Comments on: Football, Veep Debate, Baseball Playoffs Lead Weekly Cable Viewing

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:53:07 +0000

Man, Little Britain is a brilliant show, it should have a better timeslot.

By: Rich from Aussie land

Rich from Aussie land — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:17:24 +0000

More numbers:

10/8: South Park: 3.7M, 2.5 adults 18-49 rating
The Sarah Silverman Program: 2.4M viewers, 1.6

http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/10/south-park-prem.html

10/10: Smackdown: 3.5 million, 1.1 rating
Star Wars: Clone Wars: 2.8 million, 0.7/2

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:21:01 +0000

If anyone ever sees some numbers for Tabitha’s Salon Takeover Thurs on Bravo, it would be highly appreciated. Thanks!

By: ElisaD

ElisaD — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:50:10 +0000

Robert,
Thank you for your reply. What we have been reading and understanding is that MGM and Brad Wright wanted to take the Stargate franchise into a differet direction. So they decided to cancel “The People’s Choice” for favorite scifi show, SGA and start production on Stargate Universe. SGU will be based on a ship and will be lost and cut off from earth with a crew consisting of young actors (20-25) with the intention of targeting a younger audience. Many are starting to call SGU, Stargate 90210 and Stargate University. Anyway, many fans of SGA were not happy and feel slighted and are letting their feelings be known by sending postcards, emails, and fake lemons to MGM, SciFi, and Brad Wright. We were hoping for better ratings as just another “dart” to throw at TPTB.

-Elisa

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:07:29 +0000

Elisa, I think the best thing to do is enjoy that at least with the mid-season cliffhanger they got very creative again, we got to see Daniel Jackson again and it was a great episode — plus we do get the rest of the season. It’s not clear to me that Atlantis was cancelled due to ratings, it seems that MGM wanted to take a different direction with the Stargate franchise. Surely they don’t think Stargate: Universe (or whatever it winds up being called) will perform much differently (or better) than SG: Atlantis.

I think it’s good news is MGM plans to keep the SG franchise going and they’ve already announced plans for SG: Atlantis movies in the same fashion as the SG1 movies (direct to DVD).

By: ElisaD

ElisaD — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:37:25 +0000

Any information on ratings for Stargate Atlantis seen on SciFi channel? It has been a few weeks now I have seen anything on the First Contact. MGM has canceled Stargate Atlantis and fans are upset to say the least and we are trying to get the show renewed for another season. We are looking for any good news to keep our spirits up.

Thanks,
Elisa

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:59:43 +0000

johnthemon,

Here’s the latest numbers we have on how many households receive each “cable” network. Although “cable” isn’t exactly correct, since perhaps 1/3 of the homes get them via satellite.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/06/nielsen-cable-network-coverage-estimates/3659

By: Johnthemon

Johnthemon — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:52:00 +0000

I’ve said this before, but dang. HBO must have a lot of subscribers not watching it. Oh, and if anyone could tell me the approximate of TV households that have cable I’d appreciate it

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:03:36 +0000

Life & Times of Tim is practically non-existent. I’m not surprised. It’s somewhat entertaining, but it’s definitely not laugh out loud funny, and probably doesn’t appeal to much of America.

By: Wyatt

Wyatt — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:49:15 +0000

Folks, I’ve just got some HBO and Showtime viewers

- Dexter: 0.786 million viewers
- Little Britain USA: 0.657 million viewers
- Californication: 0.442 million viewers
- The Life & Times of Tim: 0.275 million viewers

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:28:03 +0000

Wyatt, thanks for the update. Changed!

By: Wyatt

Wyatt — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:23:32 +0000

The Hills and Raising of the Bar A18-49 is wrong. The Hills got 1.9/5 and Raising of the Bar 0.7/2, sorry.

By: travis

travis — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:52:54 +0000

any idea how the life and times of tim did? i thought that show was terrific.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:22:07 +0000

Thanks Wyatt! Added to the post.

By: Wyatt

Wyatt — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:33:19 +0000

More cable ratings (sorry, i don’t have viewers )

Last Week
09/29/08 Raising the Bar HH: 1.5/2; A18-49: 0.7/2
10/05/08 True Blood HH: 1.0/2; A18-49: 1.0/2
10/05/08 Entourage HH: 1.0/2; A18-49: 0.9/2
10/05/08 Dexter HH: 0.5/1; A18-49: 0.3/1
10/05/08 Little Britain USA HH: 0.4/1; A18-49: 0.4/1
10/05/08 Californication HH: 0.3/0; A18-49: 0.2/1

Last Monday
10/06/08 Monday Night Football HH: 7.1/12; A18-49: 4.6/12
10/06/08 The Hills HH: 2.2/3; A18-49: 0.7/2
10/06/08 Raising the Bar HH: 1.6/3; A18-49: 1.9/5

Baseball playoff ratings:
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/cable-tv/e3i05c8198f5eab4cda85121f7582eedaad

By: Wyatt

Wyatt — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:11:38 +0000

9/29/08Raising the Bar

By: week

week — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:40:01 +0000

FX just cancelled The Riches.

By: TesserT

TesserT — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:49:15 +0000

Thanks guys! appreciate the update

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:45:05 +0000

Travis, we don’t get overnight cable ratings and I haven’t seen any press releases today on the baseball games.

By: travis

travis — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:36:47 +0000

how did all the baseball playoff game do?

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:48:11 +0000

Tesser I am in the midst of a move and not keeping up as normal, but I believe it was the 9/29 episode of RTB that plummeted to around the 2.5 million range. In any case it definitely did not make the top 40

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:47:06 +0000

Alex, my guess, and its just a guess because we have limited cable data, is that Spongebob has been doing as well as Spongebob always does, but other categories of cable shows have moved past it into the top 40 like the baseball playoffs and the debates and associated news programs. When the playoffs are done, and the election is over, those shows will disappear and the yellow absorbent one will remain. Now with the new challenge from Yoda!

TesserT, Raising the Bar wasn’t in the top 40 and I have not been around much today to watch the news flow, but if I get more show data from press releases I will add it to the post.

By: TesserT

TesserT — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:36:38 +0000

Hi Robert, Any news on how TNT Raising the Bar did for its 5th episode that aired on Mon 9/29/08? Did it even make it into the Top 40? Thanks.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:35:44 +0000

Is Spongebob’s popularity finally dying?

Or has these past couple of weeks just been a fluke?

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:42:00 +0000

Tom, we only see the top 40 cable shows each week and that wasn’t on the list. I will keep an eye out for a press release with results.