Comments on: 90210 Nielsen Ratings: Oh.My.Gawd!, Says the CW

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:21:54 +0000

SG GG fan, it’s reasonable to speculate that the ratings can only likely go down regardless (pretty much true for most shows after the premiere). The teens won’t likely matter (at least from a CW spin point of view) so long as the #s with the 18-34 females perform well relative to the competition. I’m sure you’re right that there were an awful lot of people who remember the original and checked it out. I’m guessing more of those people were 35-49 than 18-34, though that is just a guess. On the positive side, very much unlike Bionic Woman, now that the critics have finally seen the show, they were mostly positive.

By: SG GG fan

SG GG fan — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:03:23 +0000

Somehow, I can’t help but to wonder whether GG scoring better than 90210 in the teen & female teen demo might be a foreshadow to the latter being the Bionic Woman of the 2008/09 season.

Clearly the ones watching 90210 are fans from the original because the teen demo were too young back then to watch it. I see this as 90210 being rather unsuccessful in attracting those who didn’t watch the original, which kinda sucks because they seem to be the show’s primary target audience. Once fans from the original go, that’s it for 90210. Some allusions to Bionic Woman IMO. When fans of the original BW left the remake because it sucked compared to the original, the new fans weren’t strong enough to save it. If I were The CW, I’d be ringing up every single soul who acted in the original by now.

By: SG GG fan

SG GG fan — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:16:17 +0000

troy’s right. read it properly, bart.
4.3 is for women 18-34. it only got 2.1 with female teens.

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:13:41 +0000

Bart:

On the strength of the two-hour 90210, The CW was the #1 network on Tuesday night in all key demographics, including adults 18-34 (3.0/9), women 18-34 (4.3/12), men 18-34 (1.8/6), adults 18-49 (2.6/7), women 18-49 (3.6/9), persons 12-34 (2.7/8), females 12-34 (3.7/11), teens (1.7/6), female teens (2.1/7).

18-34 year olds are not teens.

By: Bart

Bart — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:06:55 +0000

90210 had a 4.3 with female teens! How is 4.1 twice as much as 4.3?

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:17:58 +0000

For a show with so many teens, the show did horribly among teenagers. Just a day ago, the CW was boasting that Gossip Girl had a 4.1 in female teens while One Tree Hill had a 3.0. So GG basically had twice as many teenagers watching it.