Some TV Talk

OK maybe I overstated Bones ratings with American Idol as a lead in. The numbers looks better than might have had in the past, but still not as big as House or 24. Make no mistake Idol is still a cashcow for FOX. It only got hurt last Tuesday because of The State of The Union Address. Bones last week got an 3rd place finish with an 11.4 (6.1 18-49) behind ABC's Lost and CBS's Criminal Minds respectfuly.

The overnight results from last night have Bones in second place behind Criminal Minds. It should be noted however that last night's Lost was a repeat.

Meanwhile ABC is leaving Alias out in the cold, and I can't blame them. As much as I want to see the series resolved the name of the game is ratings, and right now the second season of Dancing With The Stars has help ABC get better numbers on Thursdays. We shall see how that affects Survivor as it returns tonight along with the Exile Island rule. Alias was always a cult show and never was a big ratings getter but because it attrated the demos that the advertisers wanted it lasted as long as it did. Will they be able to resolve the show??? That has yet to be seen. However ABC has four midseason newcommers up on deck. You find about them by going to Zap2it.com

NBC has been able to hold its own with My Name Is Earl and to a lesser extent The Office on Thursday nights. Both shows however still get better numbers than Scrubs which is in the Tuesday 8/9 slot that the Earl/Office vacated.