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THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO t SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2009 toledoblade.com SECTION G, PAGE 3 + + WHAT TOLEDO WATCHES Demi Lovato targets kids Here, broken down by categories, are the television shows that viewers in the Toledo area enjoy the most, based on program averages from the Nielsen Co.’s May 2009 ratings period. with upbeat, peppy sound HERE WE GO AGAIN Demi Lovato (Hollywood) She’s only 16, but Lovato already has that seems best suited for rowdy scored signifi - roadhouses. It’s the sort of image cant success created by outlaw pioneer Way- on TV (Disney’s lon Jennings and kept alive on Sonny With A the fringes of mainstream coun- Top Sitcoms: Top Daytime Talk Shows: Top Prime-time Animated Chance), movies (Camp Rock), try for fi ve decades or so. 1. Two and a Half Men, CBS 1. Live with Regis and Kelly Shows on Fox: and music (her fi rst disc, “Don’t What makes this group worth 2. The Big Bang Theory, CBS 2. The Oprah Winfrey Show 1. Family Guy Forget” has sold more than a listen is the quality of the mu- 3. Rules of Engagement, CBS 3. The View 2. The Simpsons 400,000 copies). sic, which is far better than most 4. Surviving Suburbia, ABC 4. Dr. Phil 3. King of the Hill It’s easy, based upon her sec- artists who are selling a similar 5. How I Met Your Mother, CBS 5. Ellen 4. American Dad ond release, to hear why she’s outlaw image. 6. Ugly Betty, ABC 6. Rachel Ray 5. Sit Down, Shut Up sold so many records. She co- The lead vocals sound appro- 7. The Office, NBC 7. Maury writes many of the songs (with priately rough and tough, while 8. Gary Unmarried, CBS 8. The Tyra Banks Show others, including Nick Jonas and the backup instrumental work 9. According to Jim, ABC 9. Martha (tie) John Mayer) that are tirelessly is impeccable and often exciting. 10. The New Adventures of Old 9. The Bonnie Hunt Show (tie) upbeat (in tone if not always in There’s not a weak track on the Christine, CBS lyric), peppy, poppy, and perfect disc, and at a tad under 35 min- for the teen/tween market. utes it leaves you wanting more. There are hummable melodies — KEN ROSENBAUM and arrangements that add a POLLOCK spikier rock edge to some tracks, Jurgen Friedrich (Pirouet and the whole package is totally Records) professional. The fi rst single, the title track, He doesn’t have the intensity Top “Judge” Shows: encapsulates the disc’s tone: A or technique of Keith Jarrett, not 1. Judge Judy lyric about a bad boy she can’t that more than 2. The People’s Court let go, punchy rhythm, crunchy one or two oth- 3. Judge Joe Brown guitar, and a sing-along-in-the- er jazz pianists Top Daytime Soap Operas: Top Late-Night Network 4. Judge Alex car chorus. on the planet do 1. The Young and the Restless, 5. Divorce Court But the disc isn’t entirely to begin with. Programming: But German CBS 1. Late Show with David one-dimensional. There’s a pun- 2. The Bold and the Beautiful, kier sound to “Quiet,” and Lo- Jurgen Fried- Letterman, CBS Top Non-Prime-time Game rich, a professor of composition CBS 2. ABC News Nightline, ABC vato takes on a whole new vocal 3. As the World Turns, CBS Shows: and arrangement at the College 3. The Tonight Show with Jay 1. Jeopardy! timbre — jazzier, raspier — on 4. The Guiding Light, CBS of Music in Manheim, Germany, Leno, NBC 2. Wheel of Fortune “Every Time You Lie” (if this is a 5. One Life to Live, ABC (tie) has put out a disc worthy of its 4. The Late Late Show with Craig 3. The Price is Right new direction for her, it’s worth 5. General Hospital, ABC (tie) metaphor; the title is a tribute Ferguson, CBS 4. Who Wants to be a taking further). 5. Days of Our Lives, NBC (tie) So what’s the deal with Demi? to Jackson Pollock, the American 5. Jimmy Kimmel Live! ABC Millionaire painter who became famous for 8. All My Children, ABC 5. Deal or No Deal Her music is competent and 9. Doctors, NBC energetic. The songs are OK. So abstract paintings that evolved are her vocals. Kids will probably as paint dripped or was tossed love it. And their parents prob- about from his brush. ably won’t hate it. Friedrich’s trio, which includes — RICHARD PATON Americans John Hebert on bass and Tony Moreno on drums, has CAN’T TAME A WILDCAT put an abstract sound on a mu- Dallas Moore (SOL Records) sical canvas, one with the kind This is outlaw country at its in- of improvisation that rekindles your-face best. The gruff-voiced memories of great things Jarrett band namesake sounds a lot like has done with his trio. early Hank Williams, Jr., with a Friedrich’s trio does that while hefty serving also remaining loosely within Top Network Evening News Shows: Top Network Morning Shows: Top Syndicated of Memphis the structure of mostly original 1. ABC World News Now with 1. Good Morning America, ABC Entertainment Programs: blues on the compositions. The one cover they Charles Gibson 2. The Early Show, CBS 1. Entertainment Tonight side. The nine tackle and quite admirably at that 2. CBS Evening News with Katie 3. Today, NBC 2. The Insider tunes, six of is “Round Midnight,” a standard Couric 3. TMZ on TV which were by one of the most avant garde pia- 3. NBC Nightly News with Brian SOURCE: The Nielsen Co., based on program written by nists and improv jazz masters of all Williams averages of Toledo-area TV viewers 2 and older Moore, are all hard-rocking time, the late Thelonious Monk. 4. NewsHour with Jim Lehrer during the May 2009 ratings period with equally hard lyrics that get “Pollock” isn’t a brilliant al- (PBS) straight to the point. bum. But it’s a mind-bender worth exploring, especially for its THE BLADE The six musicians that make up the band exude southern lovely, unpredictable nuances. rock and a sassy sort of country — TOM HENRY 2009 Valentine Theatre Gala Friday, Oct. 2 | 7:00 p.m. Celebrate and Support the Valentine Reception, Dinner, Dancing & Performance: $175 Reception, Dinner, Dancing, Performance & Four Beverage Tickets: $225 A portion of the ticket price is tax deductible. For tickets call the Valentine Presenting Sponsor box office or order online: 419-242-2787 or www.valentinetheatre.com Media Sponsor !DAMS3TREETs$OWNTOWN4OLEDO (OURSAM PMs-ONDAY &RIDAY + + Cyan Magenta Yellow Black 081609_RP5_SUN__G3 1 8/14/2009, 21:57:34 PM.