The Digital TV Antenna truly saves the day and night for us.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 

The Answer to Monday's Trivia Question: Sandy Duncan took over for Valerie Harper on her show Valerie

First Four: Rich Carruba, Liam O'Neill, Stephanie Baxter & Phyllis DiCesare

Friday's Cable Top 5
Gold Rush-Discovery 1.7/4.4
Jungle Gold-Discovery 1.1/2.7
Duck Dynasty-A&E 1.0/2.1
WWE Friday Night Smackdown-Syfy .8/2.8
American Dad-Adult Swim .7/1.8

Sunday's Cable Top 5
Walking Dead 9p-AMC 5.4/10.5...10.5 MILLION VIEWERS WOW!
Walking Dead 10p-AMC 1.6/3.0
Breaking Amish-TLC 1.6/3.8
Walking Dead 8p-AMC 1.2/2.6
Dexter -Showtive 1.2/2.2
Just a note...16 million viewers in total for Walking Dead on Sunday night

Monday's Broadcast Top 5
The Voice-NBC 5.0/12.8
Revolution-NBC 3.1/8.3
Dancing with the Stars-ABC 2.7/13.5
Castle-ABC 2.7/11.9
2 Broke Girls-CBS 2.5/7.5

Monday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5
The X Factor-FOX 143,869
The Voice-NBC 125,678
Dancing with the Stars-ABC 68,959
Gossip Girl-CW 56,282
Castle-ABC 50,612

Monday's Cable Top 5 
NFL Monday Night Football-ESPN 4.3/10.7
WWE-USA 1.4/4.1
TI & Tiny- VH1 1.2/2.1
Basketball Wives-VH1 1.1/2.1
Chrissy & Mr. Jones-VH1 1.1/2.0

Monday's Cable Trendrr Top 
The Bad Girls Club-Oxygen 499,571
WWE Monday Night Raw-USA 255,357
NFL Football-ESPN 160,235
Basketball Wives LA-VH1 71,062
Piers Morgan-CNN 34,361

Let me just set the stage...We have no power here in Tenafly NJ.  No cable either.  We have a generator, a mifi, and a digital TV antenna...so net net, we are doing just fine.

Other than Sandy news and updates yesterday, we watched the last two Knockout rounds on The Voice.  This time it was team Farmer Xtina.  With her pigtails and red flannel shirt tied way up high, Xtina looked like she could milk some cows, harvest some corn and mentor her team.  Devon beat Laura, Adriana beat Toyota Celica, Dez beat Alessandra, D'borah beat Shavonne and Sylvia beat Aquil.   Knockout round for Team Blake started with Liz beating Gracia, Terry beating Rudy, Michaela beating Colin, Julio beating Marissa Ann, and ended with Cassadee beating Suzannah.  Live shows begin next week.

Ed Ziskind, our DWTS correspondent is safe and sound and able to watch and file this report:

First and foremost, I’m going to say something that for some reason, Tom Bergeron and the producers of DWTS didn’t think needed to be said.  My best wishes and prayers go out to everyone who was affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Last week, there was no elimination.  There were the usual couple dances, along with a freestyle team competition.  This week’s Country Music Week dances were added to last week’s scores.

Sabrina and Louis ended last week on top and scored a perfect 30 this week, giving them a combined total of 88.5.  Apolo and Karina also scored a perfect 30 in week two and ended up in second place overall (86.5).  Right behind them for the two week total, with a virtual perfect 30 (29.5) for their Country Music dance, was Melissa and Tony (86.0).  It was a great surprise that these three couples ended the night “in jeopardy”.

It came down to Apolo and Karina, and Sabrina and Louis, as the two couples “in jeopardy” but not necessarily receiving the lowest combined judges + audience vote scores.  I’m not sure why Apolo and Karina should be kept in jeopardy if it was really (e.g.) Kirstie and Maks with the lowest combined scores – other than the dramatic effect I suppose of showing the top three scorers in jeopardy, which really doesn’t seem fair.

Sabrina and Louis were sent packing.  This was the same week of competition that Sabrina went home last time around.  Blame it on a week six jinx?  Or the fact that the East Coast didn’t see the show nor vote?  Or better yet, on Louis’ oddly shaped head?  Whatever the cause, it was as much of a surprise this season as in her original season 5, since she not only was on top of the leaderboard, but also scored a perfect 30 last night after dedicating her dance to a former drug addicted boyfriend. 

Next week should be fun.  Derek Hough is injured, so Mark Ballas will dance with ex-partner and ex-girlfriend Shawn Johnson in his place.  And professional dancer Maks, formerly engaged but no longer even speaking to fellow pro Karina, will be dancing the quick step with his partner Kirstie – a dance she’s not so good at, that Karina picked for him.

Thanks Ed! 

Some NBC Mid Season Premiere dates were released yesterday:

The Biggest Loser 1/6 (Don't care)
Deception 1/7 (I forgot what this one is about)
Betty White's Off Their Rockers 1/8 (I can't believe this one is coming back)
1600 Penn 1/10 (This one is cute)
Smash 2/5 (Lots waiting for this one)
Community-2/7 (Lots waiting for this one too!)
Celebrity Apprentice 3/3 (I'm sort of over CA are you?)
Ready for Love 3/31 (No idea about this one)
The Voice (Cycle 4) 3/25 (This will have Shakira instead of Xtina and Usher instead of CeeLo )
Revolution (returns) 3/25

A report on Smartphones from Flurry Analytics revealed: 

• The average age of a smartphone user is 30
• The average age of a tablet user is 34
• 72% of smartphone users are under the age of 35
• 56% of smartphone users are male and 51% of tablet users are male
• smartphone and tablet usage peaks between the hours of 7 and 10 pm
• More media and entertainment is consumed on tablets
• Top Tablet App categories are: Games 67%, Social Networking 10% and Entertainment 9%
• Top Smartphone App categories are: Games 39%, Social Networking 24% and Utilities 17%

Not sure who on the east coast is participating in Halloween.  Where I live it's been postponed, but here are some fun Halloween facts:

• American's will spend 8 billion on Halloween this  year
• 170 million American's celebrate Halloween
• 10 million Halloween Cards will be sent this year
• 32.5% of American's go Trick or Treating
• 49.6% of American's decorate their house for Halloween
• 49.6% of American's visit a Haunted House during Halloween
• 45.5% of American's carve a Pumpkin
• 72.3% of American's hand out candy
• 33.5% of American's throw or attend a Halloween Party
• 40.6% of American's dress up in a costume
• 24.2% of American's dress up their pets
• #1 Children's costume is a Princess
• #1 Pets costume is a Pumpkin
• #1 Adult costume is a Witch

I read yesterday that Disney purchased LucasFilm for 4.05 billion dollars and that there would be a new Star Wars movie in 2015.  Kathleen Kennedy who is currently the co-chair of LucasFilm will be the President of LucasFilm and report to Disney head Alan Horn...no idea at all what happens to George Lucas. 

Wednesday's Trivia Question: In last week's Modern Family Halloween episode, what was Claire Dunphy's costume?

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