Numbers are not surprising in any way. I wonder what the 4:15 game did at its peak. I'd say around 30 million midway through the third period when the game was still not a foregone conclusion. Still, CBS got a big boost for 60 Minutes and a steady TAR. While it didn't really soak up many viewers from the overrun, I still think part of TAR's success this season can be traced to its well sampled premier following the the Pats/Cowboys game.
NBC has not had that much luck this year with their Sunday games. After all, the Ravens are who we knew they were. See Bill, it is ok to rest your staters in a blowout (although, I probably wouldn't have done so this weekend either).
TV Guide has an interesting article about "TV numbers". Among information about DVR, lower ratings... this part, on what shows get the high-income viewers:
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$63,000 — This is the median income for homes that watched ABC's Big Shots, Dirty Sexy Money and Private Practice. Only NBC's The Office ($73,000) and its lead-out Scrubs ($68,000) are higher. TV critics asked ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson last summer why so many of the characters on his new shows are rich people. Well, this is why. Advertisers like to reach rich people.
From a Variety article today on Friday Night Lights:
And while its overall viewership isn't huge, it's the right kind: No other drama on TV has a higher concentration of viewers that make more than $100,000 a year.
Maybe CBS will finally learn this year that they do a disservice to their Sunday night shows with the NFL overruns. Maybe 60 Minutes gets a spike, but the overruns kill shows later on in the night like Cold Case and Shark. I think the biggest problem is that they have a very old skewing show (60 Minutes) running into a younger skewing show (Amazing Race), followed by 2 older skewing shows. There is no continuity in the lineup and the older viewers looking for Cold Case and Shark are gone by the time these come on and they have no idea when they will start. I mean, if a typical Cold Case viewer turns on the TV at 9PM looking for Cold Case and sees the middle of Amazing Race they will just tuneout.
CBS should do what FOX does and start their Sunday night lineup at 8PM when they have late NFL games. I am not sure what to do at 8PM when they don't have NFL game, but maybe put on a game show or something that skews older into Cold Case and Shark.
Amazing Race does not belong on Sunday nights anyway with the older skewing programs they have. It should be on Wednesdays at 8 or even on Mondays at 8PM with 2 of those (awful) comedies moving to Wednesdays.
Subtle advertising in FNL? That's funny. The mid show recap is sponsored by JC Penney and there is lots of obvious lines. "Lets go to Applebees," GMC trucks and more.
Originally posted by AL: Maybe CBS will finally learn this year that they do a disservice to their Sunday night shows with the NFL overruns. Maybe 60 Minutes gets a spike, but the overruns kill shows later on in the night like Cold Case and Shark. I think the biggest problem is that they have a very old skewing show (60 Minutes) running into a younger skewing show (Amazing Race), followed by 2 older skewing shows. There is no continuity in the lineup and the older viewers looking for Cold Case and Shark are gone by the time these come on and they have no idea when they will start. I mean, if a typical Cold Case viewer turns on the TV at 9PM looking for Cold Case and sees the middle of Amazing Race they will just tuneout.
CBS should do what FOX does and start their Sunday night lineup at 8PM when they have late NFL games. I am not sure what to do at 8PM when they don't have NFL game, but maybe put on a game show or something that skews older into Cold Case and Shark.
Amazing Race does not belong on Sunday nights anyway with the older skewing programs they have. It should be on Wednesdays at 8 or even on Mondays at 8PM with 2 of those (awful) comedies moving to Wednesdays.
Why can't they just shrink/expand 60 Minutes as needed? It's the type of show were one can leave out a segment.
You keep 60 Minutes (at 8:00pm) and The Amazing Race (at 9:00pm) on, right after football, but preempt either Cold Case or Shark. Perhpas allow the NFL studio guys keep the 7:00pm hour even if Football is over early.
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Originally posted by AL: Maybe CBS will finally learn this year that they do a disservice to their Sunday night shows with the NFL overruns. Maybe 60 Minutes gets a spike, but the overruns kill shows later on in the night like Cold Case and Shark. I think the biggest problem is that they have a very old skewing show (60 Minutes) running into a younger skewing show (Amazing Race), followed by 2 older skewing shows. There is no continuity in the lineup and the older viewers looking for Cold Case and Shark are gone by the time these come on and they have no idea when they will start. I mean, if a typical Cold Case viewer turns on the TV at 9PM looking for Cold Case and sees the middle of Amazing Race they will just tuneout.
CBS should do what FOX does and start their Sunday night lineup at 8PM when they have late NFL games. I am not sure what to do at 8PM when they don't have NFL game, but maybe put on a game show or something that skews older into Cold Case and Shark.
Amazing Race does not belong on Sunday nights anyway with the older skewing programs they have. It should be on Wednesdays at 8 or even on Mondays at 8PM with 2 of those (awful) comedies moving to Wednesdays.
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May be the new revenue source for shows since DVRs will eventually make commercials extinct.
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Originally posted by GMYERS: Subtle advertising in FNL? That's funny. The mid show recap is sponsored by JC Penney and there is lots of obvious lines. "Lets go to Applebees," GMC trucks and more.
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