Prime Time Ratings:
Tuesday 8/21/07

The following results are based on the fast affiliate ratings (Live Plus Same Day data)

-Total Viewers:
NBC: 12.29 million, CBS: 6.64, ABC: 6.20, Fox: 4.03, CW: 1.22

-Adults 18-49:
NBC: 3.9 rating/11 share, ABC and CBS: 2.2/ 6 each, Fox: 1.6/ 5, CW: 0.5/ 1

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-Ratings Breakdown:
NBC scored an easy Tuesday victory courtesy of the two-hour season-finale of America’s Got Talent at an average 13.87 million viewers and a 4.1 rating/12 share among adults 18-49 from 8-10 p.m. Dominant America’s Got Talent built in every half-hour as follows:

8:00 p.m. Viewers: 11.73 million, A18-49: 3.4 rating/11 share
8:30 p.m. Viewers: 13.30 million, A18-49: 3.9/12
9:00 p.m. Viewers: 14.93 million, A18-49: 4.5/12
9:30 p.m. Viewers: 15.52 million, A18-49: 4.7/12

Congratulations, Terry Fator!

Although 10-11 p.m. lead-out The Singing Bee kept NBC in the winner’s circle, 9.13 million viewers and a 3.3/ 9 among adults 18-49 was down by a hefty 6.39 million viewers and 30 percent among adults 18-49 from the last half-hour of America’s Got Talent. Is The Singing Bee really the hit everyone thinks?

Second in the 8 p.m. hour was the double-pop of ABC’s Just For Laughs (Viewers: avg. 7.22 million; A18-49: 2.3/ 7), followed by a repeat of CBS game show Power of 10 (Viewers: 6.12 million; A18-49: 1.9/ 6), the series-finale of Fox’s On the Lot (Viewers: 2.48 million; A18-49: 1.2/ 4), and a repeat of the CW’s canceled Gilmore Girls (Viewers: 1.40 million; A18-49: 0.6/ 2). As a reminder, Power of 10 will now be anchoring Tuesday and Wednesday.

Second behind the 9-10 p.m. portion of America’s Got Talent was CBS’ Big Brother 8, with 7.29 million viewers and a 3.1/ 8 among adults 18-49. Sorry Jen, but it looks like you are now going home tomorrow. Also airing was a repeat of Fox’s House (Viewers: #3, 5.57 million; A18-49: #3t, 2.0/ 5), week three (and the time period premiere) of ABC’s I-Caught (Viewers: #4, 5.00 million; A18-49: #3t, 2.0/ 5), and a repeat of the CW’s Beauty and the Geek (Viewers: #5, 1.04 million; A18-49: #5, 0.4/ 1).

Top honors at 10 p.m. went to NBC’s aforementioned The Singing Bee (Viewers: 9.13 million; A18-49: 3.3/ 6), followed by a repeat of NBC’s NCIS (Viewers: #2, 6.51 million; A18-49: #3, 1.6/ 5), and the time period premiere of ABC’s Primetime: Crime (Viewers: #3, 6.38 million; A18-49: #2, 2.4/ 7) sharing the No. 2 and 3 spots. Flipping time periods did not help either I-Caught or Primetime: Crime.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

The NCIS rerun suffered at 10 pm, while the Power of 10 rerun was down about 2 million from last week's NCIS (though only .2 in the demo). We'll probably have to wait till next week's new ep to know for sure, but doubling up on Power seems like not a great move at this point.

Meanwhile, On The Lot was up almost 25% from recent airings, proving that even the biggest reality duds tick up for their finales. Personally, I watched about two minutes.

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CBS game show Power of 10 (Viewers: 6.12 million; A18-49: 1.9/ 6),

Not bad numbers for a repeat episode from 6 days earlier.

The last couple episodes of BIG BROTHER are classic BE CAREFUL WHATE YOU WISH FOR.

A lot of people complained about EVEL DICK's abraisiveness...but you know what..he's been behaved the last two shows...and frankly they have been boring. The entertainment quotia dropped with a domesticated Dick.

I hope beyond hope America voted for ERIC to vote to evict JAMEKA...just to screw with him and spice things back up again by having Dick and Danielle turn on him.

ON THE LOT...I watched one episode but happened on it last night just before the winner was announced. I thought...I hope the really nervous looking guy wins because he looked like he'd be suicidal if he didn't thankfully he won.
At the end there was a cheesy meeting with film making "god" Steven Speilberg and the guy looked like he was going to pass out meeting his idol.

I believe "On The Lot" was on the wrong net. I believe it woulda drawn close to the same viewership on the "Discovery Channel".

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Originally posted by Marc Berman:
Is The Singing Bee really the hit everyone thinks?

No. I don't think people think of this show as a hit anyway.

I love the Singing bee! VERY addicting.

Everything on "On the Lot" was bad from beginning to end. From the terrible hostess to the misogynistic comments by Gary Marshall to Carrie Fisher's slurred speeches to the bad format that seemed to change with every week to week to Jerry O'Connell's terrible guest spot to the bad idea of "having America vote" to the uncomfortably staged meeting at the end of Stephen Spielberg with the winner, Will.

The only thing good about it were most of the 3 minute shorts. There were some good techniques and imagination in some of the clips. However, it really wasn't a direction competition as the contestants were required to write, produce, and sometimes even compose songs for them.

A competition like this can work, but never in this fashion. Everyone should just forget about "On the Lot" until Zach, Adam, or Will show up as the director for a new commercial that gets our attention or an episode of "Nanny 911".

Folks...today's podcast is now online.

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:

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CBS game show Power of 10 (Viewers: 6.12 million; A18-49: 1.9/ 6),

Not bad numbers for a repeat episode from 6 days earlier.

I think a lot of people including myself did not know it was a repeat until after tuning it in.

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Originally posted by Elvis Bus:
Everything on "On the Lot" was bad from beginning to end. From the terrible hostess to the misogynistic comments by Gary Marshall to Carrie Fisher's slurred speeches to the bad format that seemed to change with every week to week to Jerry O'Connell's terrible guest spot to the bad idea of "having America vote" to the uncomfortably staged meeting at the end of Stephen Spielberg with the winner, Will.

The only thing good about it were most of the 3 minute shorts. There were some good techniques and imagination in some of the clips. However, it really wasn't a direction competition as the contestants were required to write, produce, and sometimes even compose songs for them.

A competition like this can work, but never in this fashion. Everyone should just forget about "On the Lot" until Zach, Adam, or Will show up as the director for a new commercial that gets our attention or an episode of "Nanny 911".

It would've worked if it was like the Bravo creative competition shows ("Project Runway," "Top Chef," etc.)--peer judging. "America votes" may work on "American Idol," but filmmaking is not singing.

I will defend Fisher by stating that she was probably getting less and less interested in the whole affair by the end, like most people.

And as awful as Adrianna Costa was, I don't know if Chelsea Handler would've been any better if she had stayed. If you've been watching "Chelsea Lately," her whole act seems built around snarky nastiness and that never works for a show like this.

MyNetworkTV Signs Deal for NFL Total Access, Saturdays at 9 pm

The website broadcastingcable.com confirms that the NFL has just inked a deal with MyNetworkTV to carry NFL Total Access on a weekly basis, Saturdays at 9 pm, beginning Saturday September 8th and concluding Saturday February 23rd (with a few skipped weeks). 20 weekly episodes are planned.

MyNetworkTV Gets a Piece of NFL Network’s Pigskin

According to sources reported in other articles, the NFL will four-wall MNT for the hour, and pay an undisclosed fee to MyNetworkTV for the time and retain the rights to sell the national network advertisements, while MNT affiliates retain their normal time for local ad sales.

MyNetworkTV has not yet announced what show will occupy the Saturday at 8 pm hour. The show currently skedded on Saturdays from 8-10 pm was the IFL Battleground encores of the Monday original bouts.

Tuesday original finals

Just for Laughs (8pm)
- 6.828 million viewers
- 4.4/8 HH
- 2.0/7 A18-49

Just for Laughs (8:30pm)
- 7.677 million viewers
- 4.7/8 HH
- 2.6/8 A18-49

iCaught
- 4.999 million viewers
- 3.3/5 HH
- 2.0/5 A18-49

Primetime
- 6.328 million viewers
- 4.3/8 HH
- 2.4/7 A18-49

Big Brother
- 7.299 million viewers
- 4.7/8 HH
- 3.1/8 A18-49

America's Got Talent (season finale)
- 13.943 million viewers
- 8.4/14 HH
- 4.2/12 A18-49

The Singing Bee
- 8.875 million viewers
- 5.3/9 HH
- 3.2/9 A18-49

On the Lot (series finale)
- 2.395 million viewers
- 1.5/3 HH
- 1.1/4 A18-49

Damages (FX, 65 minutes)
- 2.149 million viewers
- 1.4/3 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49

Eureka
- 2.307 million viewers
- 1.4/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49

The Bill Engvall Show
- 2.298 million viewers
- 1.4/2 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49

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Originally posted by TravisYanan:
Tuesday original finals

Just for Laughs (8:30pm)
- 7.677 million viewers
- 4.7/8 HH
- 2.6/8 A18-49

iCaught
- 4.999 million viewers
- 3.3/5 HH
- 2.0/5 A18-49

Primetime
- 6.328 million viewers
- 4.3/8 HH
- 2.4/7 A18-49

What's the problem here? I think iCaught should get canned.

I-Caught is an absolute embarrassment.