Wednesday Cable Ratings: 'Dallas' Wins Night, + 'Royal Pains', 'Operation Repo', 'Barter Kings', 'Necessary Roughness' & More (Updated)

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1. Ram510

   Posted August 2, 2012 at 2:56 PM

   @ silvit

   No Memphis Beat started to dip down to a .6 and low 2 million viewers after a while. That show was done. Plus Dallas has strong international sales on its side

2. ZAK

   Posted August 2, 2012 at 2:56 PM

   @ Denis so a .8 is not a good cable demo? Oh my, I am very confused sorry I started a fight. I honestly just wanted to know since the .8 is being shown as great for one show I watch (Dallas) but bad for the other I watch (R&I)

3. The End

   Posted August 2, 2012 at 2:57 PM

   @Silvit

   Quoting from the deadline article.

   ‘Memphis Beat creators creators Liz Garcia and Joshua Harto sold a new project to NBC.’

   Sounds like another Breakout Kings situation where the creators jump ship and as a result the show gets canned.

   Further backs my point up.

4. Denis

   Posted August 2, 2012 at 2:58 PM

   @ZAK it is good for cable, but not great for a summer series on TNT.
   Most of the summer regulars pull in 1.0 +

5. The End

   Posted August 2, 2012 at 2:58 PM

   @ZAK

   Buddy, ignore him.

   He’s repeated himself like 12 times now claiming Dallas is dead, he’s what you call a hardcore hater.

   A 0.8 is a good demo for cable.

6. Denis

   Posted August 2, 2012 at 3:00 PM

   @The End
   as I said, its not great at all for a summer show on TNT

   I dount it will craic a 1.0 for the finale…some people’s expectations are too high.
   It might scrape a 0.9

7. silvit

   Posted August 2, 2012 at 3:02 PM

   @ZAK

   Yesterday many male skewing shows lost a big chunk of viewers so I don’t think that the fact there was a women Olympics event had a bigger impact on woman’s demo. To be fair, female skewing shows like PLL stayed almost the same as last week.

   @The End

   No ad-supported cable show can cost that much. Not even Mad Men cost that and we all know the money problem AMC had for it (reading: it’s not profitable despite great DVD sales).

   You are talking nonsense about the money thing.

8. EAC

   Posted August 2, 2012 at 3:03 PM

   So for both Dallas and RI running against the Olympics a .8 is decent?

   ZAK don’t worry about it I was curious too.

9. EAC

   Posted August 2, 2012 at 3:05 PM

   Over all I think Tuesday night with the record setting olympic sviewers had a tougher night then Monday or Wed. night. to be fair. Can everyone agree with that?

10. RHONJd

    Posted August 2, 2012 at 3:06 PM

    Ok thanks @Robert

11. The End

    Posted August 2, 2012 at 3:07 PM

    @Silvit

    Ignorance I see.

    Need examples of shows costing around 3 million on cable?

    - Falling Skies
    - Stargate Universe
    - Eureka
    - Battlestar Galactica
    - Stargate Atlantis
    - Mad Men(Near enough)

    I don’t speak nonsense here.

    You can make money on a high budget show, it all depends on how much you pay to have such a show on your network.

    I can name many more examples if need be. Have already made one user here look stupid, although he doesn’t see it.

12. silvit

    Posted August 2, 2012 at 3:07 PM

    @The End

    TNT never renewed shows with such low ratings. Hawthorne did better, yet it was canned.

    Ryan Murphy is doing American Horror Story yet Glee it’s still on.

    It sounds more of a case of canceling the lowest performing shows on the network to make room for new ones (which will probably happen to F&B this year, despite getting 0.7-0.8 rating)

13. RHONJd

    Posted August 2, 2012 at 3:19 PM

    Calling ICarly/Victorious fans: Jennette McCurdy and Ariana Grande are getting their own show together called Sam&Cat, and Noah Munck is getting his own show called Gibby! Yay!

14. RHONJd

    Posted August 2, 2012 at 3:20 PM

    http://www.j-14.com/2012/08/ariana-grande-jennette-mccurdy-to-star-in-new-show-sam-cat.html

15. GG

    Posted August 2, 2012 at 3:21 PM

    Glad Mel&Joe is higher than Baby daddy. That show is kind of annoying.

16. Blake

    Posted August 2, 2012 at 3:22 PM

    I have a few questions if anyone would please care to weigh in:

    1. Although Time Warner owns Dallas and TNT is a Time Warner company, TNT still has to pay a license fee to Warner Horizon that produces Dallas, right? And is that license fee then cheaper than if Dallas were produced by a non-Warner company (and it includes several encore airings)?

    2. Dallas picked up a 0.3 rating and an additional 700,000+ viewers for its 11pm encore telecast. Does TNT put together the numbers for the premiere and all encore airings when they evaluate the show’s ratings?

    3. I noticed there is no renew/cancel index for cable shows (since I guess they are harder to predict). Nevertheless, would a network like TNT still calculate its overall average (for all original dramas) and average for individual shows and then those shows that don’t meet that overall average get canned? Or would they keep a show on air if it had low ratings but, say, had strong international sales?

    Many thanks!

17. RJ

    Posted August 2, 2012 at 3:23 PM

    Baby Daddy has some of the most bizzare ratings. Up big one week, and then down big the next. Strange.

18. RJ

    Posted August 2, 2012 at 3:25 PM

    Just of note, I am not just talking about the Olympics this week. Notice the trend.

19. The End

    Posted August 2, 2012 at 3:25 PM

    @Blake

    Hate to sound arrogant, not a fan of Dallas myself but fully believe with these ratings you’l get at least 4-5 seasons out of the show.

    I’m calling it, I’ll even bookmark this thread ready to post next year when Dallas gets renewed for a Season 3. In a, I told you so kind of way.

20. Amy

    Posted August 2, 2012 at 3:32 PM

    Hollywood Heights – Nickelodeon
    0.780 million viewers, #27; 0.170 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #32