Comments on: TV Ratings: CMA Awards dominate with Taylor Swift, Glee returns strong

By: Glee Nielsen Ratings, Season 1 :

Glee Nielsen Ratings, Season 1 : — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:11:10 +0000

[...] Nov. 11, 2009: “Wheels” (+) Overnight ratings: 7.35 million viewers, 3.3/8 rating/share 18-49 Placement: 3rd place, behind Criminal Minds (CBS) in viewers; tied for 2nd place with Criminal Minds for rating/share 18-49 Source: TVByTheNumbers [...]

By: aaronhotchner

aaronhotchner — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:54:20 +0000

It was nice to be able to watch Glee given Modern Family wasn’t on. Jane Lynch is awesome

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:46:18 +0000

SVU might be cancelled in a couple of seasons if it keeps going like this. And I’m not so sure USA Network would give it a home because all of their new progamming has to be quirky and lighter toned.

By: tvmegafan

tvmegafan — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:51:23 +0000

Im lovin Glee sooo much, and Im so happy everyone else loves it TOO, the show only gets better and it will continue to grow and grow!!! Everyone Loves GLEE GLEE GLEE!!!Its such a feel good show, fresh, smart, funny, and surprising!!!

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:03:34 +0000

How do they know how many 18-36 yr old males or females or what ever the age is, is watching a show, how can they know this. We have 3 different tv’s and sometimes we all watch something different in our household.

By: donny

donny — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:45:02 +0000

glee is so gay

By: Bad Robot

Bad Robot — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:04:51 +0000

Flashforward? Its DOOMED! Hint: It involves something called JERICHO.

By: aznfratboy

aznfratboy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:20:34 +0000

Mercy really needs to be a 9pm or a 10pm show, it just doesn’t really look right at 8pm, too much drama too early, NBC really screwed the pooch giving Leno 5 nights a week at 10pm.

By: Riff Rafferty

Riff Rafferty — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:59:27 +0000

Andrea writes, “Funny that the CMA dominated, but posters only want to talk about Glee.”

Studies show vapid teenage girls do not watch the CMAs.

By: ABCFanatic2009

ABCFanatic2009 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:45:57 +0000

Wow at 2.5 for Gary Unmarried! How did that happen?

I don’t hate Taylor Swift but damn she’s overrated

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:14:20 +0000

ron, since Nielsen typically tracks only ad supported TV, we rarely seen PBS ratings except for special events like the Inauguration or a Presidential speech.

By: ron

ron — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:25:09 +0000

Are PBS ratings reported to the reports that TVBN uses?

By: Judith Light

Judith Light — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:55:39 +0000

Last night, by chance, I stumbled onto PBS, and a documentary called the Way We Get By. I was in tears. I was so glad I found it because I don’t usually watch PBS, but wow it was good. Just wanted to say that.

By: ron

ron — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:37:41 +0000

since its thursday, would you happen to have the sit down shut up ratings?

By: Theoacme

Theoacme — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:21:58 +0000

I bet Kanye wished he had thought of doing that – as well as at least five million men who watched, and another twenty million who have downloaded the picture headlining this – including me

If SVU holds at a 2.8, it should be safe, as long as Hartigay and Meloni don’t ask for a raise – and (spoiler alert) if they don’t get hurt too much if they have to replace a character.

And when will the CW stop airing repeats at 9 – sure, they’ve paid for the airing, but the ad rates they can get have got to make airing the TV Link Hour a better bet

By: igotid88

igotid88 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:26:25 +0000

I think FlashForward might go up today.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:22:41 +0000

The viewers weren’t just because of Taylor Swift…She would have helped, yes, but we also had Daughtry & Carrie Underwood on the show.

By: matttttttt

matttttttt — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:51:47 +0000

“Why can’t anyone just stand on a stage and sing a song anymore? It’s got to be a big production. Brad Paisley was a good host as was Carrie Underwood but please…don’t let them sing!!! Brad sang a song about Pac Man and the video arcade (I didn’t think it could ever get worse than the song about Ticks he had out last year) and Carrie did her stripper screamer thing and used the most awful song to do it. Who writes the crap songs…”

The last two CMA awards Carrie Underwood stood under a sngle light and sang a song. She wanted to change things up a little, is that so bad?

Anyways, go glee!

By: Parenthood

Parenthood — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:45:58 +0000

That’s how good it was!

By: Parenthood

Parenthood — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:45:30 +0000

Last nights Glee episode was like an episode of Freaks and Geeks.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:23:42 +0000

Andrea, I think it has more to do with people not being worried about the ratings for award shows or worrying about them being canceled. We’d of course love it if the bigger events did draw more traffic, while the events have a lot of fans (way more people watched game 6 of the World Series, but almost no comments about it either) they don’t necessarily have “fanboys”.

I don’t have finals or demos handy, but in the metered markets CMA held a commanding HH rating lead in NY and LA at 8pm, but at 9p and 10p CBS won. In Chicago, the third largest market, the CMAs won for the whole night.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:14:31 +0000

Funny that the CMA dominated, but posters only want to talk about Glee.

What is it? Tvbythenumbers.com posters don’t like country music?

BTW, I wonder what affiliates did best in the ratings with the CMAs? Who listens to country music besides those in the Bible Belt?

By: forg

forg — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:59 +0000

Great numbers for CMA, way beyond my prediction (I guess around 2.5-3.0). I miss the ABC comedies though, hopefully their ratings next week will be strong

Glee is holding up pretty well, when Idol comes in, I can imagine the show pushing for 4.0

By: pal

pal — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:22:11 +0000

lol last night’s glee actually redeemed the ‘manipulative and evil’ Sue…

By: Mega64

Mega64 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:14:23 +0000

Wow @ Gary Unmarried. Wonder if it’ll pull that off next week.

By: Empire

Empire — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:44:48 +0000

Glad for Glee, considering the awards were on and since baseball has finish the show is steadily growing. Great show with a lot of promise and one of the most original shows to come out this year. Kinda sucks for CW they really new some more scripted shows or even reality, with the growth the network is showing somethings gotta give, repeats are only useful when there’s nothing better on

By: John K

John K — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:33:27 +0000

Good job for Glee last night! Also a great rating for CSI: NY! I hope the rest of the season does well for CSI: NY!

By: Eduardo Peixoto

Eduardo Peixoto — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:30:43 +0000

I’m happy about Glee but really sad about Mercy, that was looking to be another annoying cliché drama just to fill schedule, but developed into a quality show and it’s pretty entertaining, also with well constructed drama scenes. I love Mercy.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:25:48 +0000

Mark, sadly I’m not the one to ask about scheduling, I don’t keep good track of it, but I bet someone else chimes in with an answer.

Edit: And even before I replied!

By: Tommy

Tommy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:24:59 +0000

Mark Glee will return in the Spring after Human Targets finishes.

By: woWza

woWza — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:21:31 +0000

GLEE is so smart…..smartest thing I have seen on TV in a decade possibly.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:14:49 +0000

@Bill,

Just one more question. I heard that Human Target is going to take Glee’s spot after the winter break. If that happens, when will Glee come back?

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:09:38 +0000

Glee is a lock for a second season. Fox’s pre-baseball adults 18-49 rating average was a 3.0. Glee has averaged a pretty steady 3.3 all season.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:04:37 +0000

So happy for Glee! That was the best episode of the season by far.

@Bill or Robert, is Glee looking good for a second season renewal?

Last night I watched Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, and Glee live last night. I recorded Mercy.

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:58:47 +0000

^We already had a post on that:
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/09/should-an-innovative-network-programmer-beat-ncis-ratings/33055

By: CdeLeo

CdeLeo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:56:45 +0000

An interesting article about NBC.

http://nymag.com/news/media/61857/

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:51:29 +0000

johnthemon, here were the Glee 18-49 Live+SD fall ratings prior to last night: 3.1, 3.3, 3.3, 3.4, 3.3

By: johnthemon

johnthemon — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:47:41 +0000

while it’s hard to say a 1.8 is good, it is an uptick for Mercy. SVU did high-end numbers for this season.

Wasn’t Glee doing like 3.4′s before the hiatus?

I have a serious love/hate relationship with that show.

By: NotInToItAtAll

NotInToItAtAll — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:38:49 +0000

Have Receccas comments been removed? I sware they were there a minute ago…Can we delete comments on our own?

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:23:01 +0000

@Rebecca, If you have an argument, present it. If you want to discuss something, discuss it. If you just want to proclaim your undying love for Fringe, proclaim away.

By: Don J

Don J — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:18:13 +0000

Dan,
NBC already ordered 22 episodes of Mercy. But, I know it’s not out of the question that they could recant and cut the order. I know Knight Rider last season initially got a full 22 episode order and then NBC cut it back to 17.

By: R.G

R.G — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:14:16 +0000

to be murdered I meant.

By: R.G

R.G — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:13:59 +0000

Looks like The Office and Fringe are going to murdered due to CSI and Grey’s.

By: NotInToItAtAll

NotInToItAtAll — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:10:31 +0000

I don’t watch or care about FRINGE but it will rise a little tonight again. If not, then…Do I smell toast?

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:05:58 +0000

@Rebecca,
Is that your way of saying you agree with Gerry but just don’t want to think about it? Or just your way of saying you have no rational argument against his prediction?

By: Gerry

Gerry — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:19:01 +0000

CORRECTION: With part three of the CSI trilogy tonight night and Heigel returning to Grey’s I fear FRINGE will be looking at another 1.7.

By: usedtolovecoco

usedtolovecoco — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:18:59 +0000

Go Glee! And that was a great episode too.

By: Gerry

Gerry — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:16:11 +0000

With part three of the CSI trilogy coming tomorrow night and Heigel returning to Grey’s I fear FRINGE will be looking at another 1.7.

By: AppleStinx

AppleStinx — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:09:40 +0000

Bad Robot wrote: {Who is that pressing her face against Swifts left breast and grabbing the one on the right? Or is that just some kind of “Country Music” thing with the ladies?}

The face-presser should be Caitlin Evanson, one of Swift’s band members. In a super exciting moment like that, it is your duty to listen for irregular heartbeats. Even if the heart is on the other side.

By: Lucky

Lucky — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:55:45 +0000

The CMA Awards were awesome last night. They had great talent. Sugarland and the Kenney Chesney/Dave Matthews duet were superb. I figured the ratings would be pretty good considering how well the Tues interview show did. While I watch The Middle, I could have done without the tacky self promoting. Awards shows do it all the time, but this one seemed particularly pathetic for some reason.