Wednesday Ratings: Red Sox Score More Than Homeruns
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Kids, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, Ratings,
Both ABC and CBS had to take a back seat to baseball last night. Game 1 of the World Series was a huge ratings victory for FOX.
8pm
- Approximately 16.7 million fans rallied for the Red Sox/Rockies game (5.6/14 in 18-49 demo).
- Pushing Daisies (9.4 million, 3.0/8) wilted a bit from last week.
- The debut of Phenomenon (8.4 million, 2.9/8) underperformed Deal or No Deal’s usual numbers, but it remained close to Daisies in the demos.
- Kid Nation (8 million, 2.5/7) was slightly up from last Wednesday; America’s Next Top Model (4.7 million, 2.3/6) was slightly down.
9pm
- Both Criminal Minds (14.9 million, 3.9/19 in 18-49) and Private Practice (11.8 million, 4.5/11) remained even with last week.
- Bionic Woman (7.8 million, 3.3/8) saw another decline.
- Gossip Girl (1.2/3) held steady from last Wednesday.
10pm
- CSI: NY (13.6 million, 3.8/10 in 18-49) took the hour’s viewers and demos.
- Dirty Sexy Money (8.6 million, 3.2/8) pretty much repeated last week.
- Life (6.8 million, 2.5/6) was at least consistent; it lost viewers (900,000) again.
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Tuesday Ratings: Viewers Return to Hugh Laurie’s ‘House’
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Dancing With The Stars, House, Ratings,
With baseball out of the picture, Hugh Laurie was free to reclaim his reign over Wednesday night’s ratings.
8pm
- At 17.1 million, NCIS (3.7/10 in 18-49 demo) had the hour’s best audience and demo performance.
- Bones (3.1/9) came in 2nd with 8.8 million viewers.
- The Biggest Loser (6.9 million, 3.2/9) was up from last week; The Singing Bee (6.8 million, 2.3/7) did better than last week’s Dateline special.
- Both Cavemen (6.9 million, 2.2/6) and Carpoolers (7.1 million, 2.4/6) were about even from one week ago.
- Beauty and the Geek (3.2 million, 1.6/4) was slightly down.
9pm
- House (17.9 million, 7.6/18 in 18-49 demo) had the night’s largest numbers in both categories.
- Dancing With The Stars (17.8 million, 4.4/11) came in a close 2nd with viewers.
- The Unit (10.9 million, 3.0/7) was down from last week as was Reaper (2.6 million, 1.2/3).
10pm
- Law and Order: SVU (12.2 million, 4.7/13 in 18-49 demo) easily dominated the 10pm hour.
- A special episode of 20/20 (2.8/8) drew in 10.9 million.
- CBS’s Cane (8 million, 2.0/5) dropped another 500,000.
Monday Ratings: Osmond Went Down, ‘Dancing’ Went Up
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Dancing With The Stars, Heroes, Prison Break, The Bachelor, Ratings,
Thanks to a baseball-less Monday on FOX (and a startling collapse on Dancing With the Stars), ABC easily took last night’s win.
8pm
- Dancing With the Stars (5.3/13 in 18-49 demo) drew 21.1 million viewers, up from 19.3 last Monday.
- How I Met Your Mother (8.6 million, 3.4/9) was up about 650,000 from last week; Big Bang Theory was up 550,000.
- Prison Break (7.4 million, 3.0/8) was about even with its last performance.
- Chuck (7.1 million, 2.8/7) lost approximately 1 million fans.
9pm
- In its second week, Samantha Who? (14.3 million, 4.6/10 in 18-49) remained strong compared to last week’s debut.
- Both Two and a Half Men (13.7 million, 4.8/11) and Rules of Engagement (10.8 million, 3.9/9) scored larger audiences than that NBC show.
- Heroes (10.7 million, 4.9/11), down another 560,000, barely eked out the hour’s largest demo (not including Dancing).
- K-Ville (6.1 million, 2.0/5) remained about even.
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Sunday Ratings: Major League Victory for FOX
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Ratings,
The one-two punch from FOX’s sports coverage helped the network take Sunday’s win (followed by ABC, NBC and CBS).
8pm
- A football overrun combined with a Boston Red Sox victory helped score FOX (6.4/16 in 18-49 demo) an average of 17.9 milllion fans.
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (13.6 million, 5.0/12) was up over 1 million from last week.
- NBC’s Broncos/Steelers game (4.2/10) averaged 10.4 million fans.
- Viva Laughlin (1.2/3) kissed it’s run goodbye with 6.4 million.
- Life is Wild (1.6 million, 0.5/1) did what it does.
9pm
- With 17.8 million fans, Desperate Housewives (7.1/16 in 18-49 demo) held its own against the sports lineup.
- Cold Case (11.4 million, 2.6/6) was down from last Sunday.
10pm
- Brothers & Sisters (11.4 million, 4.6/11 in 18-49 demo) lost over a million from last week.
- CBS’s Shark (2.4/6) rounded off the evening with 10.9 million viewers.
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‘Viva Laughlin’ Canceled; ‘The Amazing Race’ Returns
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Music, Prime Time, CBS, Cancellations,
Hugh Jackman has had hits in the theaters (X-Men) and on Broadway (The Boy from Oz), but his mark on television will have to wait. Jackman served as the executive producer of Viva Laughlin—the first significant cancellation of the fall season.
Yes, you could argue that Nashville technically earned that dubious honor, but Fox claimed the show was returning in October (yeah—I know it’s gone). Then there was that small CW show, Online Nation. The pseudo-news program that really didn’t exist was just replaced by reruns of Aliens in America. Regardless, I can safely say that Viva was the first ‘scripted’ show to go kaput.
After only one week on air (granted, there were two episodes), CBS put the brakes on the musical drama. Many who saw Thursday’s overnight ratings predicted this day would come—though I’m not sure they imagined it would arrive so soon. Unfortunately, Viva’s second dismal performance last night drove the nail in its coffin.
The good news from all of this? Fans of The Amazing Race will get to see their beloved show return even earlier than expected. It will now take over the vacant 8pm Sunday time slot starting November 4th (a CSI rerun will warm the spot until then). While I feel bad for Hugh Jackman, I’d happily take Phil Keoghan over him any day of the week.
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‘One Life to Live’ Star Arrested for Assault
Actor Nathaniel Marston, who plays Dr. Michael McBain on ABC’s One Life to Live, was arrested Sunday morning in New York. Unlike other celebrity scandals which usually involve misdemeanors, Marston is facing at least one felony charge.
The actor, who was reportedly enraged after exiting a cab, used a crate to assault three men; one of his victims suffered a broken leg. It’s unclear what ignited his attack, though officers believe he was under the influence of a narcotic at the time. Nathaniel, 32, was arrested for felony assault, reckless endangerment, criminal possession of a weapon and resisting arrest. He was later transported to a local hospital where he was listed as ‘emotionally disturbed’. This would not be Marston’s first brush with the law. Back in 1999, while he was working on CBS’s As The World Turns, he was arrested for taking his rage out on an ATM machine. (Dude, no money means no money.)
It is unknown what the producers of One Life to Live will do about the situation at this point; Nathaniel is currently involved in a major storyline on the show. Meanwhile, a rep for ABC told TVGuide.com that they ‘are aware of the incident and are reviewing the details.’ If fired from OLTL, this would be Marston’s second time around. He was killed off back in 2003 (reportedly due to questionable work habits) but later brought back as a different character due to strong fan reaction.
(You can read a follow-up to this story here.)
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TV on DVD: October 23, 2007
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Horror, Cable, CBS, HBO, The CW, DVD,
Here are some of the TV-on-DVD options you can find on the shelves this Tuesday:
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (Volume 1)
- American Gangster (Season 1)
- Veronica Mars (Season 3)
- The L Word (Season 4)
- NCIS (Season 4)
- The Sopranos (Season 6, Part 2)
- Tales from the Crypt (Season 7)
- Mind of Mencia (Season 9)
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This Week On TV (10/22-10/28)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Daytime, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, Talk Shows, ABC, Cable, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, Heroes, House, My Name Is Earl, Prison Break, Scrubs, Survivor,
MONDAY (10/22)
**No new episode of Ellen today. She’s still recovering from all the doggy drama**
- Live With Regis and Kelly (ABC, syndicated): Jimmy Kimmel will be pulling double-duty this week as he fills in for Regis Philbin in NY and tapes his show in LA. (I’m guessing we’ll still be seeing him on Dancing With The Stars as well.) If we’re lucky, Guillermo will fill in for Gelman too.
- Prison Break (FOX, 8pm): The show returns tonight after being preempted by baseball last week. What? You don’t care either?
- Heroes (NBC, 9pm): Many fans have been waiting for Kristen Bell’s debut tonight. Unfortunately, she’s one more new character I’ll have to ignore.
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‘Survivor’ Finale Date Announced
Posted by David Onda Categories: Prime Time, Reality, CBS, Survivor, News,
My own personal jury is still out on whether I like the latest season of CBS’s Survivor: China. I have a feeling that the tempo won’t pick up until the two teams merge - if, of course, they do at all. Mark Burnett has been known to throw contestants (and viewers) a twist here and there. Either way, I’ve watched this much so I’d be stupid to not want to see how it ends. And this year’s finale will be broadcast on a special night and time: Sunday, December 16 from 8-10 p.m. ET.
The finale will be followed by the obligatory live cast reunion show from 10-11 p.m. in which all 16 castaways will see each other for the first time since China - looking hot and healthy and in no way angry at each other for the backstabbing and lies. The reunion show is only good for finding out if anyone actually hooked up during the season. Otherwise, it’s garbage.
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Friday Ratings: ‘Numb3rs’ Reclaims Top Spot
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Ratings,
Although ABC’s Women’s Murder Club put up a good fight, CBS’s Numb3rs took back its Friday night crown.
8pm
- Deal or No Deal (2.0/7 in 18-49 age group) drew 9.32 million viewers, the largest number in the hour.
- Ghost Whisperer (8.9 million, 2.4/9) remained even with last week and had the better demo performance.
- 20/20 (6.8 million, 1.7/6) was up from last week.
- CW’s Friday Night Smackdown (1.4/5) pinned down 4.6 million fans.
- The Next Great American Band (3.6 million, 1.5/5) had no audience to play for.
9pm
- Women’s Murder Club (9.67 million, 2.0/6 in 18-49) was slightly down from last week but remained the most-watched show at 9pm.
- CBS’s Moonlight (7.8 million, 2.1/7) outdid ABC in the demos.
- Friday Night Lights (5.5 million, 1.9/6) had more spectators compared to last week.
10pm
- The numbers were in favor of Numb3rs (9.72 million, 2.7/9 in 18-49 demo); the show had the best audience and demos of the evening.
- Las Vegas (2.1/7) pulled in second that hour with 7.51 million viewers.
- Men in Trees (1.7/5) capped the hour at 6.42 million.
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