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Originally posted at PrimeTimeGeek.com.
(NOTE: During the broadcast and recording, while talking about Sir Anthony Hopkins appearing in the upcoming “Thor” feature film, I mistakenly referred to the film’s other stars as “Chris Farnsworth” and “Tom Middleton”, rather than Chris HEMSWORTH and Tom MIDDLESTON, respectively. I apologize for the confusion.)
PTG Episode 90 is brought to you by The CW. (not really) The execs over there have got to be pleased with themselves and their gamble on “Smallville: Absolute Justice”, the two-hour telemovie that aired last Friday night. According to TV Guide, “Absolute Justice” not only brought in Smallville’s best viewership numbers of the season (2.8 million viewers), but also gave The CW its best Friday night showing since September 2008. Not bad, but at the risk of being a party pooper, let’s keep things in perspective here–the winner for the night’s ratings, NUMB3RS, drew 9.18 million viewers, and CBS programming in general ruled the evening, with Ghost Whisperer and Medium drawing 8.77 million and 9.10 million viewers, respectively. Also, according to TVbytheNumbers, reruns of “Law and Order” and “House” beat out “Smallville: Absolute Justice” in the 8PM timeslot, drawing 3.85 and 5.64 million viewers, respectively. The Superman Homepage, while reporting these same numbers, put it best: “While the numbers are encouraging from a CW perspective, it’s hard to get too excited when repeats of “House” and “Law and Order” received higher ratings in the same time slot.” E-yeah, I’d have to agree.
In this episode: our review of “Smallville: Absolute Justice” (a mixed bag), along with thoughts some other headlines of the week, including news about possible reboots/remakes of Dune and Daredevil, and reviews of two Dynamite Entertainment comics released last Wednesday, The Lone Ranger #20 by Brett Matthews and Sergio Cariello, and The Boys #39 by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. Enjoy!
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