Posted AT 3:42 AM EDT on 13/05/08
If a Sweeps stunt falls in the forest, does anybody hear?
Hey, where'd everybody go? That's the question today."May Sweeps Stats Soft" said the headline in the daily version of Media Week magazine yesterday. No kiddin', Sherlock.In the aftermath of the writers strike, the American networks have, together, about seven million fewer viewers in prime time than they had last November.
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