Golden Globes get TERMINATED!

NBC's lame and quite frankly non-attempt at saving grace with the Golden Globes has really shown in the night's ratings according to Variety. It's like one of those days at school when you get that D minus you deserved because you really did half-ass it. The trades say that the hugely promoted new TERMINATOR show (set after the events of the second movie, and forgetting the third) The Sarah Connor Chronicles was the most successful premiere on U.S. television in eight years and the highest rated scripted show in three years with a 7.6 rating/18 share among adults aged 18-49 and delivered around 18 million viewers with it's one hour debut at 8 on Sunday.

There's no doubt the WGA strike played towards the show's success but it may also help towards hurting the new series. Only 8 episodes are actually in the can before the strike halted production, whilst other new shows such as Lost will run a few episodes longer. Absence might lead to disinterest. Personally, I thought the debut was pretty damn poor. A boring new TERMINATOR, a hot female sidekick but strangely played by Summer Glau (she's sometimes a flirty teenager then miraculously a deadpan robot), badly acted and full of cheesy gags.. 'Class Dismissed' reminding me of everything that made the last TERMINATOR movie suck so hard. And it didn't feel visually epic or broad like those classic James Cameron movies did, but I guess no-one expected that. I don't think I will be watching anymore but it does show that there's a huge interest in the continuation of the TERMINATOR series whether on film and t.v, which has to be good news to the folks behind the new movie. As far as the Globes go... a abysmal 1.7 rating/4 in the demo and 5.8 million viewers. The Academy should really be coming up with a strategy right now to stop this happening to their big night.