Comments on: iCarly, Burn Notice, The Closer, Royal Pains, WWE RAW and Monk top week's cable shows

By: Nora

Nora — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:45:00 +0000

I hope Burn Notice STAYS on USA. It’s the perfect place for it and I prefer most USA programming to anything on the networks these days. (with the exception of NCIS)

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:57:55 +0000

Sam, Monday, August 3rd at 10pm on Bravo My Life on The D List averaged 660K. A rebroadcast (I’m guessing) immediately after at 11pm averaged 334K. It’s close to a million, but only if you add both the first and second airings together. Bravo might report that as a million in a press release (not sure), but if *we* reported ratings for all shows that way shows like iCarly, NCIS and SpongeBob would all have a gazillion viewers. So we don’t report numbers that way here.

By: sam

sam — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:51:58 +0000

kathy debut pulled 1 million vierwes…not its at 650k

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:02:22 +0000

Julia, completely forgot (helped by the issue that very few people read those). I will post it within the next couple of hours.

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:38:23 +0000

Where are the Neilsen cable network ratings for last week? I do not see them posted yet.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:10:05 +0000

Didn’t Kathy Griffin’s show break a record with its debut this year?

And I REALLY hope “Saving Grace” gets renewed. Holly Hunter is so brilliant in that gig

By: SleeperActiveCompass

SleeperActiveCompass — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:55:15 +0000

How high did Kathy’s D-List ever go?

I will breathe a collective sigh of relief when Jon & Kate are off the air.

I’m glad Melissa is pulling close to 2 million on the Food Network. They’re desperate for their next Rachael Ray-esque franchise.

By: Number Cruncher

Number Cruncher — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:33:43 +0000

People are continuing to get turned off by Jon and Kate. They only attracted 3.5 million for Monday’s episode.

http://www.usmagazine.com/news/jon-and-Kate-ratings-continue-to-plummet-2009138

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By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:34:00 +0000

I’ll have to say folks – your requests were excellent. Nice to see the numbers for many shows I was curious about. Surprised they continue to air Kathy Griffin’s show – pretty low numbers, even for Bravo… Too bad about Dark Blue, but it is a poorly executed show. Raising The Bar has improved a lot since the first season – hope it sticks around….

By: JP

JP — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:50:00 +0000

I am really surprised that Warehouse 13 and Eureka are not being as well received as I thought they would. Both shows are remarkably well scripted and quite frankly, fun to watch. Hopefully, both will see a deserved rise in viewership in the weeks ahead.

By: William

William — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:23:22 +0000

At what point will NBC need to tap the USA shows or even move a show or two to the peacock network permanently?

And for my eight year old daughter, where is Hannah Montana in the ratings? Wasn’t that a top 10 power at one time?

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:21:12 +0000

Ron #1, chalk it up to bad eyesight. Ten Dollar Dinners: 1.756M

And for whoever was asking for Raising the Bar: 3.420 million

and now, definitely no more requests

By: Ron #1

Ron #1 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:15:21 +0000

How come Mike’s request for 10 Dollar Dinners was not published?

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:39:08 +0000

Ah, I see.

By: Number Cruncher

Number Cruncher — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:20:44 +0000

The week with the BET Awards and the Jon and Kate divorce episode (they were the number 1 and 2 shows that week). I remember that week had 10-12 shows with over 5 million viewers.

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:17:41 +0000

Wow, has there been a week with as many cable shows over 5 million?

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:45:56 +0000

Robert, what happened to no more requests? :p

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:42:32 +0000

Can you please post the numbers for Raising The Bar? thanks!

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:17:23 +0000

For whomever was asking about Real Housewives of Atlanta — I thought I had posted the press release last week, but I guess it was for the week before. Last week it did 2.696M

Rescue Me = 1.237M. .

Curious, we’ll see those #s NEXT week (this is for through Sunday) if not sooner.

By: Curious

Curious — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:25:35 +0000

How that dreadful Jon & Kate+8 do 8/10/09?
Thanks!

By: JammyJam

JammyJam — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:21:22 +0000

My fault, I overlooked it before. ABDC: 2.289M, damn they really should’ve left it on Thursdays. It got crushed.

By: gustavo

gustavo — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:08:06 +0000

i just wanna know the ratings of my favorite show on cable rescue me?

By: Shem

Shem — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:55:29 +0000

Hey thanks, I love that show. Cable ratings are seeming much more interesting than Broadcast TV. Too bad for Millionaire.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:48:14 +0000

Shem, wonder no more. In viewers, absolutely with many airings beating D-List by wide margins. The best Touched By an Angel averaged 1.24M on Tuesday at 9p.

By: ABCHasProblems

ABCHasProblems — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:35:11 +0000

It’s nice to see the iCarly special take 3 of the top 20 spots, but Nickelodeon is overexposing it. In just two days, 17 million total viewers watched the special in 3 different airings, including 2 primetime spots. That should be enough for Nickelodeon, yet another rerun of the special aired last night @ 8. They have another rerun scheduled for this Saturday @ 8. This insanity reminds me of earlier this year when ABC frequently aired low-rated Scrubs reruns.

By: Jose

Jose — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:25:26 +0000

THANKS ROBERT! No one gives out Fairly OddParents numbers like you guys!

By: Shem

Shem — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:20:24 +0000

I wonder if Touched by an Angel reruns got more numbers than Kathy Griffin/D List??
She is so obnoxious.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:19:16 +0000

Burn Notice would do well on CBS or FOX but on NBC not so much, we’ve seen when NBC showed episodes of Monk and Psych they got similar numbers to what they would have got on USA. Dexter did about 6-8m which is poor for CBS but very good for a show that get 1-2m at best on Showtime.

Leverage is doing great for TNT and their second highest show after The Closer, I’m sure it will get renewed as will Saving Grace but strangely TNT are splitting it into two runs like what USA does with Burn Notice and Psych and they are scheduling films like The Librarian and Independance Day at 6/7pm at a lead in.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:05:34 +0000

Sean, no, absolutely not. I LOVE me some Burn Notice, but…

Burn Notice had 18-49 numbers that would *immediately* put it on the bubble of cancellation based on the NBC numbers for 2008-2009. And that’s at series high levels, and in the summer against less competition. There is a school of thought that says “but if you put it on Broadcast it would draw even MORE viewers” and if you told me Burn Notice was going to air on CBS I might even buy that. But on NBC, I wouldn’t be so sure.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:48:17 +0000

Has Burn Notice reached the point yet where we can agree that NBC would like it on its lineup??

By: Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:40:28 +0000

Hey Robert! Was there a press release or anything about how Real Housewives of Atlanta did?

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:38:17 +0000

Thanks Robert for the TNT numbers except for Raising the Bar although I think it’s similar to what it got last week.

By: JammyJam

JammyJam — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:36:01 +0000

Where’s Dance Crew numbers at?

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:14:41 +0000

Michael because it didn’t wind up happening until Monday due to rain, it will be in NEXT week’s results (these only go through Sunday)

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:13:10 +0000

How did the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Watkins Glen do?

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:07:11 +0000

Real World shouldve been there. I typed it out, I just didn’t copy/paste! Sorry. 1.752M

By: The1337

The1337 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:05:37 +0000

Dark Blue doesn’t look like it’s doing too well. I actually like the show and hope it gets renewed.

By: sam

sam — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:02:52 +0000

thanks robert!!!!!!

By: RJ

RJ — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:02:49 +0000

@ Derek

Someone did request it, but Robert must have accidentally skipped over them.

By: derek

derek — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:00:16 +0000

No! I came too late. Ah this stinks. No Real World numbers this week.

By: TVBill

TVBill — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:42:23 +0000

FYI — I don’t have viewer numbers yet, but looks like TRUE BLOOD hit yet another high in A18-49. It was last week’s number one cable show in the demo, with a 2.3/6… up a tenth from the prior week.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:37:55 +0000

Thank you!

By: Steupz

Steupz — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:37:42 +0000

Grazi, Robert.

By: RJ

RJ — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:37:25 +0000

Thnaks Robert!

By: Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:30:57 +0000

thanks, Robert!(2)

By: Number Cruncher

Number Cruncher — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:29:33 +0000

Thanks again.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:25:38 +0000

requests posted above in comment — no more requests this week. If I missed yours, sorry!

and disneymaniac — thanks for reminding people to check the press releases. Data is often available before the weekly reports on Tuesdays

By: disneymaniac

disneymaniac — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:23:02 +0000

For those who wanted to know about Secret Life and Make it Or Break It, you can find it on this site, here: http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/04/mondays-the-secret-life-of-an-american-teenager-and-make-it-or-break-it-draw-big-numbers-for-abc-family/24187

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:12:36 +0000

Warehouse 13 is doing solidly and if it hasn’t already been renewed then it should be. I wonder if Syfy will consider putting more scripted shows on Tuesdays as it’s working out for them although Fridays have traditionally been where they have scheduled their hit shows like Stargate SG1 and Atlantis, BSG and Sanctuary and upcoming shows like Stargate Universe and Caprica.