Rosie Live, the Rosie O'Donnell variety show did even worse than I imagined it would. I knew for sure that Liza Minelli wasn't going to be a huge draw for the 18-49 crowd, and I didn't think the show was a great idea, but I still figured it would do better than 5.04 million viewers and a 1.2/4 (rating/share) among 18-49 year olds. The CBS comedy block of The New Adventures of Old Christine and Gary Unmarried pulled a 2.1/7, bettering Rosie Live by 75% in the 18-49 demographic.
Bones outperformed Rosie Live by 125% among 18-49 year olds.
I'm not sure there was ever any national love affair with Rosie, but if there was, it's over. In the battle of Rosie vs. Barbara Walters, the old gal put a massive (massive!) beat down on Rosie. Though unfortunately they did not compete head-to-head, but at 10pm, the Barbara Walters Special averaged 11.65 million and a 3.0/9 among 18-49 year olds. When it comes to the battle of Rosie vs. Babs in primetime, at least as far as the ratings go, it's game, set and match for Barbara Walters.
If it's any consolation, Rosie had more viewers than the cancelled Pushing Daisies and beat it by a rounding sliver among 18-49 year olds (though with rounding, they both had a 1.2/4).
CBS' Criminal Minds was the night's most viewed show averaging 14.03 million and a 3.4/10 among 18-49 year olds.
This is the "Happy Thanksgiving" version, so there's no show data table today, but if you want to check out the half hourly data, Marc Berman has it posted.
Once again, ABC is stupid for airing new episodes on a holiday. I can’t wait to see Grey’s ratings tomorrow.
For Criminal Minds don’t mean it averaged a 14.44 million viewers with a 3.5/10
Whoops, missed a word! *Don’t you mean*lol
D, no, I didn’t. That was only the 9:30pm hour. I used both the 9p and 9:30p half hours to come up with the numbers above.
stop bein so mean to pushing daisies >< it deserves so much more respect
Julia, my program guide shows all nets with specials and repeats tonight (Grey’s shows as a two hour rerun of the season premiere). Assuming that’s right, I think it could’ve been that last year Thanksgiving Day was included in sweeps. This year, sweeps ended last night. My guide could be wrong but CSI and Grey’s list as repeats, Survivor is a clips show, etc…
robert… i seriously doubt 5 mill for a badly conceived pre thanksgiving oddly guested variety show on a mostly unseen network is the determining factor on rosie’s life and career. i like her but in no way would i have watched that thing unless i was in the mood to see a car wreck. her in a talk show or as a comedian is fine but you could see that this thing was gonna bomb from miles away.
and to be fair the rest of nbc’s lineup was a dud. deal or no deal just did a tiny bit better.
yes robert… grey’s is a rerun
Move over NCIS, Rosie skews to the really really old!
Is NBC even trying any more? Rosie? Rosie looks like the love child of Michael Moore and Keith Olbermann. I stumbled across Liza and nearly threw up. I thought she was dead. Well she did look dead. Maybe Ned from Pushing Daisies brought her back to life after she OD’d on pills and booze?
Pushing Daisies is a good show but its just too different and artsy for the masses. As for it being on the day before a holiday, that really didnt matter much. If Barbara Walters can rack up nearly 12 million viewers at 10pm, the holiday excuse doesnt hold water. Hopefully PD is wrapped in a memorable way – its deserves that much.
Tom, you and I saw it as being a bomb from miles away but apparently Ben Silverman didn’t see it. Or perhaps he merely figured, “it couldn’t do any worse than Knight Rider!” If so, it turns out it could and did do worse. Last week KR had a 1.5/4 in the 18-49 demo in the overnights.
ABC should have just burned of a second episode of Pushing Daisies, which cannot fall much lower anyway, instead of throwing PP in front of the bus.
If Rosie got the total viewers NCIS did, her show could skew even older and it wouldn’t really matter.
robert… to be honest if i was forced at gunpoint to watch one or the other… KR or rosie live… i’d have to go with rosie… and that’s just at gunpoint.
but again… it’s not like the other shows on the net or the competition had 20 million to her 5. it was all mostly crap last night. her was crappier of course. even the “hit” shows were down.
if i were her i’d do a low budgeted variety show on logo. (that is not an insult as i am not against the homosexuals)
bones held up very well, i thought it might have suffered more thn it did, so im pleased. PD isn’t exactly ending on a high lol.
Rosie bombed.
Rosie fared poorly, eh? Since she went political, she’s been unbearable. I’m feeling a bit of Schadenfreude
The variety show idea could have worked, but not with Rosie at the helm. I give it 3 more weeks before NBC pulls it.
Corey, it was never planned as a regular thing. I think NBC had the option to order three more shows, but based on the numbers that seems (even for NBC) quite unlikely. I’m pretty sure there are not currently any additional airings scheduled.
I did not expect much out of Rosie’s special, but I gave it a chance. I wanted it to surprise me. BUT it was awful to watch. I cringed so many times during it, it was an embarassment to the performing arts. I really wanted to like it. It was just ridiculous and rosie did a horrible acting job.
My aunt must be misinformed then. She said there’s a 2 hour special for Greys tonight, but she must not have realized it’s a repeat.