Soft Opening for CBS' Miami Medical

THE PROGRAMMING INSIDERTuesday, April 6, 2010 Ratings Box:What's Hot/What's Not On the Air Tonight:Prime-Time Programming Options TV Tidbits:Notes of Interest TV Trivia Time:Visiting Mr. Belvedere____________________________________________________________________________ Note: Due to the early release of The Programming Insider, the overnight (metered market) results for Monday, April 5 were not available. But the fast affiliate numbers will be posted at PIFeedback by approximately 12 p.m. ET. ____________________________________________________________________________ Ratings Box:What's Hot/What's Not -Solid Results for Syfy Friday:The spring season of two Syfy dramas -- Stargate Universe and Merlin -- opened on Friday, April 2 with 1.5 million and 1.3 million viewers, respectively, in the 9-11 p.m. block. Comparably, Stargate Universe increased by 11 percent in total viewers from the December 2009 fall season-finale, with gains of 9 percent in households (1.2 rating), 12 percent in adults 18-49 (768,000) and 11 percent in adults 25-54 (936,000). Merlin, meanwhile, rose by 18 percent in total viewers and as much as 52 percent among adults 25-54 over the April 2009 debut of Primeval, the previous UK scripted series to premiere on Syfy. -Soft Opening for CBS’ Miami Medical:The series-premiere of new Jerry Bruckheimer drama Miami Medical did not help the currently lackluster Friday night landscape. Based on the live plus same day ratings, Miami Medical opened with 7.49 million viewers and a 1.6 rating/5 share among adults 18-49 at 10 p.m. on April 2. While that did win the time period in both categories, building from leading Medium (Viewers: 6.20 million; A18-49: 1.3/ 5 at 9 p.m.) by 1.29 million viewers and 23 percent in the demo, comparatively this was only on par with a repeat of former occupant Numb3rs on the year-ago evening. -Speaking of Friday:Here are the live plus same day ratings by network for Friday, April 2: Total Viewers: CBS: 6.55 million, NBC: 6.44, ABC: 4.24, Fox: 3.23, CW: 1.58 Adults 18-49:CBS: 1.5 rating/5 share, CBS: 1.4/ 5, ABC: 1.3/ 5, Fox: 1.2/ 5, CW: 0.7/ 3 Source: Nielsen Media Research data ________________________________________________________________________________ On the Air Tonight:Prime-Time Programming Options Tuesday 4/06/10 ABC: 8:00 p.m. Dancing With the Stars 9:00 p.m. Lost10:00 p.m. V CBS: 8:00 p.m. NCIS 9:00 p.m. NCIS: Los Angeles10:00 p.m. The Good Wife NBC: 8:00 p.m. The Biggest Loser (two hours)10:00 p.m. Parenthood Fox: 8:00 p.m. American Idol (two hours) CW: 8:00 p.m. 90210 9:00 p.m. Melrose Place ________________________________________________________________________ TV Tidbits:Notes of Interest -NBC Pick-Ups:NBC has renewed its trio of recent non-scripted entries – The Marriage Ref, Minute to Win It and Who Do You Think You Are? – for next season. The network has ordered 13 additional episodes of The Marriage Ref, 10 more of Minute to Win It, which is currently airing on Wednesday and Sunday, and 8 more of Who Do You Think You Are?, which recently had its season one season-finale extended by one week to April 30. -NBC Slashes Episode Order of Trauma:NBC’s love/hate relationship with Trauma continues. After canceling the freshman drama and deciding to put it back into production, the network has now decided to cut the order two episodes short of the planned 20. The series will now officially conclude on Monday, April 26 at 9 p.m. ET. Repeats of Law & Order will fill the time period on May 3 and 10. -ABC Pushes Back Start Date of Romantically Challenged:The launch date for Romantically Challenged, the ensemble sitcom on ABC about four friends trying to find love and happiness in the world of dating, has been pushed back one week to Monday, April 19 at 9:30 p.m. ET. in favor of another expanded edition of Dancing With the Stars. -Speaking of Dancing With the Stars:If this was a contest based on talent, it would be the battle of Buzz Aldrin versus Kate Gosselin to depart tonight, with stiff as a board Kate most likely to bid adieu. But since the sentimental vote will likely keep the beloved astronaut afloat, my vote to depart is either Kate or the very serious Niecy Nash, who is better when she is cracking jokes. -Wil Wheaton Heads to Syfy:Former Star Trek: The Next Generation star Wil Wheaton will guest star in an upcoming episode of Syfy drama Eureka, which opens season four on Friday, July 9 at 9 p.m. ET. Wheaton will appear in the July 23rd episode as the head of the Non-Lethal Weapons Lab at Global Dynamics. -Nielsen Launches TV Ratings in Puerto Rico:The Nielsen Company has launched television audience measurement in Puerto Rico effective on April 1, using a sample of 500 homes. Clients signing up for Nielsen’s new ratings service include WKAQ-TV, the owned and operated Telemundo station; WLII-TV, the Univision affiliate; and independent WAPA-TV. Arteaga & Arteaga, Canal 13, Draft/FCB, EJE Sociedad Publicitaria, Starcom, and Kairos have also subscribed to the service. -News From TVS:The Television Syndication Company (TVS) has announced acquisitions on two lifestyle series: On the Mike with Mike Sherman, a half-hour magazine from Miami Beach featuring the latest news in music and entertainment; and veteran Ron Hazelton’s Housecall’s, the perennial how-to series. For more information, click on www.tvsco.com. -USA Announces Programming Initiatives:USA Network has announced seven pilot scripts for the 2010-11 season that will include projects from Steve Carell (The Office), John Michael Higgins (Best in Show) and Anthony Edwards (ER). Celebrating the five-year anniversary of the “Characters Welcome” brand this summer, the projects vying for series pick-ups are A Legal Mind, the story of a brilliant but unmotivated college dropout who is hired at a top Manhattan law firm; Robyn, the tale of a young woman who redistributes her father’s wealth to the exploited underclass; The Gay Walch Project, about a suburban mother of three whose husband skips town to avoid the mob; Stick, the story of an NHL player tries to refocus his anger by helping people the law can’t; and The Velvet Hammer (from Anthony Edwards), about a divorced mother of two who happens to be an FBI agent. Steve Carell and John Michael Higgins are executive producing an untitled project about a middle class insurance investigator; and two estranged brothers end up on the same FBI task force in an untitled Cullen Brothers project. ________________________________________________________________________ TV Trivia Time:Visiting Mr. Belvedere What city was sitcom Mr. Belvedere set in? Denver Indianapolis PittsburghRaleigh St. Louis The answer to yesterday’s question: What was the name of the doorman on Rhoda? CarltonHenryMartinNedRalph Is: a) Carlton, who was heard, but never seen (and voiced by Lorenzo Music). “Hello, this is Carlton, your doorman.” -Current kudos goes to:Suzanne Ackley, Mark-Allen, Anna Alvord, Mark Amato, Mary Bancroft, Mikki Beno, Michelle Bergen, Barbara Berman, Gerry Bixenspan, Kimay Bloch, Barbara Bloomfield, Michael Bobble, Jim Brams, Lisa Brause, Rob Brittain, Barri Bronston, John Brooker, Peggy Campbell, Michal Cascio, Paul Certo, Mavis Chow, Larry Collins, Shelia Collins, Jim Colucci, Tom Condosta, Kristen Conner, Kay Copeland, Marc Cosenza, Audrey Davis, Reid Davis, Sylvia Davis, Ric Dittman, Sue Doron, Mike Dugger, Mark Dvorak, Peggy Einnehmer, Bob Eisenstaedt, Phyllis Epstein, John Ferlazzo, Arleen Fong, Karen Gardner, George Gardner, Beth Gelfond, Leon Gittens, Gail Goins, Bob Goldman, Maureen Goldman, Geoffrey Gordon, Peter Grad, Bill Graff, Vicky Gregorian, Michelle Harrington, Carolyn Becker Hayes, Barb Hemberger, John Hezlep, Brad Hight, Melissa Hodgdon, Heidi Hoffmeister, Michael Holland, Bob Ingersoll, David Jackino, David Johnson, Shelly Johnson, Durry Jones, Deb Kainer, Marie LeFevre Karp, Kathryn Kieser, Tom Kilgallon, Mary Kinoshita, Irene Kirschner, Synda Kollman, Mark Krause, Joel Kunkel, Andi Kupersmith, Steven Kurtzer, Stephen LaRue, Charmaine Leary, Danny Leclair, Howard Lieboff, Patty Lynch, Richard Mann, Keith Marder, Claudia Martin, Kathryn Martin, Scott Masterson, Charlene Maville, Kathy McClung, Tricia McKee, Lisa Menin, Bob Meyer, Richard Millhiser, Debbie Mirr, Mark Misiano, Jim Moore, Michael Murphy, Pam Nail, Michael Natale, Aaron Paquette, Pat Patton, Joe Pedri, Alan Perris, Jodi Perris, Alex Petrilli, Jr., Sandra Pettway, Greg Phelan, David Primuth, Francine Purcell, Gordon Purcell, Natalie Ramsay, Judy Robertson, Bruce Robinson, Tina Rolon, Staci Rothchild, Joe Rubi, Harley David Rubin, David Ruckman, Marilyn Rutkowski, Greg Salerno, Sonya Shaw, Maxine Shulman, Mindy Staley, Michelle Stanton, Bruce Starin, Andrew Stearn, Ronnie Tallant, Lisa Tatum-Roehrig, Ron Salmon, Carol Teichman, Margaret Thomas, Maryann Udel, Paul Ward, Don Webb, Myndi Weinraub, Larry Weinstock, David Williams, Jim Wright, Ged Young, Ted Zawislak

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