CBS wins May sweeps
If you look at the Nielsen ratings each week, where you see shows like Survivor, NCIS, all of the CSIs, Two and a Half Men, 60 Minutes, Without A Trace, and Criminal Minds consistently in the top 20, this probably won’t come as a surprise: CBS has won this year’s May sweeps period.
This is the sixth year in a row that the network has won the period. It also helped that CBS had some big specials this year, including the Academy of Country Music Awards. And here’s an interesting little factoid: CBS has the number one scripted show on five different nights: CSI: Miami on Mondays, NCIS on Tuesdays, Criminal Minds on Wednesdays, CSI on Thursdays, and Numb3rs on Fridays. The number one scripted show on Sundays is Desperate Housewives. As for Saturday, who the hell knows what’s going on that night.
The Eye has also been doing well since the writers strike ended and new programming started. Since March, CBS has been number one in viewers and number two in the 18 to 49 demographic. It seems that American Idol and Dancing with the Stars get the number one and two slots and all of the buzz when they are on, but overall, over the entire season, CBS does really well.
CBS wins May sweeps
If you look at the Nielsen ratings each week, where you see shows like Survivor, NCIS, all of the CSIs, Two and a Half Men, 60 Minutes, Without A Trace, and Criminal Minds consistently in the top 20, this probably won’t come as a surprise: CBS has won this year’s May sweeps period.
This is the sixth year in a row that the network has won the period. It also helped that CBS had some big specials this year, including the Academy of Country Music Awards. And here’s an interesting little factoid: CBS has the number one scripted show on five different nights: CSI: Miami on Mondays, NCIS on Tuesdays, Criminal Minds on Wednesdays, CSI on Thursdays, and Numb3rs on Fridays. The number one scripted show on Sundays is Desperate Housewives. As for Saturday, who the hell knows what’s going on that night.
The Eye has also been doing well since the writers strike ended and new programming started. Since March, CBS has been number one in viewers and number two in the 18 to 49 demographic. It seems that American Idol and Dancing with the Stars get the number one and two slots and all of the buzz when they are on, but overall, over the entire season, CBS does really well.
Clint Eastwood admits Scorsese may win first Academy Award
Clint Eastwood believes that Martin Scorsese will finally claim the Academy Award he so rightfuly deserves, and beat him to the Best Director prize.
Two years ago Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby beat Scorsese’s The Aviator.
“He [Scorsese] probably has a good chance, there is a lot of sympathy for him, but I have no control over any of that. I always feel sorry … for the others, because there are other nominees and they’ve worked very hard on their projects, too. I don’t think any two people should be singled out.”
Scorsese has seven Oscar nominations but has yet to win a Best Director Oscar. This factoid is one of the most told jokes in Hollywood. But there are more than a few great directors who have been nominated but never won a competitive Oscar for directing:
- Alfred Hitchcock (5 nominations)
- Robert Altman (5 nominations)
- Stanley Kubrick (4 nominations)
- Federico Fellini (4 nominations)
- Ingmar Bergman (3 nominations)
- David Lynch (3 nominations)
- George Lucas (2 nominations)
- Orson Welles (1 nominations)
Altman, Hitchcock, Fellini, Bergman, Welles, and Lucas have all been awarded honorary Oscars.
Scorsese’s editor Thelma Schoonmaker claims that Scorsese often says “We should feel lucky we even get to make movies anymore,” of his lack of Academy recognition.
But this year may be the year. Scorsese is 1-5 favorite to win his first Academy Award, as well as Best Motion Picture.