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aktick 05-22-07 01:37 PM


Originally Posted by Deftones
Wow. 24 didn't even get a bump for the finale. Looks like tons of people jumped ship and never looked back.

I've got the last 9 hours on my Tivo...I'll watch them, but it definitely is one of my lower priority shows now.

Heroes had 6.5 million fewer viewers than Dancing with the Stars, but beat it 6.1 to 5.1 in the 18-49...seems impressive to my uneducated ass.

nateman 05-23-07 06:06 AM

Nice to see Law & Order: CI get a bump up in the ratings for the *Season finale* episode but a fricken' repeat of CSI: Miami still beat it in its respective timeslot.

mrpayroll 05-23-07 10:12 AM


Originally Posted by Deftones
Wow. 24 didn't even get a bump for the finale. Looks like tons of people jumped ship and never looked back.

And the way they ended it this year doesn't leave much incentive for people to come back next year.

Chris

TheMovieman 05-23-07 02:10 PM

Tuesday - 05/22
Top Shows by Viewers
1. “American Idol” (FOX) 24.51m
2. “Dancing with the Stars” (Season Finale) (9-11) (ABC) 22.70m

3. “NCIS” (Season Finale) (CBS) 13.88m
4. “Jesse Stone: Sea Change” (Movie) (9-11) (CBS) 12.98m

5. “Law & Order: SVU” (Season Finale) (NBC) 10.21m
6. “On the Lot” (Series Premiere) (FOX) 8.97m
7. “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose” (Special) (ABC) 8.03m
8. “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (R) (NBC) 6.55m
9. “Dateline” (NBC) 5.65m
10. “Veronica Mars” (Series Finale) (9-10) (CW) 2.14m
11. “Veronica Mars” (8-9) (CW) 1.83m


8:00-9:00
1. “American Idol” (FOX) 24.51m
2. “NCIS” (Season Finale) (CBS) 13.88m

3. “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose” (Special) (ABC) 8.03m
4. “Dateline” (NBC) 5.65m
5. “Veronica Mars” (CW) 1.83m


9:00-10:00
1. “Dancing with the Stars” (Season Finale) (ABC) 22.19m
2. “Jesse Stone: Sea Change” (Movie) (CBS) 13.29m

3. “On the Lot” (Series Premiere) (FOX) 8.97m
4. “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (R) (NBC) 6.55m
5. “Veronica Mars” (Series Finale) (CW) 2.14m

10:00-11:00
1. “Dancing with the Stars” (Season Finale) (ABC) 23.22m
2. “Jesse Stone: Sea Change” (Movie) (CBS) 12.69m

3. “Law & Order: SVU” (Season Finale) (NBC) 10.21m

Shows by 18-49 Demo
1. “American Idol” (FOX) 9.3/27
2. “Dancing with the Stars” (Season Finale) (9-11) (ABC) 6.6/17

3. “Law & Order: SVU” (Season Finale) (NBC) 4.1/10
4. “On the Lot” (Series Premiere) (FOX) 4.1/10

5. “NCIS” (Season Finale) (CBS) 3.3/8
6. “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose” (Special) (ABC) 2.7/8
7. “Jesse Stone: Sea Change” (Movie) (9-11) (CBS) 2.5/6
8. “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (R) (NBC) 2.3/6
9. “Dateline” (NBC) 1.6/4
10. “Veronica Mars” (Series Finale) (9-10) (CW) 0.9/2
11. “Veronica Mars” (8-9) (CW) 0.8/2

superdeluxe 05-23-07 07:58 PM

Idol continues to sink.

nateman 05-24-07 06:50 AM


Idol continues to sink.
GOOD!

I thought NCIS would have got a million or two more viewers for the *Season finale* but still good #'s for the show.
Law & Order: SVU took third place in its respective timeslot for the first time in a long time due to the Jesse Stone movie with Tom Selleck who i can't wait to see on Las Vegas next season.

TheMovieman 05-24-07 12:02 PM

Wednesday - 05/23
Top Shows by Viewers
1. “American Idol” (Season Finale) (8-10) (FOX) 29.47m
2. “Lost” (Season Finale) (9-11) (ABC) 13.66m

3. “CSI: NY” (R) (CBS) 10.22m

4. “Criminal Minds” (R) (CBS) 9.59m
5. “NCIS” (R) (CBS) 8.23m
6. “Lost: The Answers” (R) (ABC) 5.75m
7. “Dateline” (NBC) 4.85m
8. “SNL: Pop Culture in the 90s” (R) (8-10) (NBC) 4.10m
9. “One Tree Hill” (R) (8-9) (CW) 1.40m
10. “One Tree Hill” (R) (9-10) (CW) 1.30m

8:00-9:00
1. “American Idol” (Season Finale) (FOX) 25.78m
2. “NCIS” (R) (CBS) 8.23m
3. “Lost: The Answers” (R) (ABC) 5.75m
4. “SNL: Pop Culture in the 90s” (R) (NBC) ?
5. “One Tree Hill” (R) (CW) 1.40m

9:00-10:00
1. “American Idol” (Season Finale) (FOX) 33.16m
2. “Lost” (Season Finale) (ABC) 12.40m

3. “Criminal Minds” (R) (CBS) 9.59m
4. “SNL: Pop Culture in the 90s” (R) (NBC) ?
5. “One Tree Hill” (R) (9-10) (CW) 1.30m

10:00-11:00
1. “Lost” (Season Finale) (ABC) 14.91m
2. “CSI: NY” (R) (CBS) 10.22m

3. “Dateline” (NBC) 4.85m

Shows by 18-49 Demo
1. “American Idol” (Season Finale) (8-10) (FOX) 11.1/30
2. “Lost” (Season Finale) (9-11) (ABC) 5.8/15

3. “CSI: NY” (R) (CBS) 2.7/7
4. “Criminal Minds” (R) (CBS) 2.3/6
5. “Lost: The Answers” (R) (ABC) 2.0/6
6. “Dateline” (NBC) 1.8/5
7. “SNL: Pop Culture in the 90s” (R) (8-10) (NBC) 1.8/5
8. “NCIS” (R) (CBS) 1.7/5
9. “One Tree Hill” (R) (8-9) (CW) 0.6/2
10. “One Tree Hill” (R) (9-10) (CW) 0.6/2

mrpayroll 05-24-07 12:41 PM

So, Lost's numbers go up dramatically during the second hour against much weaker competition.

And considering the ending, it will be interesting to see how many people tune in next January for the premiere and if questions are not answered immediately, how many will be watching a month after that.

Chris

TheMovieman 05-24-07 12:59 PM

My guess is the premiere will get around 15m viewers and leveling off to 11-12m per week if it remains at 10pm (of course I thought I read it's going to 8pm, but I don't remember where I read that).

aktick 05-24-07 01:17 PM


Originally Posted by mrpayroll
So, Lost's numbers go up dramatically during the second hour against much weaker competition.

And considering the ending, it will be interesting to see how many people tune in next January for the premiere and if questions are not answered immediately, how many will be watching a month after that.

Chris

A certain number of people are ALWAYS going to bitch that not enough is answered fast enough, and will stop watching. I don't think the show will ever see a sustained increase in viewership - it's just the nature of the beast.

RichC2 05-24-07 03:54 PM


Originally Posted by mrpayroll
So, Lost's numbers go up dramatically during the second hour against much weaker competition.

And considering the ending, it will be interesting to see how many people tune in next January for the premiere and if questions are not answered immediately, how many will be watching a month after that.

Chris

Who knows, they answered a shitload in the second half of this season (well more the final quarter) and didn't see a significant increase. And I agree with aktick, certain people will always be annoyed, answering questions with more questions isn't everyone's cup of tea, I find it engaging and a whole hell of a lot of fun. Also, the finale rated higher than the season average last year as well (think it was getting 14m on average and spiked to 17 or 19m during the finale.)

I think the 16 episode format will help the series immensely.

nateman 05-25-07 06:52 AM


I think the 16 episode format will help the series immensely.
Agreed,
It will leave less room for 'filler' eps & each ep will be more intresting and will move along the story at a faster pace and will probally help the rating out because people will know that after 2, 16 episode seasons the show will come to a conclusion.
33.16 m people watched the season finale of American Idol?-how sad. I wish death apon all reality shows exept for Hell's Kitchen which returns June 4th!

Scott27 05-25-07 10:26 AM


Originally Posted by nateman241
Agreed,
It will leave less room for 'filler' eps & each ep will be more intresting and will move along the story at a faster pace

I don't agree with this. There will be the same amount of filler episodes, just stretched out over a longer period of time. All they're doing is taking 2 seasons worth of the show (48 episodes) and stretching them out to 3 seasons (at 16 episodes per).

All it does is drag the show out for an extra season, IMO.

Patman 05-25-07 10:56 AM

I would have rather that they use the "24" format: start in January and run a 2-hour premiere, and then 20 weekly episodes, and finish up with another 2-hour finale in May. That gives us 2 more seasons, and no need to drag it out for a third season.

aktick 05-25-07 11:04 AM


Originally Posted by Patman
I would have rather that they use the "24" format: start in January and run a 2-hour premiere, and then 20 weekly episodes, and finish up with another 2-hour finale in May. That gives us 2 more seasons, and no need to drag it out for a third season.

Sure, I'd prefer that too, but they'll make more money this way.

Seantn 05-25-07 01:39 PM

Nateman, just an observation...you use the word "SADLY" way too much!


Originally posted by nateman241

33.16 m people watched the season finale of American Idol?-how sad. I wish death apon all reality shows

Sad to see ER take third in its respective timeslot esp.

It's sad to see that Primetime now has 2 days out of the week that don't get many viewers.

i think sadly FOX will just drop the show.

Of course CBS really have never treated the KOQ's that great over its nine season run which is sad

CSI doesn't have the viewers it used to a couple weeks ago which is sad

I guess sadly we can pretty much as goodbye to Law & Order: CI

Say goodbye to Crossing Jordan sadly.

Sadly the NBC comedies fall under the 'Ahead of its time' category.

Sad to see raines do so poor thats all i have to say!

Sad to see christine get the shaft through it did better than last week

Thank god you're here loses the audience, a common trend with NBC shows sadly.

Sad to see Dateline NBC: 'to catch a car thief' take the 4th spot because of it.

Friday night lights gets beat by George Lopez thats sad that a show like that beat it.

actually its sad that people watch america's next top model

a fantastic episode of CSI last night placed first, Sadly 2 of the best shows on thursday did not

Great night for television, sad to see 30 Rock lose alot of viewers

i would have liked to have seen 30 Rock #1 but sadly thats not going to happen

the office sadly got its lowest ratings this year with

I am happy that 30 rock got decent ratings but i am so sad at the ratings scrubs got this week

i am sad to see 2 great shows do poor.

NBC's great comedies sadly don't do very well in the ratings.

Overall there were good shows on last night but sadly alot of them didn't do well in the ratings.

The best show in my opinion on friday's, Raines gets worse ratings week by week sadly.

My favorite new show Raines sadly isn't standing up to well in the ratings,

i would have liked to have seen 30 Rock #1 but sadly thats not going to happen

madcougar 05-25-07 03:18 PM


Originally Posted by aktick
Sure, I'd prefer that too, but they'll make more money this way.

I'm sure that's the premise, but considering that its ratings have dropped every season, I wonder if this is going to blow up in ABC's face.

hardercore 05-25-07 03:35 PM

Maybe Primetime Ratings really mean that much to him. I won't miss a chance to point out that this was the guy that predicted there'd be less than 10 million viewers watching Lost by season's end. So the fact that final numbers say 13.9m with 15.6m in the last half hour could possibly be something to be happy about.

hardercore 05-25-07 03:38 PM


Originally Posted by Scott27
I don't agree with this. There will be the same amount of filler episodes, just stretched out over a longer period of time. All they're doing is taking 2 seasons worth of the show (48 episodes) and stretching them out to 3 seasons (at 16 episodes per).

All it does is drag the show out for an extra season, IMO.

It's a business compromise. The producers were initially in the same boat as us -- they wanted to do 2 full seasons and see the show out. But ABC wanted 3 more seasons. This is just their compromise, but there are positives that come out of it. Even if the content in the episodes would be the same either way, there's no way that the extra time afforded for writing and producing the episodes is a bad thing.

It's going to take most of us 8 months to process that mind-blowing cliffhanger anyway, I don't mind too much. I'll be on holiday in the (Northen Hemisphere) fall when the show'd usually be coming back so it doesn't bother me.

TheMovieman 05-25-07 04:54 PM

The dull TV days of summer are upon us. I'm not going to post timeslot breakdowns or the demo numbers... To make them standout, new programs are in "Blue".

Also, I think I'll let this thread go through the summer and start a "Season 2" of Primetime TV Ratings thread once the 2007-08 season starts. What do you think?


Thursday - 05/24
Top Shows by Viewers
1. “CSI” (R) (CBS) 13.77m
2. “Shark” (R) (CBS) 11.10m
3. “So You Think You Can Dance” (Season Premiere) (FOX) 9.21m
4. “The King of Queens” (R) (CBS) 6.27m
5. “My Name is Earl” (R) (NBC) 5.44m
6. “Ugly Betty” (R) (ABC) 5.44m
7. “Grey’s Anatomy” (R) (10-11) (ABC) 5.38m
8. “Grey’s Anatomy” (R) (9-10) (ABC) 5.19m
9. “On the Lot” (FOX) 5.18m
10. “The Office” (R) (NBC) 4.47m
11. “30 Rock” (R) (NBC) 4.38m
12. “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” (NBC) 3.91m
13. “Scrubs” (R) (NBC) 3.80m
14. “Smallville” (R) (CW) 2.23m
15. “Supernatural” (R) (CW) 1.77m

DRG 05-25-07 05:03 PM

So even a rerun of 30 Rock beat the new Studio 60. Ouch.

hardercore 05-25-07 05:29 PM


Originally Posted by TheMovieman
Also, I think I'll let this thread go through the summer and start a "Season 2" of Primetime TV Ratings thread once the 2007-08 season starts. What do you think?

Sounds great. I was just about to point out this thread was getting pretty bloated. A "Primetime TV Ratings (2007-08 Season)" thread seems like the best option

nateman 05-26-07 08:46 AM


Maybe Primetime Ratings really mean that much to him. I won't miss a chance to point out that this was the guy that predicted there'd be less than 10 million viewers watching Lost by season's end. So the fact that final numbers say 13.9m with 15.6m in the last half hour could possibly be something to be happy about.
Alright I was wrong, I'll admit it but I am 'HAPPY' to see it get high #'s for the season finale.
You don't miss the chance to point out anything about LOST.


Nateman, just an observation...you use the word "SADLY" way too much!
Thanks for taking all that time posting every sentence i said the word sad in, thanks for your keen observation.

Seantn 05-26-07 03:05 PM

Actually, I only went back about 3 pages! Took about 2 minutes. That's how often it is said. No need to get angry about it, like I said, was just an observation. You do get sad a lot.

Bill Geiger 05-27-07 04:51 AM


Originally Posted by DRG
So even a rerun of 30 Rock beat the new Studio 60. Ouch.

Honestly, I don't think they even promoted it was back on so it is not surprising. Not a bad episode though.


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