'Raising the Bar' ratings down, 'Nurse Jackie' Picked up for 2nd Season & More

TNT's Closer had a great opening this past Monday, according to news on THR.com. 'Raising the Bar', however, dropped 53%. Uh oh. I really do like' Raising the Bar'. Man , I wish Nielsen would come into my home.

I finally caught up and watched 'Nurse Jackie 'the other day (episodes 1 and 2 on Demand). I like it, and apparently so does the rest of the country. It was Showtime's most watched season premiere ever. As a result, 'Nurse Jackie' was already picked up for a second season. If you missed it, it's really gritty and probably the most "real" medical drama out there. Has a nice dark humor. Showtime seems to do dark humor quite well ('Dexter' has some humor and 'United States of Tara' ). What you'll find interesting is that Nurse Jackie had 1.35M viewers see it's premiere (it actually had 1M at it's first showing, and 1.35M at it's repeat hour), and it was picked up. Meanwhile shows on network stations that get 5M viewers are canceled. Interesting huh?

Fox is creating a reality series called 'More to Love' to be hosted by the plus size model Emma. It will be a dating show for "average people". Ah.. refreshing change. Getting bored with watching Barbie & Ken dolls on the 'Bachelor & Bachelorette'. There are some other dating/relationship type shows coming this fall , including 'The Marriage Ref' on NBC, 'Arranged Marriage' on CBS and 'Dating in the Dark' from ABC this summer (July 20Th). The one that truly sounds the most interesting is 'The Marriage Ref' from Jerry Seinfeld. It's being billed as an unscripted look at marriage as celebrities, comedians and sport stars decide who is right and who is wrong in disputes of real life everyday couples. That should be fun. Perhaps if my husband and I have a squabble I'll call them. I'd love for them to send me some of my favorite celebrities to tell me I'm right (wink , wink). Wonder if they take requests and if so could they send Brad Pitt?

I'm looking forward to 'So You Think You Can Dance' tonight on Fox. ABC is giving us a special treat of 2 back to back new 'Wipeout' episodes due to the' Goode Family' being booted to Friday (TV death slot as a result of poor ratings). FYI , the 'I Survived A Japanese Game Show' premiere has been moved up to June 17Th from the original July 8Th premiere date to fill in for the moved 'Goode Family'.