Thursday Ratings: Premieres Down All Around
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, My Name Is Earl, Survivor, The Office, Ratings,
Despite all the built up excitement for last night’s premieres, the numbers were down across the board. In the end, a two-hour Grey’s Anatomy (down 17% from this time last year) helped ABC win the viewers and the demos.
8pm
- Approximately 12.9 million saw the premiere of Survivor: Gabon (4.5/11 in18-49) in HD.
- Ugly Betty (9.8 million, 3.3/9) was down 15% from last fall.
- My Name is Earl (6.4 million, 2.7/8) dove 29%.
- The first hour of Kitchen Nightmares 1.9/5) cooked up 4.2 million.
- Smallville (4.1 million, 1.7/5) slipped a few notches.
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Thursday Ratings: Mixed Results for CW
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Ratings,
Good news just keeps coming for CW. Last night, the season premiere of Supernatural saw a 29% increase over last year’s results. Unfortunately, Smallville‘s debut was down 10%. In the end, CBS was a winner with the viewers while FOX placed first in the demos.
8pm
- America’s Got Talent (9.8 million, 2.3/7 in 18-49) was up 200,000.
- An early hour of CSI* (1.9/6) raked in 8 million.
- My Name is Earl* (5.2 million, 1.6/5) did the same as last week.
- Ugly Betty* (4.41 million, 1.3/4) did slightly better.
- Approximately 4.38 million welcomed back Smallville (1.8/6).
- Hole in the Wall (2.0/6) averaged 4.7 million over the hour.
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Thursday Ratings: Kitchen Nightmares a Dream for FOX
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey’s Anatomy, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Ratings,
A football-less NBC wasn’t able to sweep up like it did last week. This time around, FOX was on top with the demos while CBS was the winner with the viewers.
8pm
- America’s Got Talent (9.6 million, 2.3/8 in 18-49) was the night’s most-watched show.
- Big Brother 10 (7.9 million, 2.7/8) attracted 1.4 million more.
- Approximately 5.4 million welcomed Hole in the Wall (2.3/7) to its regular time slot.
- My Name is Earl* (1.6/5) coughed up 5.2 million.
- Ugly Betty* (4.3 million, 1.2/4) was on par with last week.
- Smallville* (0.8/2) settled for 2 million.
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This Week on TV (9/8-9/14)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Daytime, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Late Night, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Talk Shows, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FOX, HBO, MTV, NBC, Syndication, The CW, Entourage, Oprah Winfrey Show, Prison Break, Saturday Night Live,
(You can view TV Envy’s Fall Television Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY (9/8)
- The Oprah Winfrey Show (Syndicated, check local listings: Season 23 premiere. Oprah kicks off her new year with over 150 Olympians. Medals, schmedals. I’m sure they’re all hoping for free cars.
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (FOX, 8pm): Season 2 premiere. “Agent Ellison handles the aftermath of Cromartie’s massacre.” Now if a pool full of dead bodies doesn’t spell things out for Ellison, nothing will.
- Take Home Nanny (TLC, 8pm): “Parents of aggressive twins need help from Emma to get the kids to behave well for a dinner with a teacher at the new school they want the boys to attend next year.” After they’re accepted, the twins then become the teacher’s problem.
- Prison Break (FOX, 9pm): “Michael and his crew have one day to find the other five cardholders or they’ll go back to prison.” Yeah, yeah, yeah - been there, done that.
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Thursday Ratings: Giants Score Win for NBC
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey’s Anatomy, Ratings,
A Thursday night football game - coupled with John McCain’s RNC speech - gave NBC an easy win in both categories last night.
8pm
- Approximately 13.6 million (5.4/15 in 18-49) watched the NY Giants defeat the Washington Redskins on NBC.
- Big Brother 10 (6.5 million, 2.2/7) stumbled by 700,000.
- A 2-hour Kitchen Nightmares (2.4/7) debuted to 5.3 million.
- Ugly Betty* (4.2 million, 1.1/3) was down 1 million.
- A repeat of 90210* (1.0/3) picked up 2 million.
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This Week on TV (9/1-9/7)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Award Shows, Comedy, Daytime, Food & Home, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Talk Shows, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FX, FOX, HBO, MTV, NBC, The CW, TNT-HD, America’s Next Top Model, Entourage, Prison Break,
(You can view TV Envy’s Fall Television Programming Schedule here.)
MONDAY (9/1)
Labor Day Marathons: The Closer (TNT), Beverly Hills, 90210 (SOAPnet), Scrubs (TV Land), Dirty Jobs (Discovery), My Wife and Kids (ABC Family), Star Trek: The Next Generation (Sci Fi), House of Payne (TBS), CSI (Spike TV), Anthony Bourdain (Travel), That ‘70s Show (FX)
- Gossip Girl (CW, 8pm): Season 2 premiere. “Summer in the Hamptons winds down as Serena and Nate carry on a cover-up scheme to make others think they’re dating.” A few choice pics sent to Gossip Girl should do the trick.
- Prison Break (FOX, 8pm): Season 4 premiere. “Michael is in LA looking to even the score with Gretchen for Sara’s death.” I think Gretchen should really apologize for all of last season.
- One Tree Hill (CW, 9pm): Season 6 premiere. “Lucas’ chosen lady meets him at the airport, while Dan’s accident proves life-threatening.” Sorry. So not caring who Chad Michael Murray picks these days.
- Raising the Bar (TNT, 10pm): Series premiere. “Idealistic public defender Jerry Kellerman (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) fights for a man he’s sure is innocent, but holding a court is a judge who loathes Kellerman.” Gosselaar’s new hair has been generating some passionate opinions.
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Tuesday Ratings: NBC Has the Talent and the Viewers
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Food & Home, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, House, Ratings,
Last night, NBC struck gold with America’s Got Talent. The show - on its last outing for a few weeks - easily ran past the competition giving the Peacock network wins with the demos and the viewers.
8pm
- NCIS* (8.8 million, 1.7/6 in 18-49) picked up another 300,000.
- A Wipeout clip show (7.3 million, 2.8/9) tanked by 2.4 million.
- Celebrity Family Feud* (6.2 million, 1.5/5) fell by 1.3 million.
- Kitchen Nightmares* (1.8/6) served up 4.1 million.
- Beauty and the Geek* (970,000, 0.4/1) was down 230,000.
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Tuesday Ratings: America’s Got Talent Delivers the Numbers
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, House, Ratings,
Yesterday, America’s Got Talent attracted its largest audience so far this season. The reality show helped NBC win the viewers while ABC was the victor in the demos.
8pm
- Wipeout (9.7 million, 3.5/11 in 18-49) easily won its hour.
- NCIS* (8.5 million, 1.4/5) did the same as before.
- Celebrity Family Feud (2.0/6) ended its season with 7.5 million.
- Kitchen Nightmares* (1.5/5) grossed out 3.5 million.
- Beauty and the Geek (1.2 million, 0.4/1) added on 200,000.
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Tuesday Ratings: Wipeout Still a Hit
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Food & Home, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, House, Ratings,
Although last week’s All-Star Game made a dent in Wipeout‘s numbers, the show proved viewers were still interested. The program’s rebound helped ABC attain a victory in the demos, meanwhile NBC was the leader with the viewers.
8pm
- Wipeout (9.9 million, 3.6/12 in 18-49) saw 1.4 million return this week.
- NCIS* (8.5 million, 1.6/5) picked up another 700,000.
- Celebrity Family Feud (7.3 million, 1.8/5) had a 600,000 dip.
- Kitchen Nightmares* (1.6/5) uncovered 3.8 million rats.
- Beauty and the Geek* (1 million, 0.5/1) turned out a repeat performance.
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Bravo Steals Another Reality Idea
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, Bravo, Cable, FOX, Hell’s Kitchen, So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef, Editorial,
As much as I love Bravo, am I the only one getting tired of their FOX reality rip-offs?
Today, the cable channel announced that it is producing a spinoff for one of Shear Genius‘s competitors from last season. Later this summer, the cameras will be following Tabatha Coffey as she “visits struggling salons in the Los Angeles and New York areas and literally takes over the establishments to whip them into shape.” While some may say a show about hair stylists has nothing to do with FOX, I say this production smells exactly like Kitchen Nightmares.
In fact, Tabatha’s Salon Takeover would be the second time Bravo has adopted a concept already seen on that other network. Hell’s Kitchen debuted in May 2005 while Top Chef coincidentally appeared in March 2006. And how about So You Think You Can Dance? That reality hit program played a part in Step It Up & Dance‘s debut this year.
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