Posts with tag nielsen ratings
Posted Apr 18th 2008 10:21AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Programming, Web, Ratings, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl
If you're like me, you probably get annoyed when you roll down your window and your beard blows up in your eyes... And if you don't have a ridiculous beard, but are still like me in your appreciation for a good teen drama, this might be relevant to your television scheduling.
It seems the overlords over at the CW have hatched a new plan. The last five episodes of Gossip Girl, set to begin on Monday, will not be available for online streaming. I know. OMG! Right? I'll pause while you text your BFF. Over at the New York Times, Paul McGuire, senior VP of communications for the network, is quoted as saying, "This is an experiment to see if this moves the [Nielsen ratings] needle at all."
Continue reading CW to Gossip Girl fans: No streams for you!
Posted Oct 2nd 2007 6:21PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, CSI, Prison Break, How I Met Your Mother, Heroes, Dancing With The Stars, Ratings, Journeyman
Dancing with the Stars seems to be unstoppable. The two-hour long episode of the celebrity dancing show led ABC to a win last night (along with The Bachelor) in not only households but also the 18-49 demographic.
NBC was second in 18-49 (tied for third in households) with Chuck, Heroes, and Journeyman. CBS tied them with How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami (which rolled over The Bachelor and Journeyman, of course). FOX was number four in both households and 18-49 with Prison Break and K-Ville, and then The CW, with Everybody Hates Chris, the series premiere of Aliens in America, then Girlfriends and The Game.
By the way, all of the new shows (Chuck, Journeyman, Big Bang Theory, and K-Ville) dropped a bit in their second weeks, in both households and 18-49.
Posted Oct 2nd 2007 3:06PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, CSI, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Ratings, Bionic Woman, Private Practice
Hollywood is the most impatient entity in the entire galaxy. Industry experts and execs are already worried that the new season isn't living up to expectations.
Please note that we are one week into the new season.
There are only two new shows so far that have shown any strength: Bionic Woman and Private Practice. Of course, they've only had one episode each, less than a week ago, so who knows if those numbers are even solid? Returning shows, such as Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, and CSI: Miami are still big ratings-getters, but even their numbers are down. ABC, CBS, NBC are down in the 18-49 demo too
Continue reading Hollywood worried about new season already
Posted Jul 9th 2007 3:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Ratings
Four million people tuned into the series premiere of USA Network's Burn Notice two weeks ago, and they held on to most of those viewers last week.
The Thursday night show has become a hit for USA. Most shows get big numbers for their premieres, because of lots of advertising and curiosity (*cough* Studio 60 *cough*), but don't hold on to them. It looks like fans like viewers like Burn Notice enough to give it another shot.
Continue reading Looks like Burn Notice is a hit
Posted Apr 9th 2007 4:38PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: American Idol, CSI, House, Dancing With The Stars, Shark, Ratings, Predictions and Trends
The ratings are down! The ratings are down! Is this the beginning of the end for the juggernaut called
American Idol? Perhaps the Sanjaya-haters are actually following through with their threats to tune out until the controversial singer is sent packing.
Should producers be worried? Maybe just a little.
According to Nielsen, the ratings for the Tuesday night performance shows have dropped about 10 percent compared to last season (from about 31 million to 28 million viewers). And last Wednesday's results show (April 4) reportedly had the lowest ratings of the season.
Continue reading Idol ratings are down ten percent
Posted Feb 22nd 2007 8:01AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Programming, Heroes, Shark, Ratings
You've probably seen all of those CBS promos that say that Shark, the new James Woods legal drama, is the "most watched new show." Then how come the Nielsen numbers say that Heroes, the new drama over on NBC, averages 14.5 million viewers while Shark averages 13.4 million?
It's because CBS is using an odd little bit of ratings math. CBS released a statement to explain why they're saying that Shark is the most watched new show. Combined with the Washington Post's explanation of what CBS is talking about, it gives me the type of headache I used to get when trying to read chemistry textbooks back in high school.
Continue reading What's the most watched new show, Heroes or Shark?
Posted Jan 26th 2007 4:48PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX, American Idol, Music and Variety, Ratings, News and Gossip
Once again,
American Idol lived up to its reputation as a juggernaut -- or large, overpowering, destructive force -- by drawing more viewers
during Wednesday's night telecast than all of the other major networks combined. According to recent Nielsen ratings,
American Idol drew 36.9 million viewers total, leaving ABC, CBS, NBC and the CW Network all out in the cold.
Continue reading 'Idol' continues to crush Wednesday night competition
Posted Jan 23rd 2007 12:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Sports, CBS, Industry, Programming, Ratings
So, what do you think it is?
Was it the debut episode of this season's American Idol? Was it the season opener of 24? Or maybe the half-season-ender of Lost a few months ago? The season opener of Grey's Anatomy?
Nope. The highest-rated TV show of the season so far was the third episode of Ghost Whisperer! OK, I'm kidding. The actual highest-rated show after the jump.
Continue reading The highest-rated TV show of the season
Posted Oct 25th 2006 11:44AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Commercials, Ratings
And you can add other Turner networks to that list too, including TNT and CourtTV.
Nielsen is going to start announcing ratings for commercials, but the above networks
don't want to accept them. But they're not the only ones. NBC Universal (well, it's cable nets like USA, Sci-Fi, CNBC, MSNBC, Bravo) is also waiting to see if they'll participate, as is ESPN. Cable networks are afraid too many mistakes will be made with the numbers, so they're waiting to see what happens.
Nielsen has tracked the ratings of TV shows for years, of course, but now with DVRs so popular, they're also going to start tracking who's watching what during commercials. They were supposed to start on Nov. 18 but it will now start in December.
Posted Sep 6th 2006 12:31PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: CBS, News, TV Royalty, Talent, Industry, Programming, Celebrities
Katie Couric's first time behind the CBS Evening News anchor desk (actually, she seemed to be standing up a lot more than sitting down) garnered big ratings for CBS. According to Nielsen, she got a 9.1/17 rating, beating the other networks, and giving CBS it's highest ratings in that time slot since 1998.
But the question is: can she hold on to the viewers, or was this just a one time curiosity to see what she was like?
Posted May 16th 2006 9:35AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Reality Shows, NBC, CBS, Industry, Programming, Music and Variety
The first hour of the
two hour season finale on Sunday beat everyone, including the series finale of
The West Wing. Even so, the ratings for the last
West Wing episode ever were actually the highest of the year for the show.
But back to
Survivor. The ratings for this finale were actually down from the last two seasons (Palau and Guatemala), and
the L.A. Times thinks that this might mean that CBS will cut the number of seasons the show has in a year when it announces its fall schedule this Wednesday.
This was bound to happen. The show has two different seasons every single year, and it was inevitable that the ratings would get lower and lower as the seasons go by. I'm waiting for the same thing to happen to
American Idol.
Maybe we need a change for the show. How about something in a cold climate for a change? Maybe
Survivor: Canada, or
Survivor: Ice Station Zebra? For reward challenges you get parkas and gloves and hot chocolate! Maybe you can get exiled to a hot tub!
Posted Feb 1st 2006 10:53AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming
1. American Idol - Tues (FOX)
2. American Idol
- Weds (FOX)
3. CSI (CBS)
4. Without A Trace (CBS)
5. CSI: Miami (CBS)
6.
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
7. Lost (ABC)
8. Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
9. Two
and a Half Men (CBS)
10. NCIS (CBS)
11. Cold Case (CBS)
12: Extreme Makeover:
Home Edition (ABC)
13. Courting Alex (CBS)
14. CSI: NY (CBS)
15. Criminal
Minds (CBS)
16. 24 (FOX)
17. 60 Minutes (CBS)
18. Dancing with the Stars
(ABC)
19. Desperate Housewives (ABC)
20. CSI - special (CBS)
Posted Jan 25th 2006 9:24AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming
1. NFC Championship (FOX)
2. American Idol
- Tues (FOX)
3. American Idol - Weds (FOX)
4. CSI (CBS)
5. Desperate
Housewives (ABC)
6. NFC Championship - GUN (FOX)
7. Without A Trace (CBS)
8. Gray's Anatomy (ABC)
9. Golden Globe Awards (NBC)
10. Dancing With The
Stars (ABC)
11. Lost (ABC)
12. Skating With Celebrities (FOX)
13.
NCIS (CBS)
14. Law and Order: SVU (NBC)
15. CSI: NY (CBS)
16.
Dancing With The Stars - Results (ABC)
17. NFC Championship - Post Game (FOX)
18. CSI - Special (CBS)
19. CSI: Miami - Special (CBS)
20.
24 (FOX)
Posted Jan 12th 2006 10:19AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming
1. Rose Bowl (ABC)
2. CSI (CBS)
3. Rose Bowl Pre-Game (ABC)
4.
Desperate Housewives (ABC)
5. NFL Playoffs - Jacksonville vs. New England (ABC)
6.
NFL Post-Game (CBS)
7. NFL Pre-Game (ABC)
8. Without A Trace (CBS)
9.
Fiesta Bowl (ABC)
10. Orange Bowl (ABC)
11. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
(ABC)
12. 60 Minutes (CBS)
13. Dancing With The Stars (ABC)
14. Grey's
Anatomy (ABC)
15. Cold Case (CBS)
16. Law and Order (NBC)
17. CSI
(CBS)
18. ER (NBC)
19. Numb3rs (CBS)
20. CSI: Miami (CBS)
Posted Dec 21st 2005 9:40AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming
CSI (CBS)- NCIS (CBS)
- CSI: NY (CBS)
- Without A Trace (CBS)
- Criminal Minds (CBS)
- Cold Case (CBS)
- House (CBS)
- Two and a Half Men (CBS)
- The Christmas Blessing (CBS)
- CSI: Miami (CBS)
- Monday Night
Football (ABC)
- 60 Minutes (CBS)
- The Apprentice (NBC)
- Numb3rs (CBS)
- NFL Post-Game (FOX)
- The Amazing Race (CBS)
- Close To Home (CBS)
- NFL Monday Showcase (ABC)
- Law and Order:
SVU (NBC)
- Ghost Whisperer (CBS)
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