My Own Primetime Schedule

DVRs allow you to make your own TV schedule. So do it.

Of course I put four comedies and a drama on Thursdays.

		8pm	8:30	9pm	9:30	10pm	10:30
Sunday		Ben & Kate	Suburgatory	Real Time		Apartment 23	Brand X
Monday		New Girl	Parks & Rec	Project Runway		Treme
Tuesday		Dan Vs	Bob's Burgers	30 Rock	Community	The League	The Inbetweeners
Wednes.		Conan			Adult Swim	South Park	Key & Peele
Thursday		The Simpsons	Cleveland	Family Guy	American Dad	Boardwalk Empire
Friday		Modern Family	Up All Night	Raising Hope	Mindy	IFC Movie ...
Saturday		Hockey Night

Sunday at 7pm: Touch

NHL games fill the rest of the schedule. Chelsea Lately, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report fill in for shows in primetime during rerun weeks.


Mid-Season
Dallas takes Mondays at 10.
Shameless takes over for Boardwalk Empire.
Futurama alternates with South Park.
Archer takes over for Key & Peele.
House of Lies is penciled-in to replace 30 Rock.
Portlandia and Workaholics share Tuesdays at 10pm.
After Lately takes the place of Inbetweeners.
Eastbound and Down and Veep share Sundays at 10:30.
Based on NBC's awful new Fall comedies and the track record of mid-season replacements, I assume Community will get the back nine.



For inspiration, try Canada's Fall Schedule and Tim Goodman's recommended shows.

What I Watch: Summer 2012

It's the middle of Summer, the season when basic cable grabs the spotlight and the networks put on terrible reality shows.

Two weeks ago, I started sampling a ton of shows I'd never seen. At this point, I've rejected 70 series, and picked up five: The Eric Andre Show, Project Runway, Franklin & Bash, Workaholics, and John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show.

My television habits this Summer lean British: Gordon Ramsay, Heidi Klum (oh wait), John Oliver, Alfred Hitchcock, Malcolm McDowell, Ricky Gervais, Russell Brand, Outnumbered, and the couple on Episodes.

	show	slot	network	dates
	The Jack Benny Program	2am Monday-Friday	AntennaTV
	Chelsea Lately	11pm Monday-Thursday	E!
	Conan	11pm Monday-Thursday	TBS
	The Daily Show	11pm Monday-Thursday	Comedy Central
	The Colbert Report	11:30 Monday-Thursday	Comedy Central
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	12am Tuesday-Friday	AntennaTV
	Punk Payback	various overnight	FuelTV
	NewsRadio	8pm Sunday	AntennaTV
	Episodes	10:30 Sunday	Showtime	July 7 - August 26
	Aqua	12:00am Monday	Adult Swim	June 24 - August 26
	The Eric Andre Show	12:30am Monday	Adult Swim	May 21 - July 30
	Hell's Kitchen	8pm Monday & Tuesday	FOX	June 4 - September 10
	MasterChef	9pm Monday & Tuesday	FOX	June 4 - September 4
	Franklin & Bash	10pm Tuesday	TNT	June 5 - August 14
	Workaholics	10:30 Tuesday	Comedy Central	May 29 - July 31
	Nature	8pm Wednesday	PBS
	Dallas	9pm Wednesday	TNT	June 13 - August 8
	Futurama	10pm Wednesday	Comedy Central	June 20 - September 5
	Through the Wormhole	10pm Wednesday	Science	June 6 - August 8
	Project Runway	9pm Thursday	Lifetime	July 19 - October 18
	Louie	10:30 Thursday	FX	July 28 - September 20
	Brand X	11pm Thursday	FX	June 28 - August 2
	The Ricky Gervais Show	9pm Friday	HBO	April 20 - July 13
	Real Time	10pm Friday	HBO	returns August 17
	John Oliver's NY Stand-Up Show	11pm Friday	Comedy Central	July 20 - August 24
	Dan Vs.	3pm Saturday	The Hub	May 19 - June 23
	Suspense Theatre	10pm Saturday	AntennaTV

credit: futon critic for dates.


Finished The Twilight Zone (1960s, Syfy).
Caught up on Outnumbered (PBS).

Greenblatt Admits NBC Will Suck Next Season

When you lie, you should at least try to make your lies plausible. Granted, NBC's recent history and near-future make that difficult.

"NBC Entertainment chairman" Robert Greenblatt implied at the TCA conference this morning that he doesn't know if the new sitcoms on his Fall schedule are clever or smart.

Variety says he thinks Whitney and Up All Night were steps in the right direction. While that's vague enough, it becomes a lie in the context of smart and clever.

But Greenbo should have some judgment on shows that already have a handful of episodes in the can. It's too late to use weasel words like hope.

Greenblatt has pinned his hopes for these new shows on promotion during The Summer Olympics, going so far as to offer commercial-free debuts of Animal Practice and Go On.

But even if people take a bite of your free samples, they won't come back and buy the product week after week if the sample tastes awful.

Furthermore, "NBC's reality chief" Paul Telegdy insists that two cycles of The Voice this season will not hurt the franchise because they've retooled later rounds to include spinning chairs and whatnot. That misses the point. The point is that after crowning the best amateur singer in December, people won't be as willing to restart the process in January. It weakens the concept. Dancing with the Stars can get away with it because it's more like a game show.

But maybe The Voice wouldn't have had a long lifespan as a galvanizing force anyway, as its ratings this Spring fell behind the CBS comedy machine.


And regarding The Today Show, Greenblatt suggests that it will come back to have a comfortable lead over Good Morning America, but offered no reason for that statement beyond the hope, again, that The Olympics will help.

The Sub-2.0 Club, 2011-2012

Last season's Sub-2.0 Club had a lot fewer members.

New members include The Simpsons, The Biggest Loser, and Bones.

House and Desperate Housewives would also have been included, had they not been canceled.

ABC AFV Body of Proof Celebrity Wife Swap Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23 Happy Endings Last Man Standing The Middle Private Practice Shark Tank Scandal Suburgatory 20/20 What Would You Do? Winter Wipeout

FOX American Dad Bob's Burgers Bones Cleveland COPS Fringe Kitchen Nightmares Raising Hope The Simpsons Touch

NBC The Biggest Loser Celebrity Apprentice Community Dateline Fashion Star Grimm Law & Order: SVU Off Their Rockers Parenthood Parks and Recreation Rock Center Smash 30 Rock Whitney Who Do You Think You Are?

CBS Blue Bloods CSI: NY 48 Hours Mystery The Good Wife The Mentalist 60 Minutes Undercover Boss

Excluded: CW, sports, cable, and shows already axed.

NBC's Progress

Steve Burke said of the NBC broadcast network, “We’re underperforming our peers….We’re starting to make some progress, but there’s a long way to go.”

Starting to make some progress? The season average for NBC's best hope, "The Voice" just fell below "American Idol" despite its massive post-Super Bowl numbers, and "Idol"'s massive 30% decline since last season.

How do NBC's ratings for the first week of May sweeps fare when compared to the first week of last year's May sweeps?

RATINGS DIFFERENCE, YEAR-TO-YEAR The Office -50% (Carrell's farewell) The Voice -39% Dateline Sunday -36% Celebrity Apprentice -35% Parks & Recreation -30% Law & Order: SVU -29% The Biggest Loser -19% 30 Rock -16% Dateline Friday -8% The Today Show (falling into 2nd place) Community (even) NHL (up)	NEW SERIES ABOVE NBC'S 1.6 AVERAGE LAST WEEK Smash (1.8 on Monday)
source: spotted ratings

There's only one conclusion. Steve Burke is talking about hockey. HOCKEY IS NOW NBC'S BEST HOPE.

The CBS Sitcom Shuffle

I've been playing CBS network programmer on twitter (!?).

CBS has many good (rated) sitcoms and not enough good dramas. Comedies are hot, dramas are not.

It's pretty much a given that CBS will expand their comedy portfolio by an hour next season. Thursday at 9pm would be the most logical place to build

With the prospect of facing "The Voice" and "Dancing with the Stars" on Mondays this Fall, CBS should keep its Monday sitcom line-up as strong as possible.

Monday's weak link, "Mike & Molly" has had the benefit of a "Two and a Half Men" lead-in for two seasons. It's time for those two birds to leave the nest.

But recognize that the weak link faced the strongest half hours of "Dancing" and "The Voice."

Thursday at 8pm without "The Big Bang Theory" becomes a weak time slot. The top dog in the hour in the Fall, "The X Factor," doesn't hurt CBS the way it hurts ABC & NBC, and is the main reason ABC & NBC can't capitalize on this vacuum.

CBS is known for its stability. Keeping 3/4 of the Monday lineup intact, and "Rules of Engagement" on Thursdays at 8:30 will provide that stability.

Fueling speculation (from me, at least) about the "Mike & Molly" pairing with "Rules of Engagement" is their rerun paring on April 20 at 8-9pm, as well as their scheduled rerun pairing on Wednesday, May 16, at 8-9pm.


CBS Sitcoms on Monday
8pm How I Met Your Mother
8:30 2 Broke Girls
9pm Two and a Half Men
9:30 new sitcom

CBS Sitcoms on Thursday
8pm Mike & Molly
8:30 Rules of Engagement
9pm The Big Bang Theory
9:30 new sitcom



But what do I know? I've never seen a full episode of any of these shows.

This Is What NBC Was Promoting

With NBC currently flat-lining every day that doesn't begin with "Mon," maybe it's true that NBC has been successfully using sports as a promotional platform.

Let's look back at the new series NBC was promoting during the last Summer Olympics, in Beijing in 2008.

America's Toughest Jobs
Crusoe
Kath & Kim
Knight Rider
My Own Worst Enemy

A missed opportunity.


How about the new shows for Fall 2009 that were promoted week after week during Sunday Night Football?

Community
The Jay Leno Show
Mercy
Trauma

One fan favorite that continues to hang on by its fingernails.


What about new Spring series promoted during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics?

The Marriage Ref
Parenthood
Who Do You Think You Are?

Two of them are still around, but by no means are they hits.


Fall 2010?

Chase
The Event
Law & Order: Los Angeles
Outlaw
Outsourced
Undercovers

That is embarrassing.


Fall 2011?

Free Agents
Grimm
The Playboy Club
Prime Suspect
Up All Night
Whitney

Ouch.


But Fall 2012 is going to be different!

How Bad Have the Ratings Been?

In April's first 12 days, more than 20 series have set or tied series lows, and some of these lows are milestones.

The Office finally beat its previous series low of 2.3 set seven years ago.
CSI: Miami went out out on a new low.
Heading down its final stretch, House fell below 2.0 for the first time. On the same night, Bones tied a series low set in 2009.
American Idol fell below 4.0 for the first time.
NBC's savior The Voice dropped to new lows, and its top drama, Smash, has yet to bottom out.
2.5 Men tied its series low of 3.6, first set five years ago (but also tied this February).

This follows a normally-bad-but-not-this-bad February and March, when The CW posted lows across the schedule, and The Simpsons bottomed out at 2.0.


Six weeks remain in the season. It may get worse.

How Low Is NBC's Bar?

Whelp, NBC has proven that it can do worse than 1.4.

Rock Center
Bent
Awake
Harry's Law
Who Do You Think You Are? (Friday)
Dateline (Friday)
Chuck (done)
The Firm (axed)
Free Agents (axed)
Prime Suspect (axed)
The Playboy Club (axed)

And, having seen two episodes, I would guess Chelsea costs almost nothing to make.

Update:
Community
Grimm (Friday)
Up All Night
30 Rock
Best Friends Forever

FOX 2012-13

Spot went though FOX's line-up today and pondered its shows' prospects in an even-handed and level-headed manner.

Well, I'm a fool and about to rush in.

Sunday
Cartoons. Only FOX knows if "Napoleon Dynamite" passed its test. If it has, I'd pare it down to 11-minute episodes and put it on the new Saturday night cartoon block.

Saturday
"COPS" has been pre-empted this season by baseball, MMA fights, "America's Most Wanted" specials, and "Q'Viva." Send it to Friday and let reruns fill the gaps between specials.

Friday
"COPS" at 8pm, "Kitchen Nightmares" at 9pm. Done.

Thursday
"X Factor" / "American Idol" at 8pm, new drama at 9pm.

Wednesday
"X Factor" / "American Idol" at 8pm, "Glee" at 9pm.

Tuesday
"Raising Hope" at 8pm, "New Girl" at 9pm, new sitcoms in between.

Monday
"Bones" at 8pm, new drama at 9pm. "Touch" takes over at 9pm in the Spring.


Tally
2 new dramas and 2 new sitcoms in the Fall.
2 new sitcoms and 1 new drama as backup in the Spring.
More specials and more cartoons on Saturdays.
That's certainly in line with FOX's recent programming decisions and its already-announced plans.

NBC Thursday Sitcoms Average 1.7

One year ago, "The Office" was at 3.3. But that's an unfair comparison because people like Steve Carrell.

NBC's Wednesday sitcoms "Whitney" and "Chelsea" averaged 1.55 this week.

Monday the 13th

The days are getting longer and the ratings are falling further.

I watched the Sharks vs Capitals.

The Year in Drafts, 2011

Posts I Didn't Care to Complete, 2011


Does Robert Greenblatt Give a Fuck? (December 9)
He works for a cable company.


Laugh-Enhanced (December 3)
Laughter is a crutch.


Network as Punchline (November 18)
NBC is. CW was, before people stopped caring.


The Critics versus Prime Suspect (October 29)
Why did the critics think the average NBC viewer was intimately familiar with the British version?


What They Said in 2010 (May 16, around the Upfronts)
Praise for My Generation and Off the Map.


The TV Litmus Test (April 18)
If it's better than Modern Family, watch it. If it's worse, don't.

Fall 2011 Schedule Prediction: April 5

Fall 2011
Sunday	07:00:00 PM	08:00:00 PM	08:30:00 AM	09:00:00 PM	09:30:00	10:00:00 PM	10:30:00 AM
ABC	AFV	Weght Loss Edition		Desperate Housewives		Missing
CBS	60 Minutes	The Amazing Race		NCIS: LA		CSI: Miami
NBC	NFL / Dateline	NFL
FOX	NFL / animation	Simpsons	Cleveland	Family Guy	American Dad
Monday	08:00:00 PM	08:30:00 PM	09:00:00 PM	09:30:00	10:00:00 PM	10:30:00 AM	Midseason
ABC	DWTS				Pan Am		Council of Dads
CBS	Mike & Molly	Two Broke Girls	2.5 Men	Home Game	Hawaii Five-0		Touch
NBC	Biggest Loser				Parenthood		Exit Strategy
FOX	House		Alcatraz				Kitchen Nightmares
Tuesday	08:00:00 PM	08:30:00 PM	09:00:00 PM	09:30:00	10:00:00 PM	10:30:00 AM	Hell's Kitchen
ABC	Cougar Town	Suburgatory	DWTS results		Charlie's Angels		Bob's Burgers
CBS	NCIS		The Remberer		CSI		Tagged
NBC	Wonder Woman		Smash		Law & Order: L.A.		Brave New World
FOX	Glee		I Hate My Teenage Daughter	Raising Hope			Lovelives
Wednesday	08:00:00 PM	08:30:00 PM	09:00:00 PM	09:30:00	10:00:00 PM	10:30:00 AM	S.I.L.A.
ABC	Tim Allen	Bad Mom	Modern Family	Apt. 23	Body of Proof		Whitney Cummings
CBS	Survivor		Criminal Minds		Rookies		Celebrity Apprentice
NBC	Paul Reiser	Bent	Parks	30 Rock	Law & Order: SVU		The Assistants
FOX	X Factor / Idol / So Dance						Vince Uncensored
Thursday	08:00:00 PM	08:30:00 PM	09:00:00 PM	09:30:00	10:00:00 PM	10:30:00 AM	Person of Interest
ABC	Grace		Grey's Anatomy		Private Practice		Hail Mary
CBS	How I Met Your Mother	Herd Mentality	The Big Bang Theory	Gentleman	The Mentalist		Undercover Boss
NBC	Community	Chelsea	The Office	Free Agents	Playboy		My Freakin' Family
FOX	X Factor / Idol / So Dance		Terra Nova				Other People's Kids
Friday	08:00:00 PM	08:30:00 PM	09:00:00 PM	09:30:00	10:00:00 PM	10:30:00 AM	Damage Control
ABC	Wipeout		The Middle	Smothered	20/20		Good Christian Bitches
CBS	Ringer		The Good Wife		CSI: NY		Home Edition
NBC	Minute to Win It		Dateline		Harry's Law		What Would You Do
FOX	Bones		Fringe				CW
Saturday	08:00:00 PM	08:30:00 PM	09:00:00 PM	09:30:00	10:00:00 PM	10:30:00 AM	Mon 90210/Gossip Girl
ABC	College Football						Tue Hellcats/Danni Lowinski
CBS					48 Hours		Wed Model/Cooper & Stone
NBC							Thu Vampire D./Awakening
FOX	cops		America's Most Wanted				Fri Supernatural/Nikita

Update: Hold Weight Loss for midseason, plug in the accidentally-omitted Castle.

The Sub-2.0 Club

ABC Better with You Off the Map V AFV 20/20 What Would You Do?

FOX American Dad Cops Traffic Light Fringe Kitchen Nightmares

NBC Community Chuck Harry's Law Minute to Win It Parenthood Perfect Couples Outsourced America's Next Great Restaurant The Event Dateline Who Do You Think You Are?

CBS Blue Bloods CSI: NY 48 Hours Mystery 60 Minutes

Excluded: CW, cable, and shows already axed.

The Axe Forecast

The Axe Forecast The Event Monday 9pm NBC Perfect Couples Thursday 8:30 NBC Mad Love Monday 8:30 CBS Shit My Dad Says Thursday 8:30 CBS Traffic Light Tuesday 9:30 FOX Off the Map Wednesday 10pm ABC Blue Bloods Friday 10pm CBS Chicago Code Monday 9pm FOX Mr. Sunshine Wednesday 8:30 ABC

Axed Series, 2010-2011 1. Lone Star 2. My Generation 3. Outlaw 4. Medium 5. Life Unexpected 6. Undercovers 7. School Pride 8. The Chase 9. The Whole Truth 10. Running Wilde 11. The Good Guys 12. Detroit 1-8-7 13. The Cape 14. Chase 15. No Ordinary Family 16. Chaos Full List, with Cable Series

Pre-Season Predictions TTVR's June 16 Forecast for the First 10 Axed Series of 2010-2011: 1. The Good Guys 2. Defenders 3. Nikita 4. Mike & Molly 5. Human Target 6. Medium 7. Detroit 187 8. Love Bites 9. No Ordinary Family 10. Bob's Burgers Update: Love Bites never got made. Bob's Burgers was renewed, and Mike & Molly and Nikita are presumably safe.

SheenWatch2011(TM)

SheenWatch2011(TM): The TV Ratings' Extensive Charlie Sheen Coverage

✪ March 7: Sheen Fired for "Moral Turpitude"

✪ March 1: IT'S ALLWAYS SUNNY IN SHEENSVILLE USA, CAMPER

✪ February 26: Charlie Sheen bumps Detroit 1-8-7 on March 1.

✪ February 24: 2½ Men done for this season

✪ February 16: 2½ Men goes back into production Feb. 28 for 4 more episodes, for a total of 20

✪ February 1: CBS orders two more episodes of Rules of Engagement, likely to order more episodes of other sitcoms to cover 2½ Men hiatus

✪ January 28: 2½ Men put on hiatus, but not to retool it in the hopes of making it funny

The Purple Network

The old red and blue networks have enough decently-rated shows combined to re-merge into a network that can almost beat CBS and FOX.

Sunday: NFL Monday: Dancing with the Stars, Desperate Housewives Tuesday: DWTS results, The Biggest Loser Wednesday: Parenthood, Modern Family, The Middle, SVU Thursday: The Office, 30 Rock, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice Friday: AFV, Extreme Makeover, 20/20 Saturday: College Football

Ten O'Clock Tumbleweeds

Tthe Nets have reached 3.0 at 10pm twice during February Sweeps -- the premiere of Suspect Behavior and a post-CSI:Bieber episode of The Mentalist.

10pm Ratings, February 3 - March 2, 2011

4.5	Jersey Shore	Thursday, February 3	MTV
4.2	Jersey Shore	Thursday, February 10	MTV
4.0	Jersey Shore	Thursday, February 17	MTV
4.0	Jersey Shore	Thursday, February 24	MTV
3.3	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior	Wednesday, February 16	CBS
3.0	The Mentalist	Thursday, February 17	CBS
2.9	The Mentalist	Thursday, February 10	CBS
2.9	The Mentalist	Thursday, February 3	CBS
2.8	The Mentalist	Thursday, February 24	CBS
2.8	Hawaii Five-0	Monday, February 7	CBS
2.8	Hawaii Five-0	Monday, February 14	CBS
2.8	Hawaii Five-0	Monday, February 21	CBS
2.8	Castle	Monday, February 28	ABC
2.6	Pawn Stars	Monday, February 7	History
2.6	Law & Order: SVU	Wednesday, February 9	NBC
2.6	Private Practice	Thursday, February 10	ABC
2.6	Castle	Monday, February 21	ABC
2.5	Private Practice	Thursday, February 3	ABC
2.5	Castle	Monday, February 7	ABC
2.5	Law & Order: SVU	Wednesday, February 16	NBC
2.4	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior	Wednesday, February 23	CBS
2.4	Pawn Stars	Monday, February 14	History
2.4	30 Rock	Thursday, February 3	NBC
2.3	30 Rock	Thursday, February 10	NBC
2.3	30 Rock	Thursday, February 24	NBC
2.3	Private Practice	Thursday, February 17	ABC
2.3	Private Practice	Thursday, February 24	ABC
2.2	CSI: Miami	Sunday, February 20	CBS
2.2	Law & Order: SVU	Wednesday, February 16	NBC
2.2	Castle	Monday, February 14	ABC
2.2	The Good Wife	Tuesday, February 8	CBS
2.2	The Game	Tuesday, February 8	BET
2.2	Teen Mom	Tuesday, February 22	MTV
2.1	Teen Mom	Tuesday, February 15	MTV
2.1	Tosh.O	Tuesday, February 8	Comedy
2.1	Blue Bloods	Wednesday, February 9	CBS
2.1	Parenthood	Tuesday, February 22	NBC
2.0	30 Rock	Thursday, February 17	NBC
2.0	Tosh.O	Tuesday, February 22	Comedy
2.0	The Good Wife	Tuesday, February 15	CBS
2.0	The Good Wife	Tuesday, February 22	CBS
1.9	The Game	Tuesday, February 15	BET
1.9	The Game	Tuesday, February 22	BET
1.9	CSI: NY	Friday, February 4	CBS
1.9	Off the Map	Wednesday, February 9	ABC
1.9	Parenthood	Tuesday, February 8	NBC
1.9	Parenthood	Tuesday, February 15	NBC
1.9	Brothers & Sisters	Sunday, February 20	ABC
1.8	Brothers & Sisters	Sunday, February 13	ABC
1.8	Harry's Law	Monday, February 28	NBC
1.8	Teen Mom 2	Tuesday, February 8	MTV
1.8	Outsourced (10:30)	Thursday, February 3	NBC
1.7	Outsourced (10:30)	Thursday, February 10	NBC
1.7	Tosh.O	Tuesday, February 15	Comedy
1.7	Off the Map	Wednesday, February 23	ABC
1.7	Harry's Law	Monday, February 7	NBC
1.7	Harry's Law	Monday, February 14	NBC
1.7	Harry's Law	Monday, February 21	NBC
1.7	Blue Bloods	Friday, February 25	CBS
1.5	Outsourced (10:30)	Thursday, February 17	NBC
1.5	Off the Map	Wednesday, February 16	ABC
1.5	Blue Bloods	Friday, February 18	CBS
1.5	20/20	Friday, February 25	ABC
1.4	Outsourced (10:30)	Thursday, February 24	NBC
1.3	Detroit 1-8-7	Tuesday, February 8	ABC
1.2	Detroit 1-8-7	Tuesday, February 15	ABC
1.2	Primetime: What Would You Do?	Tuesday, February 22	ABC
1.2	48 Hours Mystery	Saturday, February 19	CBS
1.2	20/20	Friday, February 18	ABC
1.1	Barbara Walters Special	Friday, February 4	ABC
0.9	48 Hours Mystery	Saturday, February 5	CBS

Endurance Tests

	Mad Love	39 seconds of a preview clip
	Better Off Ted	1 minute
	Fringe	1 minute, 4 seconds (Firefly)
	Workaholics	1 minute, 9 seconds (Piss & Shit)
	Lone Star	1 minute, 31 seconds
	Perfect Couples	2 minutes, 12 seconds
	Chuck	2 minutes, 13 seconds (Seduction Impossible)
	How I Met Your Mother	3 minutes
	The Chicago Code	3 minutes (pilot)
	Fairly Legal	3 minutes, 55 seconds (pilot)
	Chaos	4 minutes, 4 seconds (pilot)
	Top Chef	5 minutes, 45 seconds (New York's Finest)
	Shameless	10 minutes
	V (2009)	11 minutes (pilot)
	Cougar Town	half an episode (s2e12)
	No Ordinary Family	1 episode (pilot)
	Traffic Light	1 episode (pilot)
	CSI	1 episode (Ann Margaret)
	Survivor	1 episode (season 1 finale)
	Weeds	1 episode (pilot)
	Tim & Eric	Tommy Wiseau episode and half of another one
	It's Always Sunny...	the two Dave Foley episodes
	Million Dollar Money Drop	2 episodes
	Parks & Recreation	one and a half seasons
	The Office	four and a half seasons