SAMCRO Defeats Leno: FX Beats NBC, ABC in Ratings

Thump-thump. Thump-thump.

That was the sound of broadcast network television getting run over, twice, by FX’s biker drama, Sons of Anarchy, Tuesday night. For the first time, SoA defeated both NBC’s Jay Leno Show and ABC’s The Forgotten in the 18 to 49 ratings, which, as network programmers will tell you incessantly, is the only rating that matters when it comes to advertising money.

Since all 10 p.m. programming this year must be viewed within the prism of the Great Leno Experiment, what does this mean for Jay?

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The Morning After: Mama Said Lock You Up

There’s a lot of triage involved in the fall debut season for me; some shows that are notably good, or bad, or just interesting, I’ll review at length. Others get a warning to stay away, while some seem so review-proof that adding my two cents seems redundant. Last night’s The Forgotten and L.L. Cool J’s NCIS: [...]