We can’t just focus on domestic revenue.

I live in Hong Kong. Prison Break is the highest rated drama on english channel.

Do you think that Fox would air a show without profit.

wanna check about prison break success in those areas go to facebook and check the fan sites and check on IMDB and check the legions of fans.

Shows are not only counted in the USA !!!!!

And about Kevin Reilly, I think the only shows Fox wants him to kill are on other networks. Besides, and correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t the Spring season ad rates negotiated with Nielsen data from the Fall? Why would they want to drive shows down if it’s only going to hurt them when they get their favorites in?

Julie,

I’m not sure about that, especially with regime changes. I’ve had my doubts that Kevin Reilly cared about many of the shows that were signed by his predecessor. If not actively killing a show, then not actively trying to save it, either.

He’s not unusual, either in TV or in business in general. It’s an ego thing.

I’m happy the stuff is all worked out with your DNS server.

Do I sound bitter? Well, it’s because I am bitter.

Time shifting won’t save a show with sub 6 million viewers and a sub 3.0 demo. New Amsterdam had the save time slot and comp and never slipped under 6 mill, and it still got canned. TSCC is a much more expensive show than NA.

But I have to say, TSCC did hold it’s own. And it looks like it did better in the 18-49 demo. Not great, by a long shot, but against such steep competition this is not terrible.

Will that save TSCC? No idea. But I think it’s premature to call it curtains for the show when the time-shifted numbers haven’t even come out yet. I doubt Fox has even made a decision yet. I would like to think, by the way, that Fox would first try to move TSCC to Wed. night or somewhere else so Fox can dominate the 18-49yr viewers.

DVD Sales were good for S1, and the show is usually ranked pretty well on iTunes/Amazon downloads, so hopefully they’re taking everything into account. I’m hoping DVR numbers will help too once they are released..

What killed the Heroes episode for me was the whole Claire/Sylar part. That completely defeats the sacrifices from Season One, I don’t care what other cool things we now learn about her. And next week with Sylar looks worse.

Hiro…ugh… It was fun when he was reading his comic book/destiny. Now their decisions are just annoying and relatively stupid. And I’m sorry, but the “speed of sound” woman could NOT outrun his stopped clock. No way. I think the only way I’ll feel compelled to tune in every week is if they give HRG and Kristen Bell something interesting to do.

My prediction is that Fox will air the remaining episodes of TSCC and Prison Break as scheduled, simply because advertisers did pay for certain special promotions of TSCC episodes (the Dodge truck give-away) and there’s nothing else to air on Monday night that’s going to do any better. So, we’ll get our remaining 10 episodes, but that’s going to be it.

Andrea, good catch on “Lie to Me.”

Andrea, we hope everything is back to (and even better)than normal. It’s been a stressful five days!

I agree with Holly. Though Chuck may be my new favorite, it will be interesting to see how it does say vs. the Heroes “clip show” that ran at 8pm last night. I’m sure if the ratings aren’t great next week people will say it’s because the episode was on the Internet a week early, but I do not buy that having a big impact on broadcast ratings at this point.

Heroes predictably didnt do that well after a lackluster Season 2. It lost that magic of Season 1 and isnt back.

Its definitely true that the darker a series becomes the more fans it loses – same thing happened with JERICHO – of course die hard fans of serial dramas like these think they get better the darker they get. But the vast majority of viewers just dont like it when they become too dark and foreboding.

In general serial dramas generally bleed off fans as time goes on and new viewers rarely pick it up because they dont want to have to catch up. Its why episodic dramas like CSI, L&O and others have consistently high ratings – it doesnt matter if you miss an episode here and there or pick it up in Season 5. I think part of the problem is the shorter attention span of viewers – they want everything wrapped up in a hour – 2 hours at most for a 2 parter. Its tough times for serial drama fans. The only ones that make it more than 2 seasons these days are ones like LOST and HEROES that start out with high viewer numbers 15-20 million – they can afford to lose 1-2 million fans a season while ones starting out near 10 million or less cant.

The thing that bothers me about HEROES is now its ripping off the plotline where more people with powers can be created – THE 4400 on USA already did that with its “promicin in a syringe” deal, except that on that show 50% of the people got powers and the other 50% dropped dead. (HEROES just uses adrenalin injections instead – no word yet n whether its 100% effective or if anyone dies from taking it).

Variety and The Hollywood Reporter have reported that FOX has ordered 13 episodes of the Tim Roth-headed drama, “Lie To Me”, for midseason. I think this show will replace Sarah Connor.

BTW, I hope your server problems are under control. I need my daily fix!

How are your feelings about the lifespan for TSCC as of right now? Still on 13 Episodes for Season 2, waiting for FOX to order the rest of 22. Give it to me straight, Doc!

Ben, it’s hard to say because of the unreliable nature of the metered market numbers, but if those numbers hold up or go up it looks like Gossip Girl held up well and 3.5 million or higher is definitely possible. We should know soon.

haha…I don’t know, just looking for some kind of good news, if there is any.

Here’s hoping for a full 22 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

And Robert, does a 3.9/6 for TSCC mean that the Live+SD numbers will hold from last week?