Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Wade or George...pick one already! Adam or Blake...I love them both and could never pick just one!

Today is May 1st which means we start all over for May Trivia. I will announce the April Trivia contest winner tomorrow.


The answer to Tuesday's Trivia QuestionDonnell, Young, Dole & Frutt  was where the gang from The Practice
FIRST FIVES:James Gabriele, Ed Ziskind, Jim Carter, Allison Shapiro & Monica Caraffa
Honorable Mention: Kathy Connelly

Sunday's Cable Top 5
Game of Thrones-HBO 2.8/5.3
NBA Playoffs-TNT 1.5/3.5
NBA Playoffs-TNT 1.4/3.1
Superhero Marathon Sunday-FX 1.4/2.8
Vikings-History1.3/3.5

Monday's Broadcast Top 5
The Voice-NBC 4.1/12.4
How I Met Your Mother-CBS 2.7/6.8
The Following (Season Finale)-FOX 2.6/7.7
2 Broke Girls-CBS 2.5/7.6
Mike & Molly-CBS 2.3/7.9

Monday's Broadcast Trendrr Top 5
The Voice-NBC 200,257
The Following-FOX 85,840
Dancing with the Stars-ABC 83,671
Bones-FOX 64,413
How I Met Your Mother-CBS 58,889

Monday's Cable Top 5 
NBA Playoffs-TNT 1.8/3.8
WWE-USA 1.7/4.3
Teen Mom-MTV 1.7/2.6
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta-VH1 1.5/2.8
WWE-USA 1.5/4.2

Monday's Cable Trendrr Top 5
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta-VH1 369,880
WWE Monday Night Raw-USA 202,321
NBA Playoff Thunder/Rockets-TNT 191,513
Bates Motel-A&E 75,643
Teen Mom 2-MTV 62,165

Hart of Dixie
I love Hart of Dixie, you guys know I do. I'm not sure who out there even watches this one, so not sure if my whining today even matters, but the whole show has gone back and forth countless times. George and Zoey then Zoey and Wade and the problem is, I love her with both of them. Every time the time is right, she screws things up. Last week Zoey told George she still had feelings for him and he blew her off because he was happy with Tanzy. This week Zoey had a meltdown and ended up in bed with Wade and it looks like next weeks finale is just like last nights episode. George is going to walk in on Zoey free from Tanzy and Zoey's in bed with Wade. Oy vey...enough already. Pick one and move on already.  I can't take the back and forth anymore.

The Voice
2nd night of knockout rounds, but unfortunately, also the second night of the same judges outfits. We've been watching The Voice for like two months already and the judges have only changed outfits 3x I think. Drives me nuts, even though I totally understand why they do it. It didn't matter that the clothes were boring tonight, because I spent the show going back and forth for how much I love Adam vs. how much I love Blake. I know why they are in the midst of a major bromance...because they're both hot and they're both hilarious. So while I did keep track of all of the knockout rounds, does anyone even care. The show's about the judges. The show is about how hot Adam and Blake are, how cool Usher is and how suprisingly refreshing Shakira is.  Did you see when Usher made Audrey sing right into his face while stared at her. That was brutal. I love Usher. 
Justin Rivers knocked out Savannah Berry on Team Blake-I disagreed
Josiah Holly knocked out Jess Kellner on Team Usher-I agreed
Holly Tucker knocked out Luke Etchman on Team Blake- I agreed
Michelle Chamul knocked out Audrey Karrasch on Team Usher-I completely agreed
Danielle Bradbury knocked out Taylor Beckam on Team Blake-I agreed
Vedo knocked out C Perkins on Team Usher-I completely agreed
Swon Brothers knocked out Grace Askew on Team Blake-I agreed and I love them
Katya knocke out Ryan Innis on Team Usher-I disagreed

NEWS & INFORMATION:

-CNN's getting in on the morning news wars. Not really a surprise when you think about it.  Jeff Zucker's at the helm, morning news is a strength for him, his ex stomping ground's losing ground so why not get in on the action? CNN launches New Day in June with Chris Cuomo, Kate Bolduan and Michaela Pereira at the news d

-Maria Shriver's back at NBC News. She will serve as a special anchor focusing on womens issues.  Maria worked at NBC for 18 years before she left to be first lady of California and we all know how that worked out.  

-KSL-TV in Salt Lake City already had issues with Saturday Night Live, then earlier this year, they dropped The New Normal and now they've decided not to air Hannibal. KUCW, the CW affiliate has decided to pick up the show, so it will run in the market, just not on KSL.  The station is owned by the Church of the Latter Day Saints, so they can and have made these decisions before.  

The nominations for the 67th annual Tony Awards were announced yesterday. "Kinky Boots," leads the way with 13 nominations and Tom Hanks got his first nomination. I'm not a big theatre person, but for those of you that are: The 2013 Tony Awards air live on CBS Sunday, June 9 at 8 p.m. Here are some of the nominees:
Best Musical - Bring It On, A Christmas Story The Musical, Kinky Boots & Matilda
Best play-Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, The Testament of Mary, Lucky Guy & The Assembled Parties
Best revival of a play- Golden Boy, Orphans, Trip to Bountiful & Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best revival of a musical - Annie, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Pippin & Cinderella
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play Tom Hanks-Lucky Guy, Nathan Lane-The Nance, Tracy Letts, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, David Hyde Pierce, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike & Tom Sturridge, Orphans
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play- Laurie Metcalf, The Other Place, Amy Morton, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Kristine Nielsen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Holland Taylor, Ann & Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical- Bertie Carvel, Matilda The Musical, Santino Fontana, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, Rob McClure, Chaplin, Billy Porter, Kinky Boots, & Stark Sands, Kinky Boots
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical- Stephanie J. Block, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Carolee Carmello, Scandalous, Valisia LeKae, Motown The Musical
Patina Miller, Pippin & Laura Osnes, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

-Also announced yesterday the 2013 Webby Award winners:
 Frank Ocean nabbed the 2013 Webby Person of the Year for using the Internet as his megaphone to encourage acceptance and dispel stereotypes.
Winners who received multiple awards included Dumb Ways to Die (7), Dropbox (6), Google Maps for iPhone (5), Tumblr (5), HBO Go (4) and Pinterest (4).
Other big Webby Award winners include:
  • Outstanding Comedic Performance: Jerry Seinfeld, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee YEAH JERRY!!!
  • Webby Special Achievement: Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti, House of Cards
  • Webby Breakout of the Year: The Obama for America 2012
  • Webby Artist of the Year: Grimes
  • Webby Special Achievement: Burning Love
  • Webby Athlete of the Year: Chris Kluwe
  • Webby Lifetime Achievement: GIF inventor Steve Wilhite
  • Best Celebrity/Fan Website: Conan O’Brien Presents: Team Coco Digital
  • Best Practices Mobile & Apps: HBO Go
  • Best Viral Online Film & Video: Dumb Ways to Die
  • Best User Experience (All Devices): Google Maps for iPhone
  • Best Community (General Website): Tumblr
  • Best User Experience Games: Angry Birds Star Wars
  • Best Business Blog: Mashable (#humblebrag)
-Some interesting Hulu numbers coming out of their newfront yesterday:
  • Hulu Plus subscriptions doubled in 2012 and in Q1 2013 surpassed 4 million.
  • Hulu is available on more than 350 million connected devices, including smartphones, set-top boxes, gaming consoles, and connected TVs (this number does not include PCs).
  • The company streamed 1 billion content videos in a single quarter for the first time in Q1 2013.
  • Mobile will account for approximately 15% of video consumption on Hulu in 2013-2014.
  • "Living-room viewing" is now 29% of content consumption on Hulu, according to acting CEO Andy Forssell.
  • 2012 revenue: $695 million
  • More than 470 content partners across Hulu and Hulu Plus.
  • Approximately 57,000 hours of video are currently available on Hulu and Hulu Plus. The encompasses more than 70,000 full TV episodes and nearly 2,500 TV series.
- Gotta come clean, I am still 4 episodes behind on Dallas. Mainly because my husband and I love to watch it together and we haven't had any time to sit down and catch up.  Now that I know the show has been renewed for a 3rd season, I better pin him down and get on it. Even without JR, the show was great this season.

- Nielsen's announced yesterday that it is going to start testing a tool to measure online TV audiences. The Nielsen Digital Program Ratings test will run from May to July, with NBC, Fox, ABC, CBS, Univision, Discovery, and A+E on board to participate. AOL is also participating, the only digital video provider to do so at launch.  The tool will  allow networks to track views on their own desktop websites..

Wednesday's Trivia Question: Crane, Poole & Schmidt  NAME THE SHOW

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