Comments on: TV Ratings: World Series Game five wins for FOX; Heroes, Trauma up; Castle down

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:31:01 +0000

NBC has already stated that Trauma will cap at 13 episodes. It seems everything that airs after Heroes gets axed. (Studio 60, Black Donnellys, Journeyman, My Own Worst Enemy and now Trauma) Well good bye.

R.I.P. Trauma
September 28, 2009 – December 21, 2009

By: sixdegreesnow

sixdegreesnow — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:24:57 +0000

TRAUMA!

By: sixdegreesnow

sixdegreesnow — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:24:25 +0000

Trauma is a frickin great show. You just have to WATCH it. Only if they didn’t air the pilot, darn! WATCH IT!!!!! Its incredible now!

By: jason halley

jason halley — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:35:46 +0000

My money is on TRAUMA– pick it up! Pick it up! PICK IT UP! NBC!

By: A5J4D X

A5J4D X — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:17:47 +0000

glad for heroes having more faith in american viewers now bring it more up peeps come on! love heroes heroes for life!

By: Joe Bua

Joe Bua — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:37:12 +0000

Castle fans, you must, MUST, stay strong.

Someone has to keep Nathan on a network payroll so he can play with the Joss Whedon gang during his hiatus and make fun, quirky stuff with his friends.

Plus, the show is perfect for 10 pm … runs like a dream, not too deep, pretty cast (though I am not a fan of replacing Tamala Jones’ medical examiner with Arye Gross) and it’s a rollicking ride.

Save Castle!

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:17:21 +0000

Is there any chance trama be not be canccled if the ratings get better??

By: gene

gene — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:12 +0000

I thought Eastwick was a good idea. I started watching the first ep, and I thought, hey, it could fill the Gilmore Girls kind of gap… then they introduced the main guy, the sexy ‘baddy’ or whatever. I know, it was Jack Nicholson in the movie, but come on- the guy in Eastwick is so seedy, and (to me) so unattractive, he’s horrible, and yet you’re meant to believe all the main characters find him sexy? he just made me want to take a shower, it was like, ugh… I didn’t even make it through to the end of episode one. You just can’t miscast a main actor that the show’s first-year success is going to rely on… so it comes as no shock it’s pretty much dead in the water already!

By: Joshua K.

Joshua K. — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:42:20 +0000

Is it just me, or was last night’s Heroes one of the best episodes I’ve seen in the entire series? The writing was superb, and the time traveling didn’t F everything up like it had been over seasons 2 and 3. So great.

By: BANG

BANG — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:17:59 +0000

There’s a major surprise coming for Heroes, tim kring, jeff zucker and nbc.
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Serena

Serena — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:16:26 +0000

One Tree Hill
- 2.321 million viewers
- 1.6/2 HH
- 1.1/3 A18-49
- 1.5/4 A18-34
- 2.3/6 W18-34

Gossip Girl
- 1.981 million viewers
- 1.4/2 HH
- 1.0/2 A18-49
- 1.4/4 A18-34
- 2.3/6 W18-34

Source: Travis Yanan

GG pulled the same W18-34 ratings as OTH. Ostroff’s baby needs a major boost.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:05:32 +0000

Tommy – Thats very likely to happen. Accidentally ends early so Rules can return. Like The Class and Worst Week ending early. If Rules retains better out of Mother than Accidentally, it should be renewed. I could see out of the four bubble comedies, Rules of Engagement and Gary Unmarried returning to anchor wednesdays. I could see the waning Old Christine getting the boot, which may give ABC willingness to pick it up. I dont see Accidentally getting another year at all. Its not that type of show and its retention isnt great.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:55:44 +0000

I’m guessing that the World Series Games affected the ratings significantly on other shows.

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By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:19:50 +0000

Glad to see Heroes go up some. This season is a lot better than season three. And I’m glad were gonna see what happened Mohinder.

I like Gossip Girl, but would rather have 90210 renewed if it came down to choosing.

By: ron

ron — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:49:42 +0000

Sitcom-wise CBS basically has 2 mega-hits (BBT, 2&HM), a solid hit (HIMYM) and then 4 fairly middling and interchangeable shows (Christine, AoP, Rules, GU). None of these are really strong enough to standalone and deliver a decent rating, tho all do reasonably when in a cushy hammock slot. They will probably will bring back 3 of these 4 back next year, so if AoP can maintain its recent improvements i’d suggest it has a good shot at renewal. Mainly as its produced in-house and there is more upside to renewing it than any of the other 3 similarly performing shows, all of which i believe are produced by other studios.

By: Riff Rafferty

Riff Rafferty — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:30:46 +0000

Picked up is picked up. What’s the opposite? Not picked up. I’m sure Carol Barbee and her big brother would kill to only get 5 more episodes.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:29:48 +0000

I think Accidentally will get the same treatment that Worst Week got last year with a last minute order for more episodes, and then no word until the 2010-11 schedule gets announced in May.

By: Rewriting History « Anthony Baltierra

Rewriting History « Anthony Baltierra — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:17:34 +0000

[...] the episode received your highest ratings of the year (though it must be pointed out that Trauma, a show which NBC has already cancelled, had [...]

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:15:44 +0000

Only 5 episodes, Riff, not a full back 9 pick-up.

By: Riff Rafferty

Riff Rafferty — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:15:05 +0000

Spoke too soon. “Accidentally on Purpose” picked up today. Perhaps somebody saw my post…

By: Hot Pocket

Hot Pocket — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:10:22 +0000

I don’t see why NBC is giving up on Trauma so easily when it could easily be matched with Mercy and get the same ratings Mercy are getting and grow from there.

NBC just keeps holding onto to that dinosaur Heroes but I guess money and syndication comes into play for that show.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:59:33 +0000

I can try to imagine more people making fun of NBC, but it’s like trying to imagine the vastness of the universe. It’s beyond my limited capabilities.

By: yancy

yancy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:55:51 +0000

Robert how ironic would it be for trauma to end it’s run on good ratings for nbc standards? Would it lead to more people making fun of nbc?

By: AprilFox

AprilFox — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:21:18 +0000

Sometimes I just don’t get it, Trauma had more viewers than Heroes, and a much better show. Heroes just seems to be going round in circles showing stuff from it’s only good Season (1) to try and gain back viewers. Too little too late.

By: IWIN

IWIN — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:15:26 +0000

HAHA gossip girl, time to cancel the show, lame stunt casting brings the ratings down further

By: JaySin420

JaySin420 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:14:54 +0000

Lol how do you figure these world series are awful? Am I missing something here? Do you remember the ratings for the last few WS? Football kills baseball on a normal night and last nights Monday night football game was by the far the most anticipated game in YEARS!

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:14:32 +0000

Dan: Accidently’s ratings are pretty good, so why asume they wont get a full season order or a renue? and the ratings are kicking any comedy on NBC’s ass.. lol

and the show to me is super good, and i think CBS Monday has they best comedy night on TV except two and a half men, which i find so boring, im shocked at how good its ratings are.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:03:44 +0000

Ryan – Gossip Girl will have longetivity. Ratings arent great, but every current show except Melrose Place should return in 2010-2011.

By: TomCableOak

TomCableOak — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:00:19 +0000

Too bad NBC was pre-empted because Heroes and Trauma would’ve been up.

Castle holding steady, should be interesting next Monday as there’s no World Series to go against.

World Series ratings are awful, I know a good MNF game was on Raw on USA but come on only 15 million viewers for a championship game 5.

Time for a salary cap MLB.

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:56:58 +0000

ive always watched The WB/CW but never really watched One Tree Hill but im really surprised its lasted 7 season and still managed to keep its steady ratings…even with losing 2 main charactors….

i dont think Gossip Girl will have that longevity especially with its up and down mediocre ratings…

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:55:50 +0000

Trent – Accidentally’s retention isnt bad, its just not full season worthy. CBS hasnt axed a comedy in the fall since 2002′s Bram & Alice so I expect CBS to give Accidentally on Purpose 17-20 episodes. Its likely the series will continue for the season just because of Jenna Elfman and since its a pregancy story, just to finish that out. Rules is likely to replace Accidentally by March but its possible that Rules could return earlier. It could double up and temporarily replace Gary Unmarried repeats on the side.

Rod – Theres no chance of Trauma getting picked up by another network.

By: Rod

Rod — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:45:25 +0000

Can we make a movement to keep TRAUMA around-

Anyone catch last nights episode? I mean WOW, it was so good, they are getting into developing the characters and the action is just amazing-

Anyone think there is any chance of NBC giving it a full order after announcing that it wasn’t last week?

Any chance someone else would pick it up?

Has anyone been watching- last night was a GREAT episode- just WOW!!!

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:44:04 +0000

Bill – I think Castle will finish up its episodes around March, or April and its possible a new drama or True Beauty will fill the slot. Castle’s never aired without Dancing so lets see the show does in January out of The Bachelor. At least its likely both Eastwick and Forgotten will air most of their episodes. The shows may be performing badly but ABC doesnt really have replacements until January.

By: Trent

Trent — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:42:24 +0000

I seriously don’t get why people expect Accidentally on Purpose to get a full season order. It is not going to happen. They have 13 episodes of Rules of Engagement to air. There is simply no place to air a full season of AOP. By the way, don’t accuse me of being biased. I like AOP and hate ROE. I wish AOP would get a full season. However, it just doesn’t make sense. I expect it to get 3 more episodes like Worst Week did last year.

By: Joe Jackson

Joe Jackson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:42:18 +0000

“you know what’s funny? The most despised and ribbed of the three CSI, it’s actually the highest-rated of the three.”

CSI:NY is the highest rated CSI show?

By: pisher

pisher — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:38:03 +0000

Might want to recall that Bones has gotten the ratings it predictably gets in all kinds of timeslots, and mainly with no lead-in of any kind, in 8pm timeslots–which are frequently affected by people staying out later in the warm months. It’s performing FAR better than Castle, relative to expectations.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:36:47 +0000

Heroes finally figured out that it doesn’t have to be about EVERY character every week. Plus, they’ve weaved-in a nice lesbian storyline to keep the men interested.

By: himym fan

himym fan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:25:52 +0000

Thanks Holly!

By: tom

tom — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:23:23 +0000

The big news of the season(and mondays) really is the huge ratings increase for the big bang theory. I have never watched the show but I love a little show like this that slowly builds an audience and then all of the sudden just EXPLODES! It makes tracking the ratings that much more fun!

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:21:57 +0000

@himym fan,
I think that Castle is not that bad isn’t it? It has pretty much the same ratings as Bones! Or not?

Ummm…not. Bones has been averaging a 2.8 or 2.9. If Castle was getting that, it would be safe for a renewal.

Castle’s ratings aren’t really bad, but they aren’t good either.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:18:25 +0000

Can’t wait for Chuck to come back!

And I agree Dan ^, I missed most of Season 6, but this year is really good.

By: Dan Scott

Dan Scott — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:16:22 +0000

OTH is amazing.

It’s been getting better every year despite losing 2 core characters.

GG should get canned. I hear even GG fans can’t watch anymore cause it’s so boring.

By: Joe D

Joe D — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:13:56 +0000

AOP is the weak link for CBS Monday nights. They should bring back Rules of Engagement.

By: himym fan

himym fan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:12:43 +0000

I think that Castle is not that bad isn’t it? It has pretty much the same ratings as Bones! Or not?

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:55:52 +0000

Richard Castle’s book, “HEAT WAVE,” has been on the New York Times Best Seller List for four straight weeks. This past week it rose to #6, which is very impressive for a book based on a TV show.

Almost half of Castle’s audience is men, mostly because of Nathan Fillion’s draw and Firefly audience, but also, because Stana Katic is Super-Hot and attracts men too. We as men, tend to like sporting events, so when you have Monday Night Football along with Game 5 of the World Series, I’m not suprised we lost a little.

However, Dancing With The Stars 18-49 Demo was only a 3.3, so if Castle ends up between a 2.2 or stays at 2.4 in the Demo, it is still almost two-thirds of the Dancing With The Stars Demo retention. As a fan of Dancing With The Stars from the very beginning, I can honestly say that Dancing isn’t nearly as exciting as it was evan two or three seasons ago! Bruno is still entertaining as ever as a judge, Carry Ann is still okay, but Len(the old English judge), needs to be replaced pronto. He seems disengaged most of this season, and is no longer entertaining with his jaded, old-school demeanor; and his I wish I was anywhere but here – but hey, at least I’m collecting a paycheck expressions and apathetic demeanor needs to go!

I think that behind the aging and diminishing Dancing With The Stars Demo audience, Castle has grown as far as it can; and with ABC not promoting Castle at all, except 10 minutes before it airs, we need either a hot 18-49 demo show at 9:30 leading into Castle, or switch the show to Wednsday’s at 10:00, behind the Comedy Block, which Castle has more in common with anyway!

By: kubiac

kubiac — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:55:12 +0000

FWIW, this is the second week in a row that Trauma has improved.

By: Schmoker

Schmoker — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:53:33 +0000

Given that ABC Studios produces Castle, expect the breaks to keep on coming. All that ancillary revenue they receive from it will help keep it on so long as it stays in the mid 2.0′s. I think we have all seen that the numbers needed for renewal have shrunk dramatically the past couple of years, and since it airs in one of the toughest slots in television, when people are either watching football, CSI, or all the shows they DVRed earlier in the night, I cannot help but think ABC is fine with these ratings.

Unless it starts sliding, I’d be surprised if it is not back next season.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:51:53 +0000

They’ve been showing promos for new Bones and Fringe if there is no baseball but they never say “if no baseball” it’s written at the end of the promo. They did the same thing for new House on Nov. 2 during game 2 of the World Series and for SYTYCD during the ALCS.

By: rob

rob — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:46:52 +0000

U didnt complete the table on top with the averages of each network.