NBC's The Apprentice Steps in for Benched Love Bites

THE PROGRAMMING INSIDERFriday, July 2, 2010 Prime-Time Metered Market Thursday Ratings:CBS Wins; More Positive Results for ABC’s Rookie Blue 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:Final Episode Fireworks_______________________________________________________________________________ Note: The Programming Insider will not be published on Monday in observance of the July 4th holiday weekend. But the fast affiliate results will be available at PIFeedback.com. See you back on Tuesday, July 6._______________________________________________________________________________ Prime-Time Metered Market Thursday Ratings:CBS Wins; More Positive Results for ABC’s Rookie Blue Thursday 7/01/10 HH Rtg/Shr CBS 4.8/ 8ABC 4.4/ 8Fox 3.6/ 6NBC 1.8/ 3CW 0.9/ 2 ---------- Note: The year-to-year overnight comparisons were not available today. ---------- -Yesterday’s Winners:Wipeout (ABC), So You Think You Can Dance (Fox), The Mentalist R (CBS) -Still Promising in Week Two:Rookie Blue (ABC) -Yesterday’s Losers (excluding repeats):100 Questions (NBC) ---------- -Ratings Breakdown:There was little of note on this first Thursday of July, with a night of repeats on CBS first in the overnights, with a nine percent advantage over second-place ABC. Third overall was Fox, followed by an embarrassingly low NBC and yet another night of repeats on The CW. A Thursday 8 p.m. edition of ABC’s Wipeout won the 8 p.m. hour in the overnights, with a 5.1 rating/9 share, and it has a lock for dominance among adults 18-49. Week two of lead-out Rookie Blue finished third in the 9 p.m. hour (behind a repeat of CBS’ CSI and Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance), with a 4.4/ 7. And this should be considered a positive because erosion from it’s week-ago opener (4.8/ 8 on June 24) was only eight percent. Plus, retention out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of Wipeout (5.3/ 9) was respectable at 83 percent. ABC newsmagazine Boston Med, unfortunately, dipped to a 3.6/ 6 in the overnights at 10 p.m., which finished second behind a repeat of CBS’ The Mentalist (#1: 5.5/10). Earlier in the evening on CBS was an 8 p.m. encore telecast of The Mentalist (#2: 4.4/ 8) and a repeat of aforementioned granddaddy CSI (#1: 4.6/ 8) from 8-10 p.m. Moving to Fox, a repeat of Glee, which deserves to be revisited (or discovered) this summer, finished a distant third in the overnights at 8 p.m., with a 2.8/ 7. That led into the live So You Think You Can Dance Results Show at a first-place 4.5/ 8. Comparably, that built from the 8:30 p.m. portion of the Glee encore (2.9/ 5) by a hefty 55 percent. In series-finale news, NBC sitcom clinker 100 Questions bid adieu with a series-low 1.3/ 2 at 8:30 p.m., which historically could be NBC’s worst overnight performance in the Thursday 8:30 p.m. half-hour ever. At 8 p.m. on NBC was a repeat of Community (#4: 1.7/ 3), which should not be anchoring Thursday next season. And leading out of 100 Questions were repeats of The Office (#4: 2.1/ 4), 30 Rock (#4: 2.0/ 3), another episode of The Office (#3: 2.0/ 3) and Parks and Recreation (#3: 1.6/ 3) from 9-11 p.m. Remember the glory days when even repeats of NBC’s “Must See” Thursday comedies performed exceptionally well? The CW closed the night with repeats of The Vampire Diaries (#5: 1.0/ 2) and former CBS drama Moonlight (#5: 0.9/ 1). Just to keep your interest intact for next season, here is a reminder of the upcoming Thursday line-up (with the new shows capped and bolded). A new season of The Apprentice minus the celebrities steps in for just benched new comedy anthology Love Bites. 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.: The Apprentice(new day and time) 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 -Poor Week One Results for The Kilborn Show:Based on seven Fox owned-and-operated stations (WNYW/New York, KTTV/Los Angeles, WTXF/Philadelphia, WFXT/Boston, WJBK/Detroit, KSAZ/Phoenix and KTBC/Austin), Twentieth Television test-run talker The Kilborn Files remains an early bust. Through Wednesday, June 30, The Kilborn Files is averaging a mere 0.8 rating/ 2 share -- down a considerable 56 percent from the year-ago time period average. Retention out of the lead-in to-date is only 40 percent. Take a look: The Kilborn Files – seven markets June 2010 time period: 1.8/ 4 Monday 6/28Lead-in: 2.3/ 4The Kilborn Files: 1.0/ 2 Tuesday 6/29Lead-in: 1.9/ 4The Kilborn Files: 0.7/ 2 Wednesday 6/30Lead-in: 1.6/ 4The Kilborn Files: 0.7/ 1 THREE DAY AverageLead-in: 2.0/ 4The Kilborn Files: 0.8/ 2 Source: Nielsen Media Research data_______________________________________________________________________________ On the Air This Weekend:Prime-Time Programming Options Friday 7/02/10 ABC: 8:00 p.m. Wife Swap (R) 9:00 p.m. America Celebrates July 4th at Ford’s Theatre 10:00 p.m. 20/20 CBS: 8:00 p.m. Medium (R) 9:00 p.m. Flashpoint10:00 p.m. Miami Medical (series finale) NBC: 8:00 p.m. Friday Night Nights 9:00 p.m. Dateline (two hours) Fox: 8:00 p.m. Bones (R) 9:00 p.m. House (R) CW: 8:00 p.m. Smallville (R ) 9:00 p.m. Supernatural (R) --------------- Saturday 7/03/10 ABC: 8:00 p.m. America’s Funniest Home Videos (R) 9:00 p.m. The Forgotten 10:00 p.m. The Forgotten CBS: 8:00 p.m. Three Rivers (series finale) 9:00 p.m. Movie: Die Another Day (R) NBC: 8:00 p.m. America’s Got Talent (R, two hours)10:00 p.m. Law & Order: SVU (R) Fox: 8:00 p.m. Cops (original and repeat) 9:00 p.m. America’s Most Wanted --------------- Sunday 7/04/10 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 (R)10:00 p.m. The Gates (R) 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. Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular NBC: 7:00 p.m. Dateline (two hours) 9:00 p.m. Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular 10:00 p.m. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Fox: 7:00 p.m. Sons of Tucson 7:30 p.m. American Dad (R) 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. Family Guy (R) ________________________________________________________________________ TV Tidbits:Notes of Interest -NBC Pulls Love Bites Off Fall Schedule:NBC comedy anthology Love Bites has been abruptly removed from the fall schedule and will be replaced with veteran reality/competition The Apprentice, which will focus on ordinary people that have been affected by the recession. The exit of series star Jordana Spiro and showrunner Cindy Chupack and unexpected pregnancy of Becki Newton were three of the reasons cited for Love Bites being put on hold. The Apprentice will air two editions next season, including a new celebrity populated Sunday 9-11 p.m. block in midseason. There is no official news when, or if, Love Bites will be returning. -USA Summer Season Finales:USA Network has announced the season-ending dates for its five scripted summer dramas, which are all expected to return with new episodes in midseason. The departure dates are as follows: Burn Notice: Thursday, August 26Royal Pains: Thursday, August 26White Collar: Tuesday, September 7Psych: Wednesday, September 8Covert Affairs: Tuesday, September 14 ---------- -Regis & Kelly Head to Canada:Disney/ABC morning talk show staple Live with Regis & Kelly will be broadcast from Prince Edward Island in Canada for four shows airing from Monday, July 12 to Thursday, July 15. Guests from Canada will include Peter Facinelli, Carson Kressley and Lady Antebellum (Monday); Lisa Rinna, Harry Hamlin and Caroline Rhea (Tuesday); Stephen Moyer and Melanie Fiona (Wednesday); and John Corbett, Elisha Cuthbert and One Republic on Thursday. -Elijah Wood on FX:Former child star Elijah Wood has been signed to star opposite Jason Gann in an FX comedy pilot called Wilfred, which is based on the Australian series of the same name. Each episode will follow the story of a girl named Sarah, her dog Wilfred (Gann) and her boyfriend (Wood), who is the only person who actually sees Wilfred as a person. Who comes up with this stuff?________________________________________________________________________ TV Trivia Time:Final Episode Fireworks Which one of the following series featured a scene at a 4th of July parade in the final episode? a) Dharma & Gregb) Love, American Stylec) Moonlighting d) Scarecrow and Mrs. Kinge) The Wonder Years The answer to yesterday’s question… Which one of the following classic westerns featured a young Clint Eastwood? a) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earpb) Rawhidec) Sugarfootd) Wagon Traine) Wanted: Dead or Alive Is: b) Rawhide. Clint played Rowdy Yates on the 1959-66 ABC western. -Current kudos goes to:Dave Aiken, Mark Amato, Mary Bancroft, Janice Barney, Barbara Berman, Gerry Bixenspan, Barbara Bloomfield, Kevin Brault, Steve Clements, Larry Collins, Kay Copeland, Larry Corsa, Audrey Davis, Dee Davis, Reid Davis, Hannah Deason, Josh Emmett, Pam Euper, John Ferlazzo, Maureen Goldman, Scott Hamula, Barb Hemberger, Melissa Hodgdon (4x), Michael Holland, Bob Ingersoll, David Jackino, Ken Jobe (2x), David Johnson, Marie LeFevre Karp, Mary Kinoshita, Synda Kollman, Steven Kurtzer, Stephen LaRue, Timothy Lawlor, Howard Lieboff, Rick Locke, Patty Lynch, Kathy Martin, Becky McInyre, Tom Mertes, Debbie Mirr, Jim Moore, Anne Moynihan, Jay Ogletree, Joe Pedri, Alan Perris, Sheldon Perry, Sandra Pettway, Greg Phelan, David Primuth, Francine Purcell, Tracy Reiner, Mark Richards, Con Rigg, Bruce Robinson, Colleen Roth, Joe Rubi, David Ruckman, Mary Ryan, Judy Schrader, Robert Sells, David Shearer, Maxine Shulman, Michelle Stanton, Rafi Stefan, Lynette Stewart, Ron Strauss, Nat Strictland, Joe Swaney, Carol Teichman, Trenna Underhill, Larry Weinstock, Tammy Wiard, Jim Wilson, Abbott Wool, Ted Zavales, Ted Zawislak

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