Since it looks like Marc is away today, I thought I'd get this thread underway just to get some discussion started

ALL DATA COURTESY OF MEDIA LIFE MAGAZINE

Overall:

CBS 4.3/8, ABC 3.3/6, NBC 3.0/5, Fox 2.0/4, CW 0.6/1

Demo:

FOX 1.6/5, ABC & CBS 1.5/5, NBC 1.4/4, CW 0.3/1

Winners:
None

Could be better, could be worse:
Big Brother 10 (CBS)

Losers:
American Dream w/ Jim Cramer (NBC), Miss Universe (NBC)

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At 7 p.m. ABC was first with a 1.6 for a repeat of “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” followed by CBS with a 1.1 for “60 Minutes.” Fox was third with a 0.9 for an hour of “’Til Death” repeats, Univision fourth with a 0.6 for “Hora Pico” and “Familia P. Luche,” NBC fifth with a 0.4 for “American Dream with Jim Cramer” and CW sixth with a 0.3 for a repeat of “One Tree Hill.”

CBS took the lead at 8 p.m. with a 2.1 for the season premiere of “Big Brother,” about even to last year (4.2/8 overall, courtesy of Zap2it.com) while Fox moved to second with a 1.8 for repeats of “The Simpsons” and “King of the Hill.” ABC was third with a 1.6 for a repeat of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” NBC fourth with a 1.1 for an “America’s Got Talent” rerun, Univision fifth with a 0.8 for “Joan Sebastian: Noche de Estrellas” and CW sixth with a 0.3 for repeats of “Everybody Hates Chris” and “Aliens in America.”

At 9 p.m. Fox moved to first with a 2.1 for repeats of “Family Guy” and “American Dad,” with ABC second with a 1.8 for another hour of “Home Edition.” NBC was third with a 1.7 for the first hour of “Universe,” CBS fourth with a 1.3 for a repeat of “Cold Case,” Univision fifth with a 0.7 for the first hour of “El Pantera” and CW sixth with a 0.3 for repeats of “The Game” and “Girlfriends.”

NBC jumped into first place at 10 p.m. with a 2.3 for the second half of “Universe,” with CBS second with a 1.4 for a repeat of “Flashpoint.” ABC was third with a 1.0 for a “Desperate Housewives” rerun and Univision fourth with a 0.9 for the second hour of “El Pantera.”

Among households, CBS was first for the night with a 4.3 average overnight rating and an 8 share. ABC was second at 3.3/6, NBC third at 3.0/5, Fox fourth at 2.0/4, Univision fifth at 1.0/2 and CW sixth at 0.6/1.

Considering CBS didn't do a lot of promos for BB- I think it did pretty well (anyone have the total viewer #'s?) I actually like a majority of this cast- and not having a previous relationship twist is extremely refreshing...

I don't know, I saw a lot of promos for BB. After every CBS show there was something.

As for the numbers, they are average. 2.1 isn't good for a show whose strengths are in the demos. The total viewers looks to be around 6 million (zap2it is reporting a 4.2/8), which is very low for a premiere. The winter edition did nothing to help the numbers, nor did the fact that people are getting tired of watching people do nothing in a house.

On a slightly related note, Big Brother, which is (or WAS) huge in Australia, got cancelled permanently this season just today. It was also in its 10th cycle. Perhaps CBS should consider doing the same now...

I saw a lot of promos for BB too.

The good news is that Flashfoint grew from CC.

I read that. Wouldn't be a bad idea to at least put BB on hiatus or move it to CW. CW would love a 6 million viewer show. The winter edition did horrible in the ratings and the summer edition didn't start with a bang even with very limited competition.

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Originally posted by CanadianTVFan:
On a slightly related note, Big Brother, which is (or WAS) huge in Australia, got cancelled permanently this season just today. It was also in its 10th cycle. Perhaps CBS should consider doing the same now...

The CW has enough crap of its own. It doesn't need a new bag of crap from CBS. Big flaming bag of crap.

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Originally posted by WlcmDoNotDisturb90210:
I read that. Wouldn't be a bad idea to at least put BB on hiatus or move it to CW. CW would love a 6 million viewer show. The winter edition did horrible in the ratings and the summer edition didn't start with a bang even with very limited competition.

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Originally posted by CanadianTVFan:
On a slightly related note, Big Brother, which is (or WAS) huge in Australia, got cancelled permanently this season just today. It was also in its 10th cycle. Perhaps CBS should consider doing the same now...

I believe Marc is still in Los Angeles, and will be posting the numbers later in the after noon, unless Travis does it before him.

And ouch for Big Brother, it should have taken the summer off because it was on in the winter and just ended 2 months ago!