Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Saturday, January 25, 2014
NY Times Bestseller List - NonFiction (01/26/2014)
New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Non Fiction
Week Ending January 26th 2014
10 - The Bully Pulpit - Doris Kearns Goodwin
(10 weeks on list)
9 - My Age of Anxiety - Scott Stossel
(Debut)
A study of anxiety disorder by the editor of The Atlantic, drawing on research as well as personal experience.
8 - Little Failure - Gary Shteyngart
(Debut)
A memoir of growing up in a family that immigrated from Leningrad to Queens.
7 - Lean In - Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell
(42 weeks on list)
6 - George Washington's Secret Six - Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger
(10 weeks on list)
5 - I Am Malala - Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb
(14 weeks on list)
4 - Brainstorm - Daniel J. Siegel
(Debut)
Understanding the adolescent mind
3 - Killing Jesus - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(16 weeks on list)
2 - David and Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell
(15 weeks on list)
1 - Things That Matter - Charles Krauthammer
(12 weeks on list) (11 consecutive weeks at #1)
Three Decades worth of essays from the conservative columnist.
NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction (01/26/2014)
New York Times Bestseller List
Hardback Fiction
Week Ending January 26th 2014
10 - River Road - Jayne Ann Krentz
(Debut)
When Lucy Sheridan returns to the California town of Summer River after her aunt's death, she discovers that the events of her last visit were more complicated than she knew.
9 - Fear Nothing - Lisa Gardner
(Debut)
The Boston detective, D.D. Warren, seriously injured at a crime scene, is treated by a pain therapist whose father was a serial killer.
8 - The First Phone Call From Heaven - Mitch Albom
(9 weeks on list)
7 - The Pagan Lord - Bernard Cornwell
(Debut)
The fate of the English nation is at stake as the Saxon kingdom battles the Danes in the early 10th century.
6 - Hazardous Duty - W.E. B. Griffin and William E Butterworth IV
(2 weeks on list)
5 - Sycamore Row - John Grisham
(12 weeks on list)
4 - Standup Guy - Stuart Woods
(Debut)
In the 28th Ston Barrington novel, the New York lawyer takes on a complicated new client.
3 - Dark Wolf - Christine Feeham
(Debut)
The 25th book in the Carpathian series follows the story of Skyler Daratrazanoff and Dimitri Tirunul begun in "Dark Lycan"
2 - The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
(12 weeks on list)
1 - The Invention of Wings - Sue Kidd Monk
(DEBUT)
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.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Gunsmoke on TV Season 3
Season 3 (1957-58) of Gunsmoke on TV was its first of 4 consecutive seasons as the #1 prime time network show. This was unprecedented and would not be matched until All In The Family was #1 for 5 consecutive seasons in the 1970s.
Episode 11
Fingered
originally aired November 23rd 1957
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Nielsen Network TV Ratings (01/12/2014)
Nielsen Top 20 Prime Time Network TV Programs
Total Viewers
Week Ending January 12th 2014
1 - FOX NFC Championship (Fox)
2 - FOX NFC Championship - The OT (Fox)
3 - NCIS (CBS)
4 - NCIS : Los Angeles (CBS)
5 - American Idol - Wednesday (Fox)
6 - American Idol - Thursday (Fox)
7 - Blue Bloods (CBS)
8 - Person of Interest (CBS)
9 - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
10 - The Following (FOX)
11 - Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)
12 - Criminal Minds (CBS)
13 - CSI (CBS)
14 - Mike and Molly (CBS)
15 - The Blacklist (NBC)
16 - Modern Family (ABC)
17 - Castle (ABC)
18 - Undercover Boss (CBS)
19 - 2 Broke Girls (CBS)
20 - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Monday, January 20, 2014
Classic Movie Poster of the Day
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Silence of the Lambs, released Feb 1991 and grossed 272 million dollars worldwide.
Winner of the top 5 Academy Awards for 1991, Best Picture, Best Director (Jonathan Demme), Best Actress (Jodie Foster), Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Ted Tally).
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Saturday, January 18, 2014
New York Times Bestseller List - Fiction (01/19/2014)
NY Times Bestseller List
Hardback Fiction
Week Ending January 19th 2014
10 - Takedown Twenty - Janet Evanovich
(7 weeks on list)
9 - King and Maxwell - David Baldacci
(7 weeks on list)
8 - The Gods of Guilt - Michael Connelly
(5 weeks on list)
7 - Cross My Heart - James Patterson
(6 weeks on list)
6 - Doctor Sleep - Stephen King
(15 weeks on list)
5 - Command Authority - Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney
(5 weeks on list)
4 - The First Phone Call From Heaven - Mitch Albom
(8 weeks on list)
3 - Hazardous Duty - W.E.B. Griffin and William Butterworth IV
(Debut)
Despite their antipathy, the president calls on Charly Castillo to take action against Mexican drug cartels and Somali Pirates.
2 - Sycamore Row - John Grisham
(11 weeks on list)
1 - The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
(11 weeks on list) (1st week at #1)
A painting smuggled out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a bombing becomes a boy's prize, guilt and burden.
Your Classic Movie Poster of the Day
The 1958 movie starring Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones and Walter Matthau. Originally written for James Dean, it was shelved when he died in 1955. The film was revived in 1957 after a successful off broadway run, Hal Wallis suggested they use the young superstar Elvis Presley in the title role and change it from a boxer in New York City to a singer in New Orleans. Elvis got a deferment for his enlistment in the US Army to film this in New Orleans.
The soundtrack produced the #1 Elvis classic "Hard Headed Woman"
Friday, January 17, 2014
Beverly Hillbillies on TV Guide
A sampling of the TV Guides featuring the television classic
The Beverly Hillbillies
1966
1963
1964
1970
1965
1962
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Classic TV Debut
January 14th 1972
Sanford and Son debuts on NBC and would rank in the top ten every season until the last in 1977.
Monday, January 13, 2014
2013 Top 20 Movies
The Top 20 Movies for 2013 (US)
(courtesy Box Office Mojo)
1 - The Hunger Games : Catching Fire - $413,775,859
2 - Iron Man 3 - $409,013,994
3 - Despicable Me 2 - $368,049,635
4 - Frozen - $317,319,106
5 - Man of Steel - $291,045,518
6 - Monsters University - $268,492,764
7 - Gravity - $256,224,796
8 - The Hobbit : The Desolation of Smaug - $242,226,788
9 - Fast & Furious 6 - $238,679,850
10 - Oz The Great and Powerful - $234,911,825
11 - Star Trek : Into Darkness - $228,778,661
12 - Thor : The Dark World - $203,934,480
13 - World War Z - $202,359,711
14 - The Croods - $187,168,425
15 - The Heat - $159,582,188
16 - We're The Millers - $150,394,119
17 - The Great Gatsby - $144,840,419
18 - The Conjuring - $137,400,141
19 - Identity Thief - $134,506,920
20 - Grown Ups 2 - $133,668,525
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Nielsen TV Ratings January 5th 2014
1 - NBC NFL Playoff Game (Saturday Game 2) (NBC)
2 - FOX NFC Wildcard PostGame (Sunday) (FOX)
3 - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
4 - New Year's Rockin' Eve '14 (ABC)
5 - The Millers (CBS)
6 - The Mentalist (CBS)
7 - The Simpsons (FOX)
8 - The Good Wife (CBS)
9 - Elementary (CBS)
10 - Two and a Half Men (CBS)
11 - The Crazy Ones (CBS)
12 - NCIS (CBS)
13 - Blue Bloods (CBS)
14 - 60 Minutes (CBS)
15 - Dateline (NBC)
16 - NYRE 30 Great Women in Music (ABC)
17 - Criminal Minds (CBS)
18 - America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
19 - Revenge (ABC)
20 - Elementary (Sunday) (CBS)
TV Classics
January 12th 1966
Batman debuts on ABC television
January 12th 1971
All In The Family debuts on CBS television
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Thursday, January 2, 2014
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