It’s a weird quirk because I watch neither of these shows, but I just never get sick of seeing the beatdown that MTV puts on the CW Monday nights.
From the CW press release announcing next season’s schedule: GOSSIP GIRL was the most buzz-worthy show of last season and had the highest concentration of female teens of any series on broadcast television. GOSSIP GIRL will return to its 8:00-9:00 p.m.
Two notes: one, you’ll note the careful use of the words “broadcast television”, and of course as ever buzz-worthy, no doubt, but watch-worthy?
Once again, The Hills has more viewers in the coveted 18-34 demo than not only Gossip Girl, but Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill combined! I know GG fans love the show, and I know, I know everyone you know from Soho to Sigapore watches. And yeah, yeah, DVR, but DVR this: in the week of Gossip Girl’s return from hiatus it had 743,000 watch via DVR , which isn’t shabby considering its live base, but alas, The Hills had more with 1.068 million.
Thanks again to Travis Yanan who posted Monday night’s final numbers on Marc Berman’s forums.
May 14th, 2008 at 5:10 am
A comment from Holland, sorry for the bad english!:
The ratings maby not realy good, but that says nothing about the quality! You have to stop with this Gossip Girl bagging!
May 14th, 2008 at 10:42 am
yea just you wait till the latest episode of GG “Woman on the Verge” is released.
May 14th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Did anyone read Dawn Ostroff's dumb interview in Variety? And I quote, “we want to be the OMG TV network!”
How dumb can you get? This network is trying to sell one thing, and one thing only: sex (in the interview Dawn O. also talked about making Reaper more “sexy”). Quality is not the point of this network. Which is why it will ultimately fail. And thankfully, it will take Gossip Girl with it.
May 14th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
If Your Shooting For A Quality Show Then I'd Stay Clear Of Both.
May 14th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
I'm also sick and tired of this GG bashing. Hills was almost at the point of cancellation in season 1..and it has only in the last two seasons done well
Hills is horrible…its realitly show.
GG…watch a few episodes before stating its crap. There is a reason that many critics have actually enjoyed this show. It's witty and quite well writtenn
And stop comparing CW with MTV…Why not compare the Hills to any other CW show??? Hills gets better ratings than ALL CW SHOWS…so what r u trying to say??
May 14th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Bleh, I hate The Hills. Why is it some of the worst shows do the best in the ratings? I mean its just my two cents that The Hills blows, but that doesn't change the numbers.
September 6th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Yes, but Gossip Girl sales a ton more on iTunes. And I really believe buying on iTunes is a much more popular method to young persons than DVRing.
October 6th, 2008 at 2:33 am
give it a break guys. No one believes that GG has more viewers than the Hills no matter how much you toot it’s horn.
December 9th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
hills is way better. idc wat people think but its just better starting on the music the have really good taste in music.