Viewers Still Love TV – They Just Don’t Watch on, You Know, TV

Today’s Question: If the Apocalypse comes calling but you don’t see it on your iPhone or iPad…was it real?

New Research Says Viewers Remain Devoted to TV Programming — Even Though They’re Increasingly Watching It Online and on Tablets – by Team TVWriter Press Service (in other words, this is a press release)

A new study offers encouraging data for TV programmers, indicating that fears of losing viewers to YouTube, Netflix and other new media may be overblown. read article

munchman’s Laugh of the Day

Serious bizness, yah. But I can’t help it. This strikes me as, um, well, erm funny:

1 picture is worth a million words of complaint (The violence definitely isn’t funny. The official reaction to it, OTOH…)

Showtime’s ‘Homeland’ Receives Threat of Legal Action From Government of Lebanon – by Team TVWriter Press Service (via UK Telegraph)

The award-winning Showtime drama “Homeland” has received a legal threat from Lebanon, with the country’s minister of tourism expressing outrage at Beirut’s portrayal by the show as a city filled with terrorists, reports the U.K.’s Telegraph.

The story was reported before Beirut was rocked Friday by a deadly car bombing. read article

Ever Wonder What Network Press Releases Look Like?

Well, here’s one we got yesterday:

Hello and a Happy Monday to you!

With the adventures of DEXTER and HOMELAND continuing last night, there’s a whole lot more in store for us to chat about this week! read article

NBC Wins Premiere Week in Key 18-49 Demo

…And not because the network has improved that much (at least it doesn’t seem like it has to demanding ole us).

by Team TVWriter News Service

NBC has finished #1 in adults 18-49 for premiere week of the 2012-13 television season, marking the network’s first outright victory during premiere week since 2003. Led by “Sunday Night Football,” “The Voice” and “Go On,” NBC delivered an average 2.9 rating, 8 share in adults 18-49 and 8.2 million viewers overall for the primetime ratings week of September 24-30, according to “live plus same day” viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research. read article

“Best Cult TV Series Ever, according to “Entertainment Weekly”

EW Picks the Best Cult TV Series Ever. Here’s EW’s Top 10. In at No. 1 Is a British Import – by TeamTVWriter Press Service

Entertainment Weekly has published its choices for the best cult TV series ever. Counting from No. 10 to No. 1, here are EW’s choices. The only show that might be hard to place by some is EW’s choice for the No. 9 slot, “The Comeback.” It was only on one season — 2005 — on HBO and starred Lisa Kudrow. read article