Comments on: Texas Tech Red Raiders down Texas Longhorns and average almost 11 Million Viewers

By: Toony

Toony — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:04:43 +0000

Given the repeats and sport, it is amazing that Saturday’s ratings were better than Friday’s.

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:16:26 +0000

Actually the Office-SNL repeat was last minute. I was expecting the weekly repeat of SVU at 10pm ET and my guide had it as on, but when I flipped over last night I’m seeing the Jon Hamm episode again. NBC’s schedulers are either schitzophrenic, or Ben Silverman has so much control of the network now, it’s scary, since I still can’t come up with how Kath & Kim and Knight Rider got their back nine beyond him throwing a dart at a board and making it so.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:29:40 +0000

Vader, no idea about a press release. it’s possible one of the media outlets will report on it, even if it doesn’t. it seems to be the first scripted first-run on syndication show in a while, so perhaps its results will be newsworthy.

By: Vader

Vader — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:55:56 +0000

Robert,

Will there be anyway to tell how Legend of the Seeker did if it doesn’t make the syndication list in a couple of weeks? Normally, the only thing that would provide that is a press release, but I don’t see that happening, do you?

By: Nick C

Nick C — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:55:57 +0000

Yeah ABC choosing Georgia vs Arizona State wasn’t very wise.

By: JP

JP — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:22:29 +0000

i actually watched 48 hours… well i had no idea what it was called when i was watching it… anyways that is a really good show! that guy killed his dad…it was crazy!!!!! well i’ll be tuning in next week:)

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:26:30 +0000

Matt, when Saturday Night Football is good, it's very, very good. But when it's bad, it's terrible. There have been 2 big draws this year, last night and USC/Ohio St., a few mediocre ones, and a few woeful ones. Still at least ABC (and Fox) have a consistent plan for Saturday night, for the competition it's just a dumping ground.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:01:13 +0000

Who would have thought that Saturday night college football would become a ratings magnet, sometimes besting nfl night games, and even more embarrassing, mlb world series ratings. Apparently, the programmers at ABC realized the potential of this little gem. They always seem to have an innate ability to find and nurtue obscure, cheap programming alternatives,then sit back and watch them turn them into hits no one else thought possible. Saturday Night College Football may be the lastest crowning acheivement but the list includes: Dancing With the Stars (ballroom dancing celebrities haul in nearly 20 million viewers every Monday and Tuesday), The Bachelor and The Bachelorette ( single guy or girl dates 25 people over the course of 3 months to find the love of his or her life- I would laugh histerically at the person who sold this idea but it wound up becoming a monster hit); and Extreme Home Makeover ( another stunning example of a simple concept that pays off big dividends. Still, I never thought Saturday night college football would become the game changer it has become in the ratings.

By: moonlightfan

moonlightfan — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:37:48 +0000

Yeah, it was really funny for me. One Saturday a year or so ago I was flipping through the nets and it only dawned on me then that there was absolutely nothing going on. Saturday night used to be my Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman night, but now nothing. And didn’t Halmark used to air their movies on that night as well, now it really is dead.

By: DaisiesDeathKnell

DaisiesDeathKnell — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:23:32 +0000

Had no idea NBC was burying Office re-runs on Saturday night. I still remember the days when Saturday night meant a lot of new television, but that’s not the case any more with the networks having to tighten their overalls. When FOX took a chance on COPS during the last writer’s strike, I’m sure their was a lot of scoffing from the other network heads, but they’re all kicking themselves now that FOX is the only one with a reliable slate of programming on Saturday. Two dependable twenty-plus year old series that cost about four dimes each to produce.