Was That Terminator's Last Shot?

Did Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles make a Nielsen case for coming back next season? What about Life? What was last week's biggest series premiere—and why should you think twice before answering?

The answers—and more questions—in the latest TV ratings pop quiz:

1. How do Terminator's chances look, post-season finale? Not better than they did pre-season finale. Its season-two closer finished in 95th place with 3.6 million viewers, per the latest Nielsen broadcast TV standings. The episode neither matched the show's season average (4.6 million), nor Fox's season average (9.7 million), nor Fox's pre-American Idol season average (7.9 million). Good luck with that.

2. Well, how about Life? The NBC drama's season-two finale placed 74th, with 4.6 million viewers. Like Terminator, the show ran well below its own season average (5.4 million) and its network's (8.1 million).

3. Is it fair that Friday Night Lights gets renewed just because dumb ol' DirecTV likes it? Ignoring for a moment that there is no fair, and ignoring for another moment that satellite TV is a gift to viewer-kind, FNL, unlike Terminator and Life, actually closed out its third season in epic fashion for a, well, really low-rated show. Airing opposite fellow bubble show Dollhouse (3.5 million), the finale scored 4.1 million viewers versus the 4 million the show averaged over its spring run.

4. What's so tricky about figuring out which new show got off to the biggest start? Parks and Recreation and Southland got more attention, but Surviving Suburbia got more viewers (11.2 million)—as you would, too, if you aired after Dancing With the Stars. Without a DWTS lead-in, Southland ruled the newbies among adults 18-49, placing 21st; even with a DWTS lead-in, Suburbia ended up tied for 25th in the demo with Parks and Rec.

5. What were the week's top five shows? Last week's top four—Wednesday's Idol (23 million), Tuesday's Idol (22.8 million), Monday's DWTS (19.9 million), NCIS (17.8 million)—plus one, the men's college basketball championship (17.6 million).

6. Why was Hannah Montana: The Movie a good thing for iCarly? Apparently wanting to keep Miley Cyrus' fans focused on the multiplex, Disney Channel didn't air a new episode of her TV series. So Nick's iCarly got to be the top-rated prime-time cable series (5.1 million), per those Nielsen rankings. The show was sandwiched between USA's pro wrestling (5.9 million for back-to-back episodes) and Bill O'Reilly (4 million for Wednesday's show). Other standouts: South Park (3.1 million) and House of Payne (3 million).

7. Is true that totally fake love conquers The Hills? Yes! Rubberneckers Romantics helped make the penultimate Rock of Love 3 cable's most watched reality show (3.2 million) and For the Love of Ray J the second most watched reality show (3.16 million). The premiering Hills (2.9 million for back-to-back episodes) settled for third.