Comments on: Updated: Thursday Ratings, CSI Most-Watched, Best Ratings Ever for 30 Rock

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:04:13 +0000

That huge ratings advantage Grey’s Anatomy has over CSI in the demo category must be an eye opener as the CSI total viewer lead shrinks. The Grey’s Anatomy ratings increase is a two fold phenomena. First, you have the addition of the army doctor already shaking things up. More importantly, the actual medical stories are so amazingly well thought out this season. Now, if Shondaland Productions infuses the same energetic writing into Private Practice, they could make Wednesdays at 9pm a major battle zone and give its lead out show, Dirty Sexy Money, an even bigger boost.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:06:28 +0000

Quite surprised at ER – wonder if Angela Bassett is having an effect on the ratings?

By: Nick C

Nick C — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:05:33 +0000

Robert, it was all in jest. Of course the show was picked up, because awful can do that when you’re the Peacock. It is sad that NBC is being run so poorly.

By: Poody

Poody — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:43:49 +0000

Well, I always like to root for the underdog and in this case it’s Survivor. Love that their ratings are increasing little by little this season and I love that they destroyed Fox’s dreams of crushing it.

It’s kinda the little engine that could, constantly dumped on by everyone for being another “cheesy reality show”, never getting any credit for being the one to start the entire phenominon.

By: ryan

ryan — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:23:15 +0000

there’s an office spin off?? whats it about??
great news for 30 rock, probaly the 3rd best sitcom on tv at the moment

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:18:14 +0000

Nick, as much fun as it would be to simply chalk it up to Silverman slimyness/nepotism, there's actually a bit of numerical data to support it. But the Reveille connection can't hurt.

By: Nick C

Nick C — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:02:28 +0000

S, not a big surprise considering Reveille produces the show…

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:34:26 +0000

Interesting. CBS is really killing all the other networks lately…

By: S.

S. — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:29:51 +0000

OK, Brace yourselves:

Kath and Kim got a full season pickup!

News from The Hollywood Reporter.
I haven’t stopped laughing. How bad are things on NBC for that to happen?

By: Nick C

Nick C — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:09:00 +0000

Gabriela, the CW doesn’t know what it is doing. A “Green Arrow,” show is a possibility. The “Super Girl,” show is obviously not going to happen. Smallville for 9th season? I’m not sure Welling wants to do that. They’re leaving the door open, but I believe all involved would like another course of action.

Supernatural on the other hand is in it’s 4th season and the show is supposed to only last 5.

By: byeu

byeu — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:51:06 +0000

It’s nice to see the CW showing some appreciation for the two genre shows. I know that guys are the main demo, but I have seen alot of posts on other forums where many a young lady think that the two young men on Supernatural are definitely “hot.” The comic fomula is apparently not lost on the CW, since, according to a MediaWeek article, they are considering following the Smallville
formula and applying it to the characer Dick Grayson, better know as Robin, Batman’s young ward, showing him in his formative years before the death of his parents and his mentor/student relationship with Bruce Wayne/Batman.

By: ABCFanatic

ABCFanatic — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:54:07 +0000

I think 30 Rock’s ratings will go low in the next few weeks

YAY for Grey’s Anatomy – 15 million – a huge gap in the demos against CSI

not bad for Life on Mars too

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:50:39 +0000

I agree Julia, even NBC is strong Thursdays especially in the demos — at least starting at 9pm.

FCP, my first impulse would be to make as much money as possible — Fox currently best optimized for that w/Idol on Tue/Wed.

By: FCP

FCP — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:40:43 +0000

Yes, you’re probably right, Robert. Which, like I said, is why I don’t run a network. My first impulse would be to win (even if it’s by a smaller margin than usual) over as many nights as possible, but if that’s not their goal, so be it. Good luck programming Thursdays, FOX!

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:34:04 +0000

I agree, Robert. Right now, Tuesday and Wednesdays are dead zones. Every other network lives in fear of trying to program those days in the spring. Thursday is very strong for all three nets other than FOX, so while Idol may deplete them somewhat, the nets would not dread the day Idol starts on Thursdays. All FOX would be left with was killing Wednesdays.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:15:37 +0000

if the goal is simply to WIN, Wednesday/Thursday might work. But if the goal is to CRUSH THE SOUL of your competitors (and I’m pretty sure it is) there’s ZERO chance of this.

I don’t know what the crossover is between Survivor and Idol, but Fox does. And even if it’s only 10%, it doesn’t make any sense to put Idol on Thursday at 8. At 9p it would have to compete with CSI and Greys at the same time. AI would likely still “win”, but its margin of victory would be reduced (as would the total number of viewers). Why would you screw with your franchise show like that?

By: Jonathan B.

Jonathan B. — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:06:59 +0000

A Wednesday/Thursday move would’ve worked best for Idol when it was at its peak, but I’m sure it could still pull it off. It’ll still be the only show this season to consistently pull in an audience of over 20 million viewers. But if FOX didn’t do it when it was rumored to a couple seasons ago, it probably won’t now.

By: JT

JT — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:00:22 +0000

Fox moving Idol to Wed/Thurs? Could work, but they won’t do it. Too risky of a move I think.

By: Rhuw Morgan

Rhuw Morgan — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:08:45 +0000

I doubt very much Zip will be on the air at NBC, according to Jossips article on Ben Silverman “He’s brought more controversy than ratings to the network. Hiring his Reveille partner Teri Weinberg, he also brought Weinberg’s live-in boyfriend inside NBC. Though Weinberg promised not to get involved, she ended up pushing her boyfriend’s project — “a comedy called Zip, about a down-on-his-luck con artist” — inside the network. Eventually, NBC paid $1.75 million to buy out the boyfriend’s contract and make him disappear.” Full article at http://www.jossip.com/making-the-case-to-fire-ben-silverman-or-let-him-stay-20080917/

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:07:06 +0000

i think nbc failed in the ramke of kath and kim… the australian show is far best.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:58:20 +0000

Jim, the 9p-10p airing was new. I think your TWC program guide just doesn’t update regularly. In the original scheduling, had the world series gone seven games, I believe Thursday would’ve been game 7.

Kitchen Nightmares hasn’t done great this year, but I believe last night’s numbers were the worst for an original episode. perhaps, because like you, a lot o people were not even aware it was on.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:28:20 +0000

There was a new “Kitchen Nightmares” last night? Huh. My TWC DVR said that “MLB Baseball” would be on from 8-11. I know the World Series is over, but I just figured that Fox would run repeats of “House” or something.

Does “Kitchen Nightmares” always have such bad numbers?

By: Gabriela

Gabriela — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:25:54 +0000

Nick C. if something hasn’t been claimed is the this is Smallville last season on the contrary the producers keep talking about a 9th and Dawn shut down the rumors also that this was the last season. And with the results they are getting this year…I don’t think they will let Smallville go that easily

All its in Tom Welling’s hands it seems, and at this tage I think the CW and the producers might be offering him the world for a 9th season

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:13:10 +0000

If we could determine the way the brain of a network head-honcho worked, FCP, we could probably solve global warming, the Middle East problems and cure the common cold. LOL!

But I aggree with you, things we see as “obvious choices” for networks to do, seems to never happen.

Plus, American Idol just screws up a whole LOT of things on the TV menu. I dread when its time rolls around each year.

By: Iggy

Iggy — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:12:09 +0000

Has Eleventh Hour been picked up yet? It’s stronger than any new show except Mentalist, and it seems to have leveled out at the 11 to 12 million range, about the same as Without A Trace.