New TV Season: Winners & Losers
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Loser: "Lone Star,"
Despite sterling reviews, "Lone Star," the Fox drama about a Texas con man, has become the first casualty of the new TV season. The network pulled the plug after two episodes due to dismal ratings.Photos: The New TV Shows
Reprieve for "Lone Star"
Winner: "Boardwalk Empire"
Acclaimed by critics even before it premiered, HBO's Prohiobition-era drama "Boardwalk Empire" was renewed for a second season the day after the show debuted. It stars Steve Buscemi as an Atlantic City crime boss.Photos: The New TV Shows
"Boardwalk Empire" Renewed
Winner: "Glee"
Entering its second season with a new Emmy (for supporting actress Jane Lynch) under its belt, Fox's "Glee" was the highest-rated season premiere of last week, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Photos: The New TV Shows
Winner :"Modern Family"
Like "Glee," an Emmy-winner entering its second season, "Modern Family" had one of the most-watched premieres of the 2010 fall season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Photos: The New TV Shows
Winner: "Dancing With The Stars"
The popular ABC dance competition is the only realty show to place in the top 10 best rated premieres for season. It offered star competitors such as Bristol Palin, above, David Hasselhoff, and "Jersey Shore"'s Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino.Photos: The New TV Shows
Photos: "Dancing with the Stars"
Hasselhoff Kicked Off "DWTS"
Loser: "The Whoie Truth"
ABC's new legal drama "The Whole Truth," starring Rob Morrow and Maura Tierney debuted so poorly that many are saying the show is on life support.Photos: The New TV Shows
Winner: "The Office"
Actor Steve Carell is leaving NBC's hit comedy "The Office" on a high note. Not only did the show's premiere score in the top 10 for this year, it was up 7 percent over last year. Carell has announced that he is leaving the show when the season ends in 2011.Photos: The New TV Shows
Photos: Steve Carell
Winner: 'The Big Bang Theory"
Another sitcom that beat last year's premiere to land in the top 10, according to The Hollywood Reporter, is CBS' "The Big Bang Theory." That show won an Emmy last month for star Jim Parsons.Photos: The New TV Shows
Loser: "Outlaw"
"Outlaw," a new legal drama starring Jimmy Smits was a critical and ratings disaster for NBC and looks to go the way of Smits' last dramatic foray on CBS, which was canceled in the middle of its first season.Photos: The New TV Shows
Smits Back on TV
Winner: "Two and a Half Men"
The legal woes of "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen did little to dampen enthusiasm for the comedy. The audience for this year's premiere was up 10 percent over last year and landed the sitcom in the top 10 of this year's premieres, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Photos: The New TV Shows
Winner: "The Event"
NBC's "The Event," starring Blair Underwood, left, had a head turning opening in a very competitive time slot, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It also scored some reasonably solid reviews.Photos: The New TV Shows
Winner: "S#*! My Dad Says"
CBS scored a hit with "S#*! My Dad Says," which has an opening that almost put the first-season comedy in the top tier. Critics were less kind and only time will tell whether the first-week viewers will stick around.Photos: The New TV Shows
Winner: "Blue Bloods"
The new CBS family police drama "Blue Bloods" drew a respectable audience in very difficult Friday night timeslot and even won the night, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Critics liked it, too.Photos: The New TV Shows
Winner:"Outsourced"
"Outsourced," an NBC comedy about a management trainee for a Kansas City-based novelty company who is shipped to the company's relocated call center in India, was well-received by viewers and critics alike.Photos: The New TV Shows
Winner: "Hawaii Five-0"
"Hawaii Five-0," the CBS reboot of a popular series overcame mediocre reviews to win huge ratings, although it still was below Monday ratings for "CSI: Miami," whose timeslot it took.Photos: The New TV Shows
Loser: "Running Wilde"
"Running Wilde," the Fox comedy starring Will Arnett and Keri Russell, had OK ratings but lost a lot of the audience from its lead-in, another new sitcom called "Raising Hope."Photos: The New TV Shows