Fox legal drama Canterbury’s Law (headlined by the riveting Julianna Margulies) got off to an older skewing start, with 7.62 million viewers (#2) and a fourth-place 1.7 rating/5 share among adults 18-49 (#4). One year earlier, a repeat of House averaged 9.69 million viewers and a 3.5/10 in the demo. Needless to say, this is a very bad start for Canterbury’s Law.
WOW! What a difference the demo numbers can make -- CL went from promising to loser in one fell swoop! That 1.8 is very low, especially for a FOX show with a decent size audience!
As from the hostile witness on the stand last night, Miss Elizabeth Canterbury received a punch in the face this morning from the A18-49s. Last spring, Drive opened to 2.6, went to 2.3 and then 1.8 before FOX put it in neutral, so I have faintest hopes that this series survives its full 5-episode run.
Sad to say because the opener was captivating television, and reminded me much of The Practice. Perhaps word-of-mouth might give this series a week two lift in young adult numbers.
And the moody, mysterious New Amsterdam was quite compelling last night as well. Glad to see that it held quite a sizeable portion of its audience from last week.
Canteburry's Law: I'd say solid start considering Fox barely advertised for it and didn't use Idol to launch it like they did New Amsterdam, which did much better than expected. Maybe there is a chance in hell for these two dead-before-they-aired dramas. Still, next Monday's new eps of the CBS comedies will probably do them in along with Dancing the next week.
I'd also say My Dad... is a goner next week too, likely falling into 5 million viewer territory.
Decent for the Bachelor. Goodbye October Road. I will half way miss this show just because it was nice and simple. Some of the storylines were flat out terrible but some were pretty good. Chalk up another chimp scheduling move here.
CW: As I've said before, should be WC for Who Cares.
Could we maybe get results of MNTV so I could see the numbers for Paradise Hotel?
Final kudos to Christine for building on her lead in and posting solid week to week growth at 8:30. I wonder how Christine would do after a funny show like Big Bang instead of overrated nonsense like HIMYM.
Originally posted by mushu_jj: Could we maybe get results of MNTV so I could see the numbers for Paradise Hotel?
Does MNTV pay Nielsen for overnight numbers? I know they show up for finals, but I'm not sure they have enough money to pay for overnight numbers. Remember, only a year or so ago MNTV wasn't paying for any daily numbers, only weekly, which they then selectively released to spin only their highlights.
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I wonder how Christine would do after a funny show like Big Bang instead of overrated nonsense like HIMYM.
HIMYM is the funnier show. That aside, the 8pm and 8:30pm CBS Monday comedy timeslots are not going to perform up to the 9:30pm timeslot until 2&1/2men dies off. Right now, 2&1/2Men carries whatever show is on after it because such a sizeable percentage of CBS viewers are 'too lazy' to change the channel.
Canteburry's Law: I'd say solid start considering Fox barely advertised for it and didn't use Idol to launch it like they did New Amsterdam, which did much better than expected.
I'd say they're just as happy they didn't blow an AI lead-in on it.
As to promotion, I am seeing Julianna Margulies' face EVERYWHERE, even when I walk my dog.
And it's a nice face, but enough is enough already.
I agree. HIMYM is by far the funnier show. Hopefully the addition of Alicia Silverstone and the cameo by Britney Spears will increase the exposure of this show. I feel that HIMYM and BBT are the only two comedies on the air right now that could beak out and become mass-appealing shows.
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Originally posted by mushu_jj: Could we maybe get results of MNTV so I could see the numbers for Paradise Hotel?
Does MNTV pay Nielsen for overnight numbers? I know they show up for finals, but I'm not sure they have enough money to pay for overnight numbers. Remember, only a year or so ago MNTV wasn't paying for any daily numbers, only weekly, which they then selectively released to spin only their highlights.
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I wonder how Christine would do after a funny show like Big Bang instead of overrated nonsense like HIMYM.
HIMYM is the funnier show. That aside, the 8pm and 8:30pm CBS Monday comedy timeslots are not going to perform up to the 9:30pm timeslot until 2&1/2men dies off. Right now, 2&1/2Men carries whatever show is on after it because such a sizeable percentage of CBS viewers are 'too lazy' to change the channel.
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Could not have imagined that CL would skew THAT old. Media Life says it came in 5th in 18-49 and 1st in 50+. Pretty amazing that it could premiere with a viewer/demo skew even older than something like Close to Home was getting on a Friday night. Unless something crazy happens, it will probably finish its produced eps and be done.
I did not expect New Amsterdam to hold that many viewers when separated from Idol, but it's probably going to have to hold practically all of the demo if not more next week if it wants to survive to fall, a tall order considering what's joining the slot.
I'd be interested in seeing whether My Dad is drawing under-18 interest. Its numbers look very Kid Nation-esque.
Originally posted by whatsonpop: I agree. HIMYM is by far the funnier show. Hopefully the addition of Alicia Silverstone and the cameo by Britney Spears will increase the exposure of this show. I feel that HIMYM and BBT are the only two comedies on the air right now that could beak out and become mass-appealing shows.
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Originally posted by Obveeus:
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Originally posted by mushu_jj: Could we maybe get results of MNTV so I could see the numbers for Paradise Hotel?
Does MNTV pay Nielsen for overnight numbers? I know they show up for finals, but I'm not sure they have enough money to pay for overnight numbers. Remember, only a year or so ago MNTV wasn't paying for any daily numbers, only weekly, which they then selectively released to spin only their highlights.
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I wonder how Christine would do after a funny show like Big Bang instead of overrated nonsense like HIMYM.
HIMYM is the funnier show. That aside, the 8pm and 8:30pm CBS Monday comedy timeslots are not going to perform up to the 9:30pm timeslot until 2&1/2men dies off. Right now, 2&1/2Men carries whatever show is on after it because such a sizeable percentage of CBS viewers are 'too lazy' to change the channel.
A show that guest stars Britney Spears should be canceled immediately. And i'm not joking
Originally posted by spotupj: Could not have imagined that CL would skew THAT old. Media Life says it came in 5th in 18-49 and 1st in 50+. Pretty amazing that it could premiere with a viewer/demo skew even older than something like Close to Home was getting on a Friday night. Unless something crazy happens, it will probably finish its produced eps and be done.
I did not expect New Amsterdam to hold that many viewers when separated from Idol, but it's probably going to have to hold practically all of the demo if not more next week if it wants to survive to fall, a tall order considering what's joining the slot.
I'd be interested in seeing whether My Dad is drawing under-18 interest. Its numbers look very Kid Nation-esque.
Vey sad for CL and for older persons. Those over 50 should stop watching TV
I don't necessarily think DonD's performance was that great given the lack of competition - especially from ABC. They should be getting around 10 - 11 million viewers against new episodes of CBS comedies, and DWTS - so this ratings performance was nothing to write home about. Consider DonD's ratings to increase for stunts... but other than that, its going to slowly fizzle.
Expect NA's ratings to drop further next week when CBS comedies and DWTS start up...
