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Wednesday Ratings: Defenders Defending Its Time Slot

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, America’s Next Top Model, Survivor, Ratings,

The battle for Wednesday night’s 10:00 hour is proving to be an interesting one. Last week, the debut of Law & Order: Los Angeles bested The Defenders in both the viewers and the demos. This week, Defenders took the viewers, while NBC’s program won the demos. What will happen in Week 3? Place your bets now.

8pm

• Survivor: Nicaragua (11.8 million, 3.6/11 in 18-49) sent 400,000 home.
• The Middle (8 million, 2.4/8) lost 300,000.
• Better with You (6.9 million, 2.3/7) was off slightly.
• Undercovers (6.4 million, 1.5/4) gave up 800,000.
• Hell’s Kitchen (6.6 million, 3.1/9) served 500,000 more.
• America’s Next Top Model (2.8 million, 1.3/4) did about the same.

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Tuesday Ratings: Demo Duel Between CBS, FOX

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Dancing With The Stars, Ratings,

CBS and FOX fought a tough battle last night. Although the Eye network was a clear winner with the viewers, the Glee channel took a narrow victory – 3.3/9 vs. 3.2/9 – in the demos.

8pm

• NCIS (19.4 million, 3.7/11 in 18-49) was the most-watched show of the night.
• Glee (10.9 million, 4.5/13) had Wednesday’s best demos.
• No Ordinary Family saw 1.6 million tune out.
• The Biggest Loser (6.8 million, 2.5/7) trimmed off 300,000.
• One Tree Hill (2 million, 1.0/3) raised 200,000.

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Wednesday Ratings: Solid Debut for New L&O

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, America’s Next Top Model, Survivor, Ratings,

Another Wednesday night meant another double-win for CBS. The network, with help from Criminal Minds and Survivor, took both the viewers and the demos. CBS did see a loss, though, in the 10:00 hour. That’s when Law & Order: Los Angeles defeated The Defenders in the time slot.

8pm

• Survivor: Nicaragua (12.2 million, 3.5/11 in 18-49) snuffed out 300,000.
• The Middle (8.3 million, 2.4/8) shed 500,000.
• Undercovers (7.2 million, 1.6/5) lost 1.4 million.
• Better with You (7 million, 2.2/7) gave up 1 million.
• Hell’s Kitchen (6.1 million, 2.9/9) declined by 500,000.
• America’s Next Top Model (2.9 million, 1.3/4) added on 100,000.

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Tuesday Ratings: No Ordinary Night for ABC, FOX

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Dancing With The Stars, Ratings,

Countless spoilers related to yesterday’s Glee didn’t keep viewers from watching the entire episode. In fact, Britney Spears fans turned out in record numbers. Meanwhile, ABC’s premiere of No Ordinary Family did quite well in Week 1 despite facing direct competition from the musical event.

8pm

• NCIS (18.7 million, 4.0/11 in 18-49) was down 700,000 from Week 1.
• Glee (13.3 million 5.8/16 in 18-49) had its best demos to date.
• Approximately 10.5 million (3.1/9) checked out the debut of No Ordinary Family.
• The Biggest Loser (7.1 million, 2.7/7) did about the same.
• One Tree Hill (1.8 million, 0.9/3) remained even.

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Wednesday Ratings: Modern Family’s Welcome Return

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, America’s Next Top Model, Survivor, Ratings,

ABC didn’t win the night, but it had what the 18-49s wanted to watch: Modern Family. The Emmy-award winning comedy returned last night to its best demos to date. Unfortunately, that half hour wasn’t enough for the network. CBS wound up taking wins in both the viewers and the demos.

8pm

• Survivor: Nicaragua (12.5 million, 4.0/12 in 18-49) easily won its hour.
• The Middle (2.6/8) had 8.8 million laughing.
• Approximately 8.6 million (2.0/6) checked out the debut of Undercovers.
• Better with You (8 million, 2.5/7) retained most Middle‘s numbers.
• A new installment of Hell’s Kitchen (2.9/8) fired up 6.6 million.
• America’s Next Top Model (1.3/4) turned in 2.8 million.

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Tuesday Ratings: CBS and FOX Split Evening

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Dancing With The Stars, Ratings,

Several shows saw success on Day 2 of the fall television schedule. Glee earned big numbers despite the lack of a lead-in; NCIS remained strong despite being in its eighth season; and DWTS drew a lot of interest for a simple results show. In the end, CBS was a winner with the viewers while FOX was on top with the demos.

8pm

• NCIS (19.4 million, 4.0/11 in 18-49) had the most viewers of the evening.
• Glee (12.3 million, 5.5/16) had its second-best demos to date.
• Dancing with the Stars* (2.6/7) recapped 12 million.
• The Biggest Loser (2.9/8) averaged 7.2 million over two hours.
• One Tree Hill (0.9/3) pulled in 1.8 million.

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TV Talk: Pawn Stars Cashes In, Maura Tierney Returns to TV

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Cable, HBO, News, Ratings,

-People love sifting through old crap. Monday’s episodes of American Pickers and Pawn Stars broke audience records for the History Channel. Pawn‘s 5.9 million viewers was the network’s largest ever.

-Meanwhile, True Blood sucked up more viewers for its third season premiere. Sunday’s debut attracted 5.1 million viewers, up 38% from Season 2’s open. (That doesn’t count the additional 1.3 million who watched the 11:00 replay.)

-A cancer-free Andy Whitfield will begin preparations for Spartacus’ second season. Production on the show had been put on hold when Andy was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

-Former ER star Maura Tierney is scheduled to star in ABC’s The Whole Truth. She was originally supposed to be part of NBC’s Parenthood, but had to drop out due to breast cancer treatments.

The Cape Trailer Premieres, Disappoints

Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Action, Drama, Prime Time, NBC, Heroes, Editorial, Internet, News, Video,

NBC’s Heroes replacement, The Cape, recently premiered its full-length trailer. While I may not have agreed with where Heroes ended up, at least its initial premise beat this one’s: good cop gets framed and is left for dead; guy is found by a clandestine group who trains him to be a superhero; superhero fights crime.

One might say that it’s to be expected, it’s a superhero series. True, but isn’t that what we have comic books for? In our current world of Lost theorists and Fringe fanatics, it’s easy to see that viewers want more complex stories with quickly (but slowly) unearthed mythologies. While I can’t say much considering it’s just the trailer (which you can view after the jump), all I’m saying is that the trailer isn’t selling me, and I’m thinking that this alone may be better than the pilot.

Will I watch it? Of course—what else will be left with all these cancellations lately?

And as much as I love her, and as much as I hate saying this… I’m willing to bet that Summer Glau will be out of a job (again) by the end of the year.

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Thursday Ratings: NBC Showered with Good News

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Grey’s Anatomy, Survivor, The Office, Ratings,

Hey NBC - primetime might actually survive in the post-Jay Leno world after all. Last night’s arrival of Jim and Pam’s baby on The Office delivered something the network hadn’t seen before, a victory over Grey’s Anatomy in the demos. That one-hour special lead into another nice win for the network. The Marriage Ref‘s time slot debut also defeated the competition in the 18-49s.

8pm

• American Idol (19.3 million, 6.5/19 in 18-49) still had the best numbers of the evening.
• Survivor (12.7 million, 3.8/11) picked up 1.2 million more.
• Community (2.3/7) kicked off the night with 5.1 million.
• A Grey’s Anatomy* repeat (1.2/3) turned in 5 million.
• Parks and Recreation (4.6 million, 2.3/6) lost part of its lead-in.
• The Vampire Diaries* (0.7/2) checked in 1.7 million.

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Wednesday Ratings: Oprah Winfrey Special Anything But

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Ratings,

Don’t be fooled—Oprah Winfrey doesn’t always have the Midas touch. Despite the A-list filled roster, yesterday’s Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special failed to dazzle. The program came in last during its hour and did worse than the last original Ugly Betty episode.

8pm

• American Idol (23.5 million, 8.5/23 in 18-49) added on 700,000 more.
• The New Adventures of Old Christine (1.7/5) and Gary Unmarried (2.0/5) both pulled in 6 million.
• Mercy (1.6/5) also raised 6 million.
• Approximately 6 million watched The Middle (2.1/6) as well.
• A Modern Family* repeat (1.7/5) scored 5.2 million.
• Life Unexpected* (1.1 million, 0.5/1) did about the same as last week.

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