Comments on: Top Cable Shows Feb 18-24: NICK is King of Cable

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:07:59 +0000

Hi Robert,

Atlantis has been pulling in between 1.7 to 1.9 million viewers for their 2nd half from what I have read. A 1.2 HH usually gets them about 1.7+ million viewers. Well Season 5 was picked up on lower ratings back in the Season 4 first half. So this is a good sign that ratings upicked. I hope they don’t put most of the reason on the strike though. I think the finale was excellent and leaves a lot of anticipation for next season. Hopefully these ratings are good enough for a Season 6, which we should know by the summer when Season 5 airs. Anyway thanks for the comparisons!

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:07:59 +0000

Hi Robert,

Atlantis has been pulling in between 1.7 to 1.9 million viewers for their 2nd half from what I have read. A 1.2 HH usually gets them about 1.7+ million viewers. Well Season 5 was picked up on lower ratings back in the Season 4 first half. So this is a good sign that ratings upicked. I hope they don't put most of the reason on the strike though. I think the finale was excellent and leaves a lot of anticipation for next season. Hopefully these ratings are good enough for a Season 6, which we should know by the summer when Season 5 airs. Anyway thanks for the comparisons!

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:40:52 +0000

while you can’t project HH to viewers easily, if we use the CW finale on 2/21 as a comparison it did:

CW Supernatural 3.22m 1.3/3 (18-49) 2.3 HH

If they have comprable viewers per screen, Atlantis did about half…

And Marc, it’s definitely good enough. There’ll be another season of Atlantis!

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:40:52 +0000

while you can't project HH to viewers easily, if we use the CW finale on 2/21 as a comparison it did:

CW Supernatural 3.22m 1.3/3 (18-49) 2.3 HH

If they have comprable viewers per screen, Atlantis did about half...

And Marc, it's definitely good enough. There'll be another season of Atlantis!

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:32:31 +0000

ECW 1.4
Ghost Hunters International 1.3
Stargate Atlantis 1.2
Living Hell 1.2
Alone in the Dark 1.0
Asteroid Part 1 1.0
Firefly 1.0
Asteroid Part 2 1.0
Ghost Hunters 1.0
Meteor 0.9

Source: Nielsen Galaxy Report, 2/18/08 — 2/24/08

My favorite show Stargate Atlantis, seemed to just miss the top spot once again. Hopefully this is good enough for the network.

By: Marc

Marc — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:32:31 +0000

Not sure if this is allowed to be posted so please remove if I am in the wrong, thanks. Here are some ratings for this week officially released by SCI FI. Here is the top 10 SCI FI ratings if anyone is interested..

ECW 1.4
Ghost Hunters International 1.3
Stargate Atlantis 1.2
Living Hell 1.2
Alone in the Dark 1.0
Asteroid Part 1 1.0
Firefly 1.0
Asteroid Part 2 1.0
Ghost Hunters 1.0
Meteor 0.9

Source: Nielsen Galaxy Report, 2/18/08 -- 2/24/08

My favorite show Stargate Atlantis, seemed to just miss the top spot once again. Hopefully this is good enough for the network.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:36:41 +0000

Spongebob, iCarly, Zoey 101 and other Nick shows are always 20ish members of the top 40 cable shows that we see each week.

What varies from week to week is how well the competition does.

With strong competition, the Nick shows can be somewhat crowded out of the top 20.

On weeks like this one, the competition is weaker and the omnipresent Nick shows move up to fill the top 20.

By: Blaquestarr

Blaquestarr — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:17:56 +0000

WOW!! Nickelodeon took 13 of the top 20 spots. I must be out of it (actually a FOP fan, but didn’t catch the movie…) because I did not see that coming. o_O

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:36:41 +0000

Spongebob, iCarly, Zoey 101 and other Nick shows are always 20ish members of the top 40 cable shows that we see each week.

What varies from week to week is how well the competition does.

With strong competition, the Nick shows can be somewhat crowded out of the top 20.

On weeks like this one, the competition is weaker and the omnipresent Nick shows move up to fill the top 20.

By: Blaquestarr

Blaquestarr — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:17:56 +0000

WOW!! Nickelodeon took 13 of the top 20 spots. I must be out of it (actually a FOP fan, but didn't catch the movie…) because I did not see that coming. o_O

By: RJ

RJ — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:32:35 +0000

No Disney Shows in the top 40? Holy crap that HAS to be a first.

I havent watch Fairly Oddparents in awhile, but I DID watch this, and did like it.

By: RJ

RJ — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:32:35 +0000

No Disney Shows in the top 40? Holy crap that HAS to be a first.

I havent watch Fairly Oddparents in awhile, but I DID watch this, and did like it.

By: Michael Tarpey

Michael Tarpey — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:03:03 +0000

I’ll gladly hail Nick. Soon as they bring Avatar back.

By: Michael Tarpey

Michael Tarpey — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:03:03 +0000

I'll gladly hail Nick. Soon as they bring Avatar back.