Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Hot! Top 10 On The Voice; Top 5 On Dancing With The Stars; Charlie Brown Times 3 The Tv Guy Orlando Sentinel

It s an unusual week as the November sweeps end Wednesday, Thanksgiving specials fill the schedule, and television shifts into Christmas mode. Here s how the major broadcast networks will respond.

NBC: The Peacock Network has had a strong fall, thanks to Sunday football, The Voice and Revolution. The Voice will present its Top 10 performers at 8 p.m. Monday and deliver the results at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Revolution delivers a new episode at 10 p.m. Monday as it heads to its fall finale Nov. 26. For Thanksgiving night, NBC shifts to football. The New England Patriots play the New York Jets at 8:30. It should be huge in the ratings.

CBS: The Eye Network remains the most-watched this fall, but Monday has been a difficult night. The network canned Partners last week and will offer reruns at 8:30 p.m. Mondays. First up: an encore of Two and a Half Men. CBS wraps up a dramatic two-part NCIS at 8 p.m. Tuesday. One bright spot for the network has been NCIS: Los Angeles at 9 Tuesday; the drama offers a real alternative to the young-skewing sitcoms on other networks.

CBS will offer fresh fare Wednesday night, go with repeats Thanksgiving night, then shift to holiday specials Friday. Frosty the Snowman kicks off the Friday lineup at 8; It s a SpongeBob Christmas! debuts at 9:30 Friday.

ABC: Dancing With the Stars may have slid in the ratings elsewhere, but the contest remains strong in Orlando. The Top 5 couples perform at 8 p.m. Monday in a two-hour show. The results show, at 8 p.m. Tuesday, will eject two celebrities as the show heads to its season finale Nov. 26 and 27. ABC goes to repeats on Wednesday, but they include A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving at 8. That special repeats at 8 p.m. Thursday. ABC also celebrates Michael Jackson by airing the Spike Lee documentary Bad25 at 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

Fox: New Girl, at 9 p.m. Tuesday, has a starry guest cast. Jamie Lee Curtis, Rob Reiner and Rob Riggle are in the same episode. Ed Helms returns to The Mindy Project at 9:30 Tuesday. The X Factor delivers two hours of singing at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The live results show follows at 8 p.m. Thursday. Glee presents a new episode with duets and a superhero theme at 9 p.m. Thursday. Fox has Charlie Brown, too, in Happiness Is a Warm Blanket at 8 p.m. Friday.

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