RATINGS RAT RACE: Golden Globes On Par With Last Year, ‘Housewives’ Hits Low

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• No one mentioned the numerous audio issues with the show. What is up with that, there were like half a dozen audio glitches were the audio cut out. NBC WHAT IS UP???

  Comment by J — Monday January 17, 2011 @ 9:47am PST  Reply to this post

• That would be NBC cutting out the cursing…

  Comment by Jeff — Monday January 17, 2011 @ 10:08am PST  Reply to this post

• Social Network is ‘hugely popular’? It can’t even break $100M. It’s hugely popular with critics but I don’t think mainstream America cares nearly as much. None of the expected Best Pic nominees will be ‘hugely popular’ other than Toy Story 3 and Inception and no one believes either of those two can win a Best Pic Oscar.

  Comment by Sam — Monday January 17, 2011 @ 10:10am PST  Reply to this post

  • It has grossed 200 Million Dollars worldwide on a 40M$ budget. You can’t be serious saying it’s not popular.

    Comment by James — Monday January 17, 2011 @ 1:20pm PST  Reply to this post

    • 94 mil domestic is hardly “hugely” popular in an age of 12-14 dollar tickets in major cities where the film played – for perspective that puts it 30 mil below Jackass 3D – or another way to put it – The Green Hornet which finished at the low end of reduced expectations will make half that total in it’s first week –

      the poster is correct – critics and film people keep saying The Social Network is a big deal when in reality – it ended up skewing way old – kids don’t give damn about it – and it finished with totals below forgettable minor hits like The Other Guys, Date Night and Due Date – hardly a transformational movie – more like this year’s Up In The Air – an overrated flick that will be largely forgotten in 5 years – sooner than that for people in their teens and twenties

      Comment by bill — Monday January 17, 2011 @ 2:09pm PST  Reply to this post

      • I’m sorry, but Bill, what the hell are you talking about?

        94 mil domestic is hardly “hugely” popular in an age of 12-14 dollar tickets in major cities where the film played – for perspective that puts it 30 mil below Jackass 3D – or another way to put it – The Green Hornet which finished at the low end of reduced expectations will make half that total in it’s first week

        Bill, all of these movies you just named had 3D premiums – OF COURSE they are going to come out ahead of Social Network.

        critics and film people keep saying The Social Network is a big deal when in reality – it ended up skewing way old – kids don’t give damn about it – and it finished with totals below forgettable minor hits like The Other Guys, Date Night and Due Date – hardly a transformational movie – more like this year’s Up In The Air – an overrated flick that will be largely forgotten in 5 years – sooner than that for people in their teens and twenties

        What?? THESE movies you just named had recognizable talent helping to drive attendance to the theaters. The Social Network had NONE – and don’t even try to bring up Justin Timberlake – more often than not he drives AWAY potential moviegoers.

        What really matters here is the buzz, the critical praise (both from audiences and critics themselves), and the insane profit over a $40 million budget. And yes, young people/kids were SALIVATING to see this picture. Were you not here when in every post mentioning Social Network some poor person living in the boonies would cry about the limited release pattern? About how DESPERATELY they wanted to see this film?

        Stop trying to make YOUR feelings about the film fit into some ridiculous view that means EVERYONE feels the same way.

        Comment by Get over it. — Monday January 17, 2011 @ 2:40pm PST  Reply to this post

  • I agree. I’d rather be on Facebook then watching a movie about it. I saw the movie, wasn’t impressed.

    Comment by RJ — Monday January 17, 2011 @ 1:57pm PST  Reply to this post

• Please, Paul Lee, put Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters out of their respective miseries.

  Comment by Sparky — Monday January 17, 2011 @ 1:31pm PST  Reply to this post

• Maybe, just maybe, the host had people calling their friends to turn it on just to see what he was going to say next! Good going Ricky!

  Comment by Anonymous — Monday January 17, 2011 @ 1:45pm PST  Reply to this post

• Family Guy is going to keep going down if it insists on preaching at the end of each episode. What has happened to this show?

  Comment by Jason — Monday January 17, 2011 @ 3:01pm PST  Reply to this post

• Was told by HFPA member about 10 people told him they would not be back next year if it had the same host. Philip Berk needs to go back to Australia and resign due to excessive fraud.

  Comment by Mark F Hill — Monday January 17, 2011 @ 3:21pm PST  Reply to this post