-Yesterday’s Winners: (Expectations are, of course, lower in the summer months) Wipeout (ABC), So You Think You Can Dance (Fox), America’s Got Talent (NBC), Criminal Minds R (CBS), CSI: NY R (CBS)
-Yesterday’s Losers (Excluding Repeats): I Survived a Japanese Game Show (ABC), The Philanthropist (NBC)
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-Note: Any rating comparisons to last year are based on the final nationals.
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-Ratings Breakdown: NBC and Fox shared midweek leadership, with NBC the most-watched network and Fox No. 1 among adults 18-49. NBC opened the evening with a repeat of America’s Got Talent (Viewers: #3, 6.03 million; A18-49: #3, 1.4 rating/5 share), followed by the regularly scheduled original installment of America’s Got Talent (Viewers: #1, 11.30 million; A18-49: #2, 2.9/ 9), and week two of drama The Philanthropist (Viewers: #2, 5.72 million; A18-49: #2, 1.5/ 5). Comparably, The Philanthropist dipped by 1.40 million viewers and 21 percent among adults 18-49 from it’s week-ago debut (Viewers: 7.12 million; A18-49: 1.9/ 6 on June 24), and retention out of the second half of lead-in America’s Got Talent (Viewers: 12.12 million; A18-49: 3.1/ 9 at 9:30 p.m.) was just 47 percent in total viewers and 48 percent in the demo. It’s off to the loser’s listing for The Philanthropist.
Second-place CBS aired an all repeat night as follows: The New Adventures of Old Christine (Viewers: #4, 4.63 million; A18-49: #4, 1.1/ 4), Gary Unmarried (Viewers: #4, 4.39 million; A18-49: #4, 1.3/ 4), Criminal Minds (Viewers: #3, 7.86 million; A18-49: #3, 1.8/ 6) and CSI: NY (Viewers: #1, 8.12 million; A18-49: #1, 1.7/ 5). Next season, this rotation remains intact.
Fox remains on the summer map care of So You Think You Can Dance, which averaged a respectable 7.64 million viewers (#2) and a 2.9/10 among adults 18-49 (#1) from 8-10 p.m. But compared to the year-ago evening (Viewers: 8.76 million; A18-49: 3.2/10 on June 2, 2008), the dance competition declined by 1.12 million viewers and nine percent among adults 18-49. Take a look at the half-hour breakdown:
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) 8:00 p.m. – Viewers: 6.91 million (#2), A18-49: 2.6/10 (#1) 8:30 p.m. – Viewers: 7.65 million (#2), A18-49: 2.9/10 (#1) 9:00 p.m. – Viewers: 8.11 million (#2), A18-49: 3.1/10 (#1) 9:30 p.m. – Viewers: 7.92 million (#1), A18-49: 2.6/10 (#1)
With the ratings down, the upcoming fall edition of So You Think You Can Dance (which I do not personally endorse) could be negatively impacted.
ABC’s Wipeout led the 8 p.m. hour in total viewers (7.81 million), with a second-place 2.6/ 9 among adults 18-49. That’s a decent summer performance, no doubt. But lead-out I Survived a Japanese Game Show did not survive in the ratings, with a fourth-place finish in both total viewers (3.83 million) and adults 18-49 (1.4/ 4). Comparably, retention out of the second half of Wipeout (Viewers: 8.23 million; A18-49: 2.8/ 9 at 8:30 p.m.) was just 47 percent in total viewers and 50 percent in the demo. Chances are we will not be seeing a third season of I Survived a Japanese Game Show. The season-premiere of summer ABC newsmagazine Primetime: Crime capped off the night with a last-place 4.69 million viewers and 1.4/ 4 among adults 18-49 at 10 p.m. As lackluster as that sounds, it did manage to build from the 9:30 p.m. portion of I Survived a Japanese Game Show.
Last, and very least as usual, was the CW’s encore combination of America’s Next Top Model (Viewers: 794,000; A18-49: 0.3/ 1) and the season (or series) finale of Hitched or Hitched (Viewers: 885,000; A18-49: 0.4/ 1). Now that Hitched or Ditched is over, The CW will be in all repeats for the remainder of the summer. The original announced Blonde Charity Mafia has been pushed back until midseason.
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at The Philanthropist. That second week drop is brutal. NBC really needs to switch The Listener and The Philanthropist and see if The Listener can work behind AGT before it's too late.
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Originally posted by Marc Berman: followed by the regularly scheduled original installment of America’s Got Talent (Viewers: #1, 11.30 million; A18-49: #2, 2.9/ 9), and week two of drama The Philanthropist (Viewers: #2, 5.72 million; A18-49: #2, 1.5/ 5). Comparably, The Philanthropist dipped by 1.40 million viewers and 21 percent among adults 18-49 from it’s week-ago debut (Viewers: 7.12 million; A18-49: 1.9/ 6 on June 24), and retention out of the second half of lead-in America’s Got Talent (Viewers: 12.12 million; A18-49: 3.1/ 9 at 9:30 p.m.) was just 47 percent in total viewers and 48 percent in the demo.
Originally posted by WlcmDeepEnd: at The Philanthropist. That second week drop is brutal. NBC really needs to switch The Listener and The Philanthropist and see if The Listener can work behind AGT before it's too late.
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Originally posted by Marc Berman: followed by the regularly scheduled original installment of America’s Got Talent (Viewers: #1, 11.30 million; A18-49: #2, 2.9/ 9), and week two of drama The Philanthropist (Viewers: #2, 5.72 million; A18-49: #2, 1.5/ 5). Comparably, The Philanthropist dipped by 1.40 million viewers and 21 percent among adults 18-49 from it’s week-ago debut (Viewers: 7.12 million; A18-49: 1.9/ 6 on June 24), and retention out of the second half of lead-in America’s Got Talent (Viewers: 12.12 million; A18-49: 3.1/ 9 at 9:30 p.m.) was just 47 percent in total viewers and 48 percent in the demo.
I agree completely. The Listener has potential. The Philanthropist does not. That is a bigger than expected drop from last week, that's for sure.
Wipeout continues its decline. Its been down nearly every week so far this summer. And Dance is also down pretty good - dropping at 9:30 is not a good thing at all. This is definitely not good news for the show in the fall. If I were FOX I'd be expecting 5-6 million in the fall. It's going to get crushed by the competition.
Japanese Gameshow did terribly last night. I guess people just aren't interested in anything that isn't Wipeout and The Bachelorette. And interesting how Old Christine had an edge on Gary in total viewers, but Gary had a .2 edge on OC in the demo.
Just imagine what would happen to Wipeout and SYTYCD if AGT was two hours of originals instead of a repeat hour and an original hour. Wipeout and SYTYCD would likely be down, possibly with huge declines.
I agree that SYTYCD is going to be low rated in the fall which spells disaster for Glee. It disappointed going after AI and it needs a strong lead in to get going. I don't think SYTYCD is going to provide that.
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Originally posted by Julie:
Wipeout continues its decline. Its been down nearly every week so far this summer. And Dance is also down pretty good - dropping at 9:30 is not a good thing at all. This is definitely not good news for the show in the fall. If I were FOX I'd be expecting 5-6 million in the fall. It's going to get crushed by the competition.
Originally posted by WlcmDeepEnd: Just imagine what would happen to Wipeout and SYTYCD if AGT was two hours of originals instead of a repeat hour and an original hour. Wipeout and SYTYCD would likely be down, possibly with huge declines.
I agree that SYTYCD is going to be low rated in the fall which spells disaster for Glee. It disappointed going after AI and it needs a strong lead in to get going. I don't think SYTYCD is going to provide that.
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Originally posted by Julie:
Wipeout continues its decline. Its been down nearly every week so far this summer. And Dance is also down pretty good - dropping at 9:30 is not a good thing at all. This is definitely not good news for the show in the fall. If I were FOX I'd be expecting 5-6 million in the fall. It's going to get crushed by the competition.
Glee is going to flop, I can already see it coming. I thought the preview in May was actually pretty good, and the show overall wasn't bad at all. But, I just don't think the audience is going to be there, especially if the audience for Dance isn't there in the fall.
If I were ABC, I think some changes are in order...and fast.
And in some ways, it's a good thing they've even made some room for their primetime shows on weekend afternoons.
That being said, I would move The Superstars away from Tuesday nights because clearly it's not working there. Maybe Saturday or Sunday afternoons. They've been airing reruns from the first season of Wipeout on Sunday afternoons as of late. Those two shows work well together.
I Survived a Japanese Game Show is getting killed on Wednesday nights opposite America's Got Talent and So You Think You Can Dance. I think it should run on Tuesdays at 8 in place of Superstars - it's less risky there.
Wipeout is fine where it is at this point - even though the ratings are considerably low than last year, it's still performing well. I don't endorse the show being moved elsewhere otherwise it would be in a lot more trouble.
Pull from the schedule immediately new episodes of Better Off Ted...I'll admit I find the show decent, but even I was left with my head scratching when ABC decided to renew it. Why the heck did they decide to run new episodes this summer? It's getting killed.
They would have been better off showing back-to-back reruns of Scrubs (for catching up) or even According to Jim (it wouldn't matter what the ratings are at this point, the show's already been cancelled).
Meanwhile, ABC has a few other shows in its summer slate: another reality show called Crash Course and a drama called Defying Gravity (another show produced in Canada for international distribution). Not sure where those shows could fit on the schedule. There's some room on Mondays after The Bachelorette wraps up, although not really enough time to get a full season done before the summer is over.
The schedule's going to be disrupted with specials in August, especially with two weeks of primetime Millionaire specials and there's a three-hour CMA special scheduled to air on August 31. So it's unclear how Mondays will be programmed after The Bachelorette is done.
Like other posters, I'm not so convinced either that So You Think You Can Dance will perform well in the fall. Especially now that the ratings this summer are also down from last year. The networks are really not doing their audience any justice with these kinds of moves.
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Originally posted by WlcmDeepEnd: Just imagine what would happen to Wipeout and SYTYCD if AGT was two hours of originals instead of a repeat hour and an original hour. Wipeout and SYTYCD would likely be down, possibly with huge declines.
I agree that SYTYCD is going to be low rated in the fall which spells disaster for Glee. It disappointed going after AI and it needs a strong lead in to get going. I don't think SYTYCD is going to provide that.
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Originally posted by Julie:
Wipeout continues its decline. Its been down nearly every week so far this summer. And Dance is also down pretty good - dropping at 9:30 is not a good thing at all. This is definitely not good news for the show in the fall. If I were FOX I'd be expecting 5-6 million in the fall. It's going to get crushed by the competition.
Glee is going to flop, I can already see it coming. I thought the preview in May was actually pretty good, and the show overall wasn't bad at all. But, I just don't think the audience is going to be there, especially if the audience for Dance isn't there in the fall.
If I were Mr. Reilly, and I really had a glee for 'Glee', I would hold it for mid-season to air out of the highly compatable 'American Idol', and instead use one of those cooking shows that always do so well in A18-49 on Wednesdays at 9 pm.
I have complete glee for 'Glee', coming this fall, Wednesdays at 9 pm on FOX
Originally posted by WlcmDeepEnd: Just imagine what would happen to Wipeout and SYTYCD if AGT was two hours of originals instead of a repeat hour and an original hour. Wipeout and SYTYCD would likely be down, possibly with huge declines.
I agree that SYTYCD is going to be low rated in the fall which spells disaster for Glee. It disappointed going after AI and it needs a strong lead in to get going. I don't think SYTYCD is going to provide that.
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Originally posted by Julie:
Wipeout continues its decline. Its been down nearly every week so far this summer. And Dance is also down pretty good - dropping at 9:30 is not a good thing at all. This is definitely not good news for the show in the fall. If I were FOX I'd be expecting 5-6 million in the fall. It's going to get crushed by the competition.
Glee is going to flop, I can already see it coming. I thought the preview in May was actually pretty good, and the show overall wasn't bad at all. But, I just don't think the audience is going to be there, especially if the audience for Dance isn't there in the fall.
If I were Mr. Reilly, and I really had a glee for 'Glee', I would hold it for mid-season to air out of the highly compatable 'American Idol', and instead use one of those cooking shows that always do so well in A18-49 on Wednesdays at 9 pm.
I have complete glee for 'Glee', coming this fall, Wednesdays at 9 pm on FOX
I think that's exactly what they should do. They have an entire season of Kitchen Nightmares to air, which can easily air in place of Glee. With a year absence, and with HK only airing until October, I'm sure there would be an audience for it. And like you said, it always brings in good demos. I agree that Glee should be held until midseason. It's probably too late now, though.
Originally posted by WlcmDeepEnd: at The Philanthropist. That second week drop is brutal. NBC really needs to switch The Listener and The Philanthropist and see if The Listener can work behind AGT before it's too late.
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Originally posted by Marc Berman: followed by the regularly scheduled original installment of America’s Got Talent (Viewers: #1, 11.30 million; A18-49: #2, 2.9/ 9), and week two of drama The Philanthropist (Viewers: #2, 5.72 million; A18-49: #2, 1.5/ 5). Comparably, The Philanthropist dipped by 1.40 million viewers and 21 percent among adults 18-49 from it’s week-ago debut (Viewers: 7.12 million; A18-49: 1.9/ 6 on June 24), and retention out of the second half of lead-in America’s Got Talent (Viewers: 12.12 million; A18-49: 3.1/ 9 at 9:30 p.m.) was just 47 percent in total viewers and 48 percent in the demo.
I cant believe how much The Philanthropist dropped this week. Last nights episode, IMO, was much better than last weeks series premiere. Too bad it probably wont stick around till next summer.
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Originally posted by WlcmDeepEnd: at The Philanthropist. That second week drop is brutal. NBC really needs to switch The Listener and The Philanthropist and see if The Listener can work behind AGT before it's too late.
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Originally posted by Marc Berman: followed by the regularly scheduled original installment of America’s Got Talent (Viewers: #1, 11.30 million; A18-49: #2, 2.9/ 9), and week two of drama The Philanthropist (Viewers: #2, 5.72 million; A18-49: #2, 1.5/ 5). Comparably, The Philanthropist dipped by 1.40 million viewers and 21 percent among adults 18-49 from it’s week-ago debut (Viewers: 7.12 million; A18-49: 1.9/ 6 on June 24), and retention out of the second half of lead-in America’s Got Talent (Viewers: 12.12 million; A18-49: 3.1/ 9 at 9:30 p.m.) was just 47 percent in total viewers and 48 percent in the demo.
I cant believe how much The Philanthropist dropped this week. Last nights episode, IMO, was much better than last weeks series premiere. Too bad it probably wont stick around till next summer.
I enjoyed last nights episode thoroughly as well. Such a fresh, breakthrough concept is 'The Philanthropist', and it deserves to reign high in the nightly numbers of Mr. A.C. Nielsen.
If 'The Philanthropist' can maintain a 1.5 A18-49 demo over the next month (and I think it will go higher), it will help NBC win their first July Sweep since 2003. FOX is already applying spit and polish as they get ready to hand over their July Sweep crown that has adorned the head of FOX Entertainment Presidents ever since 2005.
Mr. James Purefoy readies to pop a wheelie on 'The Philanthropist', Wednesdays at 10 pm this summer on the NBC Television Network
Originally posted by Majide: If I were ABC, I think some changes are in order...and fast.
Meanwhile, ABC has a few other shows in its summer slate: another reality show called Crash Course and a drama called Defying Gravity (another show produced in Canada for international distribution). Not sure where those shows could fit on the schedule. There's some room on Mondays after The Bachelorette wraps up, although not really enough time to get a full season done before the summer is over.
I don't know if this has been mentioned or not, but the new series "Defying Gravity" has already been filmed and is ready to air.
Similar to ABC's pick-up of the Media Rights Capital produced comedy "Surviving Suburbia" (which was originally slated to air on CW), "Gravity" is one of three Fox produced series filmed in foreign countries using locals behind the scenes but American producers, writers, and actors. The current Fox series "Mental" (filmed in Colombia) is one of the other three. The last remaining member of the trio is "Persons Unknown", filmed in Mexico, and it has yet to find a domestic distributor. As has already been pointed out, "Gravity" was filmed in Vancouver, Canada (as are a growing number of American television series and movies).
Some information on "Defying Gravity"...it stars Ron Livingston, Christina Cox, and Malik Yoba as astronauts exploring the solar system for a six year long mission. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Gravity" has been picked up for 13 episodes, so ABC will either have to double up on weekly airings, have the series bleed into the regular season, or leave the remaining unaired episodes as midseason filler (if the series is successful, of course).
"Gravity" was created by James Parriott, whose credits include "The Six Million Dollar Man", "Grey's Anatomy" and "Ugly Betty". In fact, "Gravity" was pitched as "Grey's Anatomy" in space. "Gravity" will also be told in a "female-friendly way" according to Fox TV Studios.
In addition to the U.S., "Gravity" will also be airing in Germany, Britain, and Canada.
I also think Glee should have been held over and paired with American Idol mid-season for a second time. I think that pairing is Glee's best chance for success. I can understand why FOX would want to debut it in the fall to capitalize on its potential buzz, but I don't think Glee is a show that can last more than 13 episodes a season without getting stale. If they use it all in the fall, they blow the chance of using it mid-season.
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Originally posted by Julie: I agree that Glee should be held until midseason. It's probably too late now, though.
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Originally posted by Majide: That being said, I would move The Superstars away from Tuesday nights because clearly it's not working there. Maybe Saturday or Sunday afternoons. They've been airing reruns from the first season of Wipeout on Sunday afternoons as of late. Those two shows work well together.
I Survived a Japanese Game Show is getting killed on Wednesday nights opposite America's Got Talent and So You Think You Can Dance. I think it should run on Tuesdays at 8 in place of Superstars - it's less risky there.
Move it to the weekend or Wednesday nights? Which is it, BlueLick... I mean Majide?
As much as I despise the show, how about ABC move repeats of Castle in that Wednesday 9pm slot? This is the closest thing ABC has to having a modest hit, so why not give it as much exposure as possible instead of dreaded Saturday nights.
Also, I'm not expecting SYTYCD to do gangbusters for FOX this fall but it'll do decently in the younger demographics and it's worthy competition facing the mostly-dance exhibitions on ABC, also known as the Dancing With The Stars Results show.
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at The Philanthropist. That second week drop is brutal. NBC really needs to switch The Listener and The Philanthropist and see if The Listener can work behind AGT before it's too late. 
