My Sentiments exactly... BRIAN's 5.9/9 beat STUDIO 60S 5.3/9... barely, but it still beat them...

Wow! I can't believe that WAB beat Studio 60! That makes me sad...I am still wondering why people aren't watching Studio 60? I didn't think that WAB would make such an impact on viewership...very surprising ratings IMO.

What About Brian beating S60 is truly baffling, must be the Bachelor lead-in. That show is so dull, I figured it would get cancelled pretty quick even though it was barely renewed.

Because it is terrible.

what is what about brian about

While I'm not that shocked at S60's slide off the charts, I am surprised at ER's ability to get so many viewers after a gazillion seasons.

Somehow John Stamos will get all the accolades for ER's ratings resurgence, but it's been a good start to the season so far.

John Stamos has nothing to do with the viewership in ER this year... its because the writers are actually doing something they havn't done in 4 years - writting stuff thats interesting to watch!

Here's the problem: a large percentage of the 18-45 adult viewership who have cable TV access are watching the ESPN Monday Night Football telecast, which has seriously hurt many shows on Monday night, especially in the Eastern and Central time zones.

I thought people might stop using MNF as an excuse for poor ratings when it went to ESPN, but I guess not.

Monday - 10/18
Rankings by Total Views (in millions)
1. "CSI: Miami" (CBS) 17.62m
2. "Deal or No Deal - Monday" (NBC) 17.27m
3. "Two and a Half Men" (CBS) 16.37m
4. "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (CBS) 13.27m
5. "Heroes" (NBC) 13.07m
6. "The Bachelor: Rome" (ABC) 9.85m
7. "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS) 9.25m
8. "The Class" (CBS) 8.70m
9. "What About Brian" (ABC) 8.30m
10. "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (NBC) 7.76m
11. "House" (R) (9-10) (FOX) 4.78m
12. "House" (R) (8-9) (FOX) 4.04m
13. "Wife Swap" (ABC) 3.75m
14. "Everybody Hates Chris" (CW) 3.06m
15. "Girlfriends" (CW) 3.06m
16. "All of Us" (CW) 2.86m
17. "The Game" (CW) 2.64m

Rankings by Total Ratings
1. "CSI: Miami" (CBS) 12.6/20
2. "Two and a Half Men" (CBS) 10.7/15
3. "Deal or No Deal - Monday" (NBC) 10.6/16
4. "Heroes" (NBC) 9.1/13
5. "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (CBS) 8.9/13
6. "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (NBC) 6.6/10
7. "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS) 6.4/10
8. "Wife Swap" (ABC) 5.8/9
9. "The Class" (CBS) 5.7/8
10. "The Bachelor: Rome" (ABC) 5.5/8
11. "What About Brian" (ABC) 4.4/7
12. "House" (R) (9-10) (FOX) 3.8/6
13. "House" (R) (8-9) (FOX) 3.2/5
14. "Girlfriends" (CW) 2.7/4
15. "Everybody Hates Chris" (CW) 2.5/4
16. "All of Us" (CW) 2.4/3
17. "The Game" (CW) 2.4/3

8:00-9:00
1. "Deal or No Deal - Monday" (NBC) 17.27m
2. "How I Met Your Mother" / "The Class" (CBS) 8.98m
3. "House" (R) (FOX) 4.04m
4. "Wife Swap" (ABC) 3.75m
5. "Everybody Hates Chris" / "All of Us" (CW) 2.96m

9:00-10:00
1. "Two and a Half Men" / "Old Adv of New Christine" (CBS) 14.82m
2. "Heroes" (NBC) 13.07m
3. "The Bachelor: Rome" (ABC) 9.85m
4. "House" (R) (FOX) 4.78m
5. "Girlfriends" / "The Game" (CW) 2.75m

10:00-11:00
1. "CSI: Miami" (CBS) 17.62m
2. "What About Brian" (ABC) 8.30m
3. "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (NBC) 7.76m



Tuesday - 10/18
Rankings by Total Views (in millions)
1. "Dancing with the Stars" (8-9:30) (ABC) 21.08m
2. "NCIS" (CBS) 15.75m
3. "Law & Order: SVU" (NBC) 12.83m
4. "The Unit" (CBS) 12.82m
5. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC) 10.91m
6. "Help Me Help You" (ABC) 10.87m
7. "Boston Legal" (ABC) 10.85m
8. "Criminal Minds" (R) (CBS) 10.33m
9. "MLB NLCS: NY Mets vs. St. Louis" (FOX) 10.25m
10. "Friday Night Lights" (NBC) 6.61m
11. "Gilmore Girls" (CW) 4.77m
12. "Veronica Mars" (CW) 3.22m

Rankings by Total Ratings
1. "Dancing with the Stars" (8-9:30) (ABC) 14.4/21
2. "NCIS" (CBS) 10.4/16
3. "Law & Order: SVU" (NBC) 9.8/15
4. "MLB NLCS: NY Mets vs. St. Louis" (FOX) 8.6/14
5. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC) 8.6/12
6. "The Unit" (CBS) 8.3/12
7. "Boston Legal" (ABC) 7.7/12
8. "Help Me Help You" (ABC) 7.4/11
9. "Criminal Minds" (R) (CBS) 7.0/11
10. "Friday Night Lights" (NBC) 4.0/6
11. "Gilmore Girls" (CW) 3.8/6
12. "Veronica Mars" (CW) 2.1/3

8:00-9:00
1. "Dancing with the Stars" / "Help Me Help You" (ABC) 20.05m
2. "NCIS" (CBS) 15.75m
3. "Friday Night Lights" (NBC) 6.61m
4. "Gilmore Girls" (CW) 4.77m

9:00-10:00
1. "Dancing with the Stars" / "Help Me Help You" (ABC) 17.01m
2. "The Unit" (CBS) 12.82m
3. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC) 10.91m
4. "Veronica Mars" (CW) 3.22m

10:00-11:00
1. "Law & Order: SVU" (NBC) 12.83m
2. "Boston Legal" (ABC) 10.85m
3. "Criminal Minds" (R) (CBS) 10.33m


OK, how long until NBC pulls the plug on Friday Night Lights and Studio 60?

VM actually improved in ratings by 1 point and about 200,000 viewers from last week, which is a good sign.

I hope NBC is patient enough to see how FNL does without a competing real major sporting event against it; there should be a sizeable common audience there.

Definitely a good sign. I'm happy to see that.



Studio 60 on the other hand... yikes:

Total viewers:
9/18 - 13.41 million
9/25 - 10.83 million
10/2 - 9.05 million
10/9 - 8.76 million
10/16 - 7.76 million

By the end of the season, it'll just be me and das watching. I'm not able to backseat program manage this, becuase I honestly don't see how they've managed to lose about 45% of their audience since the premiere. But this show *must* be moved to a new night. This clearly ain't working.

http://community.tvguide.com/forum.j...umID=700000049

But it was scheduled to be a repeat anyway

Jesus - how incredibly stupid. Who is the NBC genius that decided to put a show based on football opposite MNF?

I like FNL more than S60, so I guess I have to hope for it to improve on S60's numbers.

Would Friday Night Lights really do better when it's up against an NFL game?

How fucking stupid is that move? Oh well, at least I can assume that FNL will tank there too... and NBC may start blaming the timeslot rather than the shows.

I thought NBC was going to put Battlestar Gallactica after Heros on Monday nights because they figued both shows have similar fan bases.

arn't they on different networks??? Last time I checked BATTLESTAR GALLACTICA was on Sci-fi...

You missed the speculation from this thread:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=480189

According to Ausiello at TVGuide, there is no substance to the BSG rumors.

http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Co...te=11-Oct-2006

All this aside I'd say the number one reason for the boost is that its #1 competitor Without a Trace moved to Sunday. Shark is doing well with the CSI lead-in but not quite what WaT was doing there.

Wednesday - 10/18
Rankings by Viewers (in millions)
1. "Dancing with the Stars: Results Show" (ABC) 19.17m
2. "Criminal Minds" (CBS) 16.10m
3. "Lost" (ABC) 16.07m
4. "CSI: NY" (CBS) 15.68m
5. "Jericho" (CBS) 10.81m
6. "MLB NLCS Playoffs Game 6: NY Mets vs. St. Louis" (FOX) 10.43m
7. "The Nine" (ABC) 8.59m
8. "The Biggest Loser" (NBC) 7.39m
9. "Dateline NBC" (NBC) 7.26m
10. "30 Rock" (NBC) 5.85m
11. "America's Next Top Model" (CW) 5.14m
12. "20 Good Years" (NBC) 5.10m
13. "One Tree Hill" (CW) 2.95m

Rankings by Total Ratings
1. "Dancing with the Stars: Results Show" (ABC) 12.7/19
2. "Lost" (ABC) 11.3/17
3. "Criminal Minds" (CBS) 11.1/16
4. "CSI: NY" (CBS) 11.0/17
5. "MLB NLCS Playoffs Game 6: NY Mets vs. St. Louis" (FOX) 9.2/14
6. "Jericho" (CBS) 7.0/11
7. "The Nine" (ABC) 6.8/11
8. "Dateline NBC" (NBC) 5.5/9
9. "The Biggest Loser" (NBC) 4.8/7
10. "America's Next Top Model" (CW) 4.5/7
11. "30 Rock" (NBC) 4.4/7
12. "20 Good Years" (NBC) 4.2/6
13. "One Tree Hill" (CW) 2.3/3

8:00-9:00
1. "Dancing with the Stars: Results Show" (ABC) 19.17m
2. "Jericho" (CBS) 10.81m
3. "30 Rock" / "20 Good Years" (NBC) 5.48m
4. "America's Next Top Model" (CW) 5.14m

9:00-10:00
1. "Criminal Minds" (CBS) 16.10m
2. "Lost" (ABC) 16.07m
3. "The Biggest Loser" (NBC) 7.39m
4. "One Tree Hill" (CW) 2.95m

10:00-11:00
1. "CSI: NY" (CBS) 15.68m
2. "The Nine" (ABC) 8.59m
3. "Dateline NBC" (NBC) 7.26m

Notes:
- Lost is down 25% from last year
- Criminal Minds is up 26% from last year
- The Nine lost 19% of its audience in the last half-hour (1.78m viewers)

Wow, so much for the CW's "ONE TREE HILL is gaining viewership" promotion from last week, since the series lost 300,000 viewers (which are very much needed when your total is 2.95 million)... to bad though cause I've always enjoyed the show and the creator's ideas for season five sound really interesting (instead of showing the 'kids' first year of college, he wants to fast-forward the series 6 years and show them at like 24/25 and use like 'flashbacks' to document their college experience and futures)...