TV by the Numbers - Latest Comments in Nielsen Ratings Mon March 17: Dancing is Back

Re: Nielsen Ratings Mon March 17: Dancing is Back

jay turney — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:21:06 -0000

I have to admit, I like thus show. Sesides DH, its all ABC has. Call me a asexist, and kiss my a**, but I love these womens' dancing. This, not AI, is entertainment. Priscella Presley, Monica Seles ''' this is freaking competitiion Kudos, ABC. This is your best show, along with Desperate housiwives. We guys will watch your shows, if you leave out the victimization crap. American women rule. Show us more strong women. Three cheers for American Dance whatever.

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Adam — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:15:45 -0000

HIMYM is definately the best sitcom on TV right now, but as a self described geek I definately enjoy TBBT as a lead in. I watched both last night. Please renew "mother" CBS!

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Shane — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:46:45 -0000

I think that lower ratings are much more acceptable today than before because of the prominence of the 18-49 demographic. Nets like NBC and the CW have focused all of their energy on the coveted demographic, though I personally think it's because HH ratings have worked against them for a while.

I also think that advertisers are more prone these days to advertise during a show with a "cult" following because they understand the power of these shows...for example, Heroes. The show hasn't really done well in HHs for a while, but still makes mega bucks for NBC. Advertisers are probably attracted by the numbers the show gets from the men demographic. One can easily tell when Spider Man 3 and Mountain Dew are heavily promoted during it.

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Mark — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:01:40 -0000

Oh no doubt about that, and I like the show as well. Like I said it's the geek in me I'm sure that makes it my favorite.

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Robert Seidman — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:52:06 -0000

Mark,I like several comedies more than I like Two and a Half Men, but there's no contesting Men's current ratings supremacy among sitcoms.

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Mark — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:51:54 -0000

Also sorry for not clarifying in my post on Thursday, I just wanted the numbers for Lost last year in the 10 pm slot just to compare to what Eli Stone is doing for my own curiosity, thanks for the data.

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Sandy — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:50:23 -0000

John Ritter was a genius. The show's writers, however, not so much.

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Mark — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:45:44 -0000

I have to disagree with you on big bang theory, maybe it's just b/c I'm a bit of a geek myself but I would rather watch it than any 30 min comedy on the air right now. It might not be as great as some of the classic comedies you mentioned but it's every bit as good as anything else out there currently.

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John T. Folden — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:43:14 -0000

It seems to me that NA could do really well with a better lead-in. For the last two weeks it has had sizable growth over Canterbury's Law. Where's the old FOX that would sack CL now and be airing FOX reruns next week?

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frankj — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:15:07 -0000

I can’t stop posting the CW’s numbers though. trainwreck, can’t avert my eyes, etc.

Just wait until they do the revival of 90210.

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Jake — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:10:50 -0000

Good to see that HIMYM grew in audience and out performed TBBT when they switched slots. It tells me that it's more the slot than it is the show. The Dec 10 8pm HIMYM episode averaged 8.3 million. The 9.73 rating was up to first season numbers! It also tells me that HIMYM has a loyal audience. HIMYM should see even more ratings with the Britney Spears guest spot. Renew it already CBS!

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frankj — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:10:49 -0000

I've heard that too!

Though considering it's FOX we're talking about here...I suppose we'll all have to hold back the cheering until they actually put out something official.

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Jack — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:01:08 -0000

frankj, indeed she is! :-) BTW, I've heard some whispering that FOX did in fact renew Terminator for a second season. I don't think it's official yet, but the spoilerTV section @ DarkUFO is reporting that Summer will be back.

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frankj — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:21:13 -0000

I for one wouldn’t mind if there’s a Kaley pic every tuesday… now that Summer’s off the air

Jack, she may be off the air, but she's still out there promoting the show!

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Robert Seidman — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:15:22 -0000

Dearme: love it though other than Everybody Hates Chris I've never watched any of the shows you're dealing to TBS so I don't have an informed opinion about that.

Supernatural to SciFi and Gossip Girl to MTV sounds righteous to me. But would you do something with the CW's primetime allocation? 2-4 million primetime viewers is at the very least competitive with ~~some~~ all cable channels. Seems like you might as well use the airspace with...something. They're bringing Supernatural and a bunch of other shows back, so it seems like they're OK with it for at least another season.

I can't stop posting the CW's numbers though. trainwreck, can't avert my eyes, etc. ;)

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dearme — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:59:54 -0000

I think u should now stop posting CW ratings along with the big networks, it's just awful to look at.

I really feel CW should turn into a distributor to place it's GEMS in the right place (CABLE). Reaper would do gr8 on USA, sandwiched between Monk and Psych. What do u think about the following trade?

Smallville -> ABC family
Supernatural -> SciFi channel
Reaper -> USA network
Gossip Girl -> MTV
ANTM -> BRAVO
Beauty & Geek -> VH1
One Tree Hill -> ABC family
Everybody Hates Chris, Girlfriends, Game, Aliens in America -> TBS

Re: Nielsen Ratings Mon March 17: Dancing is Back

Robert Seidman — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:55:08 -0000

Ron, today's great was yesterday's really bad news. Only 10 short years ago Seinfeld had a HH Rating of 22, of course that was a wacky year where Veronica's Closet narrowly edged out Friends in HH Rating (16.8 vs 16.4) with Fraiser, Home Improvement and Just Shoot Me all pulling 12.0s.

If a 5.4 is great, the most amazing aspect of all is this: the broadcast networks even adjusted for inflation are seemingly making more money out of vastly fewer viewers. On the plus side, this walk down memory lane is probably much, much harder for NBC to stomach than it is for CBS!

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Ron — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:47:30 -0000

Just remember The Big Bang Theory's numbers are in the much more difficult 8:00. This time of year with daylight savings time there is quite a difference between 8:00 and 8:30. BBT got much higher numbers than HIMYM ever got in the 8:00. This show did a terrific job on its first night in the 8:00 anchor spot.

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Jack — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:41:44 -0000

Well I don't get it. 2.5 Men constantly has big numbers (incl. repeats). I hate that show. I mean, I get it... it is a much simpler comedy where people do not have to tune in each week (yet they do) and they will laugh for 30 minutes and forget all about the show the minute they change the channel. I don't like the characters, I don't care about the characters, I don't find them amusing at all... I guess I just like a little bit more from a show I watch.

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Robert Seidman — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:23:40 -0000

Shane, anchored by 2.5 Men, I am not at all surprised CBS has the most watched comedy lineup. ABC's comedies (even the beloved Samantha Who?) don't hold up to 2.5 men. While I LOVE 30 Rock, (and like The Office quite a bit) NBC's current sitcoms will never have the ratings Two and a Half Men does.

P.S. those were good numbers across the board, but 2.5 Men did 14.12 million on 11/12/07...

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Robert Seidman — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:20:05 -0000

Sandy, John Ritter, may he rest in peace, was a comic genius.

I wasn't the first to love on 8 Simple Rules or even the 1000th!

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Shane — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:19:30 -0000

C'mon Robert!
Big Bang, HIMYM, 2.5 Men, and Old Christine did excellent and all had season highs, by the way. I would not have expected this, but CBS still has the most-watched comedy lineup on television at this time.
I'm pretty sure NBC won't hold up this well when it returns on April 3rd and 10th...

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Ken — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:17:02 -0000

She'll be back!

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Sandy — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:16:23 -0000

Congratulations to Robert Seidman for being the first person ever in the history of the world to call 8 Simple Rules a great show!

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Jack — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:03:17 -0000

I for one wouldn't mind if there's a Kaley pic every tuesday... now that Summer's off the air :-(