Comments on: Monday Night Ratings: Wins for ABC, CBS and NBC

By: melina

melina — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:10:25 +0000

I don’t get it why PB has so low ratings. It’s such a great show now.
Even though I was very disappointed about the third season, this season started in a great way and that’s what made me get back to the show.
I suggest everyone to give a chance to the show.

By: bebe

bebe — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:58:05 +0000

The wrong show might be canned get PB out already it’s the bad.

By: john conner

john conner — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:09:01 +0000

“Well news just in..apparently TSCC will be cancelled in order to save PB as Fox does not want to lose PB”
**Well I went to the link and on 2nd page it says it is just a rumour and no confirmed by fox!
TSCC is a good show, in a hopeless timeslot, wed after bones would be sho much better for it.
Prison Break is still a good show also
they are the only 2 shows I watch besides heroes , and both are to me better than heroes.

By: Kel

Kel — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:16:19 +0000

Sorry, I meant to say Tom hasn’t done any promotion for the past two years. He used to do a lot up until season 6.

By: Kel

Kel — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:28:02 +0000

In response to g, I am probably more mature than anyone else my age. I agologize for calling Ostroff a name once, when all of my friends have done it ten times over. Can I state that she is a fool? To GRD, I am a fan of Welling and NEWSFLASH I think I know a little more about him than you do. He never loved promotion, everybody knows that. But, even in the beginning of season 6 he would put on a smile because he was still relatively happy to be on the show. Ostroff has mistreated Welling and everyone from Supernatural, which is why none of them have done any promotion for their shows in the past year.

By: Klaurel

Klaurel — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:24:35 +0000

Umm, Chuck and Life was also released to TiVo download through Amazon Unboxed, and that is how I watched them early! As well as Lipstick Jungle, Knight Rider, and Privileged.

By: GRD

GRD — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:08:35 +0000

Newsflash: Tom Welling was NEVER interested in doing promotion, even years ago before the show turned into utter garbage. I remember quite well, it was always like pulling teeth to get him to do promotion. And small blame to him. It’s his choice if he wants to waste the most promising years of his career on a crap show, but I honestly can’t blame him for not wanting to get out there and tell people to watch it.

By: John

John — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:01:38 +0000

terminator to be axed? wtf? why arent you americans tuning in? oh yeah to busy watching stupid danceing with the stars. oh and who are these stars?? bunch of nobodys. the like of stupid desperate housewives and greys anatomy get 15-18 million and terminator isnt. what is wrong with you americans? dont you guys know a good show when you see one?

By: g

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:26:11 +0000

kel. it’s all teenage crap. if you were a bit more mature… you wouldn’t find the need to call people names. probably comes from watching the cw. so stop watching the cw… it’s rotting your brain.

By: Kel

Kel — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:43:24 +0000

Ostroff is a stupid bitch. It’s no wonder Tom Welling refuses to do any promotion for the show anymore, now that he has seen her true colours. There were no new promos for Smallville or Supernatural, the two best shows on the CW. Absolutely ridiculous. They’re much better than Gossip Girl, 90210 (terrible), and One Lame Hill. The only reason Jensen and Jared are still on Supernatural is because they like working on the show and for the fans. They would move to another network in a heartbeat, I would stake my life on it.

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By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:24:16 +0000

dave,
Even when we do not get the numbers for streaming episode viewing, the networks do. However, if Chuck, or any other show, got 1 million unique streams in one week (or at all), I’m sure there would be press releases about it.

By: dave

dave — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:18:58 +0000

Chuck is a better show than its numbers.

Heroes has some dull story threads. The show needs to trim the fat.

Hulu is a popular website. Chuck may have pulled in a million viewers or more. Will we ever get those numbers.

2.5 men is sub 5.0 in the demo. sad.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:07:36 +0000

Rob: No problem.

Bob: Because PB is massive success overseas and is doing decent in the demos.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:04:21 +0000

Anthony, thanks for the link…

By: bob

bob — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:01:01 +0000

another question…

why does FOX love prison break so much? I feel like they like PB more than bones. Can anyone explain this to me please?

By: bob

bob — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:58:10 +0000

wow. FOX is giving 22 episode season to pb. i honestly just dont know how FOX thinks. I never have, and I dont think I ever will. As of right now, NBC has better shows than FOX. I honestly think FOX just needs to clean out thier fall lineup and get like 2 or 3 more new shows, especailly some new comedies, jeez. I also heard that FOX isn’t happy with bones? can anyone tell me why please? Its one of thier highest rated shows right now? Why are they not happy with it?

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:44:32 +0000

Well news just in..apparently TSCC will be cancelled in order to save PB as Fox does not want to lose PB

http://www.syfyportal.com/news425418.html

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:42:42 +0000

Yeah i asked them Dexter. You can ask them yourself. askfox@fox.com

By: John

John — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:41:33 +0000

hey is sarah connor chronicles only 13 eps this yr or 22? each site has different answers for this.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:23:48 +0000

What a shame about the Life numbers. It’s a great program with intelligent themes and a quirky character.

By: Dexter

Dexter — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:47:01 +0000

Anthony, is that reliable? I mean, did YOU ask them and they answered you? Because I’m dying to know, cuz PB is the best and season 4 is the best so far.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:42:35 +0000

I love How I Met Your Mother and last night was another good show in my opinion I mean sure it wasn’t much of a storyline with them trying to find the place with the best tasting burger in NYC but it was very funny add to that Regis and it made for a very entertaining show though I am very surprised at it’s numbers in the 18-34 demo but im glad it happend it’s a great show spread the word…….I also like the Big Bang Theory as for Chuck one thing that may have hurt the number is a lot of people may have done like I did and watched other shows since Chuck is being replayed on Saturday Night??? I am just throwing that out there because I watched the CBS comedies and I like Chuck but I knew it was coming in saturday night my friend also a fan of Chuck is putting it off to saturday night because he watched TSCC so I think that could also have messed with Chuck’s numbers

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:41:43 +0000

Dexter: for prison break

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:38:36 +0000

Anoel, we don’t see season to date 18-34 data. It might be even better at predicting things than the 18-49 data, but we’ll never know!

By: Anoel

Anoel — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:34:03 +0000

So disappointing about T:TSCC. I agree with other posters here that it should be moved to Wednesday. In fact, I’d say the best thing to do is move Prison Break as well and switch Bones to 8 pm. Without another episodic procedural competing, it has a chance to do well or at least much better than the other two shows.

Robert or Bill, I love your Renew/Cancel Index but did you try one for the 18-34 demographic numbers? If you did, how’d that turn out in terms of any patterns?

By: Dexter

Dexter — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:18:45 +0000

“Anthony says:
September 30th, 2008 at 12:41 pm

Fox has just confirmed via there ASKFOX email that the 22 episode season will be shown.”

FOR WHICH SHOW?????

By: R.J.

R.J. — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:11:12 +0000

Prison Break still doing horribe, i can see. CBS Comedys doing good. 2.5 men, #1 comedy on TV! Can’t beleve Mother did a hole episode on locking for a bugur.

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:56:36 +0000

It seems a pity that the 24 TV movie is airing on the 23rd…couldn’t they rearrange things for one night and have it air the 24th?

By: Michael S

Michael S — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:51:50 +0000

This might be the biggest DVR night of the week this year… I know many people and couples who were in a quandry about what to DVR and what to watch live to make sure they caught everything. For me, I DVRed Chuck, SCC, Prison Break, Heroes, and Life, so no conflicts… only two per hour. My friends who are married are forced to find a way to record Gossip Girl and DWTS also… will be interesting to see the DVR numbers when they come out.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:42:19 +0000

Mike G., pretty sure you’re mistaken about 24. All that’s planned for November is a 2 hour 24 movie, “Redemption” on November 23

By: Mike G.

Mike G. — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:26:55 +0000

According to the ads that they ran during TSCC last night, 24 is coming back at the end of Nov. The premiere will be on a Sun night, and I will assume then move to Mon after that.

Will be sad to see TSCC go, but I’m tuning into more cable shows myself, so it will just give me one more reason not to watch network television.

Not surprised about Life’s numbers at all, nor Chuck’s numbers honestly.

By: Deekshant

Deekshant — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:50:09 +0000

Did anyone notice that How I Met Your Mother came in second in the 18-34 demo?
*thank the lord*

I think the key demos are much more a priority than total viewers. Which advertiser cares if 75 year olds and toddlers are watching your show? The diaper guys maybe..

By: Mandi

Mandi — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:41:04 +0000

How many times does Fox have to kill a show before they realize that scheduling DOES matter?? Flashpoint was barely dragging by and set for the chopping block before its time slot got changed. “Shockingly”, its numbers sky rocketed and now its been picked up for a second season. I know that wasn’t Fox, but Fox killed Family Guy with its poor promotion and juggling time slots when it first came out. They cut the show and it was only because of CN that it was brought back. Now it’s one of Fox’s top rated shows!! I’m so tired of this. Fox knows bad ratings don’t happen in a vacuum. If the show is good, give it a chance to find an audience with a proper time slot. LIKE, I dunno… the one RIGHT AFTER BONES on Wednesday??

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:41:03 +0000

Fox has just confirmed via there ASKFOX email that the 22 episode season will be shown.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:18:11 +0000

The other thing about Boston Legal is at this point the ratings don’t matter much, and they aren’t going to change from week to week. The show is going into syndication and has a decided end date.

I love when they break the third wall like they did last night…Shatner – “Aren’t there any other time slots we haven’t tried?”

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:14:19 +0000

I’m a Chuck fan, so I turned one of my TVs in my house on to watch it last night. But lets be honest, NBC doesn’t really have any big time programs numbers programs. Hell the Office is outdrawing Heroes now. When you look at some of the crap fest programing that gets thrown out there Monday nights are absolutely brutal for TV shows in the 8 ET and 9 ET tv slot.

It really sucks for Josh Schwartz having Gossip Girl and Chuck on at the same time.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:13:28 +0000

i know boston legal doesn’t do well in demos but at least it didn’t drop 1-2 million viewers like most of all the other shows compared to last week.

By: bob

bob — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:22:16 +0000

from my experiances of keeping track of ratings and watching tv, ive noticed that FOX runs things very oddly. Some shows only get 3 episodes to perform and if they dont, they are off the air, but now they have 2 medioker shows, that are stilling running after multiple seasons. Another thing ive noticed, is FOX only promotes one or two things at a time. Right now they are only promoting Fringe. Last year they only promoted Terminator. So i dont know, but i dont think FOX really cares. In january, American Idol and 24 come back, so for now, it looks like they are counting on tuesdays with house and fringe to get them through the fall and hoping to dominate in the winter.

By: Reg

Reg — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:47:55 +0000

FOX needs to show support for it’s shows like it did 24. Move Terminator to a better time slot so that people will get a chance to view it. Up against a “family” get together show like DWTS is STUPID!

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:37:48 +0000

That Terminator is going to be cancelled is sadly not too surprising.

It ranked as the 6th most likely to be cancelled show in our spiffy new Renew / Cancel Index!

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/09/30/boston-legal-til-death-are-most-likely-to-be-cancelled/5382

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:36:00 +0000

If Fox goes through with this then it will be anotherperect excample of them putting the shows out to dry. They did it with Drive, Firefly and now PB.

By: R.G.

R.G. — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:35:29 +0000

If Sarah ends… then make it so – but–if Sarah ends…the end it right !!

By: R.G.

R.G. — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:32:20 +0000

Andrea says:
September 30th, 2008 at 10:08 am
^^^No matter where you move the bad shows to.It’s not the time or day it’s moved to, it’s the shows it self.

Nat: This is not necessarily true. Sometimes a move does help increase viewers. One example that comes to mind: Close To Home was a bubble show on Tuesdays at 10pm; it moved to Fridays at 9pm and grew in ratings.

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Also The Original CSI SEASON ONE was on Friday nights – then moved to Thursdays – the rest is history or shoulD I say “present”

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:27:11 +0000

Anthony:

http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/225108361/p/3

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:26:07 +0000

Andrea: Your right but it still earns money. As does PB.

By: LifeLover

LifeLover — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:25:28 +0000

About Life (my favorite show from last year), it seems to get about 20% as many tv ad spots as Chuck or Knight Rider. If NBC promoted the show like it did some of their “favorite children”, it might do better! And it still beat Chuck last night in total viewers, even with ads for Chuck all over NBC. (Not a Chuck-hater, it’s a good show. I just think NBC puts too little into promoting Life….And moving it around Mondays/Fridays to start the season isn’t going to help it either.)

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:24:22 +0000

Anthony,

Sutherland’s “misfortunes” have nothing to do why 24 skipped a season. It’s a midseason show that was the victim of the writers strike. Now it’s dealing with internal chaos: personnel and scripts.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:24:18 +0000

Jon, “good demos?”. There is absolutely *NO WAY* NBC will cancel Heroes with those demo numbers. It’s not even in the realm of possibility.