Says the guy who swore Fringe was toast.

And it's renewed for 22 eps.

Fancy that.

So very, very true.

quote:

Originally posted by pisher:
Never confuse renewal with success. All successful shows get renewed, but not all renewed shows are succeeding in much of anything but staying ahead of the axe man a while longer.

Sunday broadcast finals

Barbara Walters Oscar Special (60 minutes)
- 14.988 million viewers
- 9.4/16 HH
- 3.6/10 A18-49

Oscars Red Carpet (30 minutes)
- 25.327 million viewers
- 15.2/24 HH
- 6.9/19 A18-49

82nd Annual Academy Awards (8:30pm, 189 minutes)
- 41.699 million viewers
- 23.3/37 HH
- 13.3/33 A18-49
*I will repost if these ratings are adjusted... I was watching and I know the show ran until 12:02am with the last 20 minutes or so commercial-less, which may explain the shorter-than-actual run time above... also, the ratings for the whole evening on ABC don't reflect any of the Cablevision vs Disney-ABC in NY drama as it was a full 98% coverage*

60 Minutes
- 5.512 million viewers
- 3.5/6 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49

The Amazing Race
- 8.111 million viewers
- 4.5/7 HH
- 2.6/6 A18-49

Undercover Boss (R)
- 6.602 million viewers
- 4.0/6 HH
- 2.1/5 A18-49

Cold Case (R)
- 5.290 million viewers
- 3.5/6 HH
- 1.3/3 A18-49

Dateline (R, 90 minutes)
- 5.803 million viewers
- 3.9/6 HH
- 1.3/4 A18-49

Bad Boys II (158 minutes)
- 3.077 million viewers
- 2.0/3 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49

Til Death (7pm)
- 2.332 million viewers
- 1.5/3 HH
- 0.9/3 A18-49

Til Death (7:30pm, 29 minutes)
- 2.769 million viewers
- 1.7/3 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49

The Simpsons (R, 7:59pm, 32 minutes)
- 4.605 million viewers
- 2.7/4 HH
- 2.0/5 A18-49

The Simpsons (R, 8:31pm, 29 minutes)
- 5.019 million viewers
- 2.9/4 HH
- 2.2/5 A18-49

Family Guy (R, 9pm, 31 minutes)
- 5.597 million viewers
- 3.3/5 HH
- 2.7/6 A18-49

Family Guy (R, 9:31pm, 29 minutes)
- 5.568 million viewers
- 3.4/5 HH
- 2.8/7 A18-49

Sunday cable finals

Hannah Montana (7:30pm)
- 6.316 million viewers
- 3.5/6 HH
- 1.3/4 A18-49
- 5.9/20 T12-17
- 7.0/22 K2-11

Live on the Red Carpet: 2010 Academy Awards (6pm, 120 minutes)
- 3.536 million viewers
- 2.3/4 HH
- 1.4/5 A18-49

Big Love (9:01pm, 57 minutes)
- 1.714 million viewers
- 1.0/2 HH
- 0.8/2 A18-49

How to Make It In America (10:01pm, 27 minutes)
- 0.483 million viewers
- 0.3/1 HH
- 0.3/1 A18-49

Ax Men (10pm)
- 2.479 million viewers
- 1.6/3 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49

quote:

Originally posted by TravisYanan:
Sunday broadcast finals


82nd Annual Academy Awards (8:30pm, 189 minutes)
- 41.699 million viewers
- 23.3/37 HH
- 13.3/33 A18-49
*I will repost if these ratings are adjusted... I was watching and I know the show ran until 12:02am with the last 20 minutes or so commercial-less, which may explain the shorter-than-actual run time above... also, the ratings for the whole evening on ABC don't reflect any of the Cablevision vs Disney-ABC in NY drama as it was a full 98% coverage*

I believe the last nationally aired commercial was about 11:39pm and therefore that last twenty would be unrated.

And yet, some here love to praise shows' cancellation since they feel its series end is deserved. No matter how one spins it, you cannot have it both ways!

quote:

Never confuse renewal with success. All successful shows get renewed, but not all renewed shows are succeeding in much of anything but staying ahead of the axe man a while longer.

quote:

Originally posted by Douglas:
And yet, some here love to praise shows' cancellation since they feel its series end is deserved. No matter how one spins it, [b]you cannot have it both ways!

In this case I can, because while renewal due to external programming issues and lowered ratings expectations doesn't mean success, cancellation before syndication when you've been given every possible chance to find an audience quite certainly means failure, for any network show.

Now was that so hard to follow?

Is it so hard to follow the news of the success of "Castle"?

quote:

Now was that so hard to follow?

It would be really hard. If Castle ever once succeeded.

How about this? Let's see ABC stick it on Thursday nights at 9pm. Then let's see it get a full season renewal.

I don't even think FRINGE is a successful show.

Some of us have standards.

I can see how that wouldn't work for you.

Oh, how I love the smell of others' delusions in the morning! (or at any other time, too!)

quote:

It would be really hard. If Castle ever once succeeded.

How about this? Let's see ABC stick it on Thursday nights at 9pm. Then let's see it get a full season renewal.

I don't even think FRINGE is a successful show.

Some of us have standards.

I can see how that wouldn't work for you.

LINK: Nearly 6 Million Viewers Make THE 82nd ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS on CTV the Most-Watched Oscars Broadcast in 12 Years

quote:

CTV's broadcast of THE ACADEMY AWARDS® is the most-watched entertainment program on Canadian television since 2004 with 5.9 million viewers (5,889,000) tuning in to the star-studded spectacle last night. Up 32% over last year's broadcast (4.47 million), THE 82nd ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS® becomes CTV's second most-watched Oscars broadcast on record, delivering the most viewers since Titanic won Best Picture in 1998. The broadcast peaked at 7.7 million viewers at 10 p.m. ET.

Also, THE AMAZING RACE (CTV, 1.45 million) outperforms THE BARBARA WALTERS SPECIAL (ABC/Global, 1.27 million)

All Times Eastern

NHL Hockey (NBC)
Detroit Red Wings 5, Chicago Blackhawks 4

            away           home
------------------------------------
            #11   DET      # 3   CHI
 Time       DET   #HH      CHI   #HH
------------------------------------
12:30     3.9/10:  73    4.3/10: 150
12:45     4.8/12:  91    4.8/12: 168
 1:00     5.4/13: 102    5.5/14: 194
 1:15     4.2/10:  80    4.8/12: 169
 1:30     5.8/14: 109    6.0/15: 208
 1:45     6.3/15: 119    5.8/14: 204
 2:00     7.5/18: 141    5.3/12: 184
 2:15     6.1/14: 115    4.5/11: 158
 2:30     7.0/16: 133    5.6/13: 196
 2:45     8.4/19: 159    6.5/14: 228

Households in estimated thousands. Household rating is based on FINAL data.




All Times Eastern

NBA Basketball (ABC)
Los Angeles Lakers 94, Orlando Magic 96

            away           home
------------------------------------
            # 2    LA      #19   ORL
 Time        LA   #HH      ORL   #HH
------------------------------------
 2:30     3.7/10: 211    3.5/ 8:  52
 2:45     4.8/13: 270    4.6/10:  66
 3:00     5.4/15: 303    5.4/12:  79
 3:15     5.6/15: 314    5.6/13:  82
 3:30     6.2/17: 353    5.7/13:  82
 3:45     5.2/14: 296    4.7/10:  69
 4:00     6.2/16: 350    5.6/12:  82
 4:15     6.2/16: 353    5.5/12:  80
 4:30     7.3/19: 411    6.3/13:  92
 4:45     7.4/19: 420    6.8/14:  99
 5:00     8.0/20: 455    7.2/15: 104
 5:15     8.5/21: 481    8.3/17: 121

Households in estimated thousands. Household rating is based on FINAL data.

Barbara Walters Special (ABC)
Sunday, March 7, 2010 (pre-Oscar East; post-Oscar West)

82nd Annual Academy Awards Red Carpet (ABC)
Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:00 et / 5:00 pt

82nd Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:30 et / 5:30 pt

Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:45a et / 11:30p pt

Market                    Barbara          Red Carpet       Oscars           Jimmy
 Rank  Market             HH Rtg/Sh        HH Rtg/Sh        HH Rtg/Sh        HH Rtg/Sh
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1   NEW YORK              8.9/15          15.8/24          29.2/45           5.3/19
   2   LOS ANGELES          16.3/28          17.2/35          29.8/48           3.9/14
   3   CHICAGO              12.6/22          24.8/38          36.8/54           5.0/16
   4   PHILADELPHIA         11.8/18          24.0/33          29.1/44           4.8/17
   5   DALLAS-Fort Worth     8.3/14          17.0/27          24.7/38           2.8/10

   6   SF/OAK/SJ            16.9/31          17.3/39          32.6/54           2.8/11
   7   BOSTON               11.5/20          23.6/37          29.1/49           4.5/12
   8   ATLANTA              13.2/20          24.0/33          28.3/45           6.2/20
   9   WASHINGTON DC        10.0/17          19.0/29          27.6/46           2.4/11
  10   HOUSTON               8.7/15          13.4/22          22.2/36           4.0/14

  11   DETROIT              10.7/17          21.0/31          28.3/44           5.7/19
  12   PHOENIX               8.0/14          16.2/26          26.0/38           1.5/ 5
  13   SEATTLE-Tacoma       15.7/29          16.5/32          28.6/46           3.5/12
  14   TAMPA-St.Petersburg   6.9/11          15.2/21          17.7/28           2.2/ 9
  15   MINNEAPOLIS-St.Paul  12.0/22          20.7/32          30.3/47           3.7/16

  16   DENVER                2.7/12(l1:45p)  15.3/27          27.3/43           3.6/11
  17   MIAMI-Ft.Lauderdale  10.8/17          20.0/29          27.8/44           3.9/15
  18   CLEVELAND-Akron      10.5/17          20.9/31          27.2/43           4.9/18
  19   ORLANDO-Daytona      11.6/18          20.9/30          26.1/42           3.7/14
  20   SACRAMENTO-Stockton  12.9/21          10.8/22          23.7/37           2.1/ 7

  21   St. LOUIS             6.8/12          16.7/26          27.1/42           2.1/ 7
  22   PORTLAND             15.7/28          13.8/25          27.6/42           2.5/10
  23   PITTSBURGH           12.0/19          19.1/28          24.3/39           4.5/16
  24   CHARLOTTE             9.3/15          17.8/26          21.9/35           2.5/10
  25   INDIANAPOLIS         11.7/19          16.2/24          24.0/39           4.3/16

  26   RALEIGH-DURHAM        9.4/14          17.3/24          22.4/35           3.0/10
  27   BALTIMORE             6.3/10          13.8/20          23.0/36           4.2/15
  28   SAN DIEGO            16.4/26          16.7/28          31.8/46           3.4/10
  29   NASHVILLE             9.5/15          16.8/24          26.5/36           4.4/14
  30   HARTFORD-New Haven   13.6/20          23.1/32          27.2/43           4.3/18

  31   SALT LAKE CITY        6.9/14          11.5/22          22.6/37           0.2/ 1
  32   KANSAS CITY          15.3/25          22.6/34          31.5/47           3.9/13
  33   CINCINNATI            9.4/14          17.7/25          22.4/35           4.6/16
  34   COLUMBUS              8.6/14          17.4/26          23.7/40           4.7/16
  35   MILWAUKEE             6.8/12          16.7/26          25.4/41           3.4/16

  36   GREENVILLE-Spar-Ashe  7.7/11          14.7/19          18.7/29           5.1/16
  37   SAN ANTONIO          12.0/18          16.0/23          26.5/36           2.6/ 8
  38   WEST PALM BEACH      12.7/18          24.7/32          32.0/46           6.1/18
  40   BIRMINGHAM            6.1/10          11.8/17          20.2/29           4.6/11
  42   LAS VEGAS            13.7/22          12.4/20          25.4/36           3.6/ 9

  43   NORFOLK-Portsm-Newpt 12.7/18          18.4/25          25.5/38           3.6/11
  44   ALBUQUERQUE-Santa Fe  6.4/17          14.7/21          22.7/33           3.3/12
  45   OKLAHOMA CITY        10.4/16          15.9/23          24.2/35           3.2/ 9
  46   GREENSBORO-HPt-WSalm  6.2/10          13.7/19          17.9/27           5.3/15
  47   JACKSONVILLE          6.4/10          13.8/20          19.5/32           2.7/ 9

  48   AUSTIN               11.4/19          20.7/31          30.9/47           4.3/15
  49   LOUISVILLE           10.2/16          18.0/25          25.0/37           4.7/15
  50   MEMPHIS               6.3/ 9          14.1/20          20.7/29           2.5/ 6
  51   NEW ORLEANS           7.8/12          15.6/22          24.1/34           5.5/12
  52   BUFFALO              11.6/18          18.6/27          26.3/39           9.5/26

  53   PROVIDENCE-New Bedfd  8.0/13          16.6/24          21.8/37           1.9/ 8
  58   RICHMOND-Petersburg  10.3/15          22.3/30          25.5/39           5.6/17
  59   KNOXVILLE             6.8/ 9          10.7/14          17.8/26           2.8/ 8
  61   TULSA                 8.4/13          14.8/21          23.1/32           3.4/ 9
  64   FORT MYERS-Naples     7.7/13          17.4/25          25.3/41           2.4/ 9
  64   DAYTON                7.6/12          14.4/21          19.1/31           2.6/ 8

Households in estimated thousands. Household rating is based on FINAL data.

To quoth the bard: "He who smelt it dealt it."

What you seem to really love is feeding me straight lines.

quote:

Originally posted by Douglas:
Oh, how I love the smell of others' delusions in the morning! (or at any other time, too!)

quote:

It would be really hard. If Castle ever once succeeded.

How about this? Let's see ABC stick it on Thursday nights at 9pm. Then let's see it get a full season renewal.

I don't even think FRINGE is a successful show.

Some of us have standards.

I can see how that wouldn't work for you.

But shows air their last commercials all the time before they finish (i.e. every drama on ABC, which goes right from the final act of the show to promo for next week and then the next program or local news). But they're rated for the full duration, including the last segment.

I wonder what the ratings for the last 23 minutes of the show were... guess we'll never know!

quote:

Originally posted by Zedman2:

quote:

Originally posted by TravisYanan:
Sunday broadcast finals


82nd Annual Academy Awards (8:30pm, 189 minutes)
- 41.699 million viewers
- 23.3/37 HH
- 13.3/33 A18-49
*I will repost if these ratings are adjusted... I was watching and I know the show ran until 12:02am with the last 20 minutes or so commercial-less, which may explain the shorter-than-actual run time above... also, the ratings for the whole evening on ABC don't reflect any of the Cablevision vs Disney-ABC in NY drama as it was a full 98% coverage*

I believe the last nationally aired commercial was about 11:39pm and therefore that last twenty would be unrated.

quote:

Originally posted by TravisYanan:
But shows air their last commercials all the time before they finish (i.e. every drama on ABC, which goes right from the final act of the show to promo for next week and then the next program or local news). But they're rated for the full duration, including the last segment.

I wonder what the ratings for the last 23 minutes of the show were... guess we'll never know!

quote:

Originally posted by Zedman2:

quote:

Originally posted by TravisYanan:
Sunday broadcast finals


82nd Annual Academy Awards (8:30pm, 189 minutes)
- 41.699 million viewers
- 23.3/37 HH
- 13.3/33 A18-49
*I will repost if these ratings are adjusted... I was watching and I know the show ran until 12:02am with the last 20 minutes or so commercial-less, which may explain the shorter-than-actual run time above... also, the ratings for the whole evening on ABC don't reflect any of the Cablevision vs Disney-ABC in NY drama as it was a full 98% coverage*

I believe the last nationally aired commercial was about 11:39pm and therefore that last twenty would be unrated.

As no national commercials aired in the time period, ABC was able to sustain the last twenty minutes of programming and exclude from their averages. I'm not sure if this is something new or not, but NBC did the same during the Olympics. Commercials can still air during the sustaining portion but only if they are local affiliate market commercials and not network.