Ratings Five-Spot, WE 4/22/12 - Eureka, Private Practice, Revenge, Parks and Rec, Veep

This week's Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV examines the final season premiere of Eureka on Syfy, a new timeslot for Private Practice, the post-hiatus returns of Revenge and Parks and Recreation, and HBO's second Sunday comedy premiere in as many weeks with Veep. Check it out!

The Five-Spots are my recaps of what aired, what got renewed/cancelled and what rated well or poorly last week in TV. For more Five-Spots, see the Index.

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 4/15/12 - Glee, Apartment 23, The Big Bang Theory, NYC 22, Girls

This week's Ratings Five-Spot over at SpoilerTV looks at the return of Glee, the opening of Apartment 23, the 9:00 tryout of The Big Bang Theory, the dead arrival of NYC 22 and the premiere of Girls. Check it out!

The Five-Spots are my recaps of what aired, what got renewed/cancelled and what rated well or poorly last week in TV. For more Five-Spots, see the Index.

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 4/8/12 - One Tree Hill, BFFs, Scandal, The Finder, The Client List

This week's Ratings Five-Spot over at SpoilerTV bids adieu to One Tree Hill (plus likely The Finder based on its Friday start) and says hello to NBC sitcom Best Friends Forever, ABC drama Scandal and Lifetime newbie The Client List. Check it out!

The Five-Spots are my recaps of what aired, what got renewed/cancelled and what rated well or poorly last week in TV. For more Five-Spots, see the Index.

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 4/1/12 - Body of Proof, CSI: NY, Game of Thrones, The Killing, Bones

This week's Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV examines three pairs of shows headed in different directions. We start with the bubble dramas Body of Proof and CSI: NY, which responded quite differently to increased lead-ins. Then we look at cable dramas Game of Thrones and The Killing, two shows on starkly different trajectories in their sophomore seasons. And finally, we examine the vastly changed relationship between Fox dramas Bones and House. Check it out!

The Five-Spots are my recaps of what aired, what got renewed/cancelled and what rated well or poorly last week in TV. For more Five-Spots, see the Index.

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 3/18/12 - South Park, Community, Missing, In Plain Sight, The Walking Dead

This week's Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV examines the return of South Park, the shockingly big return of Community, the series premiere of Missing, USA Network's return to Friday with In Plain Sight and Fairly Legal, and yet another mind-blowing set of The Walking Dead numbers. Check it out!

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 3/11/12 - Raising Hope, Happiily Divorced, The Mentalist, Harry's Law, Bob's Burgers

This week's Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV examines Fox's new Tuesday two-hour sitcom block, the return of Happily Divorced on TV Land, CBS' Friday test of The Mentalist, the stark viewers/demo contrast of Harry's Law and the season two premiere of Bob's Burgers. Check it out!

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 3/4/12 - Awake, GCB, America's Next Top Model, Army Wives, Breakout Kings

This week's Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV looks at two series premieres - NBC's Awake and ABC's GCB - plus the season premieres of CW's disastrous America's Next Top Model, Lifetime's Army Wives and A&E's Breakout Kings. Check it out!

The Five-Spots are my recaps of what aired, what got renewed/cancelled and what rated well or poorly last week in TV. For more Five-Spots, see the Index.

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 2/19/12 - Ratings Carnage, Smash, Cougar Town, A Gifted Man, Reality Premieres

This week's Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV examines the general ratings carnage a bit more (I crunched some median week-to-week drop numbers you might find interesting), looks at the continued downturn of Smash, the underwhelming Cougar Town premiere, the new Friday situation for A Gifted Man, and a trio of solid reality premieres this week. Check it out!

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 2/12/12 - Smash, The River, Person of Interest, The Walking Dead, Comic Book Men

This week's Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV examines the less-than-great premieres of Smash and The River, the rise of Person of Interest, yet another big step up for The Walking Dead, and the disappointing start for Dead lead-out Comic Book Men. Check it out!

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 1/29/12 - Touch, CSI, The Big Bang Theory, The Finder, Chuck

This week's Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV looks at Fox's preview of Touch, the final CSI for Marg Helgenberger, the way shows like Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory are wearing away at American Idol's "Death Star" label, the odd pair of increases from The Finder and the series finale of Chuck. Check it out!

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 1/22/12 - Alcatraz, Justified, Royal Pains, Archer, Grimm

This week's Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV has one "spot" for each of the first five days of the week. We visit Monday's Alcatraz premiere, Tuesday's cable drama smackdown between Justified, White Collar and Southland, Wednesday's soft Royal Pains premiere, Thursday's Archer/Unsupervised block and Friday's big upswings from Chuck and Grimm. Check it out!

The Five-Spots are my recaps of what aired, what got renewed/cancelled and what rated well or poorly last week in TV. For more Five-Spots, see the Index.

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 1/15/12 - The Game, One Tree Hill, 30 Rock, Rob, The Finder

The midseason shows are pouring in, and this week's Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV examines the return of The Game on BET, the final season premiere of One Tree Hill, NBC's sitcom shuffling, last week's wave of critically-panned comedies and the weak start for The Finder on Fox. Check it out!

The Five-Spots are my recaps of what aired, what got renewed/cancelled and what rated well or poorly last week in TV. For more Five-Spots, see the Index.

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 1/8/12 - Pretty Little Liars, Work It, Once Upon a Time, The Firm, Shameless

This week's Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV kicks off midseason 2012 by breaking down ABC Family's four drama premieres, the underwhelming opening ratings from Work It, a couple pleasantly surprising drama performances last week on ABC, the disastrous start for The Firm and Showtime's strong opening Sunday. Check it out!

The Five-Spots are my recaps of what aired, what got renewed/cancelled and what rated well or poorly last week in TV. For more Five-Spots, see the Index.

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 12/25/11 - Homeland, Terra Nova, American Horror Story, The X Factor, Who's Still Standing?

2011's final Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV wraps up some of the last few fall finales of 2011. I cover Homeland, Terra Nova, American Horror Story and The X Factor and also look at NBC's holiday-time run of Who's Still Standing? Check it out!

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 12/11/11 - Once Upon a Time, Hell on Wheels, Luck, Fear Factor, 2 Broke Girls

This week's Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV takes a look at the recent struggles of Once Upon a Time and Hell on Wheels, the soft preview ratings from HBO's Luck, the big debut of Fear Factor and the 8:00 tryout for 2 Broke Girls. Check it out!

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 12/4/11 - The Closer, Ringer, I Hate My Teenage Daughter, The Exes, Burn Notice

This week's Ratings Five-Spot over at SpoilerTV breaks down TNT's winter premiere Monday, the increasingly hard to overlook comparisons between Ringer and Hart of Dixie, the premieres of Wednesday sitcoms Teenage Daughter and The Exes, and the network-wide upswing on USA last week. Check it out!

The Five-Spots are my recaps of what aired, what got renewed/cancelled and what rated well or poorly last week in TV. For more Five-Spots, see the Index.

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 11/27/11 - You Deserve It, Revenge, Holiday Specials, Leverage, The Walking Dead

It's a couple days later than usual thanks to Nielsen's Thanksgiving weekend delays, but this week's Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV is here, and it takes a look at ABC's new game show You Deserve It, the "Thanksgiving Eve effect" (and wondering whether serialized drama Revenge can get through it), a roundup of movies and holiday specials, the winter return of Leverage and the fall finale of The Walking Dead. Check it out!

The Five-Spots are my recaps of what aired, what got renewed/cancelled and what rated well or poorly last week in TV. For more Five-Spots, see the Index.

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 11/20/11 - How I Met Your Mother, Once Upon a Time, Glee, The Office, Nikita

With lots of new episodes but very few premieres in November, this week's Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV takes a look at some general trends I've noticed during this November sweep period. If you've been following my Demos Year-to-Year end-of-week summaries, you've probably noticed me hint at all of this stuff before. But I take this opportunity to flesh out those trends a little more. Check it out!

The Five-Spots are my recaps of what aired, what got renewed/cancelled and what rated well or poorly last week in TV. For more Five-Spots, see the Index.

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 11/6/11 - New Girl, Covert Affairs, Bones, Burn Notice, Hell on Wheels

This week's Ratings Five-Spot at SpoilerTV takes a look at the shaky post-baseball returns of Fox's scripted shows (especially Glee and New Girl), the season premieres of Covert Affairs, Bones and Burn Notice and the series premiere of AMC's Hell on Wheels. Check it out!

The Five-Spots are my recaps of what aired, what got renewed/cancelled and what rated well or poorly last week in TV. For more Five-Spots, see the Index.

Ratings Five-Spot, WE 10/30/11 - Happy Endings, Beavis and Butt-head, Chuck, Grimm, Allen Gregory

This week's Ratings Five-Spot over at SpoilerTV takes a look at the shows that benefited from Wednesday's World Series rainout (especially Happy Endings), MTV's premiere of Beavis and Butt-head, NBC's Friday premieres of Chuck and Grimm, and Sunday's debut of Allen Gregory. Check it out!

The Five-Spots are my recaps of what aired, what got renewed/cancelled and what rated well or poorly last week in TV. For more Five-Spots, see the Index.