Comments on: USA On Track For Best Cable Primetime Summer Ever, TNT Well Back At #2

By: AZTop

AZTop — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:08:40 +0000

It’s all about the brand on cable, and USA is doing a good job of creating series that feel & look original. What I like about Royal Pains is the setting. I don’t remember seeing the Hamptons before in a regular series. (I’m assuming what we see is actually the Hamptons.) That really makes this very light series visually fun to watch. I think like Burn Notice before, location and the visual style of the series has a lot to do with its success.

By: Visan

Visan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:29:47 +0000

To each their own….Royal Pains is a great, fun show to me. And apparently millions of other viewers! So kudos to the USA Network for keeping up with its special brand of fun, intriguing characters! With Leverage returning in a week and Dak Blue bowing the same night, I see TNT’s viewership on a continued trajectory growth! Congrats!

By: TomSD

TomSD — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:20:29 +0000

“TNT should improve once Leverage is back on on July 15th.”
So instead of sucking hard they’ll suck normally.

By: S Blair

S Blair — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:03:46 +0000

The CLOSER is #1

By: Richard Steven Hack

Richard Steven Hack — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:36:41 +0000

TNT should improve once Leverage is back on on July 15th.

By: James

James — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:22:33 +0000

Good to see they’re continuing to do well. Does anyone here know the fate of Criminal Intent?

By: ScarecrowMrsKing

ScarecrowMrsKing — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:50:59 +0000

It seems Royal Pains arrived at the perfect time. Imagine a show about a concierge doctor. It is the in topic right now. USA’s original programs are unique. A detective with OCD with phobias, two best friends solving crimes while pretending to have psychic abilities, a burnt spy in Miami, US Marshal’s and the witness protection program, a reluctant concierge doctor in the Hampton’s. You don’t see these on CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, or CW. I love USA’s shows and watch them every day.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:42:56 +0000

Royal Pains is awesome. The show tells intruiging stories, is well acted and just great. I love it!

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:31:33 +0000

To paraphrase Kate Jackson, Royal Pains is such a big piece of fluff, that if you dropped it from the ceiling, it would take a month to reach the floor.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:24:55 +0000

Not that I think Royal Pains is a crappy series, but it doesn’t even approach the quality of The Closer in terms of acting and writing yet it’s neck-and-neck in the ratings. I watch Royal Pains in part because there’s nothing else on that I’m interested in and it does have some fun moments, but I’m surprised at just how successful (in cable terms) it’s been.