Comments on: Nielsen Ratings May 6: FOX and Idol Take a Hit, But Still Win

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:56:07 +0000

I know that I'm just one viewer, but I didn't get to see NCIS because I live in Indiana and they were going over all the election results.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:20:00 +0000

Guess Who, you won't have long to wait, CBS will announce its Fall 2008 schedule within the next week.

I'd bet against Beauty and the Geek returning.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:00:04 +0000

I saw that Esai Morales signed on for the BSG Caprica prequel, another nail for Jericho?

By: Guess Who

Guess Who — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:56:31 +0000

Reruns of CSI Miami get 7.6 million while fresh episodes of Jericho usually got 6 million? Another nail in the coffin of Jericho. Jericho Season 1 was great but Season 2 just fell flat in the end – I can understand why millions of Season 1 fans abandoned ship.

It will be interesting to see what show CBS sticks in that 10pm slot in the fall.

Shark is definitely benefitting from the move to 9pm thought it appears to mainly attract old viewers. 10 million should be enough to keep it alive for another season. Not a show I watch much but its better than all those socalled reality shows out there; only Hells Kitchen is somewhat watchable – really does great in the key demo – only if men cry and theres lots of yelling and plates flying across the room.

And why is Beauty and the Geek still on? Whoa is CW. That network should shut down and start from scratch.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:58:53 +0000

Jim, you are correct. The Tuesday Idol has averaged 28.2 million viewers through April 27 of this year.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/01/season-to-...

By: Jon_V

Jon_V — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:07:39 +0000

p.s. – Took me forever to get into the new system (I got stuck in a loop and the prompts to escape its evil clutches were less than definitive).

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:50:03 +0000

Bah. Shark ran what, once as a RERUN in the Tuesday 10pm slot? Once. As a repeat. Please.

By: Dwayne

Dwayne — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:38:48 +0000

Of course a csi rerun is going to draw 7.5 million viewers, it draws millions in reruns on cable. Also it is funny that Shark was dog meat at the 10pm slot, but moves up an hour to the slot people wanted Jericho in and finds several million more viewers.

By: dan

dan — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:37:51 +0000

While everybody else is airing new episodes in the month of may sweeps. NBC can only program one hour of new television. A clip show is not new television. I guess there is only so many nights NBC can fill with Deal or no Deal

CW will hopefully renew reaper. They have to fill hours somehow and I suspect its cheaper to renew a show than to develop a whole bunch of new ones. Plus reaper is good and its audience should build.