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Sunday Night Ratings Round Up! Keeping Up With The Kardashians Scores Big! Plus PHOTO: Kardashian Kollection Lingerie!

If you were hoping the Kardashians would fade into obscurity following a year of famewhore antics gone wrong, think again! They’re back and apparently as big as ever. According to the ratings, the Sunday night season premiere of Keeping Up With The Kardashians hauled in an impressive number of viewers.

Nearly 3 million (yes, I said million, not hundred) people tuned in to catch a glimpse of Kimmie Kake‘s butt, Khloe Kardashian‘s paternity drama, and a Kanye West sighting. I personally watch for Bruce Jenner‘s mutated face. I keep hoping and hoping to see some semblance of normalcy return to the rubber mask that has eclipsed his head.

Most shocking, the ratings for KUWTK are up 16% since last season’s premiere. And surprisingly the show did really well in the coveted 18-49 year-old-demographic, with 1.5M women making up the viewership last Sunday according to The Hollywood Reporter. I thought you people were boycotting?!

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As a reward for all their hard work desperately seeking attention, here’s a photo of the latest Kardashian Kollection lingerie ad. Be warned – there is a serious abuse of Photoshop happening.

With so many shows airing on Sunday night’s 9-11pm time slot, I’m overwhelmed. I want to watch them all, dangit! My poor DVR gets quite a work out and I fully expect it to spontaneously combust any day now. Poor Tough Love always gets relegated to the record list – even though I love it.

Grabbing it’s fair share of viewers was the newly released Mrs. Eastwood Company, which aired following KUWTK on E!. Nearly 1.1M viewers tuned into watch Overtone climb it’s way up the charts. Which are pretty respectable numbers for a new series premiere.

My Sunday night TV heart remains loyal to Jersey. Holding strong in the ratings race is Bravo’s Real Housewives of New Jersey. The never ending family feud (which is pretty much a metaphorical celebrity deathmatch at this point) is still attracting the eyes of many viewers. Last Sunday’s episode grabbed 2.3M watchers. That’s down from the season premiere, but still an awful lot of people are invested in the Teresa Giudice vs. The World storyline they’re running this season.

Unfair for all the Teresa lovers were her dueling reality shows. The live Celebrity Apprentice season finale also aired this Sunday and it grabbed some fairly disappointing ratings. Competing for attention with several shows – including the Billboard Music Awards – only 6.8M viewers tuned in to watch Arsenio Hall snag the title. Sure, those are big numbers, but fairly nominal for a network show.

Doing pretty well in the numbers race was TLC’s Sister Wives. Over 1.8 M viewers tuned in and it surprisingly beat the seriously outrageous Mob Wives reunion, which garnered a pretty paltry 1.1M viewers. I guess family feuds, marital dramas, and fake butts are all the rage these days.

So there you have it – that’s the Sunday night break down! BTW: Is anyone watching that Wilson Phillips show?

[Ratings compiled by TV By The Numbers/Zap2It]

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Did Lindsay Lohan Torpedo Glee's Ratings?


News Analysis
Did Lindsay Lohan Torpedo Glee’s Ratings?

By Swanni
 

Washington, D.C.
(May 17, 2012)
– Glee has employed stunt casting often during its three-season
run, featuring such stars as Gwyneth Paltrow to Ricky Martin to
Britney Spears. But last Tuesday’s episode starring Lindsay
Lohan as herself may have been a case of going to the well once
too often.

The Lohan show, which aired at 9 p.m., suffered a seven percent
ratings decline from Glee’s episode the previous week, capturing
just six million viewers. The 8 p.m. episode of Glee, which did
not feature Lohan, combined with the 9 p.m. Lohan episode left
the Fox network fourth in total viewers for the night.

By comparison, ABC’s Cougar Town also suffered a ratings dip on
Tuesday, but the network was still third in ratings among the
five major broadcast networks. CBS finished first for the night
thanks to a strong showing for the season finale of NCIS while
NBC was second.

Why didn’t Lohan, a tabloid TV staple, lead Glee and Fox to
better ratings? One could speculate that the mercurial actress
is more a media favorite than a fan favorite. Due largely to her
troubled personal life, Lohan has worked sparingly in recent
years and that could have dampened interest in her appearance on
Glee.


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Phillip Swann is president and publisher
of TVPredictions.com. He has been quoted in dozens of publications
and broadcast outlets, including CNN, Fox News, Inside Edition, The
New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The
Financial Times, The Associated Press and The Hollywood Reporter. He
can be reached at swann@tvpredictions.com
or at 703-505-3064.

Click TVPredictions.com to read more news and features on TV
technology.
 

Kim Zolciak Says NeNe Has Changed; Talks Real Hair And Kroy’s Income! Plus DBTFTW Premieres To Solid Ratings!

Everything seems to be coming up roses in Kim Zolciak‘s world. She’s married, she’s having a baby, and Don’t Be Tardy For The Wedding wasn’t a complete flop – even if people only watched out of morbid curiosity.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kim’s new spin-off premiered to some pretty solid ratings. The two half-hour long series openers garnered about 1.55 million viewers! Not bad for a new show!

And since everything else is perfect in Kimlandia, it’s time to fix her fallen friendship with NeNe Leakes – which seems to be fragmented beyond repair. Much to my and Andy Cohen‘s chagrin.

Kim recently appeared on The Wendy Williams Show where she confirmed – Real Housewives of Atlanta or no – she is not interested in rekindling things with The Neen. “She’s really changed, and she’s not funny to me anywhere,” Kim shared. “She used to be really funny.” Funnier when she was a moose or when she had a penis? Wendy agreed, saying NeNe has become “mean-spirited.”

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Kim just wishes NeNe would be willing to communicate with her adult woman to adult woman without the theatrics or the threats. “I think the problem with NeNe honestly is that Nene doesn’t have the tools to communicate effectively,” Kim continued. “And if NeNe could really sit there and talk to me and communicate … Like, people get in arguments with my girlfriends and you disagree, but you can’t get loud and violent, that’s a problem.”

“If she had the tools to communicate effectively and kind of work through things, then there’s a possibility that I’d sit down and have a conversation.”

In other Kim news, she’s giving the buzz on her new pregnancy, her wigless head, and reiterating that she is very happy with Kroy Biermann – and his financial status!

First up, Kim is very excited about baby no. 4. “Once we got married, we just said we’re going to try,” she tells The Hollywood Reporter, emphasizing that this pregnancy was “planned.” Kim confirms that she definitely knows the sex of her newest one, but she’s not sure if she’s going to tell people.

And Kim is ecstatic to be filming her own spinoff and would love to continue carrying a solo show. “I really had a lot of fun doing the spinoff. It was really a totally different spiel,” she explains. “I think people get to really see me for me.”

“I think with the spinoff, you get the chance to kind of see me in a different light.” And that different light – includes the Real Kim’s real hair! Kim insists it was completely her decision to be on film, sans wig, because she doesn’t always wear one at home – and she ALSO doesn’t wear one at her wedding! Say what?!

“Bravo doesn’t ask you to do anything, they just capture your real life, and I had [my hairstylists] say to me one day, ‘You know you really should do your real hair for the wedding.’”

At first Kim resisted, but then she decided to try it. “I was like, ‘Well, the hell with it, here’s my hair.’ That’s basically what happened. It was just like, ‘OK, you know what you guys? Here’s my hair, and I’m not, not going to wear a wig on my wedding day.’ With this wig, I thee wed,” she laughs.

“I have beautiful hair — it’s just not as long as my wig, same color,” she adds.

Despite her wedding being filmed for a reality show, Kim insists it was a very personal, private affair – which is why guests were not allowed cell phones, cameras, etc. “I wanted to just enjoy my day, not worry about the cameras, not worry about anything going wrong. I just wanted it to be a personal day,” Kim shares. “We just had a little over 200 I think total, and those were people that had been very supportive of Kroy and I, very supportive of me.” And that is why NeNe wasn’t invited!

Finally, Kim continues to expound on the drama with Marlo Hampton and she wants everyone to know she is in love with Kroy – money or no – but they are very comfortable financially!

“Let’s be honest, Marlo is known for being an escort, like she’s known for that… It’s common knowledge in Atlanta. If you want to spread your legs and make money, then so be it,” Kim snaps, adding, “but don’t comment on somebody that had a full on four-and-a-half year relationship with somebody, and is now married, expecting a second child with her husband, and bring up some nonsense, or ever imply that my husband would use Big Poppa’s ring to purchase this one.”

“I was on Twitter this morning going off on people saying Kroy makes $550,000 dollars or whatever, whether Kroy made that or not is really irrelevant. Kroy made a hell of lot more than that, but that’s nobody’s business. Kroy designed my ring, spent a ton of money on my ring. It was really important to Kroy that I have a beautiful ring, and I was surprised by my ring. But to ever insult Kroy like that, it’s just gross. She’s just gross.”

Well – I guess these two will never be friends!

HAS NENE CHANGED? WILL THEY EVER BE FRIENDS? ARE YOU ENJOYING DBTFTW? SHOULD KIM GET HER OWN SHOW?

Kim Zolciak Talks Sheree’s Firing And Calls Marlo “Disgusting!” Plus VIDEO Preview Of Don’t Be Tardy For The Wedding!

Kim Biermann née Zolciak‘s wigtastic spin-off Don’t Be Tardy For The Wedding premieres tonight and the sideboob queen has been busting out all over New York doing the interview rounds to promote her new gig.

Of course, since Kim’s primary occupation is abusing autotune starring in Real Housewives of Atlanta – which just ended its fourth season – she has much to say about her castmates and that extremely vitriolic reunion!

First up, Kim tackles She by SheBroke‘s alleged firing. Her former co-tart will be making an appearance as a bridesmaid TFTW! “I think Sheree is just possibly in a different place,” Kim shares with The Hollywood Reporter. “I don’t know what happened — if it was completely her decision or Bravo’s, or a combination, I don’t know that. What I do know is that she does have a lot going on and I’m going to miss her.”

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“If they are casting another housewife, then I look forward to that,” she adds. “I look forward to meeting somebody new and kind of going through that, but Sheree definitely will be missed.”

One person Kim won’t miss and certainly hopes she’ll never have to share an intro with is Marlo Hampton, whom Kim dismisses as trashy and gross. Despite the fact that she also engaged in “hole wars“! “She’s just trying to create drama so she can hold a peach, which will never happen,” Kim snaps. “Marlo better never hold a peach.”

“I mean she’s been arrested seven times, clearly that shows somebody’s character.” Wait – hasn’t Kim’s bestie She by SheLegallyChallenged also been arrested?

“Her language and her demeanor are just disgusting. Her energy to me is just disgusting, using the ‘F’ word, and the gay swear is disgusting to me. That really showed me her character, and after I saw that and heard that she had said that, I just had no interest in ever getting to know her.” So, I take it Kim doesn’t like Marlo?

Furthermore, Kim is highly incensed about Marlo’s comments concerning her family! “Just appalling to insult my family and it really ticked me off,” Kim continues. “But I kept saying to myself, ‘I’m pregnant, calm down, don’t get aggravated, she doesn’t know me, doesn’t know anything about me.’ It seemed very rehearsed to me.” If that was Kim in a calmed down state – then yikes! Well, that settles it: Kim is not a fan of Marlo. And this absolutely has nothing to do with Marlo’s friendship with Kim’s former BFF  NeNe Leakes!

Moving on, tonight is the premiere of Don’t Be Tardy For The Wedding! I know y’all have been counting down the days, have planned your parties – which you won’t be tardy for,  rented your Zolciak-esque wigs, found the perfect side-boob bearing top (purchased from Alexis Couture, naturally), and have practiced chain-smoking whilst guzzling chardonnay and screaming “Swwwweeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!” Oh, errrr… maybe that’s just me! But anyway, tonight is the series premiere.

Kim begins the process of preparing for her 11-11-11 nuptials and, of course, Kim being Kim she needs a lot of help. I mean the woman can’t even make a cup of coffee with assistance! Kim also contemplates a used wedding dress to live out her dream of wearing more gowns than Kim Kardashian! A preview of the series premiere is below!

Don’t Be Tardy For The Wedding premieres tonight at 9/8c on Bravo. Reality Tea will be Live-Tweeting the affair to remember, so don’t forget to join us for some mutual snarking!

THOUGHTS ON KIM’S COMMENTS ABOUT MARLO? DOES SHE HAVE A POINT OR IS KIM JUST AS BAD? WILL YOU BE WATCHING DON’T BE TARDY FOR THE WEDDING?

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