I bet next year premieres at about 6.5 to 7 million. Obscenely high numbers for HBo? Yep, but season 2′s premiere was 150% of the season 1 finale. 6.5-7 million means 1.5-2 mil more viewers, which we can get.

Seriuosly though, that must be the most profitable show on cable – it surely costs virtually nothing to make compared to the dramas/animations etc that dominate the rest of the top 20.

Oh and it’s been confirmed by Dan Schneider, the creator of iCarly, that they’ve been given the green light for season 4 and they’ll be back in production soon enough after the hiatus, so I don’t think they’re under any pressure.

I think Wizards is really Disney’s biggest show right now, especially after it won the Emmy (though I’m not saying Hannah isn’t successful for them as well) and the better-than-expected ratings for the movie. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t it the highest rated DCOM after High School Musical 2?

i just checked the total data, carly does top Hannah for the season, but Hannah topped carly for the summer.

well, i guess i like Hannah because although its overrated and Miley makes bad decisions, its still a funny kids show and the actign isnt that bad.plus the new episodes are much better than the first two seasons. Wizards only has two seasons and the first one sucked and most of the second one was alright, but they rerun it everyday and it doesnt have enough episodes to be shown everyday. Hannah and Wizards are always the same reruns but at least Hannah has more episodes to watch. overall Hananh is the only show out of the 2 that actually is award winning and has an more known cast. Wizards writing is better, but Hannah episodes as more interesting because with Wizards you just know Alex is gonna screw up a spell and on Hananh there is a more equal focus on both the Miley and Hannah storylines. when it first came out their werent many shows about singing teenager living two lives, so to me its just more original. iCarly is great, but my god it rerun more than any other show on Nick or Disney.

iCarly’s first season never out-rated Hannah Montana, but it seems like the ratings really started to pick up for Carly earlier this year toward the middle of its second season. Now the shows just suddenly averaging 7.6 million when at this time last year it was barley getting 4 to 5 million? thats huge improvement in just one year.

Hannah is still Disney’s highest rated show, i think, or is it Wizards? either way, it still is a big powerhouse for Disney and although it has been slipping since early this year they numbers still arent that bad.
I noticed during 2008 there werent too many new episodes of Hannah for a while and new episodes didnt start airing regularly until November last year when the third season started. but it seems like the show has always started the season strong, then goes through a dry spell, and goes back up again toward the end of each season. Hannah still has 6 episodes left of its third season and it will start it’s Final Season in the Spring, well see how the numbers hold up i guess.

its only a matter of time before both shows end, i think they are both in their last seasons. Thier was a rumor last month that carly was ending soon. Carly still hasnt gotten a 3rd season, mainly because the episodes airing as the “third season” are hold over episodes from the 45 that were produced in the second production cycle. but if it can hold up it might get renewed.

Also, looking back at Disney’s ratings, Wizards of Waverly Place seems to be it’s hottest show right now. WoWP ALSO seems to out-rate Hannah a lot of the time.

As for which show is better, I guess that comes down to personal preference. I think iCarly and Wizards of Waverly Place are far superior to Hannah when it comes to acting and writing, but that’s just my opinion. People will never agree on stuff like that.

PS. since when did iCarly get this big? last year the show opened to 4 million viewers and now this years it almost 8 million, its insanity!

Surviving Disaster on Spike, 685K

@anonymous Yeah, no buzz at all. Zippo. But ARMY WIVES does have a very loyal audience. (And the VMAs had little effect on total viewers this week — that 3.9 is above the season average.)

In total, True Blood’s seasonal average puts it above two of Buffy’s seasons, the first & last. Please don’t insult either show; I’m just comparing two vampire-oriented shows on networks whose ratings can’t compete with the Big 4.