Speaking of smackdowns, the ratings are in, and things aren’t looking so hot for struggling NBC. Sunday night the peacock net’s one great hope for climbing out of the ratings basement, the Winter Olympics telecast, was soundly trounced by a new episode of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” and by the stellar conclusion to “Grey’s Anatomy’s” “Code Black” Super Bowl cliffhanger.
The world’s finest amateur athletes take on a skinny medical intern and a bunch of over-privileged suburban housewives, and the athletes get their asses handed to them in a lovely gingham-lined wicker basket. Imagine what would have happened if ABC had put Meredith, Izzy, Gabrielle and Edie on figure skates: NBC might have just thrown in the towel and aired a test pattern instead, to save money.
