Thursday Ratings: ABC Gets Lost Behind FOX
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Apprentice, The - Donald, Lost, My Name Is Earl, Survivor, Ratings,
The introduction of American Idol’s results show changed up the Thursday landscape. FOX added another night to its win column.
8pm
- American Idol (8.4/21 in 18-49) topped the evening with 23.2 million.
- Survivor (12.5 million, 4.0/10) saw 600,000 viewers eliminated.
- Lost* (1.7/4) kicked off ABC’s evening with 5.5 million.
- My Name is Earl* (4.5 million, 1.7/4) provided a little comedy to the hour.
- Supernatural* (1.0/3) brought 2.6 million to Smallville’s usual slot.
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Wednesday Ratings: FOX Has Stellar Evening
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, American Idol, Ratings,
Last night, American Idol turned in its best Wednesday numbers since its debut back in January. The show did better than all the other network averages combined.
8pm
- American Idol (28.7 million, 11.1/27 in 18-49) grew by 4 million from last week.
- Deal or No Deal (8.9 million, 2.1/5) added another 2 million to its total.
- Wife Swap (5.6 million, 2.1/5) did slightly better than a week ago.
- Big Brother (5.2 million, 1.9/5) was looking kind of small.
- America’s Next Top Model (1.9/5) debuted to 3.8 million.
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Monday Ratings: NBC Chalks Up Another Win
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Comedy, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Medium, Prison Break, Ratings,
Somewhere packed in those Deal or No Deal suitcases is a ratings gold mine. The game show helped give NBC another Monday win.
8pm
- Deal or No Deal (16.8 million, 5.2/13 in 18-49) was the hottest ticket of the evening.
- The Dance War finale (2.3/6) say goodbye to 9.1 million fans.
- About 7.4 million (3.1/8) were left hanging by Prison Break‘s (series?) ender.
- How I Met Your Mother* (6.2 million, 2.2/6) slid by 900,000; Welcome to the Captain (5.5 million, 2.0/5) did even worse.
- Gossip Girl* (1.2 million, 0.5/1) repeated last week’s performance.
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Post-Strike Television Schedule
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, American Idol, Apprentice, The - Donald, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, House, Lost, Medium, Prison Break, Survivor, The Bachelor,
Now that we have come to the end of the writers’ strike, it’s time to once again update our television programming schedules.
Mid-season replacements have had seen their debuts shuffled (e.g. New Amsterdam), some programs are coming back with new episodes (e.g. Scrubs, 30 Rock) while other shows aren’t slated to return until next year (Pushing Daisies).
Here you can find a
compilation of the 2008 post-strike schedulesfor the five major networks. I would highly recommend printing this out since there are major changes across the board.
Two notes:
- This is the updated schedule as of May 6. Be prepared to see more changes and settling in the weeks to come.
- The list consists of premieres and dates for new episodes.
- If a particular time slot/network is not mentioned, either nothing has changed or no specific announcement has been made yet.
MONDAY
8pm:
- Dancing With the Stars, ABC
- My Dad is Better Than Your Dad, NBC
- The Big Bang Theory, CBS
- Bones, FOX (new as of 4/14)
- Gossip Girl, CW (new as of 4/21)
8:30pm:
- How I Met Your Mother, CBS
9pm:
- Two and a Half Men, CBS
- House, FOX (new as of 4/28)
- One Tree Hill, CW (new as of 4/14)
9:30pm:
- Samantha Who?, ABC (new as of 4/7)
- Rules of Engagement, CBS (returns 4/14)
10pm:
- The Bachelor, ABC
- CSI: Miami, CBS
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Friday Ratings: NBC’s New Night for Must-See TV
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, House, Ratings,
Thanks to Bob Saget and the Las Vegas finale, NBC stacked up another weekend win.
8pm
- 1 vs. 100 (8.03 million, 2.0/7 in 18-49) gave NBC a nice start.
- House* (2.6/8) averaged 7.1 million over two hours.
- Ghost Whisperer* (1.8/6) was visited by 6.5 million spirits.
- About 4.5 million sat ringside for Friday Night Smackdown (1.3/4).
- Grey’s Anatomy* (0.9/3) triaged 3.5 million.
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Thursday Ratings: No Love for Eli Stone
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Apprentice, The - Donald, Lost, Survivor, Ratings,
While romantic date nights could explain declining performances for Lost and Eli Stone, the same reason doesn’t apply to Celebrity Apprentice’s improvement. By night’s end, CBS was again a winner with the viewers while ABC had the edge in the demos.
8pm
- Survivor: Micronesia (13.1 million, 4.5/13 in 18-49) lost 800,000 deserters.
- Deal or No Deal (11 million, 3.4/10) saw a 1.7 million improvement.
- Lost* (6.2 million, 2.0/6) slid by 300,000.
- Coverage of the NAACP Image Awards (1.4/4) drew 3.9 million.
- Smallville (3.7 million, 1.5/4) was off by about 300,000.
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Wednesday Ratings: Viewers Less Interested in the Truth
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, American Idol, Ratings,
8pm
- American Idol (9.7/25 in 18-49) sang to the tune of 24.6 million.
- Deal or No Deal (11 million, 2.7/7) reeled in 3 million more than last week.
- Big Brother 9 (2.1/5) only roped in 5.8 million for its Wednesday debut.
- Wife Swap (5.4 million, 1.9/5) traded away 1.2 million.
- An America’s Next Top Model special (0.7/2) only highlighted 1.4 million.
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Deal or No Deal: How Far Will They Go?
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Games, Prime Time, Reality, NBC, Gossip, Ratings,
There’s no nice way to say it: NBC has had trouble in the ratings department the last few seasons. In an ever-increasing attempt to compete with the runaway success of American Idol and keep their own reality contest relevant, the network has launched a promotional tactic that’s doing nothing but mounting: The Million-Dollar Mission.
Every time a contestant on Deal or No Deal fails to win that million-dollar case, another million gets added. As of Wednesday’s Idol-competing episode, they were up to 13 (that’s right 13) million-dollar cases. The contestant has been chosen and the game is under way…but will she go far enough to get the prize?
According to the show’s official site, the mission will continue through next week. NBC is also throwing a special Deal or No Deal episode at fans Thursday night to drum up more excitement and ratings for the show. Host Howie Mandel says he won’t give up until a million is given away…but how long will that take?
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Monday Ratings: NBC Scores A Good Deal
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Prison Break, Ratings,
FOX may have Tuesdays and Wednesdays, but NBC rules Mondays with its share of reality hits. Last night, the network lead in both viewers and demos.
8pm
- Dance War (9.2 million, 2.4/6 in 18-49) was the hour’s most-watched.
- American Gladiators (8.8 million, 3.7/9) surpassed its reality competitor in the demos.
- About 7.9 million tuned in to see a Prison Break (3.3/9).
- Both How I Met Your Mother* (2.7/7) and Welcome to the Captain (2.6/7) earned 7.1 million viewers.
- Gossip Girl* (1.2 million, 0.4/1) slipped by about 250,000.
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Sunday Ratings: Grammys Fail to Entertain
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Award Shows, Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings,
Last night’s Grammys telecast failed to strike a chord with viewers. (Only two other broadcasts in Grammy history have achieved lower numbers.) Regardless, the awards show still gave CBS a decisive win in the viewers and demos.
7pm
- About 13 million watched the Obama/Clinton interviews on 60 Minutes (2.5/7 in 18-49).
- America’s Funniest Home Videos (3.0/8) tickled 9.6 million.
- The last hour of the Pro Bowl game (3.2/9) scored 8.9 million.
- American Gladiators* (1.4/4) averaged 3.6 million over two hours.
- CW Now (700,000, 0.3/1) made an effort.
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