Slam-Dunk Thursday Victory for NBA Ignited ABC

THE PROGRAMMING INSIDERFriday, June 18, 2010 Prime-Time Metered Market Thursday Ratings:Slam-Dunk Victory for NBA Ignited ABC Ratings Box:What’s Hot/What’s Not On the Air This Weekend:Prime-Time Programming Options TV Tidbits:Notes of Interest TV Trivia Time:A New York State of Mind_______________________________________________________________________________ Prime-Time Metered Market Thursday Ratings:Slam-Dunk Victory for NBA Ignited ABC Thursday 6/17/10 HH Rtg/Shr ABC 12.5/21CBS 5.5/ 9Fox 3.8/ 6NBC 1.7/ 3CW 1.0/ 2 ---------- -Note: Percent change from the year-ago evening was not available today. ---------- -Yesterday’s Winners:The NBA Finals, Game 7 (ABC) -Honorable Mention:CSI R (CBS), So You Think You Can Dance (Fox), The Mentalist R (CBS) -Yesterday’s Losers (excluding repeats):100 Questions (NBC) ---------- -Ratings Breakdown:ABC roared to the winning finish line on this third Thursday in June, with the seventh game of Boston versus the Los Angeles Lakers on The NBA Finals at a whopping 16.1 rating/26 share for the primetime portion (and a 17.1/28 from 9-11:30 p.m.). Keep in mind, of course, that results for any live sporting event are always approximate. Here is the half-hour breakdown: The NBA Finals, Game 7 (ABC) 9:00 p.m.: 12.7/21 9:30 p.m.: 16.0/2510:00 p.m.: 16.6/2710:30 p.m.: 19.0/3111:00 p.m.: 21.4/36 Earlier in the evening on ABC was another primetime edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live at 8 p.m. (#1: 5.2/ 9), which is also an estimated performance, following by The NBA Countdown at a 5.4/10 (#1) at 8:30 p.m. Distant second-place CBS opened with a repeat of The Mentalist at 8 p.m. (#2: 5.1/ 9), followed by encore telecasts of CSI (#2: 5.5/ 9) and the regularly scheduled edition of The Mentalist (#2: 5.8/ 9) from 9-11 p.m. Considering the competition, both dramas are worthy of honorable mention. While I was surprised to see CSI and The Mentalist not flip time periods on the fall schedule, my prediction is it will happen by midseason. Third overall in the overnights was Fox’s combination of a repeat of Glee (#3: 3.0/ 5 at 8 p.m.), which will anchor Thursday all summer, followed by So You Think You Can Dance at a third-place 4.6/ 7 at 9 p.m. Considering the basketball competition, growth of 39 percent for So You Think You Can Dance out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of the Glee encore is a positive worth noting. Elsewhere, NBC fared abysmally with its line-up of a repeat of Community (#4: 1.8/ 3), recent entry 100 Questions (#4: 1.4/ 2), and repeats of The Office (#4: 1.9/ 3), 30 Rock (#4: 1.9/ 3), another episode of The Office (#3: 1.6/ 3) and Parks and Recreation (#3: 1.4/ 2). And The CW aired encore telecasts of The Vampire Diaries and former CBS drama Moonlight, which each finished fifth with a 1.0/ 2 in the overnights. As a reminder, here is what you will be seeing on the broadcast networks on Thursday this fall (with new shows in caps and bolded). Fans of Parks and Recreation, don’t fret: The Office-like sitcom will be back in midseason. ABC 8:00 p.m.: MY GENERATION 9:00 p.m.: Grey’s Anatomy 10:00 p.m.: Private Practice CBS 8:00 p.m.: The Big Bang Theory (new day and time) 8:30 p.m.: $#*! MY DAD SAYS 9:00 p.m.: CSI 10:00 p.m.: The Mentalist NBC 8:00 p.m.: Community 8:30 p.m.: 30 Rock (new time) 9:00 p.m.: The Office 9:30 p.m.: OUTSOURCED10:00 p.m.: LOVE BITES Fox 8:00 p.m.: Bones 9:00 p.m.: Fringe CW 8:00 p.m.: The Vampire Diaries 9:00 p.m.: NIKITA Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat)_____________________________________________________________________________ Ratings Box:What’s Hot/What’s Not -Stellar Start for TV Land’s Hot in Cleveland:TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland, its first original sitcom, opened on Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET with 4.75 million total viewers and 2.0 million target adults 25-54 -- its highest rated and most-watched telecast ever. Comparably, this was the top-rated telecast on cable for the day in total viewers, adults 18-49, adults 25-54, women 18-49 and women 25-54. -32 Million Viewers Tune in for President Obama on Tuesday:Based on the combined networks carrying President Obama’s approximate 15-minute speech on the oil spill in the Gulf Coast on Tuesday (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Telemundo, Univision, CNN, CNBC, Fox News, MSNBC and TWC), 32.05 million viewers tuned-in, with a combined household rating of 20.9 and a 40 share. Comparably, viewership was down by 33 percent from the President’s first State of the Union address on January 27, 2010 and off by 21 percent from his last primetime speech focusing on a strategy for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan (on December 1, 2009). Source: Nielsen Media Research data_______________________________________________________________________________ On the Air This Weekend:Prime-Time Programming Options Friday 6/18/10 ABC: 8:00 p.m. Miley Cyrus: Live From London 9:00 p.m. Wife Swap (R) 10:00 p.m. 20/20 CBS: 8:00 p.m. Medium (R) 9:00 p.m. Flashpoint10:00 p.m. Miami Medical NBC: 8:00 p.m. Friday Night Nights 9:00 p.m. Dateline (two hours) Fox: 8:00 p.m. House (R) 9:00 p.m. The Good Guys (R) CW: 8:00 p.m. Smallville (R ) 9:00 p.m. Supernatural (R) --------------- Saturday 6/19/10 ABC: 8:00 p.m. Saturday Movie: She’s the Man 10:00 p.m. Castle (R) CBS: 8:00 p.m. Three Rivers 9:00 p.m. 48 Hours Mystery (R)10:00 p.m. 48 Hours Mystery NBC: 8:00 p.m. U.S. Open Golf Fox: 8:00 p.m. Cops (original and repeat) 9:00 p.m. America’s Most Wanted --------------- Sunday 6/20/10 ABC: 7:00 p.m. America’s Funniest Home Videos (R) 8:00 p.m. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (R) 9:00 p.m. Scoundrels (series premiere)10:00 p.m. The Gates (series premiere) CBS: 7:00 p.m. 60 Minutes 8:00 p.m. I Get That a Lot (R) 9:00 p.m. Cold Case (R)10:00 p.m. Cold Case (R) NBC: 7:00 p.m. U.S. Open Golf 9:00 p.m. Law & Order (R) 10:00 p.m. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season premiere) Fox: 7:00 p.m. ‘Til Death (series finale) 7:30 p.m. Sons of Tucson 8:00 p.m. The Simpsons (R) 8:30 p.m. The Cleveland Show (R) 9:00 p.m. Family Guy (R) 9:30 p.m. American Dad (R) New Program Descriptions Scoundrels (ABC)A family of small-time criminals tries to go straight after the father is sent to prison in this combination of comedy and drama. Virginia Madsen and David James Elliott star. The Gates (ABC)Set in an upscale suburban community, a big-city cop (Frank Grillo) who becomes chief of police realizes there is more than meets the eye in this seemingly sleepy community. ________________________________________________________________________ TV Tidbits:Notes of Interest -The Chefs in First-Run:Distributor Debmar-Mercury and ITV Studios have teamed up for a new first-run talk show called The Chefs, which will feature a panel of chefs discussing a specific topic or food-related trend each day. Debmar-Mercury is expected to initially offer it as a multi-week on-air test in fourth quarter or in 2011. -New Scooby Doo on Cartoon Network:Classic animated entry Scooby Doo is returning to Cartoon Network in a new half-hour called Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, which premieres on Monday, July 12 at 7 p.m. ET. The focus is on solving mysteries and dealing with everyday problems teenagers face. -Executive Shuffle:PR maven Paul McGuire has been named SVP, Worldwide Corporate Communications, Warner Bros. Entertainment. McGuire, the former EVP, Network Communications for The CW, will develop and execute communications strategies and work closely with the company’s global businesses. He will also remain on The CW’s agenda in an advisory role. Congratulations, Mr. McGuire…well deserved! ________________________________________________________________________ TV Trivia Time:A New York State of Mind Which one of the following series was not set in Manhattan? a) Dave’s World b) The Equalizer c) Love & Ward) Spin City e) Top Cat The answer to yesterday’s question… In honor of the series-premiere of TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland tonight, which one of the following series did not feature either Valerie Bertinelli or Betty White? a) Bobb) Boston Legalc) Good Morning, Miami d) Sydney e) Touched by an Angel Is: c) Good Morning, Miami, which aired on NBC from 2002-04 and featured Mark Feuerstein and Constance Zimmer. Bob Newhart sitcom Bob and David E. Kelley drama Boston Legal featured Betty White; while Valerie Bertinelli headlined shot-lived CBS sitcom Sydney and joined the cast of Touched by an Angel for the final two seasons. -Current kudos goes to:Mark Amato, Gerry Bixenspan, Barbara Bloomfield, Tom Condosta, John Ferlazzo, Carolyn Becker Hayes, Barb Hemberger, Ken Hommel, Bob Ingersoll, David Jackino, Deb Kainer, Mary Kinoshita, Stephen LaRue, Steven Lewis, Patty Lynch, Michael Murphy, Aaron Paquette, Gordon Purcell, Colleen Roth, David Ruckman, Maxine Shulman, Rafi Stephan, Abbott Wool

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