NBC wins Tuesday with help from ‘Earl’

The peacock’s prayers were answered Tuesday with a strong opening for its heavily promoted new comedy “My Name Is Earl,” which led NBC to win the second night of the 2005-06 season by a comfortable margin.Meanwhile, the 92-minute third-season opener of “Nip/Tuck” took FX to all-time highs. NBC’s unconventional new comedy, which stars Jason Lee as a petty thief who decides to right the wrongs he has committed after winning the lottery, bowed at 9 p.m. to 15.3 million viewers and a 6.6 rating/16 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to Nielsen Media Research. “Earl,” from 20th Century Fox TV, impressed by soaring more than 6 million viewers and six demo share points from its modest 8 p.m. lead-in, “The Biggest Loser” (7.9 million, 3.4/10); it also put a dent in the turnout for the first half-hour of Fox’s 9 p.m. hotshot “House” (13.6 million, 4.9/12), which finished with healthy vital signs but had to make up a lot of ground in its second half-hour.

So I work at an art house theatre in Scottsdale, Arizona, and as a manager I was asked to attend a projection seminar put on by Kodak. One point that was brought up was that the soundtracks on prints of films used to be made of refined silver dye. They are now made of magenta dye. However, they have been trying for several years to switch to cyan dyes for the soundtrack. But, to date only 2 movies have used the cyan dye (here comes the point). Those 2 films are “get over it” and… “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back”.