Sunday Ratings: ABC Desperate for Viewers
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Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings,
Although it was the most-watched show overall, the return of Desperate Housewives got off to a slow start. CBS’ Masters overrun didn’t help matters either. In the end, the Alphabet network came away with both the viewers and the demos.
8pm
- Big Brother (10.7 million, 2.7/7 in 18-49) benefitted from the golf game.
- Oprah’s Big Give (8.9 million, 2.9/8) suffered a bit in its new time slot.
- The Simpsons (6.9 million, 3.3/9) and King of the Hill (6 million, 2.8/7) had nice gains from last week.
- Monk (5.2 million, 1.1/3) slipped by 500,000.
- Everybody Hates Chris (1.3 million, 0.5/1) and Aliens in America* (1.1 million, 0.4/1) both saw improvements.
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Sunday Ratings: Monk, Psych Fail to Register
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Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings,
The introduction of two new (yet old) shows on NBC did little to help the network. ABC once again won the Sunday demos and came close to surpassing CBS with the viewers.
8pm
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition* (3.0/8 in 18-49) pounded out 9.9 million.
- Big Brother 9 (6.5 million, 2.1/6) shrunk by another 1.5 million.
- Monk (1.5/4) debuted with 5.7 million.
- The Simpsons* (5.5 million, 2.7/8) saw a 1.6 million decrease; King of the Hill (5.2 million, 2.5/7) saw a loss of 800,000.
- Everybody Hates Chris (940,000, 0.4/1) trailed off by 360,000; Aliens in America* (870,000, 0.3/1) slipped by 120,000.
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Sunday Ratings: Tight Contest Between CBS, ABC
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Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings,
Thanks to a basketball overrun earlier in the evening, CBS was able to place first last night with the viewers. However, ABC still put up a good fight and came away with the demos.
8pm
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (12.8 million, 4.5/11 in 18-49) built itself a larger audience than last week.
- Big Brother (8 million, 2.7/7) slid by approximately 2.3 million.
- The Simpsons (7.1 million, 3.4/9) and King of the Hill (6 million, 2.7/7) both did nearly twice as well as their last outing.
- Dateline (6.7 million, 1.7/4) was up about 600,000.
- Everybody Hates Chris (1.3 million, 0.5/1) and Aliens in America* (990,000, 0.3/1) also saw increases.
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Sunday Ratings: ABC Tops on Easter Holiday
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Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings,
Although last night’s numbers were a bit confusing - CBS’ NCAA coverage caused show overlaps in parts of the country - it appears ABC managed to pull out another Sunday win. The network was first in both the viewers and the demos.
8pm
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (3.9/11 in 18-49) nailed down 11.1 million.
- A 60 Minutes/Big Brother hour (2.4/7/) turned in 10.3 million.
- Dateline (6.1 million, 1.3/4) was down 1.9 million from last Sunday.
- The Simpsons* (4.8 million, 2.4/7) and Unhitched (3.1 million, 1.5/4) both took large hits this week.
- Both Everybody Hates Chris (990,000, 0.5/1) and Aliens in America (930,000, 0.4/1) were off slightly.
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Sunday Ratings: Extreme Makeover Serves ABC Nicely
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Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings,
ABC won another Sunday night - and surprisingly Oprah wasn’t the network’s biggest contributor.
8pm
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (12 million, 4.1/11 in 18-49) was the night’s top show.
- Dateline (1.9/6) averaged 8 million over two hours.
- Both The Simpsons* (6.6 million, 3.0/9) and King of the Hill (6 million, 2.8/7) saw losses.
- Big Brother (6.3 million, 2.3/6) was down slightly.
- Everybody Hates Chris (1.1 million, 0.5/1) and Aliens in America (900,000, 0.4/1) also took small blows.
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Sunday Ratings: ABC Wins Despite Lower Numbers
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Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings,
Fans of Oprah were feeling slightly less charitable this week. Although her show was still a hit in its hour, the program took a bit hit as well.
8pm
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition* (12.4 million, 4.0/11 in 18-49) was off pace by 2.4 million.
- A 100 Most Outrageous Moments* repeat (2.0/6) averaged 7.28 million over two hours; The Simpsons (3.5/10) brought in a similar total.
- Big Brother (6.5 million, 2.2/6) delivered 300,000 more than last week.
- King of the Hill (6.2 million, 3.0/8) tanked by 1.5 million.
- Everybody Hates Chris (1.4 million, 0.5/1) was off by 100,000; Aliens in America (1.2 million, 0.4/1) was up by the same amount.
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CW Hands Out the Renewal Notices
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Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, Everybody Hates Chris, Renewals,
CW has followed up ABC’s lead and released its list of 2008-09 renewals. At this point, there are several shows still sitting on top of the fall programming bubble.
Those making a return next year:
- America’s Next Top Model
- Everybody Hates Chris
- Gossip Girl
- One Tree Hill
- Smallville
- Supernatural
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Sunday Ratings: Oprah Gives Big Numbers to ABC
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Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings,
ABC hit the ratings jackpot last night thanks to Miss O. The Disney-owned network was victorious from 8-11pm.
8pm
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (14.8 million, 5.1/13 in 18-49) won its hour by a mile.
- The Simpsons (3.8/9) kicked off FOX’s comedy block with 7.9 million; King of the Hill (7.7 million, 4.1/10) had slightly less.
- Dateline (1.9/5) averaged 7.5 million over two hours.
- Big Brother (6.2 million, 2.3/6) was up a half mill.
- Everybody Hates Chris (1.5 million, 0.5/1) had 1/10th of Makeover‘s audience; Aliens in America‘s (1.1 million, 0.4/1) was slightly smaller.
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Sunday Ratings: ABC and NBC Split the Evening
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Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings,
The American Gladiators finale and the Knight Rider movie narrowly lost out to ABC in the viewers. The Peacock network, though, did win in the demos.
8pm
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (4.6/11 in 18-49) built a 13.5 million-sized audience over two hours.
- The Simpsons (7.8 million, 3.6/9) was up almost 1 million from last week.
- American Gladiators (3.0/8) ended its run with 7.3 million fans.
- Big Brother 9 (2.2/6) had 6.8 million gawkers.
- King of the Hill (6.5 million, 2.9/7) raised 400,000 more.
- Everybody Hates Chris* (1.06 million, 0.4/10) and Aliens in America* (0.92 million, 0.4/1) were both slightly down.
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Sunday Ratings: Grammys Fail to Entertain
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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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