Shark (tv program)

With one freshman show, "Six Degrees," struggling to hold onto the "Grey's Anatomy" audience, ABC will try another one on Thursday nights. The dramedy "Men in Trees" will take over the 10 p.m. ET Thursday spot starting Thursday, Nov. 30. The series,...

Would that it were possible to discuss CBS' new drama "Shark" without describing it as "'House' with Lawyers." Unfortunately, the reason you'll see so many critics resort to this comparison -- pity the tasteless scribe who doesn't give the clear advantage...

NBC's plan at the start of this season was to make the 10 p.m. Thursday timeslot, one of its most valuable time periods, rerun-free for all of 2006-07. Then "ER" went and regained its former spot at the top of the ratings in that hour, forcing the...

Fast National ratings for Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006 Some of the strongest ratings of the season for "CSI" and "Shark" led CBS to a ratings victory Thursday night. CBS averaged an 11.3 rating/18 share in primetime to beat out ABC's 10.5/16. NBC was well...

James Woods will long remember the summer of 2006, for profoundly different reasons. In July, he began work on his new CBS drama "Shark" -- premiering Thursday, Sept. 21 -- and almost immediately, he lost his younger brother, Michael, to a heart attack,...

The Thursday night ratings war will likely rage throughout the season, but ABC, fueled by "Grey's Anatomy," has won the first battle. What was supposed to be the season's most heated confrontation turned out not to be, because on Thursday (Sept. 21)...

Fast National ratings for Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006 "Ugly Betty" got off to a strong start for ABC Thursday, but CBS reclaimed its spot at the night's most-watched network and closed the gap with the Alphabet considerably in the all-important adults 18-49...

ABC and NBC have given small votes of confidence to some new series, asking for extra scripts on four different shows. NBC's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" received an order for three more scripts, while ABC has requested four stories from the writers...

Fast National ratings for Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006 ABC and CBS made Thursday's ratings a two-horse race for the third week in a row, with CBS leading overall and ABC topping the 18-49 demographic. CBS' 10.7 rating/17 share among households beat ABC's 10....

Loretta Devine, seen occasionally on "Grey's Anatomy" as the Chief's estranged wife, is angling for a more regular gig on ABC. The "Waiting to Exhale" star has signed on to the network's pilot "Eli Stone," where she'll star opposite Jonny Lee Miller ("...

Fast National ratings for Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006 The next-to-last episode of "Survivor: Cook Islands" drove CBS to a ratings win Thursday on a rerun-heavy night. CBS averaged an 8.4 rating/14 share for the evening, easily beating second-place ABC's 5....

Sci Fi Channel has ordered a six-hour miniseries based on Neal Stephenson's best-selling novel "The Diamond Age: Or a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" to be produced by George Clooney. During its Television Critic's Association press tour panel, Sci Fi...