Some TV Talk

Daytime Emmys Tally

CBS: 59 total nomations

Syndcation: 46 nomations

ABC: 37 Nomations

PBS: 31 Nomations

NBC: 20

In the Talk Catagory: The View, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Regis and Kelly, Dr. Phill, and Soap Talk ( Lisa Rinna and Ty Treadway)

The Young and The Restless leads with 18 nominations. Guiding Light has 14. But they will have deal with General Hospital and As The World Turns in hopes of getting that Emmy.

CBS Tries to Build on Tuesday

The 9/10 slot has not be good to CBS since canceling "Judging Amy." Close To Home got the slot but they found that the Friday 8/9 slot was better. Threshold which had the slot that Close To Home has now bombed on Tuesday night. "Love Monkey" is turning out to be a monkey, and it is going to be put to sleep. Now Amazing Race is going to get the slot, and why give it to the reality game show? Simple; a new show CBS that has a milltary theme and since NCIS has a milltary theme as well, The Eye hopes its a One-Two Punch. This new show is called "The Unit" and its about special forces soldiers.

Now NCIS has been called "CSI Light", due to the fact that the main characters all have their quarks. You have a tough and serious leader who keeps his agents in line, his boss who keep him line, and the agents? Well you have a guy who thinks he is a chick magnet, a woman who knows that he is not and reminds him of it, the computer nerd, a Goth Forensic, and a older guy who does not mind dealing with the dead. Of course it still has clear milltary themes (Navy), and is a spinoff of JAG which got a lot of respect from the real live Navy during its run.

Will this Unit be on a darker side, not as light as NCIS, or even lighter, but most importantly, will the NCIS viewers stick around the watch The Unit. CBS hopes that will happen, and I think this move will payoff. NBC putting Scrubs in the Tuesday 8/9 slot proved that NBC can be kicked around. ABC's Commander In Chief is losing grip but ABC has a dramety card to play but we shall see if it pays off for them. The concern for CBS is overtaking ABC, and if they can do that then it should be OK.

The King of Tuesday Nights...FOX

FOX is right now the top dog on Tuesday thanks to American Idol and House. House however needs to thank Idol for his good ratings. It looks like Idol will carry Bones along too allthough it may not be as strong as 24 or House.

FOX however does not always need Idol as a piggy back. Prison Break proven to be an out of the gate hit last fall and it will return to give viewers another trill ride next month, and will be a lead in to 24 on Mondays.

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