Comments on: Friday Ratings: Dateline Puts NBC On Top

By: Opal

Opal — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:26:09 +0000

Naah Mental is gone for sure, it’s too boring,

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:37:47 +0000

The exile of Mental to Friday by Fox indicates to me that it’s a goner, but with summer shows it’s not nearly as clear cut as in the regular season.

By: Mike G.

Mike G. — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:32:39 +0000

Any insights into the fate of Mental?? I have no interest in the show at all, but I’m just curious if anyone knows what Fox’s expectations were for it. Does it have a better chance of renewal as a summer series when compared with something like Goode Family?

By: Theoacme

Theoacme — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:51:15 +0000

Jane: I take it you have the HDTV equipped with the new beta version of the V-chip?

The problem is this – neither T:SCC, Dollhouse, nor Chuck fans will like it, as it also scans TVBTN for controversial subjects and slanging matches, detects the shows involved, and blocks them by turning itself off…

…come to think of it, no more Presidential press conferences

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:09:27 +0000

My TV actually turns itself off when The Goode Family comes on. I guess it has standards.

By: ljo

ljo — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:25:22 +0000

^Slightly less chance than a snow ball has in hell.

By: e. carson

e. carson — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:21:34 +0000

Any chance of The Goode Family returning next season?

By: Theoacme

Theoacme — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:08:07 +0000

That family isn’t very Goode, is it?

I’d hate to be the (Mike) Judge who has to sentence this show to death…

…on the Chopping Block, this family won’t survive Suburbia, according to Jim, since the numb3rs do not add up at the flashpoint of overnight demos…

…and if it does, ABC will not be smarter than a 5th grader, and they will have lost the game, and NBC will be privileged to see this dateline:

“New York: Disney/ABC vision no longer 20/20; Ghost Whisperer goes Mental as Goode Family won’t shut up – and everyone hates Chris much less than they thought as a result…”

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:03:36 +0000

cant wait for new seaons of Ghoast Wisper Numbers and Flashpoint

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:28:05 +0000

I actually like The Goode Family. It’s not “art,” but then not much on TV is.

However, it *is* infinitely better than the dreck that precedes (Surviving Suburbia) and follows it (According to Jim). But that’s the American public for you. Ratings rarely = quality.

By: romo

romo — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:46:18 +0000

People turn the tv back on for “according to jim” ? now thats a scary thought.

By: jay

jay — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:45:57 +0000

I wonder how the Mentalist and NCIS will be doing in the demo two years from now? Probably Ghost Whisperer summer reruns numbers. ( And nobody will care about or remember this two years from now to prove me wrong.) My Friday night q. is: Is anybody at ABC or NBC smarter than a 5th grader?

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:45:15 +0000

Master, how about the simple answer? People don’t like the show.

By: Master Moron

Master Moron — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:34:05 +0000

I still don’t understand why The Goode Family gets such low ratings. I mean, from the ratings it looks like people are actually watching Surviving Suburbia, turning off the TV when The Goode Family comes on and then turning the TV back on when According to Jim comes on.

By: daniel

daniel — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:10:45 +0000

what happened on dateline last night

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:53:44 +0000

Sorry, I meant maybe you should add “(new to NBC)”. Weird territory of being an encore of an online presentation.

By: The1337

The1337 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:42:55 +0000

I wonder how The Mentalist or NCIS would do on Fridays.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:38:50 +0000

Dan, where do you see that in this post?

Are you perhaps referring to a past post with Law & Order: CI? In which case that episode was new to NBC.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:38:01 +0000

Chopping Block has been on NBC.com for awhile; not sure if that qualifies as a “(new to NBC.com)”