Oh, ok thanks. I really do not keep up with the ratings for the Superbowl and the shows afterward. So I had no idea what was considered high and weak ratings for the shows that followed the football game.
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Originally posted by lopez: Considering that Grey's Anatomy had almost 40 million viewers after the Superbowl, yes.
Originally posted by mushu_jj: Also I wouldn't call CSI a winner either. A 4.0 demo is all that show can muster these days? It really is gone then in that sense. It used to be competing and sometimes beating Greys in the demo. Now the Office is tying it (and probably beating it in half hour ratings).
Actually, tying The Office is quite an achievement for that show these days. Over the last month or more it's been well behind. But nobody ever talks about it.
This had to be one of the better episodes of Survivor I have ever seen. Even if Russell does not win, he IS the best player of the game ever.
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CBS’ Survivor Samoa dominated the 8 p.m. hour, with 13.19 million viewers and a 4.0 rating/11 share among adults 18-49. Comparably, this was right on target with the year-ago telecast set in Gabon
Originally posted by robert: 30 Rock has really slipped this season. And you know what that means? More Emmys baby
Fringe surely won't see a third season. FOX must've learned something from Dollhouse's debacle
30 Rock will win more emmys, no doubt. But I think Modern Family may actually get the win for best comedy. ABC hasn't won best comedy in years, so they may put a lot of promotion behind the Emmy campaign. That is if the Emmys don't reward the Big Bang Theory a season too late.
And don't count out Fringe just yet. Fox in the Fall pre-Idol is different than Fox in the Spring with it.
Right answer, trebek. Expect an avalanche of attention on year-end top 10 lists, and award recognition (Golden Globe, etc.) for Modern Family.... which hopefully leads to some Emmy attention. It is the funniest thing on TV lately. In fact, its biggest competition may not come from 30 Rock - it may come from Glee, which will have even more attention at year-end.
I still like 30 Rock, but I think this season has been uneven, and its losing a bit of its cache, in my opinion.
The Mentalist was very, very good last night. A slightly different dynamic with the addition of the other Sr. CBI agent, the antagonist of the story lines.
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Thursday 10 p.m. The Mentalist (CBS) Viewers: 15.58 million (#1), A18-49: 3.5/10 (#2)
Originally posted by mushu_jj: Isn't it ironic how the NBC Thursday comedies are so incompatible with Leno despite both being comedies? I have to wonder if a traditional family comedy would provide the best lead in for Jay.
NBC hasn't had a family comedy in years - they abandoned that genre in the 90's with their urban, adult blockbusters like Frasier, Friends and Seinfeld. Though wouldn't most family show viewers (kids and parents) not stay up to watch Jay, let alone 9:30?
Originally posted by a-mad: Right answer, trebek. Expect an avalanche of attention on year-end top 10 lists, and award recognition (Golden Globe, etc.) for Modern Family.... which hopefully leads to some Emmy attention. It is the funniest thing on TV lately. In fact, its biggest competition may not come from 30 Rock - it may come from Glee, which will have even more attention at year-end.
I still like 30 Rock, but I think this season has been uneven, and its losing a bit of its cache, in my opinion.
Forgot about Glee. It is awfully un-even, but if it submits the right episodes.
I'm sorry but why are those demos so important? Do people now count if they are over 49? That is pretty insulting.
CSI has 2 million and a half more viewers than Grey and has beat them all season long in viewers, after 9 years on the air and losing two of their most popular actors.
Grey got back both Izzie and Meredith yesterday and couldn't even crack the 15 million.
The Mantalist beats PP by 5 to 6 million every week and basicallyhave the same demos, but because PP beats it by .4 in the demo, it beats it handily even though TM had 5 million more viewers?
The success will be IF CSI can stay closer to the low 4.0 demo than the mid 3 demo it has been getting this season. If it is just a one time flux, then the "stint" did not work. This was not just a Sweeps stunt to pump numbers, but a quick fix to hopefully win back viewers that left after Grissom left.
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Originally posted by WlcmZapataTexas: The CSI crossover was a success. I'd imagine that CBS is brainstorming more crossovers with different shows to try to repeat the success of the CSI crossover.
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At 9 p.m., the conclusion of the three-part CSI franchise crossover with Lawrence Fishburne lifted CBS mainstay CSI to an above-average 16.89 million viewers (#1) and a 4.0/10 among adults 18-49 (#2) at 9 p.m. That was the most-watched show of the evening.
Originally posted by scottm: I think fringe is different proposition to dollhouse- and Fringe jumped 29% this week too. If it was at 2.5 in the demo i think Fox may be satisfied with that.Its facing very heavy competition too.
I don't think FOX would be satisfied with 2.5, but I also think they'd accept less--in the short-term. In this timeslot. But they can't accept this long-term.
At 2.5 on Thursdays for FOX is acceptable. Bones has been in that range most of the season and no one is calling for it to be canceled. And before you go with the lower HUT at 8pm, Bones as less competition. NBC at 8pm is very weak & FF is looking like a crash & burn series, trending downward as the season progresses.
9pm Still has 3 Powerhouse series on the other 3 Networks.
The CW affiliate in San Francisco aired the 49ers/Bears game last night. Supernatural didn’t air at all in the SF market, its numbers will likely fall in the final ratings. Vampire Diaries aired after the game, so it’s not clear how its final ratings will fare. Source
Basically, any ratings for TVD and SPN are highly preliminary. Too bad. TVD won't drop much since it did air, SPN didn't though and the ratings will drop a lot. As I said, too bad, it was a pretty funny, jump-the-shark-y episode.
It's too bad that NBC's numbers are so low. I have to say this is the first time in long time, that I've really loved all four NBC comedies on Thursdays.
But, had either of those series had been launched after a Super Bowl their quick trend downward in the ratings would just be that more dramatic than it is now. That is the reason why the Nets have backed off from launching new shows after the SB. If it fails, it is a BIG public failure.
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Originally posted by tvchtw: Back in the day networks always used the Super Bowl to launch a brand new show but after some bombs that pretty much ended. It would have been great to launch a show like V or flash forward after the super bowl
NBC needs to find comedies of a more mass appeal nature.
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Originally posted by TV is me: It's too bad that NBC's numbers are so low. I have to say this is the first time in long time, that I've really loved all four NBC comedies on Thursdays.
