Oz may have never given anything to the Tin Man that he didn’t already have, but Tin Man gave the Sci Fi channel record high ratings with its miniseries debut on Sunday night. The first night of the six hour miniseries pulled in 6.3 million viewers. The previous Sci Fi record holder was part 1 of the 2002 miniseries Taken (6.1 million viewers).
A very bad Monday Night Football game had rebounding ratings, but although ESPN is available in almost three times as many homes as the NFL Network, the Packers vs. Cowboys matchup last Thursday only did about 33% fewer viewers than the Monday night game and placed 2nd for the week by a wide margin. Also of note, big numbers for CNN with the YouTube GOP Debate.
Full Top 20 Cable Results for the week ending 12/02/07:
| RANK | PROGRAMS | NET | Live+SD Viewers(000) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NFL REGULAR SEASON L (DOLPHINS/STEELERS) | ESPN | 13,119 |
| 2 | NFL REGULAR SEASON GAME (2007 - PACKERS VS. COWBOYS) | NFLN | 10,054 |
| 3 | SFC MINI-SERIES(S)-12/02/2007 (TIN MAN: PART ONE) | SCIFI | 6,332 |
| 4 | NFL GAME PRE-KICKOFF | NFLN | 6,158 |
| 5 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW) | USA | 5,152 |
| 6 | SANTA CLAUSE, THE | DSNY | 4,986 |
| 7 | WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW) | USA | 4,968 |
| 8 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | 4,494 |
| 9 | SR/CNN YOUTUBE GOP DEBATE(S)-11/28/2007 | CNN | 4,486 |
| 10 | HILLS, THE | MTV | 4,222 |
| 11 | COLL FTBL-SAT PRIME L (PITTSBURGH/WEST VIRGINIA) | ESPN | 4,104 |
| 12 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | 4,095 |
| 13 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | 4,058 |
| 14 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | 4,033 |
| 15 | SPORTSCENTER | ESPN | 3,946 |
| 16 | SHOT AT LOVE: TILA TEQUIL | MTV | 3,916 |
| 17 | LAW & ORDER: CI (ORIG) | USA | 3,850 |
| 18 | SPONGEBOB | NICK | 3,785 |
| 19 | BACK AT THE BARNYARD | NICK | 3,776 |
| 20 | AVATAR: DAY OF BLACK SUN | NICK | 3,772 |
12/4 LATE UPDATE: Michael, your comment made me recheck our list and we had incorrectly sorted it. Avatar came in at #20 for average viewers!
Nielsen Ratings Data: ©2007 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved
December 4th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Congratulations to the Barnyard team for making the top 20 again!
December 4th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Congratulations to the Barnyard team for making the top 20 again!
December 4th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
*sigh* I understand everyone has their tastes, but I'm highly disappointed that the same Spongebob repeats continually beat out Avatar, and not even the Day of Black Sun made the top 20…
And what do you mean by bad game? Did you not see that ball that just stuck upright in the ground? That game was highly entertaining to me…I could just be weird though.
December 4th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
*sigh* I understand everyone has their tastes, but I’m highly disappointed that the same Spongebob repeats continually beat out Avatar, and not even the Day of Black Sun made the top 20…
And what do you mean by bad game? Did you not see that ball that just stuck upright in the ground? That game was highly entertaining to me…I could just be weird though.
December 4th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
It's sickening to see all those Spongebob Saturday morning re-run episodes continually make this list week-after-week.
Nickelodeon would be nothing without Spongebob and will definitely see Disney Channel finally dethrone them for the top spot in total day viewers once the show gets cancelled.
December 4th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
It’s sickening to see all those Spongebob Saturday morning re-run episodes continually make this list week-after-week.
Nickelodeon would be nothing without Spongebob and will definitely see Disney Channel finally dethrone them for the top spot in total day viewers once the show gets cancelled.
December 5th, 2007 at 10:17 am
The NFL Network rating is nothing short of amazing!
December 5th, 2007 at 8:17 am
The NFL Network rating is nothing short of amazing!
December 5th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
Thank you, Robert! I was seriously questioning the world.
Really, I didn't think that such a big event could miss out on the top 20. Kudos to you for rechecking.
I'm happy now
Daniel, agreed. I thought only 7 people had the NFL Network?
December 5th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Thank you, Robert! I was seriously questioning the world.
Really, I didn’t think that such a big event could miss out on the top 20. Kudos to you for rechecking.
I’m happy now
Daniel, agreed. I thought only 7 people had the NFL Network?
December 8th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
I wonder if we'll here about ratings from the NFL Network again this season?
December 8th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
TV-aholic,
If the Pats get to 15-0 we will. The Week 17 Pats/Giants game is on NFL Net on 12/29. If the Pats are going for 16-0 in that game I guarantee we'll hear about the ratings.
December 8th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
I wonder if we’ll here about ratings from the NFL Network again this season?
December 8th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
TV-aholic,
If the Pats get to 15-0 we will. The Week 17 Pats/Giants game is on NFL Net on 12/29. If the Pats are going for 16-0 in that game I guarantee we’ll hear about the ratings.
December 10th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Which SportsCenter broadcast is it that gets almost 4 million viewers? That seems really high. Is that a tally for the viewership of new broadcasts for the entire week?
December 10th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Eli, it was the Monday night SportsCenter that follows Monday Night Football (11:30p Eastern) and not an aggregate tally for the week.
December 10th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Which SportsCenter broadcast is it that gets almost 4 million viewers? That seems really high. Is that a tally for the viewership of new broadcasts for the entire week?
December 10th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Eli, it was the Monday night SportsCenter that follows Monday Night Football (11:30p Eastern) and not an aggregate tally for the week.