What follows is the fast affiliate rating results for Thursday, June 18, 2009 in the order of overall network totals and by half hour per program (in the order of ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the CW).
Those ABC repeat numbers are terrible, although all three of those shows repeat poorly so ABC had to expect it. Below 3 million for the entire night? ABC needs to find a way to put original material here, even if it's just 20/20 or Primetime specials.
NBC's comedy repeat numbers are terrible also. I still don't understand why NBC insists on repeating them. It's killing The Listener, which is now completely dead.
The numbers for I'm a Celebrity should be around that level on Monday as another person will go home.
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True, NBC's numbers are not good, but you can't completely clear your schedule for the summer. It's just not economical.
CBS is about the only Network that can consistently draw viewers with repeat programming.
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Originally posted by WlcmDeepEnd: Those ABC repeat numbers are terrible, although all three of those shows repeat poorly so ABC had to expect it. Below 3 million for the entire night? ABC needs to find a way to put original material here, even if it's just 20/20 or Primetime specials.
NBC's comedy repeat numbers are terrible also. I still don't understand why NBC insists on repeating them. It's killing The Listener, which is now completely dead.
Just got a weird feeling like USA thumped everything besides stuff that aired on CBS and FOX's Dance. USA Thursday Nights is slowly becoming the number two destination on Thursday Nights.
Why even air repeats of these programs anymore, just air original stuff in there place.
Private Practice's numbers are good considering the original airing ratings. It still pulls 1/4 of it's audience in repeats. GA's repeat ratings are a disaster.
Definitely Medium for me as well. Fridays will be great with Medium this fall.
I'm a Celebrity is still hovering below 5 million viewers. So someone else is getting eliminated on Monday? That leaves 5 people going into the finale - I still don't get that at all. Not a surprise Holly went home, since she was only there a week and a half. But I am surprised Janice went home - she was the only source of humor in this show. Now what the hell are they supposed to do?
The Listener did terrible. It did hold even the entire hour, though . . . interesting. Dance seems down from last year, doesn't it? That's a low rating for an elimination show, which are usually high for Dance. No way is it going to hold up in the fall. The Mentalist had some falloff at 10pm, though. It still remains lower than the Tuesday numbers. Maybe that isn't a good sign?
I know I'll be watching anything on PIFN, UPN or MBN!
I will be watching Smackdown! and Southland. Like I said before NBC Fridays is going to surprise some people.
I will say this about friday. While it would be arrogant to say there is something for everyone, some major acting and production talents have been imported into the evening and even if the shows are either new and working out kinks, or older and trying to hang onto the quality they're known for, the overall situation for the nite has improved substantially.
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ABC needs to find a way to put original material here, even if it's just 20/20 or Primetime specials. 
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