Comments on: Thursday Ratings: So You Think You Can Dance Leads Fox Win, Big Brother Falls

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:21:11 +0000

I know I sound like a broken record…but wtf NBC! Weren’t they splitting the bill for The Listener with CTV (from Canada). So it must of not been that expensive to keep. Am I right?

By the way, viewers in Canada will get to see the whole season on CTV.

By: jay

jay — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:32:15 +0000

SYTYCD is a show I watch muted while I’m doing something else, which is more than I can say for any reality show ever invented. I must have been really bored the night America voted on a BB contestant, because I vaguely recall losing severel IQ points while it happened. Watched the Listener to see if they were saving a good episode for last, but as I expected, after ten minutes I could tell they zigged when they should have zagged and made it even more sexless and altruistic than the premiere episode. That was the week that was – except I watched six hours of Family Guy. I suppose if Nielsen had decided to hook me to a box like they threatened, they would have had to smother with helium in a plastic bag.

By: Master Moron

Master Moron — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:07:17 +0000

Flipping, they tried having the viewers vote on who to send home during the first season and it sucked. There was no way for the players to back stab each other because the viewers would just vote the back stabbers out.

By: Don M

Don M — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:21:15 +0000

Our BB has done well without audience interaction. That is the trouble with a country that has mulipule time zones.

By: Flipping

Flipping — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:18:15 +0000

No wonder BB slipped. The way it’s done in the US is a YAWN! The audience really has no part of the show, so it’s just watching a bunch of tools in a house. At least in the UK the audience gets to evict people via telephone vote and feel like there is something to be connected to. BB US is basically just Survivor in a house…with bleached hair and man-scaping…

Click…

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:31:29 +0000

Catherine, if you were a Nielsen family, your viewing would have been counted in these numbers. The Live+Same Day ratings include DVR viewing through 3am the following day.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:29:59 +0000

Maybe some people went to see Harry Potter. I did. Recorded SYTYCD and BB. Watched them after I got home.

By: Jeff G

Jeff G — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:05:19 +0000

Allan, I don’t know how well Burn Notice did, but, I enjoyed it.

By: Allan

Allan — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:13:53 +0000

yawn….tell me what i really care about, how did burn notice do!

(yes, i know, it goes in the weekly cable review)

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:52:24 +0000

Its amazing how bad Greys Anatomy does when in repeats. CBS really is the best network it mightin bring in the big 18-49 numbers during the peak season but overall it does well.

By: The1337

The1337 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:50:22 +0000

Wow, The Listener did way better. To bad all the new viewers aren’t going to see the rest of the season.

By: gmyers

gmyers — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:47:51 +0000

Mentalist should be so big next season! I really can’t wait.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:41:11 +0000

ABC’s summer ratings are really bad this year. Which is bad because it doesnt give them much to promote their new shows.