Comments on: Nielsen Ratings May 29, 2008: LOST Season Finale Wins For ABC

By: Don

Don — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:17:43 +0000

LOST's loss in viewers more comes down to intelligence. 23 million people needed instant gratification… 12 – 14 million viewers were SMART enough to stick around ! Guess what !!! Sticking around gives the GENUIS' 32 more hours of the MOST thought provoking entertainment !

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:37:00 +0000

I mean that post-2004 is accurate. That's when I found ABC medianet

By: Don

Don — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:17:43 +0000

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 31 May 2008 03:37:00 +0000

I mean that post-2004 is accurate. That's when I found ABC medianet

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 31 May 2008 02:05:42 +0000

Lost's premiere episode did a 6.8/20 in adults 18-49.

This is the archive from my old website (it's still up, but I haven't touched it in years)

http://justtvratings.tollfreepage.com/ratingsin...

I have the weekly ratings lists going back to Feb 2000. The weekly list is only really accurate from 2003 onwards (the top half is good, the bottom, figured out from PR releases and household ratings)

By: garry

garry — Sat, 31 May 2008 00:14:02 +0000

The Nhl had more avg viewers for Wed on NBC than Thurs avg. Also 18-49 demo was a good chunk of their overnight ratings. The last hour of the game = CSI 2.1, and the NHL game = CBS Thurs avg of 1.9

By: Rob D

Rob D — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:38:00 +0000

You’re right about Fox doing pretty good with SYTYCD. I guess NBC will put on America’s Got Talent for 2 hours and do well also. I just think it’s overkill. I might be in the minority, but if I see one of these reality shows on for 1 hour- I’ll watch the whole thing. If I see it’s on for 2 hours, I might not watch at all (since the shows aren’t that good and the commitment is too great).

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:45:00 +0000

Lost season premiere/finale info is up:

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/30/losts-lost-viewers/3978

couldn’t dig up much info for the S1 premiere, but otherwise found all the data.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:55:00 +0000

Rob D: NBC can’t be like FOX but it’s fun to pretend? So You Think You Can Dance seemed to pull off the 2 hours OK.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:55:00 +0000

I’ll put something together for the season 1, 2, 3 and 4 premieres and finales and dig up whatever 18-49 demo info I can find. I’ll do a separate post, but I’ll post a note here when it’s done (should be within the next hour or so).

By: Rob D

Rob D — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:51:00 +0000

Why do networks put on reality shows for 2 hours? I mean, American Idol can get away with it- but the less popular shows can’t. I watched a little of Last Comic Standing, but there is no reason for that show to be more than 1 hour.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:49:00 +0000

23.47 million viewers Man of Science, Man of Faith Season 2 premiere
18.82 million viewers A Tale of Two Cities Season 3 premiere

A Tale of Two Cities had a 7.7/19 rating for the 18-49 demo. I don’t know the 18-49 numbers for Man of Science, Man of faith.

By: Peter L

Peter L — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:34:00 +0000

Robert, do you know the numbers between the Season 2 premiere and the Season 3? Not that I’m a good measure of America but I stopped watching in the middle of Season 2 until my friend told me to start watching 3, that had picked back up and was good again. I think Season 2 was weak enough to drive a lot of viewers away.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:40:00 +0000

Wow. LOST dominated, but averaged only 12.20 million viewers. I’m sure when the DVR numbers are factored in it will be closer to 15 million. It’s far from the 23.47 million viewers it had when season 2 premiered.