I agree. House will get at least an additional 10 million viewers just from TV sets where the viewers fell asleep watching the Superbowl and left the TV set on.
Or who passed out in a drunk stuper with the TV still on. You know what they say about those Nielsen's - glug, glug
House also has another episode to air on Tuesday. They have doubt dose this week which added to Superbowl and AI. They won't be beat.
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Originally posted by mushu_jj: Why in the world hasn't Disney fired the chimps in charge at ABC and put someone in place who will at least schedule Primetime, WMC repeats, and 20/20 on Fridays. That alone will improve the night significantly. Also, why didn't Eli Stone get an encore last night? Wouldn't that have made sense instead of airing a repeat of Housewives?
Good question. I would like to know how Steve McPherson still has a job also.
Originally posted by robert: Even House underperformed last night.
If Sunday's SB won't be a close match House won't do much better than it did on Tuesday
What! How can 80 million viewers guaranteed for a lead in not help? House will likely crack the 30 million viewer mark in my mind. It has a lot of viewers to start and will only be helped by the fact that 97% of its fans are probably watching the game before it.
Well, It may not be an 80-100 million viewer lead in for House on Sunday. There will be about a 30-40 minute poste game show that will bring the direct leadin down to about 40-60 millonish
Even a diminished Super Bowl post-game lead-in will ensure a better number for House than it got on Tuesday. Remember to make your prediction on House's ratings tomorrow at the PIFC Daily Game.
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Originally posted by robert: Even House underperformed last night.
If Sunday's SB won't be a close match House won't do much better than it did on Tuesday
What! How can 80 million viewers guaranteed for a lead in not help? House will likely crack the 30 million viewer mark in my mind. It has a lot of viewers to start and will only be helped by the fact that 97% of its fans are probably watching the game before it.
Well, It may not be an 80-100 million viewer lead in for House on Sunday. There will be about a 30-40 minute poste game show that will bring the direct leadin down to about 40-60 millonish
Regarding the strike's end being perhaps imminent...
Everyone is in agreement on the basic terms of the deal, and an agreement is being drafted, it should be in by Tuesday. If there are no issues that come up based on that draft, the contract will be brought to the WGA board probably by Friday. If the leadership (Verrone, Bowman, and Young), the board and the negotiating committee are behind it, the feeling is that the general membership will ratify the contract.
This process could take up to three weeks, but writers could go back to work sooner than the contract being ratified.
Obviously, it's a wait-and-see time, and there's no guarantee that SAG will find the deal close-enough that they don't go out on strike in July.
And there's nothing saying this can't and won't blow up in our faces.
Originally posted by Obveeus: ABC seems to be trying to keep the repeats of Desperate Housewives airing outside of the regular timeslot so that the show's season long rating doesn't drop in half.
Another example of this is when CBS will air Shark at 9 and Cold Case at 10 against the Super Bowl tomorrow; maybe even 60 Minutes' 8 o'clock slotting is a part of that strategy. And I'm pretty sure they did the CC/WAT flip at least once last season as well. What a dumb rule.
I agree. It is a dumb rule. I honestly have never understood why anyone would want to just watch repeats of a show week after week especially now. Why not try something original?
Just because something is New and/or Original does not make it GOOD.
Originally posted by TravisYanan: Regarding the strike's end being perhaps imminent...
Everyone is in agreement on the basic terms of the deal, and an agreement is being drafted, it should be in by Tuesday. If there are no issues that come up based on that draft, the contract will be brought to the WGA board probably by Friday. If the leadership (Verrone, Bowman, and Young), the board and the negotiating committee are behind it, the feeling is that the general membership will ratify the contract.
This process could take up to three weeks, but writers could go back to work sooner than the contract being ratified.
Obviously, it's a wait-and-see time, and there's no guarantee that SAG will find the deal close-enough that they don't go out on strike in July.
And there's nothing saying this can't and won't blow up in our faces.
UPDATE: United Hollywood, the unofficial website for WGA info, says: "UH has confirmed from off-the-record sources that progress is indeed being made in the informal talks, and that creative solutions to the biggest differences between the AMPTP and the WGA have gotten the tentative and cautious approval of both sides. This does not mean there is a deal in principle yet. It means we may, finally, be very close to one -- as close as days away. And while we're cautiously optimistic about what we're hearing, it comes with a real caveat. Just as happened with the DGA deal, points that are agreed to in informal negotiation can be thought of as points on a deal memo -- but it's the drafting language that comes from hammering out those points that makes them legally binding. And our sources say that draft language doesn't yet exist. That's a big part of what will be happening in the next few days, as negotiations continue. Until the WGA and the companies have enshrined the deal points -- whatever they are -- into real draft language, those deal points can't be thought of as final."
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Originally posted by mushu_jj: Why in the world hasn't Disney fired the chimps in charge at ABC and put someone in place who will at least schedule Primetime, WMC repeats, and 20/20 on Fridays. That alone will improve the night significantly. Also, why didn't Eli Stone get an encore last night? Wouldn't that have made sense instead of airing a repeat of Housewives?
Sitcomsonline reports the following scheduled changes: - 20/20: What Would You Do? is scheduled to air a two-hour special telecast on Friday, February 22, 2008 from 9:02pm-11:00pm ET/PT
- As expected Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann's season finale on Monday, Feb. 18 will be expanded to 2-hours from 8:00pm-10:01pm ET/PT.
- Effective Tuesday, February 26, 2008, “Primetime: What Would You Do?” is scheduled to air in the 10:00 PM ET/PT time period until further notice, replacing Boston Legal.
Originally posted by TravisYanan: Regarding the strike's end being perhaps imminent...
Everyone is in agreement on the basic terms of the deal, and an agreement is being drafted, it should be in by Tuesday. If there are no issues that come up based on that draft, the contract will be brought to the WGA board probably by Friday. If the leadership (Verrone, Bowman, and Young), the board and the negotiating committee are behind it, the feeling is that the general membership will ratify the contract.
This process could take up to three weeks, but writers could go back to work sooner than the contract being ratified.
Obviously, it's a wait-and-see time, and there's no guarantee that SAG will find the deal close-enough that they don't go out on strike in July.
And there's nothing saying this can't and won't blow up in our faces.
