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Originally posted by Riff Rafferty:

For what it's worth, I always kind of pictured you looking like this:

http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/7175.jpg

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Originally posted by TravisYanan:
Answer: 0. HIMYM never ran after original 2.5 Men. The only post- 2.5 Men run HIMYM has had was repeats during this past summer.

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DLST = Daylight Saving Time?

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Originally posted by Obveeus:

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:
I don't think HIMYM has to pull better numbers than BBT, but they better be pretty darn close. If the drop is beyond 15-20%, HIMYM may be a gonner.

Why would HIMYM have that kind of drop when it doesn't get that much lower numbers than BBT in the lower HUT slot?

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Originally posted by Chimera:

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Originally posted by Riff Rafferty:

For what it's worth, I always kind of pictured you looking like this:

http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/7175.jpg

LOL!!! :rofl:

Any chance pisher will make that his avatar?

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So, Boston Legal returns in April with 5 new episodes, and it will air following Dancing, right?

Does anyone think the current slide to 7 or so million viewers and a terrible 1.9 in the demo will go up? I doubt, even with Dancing, that BL can ever go back up to 10 million or a 2.5 demo that they had before. So, hmmm..what can we expect?

I actually think it will go right back up to that range -- 10 million viewers, give or take a few hundred thousand, and 2.5 in the demo, give or take 0.2 each week.

I don't agree. I think a lot of shows are never going to return to their pre strike levels.

I agree that a lot of shows will underperform this spring. Remember what DLST did last year.

DLST???

True, a lot of shows underperform in the Spring, but not a lot of shows go from having Carpoolers as a lead-in to having DWTS as a lead-in. BL has a very loyal, if not very demo-friendly, audience, and even though it doesn't rise much higher than 10 million, it also stays fairly stable with DWTS as its lead-in. Going up by 2 - 2.5 million viewers and a half a point in the demo is not too much to expect when the lead-in goes from under 4 million and under 1.5 in the demo to over 20 million and over 5.0 in the demo.

P.S. I have no idea what they meant by DLST -- closest thing is DWTS, but that did well in the Spring...

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WEEK NO. 21:     ADULTS 18-49            TOTAL VIEWERS
                No.1 FOX  4.6      No.1 FOX     11,490,000
                No.2 NBC  3.0      No.2 NBC      8,900,000
                No.3 ABC  2.3      No.3 CBS      8,050,000
                No.4 CBS  2.2      No.4 ABC      6,950,000
                No.5 CW   0.8      No.5 CW       2,230,000
  

It will be interesting see, but since they are getting their shows on the air quicker, that have a very good chance.

I wonder if the CBS shows have any chance of returning to their pre-strike levels when originals return. My guess is they don't.

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:

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Originally posted by Obveeus:

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:
I don't think HIMYM has to pull better numbers than BBT, but they better be pretty darn close. If the drop is beyond 15-20%, HIMYM may be a gonner.

Why would HIMYM have that kind of drop when it doesn't get that much lower numbers than BBT in the lower HUT slot?

I'm not saying it will. But IF it were too, then its a goner.

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Originally posted by Obveeus:

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Originally posted by TravisYanan:
Answer: 0. HIMYM never ran after original 2.5 Men. The only post- 2.5 Men run HIMYM has had was repeats during this past summer.

Exactly. HIMYM was never shown as 'wasted' after 2&1/2Men since it was only tossed there for a short period of time in rerun. I have no doubt but that HIMYM would perform at RoE levels if put there for a significant period of time in first run, with first run 2&1/2Men as a leadin.

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Originally posted by Riff Rafferty:

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Originally posted by Chimera:

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Originally posted by Riff Rafferty:

For what it's worth, I always kind of pictured you looking like this:

http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/7175.jpg

LOL!!! :rofl:

Any chance pisher will make that his avatar?

His avatar? I'd make it MY avatar if I had that option!

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:

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Originally posted by Obveeus:

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:
I don't think HIMYM has to pull better numbers than BBT, but they better be pretty darn close. If the drop is beyond 15-20%, HIMYM may be a gonner.

Why would HIMYM have that kind of drop when it doesn't get that much lower numbers than BBT in the lower HUT slot?

I'm not saying it will. But IF it were too, then its a goner.

In the past HIMYM didn't always grow out the King of Queens when it aired at 8pm on Mondays. I wouldn't be surprised to see Big Bang pull 8 million range and HIMYM 7 million range.

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:

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Originally posted by Pam:
No arguements there but I still think BB is not doing anywhere what CBS had hoped but considering the intelligence level of CBS anymore and how CBS handles itself I guess that's to be expected LOL!!

I agree that BB is underperforming what CBS expected. Not sure of your second comment though. Of all the Networks, CBS has made more RIGHT decisions than the other nets.

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Originally posted by TravisYanan:

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:

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Originally posted by Obveeus:

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:
I don't think HIMYM has to pull better numbers than BBT, but they better be pretty darn close. If the drop is beyond 15-20%, HIMYM may be a gonner.

Why would HIMYM have that kind of drop when it doesn't get that much lower numbers than BBT in the lower HUT slot?

I'm not saying it will. But IF it were too, then its a goner.

In the past HIMYM didn't always grow out the King of Queens when it aired at 8pm on Mondays. I wouldn't be surprised to see Big Bang pull 8 million range and HIMYM 7 million range.

What happened last year with HIMYM at 8pm and Old Christine at 8:30pm versus DWTS? I seem to remember Old Christine stayed at similar levels as HIMYM or was down (but barely).

Oh, and pisher the Sunday finals are now up

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Originally posted by yankeesrj12:
Of course ABC's line-up is going to be bad. It's going against The Biggest Loser and American Idol. I think that ABC's Tuesday Line-Up is there, because they really dont want to kill any show, so they put the dead one's there. However I like According to Jim. (Why are there so many haters?) I would like it to be moved to Friday's though, that way I think it could attract more fans, and how could it do worse then the current Friday line-up?

I agree Fridays are where Jim belonged all along this season. Jim hour into WMC repeats would surely increase current offerings.

No, AtJ, Cavemen, and then WMC.

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:

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Originally posted by Pam:
No arguements there but I still think BB is not doing anywhere what CBS had hoped but considering the intelligence level of CBS anymore and how CBS handles itself I guess that's to be expected LOL!!

I agree that BB is underperforming what CBS expected. Not sure of your second comment though. Of all the Networks, CBS has made more RIGHT decisions than the other nets.

I don't know. Fox recently has given CBS a run for their money and the new Fox spring schedule is just about perfect in my book.