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Also of interest here is how well Jericho is holding it's audience; an impressive 94% retention of viewers from last week. Jericho (second in households (6.8/11), viewers (10.77m), adults 25-54 (4.5/12) and adults 18-49 (3.4/10)) definitely appears to be finding an audience - a very good sign for CBS.

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This is really not looking like a great year for new shows. If 'Ugley Betty' doesn't have another strong night I don't see any of this years new crop of shows as a breakout hit. That makes two years without a breakout hit right?
This is a shame because there are a number of shows I really like out of these new shows. I think if they stick with 'The Class', 'Heroes', 'Ugley Betty', and 'Studio 60' that over time their ratings will take off.
Personally, I don't get the whole 'Nine' thing. Like 'Six Degrees' I'm not really liking any of the story lines and we know how things turnout in the bank. Spending weeks watching people held hostage and maybe raped doesn't really get me going. They also killed the ONE actress I really liked.

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You made a mistake: Lost had 18.5 million viewers while the Nine had 11 million.

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Yeah,
I've watched Jericho from episode 1, and its not that its a great show, but its a good lead-in to Lost. Frankly, I'd much rather watch it than Dancing with the friggin-who cares stars.
Wensdays have become a sort of Mystery Night, with Jericho, Lost, and the Nine making me wonder just wonder what in the hell is going on.

Good ratings, I'll be content with this lineup for a few years.

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Erratum: ABC won the ratings battle last night, with 11 million viewers tuning into the Lost season premiere.

Lost had a 11.0 household rating (17 share), with roughly 19 million viewers.

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I like watching Jericho then chilling for an hour (cant stand Lost) then watching Kidnapped while TiVo The Nine like I did last night...guess Ill have only 13 weeks to do that...at least they gave Kidnapped a finish and arent just cutting it like Invasion got last year. Too bad I think Kidnapped could have been a good series if they gave it a chance, but in today's TV if you dont have ratings after 2 weeks youre gone.

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Jericho is a great show and the shocking thing is that it is holding its own out there -- and it has virtually NO publicity, other than the commercials on CBS. Most of the Entertainment shows ignore it, deciding to devote ENDLESS interviews with the no-name stars and pushing Studio 60 down everyone's throat. Note: Studio 60 is BORING! Yes, the writing is superb, but NO ONE talks like that. It takes Sorkin hours to come up with a perfectly crafted sentence for Matthew Perry or Amanda Peet to recite -- people don't speak that well in real life. (okay, maybe I need a new circle of friends).

If Jericho got 1/10th the attention the other shows have received, it would have knocked DWTS to where it belongs -- the gong show.

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Okay so first of all I have to say LOST is the greatest show that I have ever been a fan of. Yes, it leaves questions, but that makes us want to keep watching...it's amazing...and the characters are all so unique and unpredictable. Jericho is my favorite new show. It has less mysteries than LOST..because we already know (or almost know) that the US has been bombed by another country (or countries)....The plot is just so creepy I can't help but want to watch it!

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So far I like Jericho with Gerald McRaney this season.
And HOUSE continues to be amazing!!!

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Just an aside on Lost- I see the 'unpredictability' of the characters as complete incredibility. I was watching for Matthew Fox, but the whole thing's getting ridiculous, I HATE how out of the way every conversation goes to not reveal anything. Totally unnatural.

Jericho, on the other hand, is pretty great without blowing me away, and I totally appreciate it. People for the most part act normally, and it has its really cool moments, like finding the 757, and the TV broadcast. I really like that it's not trying to be grondbreaking to just be groundbreaking.

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I think ABC made a big mistake putting The Nine and Six Degrees where they are. Six Degrees is flunking on thursdays and Invasion showed us the Lost crowd can't bring themselves to care about what show comes after Lost, no matter how good it is.

So, rather than canceling The Nine, the right thing right now for ABC would be to can Six Degrees and give The Nine the benefit of Grey's as a lead-in. At least I hope they realise that, and FAST. Canceling The Nine would be unthinkable with the great reviews it's been getting, while Six Degrees is clearly the weakest link, and one that's wasting the best time slot this season has to offer.

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This is the first time I have watched LOST on ABC. I was drawn in by all of the hype and purchsed season 1 on DVD and was hooked from there! I had to wait to get the 2nd season on DVD because it was too late to jump in on the season. I also LOVED IT! I really enjoyed the opener and it left me with a lot of questions -- the good kind where you want to tune in so you can figure out what is going on.

I am also a huge fan of jericho! I love the idea of show! The only negative thing I have to say is that some of the nuclear activity is not realistic. Fall out would contaminate everything and everyone it touched. The pools of water would be filled with radiation and everything would die. but other then that I really love the show!

I am a fan of studio 60 and cant wait for Battlestar to show its opener tonight!

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To Joelle:

I don't think any of the explosions are nuclear. The producers/actors on the show choose their words very carefully when talking about the "big explosions" and never outright say they are nuclear. I think that if I was in the situation, I would ASSUME the worst and ASSUME there is radiation, to stay safe. I don't think there ever was any radiation at all.

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I think tvsquad should stop talking and commenting on the show rating! Isn't it bad enough that we constantly lost shows to those numbers???
I mean the networks should start pushing good shows by rating them without any viewer numbers.

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