Here goes, folks. Sorry for the delay. The results are broken out by network overall, and via each half-hour in the order of ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the CW. Consider this is modest start for CBS' perennial Big Brother.
I will, by the way, be posting the fast affiliate results in this format while at the Press Tour. But keep in mind that the posting time might be somewhat delayed.
As for Big Brother, it should have taken the summer off, I think I speak for everyone when I say we've had enough of the Chen Bot. CW needs to pull One Tree Hill, ANTM would do better!
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Marc, I can't speak for others, but I like the half hour ratings breakdown format that you started the last few weeks. Any chance you could continue this format in the fall?
The fact that Big Brother lost ratings after the half hour mark is not a good sign. The viewers didn't like the cast they saw. As I said before, those numbers are pretty bad for the limited competition of all repeats.
Cold Case's repeat numbers seem very low.
Miss Universe really had a ratings increase at 10 PM. Enough to make it respectable in the ratings.
Marc, I can't speak for others, but I like the half hour ratings breakdown format that you started the last few weeks. Any chance you could continue this format in the fall?
I think this format is good for the half hour breakdown's, but Marc's comments are always good too. Plus there is no winners/losers list.
Anyways, on to the ratings: I like 'Til Death, but it is sad that 1.93 million viewers gets you third place in the 7pm half hour. I think Flashpoint did well in it's first repeat. Maybe it sparked more interest for Friday's second episode. I agree that the drop at 8:30 is a bad sign for Big Brother. It still amazes me that Family Guy gets over a 2.0 in the demo for repeats.
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Props to the casting! Diverse people not all from LA and they appear interesting.
BB ratings except for the strike edition ALWAYS start out fairly low but build as the deadwood is whittled away and the season progresses...so I do not agree it should have taken the summer off.
Summer without BIG BROTHER...well it's just NOT summer1
I will never understand the attachment that Fox has to "til Death". Personally, I've never watched a complete episode, but how this series can be the lone live action comedy on Fox going into the fall season is beyong comprehension.
Could Fox's "The Simpsons" finally be running out of gas? Only "King of the Hill" drew fewer viewers among the animated comedies on Sunday. Even a hastly arranged repeat of NBC's "America's Got Talent" nearly bested the long-running comedy series in television history. With viewership continuing to decline for Fox on Sundays, does anyone think this upcoming season could be the blocks last on Sunday nights?
The CW is certainly not making the already tough task ahead of Media Right Capital any easier for it. While one can argue that nothing the CW puts on Sundays will pull in the viewers, but it truly is sad when the high water mark for the evening is less than 900,000 viewers.
Finally, CBS got some mileage out of the long-running summer series "Big Brother 10". Although it did decline between half hour installments, the same thing happened last summer...
BB7 (Thur. July 6, 2006) 7.54 million; A18-49: 2.8/10
BB8 (Thur. July 5, 2007) 7.44 million; A18-49: 2.7/10
BB10 (Sun. July 13, 2008) 6.29 million; A18-49: 2.2/7
The half-hour breakdown for BB8 last summer: 8:00 p.m. Viewers: 7.50; A18-49: 2.7/10 8:30 p.m. Viewers: 7.38; A18-49: 2.7/9
So, a premiere episode viewership drop at the half-hour is hardly unprecedented. Also, as already mentioned, the Sunday edition of "Big Brother" has usually been its lowest rated, so I would want to the ratings for the Tuesday and Wednesday episodes before making a determination about this season being a winner or a loser (ratings wise).
Concerning the cast, there is virtually no one that I dislike as of yet - although Dan looks to be my least favorite so far. While I don't think Jerry - the 75 y.o. great-grandfather - will win, the other players may want to get rid of him due to his perceived sentimental qualities.
