Lackluster Weekend Rating Results

THE PROGRAMMING INSIDERMonday, July 6, 2009 Prime-Time Ratings:Weekend Highlights Ratings Box:What's Hot/What's Not On the Air Tonight:Prime-Time Programming Options TV Tidbits:Notes of Interest TV Trivia Time:Life on a D-List Sitcom _______________________________________________________________________ Prime-Time Ratings:Weekend Highlights Friday 7/03/09Note: The following results are based on the fast affiliate ratings (Live Plus Same Day data). HH Rtg/Shr CBS 3.1/ 7NBC 2.9/ 6Fox 2.4/ 5ABC 1.9/ 4CW 0.5/ 1 -Total Viewers:CBS: 4.68 million, NBC: 4.28, Fox: 3.85, ABC: 2.70 million, CW: 750,000 -Adults 18-49: NBC: 1.1 rating/5 share, CBS and Fox: 0.9/ 4 each, ABC: 0.8/ 3, CW: 0.2/ 1 -------------------- Note: Any prior rating results are based on the final nationals. Since the level of DVR penetration has increased from 20 percent at this same point last year to approximately 28 percent at present, the overall results may be negatively impacted. ---------- -Friday’s Winners:Nothing -Friday’s Losers (excluding repeats):The Chopping Block (NBC), The Goode Family (ABC), Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Fox), Mental (Fox) ---------- -Ratings Breakdown:It was a typically low-rated summer Friday, with CBS first overall in total viewers (with under five million) and NBC No. 1 among adults 18-49 (at a mere 1.1 rating in the demo). With that in mind, CBS aired repeats of Ghost Whisperer (Viewers: #1, 4.50 million; A18-49: #1, 1.0 rating/5 share), Canadian drama Flashpoint (Viewers: #2, 4.40 million; A18-49: #2t, 0.8/ 3), which returns in midseason, and Numbers (Viewers: #2, 5.15 million; A18-49: #3, 0.9/ 4). NBC opened with another burn-off episode of reality/competition The Chopping Block (Viewers: #3, 2.40 million; A18-49: #3, 0.6/ 3), followed by a two-hour edition of Dateline (Viewers: 5.22 million; A18-49: 1.3/ 5 from 9-11 p.m.), which built in every half-hour as follows: Dateline (NBC) 9:00 p.m. – Viewers: 4.03 million (#2), A18-49: 1.1/ 5 (#1) 9:30 p.m. – Viewers: 4.92 million (#1), A18-49: 1.2/ 5 (#1) 10:00 p.m. – Viewers: 5.72 million (#1), A18-49: 1.4/ 5 (#1) 10:30 p.m. – Viewers: 6.19 million (#1), A18-49: 1.7/ 6 (#1) Elsewhere (and there was not much), ABC filled the night with a repeat of Surviving Suburbia (Viewers: #4, 2.21 million; A18-49: #3t, 0.6/ 3), which has not survived in the ratings, failed animated entry The Goode Family (Viewers: #4, 1.45 million; A18-49: #4, 0.5/ 2), back-to-back repeats of canceled According to Jim (Viewers: #4, avg. 1.97 million; A18-49: #4, avg. 0.7/ 3 from 9-10 p.m.) and 20/20 (Viewers: #3, 4.28 million; A18-49: #2, 1.2/ 5). Fox aired the return of game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (Viewers: #2, 4.26 million; A18-49: #2, 0.9/ 4), which debuts in first-run syndication in a half-hour format this fall, and summer drama Mental (Viewers: #3, 3.43 million; A18-49: #2, 0.8/ 4). And lowly The CW capped off the evening with repeats of its canceled line-up of Privileged (Viewers: 780,000; A18-49: 0.3/ 1), Everybody Hates Chris (Viewers: 678,000; A18-49: 0.2/ 1) and The Game (Viewers: 726,000; A18-49: 0.3/ 1). What a depressing night! To keep you interested (which is not easy!), here is the upcoming Friday line-up this fall: ABC 8:00 p.m. Supernanny (new time) 9:00 p.m. Ugly Betty (new day and time)10:00 p.m. 20/20 CBS 8:00 p.m. Ghost Whisperer 9:00 p.m. Medium (new network, new day and time)10:00 p.m. Numbr3s NBC 8:00 p.m. Law & Order (new day and time) 9:00 p.m. Southland (new day and time)10:00 p.m. The Jay Leno Show (new) Fox 8:00 p.m. Brothers (new) 8:30 p.m. ‘Til Death (return) 9:00 p.m. Dollhouse The CW 8:00 p.m. Smallville (new day) 9:00 p.m. America’s Next Top Model (R) Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat) ------------------------- Saturday 7/04/09Note: The following results are based on the fast affiliate ratings (Live Plus Same Day data). HH Rtg/Shr CBS 2.8/ 7NBC 2.4/ 6ABC 1.6/ 6Fox 1.6/ 6 -Total Viewers:CBS: 4.29 million, NBC: 3.69, Fox: 2.59, ABC: 2.59 -Adults 18-49: Fox: 0.9 rating/5 share, NBC: 0.8/ 4, ABC and CBS: 0.6/ 3 each ---------- Note: Any prior rating results are based on the final nationals. Since the level of DVR penetration has increased from 20 percent at this same point last year to approximately 28 percent at present, the overall results may be negatively impacted. ---------- -Saturday’s Winners:Nothing (as usual) -Saturday’s Losers (excluding repeats):48 Hours Mystery (CBS), Kings (NBC), Eli Stone (ABC) and the night overall ---------- -Ratings Breakdown:There were no rating fireworks on this 4th of July, with CBS the most-watched network (at just 4.29 million viewers) and Fox No. 1 among adults 18-49 (with just a 0.9 rating/5 share). Fox’s demo victory comes as a result of four repeat episodes of Cops at an average 2.59 million viewers and the aforementioned 0.9/ 5 in the demo from 8-10 p.m. CBS aired 48 Hours Mystery (Viewers: #1, 3.01 million; A18-49: #3, 0.5/ 3), a repeat of canceled Harper’s Island (Viewers: #3, 2.66 million; A18-49: #2t, 0.5/ 2), and annual holiday special Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular (Viewers: #1, 6.61 million; A18-49: #2, 0.9/ 5), which was the most-watched show of the evening. Next Saturday, July 11 will feature the two-hour series-finale of Harper’s Island. Elsewhere, ABC opened this first Saturday in July with a repeat of Wipeout (Viewers: #2, 2.59 million; A18-49: #2, 0.8/ 4), followed by a repeat of Castle (Viewers: #4, 2.52 million; A18-49: #3t, 0.5/ 3) and canceled Eli Stone (Viewers; #3, 2.65 million; A18-49: #3, 0.6/ 3). Over at NBC, another burn-off episode of drama Kings (Viewers: #4, 1.30 million; A18-49: #4, 0.3/ 1 at 8 p.m.) led into The Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular at 5.36 million viewers (#1) and a 1.0/ 6 among adults 18-49 (#1t). Needless to say, these firework specials skew older. A repeat of overused Law & Order: SVU capped off the evening for NBC with 4.43 million viewers (#2) and a 1.1/ 5 in the demo (#1) at 10 p.m. Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat) ------------------------- Sunday 7/05/09 HH Rtg/Shr CBS 4.8/ 9NBC 2.9/ 5ABC 2.1/ 4Fox 2.1/ 4CW 0.8/ 2 ---------- -Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening (Sunday, July 6, 2008):CBS: no change, Fox: -12, CW: -27, ABC: -36, NBC: -44 ---------- Note: The fast affiliate results for Sunday will be posted at PIFeedback.com by 12 p.m. ET. Go to the website, click on Ratings Box (the first category), then Last Night’s Results, and Sunday, July 5, 2009. ---------- -Yesterday’s Winners:Nothing -Yesterday’s Losers (Excluding Repeats):Just For Laughs (ABC) ---------- -Ratings Breakdown: CBS led the overnight troops on this first Sunday in July, but an overall 4.8 rating/9 share means this was yet another dull summer evening. Granddaddy 60 Minutes opened for CBS with a dominant 5.9 rating/12 share in the 7 p.m. hour, followed by Million Dollar Password (#1: 4.3/ 8 at 8 p.m.), which are leftover episodes from last season. Next was a repeat of Cold Case (#1: 4.7/ 8), which slides back to 10 p.m. this fall, followed by a repeat of canceled Without a Trace (#1: 4.4/ 8), which deserved to be renewed. In the distant No. 2 spot was NBC care of a repeat of Dateline (#2: 2.9/ 6), recently introduced drama Merlin (#3: 2.6/ 5), and repeat theatrical The Bourne Supremacy (#2: 3.0/ 5 from 9-11 p.m.). ABC had little of note with its combination of a half-hour repeat of America’s Funniest Home Videos (#3: 2.9/ 6), summer filler Just For Laughs (#3: 2.7/ 5), and encore telecasts of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (#3: 2.8/ 5), Desperate Housewives (#4: 1.6/ 3) and Brothers & Sisters (#3: 1.5/ 3). Needless to say, Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters do not repeat well. Serialized dramas never do. Remember Fox sitcom ‘Til Death (which was renewed for next season)? Well, it is back, with a repeat at a fourth-place 1.1/ 2 in the overnights at 7 p.m. Next was a repeat of American Dad (#4: 1.4/ 3 at 7:30 p.m.), followed by encore telecasts of The Simpsons (#4: 2.5/ 5), King of the Hill (#4: 2.0/ 4), Family Guy (#2: 2.7/ 5) and another episode of The Simpsons (#3: 2.9/ 5) from 8-10 p.m. Last, and very least was The CW care of a repeat of one of the biggest flops of the season, romantic drama Valentine (0.4/ 1 at 7 p.m.), and a repeat of Patrick Swayze drama Road House (1.0/ 2 from 8-10 p.m.). As a reminder, The CW will be giving back Sunday to the affiliated stations at the end of the summer. As a reminder, here is what is on the agenda on Sunday this fall. ABC 7:00 p.m. America’s Funniest Home Videos 8:00 p.m. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 9:00 p.m. Desperate Housewives10:00 p.m. Brothers & Sisters CBS 7:00 p.m. 60 Minutes 8:00 p.m. The Amazing Race 9:00 p.m. Three Rivers (new)10:00 p.m. Cold Case (new time) NBC 7:00 p.m. Football Night in America 8:20 p.m. Football Night in America Fox 7:00 p.m. The OT 8:00 p.m. The Simpsons 8:30 p.m. The Cleveland Show (new) 9:00 p.m. Family Guy 9:30 p.m. American Dad Source: Nielsen Media Research data____________________________________________________________________________ Ratings Box:What's Hot/What's Not -Clean House Scores on Style Network:The Wednesday, July 1 premiere of The Style Network’s Clean House: Messiest Home in the Country scored the network’s highest-rated and most-watched telecast of the year, with a .83 household rating and 620,000 viewers from 9-11 p.m. ET. Comparably, this was more than four times the time period average. -Record Start for Tiny & Toya on BET:New reality series Tiny & Toya opened on BET on Tuesday with 3.11 million viewers, finishing first for the night among all basic cable in adults 18-34, women 18-34, women 18-49 and female teens. Comparably, this was the third largest audience on cable for the night. -Thursday Fast Affiliate Results:What follows are the fast affiliate results for Thursday, July 3: Households:CBS: 5.4 rating/10 share, Fox: 3.7/ 7, NBC: 1.9/ 4, ABC: 1.8/ 3, CW: 0.8/ 2 Total Viewers:CBS: 8.05 million, Fox: 5.88, NBC: 2.92, ABC: 2.62, CW: 1.20 Adults 18-49:Fox: 1.7 rating/6 share, CBS: 1.5/ 5, NBC: 1.0/ 4, ABC: 0.7/ 3, CW: 0.4/ 2 Source: Nielsen Media Research data ________________________________________________________________________________ On the Air Tonight:Prime-Time Programming Options Monday 7/06/09 ABC: 8:00 p.m. The Bachelorette (two hours) 10:00 p.m. Here Come the Newlyweds CBS: 8:00 p.m. The Big Bang Theory (R) 8:30 p.m. Rules of Engagement (R, new time period) 9:00 p.m. Two and a Half Men (R) 9:30 p.m. The Big Bang Theory (R)10:00 p.m. CSI: Miami (R) NBC: 8:00 p.m. Law & Order (R) 9:00 p.m. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R)10:00 p.m. Dateline Fox: 8:00 p.m. House (R) 9:00 p.m. Lie To Me (R) CW: 8:00 p.m. One Tree Hill (R, new time period) 9:00 p.m. Gossip Girl (R, new time period) MNTV 8:00 p.m. Masters of Illusions (R) 9:00 p.m. Magic’s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed (R) ________________________________________________________________________ TV Tidbits:Notes of Interest -More Legally Blonde:Legally Blondes, the third installment of the ongoing theatrical franchise, will debut on ABC Family on Sunday, August 2 at 8 p.m. ET. Leading into the premiere will be repeats of the first two movies: Legally Blonde and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde. -Double Duty for Rocky Carroll:NCIS co-star Rocky Carroll, who plays Detective Leon Vance, will appear in the same role on a recurring basis in upcoming spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles. Historically, this is reminiscent of when Richard Anderson was Oscar Goldman on both The Six Million Dollar Man and spin-off The Bionic Woman, and when Leo G. Carroll appeared as Alexander Waverly on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and short-lived The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. Also double-dipping was Frank Cady on sitcoms Green Acres and Petticoat Junction. -TV Meets the Big Screen:The ongoing trend of TV shows morphing into theatrical remakes apparently has another class series waiting in the wings: T.J. Hooker, which originally aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985 (and for one additional season on CBS in late night). _______________________________________________________________________________________ TV Trivia Time:Life on a D-List Sitcom Which one of the following sitcoms featured Kathy Griffin? BeckerCaroline in the CitySuddenly SusanTownies Veronica’s Closet The answer to Friday’s question… Which musical group sung the theme song for comedy anthology Love, American Style in season one? The Beach BoysThe CarpentersThe CowsillsThe Moody BluesThe Osmonds Is: c) The Cowsills, who were the inspiration behind The Partridge Family. All together now… Hello, world, here the song that we're singin' C'mon get happy! A whole lot of lovin' is what we'll be bringin' We'll make you happy! We had a dream, we'd go travelin' together, We'd spread a little lovin' then we'd keep movin' on. Somethin' always happens whenever we're together We get a happy feelin' when we're singing a song. Trav'lin' along there's a song that we're singin' C'mon get happy! A Whole lot of lovin' is what we'll be bringin' We'll make you happy! We'll make you happy! We'll make you happy! -Current kudos goes to:Mark Amato, Gerry Bixenspan, Kimay Bloch, Mark Braff, Barri Bronston, John Brooker, Peggy Campbell, Paul Certo, Larry Collins, Harold Cooper, Annie Courtney, Audrey Davis, Reid Davis, Sue Doron, Bob Eisenstaedt, John Emmett, John Ferlazzo, Jerry Gibbons, Maureen Goldman, Barb Hemberger, Sherrie Henstchel, Bob Ingersoll, David Jackino, Greg Janover, Dineen Jones, Synda Kollman, Valerie Langan, Rick Locke, Lyle Merdler, Jim Moore, Michael Murphy, Bill Nuss, Gordon Purcell, Arthur Reinstein, Bruce Robinson, Lisa Tatum-Roehrig, Colleen Roth, Joe Rubi, Neal Sabin, Greg Salerno, David Shearer, Jenny Smith, Carol Teichman, Elizabeth Warner, Tom Weber, Myndi Weinraub, John Wordin

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