The Programming Insider: Wednesday 7/27/11

In Today's Issue Prime-Time Metered Market Tuesday Ratings: Healthy Victory for NBC National Ratings in Prime-Time: Week of July 18, 2011 Ratings Box: What’s Hot/What’s Not On the Air Tonight: Prime-Time Programming Options TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest TV Trivia Time: And the Emmy Did Not Go To _________________________________________________________________ PRIME-TIME METERED MARKET TUESDAY RATINGS: Healthy Victory for NBC Tuesday 7/26/11 Note: The overnight data now includes DVR playback until 3 a.m. local time. One year earlier it was based on Live data only. All times are ET/PT. Household Rating/Share NBC: 6.0/10, CBS: 4.7/ 8, Fox: 4.1/ 7, ABC: 2.7/ 5, CW: 0.4/ 1 Note: Comparisons to the year-ago period are not available today. Yesterday's Winners: America’s Got Talent (NBC), NCIS R (CBS), Hell’s Kitchen (Fox), Masterchef (Fox) Yesterday's Losers: (excluding repeats): 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show (ABC), Combat Hospital (ABC) Ratings Breakdown: Led by America’s Got Talent, dominant NBC outdelivered second-place CBS by 28 percent in the overnights. Third overall was Fox, which will compete with NBC for first among adults 18-49, followed by ABC and lowly The CW. Thirty-eight percent of last night’s lineup were repeats. In Week 2 news, game show It’s Worth What? on NBC finished third in the 8 p.m. hour, with a 3.6 rating/6 share. Comparably, that dipped by 12 percent from one week earlier (4.1/ 7 on July 19). Next was aforementioned champ America’s Got Talent, with a 7.2/12 from 9-11 p.m. The half-hour breakdown follows: America’s Got Talent (NBC) 9:00 p.m.: 7.0/11 (#1) 9:30 p.m.: 7.3/12 (#1) 10:00 p.m.: 7.5/12 (#1) 10:30 p.m.: 7.1/12 (#1) Also worth positively noting was Fox’s demo-friendly combination of Hell’s Kitchen (#2: 4.1/ 7) and Masterchef (#3: 4.0/ 7), which is clearly benefiting from the stronger lead-in support. Elsewhere, CBS aired repeats of NCIS (#1: 6.1/11), which always plays well in non-originals, and spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles (#2: 4.3/ 7) from 8-10 p.m., followed by another Tuesday edition of 48 Hours Mystery at a second-place 3.7/ 6 at 10 p.m. ABC opened with a repeat of Wipeout (#4: 3.1/ 5 at 8 p.m.), followed by lackluster overnight performances from recent entries 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show (#4: 2.7/ 4) and Canadian drama Combat Hospital (#3: 2.6/ 4) from 9-11 p.m. And The CW capped off this fourth Tuesday in July with encore telecasts of 90210 (#5: 0.5/ 1) and failed year-ago reality/competition Shedding for the Wedding (#5: 0.4/ 1). Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat) ______________________________________________________________ NATIONAL RATINGS IN PRIME-TIME: Week of July 18, 2011 CBS and Fox shared top-rated honors for the low-rated summer week of July 18. CBS finished first in households, total viewers and adults 25-54 at levels close to one year earlier. Fox was No. 1 in adults 18-49 and adults 18-34, with losses of 11 to 14 percent from the year-ago week. ABC and The CW, which has no original programming this summer, were also on the downside. There were two series premieres this week: game show It’s Worth What? on NBC and non-scripted Same Name on CBS. It’s Worth What? was the better of the two, with 6.73 million viewers (#11) and a 1.9 rating/6 share (#13t) as the Tuesday 8 p.m. anchor. Same Name, which airs in the Sunday 9 p.m. hour out of Big Brother, squandered the lead-in support with 5.36 million viewers (#33) and a 1.5/ 4 in the demo (#21t). Comparably, retention out of Big Brother among adults 18-49 (2.5/ 8) was only 60 percent. The three weekly airings of Big Brother, meanwhile, remained on the top 10 map as follows: Big Brother (CBS) Wednesday 8 p.m. – Viewers: 7.16 million (#8), A18-49: 2.6 rating/9 share (#3t) Thursday 9 p.m. – Viewers: 6.90 million (#10), A18-49: 2.6/ 8 (#3t) Sunday 8 p.m. – Viewers: 7.03 million (#9), A18-49: 2.5/ 8 (#5) In series-finale news, Love Bites on NBC earned its cancelation stripes with a mere 1.80 million viewers (#83) and a 0.7 rating/2 share among adults 18-49 (#75t). What follows are the live-plus-same-day ratings for the week of July 18, 2011 (with percent change versus the comparable year-ago week in parentheses), followed by the freshman summer series report card, the top 20 rated programs for the week, and the top rated networks on basic cable. -Households: CBS: 4.1 rating/7 share (+ 8), NBC: 3.1/ 6 (- 3), ABC: 2.9/ 5 (- 9), Fox: 2.4/ 4 (-14), CW: 0.5/ 1 (-29) -Total Viewers: CBS: 6.31 million (+ 7), NBC: 5.02 (+ 1), ABC: 4.67 (- 6), Fox: 4.01 (-12), CW: 760,000 (-30) -Adults 18-49: Fox: 1.5 rating/5 share (-12), CBS: 1.4/ 4 (no change), NBC: 1.3/ 4 (- 7), ABC: 1.3/ 4 (-13), CW: 0.3/ 1 (-25) -Adults 25-54: CBS: 1.9/ 5 (no change), Fox: 1.7/ 5 (-11), NBC: 1.6/ 5 (- 6), ABC: 1.6/ 5 (-11), CW: 0.3/ 1 (-25) -Adults 18-34: Fox: 1.4/ 5 (-12), ABC: 1.0/ 4 (- 9), CBS: 0.9/ 3 (no change), NBC: 0.9/ 3 (-18), CW: 0.3/ 1 (-25) Freshman Series Report Card (ranked in order of total viewers) It’s Worth What? (NBC) – Tuesday 8 p.m. (series premiere) Viewers: 6.73 million (#), A18-49: 1.9/ 6 (#13t) Grade: B- Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (ABC) – Monday 10 p.m. Viewers: 5.83 million (#), A18-49: 2.0/ 6 (#11t) Grade: C+ Same Name (CBS) – Sunday 10 p.m. Viewers: 5.36 million (#33), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#21t) Grade: C 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show (ABC) – Tuesday 9 p.m. Viewers: 4.75 million (#), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#21t) Grade: C Love in the Wild (NBC) – Wednesday 10 p.m. Viewers: 4.54 million (#), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#21t) Grade: C- Expedition Impossible (ABC) – Thursday 9 p.m. Viewers: 4.68 million (#41), A18-49: 1.3/ 4 (#31t) Grade: C- Combat Hospital (ABC) – Tuesday 10 p.m. Viewers: 3.72 million (#), A18-49: 0.8/ 2 (#66t) Grade: F Love Bites (NBC) – Thursday 10 p.m. – series finale Viewers: 1.80 million (#83), A18-49: 0.7/ 2 (#75t) Grade: F Top 20 Rankings -Total Viewers: America’s Got Talent – Tuesday 9-11 p.m. (NBC): 13.04 million, America’s Got Talent – Wednesday (NBC) and NCIS R (CBS): 10.32 each, 60 Minutes R (CBS): 8.43, NCIS: Los Angeles R (CBS): 8.08, The Bachelorette (ABC): 8.00, CSI R (CBS): 7.34, Big Brother – Wednesday (CBS): 7.16, Big Brother – Sunday (CBS): 7.03, Big Brother – Thursday (CBS): 6.90, It’s Worth What? (NBC, series premiere): 6.73, Wipeout (ABC): 6.54, Flashpoint (CBS): 6.34, The Mentalist R (CBS): 6.33, The Big Bang Theory R (CBS): 6.31, Criminal Minds R (CBS): 6.26, Blue Bloods R (CBS): 6.18, Crimetime: Primetime – NCIS: Los Angeles R (CBS): 6.06, CSI: NY R (CBS): 6.01, Two and a Half Men R (CBS): 5.97 Adults 18-49: America’s Got Talent – Tuesday 9-11 p.m. (NBC): 3.6 rating/10 share, America’s Got Talent – Wednesday (NBC): 2.7/ 8, Big Brother – Wednesday (CBS): 2.6/ 9, Big Brother – Thursday (CBS): 2.6/ 8, Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, season premiere) and Big Brother – Sunday (CBS): 2.5/ 8 each, Masterchef – Monday (Fox): 2.4/ 6, The Bachelorette (ABC): 2.3/ 7, Masterchef – Tuesday (Fox): 2.2/ 6, Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition (ABC) and So You Think You Can Dance – Wednesday (Fox): 2.0/ 6 each, Wipeout – Thursday (ABC): 1.9/ 7, It’s Worth What? (NBC, series premiere): 1.9/ 6, The Simpsons R (Fox): 1.8/ 6, Family Guy R Fox): 1.8/ 5, NCIS R (CBS): 1.7/ 6, Wipeout – Tuesday (ABC): 1.7/ 5, Two and a Half Men R (CBS): 1.6/ 5, The Big Bang Theory R (CBS): 1.5/ 6, 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show (ABC), Love in the Wild (NBC), Same Name (CBS, series premiere), Criminal Minds R (CBS), Modern Family R (ABC), American Dad R (Fox), The Cleveland Show R (Fox): 1.5/ 4 each CABLE What follows are the top 10 rated networks on cable in prime-time for the week of July 18 based on total viewers and the three key demos. -Total Viewers: USA: 3.30 million, Disney: 3.15, History: 2.27, TNT: 2.26, Fox News: 1.82, FX: 1.74, A&E: 1.46, ABC Family: 1.44, Syfy: 1.39, Nick at Nite: 1.30 -Adults 18-49: USA: 1.17 million, History: 1.03 million, FX: 938,000, A&E: 731,000, TNT: 725,000, Disney: 721,000, ABC Family: 672,000, TBS: 632,000, Discovery: 721,000, ABC Family: 672,000, TBS: 632,000, Discovery: 590,000, Syfy: 576,000 -Adults 25-54: USA: 1.32 million, History: 1.11 million, TNT: 885,000, FX: 854,000, A&E: 758,000, Syfy: 643,000, Disney: 631,000, Discovery: 618,000, Food Network: 575,000, TBS: 574,000 -Adults 18-34: FX: 506,000, USA: 482,000, History: 452,000, MTV: 423,000, Disney: 390,000, ABC Family: 379,000, Comedy Central: 359,000, Adult Swim: 331,000, TBS: 328,000, A&E: 309,000 Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat; t = tie) ________________________________________________________________ RATINGS BOX: What’s Hot/What’s Not Cable Scorecard – Sunday, July 24: HBO’s True Blood remained the top Sunday choice on cable, while the season premiere of the pay cable net’s final season of Entourage tied for second overall among adults 18-49, with a 1.4 rating in the demo. Three entries on Disney Channel (Good Luck Charlie, Shake It Up and Wizards of Waverly Place) cracked the top five in total viewers (topping the kids and tween charts). Far less impressive was recent entry Ice Loves Coco on E!, which dropped from lead-in Keeping Up With the Kardashians by 1.18 million viewers and 43 percent among adults 18-49. Here are the results (in order of total viewers) for the 37 cable series entries on Sunday, July 24: True Blood (HBO) – Viewers: 5.26 million (#1 overall), A18-49: 2.8 rating (#1 overall) Good Luck Charlie (Disney Channel) – Viewers: 4.93 million (#2), A18-49: 0.7 (#16t) Falling Skies (TNT) – Viewers: 4.07 million (#3), A18-49: 1.4 (#2t) Shake It Up (Disney Channel) – Viewers: 4.06 million (#4), A18-49: 0.7 (#23t) Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel) – Viewers: 3.53 million (#5), A18-49: 0.6 (#19t) Leverage (TNT) – Viewers: 3.43 million (#6), A18-49: 0.8 (#11t) Next Food Network Star (Food Network) – Viewers: 3.37 million (#7), A18-49: 1.2 (#6t) In Plain Sight (USA) – Viewers: 3.34 million (#8), A18-49: 0.8 (#11t) Ice Road Truckers (History) – Viewers: 3.01 million (#9), A18-49: 1.2 (#6t) Real Housewives of New Jersey (Bravo) – Viewers: 2.92 million (#10), A18-49: 1.4 (#2t) Keeping Up With the Kardashians (E!) – Viewers: 2.79 million (#11), A18-49: 1.4 (#2t) Entourage (HBO) – Viewers: 2.49 million (#12), A18-49: 1.4 (#2t) – season premiere The Glades (A&E) – Viewers: 2.40 million (#13), A18-49: 0.7 (#16t) Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) – Viewers: 2.37 million (#14), A18-49: 1.0 (#8) ESPN MLB Sunday Night Baseball – Viewers: 2.32 million (#15), A18-49: 0.6 (#19t) Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime) – Viewers: 2.08 million (#16), A18-49: 0.7 (#16t) Breaking Bad (AMC) – Viewers: 1.97 million (#17), A18-49: 0.9 (#9t) Top Gear (BBC America) – Viewers: 1.96 million (#18), A18-49: 0.9 (#9t) My Strange Addiction (TLC, 10:30 p.m.) – Viewers: 1.71 million (#19), A18-49: 0.8 (#11t) My Strange Addiction (TLC, 10 p.m.) – Viewers: 1.66 million (#20), A18-49: 0.8 (#11t) Ice Loves Coco (E!) – Viewers: 1.61 million (#21), A18-49: 0.8 (#11t) Iron Chef America (Food Network) – Viewers: 1.58 million (#22), A18-49: 0.5 (#23t) Vegas Strip (truTV, 10 p.m.) – Viewers: 1.56 million (#23), A18-49: 0.6 (#19t) Food Network Challenge (Food Network) – Viewers: 1.55 million (#24), A18-49: 0.5 (#23t) Sunday Best (BET) – Viewers: 1.54 million (#25), A18-49: 0.5 (#23t) Hoarding: Buried Alive (TLC) – Viewers: 1.47 million (#26), A18-49: 0.5 (#23t) Vegas Strip (truTV, 10:30 p.m.) – Viewers: 1.39 million (#27), A18-49: 0.5 (#23t) Bait Car (truTV, 9:30 p.m.) – Viewers: 1.37 million (#28), A18-49: 0.4 (#30t) The Protector (Lifetime) – Viewers: 1.21 million (#29), A18-49: 0.4 (#30t) Celebrity Rehab (VH1) – Viewers: 1.18 million (#30), A18-49: 0.6 (#19t) Bait Car (truTV, 9 p.m.) – Viewers: 1.05 million (#31), A18-49: 0.3 (#33t) Swamp Wars (Animal Planet) – Viewers: 877,000 (#33), A18-49: 0.5 (#23t) Behind the Music (VH1) – Viewers: 871,000 (#34), A18-49: 0.5 (#23t) The Glee Project (Oxygen) – Viewers: 741,000 (#35), A18-49: 0.3 (#33t) Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes (OWN) – Viewers: 365,000 (#36), A18-49: 0.1 (#36t) Ryan & Tatum: The O’Neals (OWN) – Viewers: 357,000 (#37), A18-49: 0.1 (#36t) Finding Sarah (OWN) – Viewers: 225,000 (#38), A18-49: 0.1 (#36t) – season finale The Real L Word (Showtime) – Viewers: 217,000 (#39), A18-49: 0.1 (#36t) Source: Nielsen Media Research data ______________________________________________________________ ON THE AIR TONIGHT: Prime-Time Programming Options Wednesday 7/27/11 ABC: 8:00 p.m. The Middle (R) 8:30 p.m. Modern Family (R) 9:00 p.m. Modern Family (R) 9:30 p.m. Happing Endings (R) 10:00 p.m. Primetime Nightline – Psychic Power CBS: 8:00 p.m. Big Brother 9:00 p.m. Criminal Minds (R) 10:00 p.m. CSI (R) NBC: 8:00 p.m. Minute to Win It 9:00 p.m. America’s Got Talent 10:00 p.m. Love in the Wild Fox: 8:00 p.m. So You Think You Can Dance (two hours) CW 8:00 p.m. America’s Next Top Model (R) 9:00 p.m. America’s Next Top Model (R) ___________________________________________________________ TV TIDBITS: Notes of Interest More Franklin & Bash: TNT has renewed recently introduced legal drama Franklin & Bash for a second season, with an order for 10 new episodes for 2012. Based on Live & 7 Day ratings, Franklin & Bash is averaging 3.9 million viewers, with 1.8 million adults 18-49 and adults 25-54. Happily Divorced Guest Star Alert: If you are a fan of 1990s sitcom The Nanny and happen to enjoy Fran Drescher’s new TV Land sitcom Happily Divorced (which was just picked up for a second season), two upcoming guest stars will be of definite interest. Nanny mama Renee Taylor will guest star on Aug. 3 as an older friend of Fran’s mother (Rita Moreno), while Charles Shaughnessy will appear in the season finale on Aug. 17 as a potential love interest for both Fran and Peter (John Michael Higgins). Upcoming on truTV: Cable net truTV has announced the start dates for three upcoming series. Bear Swamp Recovery, the non-scripted tale of a larger-than-life family-owned repo business, will launch on Monday, Aug. 22 with back-to-back episodes from 10-11 p.m. ET/PT. Next is Hulk Hogan’s MCW, which will take viewers behind the scenes of a new professional wrestling league, on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. And Impractical Jokers, a hidden-camera prank series, will begin in December. _______________________________________________________________ TV TRIVIA TIME: And the Emmy Did Not Go To Note: To respond to the trivia, please click HERE. Which one of the following actors from critically acclaimed political drama The West Wing did not win an Emmy Award for his or her role on the series? a) Stockard Channing b) Richard Schiff c) Martin Sheen d) John Spencer e) Bradley Whitfield The answer to yesterday’s question… Who plays Barney Stinson’s father on sitcom How I Met Your Mother? a) Alan Alda b) Bob Barker c) John Lithgow d) Jerry Stiller e) Jeffrey Tambor Is: c) John Lithgow, who has guest starred as Jerry Whitaker. Current kudos goes to: Amy Aills, Joelle Alexander, Michelle Yarborough-Bauer, Gerry Bixenspan, Cory Chapman, Bruce Cohen, Larry Collins, Larry Corsa, Navid Falaphour, John Fitzpatrick, Maureen Goldman, Michael Grewe, Julie Hurwitz, Bob Ingersoll, Kathryn Kieser, Mary Kinoshita, Katie Kuyper, Cathy Looze, Pamela Marino, Kathy Martin, Matthew Morse, Tony Naldrett, Paul Neace, Aaron Paquette, Gordon Purcell, Lisa Tatum-Roehrig, Jay Rossi, Colleen Roth, Christina Schrenk, Lindy Sieker, Michelle Stanton, Julie Syers, Sara Tapazoglou, Meredith Wayne, Myndi Weinraub, Jeanne Yonkers, Ted Zavales

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