I should have pushed to get this up some 7 hours ago, but my life is dramatically different these days. I have to take my moments when I get them.

As far as shows go, American Horror Story started well, but we'll see if it suffers the same type of dramatic week 2 drop that plagues the show every season. VH1 closed two shows for the season (Hip Hop Squares and Love & Listings). As far as those shows go, I honestly think both shows may be on the bubble despite posing pretty dismal finale numbers. Had they put up these same numbers a year and a half ago (Hip Hop Squares averaged just under 500,000 viewers this season while Love & Listings had an average around 650,000 viewers), they would both be canceled with no issue. In this environment where very few shows actually thrive, they may have a chance if VH1 wants to give them another chance and they stay committed to expanding beyond Mondays and Wednesdays.

Going without a picture this week because there isn't a whole lot to go on here. There weren't that many premieres or finales and the numbers were pretty average for all shows across the board. Blame it on being that odd, awkward week before the official start of the new fall season.

Married to Medicine is back. Let's see how many weeks it takes before Bravo starts screwing around with the scheduling.

I got this up way later than I was supposed to. I procrastinated mostly because the holiday pushed everything back and it was not kind to the numbers for a lot of these shows.