TV Shows Five Years Ago… Pop. Culture. History.

December 1, 2010

Mr. Pop History – TV ratings – the top TV shows five Years ago – from the week of December 8, 2005:

Top TV –
CSI – 30.94
Without a Trace – 21.76
Survivor: Guatemala – 21.18
Fraiser – 21.18
Survivor: Guatemala – 20.12
60 Minutes – 19.72
Law & Order: SVU – 16.29
Grey’s Anatomy – 15.70
Charlie Brown Christmas – 15.34
ER – 14.34
CSI: Miami – 15.33
Survivor: Guatemala Reunion – 15.21
Monday Night Football – 15.09
Two and a Half Men – 14.11
NCIS – 14.00
My Name is Earl – 13.99

How many of these shows are gone?? Still in the top 10??

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60 Minutes Question. This Week In History. Pop. Culture.

August 17, 2010

From James A – Before ABC’s 20/20, they had tried another news magazine-type show. What was it?

Mr. Pop History – NBC and ABC envied the ratings and financial success of CBS’ 60 Minutes. It took ABC a while. One was something called “Seven Days” – a sort of week-in-review program. The problem – you couldn’t rerun it – and the ratings weren’t that good.

Over at NBC? Some 10 magazine shows came and went before they hit the right formula and timing. More in another Q&A.

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