The numbers are in and The Riches is off to a nice start for FX. The 3.8 million viewers more than doubled the best Monday night at 10 the network has ever had. That was also slightly better than the premieres of Nip/Tuck and Dirt, but fell short of The Shield, Rescue Me, and Over There. In the 18-49 demo, the news was even better. The Riches ranks as the number two premiere, trailing only The Shield.

Of course, it remains to be seen how things hold up moving forward. I thought the premiere was very good, but it didn't match the advertising that led up to it. The show had a much darker, more serious tone than those commercials where we saw Wayne and Dahlia walking down the stairs pondering their new life. I'll be interested to see if that turned off any of those 3.8 million viewers.

Home Media Retailing is conducting a poll on the best TV on DVD sets released between September 1, 2005 and August 31, 2006.

Now, they're not looking for the best show, but the best DVD sets. But from the looks of the nominees in each category, it looks like the shows themselves are good too: Lost, 24, The Simpsons, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Seinfeld, Wild, Wild West, 30 Days, Over There, and others.

OK, so Extreme Makeover is up for an award too, so I stand corrected.

Make sure you look closely to see what specific season set is nominated.

Check it out.

[via TVShowsOnDVD.com]

Lately I've been on a bit of an F/X rant, but I'm the first to admit it because thus far they haven't produced one program that I didn't enjoy. Over*There was no exception. It was produced by Steven Bochco which automatically gave it some "street cred" in the TV world, but I think what ultimately killed the show was its timing. It's the first show that has ever depicted soldiers during an actual war, and even though it created an outlet for people to maybe try and cope with the war that's still going on, it was placed in a position where it suffered from overexposure. People had seen enough war on the news, and it seems likely that when Over*There came on many people probably opted to change the channel.