Comments on: Updated Thursday Ratings: CBS wins night of mostly reruns

By: Kathy B.

Kathy B. — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:30:49 +0000

Thursdays may be for men/boys but this “girl” watches the Thursday CW shows as do many of the female posters I have encountered. It certainly doesn’t hurt that the leads on these shows are very easy on the eyes.

By: Don

Don — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:46:05 +0000

“this week’s Pushing Daisies had twice the ratings as this week’s Smallville.”

Smallville is currently in RERUNville

Thank You.

New episodes in January for Smallville and FOX’s Fringe yeaaaaaaaaaa.

By: GRD

GRD — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:33:34 +0000

The fact that “Smallville” has become crap on toast (and that’s coming from someone who used to watch it every week without fail) should factor into all this, I would think. But unfortunately, with the CW’s tiny ratings, I suppose even crap on toast looks tasty to them.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:18:54 +0000

Holly, I’m not sure you can really argue with a troll who two weeks running has exclaimed that Pushing Daisies on Wednesday had twice the ratings of REPEATS Thursday on the CW.

While it is true that PD does attract more women than men, and one could I suppose leap to it making sense for the CW’s stated goals, PD does not fare well with women 18-34. PD generally is around a 1.8 rating w/F18-34 while Gossip Girl is doing about a 3.6 in that demo.

By: Holly

Holly — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:11:17 +0000

Wait… are we arguing about whether the CW should dump Smallville for Pushing Daisies or about the CW’s Mon-Wed plan (which involves neither Smallville nor Pushing Daisies)?

BTW, the last original episode of Smallville got 4.18 million viewers and a 1.7 in the demo; the last PD got 4.67 million and a 1.6.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:51:52 +0000

The announced goals of the CW only apply to Mondays through Wednesdays. Sunday is, well, that’s not clear to me at this point. I guess it’s “we can’t compete, we give up and will air reruns of Jericho/cheap movies” night. Thursdays are for men/boys with science fiction/fantasy style programming. Friday is urban comedies and Saturday is thrown back to affiliates. Half the days the CW programs don’t target the announced goals.

P.S. you can spell “troll”, too.

By: April's First Post

April's First Post — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:41:36 +0000

I can spell biased, testosterone and misogynist.

I think your testosterone level combined with your misogynist attitude has left you blindly biased against the announced goals of the CW.

As my southern gentile aunt taught me to say… “Well, God bless him.”

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:47:30 +0000

definition of trolling: someone who can spell glossary and daisies correctly who would then compare a repeat (yes, I repeat, a REPEAT) of Smallville on the CW with a new airing of a show on ABC. Then deliberately misspell “super” and Nickelodeon while saying that a boy with super powers on the CW doesn’t belong on a grown up’s channel while a man with special powers does.

By: April's First Post

April's First Post — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:45:51 +0000

touche’…although, to be fair, I said SUPPER Powers, not Super powers. Since the pie man makes his pies with rotten fruit, touching the fruit and bringing it back to glorious fruition…maybe he does have supper powers.

By: Chris the TV Sage

Chris the TV Sage — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:31:58 +0000

AFP: A show about some boy with supper powers belongs on nickelodian, not on a grown up0 person’s channel.

Super powers like…… raising the dead with a single touch?

By: April's First Post

April's First Post — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:09:07 +0000

Well, at the risk of being accused of “trolling” (whatever that is, wish you had a glossary)…

this week’s Pushing Daisies had twice the ratings as this week’s Smallville.

Pushing Daisies would be considered a hit on CW

Pushing Daisies would fit into the announced goals of the head of CW

A show about some boy with supper powers belongs on nickelodian, not on a grown up0 person’s channel.

Just my opinion, not worth spit as you all know

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:41:29 +0000

*looks at ratings for Million Dollar Password*
I know the other networks would kill for those kinds of numbers, but i’m guessing CBS is eagerly counting the days until Survivor: Tocantins starts up. And I am too. Feb 12 can’t come soon enough.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:39:15 +0000

Compared to True Blood, Private Practice is tame! Some of the stuff on TB makes me glad the major networks have a certain amount of censorship. Less can definitely be more, and probably should be in an awful lot of cases.

I think Practice is a badly written show with a fine cast that makes the most of what they’re given. I’ll keep up with it, most likely, especially after ER is gone.

By: WED

WED — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:11:11 +0000

^ Oprah has an ego nooo. lol

By: Joe Cool

Joe Cool — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:26:34 +0000

Secret Millionaire is over? If so, Im glad. I reminds me of Oprahs Big Give. Though Oprah was worse because she just did it to boost her already overinflated ego – to go along with her inflating waist line.

By: Joe Cool

Joe Cool — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:24:37 +0000

I dont watch Private Practice, but caught the last 5 minutes. It looks more like something that should be on HBO or Showtime. They sure dont leave much to the imagination.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:58:34 +0000

Pru, if Private Practice only keeps 65% of the lead-in it will be an improvement both over its Wednesday numbers and Life On Mars.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:42:58 +0000

Rachel, for now,it’s already over. Whether Fox does another run of it remains to be seen. With the numbers it pulled, as low cost programming, I wouldn’t be surprised to see it have another run.

By: pru

pru — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:42:00 +0000

A repeat of Private Practice gets roughly the same ratings as an original, new episode of Pushing Daisies. Proof indeed that Private Practice was the only ABC show off-air for 10 months worth saving.

If it can retain anything near the 80% of it’s lead-in’s figures in it’s new Thursday night slot (as the repeats have so far done), then it will rise up through the renew/cancel index. B&S only manages to hold onto 65% of it’s DH lead-in.

By: Rachel P

Rachel P — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:40:39 +0000

I’m confused. Is Secret Millionaire over now already? o_O

By: BIG DADDY

BIG DADDY — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:39:20 +0000

I bet univision has great numbers in North Dakota & Minnesota.

By: Johnthemon

Johnthemon — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:52:23 +0000

Late december is just *yawn* boring isn’t it?

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:36:09 +0000

it wasn’t new. everything besides what was highlighted in the text above and Univision programming was repeats.

By: cool

cool — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:28:08 +0000

Eleventh Hour was new? according to thefutoncritic.com, it was a repeat.

http://thefutoncritic.com/listings.aspx?date=12/18/08&filter=repeats

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:07:50 +0000

30 Rock aired twice last night, ~~but, apparently i added the same data for both half hours. will fix.~~ actually i didn’t. I do need caffeine, but the 30 Rock data is correct

By: cool

cool — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:04:52 +0000

It looks like Private Practice will retain ~80% of Grey’s Anatomy audience, good news for them.

Why CBS keeps bringing back ‘Password’? it was last in 18-34, talk about older skewing.

btw, you have 30 Rock twice