Ratings for FX’s ‘Shield’ Slip in Final-Season Premiere
The seventh and final season of FX’s gritty cop series The Shield drew 2.1 million viewers in its Sept. 2 premiere, slightly down from last year’s season premiere.
Down?!? DOWN?!? People are so silly.
ABC must have decided they’ve had enough “Dancing with the Stars.” This season, they’re bringing in the ultimate show-killer: Ted McGinley.
(Aside to Tom the Dog: Misty May is also dancing. Prepare for a lot of hits again.)
Measure your level of Internet Celebrity!
I scored a 285.
WarGames at a theater near you. On July 24th, WarGames is coming back to the theaters in a very limited engagement. But they’re also showing a preview of the sequel. You take the good with the potentially very bad. ;-)
Mark July 29th on your calendar. That’s the day the first set of “Tiny Toon Adventures” and “Freakazoid” DVDs come to your home theather. Whoo-hoo! (Official press release for the sets is at the link. TTA contains first 35 episodes.)
This week, Jon traveled to California to get a hair transplant. Jon and Kate Plus Eight has officially Jumped the Shark. It’s not about the cute family in Pennsylvania trying to live life with the pressure of eight kids. It’s now about the celebrity. I guess it’s inevitable with any reality show, should it last long enough.
THE SHIELD’s website makes it official: The final season of television’s finest hour begins September 2nd. Someone ought to develop an iPhone widget to count this date down.
Video chat is coming. Possibly iChat for Windows, too? Interesting. Can’t wait for the Stevenote!
Tetris Ice Cube Maker. Need I say more?
In watching bits and pieces of last season’s SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE on MTV, I stumbled across this piece of genius.
That’s Danny Tidwell’s solo in the finale. I lost track of the number of spins in the middle of it after 20. I’m sure it hit at least two dozen.
New season starts Thursday.
Kentucky Derby thought: Imagine how awkward the trophy presentation would have been had the winning horse broken both ankles and been euthanized?
You’ve gotta be kidding me: The Shield: Coming This Fall
We have to wait another five or six months for the final season of the best show on television?!? They finished filming it in December. What’s taking so long?!?
Still looking to get your hands on a Nintendo Wii? Looks like the stores have been stocking up for Sunday’s release of MarioKart Wii. Toys R Us is taking pre-orders now. Circuit City is forcing an ugly expensive bundle down your throat. I’m sure others will follow.
Coolest thing you’ll see/hear this week:
Twitter is down. My first reaction? I should Twitter that. And so the snake eats the tail.
Augie De Blieck Jr. doesn't know when to shut up, which makes him the perfect blogger. That, and he reads a lot of other blogs. You can e-mail him, if you really wanted to.
