Miley Cyrus Twerktastic VMA Performance Tops Weekly Ratings

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UPDATED, 1:15 PM: Memo to anyone who has suggested heads will roll at MTV over Miley Cyrus’ exuberant twerking of teddy bear and Robin Thicke at Sunday’s VMAs: The VMAs clobbered all competition for the week, with a 5.2 rating in the key 18-49 demo. The closest thing to actual competition faced by Cyrus and her Phallic Foam Finger — who continued to be a hot topic among morning infotainment hosts two days later — was the Robertson clan on A&E’s Duck Dynasty. DD clocked a 4.5 rating. (NBC’s Sunday Night Football, though tops among broadcasters, trailed far behind with a 2.7 rating.) Among all viewers, CBS’ Under The Dome reigned, despite the Time Warner Cable blackout in three of the country’s Top 5 markets, with 10.639 million viewers. That said, Dome didn’t beat Duck Dynasty by that many folks (10.07 million).

While Dome, Duck Dynasty and the VMAs all made the 10-Mil-And-Change Club last week, at the other end of the spectrum, Thursday’s edition of Al Jazeera America’s Real Money With Ali Velshi only scared up about 54,000 viewers — and that was the best showing for any of the news network’s debuting programs. In Al Jazeera America’s defense, it’s currently available in just 40-million-ish homes.

Loads of TV industry navel lint gazers spent yesterday and today comparing former Disney Channel kid star Cyrus’ twerktastic image-adjusting performance to that of another former Disney Channel kid star, Britney Spears. Back in 2000, Spears also bunched undies nationwide when she too stripped down to an equally flesh-colored get-up and proclaimed her non-Disney-Channel-hood. All of those critics, so far as we can tell, gave an unqualified win to BritBrit in the comparison. “It was all so yawningly formulaic,” CNN’s Anderson Cooper complained of Cyrus’ performance, noting correctly that MTV is never going to change the gag, and forecasting that next year, if Cyrus still is performing, she’ll get up on the VMA stage and undergo a live colonoscopy. But, as TV has taught us, VMA Hot-Chick status is so fleeting — it takes just a bad breakup, a bad marriage, and one head shave to transform the VMA’s reining Queen of Naughtiness into last season’s dead-eyed X Factor mentor. Which is why it’s so heartening to get word from Disney Channel that they’re working like beavers to churn out the next kid star. Disney Channel reports today it has pulled off its second consecutive summer as cable TV’s No. 1 network among kids 2-11, its fifth consecutive summer as the No. 1 cable network with kids 6-11, and its 8th summer in a row as the top cable choice with tweens. The VMAs can hardly wait.
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What better way to get rid of that Disney Kid Star image rofl

[Kai-Shan Valandria]

All of this clearly shows that humans no longer deserve to be the dominant species. Also, Miley Cyrus is a whore.

Zombie apocalypse or a raging pandemic just can't come soon enough.

[GunsmithKitten]

Kai-Shan Valandria

Also, Miley Cyrus is a whore.

When did she take up having sex for money?

[Kaiser Khorosho]

GunsmithKitten

Kai-Shan Valandria

Also, Miley Cyrus is a whore.

When did she take up having sex for money?

Okay, softcore porn actress, then. No sex scenes, yet, so she's more akin to a REALLY slutty gravure idol...

[Shama_okami]

We should care about this because...?

[GunsmithKitten]

Kaiser Khorosho

Okay, softcore porn actress, then. No sex scenes, yet, so she's more akin to a REALLY slutty gravure idol...

If there was no sex, it ain't a porno, it's just a hard R film. Chloe Moretz did more objectionable stuff than that in Movie 43.

[Keltoi Samurai]

GunsmithKitten

Kaiser Khorosho

Okay, softcore porn actress, then. No sex scenes, yet, so she's more akin to a REALLY slutty gravure idol...

If there was no sex, it ain't a porno, it's just a hard R film. Chloe Moretz did more objectionable stuff than that in Movie 43.

It's probably still bad, what she's doing, but not from the viewpoint that most people approach it from.

Specifically, her behaviour seems to be that of a child lashing out for attention. Really, the problem isn't with her actions, so much as it's with the fact that she seems driven to these actions by internal pressures resulting from the whole "Disney star" thing, rather than it being something she's doing of her own volition, and in sound mind.

It's less self-destructive than the Bynes girl, but it's still rather unfortunate for her.

[Askdlfrbfbfvbrbs]

I can't imagine why everyone is so surprised, it was only a matter of time.

[Faux Aria]

I came in expecting serious talk all I could see is a bunch of jealous girls mad they ain't earning the same money as Miley, even madder that they aren't getting the male attention as her too.

[Asagrim]

What in the blue ******** is "twerking"?

[Valiant Corvus]

Everyone already knew she was a moron, all she did was reinforce it.

[Nyadriel]

Keltoi Samurai

GunsmithKitten

Kaiser Khorosho

Okay, softcore porn actress, then. No sex scenes, yet, so she's more akin to a REALLY slutty gravure idol...

If there was no sex, it ain't a porno, it's just a hard R film. Chloe Moretz did more objectionable stuff than that in Movie 43.

It's probably still bad, what she's doing, but not from the viewpoint that most people approach it from.

Specifically, her behaviour seems to be that of a child lashing out for attention. Really, the problem isn't with her actions, so much as it's with the fact that she seems driven to these actions by internal pressures resulting from the whole "Disney star" thing, rather than it being something she's doing of her own volition, and in sound mind.

It's less self-destructive than the Bynes girl, but it's still rather unfortunate for her.

On top of the fact that somebody (or somebodies) convinced her to do it. If I were her, I would have fired my promoter and my manager/whomever... and get away from other people.

[jamilee-nicole]

She's pretty proud of the fact people were tweeting her, ignoring the fact most of those tweets were defaming her and that atrocious 'dance' of hers. We were all waiting for her fall from grace, and boy did she deliver.

It's sad, because she knows she's on her way down the road as the 'has been', and is willing to use shock tactics in a desperate attempt to remain relevant. Those 'shock tactics', however, pale in comparison in the musical generation that includes Lady Gaga.

Things like these are the reasons I appreciate Taylor Swift. Her music is not the best, but at least she has some class. The worst they could say about her during the VMAs was how tall she was compared to Bruno Mars.

[Hasuki Aatisuto]

Philip Storm

What in the blue ******** is "twerking"?

Here, have an Elders React to Twerking video. It should clear things up.

[Reen Star]

Inamatus

I came in expecting serious talk all I could see is a bunch of jealous girls mad they ain't earning the same money as Miley, even madder that they aren't getting the male attention as her too.

Only attention whores might be jealous of her. Those of us with enough self respect to not throw our lady bits everywhere couldn't give a rat's a** about her.