Followup: Bullshit Controversy (Part 2 - Towelgate Boosts 'Housewives' Ratings)

From IMDB.com:

Demonstrating once again that there's nothing like a bit of controversy to boost ratings, ABC's Desperate Housewives delivered its biggest audience yet Sunday night as it recorded a 17.5 rating and a 24 share in the 9:00 hour, delivering the worst defeat ever to NBC's competing Law & Order: Criminal Intent, which settled for a 9.7/14. CBS's movie, Back When We Were Grownups, placed third with a respectable 8.3/12. But Fox's My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss trailed with a skinny 2.9/4. Housewives created a national brouhaha last week when, during a cross promotion, one of the show's stars turned up in a Monday Night Football teaser, wearing only a towel and seducing a player. Overall, ABC averaged a 9.8/15 for Sunday night and held a comfortable lead over CBS's second-place 8.9/14. NBC placed third with a 7.3/11, while Fox wound up with a 5.0/8.

I don't want to say, "I told you so," but I will say, "What did I tell you?"

My girlfriend had this to say, "And yet they almost sound surprised.  Anyone with half a brain knows that was going to happen.  They couldn't have planned it any better."

Normally I'd have more to say about this, but 1) I've said it all before, and 2) I'm living on about 11 hours of sleep for the last 60 hours. My flight was delayed out of Las Vegas last night due to, get this, RAIN. A little rain on the runway and suddenly Southwest pilots forget how to fly a plane.

Here's how my trip went:

I left Los Angeles at 10pm on Friday night. Arrived in Las Vegas at 11pm and took a cab to the MGM hotel. By 12:30pm I was in the casino gambling and drinking to my liver's lament. I finally took a nap in the room at 4pm. Woke up at 6:30pm because my roommates were making a ruckus about getting dinner (they hadn't been up all night and all morning like I had. They actually got sleep while I was gambling). 7:30pm and I'm alone in the room to get more sleep. 11:30pm I wake up, grab a quick shower and am back in the casino by 12:00am (midnight). Back to gambling I don't stop until it's time to get back to the airport. My flight doesn't leave until 12:30am. I arrive in Los Angeles at 1:45am. In bed by 2:30am. Wake up at the crack of 7:15am to grab a shower and get to work. I'm a walking zomibe.

In about 6 hours I'll be back in my car, on my way home for a long night of sleeping and recovery.