Originally posted by Marc Berman: 8:00 p.m. - Barack Obama Political Message NBC – Viewers: 9.85 million (#1), A18-49: 3.0/ 8 (#1) CBS – Viewers: 8.65 million (#2), A18-49: 2.3/ 6 (#3) Fox – Viewers: 7.92 million (#3), A18-49: 2.8/ 8 (#2)
Even with an identical program, CBS skews old: proof that people really do park on their usual channel.
Originally posted by A.C.: And speaking of 6 Million...will next week be the week DIRTY SEXY MONEY drops below that point on its way to cancellation?
What? Cancellation? "Dirty Sexy Money?" Its janitor, DirtySexyJ, told me it's a SMASH hit! 6 entire million viewers! It clobbers everything in its path in the coveted 18-19.5 deaf, dumb and blind women demo! ABC ordered more and more and more scripts! They don't scrap the episodes; they reshoot them, because the show is JUST THAT GOOD! It's going to whip up shows on NBC WHICH DON'T EVEN AIR OPPOSITE IT! Yes, folks, "Dirty Sexy Money" will run forever because it's just THAT MUCH of a smash success!!!!
But seriously, my gut tells me they won't take it out behind the barn until the spring. Greg Berlanti has good dirt on somebody there. He's, like, a third of the reason why ABC is in the toilet.
-- "Better Off Ted," Wednesdays at some time or another at some point or another in the near future. Because we can't all live in mansions and not ever work like the people on "Modern Family."
"Pushing Daisies" did see a small bump in viewership by not having to compete with CBS, NBC, and Fox (at least for a half-hour). That 6.64 million viewers was the second highest of the season so far. However, that figure remains below every first-run episode from "Daisies" first - abbreviated - season last year.
While "The New Adventures of Old Christine" gave back some of the viewers it scored last week, it still managed to finish second in its time slot behind only the World Series on Fox. The comedy also managed to beat NBC's once dominant "Deal or No Deal" as well. However, the comedy also stumbled a bit last night by failing to improve upon the viewer numbers from CBS's broadcast of Senator Obama's political advertisement in either viewers or the 18-49 year old demographic.
The rest of the night was largely as expected with CBS holding up well against the final MLB game of the season and ABC and NBC continuing to struggle with their respective line-ups.
The question for ABC and NBC now becomes:
1. How long will ABC allow the Wednesday line-up to air without making some adjustments, and...
2. Will moving "Life" and returning "Law & Order" give NBC a leg up, especially against the struggling ABC schedule?
Good point. OC also got almost the identical demo that Obama got (she got 2.2), so that means most of the younger people that watched OC watched Obama on CBS.
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Originally posted by Marc Berman: 8:00 p.m. - Barack Obama Political Message NBC – Viewers: 9.85 million (#1), A18-49: 3.0/ 8 (#1) CBS – Viewers: 8.65 million (#2), A18-49: 2.3/ 6 (#3) Fox – Viewers: 7.92 million (#3), A18-49: 2.8/ 8 (#2)
Even with an identical program, CBS skews old: proof that people really do park on their usual channel.
Because it spun off from GA. If it needs GA to survive is it a spin off still?
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Originally posted by KSO: Who is running ABC? They chose not to take the money from Obama to instead waste on PD? I'd say monkeys were running the network but they have more sense.
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Private Practice on ABC could not compete with a series-low 7.73 million viewers (#4) and a 2.8/ 7 among adults 18-49 (#3).
This entire Wednesday line up should be canceled.
I still believe Private Practice would do well behind a show with actual viewers, like say Greys Anatomy.
Originally posted by Marc Berman: Pushing Daisies, the struggling drama could only muster 6.64 million viewers and a 2.2/ 6 among adults 18-49
This is an increase of about 1million viewers (.3 demo) from last week. Not bad, actually.
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America’s Next Top Model on the CW, with a below-average 3.93 million viewers and a 2.0/ 6 among adults 18-49.
NativeNYer pointed out yesterday that this episode was preempted in LA for basketball, so the number will likely drop quite a bit in finals.
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The New Adventures of Old Christine (Viewers: #2, 7.64 million; A18-49: #3t, 2.2/ 6)
A disappointing number. Count me as someone that didn't bother watching TNAoOC since GU wasn't there as a pairing to support it.
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Deal or No Deal (NBC) 8:30 p.m. – Viewers: 6.87 million (#3), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#5) 9:00 p.m. – Viewers: 8.15 million (#3), A18-49: 2.2/ 6 (#4) 9:30 p.m. – Viewers: 9.79 million (#3), A18-49: 2.8/ 7 (#4)
people only care about the end.
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Stylista dipped to 1.87 million viewers and a 0.9/ 2 among adults 18-49.
CW really made a mistake letting the Project Runway people do the casting. The result is a group of truly unlikeable human beings. It is a shame becasue some of the format ideas are done very well (like the winner of the early challenge choosing the team groupings for the final challenge in each episode).
Originally posted by baturcotte: OK, I guess I'll be the first to ask (today) for the PD half hours...did it drop like a stone at 8:30, or retain the viewers that it did have?
I would like to know too!
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I know most of you here think abc should take the easy road and move PP behind GA but that just creates more problems for Wed. PP may not be a break-out hit by any means but its holding its own.
What would go to Weds in its place? A brand new show. PP stands a better chance of survival as it atleast has some audience from Grey's. Also, this leaves the post Grey's slot to something else that can get exposure.
Well PD did see a growth after all. Not nearly enough though. It's dead.
Barack will finish with almost 35 million i suppose, the numbers are very good but we'll see tuesday if it was money well spent. 30 minutes of good television anyway, not so sure if it was effective though
Not that it matters a whole lot, but I don't know when (or if) FOX 10 in Phoenix ran the Obama spot, it was scheduled for after the game for us and at 7:30 when it was suppose to run there was just local news.
Either way, sad times for PD, at least the demo ticked up from last week right?...right?...anyone?
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If I was scheduling Wednesdays, I would do Lost/Life On Mars/Border Security mid-season.
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What would go to Weds in its place? A brand new show. PP stands a better chance of survival as it atleast has some audience from Grey's. Also, this leaves the post Grey's slot to something else that can get exposure.
FOX In Commanding A18-49 Lead After 3 Nights of Week 6
Leveraging the 'World Series' ratings power for all its worth (even the rain delay coverage gets better ratings than half the regular FOX line-up), FOX now has a comfortable first place position in A18-49's, and is a sparrows breath out of first in viewers. CBS is second in the young adult demo, ABC third, NBC fourth followed by the mininets.
On a year-over-year basis, despite DVR usage climbing by 10%, all the networks are experiencing a surge in their numbers in demo, viewers or both with the exception of ABC, who are down -23% in demo and -14% in viewers. Much of the blame can be laid at the doorstep of ABC's 10 pm shows which are failing to deliver at the levels they did last year.
Week 6 (First 3 Nights, Monday-Wednesday)
# Network A18-49 (%YOY) Millions of Viewers (%YOY)
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1. FOX 4.10 (+42%) 12.047 (+61%)
2. CBS 3.17 (-3%) 12.150 (+4%)
3. ABC 2.93 (-23%) 10.893 (-14%)
4. NBC 2.80 (+4%) 7.517 (+9%)
5. UNI 1.80 (+2%) 4.552 (+8%)
6. CW 1.48 (+40%) 2.903 (+23%)
7. MNT 0.45 (+29%) 1.310 (+60%) - one night only
YOY = Year-Over-Year
