Comments on: Nielsen Ratings Monday, August 25: Unscripted NBC Beats Sleeping Rivals

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:04:34 +0000

Rob D. Are you serious? You think winning a time slot by more than double the viewership, pulling in nearly 11 million viewers and rating a 2.8/9 share is “bad”? Wow! I know it's not the highest ratings DOND has ever had but you have to remember that it's all relative to the night. It's quite obvious that there were just not very many people watching TV is all. After the Olympics, it is very normal to see a lot of people who become burned out of sitting on the couch. I know my couch has permenant dents on it from watching the Olympics. If I wasn't such a die hard fan of DOND, I probably would not have been on the couch either.

By: David

David — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:10:26 +0000

Rob D. I would say yes it IS smart to announce someone winning the million in the commercial. The fact is that by doing that, it gets people to watch and by not having a winner on the first week, it adds even more suspense anc curiosity. NBC is brilliant in taking this approach. It's what's keeping the ratings up.

By: Rob D

Rob D — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:41:25 +0000

I really hope Deal or No Deal ratings continue to slide. After the olympics and with no competition, it did pretty bad in my opinion. That being said- although I don't watch, is it really smart to say that someone will win the 1,000,000 dollars in the commercial. I remember when ABC tried to hide the fact when someone won the 1,000,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire back in the day. That show at least had questions so even if you knew the outcome it wasn't unwatchable. But DOND without any drama is just torture.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:03:22 +0000

Rob, I probably couldn't have resisted the pun either. But I think it speaks to just how woeful ABC has been with Mondays in the summer, and not conventional wisdom.

By: Rob R

Rob R — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:57:55 +0000

Interesting that ABC's highest rated hour Monday night was its coverage of the Democratic Convention. Sort of conflicts with the conventional (pun unavoidable) wisdom that viewers would rather watch entertainment programming than convention coverage.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:01:20 +0000

I don't know TVa, for a show that probably *does* belong on cable, those results didn't look so bad to me, especially against Two and a Half Men. Of course, it was on broadcast, and not cable… Notably, it came in second among 18-34 year olds, trailing Fuego en la Sangre, but well ahead of Two and a Half Men.

By: TVaholic

TVaholic — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:54:16 +0000

Not a very good showing for America's Toughest Jobs. You would have thought a bigger crowd would have sampled it with a Deal or No Deal leadin and a good olympics powerd push promotion.