Comments on: Early Nielsen Ratings: Pushing Daisies Six Feet Under

By: gw

gw — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:42:04 +0000

We are not a Nielsen household, nor are any of the households of our friends or family across the country. I wish our household and those of our friends were, because we have watched every episode of Pushing Daisies and love it. We’d like to write the show’s sponsors and encourage them to keep putting their advertising dollars toward this refreshing, original and excellent show.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:16:46 +0000

Steve, Biggest Loser until Oct 29 when a new show starts, “Mama’s Boys”.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:09:03 +0000

Criminal Minds gets such huge ratings with no lead in and no promo. 17 million for the premier is impressive. Almost in DH & GA territory. I think next week PP will drop and CM will go up again. CSI NY gets the benefit of an amazing lead in from CM and not much competition. I wonder how it would do without it??? CM has actually become a great show which I am now hooked on. I now understand its growing popularity. What will replace America’s Got Talent?

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:04:46 +0000

@Joe
Although i don’t like PD i know how it feels to have a show that pulls in bad numbers ie TSCC, PB & CHUCK.

When a new show starts in the fall i usually wait until midseason to see if i think it will be renewed, if it looks like it will i watch.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:30:19 +0000

Julia — with the only marketplace that matters; the television networks who sell the advertising and the advertisers who buy it, so far the answer to your question is a resounding “no”.

By: Julia26

Julia26 — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:24:45 +0000

Dont you think in this day and age with where we are with technology… that we can gauge ratings better and more accurate than with Nielsen Boxes??

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:42:25 +0000

Pushing Daisies is a good show but it’s one of those shows that you either “GET IT” or you don’t I happen to enjoy it but I can see why some people would be turned off I mean it is different to me it looks like a show made by Tim Burton it really has his flavor to it and I know lots of people do not like his movies while others do but yeah I hope it doesn’t get canceled but if it does I guess i can somewhat understand why as most people just don’t get it BUT I have to ask these people with nielsen boxes…..What are you thinking? How can that awful writing on Knight Rider draw a better rating than Pushing Daisies I mean come on is it those cute lil graphics on the screen when KITT transforms??

I also agree with most on here that FOX should move TSCC to wednesday following Bones I think it will actually draw better numbers in that time slot

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:18:44 +0000

Pushing Daisies is awful, it’s something you would expect from Disney Channel. I mean it seems more aimed at kids so why not put it on ABC family or a kids channel.

By: Y.

Y. — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:16:25 +0000

Pushing Daisies if a vapid repetitive piece of fluff. It’s all pretty colors and no substance. Fine, but not for the 1 hour format. Try listening to an episode without watching, it’s pretty atrocious. Good to see that the people called the king has no clothes. To bad it’s hurting the rest of the night.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:08:44 +0000

Dirty Sexy Money was amazing ABC needs to give that show a chance in a different timeslot. Private Practice is a terrible lead in.

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:05:27 +0000

Keep in mind that PP was scheduled to run long, so DSMs numbers will probably drop in the finals.

By: paul

paul — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:04:03 +0000

I suppose DSM is on par with its last aired episode(s)

By: Julia26

Julia26 — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:02:34 +0000

The DSM and PP numbers arent good? They sound good to me LOL.

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:01:39 +0000

Thank you. Even my Pushing Daisies hating friend overestimated it.

By: paul

paul — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:00:08 +0000

According to Zap2it-

CBS averaged a 7.9 rating/13 share for the night, easily beating second-place NBC’s 5.4/9. ABC took third with a 4.8/8. FOX, 4.4/7, came in fourth, and The CW drew a 2.0/3.

The adults 18-49 title also went to CBS, which drew a 3.3 rating in the key advertising demographic. ABC managed to grab second with a 2.6, followed closely by NBC, 2.5, and FOX, 2.4. The CW came in at 1.4.

FOX’s “Bones” led the 8 p.m. hour with a 6.1/10. CBS’ “New Adventures of Old Christine” and “Gary Unmarried” finished second in households, but NBC’s “Knight Rider” (4.6/7), which grew a tiny bit from its premiere, had more total viewers. The premiere of “Pushing Daisies” scored only a 4.1/7, well below its average from last season. “America’s Next Top Model” earned a 2.7/4 for The CW.

CBS took the lead at 9 p.m. with “Criminal Minds,” 9.3/14. The finale of “America’s Got Talent” delivered a 7.7/12 for NBC. ABC moved up to third with “Private Practice,” 5.5/8. A pair of “‘Til Death” episodes averaged 2.7/4 for FOX, keeping it ahead of The CW’s “90210″ encore.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:58:25 +0000

Julia, PD=6.32 million 2.0/6 w/18-49, Private Practice= 8.048 w/ a 3.3/10 (a bit of saving grace) and DSM = 7.15 w/2.5/7

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:54:48 +0000

Though I don’t seem to have 3G up here.

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:53:37 +0000

Gutted, I thought last nights Pushing Daisies was so good. Plus it has one of the best emsemble casts on TV.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:52:09 +0000

nope. you’ll have to view it on your iPhone

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:51:17 +0000

I’m hoping for a total viewers update before I have to leave for the airport. Got anything yet?

By: Foo Man Chu

Foo Man Chu — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:50:41 +0000

Pushing Daisies wasnt promoted all that much – I forgot it was on and caugh it 15 minutes in while channel surfing and doing some home improvement projects around the house. I suspect it will likely get the axe by mid season. Too bad, its a truly different show like nothing else on the air. Then again that probably part of the problem – its too different. Having it off the air so long with no re-runs didnt help either. These days most viewers want clones of talent shows, crime shows or reality shows – just look at the weekly top 20.

Hopefully FRINGE will hold the 9-10 million viewer mark that one is one of the few show, other than LOST, that I really look forward to.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:41:09 +0000

^^
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/10/03/nielsen-major-league-baseball-playoffs-tv-ratings

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:40:49 +0000

I don’t know if Bill updated this chart w/2007 data, but the “red” line in it represents the average viewers for the LDS round. it combines *all* games/series for the LDS round, and is not an average of the individual games or series — there are four series in that round

By: Julia26

Julia26 — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:39:35 +0000

Thanks Robert! Interesting stuff… I am a Yankees fan so its now officially football season in my house. No MLB play-off watching for us! Thank God Big Blue is off to a good start!

By: Dirtysexyj

Dirtysexyj — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:39:24 +0000

wow

stunned by the numbers a little.

I really enjoyed DSM, and hopefully viewership will grow. The bright side?

DSM outperformed PD and Lipstick Jungle, and managed to hold the majority of PP lead in.

DSM is great , tune in nxt week !