Fast National Ratings for Monday, December 17th, 2007

Primetime Schedule courtesy of Justin

ABC:
8:00pm Duel [series premiere]
9:30pm Notes From the Underbelly
10:00pm October Road

CBS:
8:00pm How I Met Your Mother (R)
8:30pm The Big Bang Theory (R)
9:00pm Two and a Half Men (R)
9:30pm Two and a Half Men (R)
10:00pm CSI: Miami

NBC:
8:00pm Clash of the Choirs [series debut]
10:00pm Journeyman

Fox:
8:00pm House (R)
9:00pm K-Ville

CW:
8:00pm Everybody Hates Chris (R)
8:30pm Aliens in America (R)
9:00pm Girlfriends (R)
9:30pm The Game (R)

TIME   NET      HH  A18-49     Viewers  A18-34
8-11   ABC   4.3/7   2.3/6   6,565,000
8-11   CBS  7.1/11   3.3/9  10,638,000
8-11   NBC   4.6/7   2.1/6   6,739,000
8-10   FOX   4.2/7   2.1/6   6,664,000
8-10    CW   1.1/2   0.6/2   1,527,000   0.7/2

8:00   ABC   4.9/8   2.3/7   7,492,000
8:00   CBS   4.4/7   2.3/7   6,606,000
8:00   NBC   5.1/8   2.3/7   7,650,000
8:00   FOX   4.6/7   2.4/7   7,269,000
8:00    CW   1.3/2   0.7/2   1,870,000   0.7/2

8:30   ABC   5.2/8   2.5/7   8,009,000
8:30   CBS   4.5/7   2.4/6   6,702,000
8:30   NBC   4.9/8   2.3/6   7,213,000
8:30   FOX   5.4/8   2.9/8   8,712,000
8:30    CW   1.0/2   0.5/1   1,420,000   0.5/2

9:00   ABC   4.9/7   2.6/6   7,535,000
9:00   CBS  7.3/11   3.6/9  11,230,000
9:00   NBC   5.5/8   2.5/6   8,094,000
9:00   FOX   3.5/5   1.7/4   5,541,000
9:00    CW   1.0/2   0.6/2   1,396,000   0.7/2

9:30   ABC   3.2/5   1.9/5   4,987,000
9:30   CBS  7.5/11   3.7/9  11,392,000
9:30   NBC   5.9/9   2.7/7   8,749,000
9:30   FOX   3.4/5   1.6/4   5,135,000
9:30    CW   1.1/2   0.6/2   1,422,000   0.7/2

10:00  ABC   3.7/6   2.2/6   5,594,000
10:00  CBS  9.4/15  3.9/10  13,867,000
10:00  NBC   3.2/5   1.6/4   4,554,000

10:30  ABC   3.9/7   2.2/6   5,773,000
10:30  CBS  9.6/17  3.9/11  14,029,000
10:30  NBC   2.9/5   1.5/4   4,172,000

So, neither Duel or Clash of the Choirs broke out. I'm pretty sure that's a series low for Journeyman as well as CSI: Miami.

Interesting that in the 8pm hour, it's a House repeat that wins when up against two game show premieres (which were both met with a "meh") and sitcom repeats. Also CBS should consider doubling up on 2.5 Men more often so long as it's in repeats... they'll own 9pm.

Looks like Duel got a decent sample. About 7.5 million over the 90 minutes. Lets see who comes back tonight for the game show.

Duel and Choirs were both disappointing...

8pm hour was VERY weak. Pathetic.

OUCH at Journeyman.

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Originally posted by TravisYanan:
Interesting that in the 8pm hour, it's a House repeat that wins when up against two game show premieres (which were both met with a "meh") and sitcom repeats. Also CBS should consider doubling up on 2.5 Men more often so long as it's in repeats... they'll own 9pm.

You are right about 2.5 Men. I bet we will see back-to-back episodes come Feb or March. Welcome to the Captain just doesn't look like it will cut it.

Way to go OR! Those are some of the best ratings it has had all season and it was preempted in Dallas, Chicago and Minniapolis. Plus, it grew from its lead in and in the half hr. and it was a time when alot of people are tuning out on shows. Not great ratings, but still could have been a lot worse. Hopefully it will do better from here, especially when Dance War starts.

Thanks for keeping the data & board alive Travis.

Wow, I can't believe 11 million people would rewatch TWO AND A HALF MEN. But I am glad they didn't waste an orginal episode of SAMANTHA WHO against it. ABC's future plans for SW don't look encouraging. I hope they change their minds and find a mor protective time slot for it.

JOURNEYMAN...in its death throes its down to nearly DAYBREAK ratings. Not to sound elitest but I have to wonder what's wrong in that a show like TWO MEN...when you really peel down the onion so to speak its basically a show whose plots continually revolve around some variation-forgive me if this is a bit graphic but-some variation of a male character getting or trying to get his member inside some guest woman of the week. That's pretty much what it boils down to and this is HUGLY popular with viewers...where creative shows like JOURNYMAN or DAYBREAK can't get seem to find an audience outside of a small core group of fans.

Wow, haven't soapboxed like that in a while but its how I feel.

It's a good thing that the new reality shows are bombing. The producers won't get cocky.

Since Marc's out this week, I'll have a little fun and post my Winners & Losers list. (Bring on da Hate).

Winners:
Two and a Half Men, CSI: Miami,

Decent Sampling, but not Winners:
Clash of the Choirs, Duel

Losers:
The CW, K-Ville, Journeyman, Notes From the Underbelly

i think Duel was pick up as the week goes on.

Did the new game show and reality show bomb?

Good. Let the networks squirm. Hope your shareholders aren't getting too angry since you've started giving cash back to advertisers, all you other networks.

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Originally posted by galveston:
Did the new game show and reality show bomb?

Good. Let the networks squirm. Hope your shareholders aren't getting too angry since you've started giving cash back to advertisers, all you other networks.

Isn't NBC the only Net giving cash back???

People would rather watch reruns than sample. That's how it's been all season. Guess I shouldn't have expected it to change here.

How there are still people tuning out of Journeyman (week-to-week) at this point is beyond me. This show has gotten so ridiculously good.

Well i'm surprised OR did so well. I know 5.7 million might not seem well, but with such a bad lead-in, when CSI Miami hits a new low and OR did 5 million last week it's not all that bad