Comments on: Thursday Ratings: ABC Fawcett Tribute Wins Duel of Specials, But Fox Wins Night

By: glenn

glenn — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:01:31 +0000

Am I the only one in the world that doesn’t get SYTYCD? It’s sooo bad and sooo lame. Judges cackling, Judges with big ugly chicklet teeth, “dance for your life”. I don’t get it

By: RJ

RJ — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:09:54 +0000

Anything for Royal Pains yet?

By: Chris the TV Sage

Chris the TV Sage — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:10:43 +0000

Kay, this is what this site does everyday. You expect them to change based on what you find to be “crass”?

By: Kay

Kay — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:05:20 +0000

It’s rather crass to compare which obituary tribute got the most viewers, don’t you think?

By: NMW

NMW — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:42:05 +0000

I am about ready to cancel my cable and buy books. TV is not what it used to be.

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A Sensible America Endures « The Rhetorican — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:37:19 +0000

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By: Denise

Denise — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:33:36 +0000

I haven’t watched network tv in years, even my local news channels, I get my news from Fox and local stuff from the web

By: don

don — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:48:16 +0000

can probably get rid of that question mark after mentalist

By: Russ

Russ — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:39:53 +0000

Samantha Who should have never been cancelled, and Burn Notice, always was great, but DVR most all last night to watch Micheal Jackson tribute, still hard to believe and still brings a tear to my eye.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:19:31 +0000

Funny that more people watched a repeat of CSI than watch the specials on Michael Jackson on the 9pm hour.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:58:05 +0000

Julian, my guess is that MTV doesn’t release a press release with those numbers, but I’ll look for them on Tuesday’s weekly report.

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:53:06 +0000

Can we get ratings for the speials on MTV is going to do and how they are doing with the Michael Jackson videos all day? Same with VH1 and BET. The best tribute you can give the King of Pop, one of the greatest of all time is play his music non-stop on TV and Radio.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:52:20 +0000

BTO, D’oh! My subconscious controls all! Tastefully modified.

By: Shem

Shem — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:45:00 +0000

The CW did better than last time.

By: BTO

BTO — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:09:54 +0000

“Dead even?” Really, you elected to use that phrase?

By: John

John — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:00:38 +0000

Strange to watch the specials about M.J. Maybe it’s just me but it feels like he’s been gone for a long time, the entertainer anyway. The last decade or so he’s really been nothing more than a pop culture oddity. When he was in his prime, before all the scandals, his talent was unmatched.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:38:03 +0000

@Sam

That’s because it was non-stop Jackson on the cable news, and Farrah was pushed aside there.

By: sam

sam — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:30:08 +0000

a little odd that all the prime time Farrah coverage got more viewers than Jackson RIP both

By: RJ

RJ — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:04:18 +0000

Yes, The Mentalist was on at 8pm. I watched a bit of it.

By: ihate2fly

ihate2fly — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:53:29 +0000

Weird TV night. I ended up DVRing USA’s BN and RP. The cable news ratings are probably up and the non-music cable ratings are probably down. I see MTV, VH1 Classic, BET, and Fuse are all-MJ-videos-all-the-time today.

By: Don

Don — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:05:27 +0000

CBS special was called “The Life and Death of Michael Jackson”. It was all about him, with a very brief brief segment on Farrah.

thefutoncritic confirms mentalist aired at 8

By: R.G.

R.G. — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:56:29 +0000

FOX will be re-airing American Idol Top 13 …The tribute performances of the Michael Jackson songs they did early in the season…it re-airs this Monday Nite

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:50:28 +0000

Samantha Who? and In the Motherhood were very funny as usual! I’m sad they got canceled. At least I still have Better Off Ted.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:37:18 +0000

Just noticed. CBS actually ran The Mentalist in the first hour at 8. I’m Central time so it was 7 for us. Weird TV night to be sure.

On and off I watched a lot of Keith Olberman on MSNBC. He was on live from 7 Eastern replacing Chris Mathews show, his own show, and Rachel Maddow’s too, and his and Rachel’s repeats, until 11 Eastern.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:30:47 +0000

CBS had a tribute to Farrah Fawcett in the middle of their Michael Jackson tribute.

Nigel gave a nice acknowledgment to Ed McMahon (for Star Search finds and for The Tonight Show), Farrah, and a larger one to Michael Jackson (for his contribution to dance and music) on So You Think You Can Dance. You could tell that they were all a bit subdued on that show since it was live. Cat, who usually does not look like she is reading her cue cards, was very obviously doing so. And the elimination was a bit rushed. They mentioned that FOX apparently is rerunning some special Jackson show on Monday night but I am not sure of the details.

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:20:15 +0000

Also, in the spirit of correcting Bill, I didn’t watch the CBS special, but it was on briefly while I was in the living room, and it seemed like they were talking about Farrah Fawcett as well as Michael Jackson. But someone who actually watched it would have to confirm.

By: Master Moron

Master Moron — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:18:48 +0000

Samantha Who may have done badly, but it still gets twice as many viewers as Better Off Ted, so why did ABC renew Better Off Ted and cancel Samantha Who?

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:18:06 +0000

The_1337, Samantha Who? and In the Motherhood were not repeats. But I was flipping back and forth between ABC and NBC all through the 9 pm hour. They were not exactly the same, though they were similar. But ABC had Barbara Walters (at least for the Farrah Fawcett part) which is probably why it beat NBC and CBS.

By: rob

rob — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:15:25 +0000

samantha who didnt do too bad considering no promotion. if it would have been promoted, it wouldve done better but ABC wont promote a show they cancelled. i really will never know why ABC cancelled Samantha Who? Fans of the show now vow they will not watch any ABC shows in Fall unless it is brought back.

I cant blame people not watching ABC shows. They all just get cancelled. its ridiculous.

By: The_1337

The_1337 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:11:50 +0000

It’s weird how people watched the ABC ones even though no one watches their reruns. I didn’t watch any specials, but how much were they different? If the casual viewer doesn’t tune in to the ABC reruns, what made them stick to ABC for the Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson specials?

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:49:31 +0000

gmeyers, in cases like that a typo by me is always the likely alternative, but in this case, that 2.5 for 18-34 was actually a rounding error from one of our sources. It should have been a 2.4. Will fix.

By: gmyers

gmyers — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:46:32 +0000

Is it really possible that SYTYCD got a 2.5 in both 18-49 and 18-34?!?

By: ABCHasProblems

ABCHasProblems — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:40:33 +0000

ABC should’ve put an AFV repeat on @ 8. That probably would’ve performed a lot better than Sam Who?/ITM. Even reruns of The Office did better!

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:39:51 +0000

Thanks for the corrections. I have a feeling I may be making them all day.

By: Don

Don — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:38:02 +0000

Also Farrah has two Rs

By: Don

Don — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:37:23 +0000

Correction: NBC at 10pm might have been a mix, but I think it was just Farrah

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:27:15 +0000

Don, thanks for the heads up, the line up above was what we got from our sources. Will adjust.

By: ABCHasProblems

ABCHasProblems — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:26:26 +0000

The 20/20 specials on ABC were different. The one @ 9 was about Michael Jacksn, which consisted mainly of old interviews. The one @ 10 was about Farrah Fawsett and had new interviews, which won the hour for ABC.

By: Joe R

Joe R — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:25:13 +0000

Yesterday was a very weird day with Jackson and Fawcett dying and the office was on at 8pm instead of 30 rock

By: Don

Don — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:23:46 +0000

Also, NBC showed The Office at 8 and 830 and did not show 30 Rock.

By: Don

Don — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:23:21 +0000

To be accurate, 9pm on ABC and NBC was solely Jackson and 10pm was solely Fawcett. CBS at 10pm was Jackson.