -  The Loudest Voice In The Room - Gabriel Sherman
(Debut)
A journey inside the world of Fox News and the life of its combative visionary founder, Roger Ailes.

8  -  Your Life Calling - Jane Pauley
(2 weeks on list)

7  -  George Washington's Secret Six - Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager
(11 weeks on list)

6  -  Lean In - Sheryl Sandberg and Nell Scovell
(43 weeks on list)

5  -  I Am Malala - Malala Yousafzai
(15 weeks on list)

4  -  Killing Jesus - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(17 weeks on list)

3  -  David and Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell
(16 weeks on list)

2  -  Things That Matter - Charles Krauthammer
(13 weeks on list)

1  - Duty - Robert M. Gates
(DEBUT)
The former defense secretary recounts his experience serving Presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.