| Scoreboard for Tue. April 22, 2008 |  |
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| Total Viewers (million) | 17.78 | 10.73 | 8.54 | 6.49 | 1.98 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 6.9/18 | 2.7/7 | 2.1/6 | 2.3/6 | 0.9/2 |
American Idol ruled again, followed by Dancing with the Stars and the network rankings reflect that. FOX won everything, and mock me if you must for my love of Hell's Kitchen and Gordon Ramsay but a 5.1 in the 18-49 demo is hard to come by. If you don't believe me, just look at the data table because Hell's Kitchen was the only show besides American Idol itself that could pull it off - and that was after it lost more than half of Idol's lead-in. Lead-in, schmead-in. Bah!
NBC is really missing, and I mean, really missing The Biggest Loser, though fortunately it still had Law & Order: SVU to fall back on.
I can't really write anything new about According to Jim on ABC. If the DVD and syndication for the show are so lucrative that ABC winds up renewing it, I think it must say a lot about what ABC views as the prospects for broadcast network primetime television. We'll see.
Fortunately ABC has Dancing with the Stars where the results show pulled in almost 17.5 million viewers. But this is why you have to be impressed with Hell's Kitchen. With six million fewer viewers overall, HK beat DWTS in the demo by 25%! Boston Legal had one of its better performances lately, though its numbers will likely be adjusted down a little bit in the finals because of DWTS overrun into the 10pm hour.
Ok, I'll just say it. I miss Jericho. Probably writing about it more than watching it, but either way, I miss it. And while on a cost basis everything CBS has run in the 10pm slot since then is much cheaper other than a special Tuesday at 10pm edition of CSI: Miami. And except for the CSI: Miami, Jericho performed better in the slot. Which I admit isn't probably saying much, but still. If I were running CBS I'd figure out something new to put on Monday's at 10pm and end the Tuesday 10pm curse by moving CSI: Miami there.
I can't really fault CBS for not doing that from the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mindset, but other than the 8pm slot with NCIS, things are pretty broken for CBS on Tuesdays right now.
Though I didn't see the 18-34 breakout yet, where I'm sure Gossip Girl did better, especially among women, Reaper didn't do much worse overall, and considering it improved over Beauty and the Geek by more than 800,000 viewers, it deserves some credit. Speaking of Gossip Girl, did you see how thoroughly MTV's The Hills trounced it on Monday night?
Tuesday night's full details:
| Time | Network | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share | HH Rating |
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| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol 8p-9p | 24.00 | 8.8/24 | 14.5 |
| CBS | NCIS | 14.09 | 3.0/8 | 9.0 | |
| NBC | Most Outrageous Moments | 4.20 | 1.3/4 | 2.9 | |
| ABC | According to Jim | 4.29 | 1.4/4 | ||
| CW | Beauty and the Geek | 1.56 | 0.7/2 | 1.5 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | According to Jim (Repeat) | 4.07 | 1.4/4 | |
| NBC | Best of Saturday Night Live (8:30p-10p) | 3.92 | 1.6/4 | 2.9 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Big Brother 9 | 6.74 | 2.4/6 | 4.0 |
| ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 17.48 | 4.0/10 | 11.9 | |
| FOX | Hell's Kitchen | 11.56 | 5.1/13 | 7.0 | |
| CW | Reaper | 2.40 | 1.1/3 | 1.8 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | Shark (Repeat) | 4.80 | 1.1/3 | 3.4 |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 11.50 | 4.0/11 | 8.2 | |
| ABC | Boston Legal | 10.52 | 2.8/8 | 6.7 |
Nielsen Ratings Source: Nielsen Media Research. Full night's results available via Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
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Shark returns next week with new episodes, that will be the real test of the 10pm death slot. Of course from CBS’s perspective rerunning an old episode of Shark that costs nothing to make beats airing a fresh Jericho episode that gets only 1.2 million viewers more. Never like Shark all that much – wont be sorry to see it go if it dies. The ironic thing is Jericho and Shark premiered within 1 day of each other back in Sept. 2006. Theres even an Ebay auction featuring a CBS promo DVD with the pilot episodes of both Jericho and Shark on it. It would be ironic if both shows met their doom in the 10pm “death slot”.
As for moving CSI Miami there – it would definitely break the curse. Maybe if they retooled Jericho calling it CSI: JERICHO and cast David Caruso as a refugee from LA, it would be a hit? There alot of deaths in Jericho he could investigate like the old lady who ran the grocery store and the kid who then killed him. Theres also the dead body of the woman Robert Hawkins killed and buried. His first 3 cases. LOL!
Shark returns next week with new episodes, that will be the real test of the 10pm death slot. Of course from CBS's perspective rerunning an old episode of Shark that costs nothing to make beats airing a fresh Jericho episode that gets only 1.2 million viewers more. Never like Shark all that much – wont be sorry to see it go if it dies. The ironic thing is Jericho and Shark premiered within 1 day of each other back in Sept. 2006. Theres even an Ebay auction featuring a CBS promo DVD with the pilot episodes of both Jericho and Shark on it. It would be ironic if both shows met their doom in the 10pm “death slot”.
As for moving CSI Miami there – it would definitely break the curse. Maybe if they retooled Jericho calling it CSI: JERICHO and cast David Caruso as a refugee from LA, it would be a hit? There alot of deaths in Jericho he could investigate like the old lady who ran the grocery store and the kid who then killed him. Theres also the dead body of the woman Robert Hawkins killed and buried. His first 3 cases. LOL!
I am laughing out loud…
I am laughing out loud…
And why, in the name of all thats holy, is According to Jim still around? Does he have some kind of dirt on ABC execs that forces them to keep the show on the air?
And why, in the name of all thats holy, is According to Jim still around? Does he have some kind of dirt on ABC execs that forces them to keep the show on the air?
Yes, we have all thought of the CSI: Jericho (Jimmy actually made a CSI joke if you recall) angle. Pretty soon, all CBS will be airing is CSI shows, Survivor and Big Brother. I expect that even NCIS will be diving soon (since they are to off another character).
Yes, we have all thought of the CSI: Jericho (Jimmy actually made a CSI joke if you recall) angle. Pretty soon, all CBS will be airing is CSI shows, Survivor and Big Brother. I expect that even NCIS will be diving soon (since they are to off another character).
Should we start a countdown for the death of the CW? 1.5 million for a new airing of BATG? Hilarious. Since when do networks’ scripted shows outperform their reality tv? Never! Only on the CW.
Someone fire Dawn Ostroff. Please.
Should we start a countdown for the death of the CW? 1.5 million for a new airing of BATG? Hilarious. Since when do networks' scripted shows outperform their reality tv? Never! Only on the CW.
Someone fire Dawn Ostroff. Please.
If Shark does die, this should be the series finale.
James Woods jumps a shark tank on a motorcycle, skids to a stop in front of Henry Winkler dressed as Arthur Fonzarelli – the director of the finale – who just says “Ayyyyyyyyy”!! giving him a thumbs up. At which point Woods turns to the camera and says “I guess I finally Jumped The Shark! See you around…” he then speeds off into the distance as the sun sets.
If Shark does die, this should be the series finale.
James Woods jumps a shark tank on a motorcycle, skids to a stop in front of Henry Winkler dressed as Arthur Fonzarelli – the director of the finale – who just says “Ayyyyyyyyy”!! giving him a thumbs up. At which point Woods turns to the camera and says “I guess I finally Jumped The Shark! See you around…” he then speeds off into the distance as the sun sets.
I miss Jericho too.
CW is going to run itself into the ground and I fear they’re going to take Supernatural down in a firely flame with them.
I miss Jericho too.
CW is going to run itself into the ground and I fear they're going to take Supernatural down in a firely flame with them.
Thanks for the Jericho mention. We all appreciate it. We
Thanks for the Jericho mention. We all appreciate it. We
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Thanks for the Jericho mention. We all appreciate it. We
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Thanks for the Jericho mention. We all appreciate it. We
Okay, I give up. *sigh*
Okay, I give up. *sigh*