Respectable Start for Bachelor Pad on ABC

THE PROGRAMMING INSIDERTuesday, August 10, 2010 Prime-Time Metered Market Monday Ratings:CBS Wins; ABC Poised for Victory Among Adults 18-49 Summer 2010 TCA Press Tour:Final Thoughts Ratings Box:What's Hot/What's Not On the Air Tonight:Prime-Time Programming Options TV Tidbits:Notes of Interest TV Trivia Time:Hey, Norton!___________________________________________________________________________ Prime-Time Metered Market Monday Ratings:CBS Wins; ABC Poised for Victory Among Adults 18-49 Monday 8/09/10 HH Rtg/Shr CBS 4.7/ 8ABC 4.1/ 7NBC 3.1/ 5Fox 2.6/ 4CW 0.5/ 1 ---------- -Note: The year-to-year comparisons are not available today. ---------- -Number of Days Until then Start of 2010-11 Season: 41 ---------- -Percentage of Last Night’s Line-Up in Repeats: 46 ---------- -Yesterday’s Winners: Bachelor Pad (ABC), Two and a Half Men R (CBS), The Big Bang Theory R (CBS) -Yesterday’s Losers (excluding repeats):Teen Choice Awards (Fox), Last Comic Standing (NBC) ---------- Note: The fast affiliate results for Monday will be posted at PIFeedback by 12 p.m. ET. Go to the website, click on Ratings Box (the first category), then Last Night’s Results, and Monday, August 9, 2010. ---------- -Ratings Breakdown: CBS led this second Monday of August in the overnights, with a 15 percent advantage over second-place ABC. ABC, however, should be poised for victory among adults 18-49 thanks to the series-premiere of Bachelor Pad. Third overall was NBC, followed by Fox and more repeats on The CW. ABC’s The Bachelor Pad, a spin-off of The Bachelor and a rip-off of CBS’ Big Brother, kicked-off with a very respectable 4.7 rating/8 share in the overnights from 8-10 p.m. Comparably, this is only about 15 percent below what recently concluded The Bachelorette was averaging in the Monday 8-10 p.m. block this summer, which in the dog days of August is a “winning” performance. Here is the half-hour breakdown: Bachelor Pad (ABC)8:00 p.m.: 4.7/ 8 (#1)8:30 p.m.: 4.6/ 8 (#1)9:00 p.m.: 4.6/ 7 (#2)9:30 p.m.: 4.8/ 7 (#2) Leading out of Bachelor Pad was the second season-premiere of Dating in the Dark at a second-place 3.1/ 5 in the overnights at 10 p.m. Although that should be enough to win the hour among adults 18-49, retention out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of Bachelor Pad was so-so at 67 percent. CBS aired repeats of How I Met Your Mother (#2: 3.6/ 6), Rules of Engagement (#2: 3.8/ 6), Two and a Half Men (#1: 6.0/10), The Big Bang Theory (#1: 5.9/ 9) and CSI: Miami (#1: 4.5/ 8), which moves to Sundays at 10 p.m. (Out of Undercover Boss) next month. Coming up in the 10 p.m. hour: the revival of Hawaii Five-O effective on September 20. Elsewhere, The Teen Choice Awards on Fox finished fourth overall in the metered markets, with a non-impressive 2.6/ 4 from 8-10 p.m., which is on par from one year earlier. Here is the half-hour breakdown: Teen Choice Awards (Fox)8:00 p.m.: 2.7/ 5 (#4)8:30 p.m.: 2.6/ 4 (#4)9:00 p.m.: 2.5/ 4 (#4)9:30 p.m.: 2.5/ 4 (#4) NBC opened the evening with a repeat of overused America’s Got Talent at a third-place 3.3/ 5 in the overnights at 8 p.m., followed by the seventh season-finale of Last Comic Standing at an uneventful 3.0/ 5 in the overnights from 9-11 p.m. At this point, NBC should finally put this summer dud to rest. Here is the half-hour breakdown: Last Comic Standing (NBC) – season finale 9:00 p.m.: 3.1/ 5 (#3) 9:30 p.m.: 2.9/ 4 (#3)10:00 p.m.: 2.9/ 5 (#3)10:30 p.m.: 3.1/ 5 (#2t) The CW capped off the evening with repeats of 90210 (#5: 0.6/ 1) and Gossip Girl (#5: 0.4/ 1). As a reminder, here is what you will be seeing on the networks on Monday this fall (with the new shows capped and in bold). ABC8:00 p.m.: Dancing With the Stars (two hours)10:00 p.m.: Castle CBS8:00 p.m.: How I Met Your Mother8:30 p.m.: Rules of Engagement9:00 p.m. Two and a Half Men9:30 p.m. MIKE & MOLLY10:00 p.m.: HAWAII FIVE-O NBC8:00 p.m.: Chuck9:00 p.m.: THE EVENT10:00 p.m.: CHASE Fox8:00 p.m.: House9:00 p.m. LONESTAR CW8:00 p.m. 90210 (new day)9:00 p.m.: Gossip Girl Source: Nielsen Media Research data_____________________________________________________________________________________ Summer 2010 TCA Press Tour:Final Thoughts The 2010 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour is a wrap and I am back in New York counting down the days until the official start of the 2010-11 TV season (41 days at present). But before I get back to the business of ratings, tidbits and trivia, here are some final notes from the tour. Personally speaking, the standout moments were the Pioneers of Television session at TCA on day one of PBS (with Linda Evans, Robert Conrad, Mike Connors, Martin Landau and Nicholle Nichols), meeting Shelley Fabares at The TCA Awards, and dining with my friends from The Parents Television Council at a table next to Betty White. It is classic TV stars like these that make me proud of what I do for a living and why an organization like the TCA even exists. MTV’s Jersey Shore may be the hot show at the moment, but 30 or 40 years from now I doubt the next generation of press members will flock to meet Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino. Also of note was HBO’s session with Carrie Fisher, who stole the show, so to speak, at a session on upcoming special Wishful Drinking. Mama Debbie Reynolds should be proud! After sitting through panels on all 24 new upcoming series, here are my official odds for survival (ranked by the best, 1-1, to the worst, 10-1). As you can see, there are no sure things, and more new shows are likely to fail than succeed. Better With You (ABC) – Wednesday 8:30 p.m.: 2-1Law & Order; Los Angeles (NBC) – Wednesday 10 p.m.: 2-1Hawaii Five-O (CBS) – Monday 10 p.m.: 3-1Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC) – Tuesday 10 p.m.: 4-1The Event (NBC) – Monday 9 p.m.: 4-1Nikita (CW) – Thursday 9 p.m.: 4-1Blue Bloods (CBS) – Friday 10 p.m.: 5-1Mike & Molly (CBS) – Monday 9:30 p.m.: 5-1Outsourced (NBC) – Thursday 9:30 p.m.: 5-1$#*! My Dad Says (CBS) – Thursday 8:30 p.m.: 5-1The Whole Truth (ABC) – Wednesday 10 p.m.: 5-1Secret Millionaire (ABC) – Friday 8 p.m.: 7-1 (formerly aired on Fox)Undercovers (NBC) – Wednesday 8 p.m.: 7-1Chase (NBC) – Monday 10 p.m.: 8-1The Defenders (CBS) – Wednesday 10 p.m.: 8-1Hellcats (CW) – Thursday 9 p.m.: 8-1Lonestar (Fox) – Monday 9 p.m.: 8-1No Ordinary Family (ABC) – Tuesday 8 p.m.: 8-1Outlaw (NBC) – Friday 10 p.m.: 8-1Body of Proof (ABC) – Friday 9 p.m.: 9-1My Generation (ABC) – Thursday 8 p.m.: 10-1Raising Hope (Fox) – Tuesday 9 p.m.: 10-1Running Wilde (Fox) – Tuesday 9:30 p.m.: 10-1School Pride (NBC) – Friday 8 p.m.: 10-1 As I do after each press tour, I mark my calendar for the next one. And I look forward to reporting front and center at The Langham Hotel in Pasadena, California in January 2011. For news on the cable portion of TCA, see TV Tidbits below. ___________________________________________________________________________ Ratings Box:What's Hot/What's Not -Week of August 2 to-Date:I will have the final national ratings for the week of August 2 tomorrow. But to whet your appetite (and I have not reported on the ratings in two weeks, after all), here are the Live Plus Same Day results from Monday, August 2 through Friday, August 6. Keep in mind that Cincinnati vs. Dallas in the Hall of Fame Football Game on Sunday will give NBC a significant boost. Total Viewers:ABC: 6.37 million, CBS: 6.24, NBC: 5.42, Fox: 5.05, CW: 1.08 Adults 18-49:ABC: 2.0 rating/6 share, Fox: 1.8/ 6, NBC: 1.6/ 5, CBS: 1.4/ 5, CW: 0.4/ 1 ________________________________________________________________________________ On the Air Tonight:Prime-Time Programming Options Tuesday 8/10/10 ABC: 8:00 p.m. Wipeout 9:00 p.m. Shaq Vs. 10:00 p.m. Primetime: What Would You Do? CBS: 8:00 p.m. NCIS (R) 9:00 p.m. NCIS: Los Angeles (R)10:00 p.m. The Good Wife (R) NBC: 8:00 p.m. Breakthrough with Tony Robbins 9:00 p.m. America’s Got Talent (two hours) Fox: 8:00 p.m. Hell’s Kitchen (season finale) 9:00 p.m. Masterchef CW: 8:00 p.m. Plain Jane (R) 9:00 p.m. 18 to Life 9:30 p.m. 18 to Life________________________________________________________________________ TV Tidbits:Notes of Interest -Jane Badler Joins Cast of V:Original V co-star Jane Badler will join the cast of ABC’s returning revival as Diana, the mother of Morena Baccarin’s Anna, who is now the leader of the Vs. Badler will make her debut on the season two premiere, which will return in midseason. -ABC Re-Ups Shark Tank:ABC has renewed reality hour Shark Tank for a second season, with an order for eight new episodes expected to begin airing in midseason. Comedian and game show host Jeff Foxworthy will guest star as on of the “sharks” in three episodes. -More Bad Reality on the Way:A guy has got to make a living, right? And Levi Johnston fresh from his second break-up with Bristol Palin is the subject of a proposed new reality series from Stone and Co. called Living Levi: The Road to the Mayor’s Office. Yes, Levi is hoping to extend his 15-minutes of fame running for the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. And, no, I do not make this stuff up! -The Fabulous Beekman Boys Continue:Planet Green has picked-up docu-series The Fabulous Beekman Boys for a second season, with an order for 10 new episodes to begin airing in the first half of 2011. -Cable News from TCA:Highlights from the two days of cable at The Television Critics Association are as follows: -The Hub:The Hub, the upcoming kids 6-12 driven cable network from Discovery Communications and Hasbro that launches on Oct. 10, will be available in approximately 60 million households. The mix of programming will be original series, acquisitions, live-action, scripted, non-scripted, animation, and animé. Two of the off-network acquisitions are sitcoms The Wonder Years and Doogie Howser, M.D. And the original series include live action Family Game Night and a scripted series based on the board game Clue from Hasbro Studios. Notable names in the Hollywood community participating in The Hub include Betty White, Eric McCormack, Paget Brewster, Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross and Lee Majors. Gotta love that Betty White…she is everywhere! -Animal Planet:Animal Planet has ordered an additional 10 episodes of Confessions: Animal Hoarding, and a one-hour Whale Wars special, which is currently in the middle of season three. -Teen Wolf and Skins on MTV:Production will begin in October in Atlanta on 12 one-hour episodes of scripted drama Teen Wolf. Based on a remake of the 1985 Michael J. Fox theatrical, Teen Wolf stars Scott McCall as the newly bitten werewolf. Skins, an ensemble teen relationship drama based on the U.K. hit, will start production later this year in Toronto, Canada on 10 one-hour episodes. -Also at MTV:Current sensation Jersey Shore, which is unlikely to have a shelf life of 6-10 seasons as predicted by The Situation, has a new face next season: Deena Nicole Cortese, a long time friend of Snooki. -Sister Wives on TLC:One of the more controversial panels at TCA was upcoming TLC docudrama Sister Wives, which features a man and his multiple wives living in Utah. It premieres on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 10 p.m. ET. Said one of the wives: “I felt like the secretiveness has been a little bit dangerous for the society as well as the public. Part of our reason of essentially “coming out” is this is a story that needs to be told. And I think, that simply by telling the story and not getting acceptance, necessarily, but lowering the prejudice because we are actually telling the story the way that it is, actually helps to have all of society understand it.” Said another wife: “You will actually see our oldest child take responsibility and maturing very well, and I attest that very much to the three women who were involved in raising him. When my mom was gone working, I missed her, and it made me insecure. But when my aunt was visiting — I’m referring to her biological sister — I felt that love, that compassion, and that endearment that made me more healthy through that experience. This has just been an opportunity for the whole family to see, to actually grow and develop under the nurturing of three mothers.” ----- Said Lisa Rinna about her upcoming TV Land docudrama Harry Loves Lisa, which premieres on Wednesday, Oct. 6: “We’re not crazy, we’re not drunk and falling down. You’re not going to get to see that, which is fun, and people love to watch that kind of thing, but this show is different. It’s much more about a journey that both Harry and I are on together and separately as individuals. And I think it was just really nice for us to create something. We didn’t go out going, “Hey, let’s open our life up”, because who ever wants to do that? But in these times, you really have to step up and do what is happening in the marketplace. And for us to be two actors that are just waiting to have the phone ring and be hired, I think in this day and age you have to be much more proactive if you want to send your kids to school, and have a life, and really survive it. So it came from many different areas. It wasn’t just, “Oh, my gosh, let’s do a reality show, it would be so fun.” We really created this from scratch.” Added hubby Harry Hamlin, who foolishly admitted he does not watch reality television: “I’ve heard about some of these shows where people throw plates at each other, and all that, and they get huge ratings whenever anybody gets pulled over by the CHP, or they go to jail, or do something really outrageously bad. And that I find somewhat disturbing that that’s what is drawing the audience in. When we came up with the concept for this show, it was much more of a wholesome family-type show. It’s funny, it’s endearing, it’s comedic, and hopefully it’s emotional at the same time.” ----- -Speaking of TV Land:Personally speaking, it was a true pity the cable network did not include something with already renewed sitcom Hot in Cleveland. ----- -Spartacus Staffs Up:Temuera Morrison and Jeffrey Thomas have filled the final two key roles in Starz Entertainment’s upcoming Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, the prequel to Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Currently in production in New Zealand, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena will debut in January 2011. -National Geographic Update:National Geographic Channel (NGC) has renewed Taboo for a seventh season, with an additional 10-episode order for Locked Up Abroad in 2011. In addition, Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan will kick-off its new season on Friday, Oct. 8 with an episode featuring Howie Mandel. And Sundance Award winning film Restrepo will premiere on NGC on Monday, Nov. 29 at 9 p.m. ET. For more programming updates, visit www.natgeotv.com. ----- -HBO:Despite appearing at the end of The Press Tour, panels on HBO resulted in a packed house, with sessions on upcoming Martin Scorsese drama Boardwalk Empire (debuts on Sept. 19), four-hour documentary If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise (debuts August 23), Carrie Fisher documentary Wishful Drinking (December 2010), and comedy special Tracy Morgan: Black and Blue (November 2010). In news at HBO: -Real News with Bill Maher will open season No. 8 on Friday, Sept. 17 at 10 p.m. ET.-Next summer will be the final season of long-running Entourage.-The expanded 75-minute debut of Martin Scorsese drama Boardwalk Empire on Sunday, Sept. 19 at 9 p.m. ET will be followed with back-to-back encore airings at 10:15 p.m. ET at 11:30 p.m. ET. On Monday, Sept. 20, the pilot will be featured on HBO, HBO2, HBO Signature, HBO Comedy, HBO Zone and HBO Latino.-Ricky Gervais will return to HBO with his second stand-up special in December. It is called Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 – The Stand-Up Special.-Young poets across the country will be focused in upcoming special Brave New Voices 2010, which debuts in November and is hosted by Rosario Dawson.-Upcoming HBO Documentary Films will include four-hour If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise from Spike Lee (debuts on Aug. 23 and 24), My Trip to Al-Qaeda (Sept. 7), The Fence (Sept. 16), Teenage Paparazzo (Sept. 27), Sins of My Father (Oct. 4), Monica & David (Oct. 14), Wartorn: 1861-2010 (Nov. 11), Public Speaking (November) and Wishful Drinking (December). _______________________________________________________________ TV Trivia Time:Hey, Norton!What was Ed Norton’s middle name of The Honeymooners? Aristotle CorneliusFernando LilleywhitePerrylittle The answer to the last question: Which one of the following TV characters was not employed as a nurse? Julia BakerMary Benjamin Julie MilburyHelen Rosenthal Hester Sue Terhune Is: e) Hester Sue Terhune, who worked at the Blind School and for Nellie’s Restaurant on feel-good Little House on the Prairie. As for the others: -Julia Baker: Julia (Diahann Carroll)-Mary Benjamin: Nurse (Michael Learned)-Julie Milbury: Nurse (Mary Jo Keenen)-Helen Rosenthal: St. Elsewhere (Christina Pickes) -The list of kudos recipients will return tomorrow.

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