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To my knowledge, the only numbers where MNT is not and never has been reported are the daily FAST Nationals, and perhaps this mode of reporting may be added in the upcoming season.

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On a separate issue, there are reports emerging on the web that ION is making a major shift in programming that will be announced in early April, and that will be further elaborated upon in their May upfront. Rumours indicate that it may include an expansion of network programming made available to affiliates (more hours per day) and/or a return to a higher percentage of original scripted/non-scripted programming

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Perhaps if ION returns to the original programming landscape, this coming fall could see three mini-networks grappling for fifth place amongst the English-language networks.

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Originally posted by Josh_Kane:

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Originally posted by robert:
Looks like PB will return for a 4th season



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Perhaps if ION returns to the original programming landscape, this coming fall could see three mini-networks grappling for fifth place amongst the English-language networks.

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CBS has cast Fred Savage, of "The Wonder Years," in its comedy pilot "Single White Millionaire." Savage will play a tycoon in his 30s trying to settle down. CBS has also cast Amy Smart to star in its drama pilot "Meant to Be's," playing a young New York gallery owner who is murdered on her way to her honeymoon but stays on earth to help people change their lives in the right direction.

The CW has picked up a pilot from "American Idol" creator Simon Fuller. The show, a real-time medical drama called "Austin Golden Hour," follows a team of emergency room surgeons and EMTs during the hour following a serious trauma.

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Originally posted by Chimera:
pilot casting news from medialife:

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CBS has cast Fred Savage, of "The Wonder Years," in its comedy pilot "Single White Millionaire." Savage will play a tycoon in his 30s trying to settle down. CBS has also cast Amy Smart to star in its drama pilot "Meant to Be's," playing a young New York gallery owner who is murdered on her way to her honeymoon but stays on earth to help people change their lives in the right direction.

The CW has picked up a pilot from "American Idol" creator Simon Fuller. The show, a real-time medical drama called "Austin Golden Hour," follows a team of emergency room surgeons and EMTs during the hour following a serious trauma.

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Sunday 3/23/08
Note: The following results are based on the metered market ratings.

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 6.1/11, ABC: 5.3/ 9, NBC: 5.0/ 9, Fox: 2.4/ 4, CW: 1.1/ 2

-Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening (Sunday, March 25, 2007)
NBC: + 2, ABC: no change, CW: -15, CBS: -36, Fox: -38

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Note: The fast national results for Sunday will be posted at PIFeedback.com by 12 p.m. ET. Go to the website, click on Ratings Box (the first category), then Last Night’s Results, and Sunday, March 23, 2008.

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-Yesterday’s Winners:
NCAA Basketball (CBS), 60 Minutes (CBS)

-Dominant, but on the Downside:
Oprah’s Big Give (ABC)

-Yesterday’s Losers (Excluding Repeats):
Big Brother 9 (CBS), Everybody Hates Chris (CW), Aliens in America (CW), Unhitched (Fox), Here Come the Newlyweds (ABC)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS extended its overnight winning streak to four consecutive evenings, beating second-place ABC on Sunday by an average of 15 percent. Third overall was NBC, followed by Fox and the CW.

The ongoing NCAA Basketball match-ups opened the evening for CBS with an approximate 7.6 rating/16 share in the overnights from 7-8 p.m. Due to the approximate running time, all program results on CBS were estimated last night. Next on the Eye net was a later edition of veteran 60 Minutes (#1: 8.0/14 at 8 p.m.), followed by Big Brother 9 (#3: 4.0/ 7) and a repeat of Cold Case (#2: 4.7/ 7) from 9-11 p.m.

Oprah’s Big Give on ABC is proving to be a poor replacement for the soon-to-be returning Desperate Housewives, with week four of the feel-good reality/competition slipping to a series-low (but still first-place) 6.1/11 in the overnights from 9-10 p.m. Take a look at the four-week track:

Oprah’s Big Give
3/02/08: 9.8/15 (#1)
3/09/08: 7.7/12 (#1)
3/16/08: 6.5/10 (#2)
3/23/08: 6.1/11 (#1)

Sad when the top-rated series in the Sunday 9 p.m. hour averages a 6.1 rating in the overnights, isn’t it?

Earlier in the evening on ABC was America’s Funniest Home Videos (#2: 4.6/ 9) and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (#2: 5.2/11) from 7-9 p.m. And leading out of Oprah’s Big Give was week four of Here Come the Newlyweds at a very uneventful (and series-low) 4.1/ 7 at 10 p.m. Aren’t we all just plain sick and tired of nonsense like Here Come the Newlyweds?

NBC finished third overall in the overnights with its combination of approximately 30-minutes of Doral golf coverage (#2: 4.3/ 9 at 7 p.m.), a 90-minute edition of Dateline (#3: 4.5/ 8 from 7:30-9 p.m.), a repeat of Law & Order (#2: 5.4/ 9) and a repeat of Law & Order: SVU (#1: 5.8/10). Due to the estimated running time for the Doral match-up, all individual program results for NBC are estimated.

Ranking fourth in every half-hour was Fox’s line-up of a repeat of King of the Hill (1.7/ 3), a repeat of American Dad (1.9/ 4), a repeat of The Simpsons (3.3/ 6), an 8:30 p.m. edition of Unhitched (2.2/ 4), a repeat of Family Guy (3.1/ 5), and the regularly scheduled edition of Unhitched (2.1/ 3). As for the future of sitcom Unhitched, all together now, “Tick, tock…the cancellation clock is ticking.”

Last, of course, was the CW care of a repeat of America’s Next Top Model (0.9/ 2), Everybody Hates Chris (1.0/ 2), Aliens in America (0.9/ 2), relocated The Game (1.4/ 2) and a repeat of Girlfriends (1.2/ 2). Worth noting for The Game at 9 p.m. was growth of a significant 56 percent in the overnights out of Aliens in America. I think that’s worthy of renewal, don’t you?

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

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Originally posted by ray:
Last, of course, was the CW care of a repeat of America’s Next Top Model (0.9/ 2), Everybody Hates Chris (1.0/ 2), Aliens in America (0.9/ 2), relocated The Game (1.4/ 2) and a repeat of Girlfriends (1.2/ 2). Worth noting for The Game at 9 p.m. was growth of a significant 56 percent in the overnights out of Aliens in America. I think that’s worthy of renewal, don’t you?

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

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Originally posted by dumont:
To my knowledge, the only numbers where MNT is not and never has been reported are the daily FAST Nationals, and perhaps this mode of reporting may be added in the upcoming season.

Ok. They never paid for Fast nationals and they didn't start paying for Daily final numbers until a year ago. the point remains that the lack of reporting is the fault (or goal) of MNTV, not some plot by all the media to ignore MNTV. There is also the issue of clutter. People already complain about CW ratings getting in the way of the flow of information when trying to parse Marc (and others') ratings reports. Adding in MNTV, ION, UNI, TEL, etc... would just futher clutter the report for only a very small number of viewers.

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On a separate issue, there are reports emerging on the web that ION is making a major shift in programming that will be announced in early April, and that will be further elaborated upon in their May upfront. Rumours indicate that it may include an expansion of network programming made available to affiliates (more hours per day) and/or a return to a higher percentage of original scripted/non-scripted programming

It wouldn't surprise me at all to see ION expand the number of hours they program, similar to UNI. However, I wouldn't expect original programming from them, given the number of syndicated shows they have recently purchased.

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Perhaps if ION returns to the original programming landscape, this coming fall could see three mini-networks grappling for fifth place amongst the English-language networks.

ION may compete with MNTV, but realistically, all that syndicated fare makes for very limited upswing potential. It might make a network that can compete for 5th place, but it will never make for a netwwork capable of moving into the top 4. In order to become a 'big' network, you have to have original programming.