Repeat Populated CBS Still Manages a Monday Victory

THE PROGRAMMING INSIDERTuesday, November 30, 2010 Prime-Time Metered Market Monday Ratings:Repeat Populated CBS Dominates Ratings Box:What's Hot/What's Not On the Air Tonight:Prime-Time Programming Options TV Tidbits:Notes of Interest TV Trivia Time:Earning a Sitcom Living ___________________________________________________________________________ Prime-Time Metered Market Monday Ratings:Repeat Populated CBS Dominates Monday 11/29/10Note: The overnight data now includes DVR playback until 3 a.m. local time. One year earlier it was based on Live data only. HH Rtg/Shr CBS 5.9/ 9ABC 4.7/ 7NBC 4.2/ 6Fox 3.7/ 6CW 1.7/ 3 ---------- -Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening (Monday, November 30, 2009):NBC: +31, CW: +13, ABC: + 4, CBS: - 3, Fox: -36 ---------- -Yesterday’s Winners: How I Met Your Mother R (CBS), Rules of Engagement R (CBS), Two and a Half Men R (CBS), Mike & Molly R (CBS), Hawaii Five-O R (CBS) -Uneventful:Skating with the Stars (ABC) -Yesterday’s Losers (excluding repeats):Chuck (NBC), The Event (NBC), Chase (NBC) ---------- Note: The fast affiliate results for Monday will be posted at PIFeedback by 12 p.m. ET. Go to the website, click on Ratings Box (the first category), then Last Night’s Results, and Monday, November 22, 2010. ________ -Ratings Breakdown: Without ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, which concluded its fall season last week, Monday is a very different scenario. With that in mind, CBS kicked-off the week on a winning overnight note, beating second-place ABC by 26 percent. But its lackluster average 5.9 rating/9 share is a reflection of repeats of How I Met Your Mother (5.2 rating/8 share), Rules of Engagement (4.9/ 8), Two and a Half Men (7.8/11), Mike & Molly (6.2/ 9) and Hawaii Five-O (5.7/ 9). CBS finished first in each of the six half-hours despite airing encore telecasts. With the holidays approaching, consider these “winning” performances. Week two of ABC’s Skating with the Stars, which did not have the lead-in support this week from Dancing with the Stars, took an expected tumble, with a 4.5/ 7 in the overnights from 8-9:30 p.m., and the half-hour breakdown as follows: Skating with the Stars (ABC)8:00 p.m.: 4.9/ 7 (#2)8:30 p.m.: 4.4/ 7 (#2)9:00 p.m.: 4.2/ 6 (#2t) One week earlier, Skating with the Stars opened with an approximate 7.0/11 on Nov. 22. Does anyone even care that Sean Young was the first to depart? Leading out of the uneventful skating extravaganza was 90-minute ABC holiday special CMA Country Christmas at a slightly higher 4.9/ 8 from 9:30-11 p.m. Here is the half-hour breakdown: CMA Country Kitchen (ABC) 9:30 p.m.: 5.0/ 7 (#2)10:00 p.m.: 5.0/ 8 (#2)10:30 p.m.: 4.8/ 8 (#2) NBC had a typically sluggish Monday with its soon-to-be revised combination of Chuck (#3: 4.2/ 6), The Event (#3: 4.2/ 6) and Chase (#3: 4.1/ 7). As a reminder, upcoming NBC scripted dramas The Cape and Harry’s Law will inherit the Monday 9-11 p.m. block effective on Monday, Jan. 17. Previewing with a two-hour installment on Sunday, Jan. 9, The Cape stars David Lyons as a cop framed for murder who tries to clear his name by taking on the persona of his son’s (Ryan Wynott) favorite superhero. Harry’s Law from executive producer David E. Kelly is the comedic story of a curmudgeonly ex-patent lawyer (Kathy Bates) who abruptly loses her job and finds herself – and her shoe-savant assistant (Brittany Snow) – partnered with a legal hotshot (Nate Corddry) and a young college student (Aml Ameen) in a new law firm. The Event returns on Monday, Feb. 28 (with a two-hour broadcast), followed by relocated Parenthood at 10 p.m. effective on March 7. Chase will move to Wednesday at 9 p.m. beginning on Jan. 12 into Law & Order: SVU, which shifts back one hour. Fox populated the evening with a repeat of House (#4: 3.5/ 5) and Lie to Me (#4: 4.1/ 6), which is worthy of positive mention for building by 21 percent out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of the House encore (3.4/ 5). And The CW closed the evening with original installments of 90210 (#5: 1.8/ 3) and Gossip Girl (#5: 1.7/ 3), which just do not resonate in the overnights. Let’s wait and see what the young female demos look like. Source: Nielsen Media Research data_____________________________________________________________________________________ Ratings Box:What's Hot/What's Not -Season High The View:Based on live plus same day ratings for the week of Nov. 15, veteran ABC talker The View rose to its most-watched week in total viewers (3.71 million) and women 18-34 (270,000) in 16 weeks, and highest among women 18-49 (825,000) in 15 weeks. -Final November 2010 Sweep Results:No…the Nielsen sweep measurement periods are no longer of great importance. But based on the recently concluded November 2010 sweeps (Oct. 28 – Nov. 24, 2010), CBS topped the charts with 11.62 million viewers and a 2.9 rating/8 share among adults 18-49. Here are the results: Total Viewers:CBS: 11.62 million, ABC: 9.99, Fox: 7.92, NBC: 7.37, CW: 2.26 Adults 18-49:CBS: 2.9 rating/8 share, ABC: 2.8/ 8, Fox: 2.7/ 8, NBC: 2.5/ 7, CW: 1.0/ 3 Source: Nielsen Media Research data ________________________________________________________________________________ On the Air Tonight:Prime-Time Programming Options Tuesday 11/30/10 ABC: 8:00 p.m. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (R) 8:30 p.m. Shrek the Halls (R) 9:00 p.m. No Ordinary Family (new time)10:00 p.m. Detroit 1-8-7 CBS: 8:00 p.m. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (R) 9:00 p.m. NCIS (R) 10:00 p.m. Victoria’s Secrets Fashion Show NBC: 8:00 p.m. Christmas in Rockefeller CenterNatalie Morales and Al Roker host the 78th annual lighting of the Christmas tree in Manhattan. Look for performances by by Mariah Carey, Sheryl Crow, Josh Groban, Jessica Simpson, Susan Boyle, Annie Lennox, Katherine Jenkins, Charice, Kylie Minogue and Jackie Evancho. 9:00 p.m. The Biggest Loser (two hours) Fox: 8:00 p.m. Glee 9:00 p.m. Raising Hope 9:30 p.m. Raising Hope (R) CW: 8:00 p.m. One Tree Hill 9:00 p.m. Life Unexpected ________________________________________________________________________ TV Tidbits:Notes of Interest -Initial Anderson Cooper Clearances Announced:Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution has sold its upcoming daily first-run hour hosted by Anderson Cooper to stations in New York (WPIX), Los Angeles (KTTV), Chicago (WFLD) and Boston (WFXT). The issue-driven series, which premieres in September 2011, will be based in New York City and produced by Telepictures Productions in association with StrongChild Productions. Anderson Cooper, who will serve as an executive producer, will continue to anchor CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, which airs weeknights at 10 p.m. ET. -Law & Order in Weekend Syndication:NBC’s recently concluded Law & Order, which ties classic western Gunsmoke as the long-running scripted drama in the history of television, has been sold by NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution to stations for weekend syndication beginning next fall in more than 80 percent of the country. Represented station groups include CBS, Fox, Cox, Gannett, Hearst and Sunbeam. -More The Young and the Restless:CBS has renewed veteran daytime serial The Young and the Restless for an additional three seasons, taking it through the 2013-14 season. Season to-date, The Young and the Restless ranks first among all daytime dramas in total viewers (5.15 million), women 18-49 (1.7 rating/11 share) and women 25-54 (2.3/14). -James Franco and Anne Hathaway to Host the Oscars:In a surprise announcement, and an obvious attempt to bring in younger viewers, James Franco and Anne Hathaway have been name co-hosts of the upcoming 83rd Annual Academy Awards on ABC on Sunday, Feb. 27. For Mr. TV’s thoughts on this announcement, click on http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/anne_francohost_oscars_M2pFPhMriciZxrnmpQ98XL -Cartoon Network Renewals:Cartoon Network, the home of must see animation, has ordered new seasons of Monday night occupants Adventure Time, Regular Show and MAD, with an unspecified number of new episodes for 2011. In its first two seasons, Emmy-nominated Adventure Time has dominated primetime in kids and boys 2-11, 6-11 and 9-14, building year-to-year by as much as 99 percent among boys 6-11. Regular Show is also on the plus sire, with growth of as much as 58 percent in kids 9-14 over the year-ago time period, while MAD wins its 8:30 p.m. time period in boys 6-11 and boys 9-14. -TV Land Greenlights Two New Pilots:TV Land, the growing home of original scripted sitcoms, has two more potentially up its sleeve. The cable net has ordered pilots for Happily Divorced from Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobsen, and Rip City from Terri Minsky (Less Than Perfect, Lizzy McGuire). Based on Drescher’s real life, Happily Divorced focuses on how she deals with dating after finding out her husband is gay. Rip City is an office based comedy set at a regional beverage manufacturer. Earlier in the month, TV Land ordered a pilot from Frasier executive producer Mark Reisman called Ex Men, which revolves around three divorced men who live in an apartment building run by a sexy divorce attorney. ________________________________________________________________________ TV Trivia Time:Earning a Sitcom Living Remember Barbara’s husband Mark on One Day at a Day? What was his occupation? a) accountantb) contractor c) dentistd) musician e) real estate agent The answer to yesterday’s question: In 1970-75 classic The Odd Couple, Felix and Oscar’s ex-wives were Gloria and Blanche. But what was the name of Felix’s soon-to-be ex-wife in the 1968 theatrical that spun-off the sitcom? a) Arlene b) Bethc) Francesd) Gwene) Margie Is: c) Frances. The Odd Couple, with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, aired on TCM this past weekend. -Current kudos goes to:Mary Bancroft, Gerry Bixenspan, Tracy Blankenship, Larry Collins, Tom Condosta, John Ferlazzo, Peter Grad, Carolyn Becker Hayes, Michael Holland, Bob Ingersoll, David Jackino, Ken Jobe, Deb Kainer, Synda Kollman, Steve Kurtzer, Rick Locke, Patty Lynch, Kathy McClung, Jim Moore, Alan Perris, Alex Petrilli, Jr., Arthur Reinstein, Michelle Stanton, Larry Weinstock, Rob Wilson

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