Comments on: iCarly, Burn Notice and WWE RAW top cable charts

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:48:42 +0000

To Nick who said, “It’s [the World Baseball Classic] just so incredibly empty and meaningless. Listening to some of these people attempting to attach some sort of significance to this has been beyond laughable.”

the WBC is about representing your country! and where are you from? i guess you just don’t have pride. i suppose your homeland’s not doing too well… that’s the only laughable matter, really.

aren’t you at least interested to see which country comes out top in baseball?

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:59:38 +0000

Anyone knows rating for “The L Word” and “Secret Diary of a Call Girl” finales?

By: Lighthope

Lighthope — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:52:23 +0000

Keeping Up With The Kardassians beats out Battlestar Galactica?! Gotta love Sci Fi channel and its policy of keeping low-rated shows around for longer than they deserve.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:38:00 +0000

Last week there were over 3,500 airings that had a P2+ rating of 0.0. We only see out to the 10ths and so there are several shows that are 0.0XX rather than 0.000. Those 0.0XX shows registered anywhere from 1K to 127K. I’m not exactly sure what to make of it since there were shows with a 0.1 P2+ average audience rating that had less viewers than some of the shows listed with a 0.0 rating. I’m guessing that all of them are in the realm of “Scratch” territory where Nielsen doesn’t really certify the results.

Last week there were less than 40 shows that didn’t even show up w/1000 viewers, more than 1/3rd of them were infomercials.

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:21:56 +0000

AniMatsuri, I think it was a couple of weeks ago when Bill or Robert said that there are LOTS of shows that are listed as 0 viewers. So none of them have to feel bad for being the only one at #14,000.

By: AniMatsuri

AniMatsuri — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:18:04 +0000

With over 14,000 shows on the air I wonder which one is 14,000th? They must feel really bad with their numbers.

By: jay

jay — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:57:26 +0000

I don’t want the FBI on my case but I have watched both iCarly and Hannah Montana. The formula seems to be a girl 12 year old boys like and 12 year old girls will pay to see in a concert or movie. BTW, if a network had 10 of the top 20 shows on the networks, like Nickolodean does … the difference is, ad success for shows tweens watch with their moms and dads and littler siblings has the greatest ( acc to industry figures ) is higher than for anything else on TV. Which is why the Parental TV watchdogs left right and center were formed in the 1960′s.

By: nkinsey

nkinsey — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:24:23 +0000

Poor Damages

By: sam

sam — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:27:37 +0000

matt……….no its done

By: Rico

Rico — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:41:31 +0000

GO WWE RAW! DOMINATINNGGGG

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:50:48 +0000

I have a feeling Trust Me might be renewed because it has sooo much product placement in it. Whole shows revolve around big name products so lots of promotion is at stake… maybe a little bit like Damages, which has already gotten renewed even with poor 2nd season ratings.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:00:25 +0000

I wish. But, outside of the top 20, there’s a fairly even distribution. ~25 shows above That’s So Raven and ~20 below.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:27:48 +0000

RJ, uh oh, when That’s So Raven ratings increase, so does the cutoff for cable show ratings reporting!

By: RJ

RJ — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:19:59 +0000

Disney Channel may be looking to increase the ratings for Thats So Raven. They moved it to 11:30pm. That should help increase their 12am and 12:30am.

By: RJ

RJ — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:18:06 +0000

Stephany,
Arent most of the Spongebob episodes repeats anyways?

By: Stephany

Stephany — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:36:38 +0000

wow iCarly is doing fantastic! But True Jackson higher than SpongeBob?! that’s just sad. BTW, I’m way out of the demo these three shows aim to (19) but I love them!

By: Yossel

Yossel — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:08:11 +0000

Do you take requests?

By: RJ

RJ — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:53:46 +0000

TNT is falling apart. Saving Grace has fewer viewers then most episodes of Leverage. Plus Saving Grace has had The Closer as a lead in many times. Trust Me is a huge loser with only 1 million viewers. Raising the Bar also sucks without the lead in support of The Closer. The Closer seems to be only a summer show, and it skews pretty old. TNT is lucky it has the 2.5-3 million for Leverage without a strong lead in.

That’s So Raven does pretty good for midnight.

By: Adrien

Adrien — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:52:27 +0000

Ratings for Degrassi please.

By: Casey Abell

Casey Abell — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:50:27 +0000

“How can anybody take seriously an event like this when the great majority of the top players sit it out, there are pitch counts that must be strictly adhered to, and it is being played in March, a month when so many are not yet in great playing shape?”

In fact, the quality of play has been quite high in the series, though the Dominican players obvously felt their collars tighten in the last of the eleventh. Players don’t look out of shape at all, and the pitch counts actually add to the strategy in the games. Some players are sitting out, but there’s plenty of top-level talent in the competition.

By: Jamelle

Jamelle — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:44:25 +0000

Yeah Monday night raw always brings ratings up for shows before/after. Robert i have a question, not about the ratings haha but about advertsiing. Do you have any clue how much advertisers pay for shows like Monday Night RAW, The CLOSER, BURN NOTICE, and MONK? like do you have any clue cause i dont lol!

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By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:39:24 +0000

But here’s the thing. How can anybody take seriously an event like this when the great majority of the top players sit it out, there are pitch counts that must be strictly adhered to, and it is being played in March, a month when so many are not yet in great playing shape? As is, there are too many issues and I can’t put them out of my mind when watching so it’s impossible for me, at least, to care one iota about any of it.

By: Casey Abell

Casey Abell — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:02:22 +0000

“It’s [the World Baseball Classic] just so incredibly empty and meaningless. Listening to some of these people attempting to attach some sort of significance to this has been beyond laughable.”

Tell that to the Netherlands team. From the way they were hooping, hollering, jumping around and generally cavorting last night after their incredibly exciting win over the Dominican Republic, they attach more than a little significance to this “beyond laughable” event.

I watched the proceedings on the MLB Network. It was honestly one of the most excting sports events I have ever witnessed. A 2-1 11-inning game where the Netherlands came from behind in the last of the eleventh. If you missed it, you missed something that beyond belief, not beyond laughable.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:12:56 +0000

Damages clocks its highest rating in over a month!!! Dare I say these last few episodes have a chance at getting back over a million?

And I’m also shocked at the WBC ratings. I love baseball but I don’t understand how anybody could be attracted to this thing. It’s just so incredibly empty and meaningless. Listening to some of these people attempting to attach some sort of significance to this has been beyond laughable.

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:46:47 +0000

“Why does the Monday 8pm rerun of NCIS consistently make the top 20? I can see the 7pm airings, or the Saturday night airings, but with everything that’s on broadcast tv at 8pm Monday. Plus none of the other weeknight 8pm reruns make the top 20.”

It is the Monday Night Raw bump. Every show in that spot has always done well in the ratings because many people watch USA as they wait for Monday Night Raw to begin.

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:07:42 +0000

Oops, I mixed up “Wheel of Fortune” with “The Price is Right”….I’m not up on my TV game shows…

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:04:03 +0000

i don’t think they are. TPIR is a CBS daytime show (not syndicated, I don’t think). It’s definitely not a cable show, and unfortunately we almost never see any info on its ratings, sorry.

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:58:59 +0000

Carl, The numbers for The Price is Right are included in the syndicated ratings post

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/04/wheel-of-fortune-tops-syndicated-with-121-million/13951

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:56:43 +0000

Could you post Price is Right numbers next week? I’ve asked for 4 weeks.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:47:06 +0000

Matt, what Holly and LJO say are true, but when I have seen U.S. of Tara results I have added them to the text of the post before the data table. Usually when that happens it’s near the bottom of the text. You can click on individual posts within the “top cable show” archive and hunt some of the numbers down.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/category/nielsen-top-cable-tv-show-ratings

As for whether it’s doing OK, from what I’ve seen of the numbers I’m guessing it’s doing OK enough for Showtime.

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:46:41 +0000

Matt, while I’m almost positive there have been ratings posted for Tara at some point or other I don’t recall them at all. But the show has already been renewed for a second season. So fear not. http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/02/11/united-states-of-tara-will-be-back-for-season-two/

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:33:17 +0000

Matt, from the bolded text above the chart: The top twenty would include premium cable, if any of those shows ever made the top twenty. But the additional show list is for advertising supported basic cable networks only. We do not see data directly for premium cable channels.

By: ljo

ljo — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:30:08 +0000

Matt, I’m not positive, but I believe Robert and/or Bill have said before that they don’t see ratings info for shows on premium cable channels. Maybe go out to Showtimes website and see if they have any info available. Or send them an e-mail and ask. The worst they can do is say no.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:55:33 +0000

Hopefully someone can help… I don’t remember ever reading any ratings for Toni Collette’s brilliant SHOWTIME series The United States of Tara. I really hope this gets picked up.. is it doing well?

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:39:35 +0000

Ant, I can definitely see Burn Notice climbing toward the double-digit barrier. USA definitely knows it has a hot hand right now, and they were pushing promotional material for season 3 the day they closed the door on season 2. (Which is sort of funny, given that the show got as big as it did through word-of-mouth. But the online marketing and PR in support of Burn Notice is second-to-none and it’s clearly working).

By: vic

vic — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:18:44 +0000

thanks for the icarly info, Hot Pocket. now i kind of want to watch an episode since i’m in their unintended demo (+20).

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:29:57 +0000

we don’t see the 18-49 data (or any demo data) for individual cable shows usually unless they’re issued in a press release or the network is otherwise promoting the numbers. Given Saving Grace’s numbers, I’m not expecting any releases.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:28:13 +0000

Not requesting data for a show that isn’t mentioned here but of one that is: any 18-49 demo data for “Saving Grace”?

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:47:31 +0000

@rebkell, see:

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/10/tnts-trust-me-struggles-like-charles-barkleys-swing/14258

By: rebkell

rebkell — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:39:34 +0000

I hope you just forgot or overlooked Trust Me this week and that it didn’t completely fall below everything on the list.

By: David4

David4 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:23:28 +0000

I love ICARLY and never thought it did that well!

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:03:40 +0000

Why does the Monday 8pm rerun of NCIS consistently make the top 20? I can see the 7pm airings, or the Saturday night airings, but with everything that’s on broadcast tv at 8pm Monday. Plus none of the other weeknight 8pm reruns make the top 20.

By: Ant

Ant — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:50:58 +0000

Can anyone else see Burn Notice breaking the double digit barrier?

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:41:27 +0000

stop asking him how shows did! he told you not to!

By: Adrien

Adrien — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:41:54 +0000

How did the new episode of The N’s Degrassi do?

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:22:02 +0000

DAMN at iCarly. 6.2 million viewers is a great number!

The show is very consistent in ratings. With every new episode of this past year charting in the top 5 with more than 5 million viewers. The only weeks it hasn’t been in the top 5 is when reruns have aired & even those have managed top 20 every week with the exception of two or three episodes.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:46:07 +0000

Robert, are those Adult Swim numbers above average? 3.1 million for an 11:00 airing of Family Guy is pretty impressive.

By: TomSD

TomSD — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:44:17 +0000

Stephanie: It’s because children show are very consisted. Shows like Heroes or Greys for example are inconsisted in their quality and because of that they’re bleeding viewers.
Kids are not dumb. If a show starts to get bad they’ll leave it faster than grown-ups.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:22:00 +0000

I’ve never heard of iCarly, so I can’t take it to task in such a public forum. But seriously … do parents have nothing better to do with their kids on the weekend than drop them in front of the television? (Says the girl with the 3-year-old nephew who has the entire Noggin schedule memorized, not to mention entire transcripts of Wow Wow Wubbzy stored in his little brain). It really blows my mind exactly how many of the cable shows in the top 20 are geared to children…