Comments on: Tuesday Ratings: CBS Repeats Win Again; Diamonds Not ABC's Best Friend

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:24:21 +0000

Rod, thanks for the catch. It was my typo, the correct number, now in the table, is 5.72 million.

By: Rod

Rod — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:37:36 +0000

Bill,

I think there is an error. 2.27 cannot be right for 8pm for TV’s Funniest Phrases.

By: Bad Robot !

Bad Robot ! — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:43:55 +0000

I guess they thought since The Mentalist was a success, then something called Mental would be too.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:44:04 +0000

I haven’t made my mind up on Mental yet, the pilot didn’t jump out at me as something fantastic but I’ll give it a second epiosde before ditching it. As far as the numbers go its hard to know what Fox really wanted for the show but a 2.1 seems pretty good all things considered and the fact that it held steady throughout the hour will keep them happy as well.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:18:14 +0000

I still don’t know why “yada, yada, yada* beat “d’oh!”…

By: catko

catko — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:38:15 +0000

Brian et. al, we are working for a Season Three. Everything we’re hearing is sounding GOOD for the syndication deal for Reaper Season 3. People have had very positive responses from CW affiliates they’ve written. Today we received word that two of the biggest Tribune-owned CW markets in Texas are interested, and since Tribune owns a boatload of affiliates, it’s thought if the Tribune stations come on board, Season 3 is a lock. If you’re concerned about how show creators Fazekas & Butters’ new contract at Fox will affect the show, or Tyler Labine’s new series, we have updates on that too.

We still need fans to show their support; we have about ONE WEEK to get across our love for this show! All links and details here: http://tinyurl.com/reaperlatest

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:55:39 +0000

Playe, I don’t watch either show, so I really don’t care. I love Lost, so I think I’ll get into Fringe too. But there are some who still debate it intensely.

By: shelly

shelly — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:20:23 +0000

Diamond was a one-time miniseries and not a regular show. At least that’s what I thought it was.

By: Jon K

Jon K — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:29:41 +0000

Mental is an international co-production, so presumably it doesn’t need as high ratings to be a success. We don’t know what FOX was expecting for it, but given that it’s summer I wouldn’t consider it a failure.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:18:49 +0000

Total failure of new shows like Mental and Diamond will pave the way for more and more reality TV.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:11:07 +0000

i think i will be whacing a Crimnal Minds re run at 10pm i havent seen them all and Law and Order

By: Jon K

Jon K — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:03:35 +0000

Or people who were watching something else when the episode first aired – like American Idol. That has taken up many hours of airtime on Tuesdays.

By: Jon K

Jon K — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:00:15 +0000

Probably people who missed the episode when it first aired. All the reruns last night were procedurals – shows that you don’t need to watch every week for the story to make sense – so people don’t worry about missing an episode.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:49:46 +0000

I never watch repeats and know very few people that do. Who are these people that are watching them???

By: playe

playe — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:47:46 +0000

Doug, quit it. It is quite a known fact that The mentalist is the smash hit of the season. quit shoving it in people’s faces. People DO enjoy watching Fringe.

By: Chief

Chief — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:57:52 +0000

Mental’s numbers actually look pretty decent considering that Fox essentially spent nothing on the show. The show itself blew, but I have to at least appreciate the thought of original scripted programming during the summer season.

By: ken

ken — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:46:01 +0000

Pix, the dumbest shows ever are still to come, Wipeout which is a guilty pleasure and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here which just makes you want to have a shower are yet to come.

By: Pix

Pix — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:31:34 +0000

Mental is the dumbest show ever. Kinda like a bad, boring, terribly filmed, cheap version of House.

By: Paul PT

Paul PT — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:25:01 +0000

Without a trace repeats are gold to CBS! what a mistake! far better than cold case repeats, or medium all new! and much more tv programms in television this season.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:02:20 +0000

network tv in the summer is putting me to sleep soon will be whacing all the stuff on Tnt usa and Hbo

By: Jenna

Jenna — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:55:04 +0000

Ok just realized you were talking about “Mental” and not “The Mentalist”…sorry! I haven’t watched that one yet. I’ll have to check it out!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:53:28 +0000

I like The Mentalist…I think it’s an interesting show and Simon Baker isn’t exactly bad to look at! No, but seriously…I like his quirky character and the show intrigues me…

By: Ecka

Ecka — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:44:38 +0000

Incredible how NCIS repeats are stomping all over the competition, particularly House. That’s a pathetic showing for it & I’m skeptical how effective a lead-in it is for Mental, even assuming Mental was watchable (which I don’t think it is, I think we’ll see a huge drop in viewership over the next week ot two).

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:35:43 +0000

I will probably give it another shot next week but I thought Mental was awful. I could barely get through the whole episode but the previews for next week did look a bit more promising.

By: BigBreadStick

BigBreadStick — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:35:15 +0000

That Mental show, which I didn’t watch, didn’t seem to have much promo. I might have seen about 2 spots for it in the past couple weeks. I think too the general TV audience isn’t really watching for new shows in the summertime, they just sorta think TV is for reality timewasting and don’t really get involved.

By: Scott R

Scott R — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:19:19 +0000

Mental was completely terrible…I can’t imagine it will last past the third episode.

So, so bad…

By: shelly

shelly — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:16:37 +0000

R.G., was this the V trailer ABC showed or was it another one?

By: djm

djm — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:15:04 +0000

wow. epic fail for ABC.

By: rob

rob — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:09:13 +0000

So “yad yada yada” is the #1 catchphrase of all time ?

its good but not #1 good….& how did “whatchu talkin bout willis” not make the list.

By: R.G.

R.G. — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:08:47 +0000

ABC must be kicking themselves – CW edged them out of the 18-49…okay, okay it’s small but still a feat for CW being near the big networks…

I noticed ABC put a 3 minute trailer out for “V” … I’m surprised how good it appears – it looks tempting to check out when it airs…

By: Some guy named John

Some guy named John — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:59:08 +0000

ThomasP says: “FOX apparently likes the crazy doctor stuff. With Mental, they now have two shows where a brilliant doctor is the head of a department at a hospital, clashes with his female boss, and uses break-ins at the patient’s house to further his treatment or diagnosis.”

I was thinking the same thing 10 minutes into the show… I know rebranding the same show and airing at another time works for CBS (ex: CSI/NCIS), but it doesn’t mean every network needs to do the same thing.

By: Douglas

Douglas — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:53:33 +0000

I liked Mental it was great in my opinion. I will definitely watch it again.

By: OpeningDayGuy09

OpeningDayGuy09 — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:51:59 +0000

Doug you are so right! The Mentalist does really well in the area every show is supposed to succeed in and that’s repeats b/c just look at NCIS’ numbers on USA. Dollar Dollar Bill coming to that show 4 life.

By: Terry

Terry — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:51:13 +0000

I don’t get how cw can just dump reaper….I have never seen it but it is pulling good numbers for the cw…I hope that it can come back as a syndicated show for all u fans!

Me and my family love wipeout!!! 1 show we can all watch and just laugh the whole hour!!!We will be watching!!~~~

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:33:01 +0000

Those Mentalist repeat numbers demonstrate why it, and not Fringe, was the smash hit of the season, for those still debating it.

By: LJ

LJ — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:28:38 +0000

Side note: I’d love to see The Goode Family do well and maybe they’ll grab up King of the Hill to pair with it – leave Fox with it’s Seth McFarlane sunday night. They only need to exile the Simpsons for the conversion to be complete.

By: So Cal

So Cal — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:28:03 +0000

12 mil for Mentalist repeats? Old people must really want their Patrick Jane fix!

By: ThomasP

ThomasP — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:19:17 +0000

FOX apparently likes the crazy doctor stuff. With Mental, they now have two shows where a brilliant doctor is the head of a department at a hospital, clashes with his female boss, and uses break-ins at the patient’s house to further his treatment or diagnosis.

By: Jimmy McAwesome

Jimmy McAwesome — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:17:29 +0000

if i was fox i would have launched mental after so you think you can dance

By: Dario

Dario — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:14:16 +0000

ABCFanatic, they are just some stupid summer shows..who cares about them…

By: AniMatsuri

AniMatsuri — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:13:32 +0000

Surely I wasn’t the only one not even aware of the Diamonds mini-series?

By: chet

chet — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:11:22 +0000

mental was so so
ill give it another look as with some of the above im undecided
diamonds is boring had a hard time getting into it
the actors seemed a little wooden and the story dragged IMO
shouldnt take so long to get the plot up and running…
i liked reaper
thought for a sec they were gonna kill off sock-for his other series

thanks hack for the name
yeah he steals the show
now whos the crazy nutjob in fringe that steals the show?
ive seen him somewhere before but i cant place it

ok fandom aside
too bad for reaper to do badly in its finale
like i said before IMO this show is
underappreciated on that network

funny that we are seeing repeats doing so well
is that normal for summer?
guess when people get into a routine
they stick to it
looks like CBS doesnt need to air anything new this summer
they got it covered with repeats
lolz

By: ABCFanatic

ABCFanatic — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:07:14 +0000

Is TVByTheNumbers going to add Mental and Diamonds to the Cancel/Renew Index?

Well I think those 2 shows are doom.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:01:04 +0000

That 2.27 for Tv’s Funniest Phrases at 8pm can’t be right.

By: brian

brian — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:54:17 +0000

Save Reaper!

By: horse_horror

horse_horror — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:52:43 +0000

Last night’s ratings were a total bore. ABC’s return of Superstars and Got Talent on NBC can’t get here fast enough.

I hope NCIS: LA does well but I hate CBS’ acquisitions of The Good Wife and Medium replacing Trace and Eleventh Hour. Moving The Mentalist makes no sense at all unless they were going to move it to Thursdays at 9pm. Like they always say. Unless its broke don’t fix it.

I can’t wait for ABC Summer Wednesday tonight. Everything is new and exciting. Two premieres with my summer favorite Wipeout then Judge’s series premiere of The Goode Family. Then my guilty pleasure Surviving Suburbia. Only bad thing is The Unusuals which would’ve been a decent ratings player had it not been for the bad programming of having it goes against genre siblings Law & Order and dominating New York.

By: GEORGE 11

GEORGE 11 — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:48:55 +0000

very good numbers for reaper…but hitched or diched…..just awful!!!

By: CP

CP — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:47:49 +0000

I was intrigued by Mental. I’ll watch it again and hope it stays that way.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:45:50 +0000

I was very dissapointed with mental and I’m sure that I’m not alone.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:39:44 +0000

I really didn’t like Mental. I’ll give it another shot…but i’m not sure.