Comments on: Gossip Girl Premiere: Time To Put Up or Shut Up

By: nikkk

nikkk — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:10:48 +0000

what time is gossip girl on and what channel ?

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:28:51 +0000

James Hibberd has access to data that we may or may not see, but that 3.4 million viewers is more than I thought the show would do (see above), but less than it’s overnight numbers for the premiere last year (3.65 million).

Berman has the 18-49 overnight rating at 1.7 for last year, which is the same as Hibberd has for last night, so there’s no increase there.

We don’t have access to last years 18-34 overnight rating, but we may see this year’s later today.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:16:04 +0000

3.4 isn’t bad by CW standards but it’s horrific given all the promotion. Anyway i’m very sad to see OTH under GG. I know that 3.1 with no promotion is better than 3.4 with tons of promotion but i’m still upset

By: spacerangersfan

spacerangersfan — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:08:32 +0000

3.4 million, per The Live Feed:

http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/09/gossip-record-f.html

By: GRD

GRD — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:17:38 +0000

Too bad “Smallville” has sucked for years. Actually, the entire network has become a joke.

By: Jackson

Jackson — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:49:15 +0000

I watch Gossip Girl but it definitely isn’t “the greatest show ever” and I hate how Dawn Ostroff runs the network. Smallville and Supernatural are keeping The CW alive but have the littlest promotion. Reaper was an excellent new show but it hasn’t even been given an air date yet. Everybody Hates Chris is a good show and probably one of the few family shows on TV, hopefully it does better on Fridays. One Tree Hill is a good show too and I find it funny how it gets better ratings than GG even with all the promos.

The CW does have some good shows but just has no idea how to attract viewers and it doesn’t help when the target audience is young female viewers. Also last I heard The CW only covers around 80% of the country compared to FOX, NBC, ABC and CBS which cover at least 95%. (Someone want to give an update on that?)

Ostroff NEEDS to be fired!

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:50:38 +0000

Rhuw, I agree that GG fans were previously conditioned to the 8pm slot. 8pm has a lot fewer people watching TV in general than 9pm while daylights savings time is in place, so regardless of show 9pm is the better slot during DST in terms of available viewers. Because of this, it isn’t really apples-to-apples to compare 8pm results with 9pm results, but it’s the only comparison that is available to us so we will do it anyway.

It is probably fair to compare to the season finale of Gossip Girl which drew 2.97 million viewers (preliminary overnight results)in the 8pm slot on May 19. But May 19 wasn’t a holiday. On the other hand today’s holiday is when CW is airing the premiere so like it or not 2.97 million becomes the benchmark. No doubt if it does less CW will say “Holiday!”, if it does about the same or higher, there will be much chest thumping…

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:43:40 +0000

Julie, you are correct, I initially/incorrectly linked the second week’s data. The Live+SD viewership for the week of Sept 17-23 was in fact 3.504 million. I will correct the post above.

By: Rhuw Morgan

Rhuw Morgan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:32:39 +0000

Hi Bill, I think that was true for the pre WGA strike episodes, but the after-strike episodes of Gossip Girl’s first season all aired at 8pm on Mondays so its audience should at least know its slot (especially after the constant bombardments of risque posters and commercials). Whethere they watch though is another kettle of fish…

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:27:02 +0000

Did last fall season begin a week after Gossip Girl did? Because the series premiere was seen by 3.65 million viewers last year before falling to the number you reported for the season premiere viewership in week 2.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:07:26 +0000

I would guess high 2 millions for the premiere. If they end up breaking the 3 million mark, I’d be very surprised. Part of me wants it to do poorly so Dawn Ostroff can finally get fired and the network can finally focus on the few good shows that network has: Supernatural and Reaper.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:02:28 +0000

Rhuw, one reason I think tonight’s ratings may fall short is that it is at 8pm and not 9pm like last season. There are fewer people watching at 8pm this early in the season *and* Gossip Girl was at 9pm last season following America’s Next Top Model, which was CW’s #1 show.

By: Rhuw Morgan

Rhuw Morgan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:51:05 +0000

I think tonight will either be the highest rated episode yet or a complete failure. On the plus side it is launching before the majority of the rest of the fall season, and the original 90210 didn’t take off until its second season and its early summer run. The downside is that Prison Break is also back tonight and The Secret Life of An American Teen is also on, and both of them will be competing for the same kind of audience. Im guessing the 2.5 – 3.0 million bracket, but wouldnt be surprised if it did more as it has had a lot of promotion. I guess a lot will depend on whether the ratings drop or increase from 8-8.30 to 8.30-9.

By: Blaire

Blaire — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:19:49 +0000

I am so excited for the premiere tonight! Chuck and Blair are THE reasons I watch this show. They are the hottest couple on television. I hope this show does better this season in the ratings, and I have confidence that it will. I know I spent some time this summer getting my friends to watch the reruns who had not been watching the show before. I am happy to say they are as addicted as I am.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:29:57 +0000

I’ll take the over 2.5, but I’m not willing to bet on it.