I think V steadied out because each episode has been better than the last. The pilot was disappointing, but, the ~9 million people that stuck around were rewarded. If the pilot had been better, I bet it might have steadied at 11 million.

The Biggest Loser is one steady show I must say and SYTYCD’s numbers are low, I wonder if Fox will try a fall season again next year.

It would have been great if V went up but at least it didn’t drop at all

More likely in bed given how old it skews.

The big question is, will it cling onto a ~3.0 come March? That’s a tall order, as the post-Lost slot (which it’s all but certain to be in, with Lost being Tuesdays at 9) is historically a death slot, and I wonder how many people will remember four episodes four months from now.

Though it’s still probably in better shape than FlashForward for now.

Like, over 130% more people overall watched NCIS vs. Loser, while only over 30% more 18-49′ers watched.

“They should have given us shots of the V’s in their true form by now. Let the viewers know that they are non humanoid lizards beneath the exterior. Let us see what they look like!!”
Carmen thanks for making my point. When Ana did her nude scene I thought okay so now she’s going to shed her human form. WRONG. Instead all we got was “bliss” WTF!?

“Isn’t the human body just like a shell to these lizards? How does skinning the body kill them?”
You are correct. The V’s are alien reptiles and skinning them should have no effect on them whatsoever because it’s their true form. Good writing would have explained that to newbies but like I said before the dialogue sucks.

I hope Scott Peters and company pick up the pace come March because I’ve seen this before. Heroes first season anyone? Now look at Heroes now a slow painful death. The only exciting moment last night was the hugh visitor fleet making it’s way to earth. Hopefully they’re bringing a better script, characters with depth and warp-speed for the plot.

The long hiatus will hurt it but not as bad as rushing things and making a Flashforward type sloppy show would hurt it.

ABC rerun the first four episodes and you will have another viewer – Don’t then I guess I wait for the DVD..

On a side note DWTS – I see recaps on various entrtainment programs…Ummmmm…..that’s NOT dancing…nor are most of them stars…so ABC change the show’s name to “People Who THINK They Are Stars That Are Pretending To Dance”…and then I will watch it – call it what it IS…or don’t name it at ALL !

Thanks, no pun here but I forgot the forgotten had gotten more episodes but not quite a full season. So I guess that will hold the slot into March until V takes over.

Tho I watched Dancing With The Stars, ( I was encouraged to watch by my kids, who were only interested in seeing Donny Osmond win for some reason…I didn’t know they even knew who he was. My 17 yr. old thinks he’s ‘hot’)…I tuned to Biggest Loser as soon as they didn’t notice me slipping out of the room. DWTS was SOOOOOOOOOO boring. All evening all I heard was “This is stupid, why don’t they get on with the results?”. I have to agree, but my big question is, why not fill the hours with recaps of the best dances, routines by the very talented professionals, and let each contestant do a dance by themselves? The idiotic ‘comedy’ sketches are pathetic, the ‘duet’ dances pairing a good couple with a mediocre one are pointless, and Samantha’s ‘compliment’ that Kelly Osbourne was now a swan led one to believe she was implying that she was what? An Ugly Duckling before the competition? We won’t even get in to Whitney Houston’s performance where she didn’t even bother trying to sing along with her vocal double and just started dancing! No wonder this show is jumping the shark. They don’t trust simple dancing by novices paired with pros and good music to get the viewers to tune in…they’ve manipulated the theme of the show until it is unrecognizable…too bad. We loved the first season when actually being judged on acurate dance steps was the point. Now it’s ‘Who’s wearing the skimpiest costume’, and ‘who does creepy Bruno stalk this year?’ Why not a new season that has 1rst and 2nd place winners from each season compete?…or actually have the contestants compete against each other with the SAME dance each week? How do you judge a tango against a quick step anyway? And all of these ‘head to head’ competitions are just an obvious way for the network to promote their favorites over the viewers favorites…give me a break…PLEASE QUIT MESSING WITH A SHOW AMERICA’S FAMILIES COULD WATCH TOGETHER and go back to your original vision ABC.