ABC won the night with the 42nd Annual Country Music Awards which drew an 8.8/14 household rating/share from 8pm-11pm in the early metered market numbers.
The New Adventures of Old Christine had a 4.4/7, identical to last week, and Gary Unmarried also had a 4.4/7 which was up from last week’s 4.2/6. Criminal Minds drew a 9.8/15 vs. last week’s 9.5/15 and CSI: NY had a 7.8/13, identical to last week. When Marc Berman wrote about some of CBS declines at 8pm and 10pm being due to the CMA show, I’m not really sure what he’s talking about since CBS did better or exactly the same as last week. Marc also loves to hammer away at America’s Next Top Model losing steam, which versus last year it is. But versus last week, it had the same amount of steam; it drew a 3.1/5 both weeks. But Stylista isn’t working out running with ANTM, it dropped still a little bit further from last week’s 1.6/2 to a 1.5/2.
Knight Rider’s 3.3/5 and Life’s 3.7/6 were the same as last week too, and Law & Order’s 5.8/10 was identical to last week. Life again lost to a rerun of House which do a 4.2/6. At 8pm Bones had a 6.4/10 which was up a little bit from last week.
Knight Rider’s and Life’s numbers aren’t any good, but those shows have full season orders while My Own Worst Enemy and Lipstick Jungle have been cancelled. But Knight Rider’s and Life’s numbers have been more or less stable while MOWE and LJ had been dropping. According to the Futon Critic, Lipstick Jungle and My Own Worst Enemy will finish out their runs and air any unaired episodes.
We’ll have the details for all of last night’s shows after we see the fast affiliate data, but if you need something to tide you can check out the full metered market report from Marc Berman.
That’s too bad about Life. I really enjoy the show, but I don’t see how NBC can pick it up for another season unless its numbers improve dramatically. Unfortunately I don’t think that’s going to happen.
Funny that LJ is being replaced with FNL. Based on the past, does NBC really expect it to perform considerably better ratings-wise than LJ?
Good numbers for Criminal Minds. I’m glad the show is enjoying some well deserved success.
about the new CBS “comedy block”, I think that “Gary Unmarried” jumping 0.2 and “Old Christine” holding steady are good signs for both shows. I doubt they’ll cancel Old Christine, because they know that without it Gary Unmarried would die.
About Life, NBC is probably pleased that it’s holding up. Knight Rider is really tanking. I’m kind of surprised it got a full season pick-up.
Alde, I’m not sure what NBC expects with FNL, but my guess is that its financial downside has been substantially buffered by its deal with DirectTV. It will be interesting after the season to see if DirectTV thinks it was a good deal.
I think its hilarious that Knight Rider is continuing to stay on the air, while other shows are going down the toilet. Seriously, I tried to watch the first couple of episodes, but when the CAR is the best actor on the show, something is wrong. And I started laughing at inapporpriate times, when there was some ubber-dramatic montage supposedly going on. Yeah. Not good marks for that show.
NBC’s schedulers are funny, funny people.
Does Mädchen Amick have bad luck or is she a series killer?
NBC stands for Next Big Catastrophe.
I don’t remember exactly where I read it, but on the drawing board is a reboot for (wait for it…) The Partridge Family. First they bring back the Bionic Woman…a show that was mediocre at best in the 70’s. Then Knight Rider; a show NOBODY was waiting with bated breath to revamp and now this! Whatever happened to originality?
I just can’t understand how shows with numbers as miserable as Knight Rider and Life are still on the air while MOWE gets the boot, whose numbers may have been dropping but on its worse day was still doing better than either of them.
For the record, I don’t watch any of those shows, I just don’t understand the logic. All I can think is KR must be making a killing in additional product placement revenue thanks to The Car. Life just makes no sense to me at all. I suppose aside from SVU it’s as close a thing as NBC has to a “critically-acclaimed” drama.
Hunter, I can’t answer on LIFE. I can say that KNIGHT RIDER had much better numbers until last week. Last week the numbers were horrible (and didn’t get better this week). The reason KNIGHT RIDER is still on the air is that before that nasty turn it was doing rather well for an NBC show, and there is obvious potential for KNIGHT RIDER because of its early season and pilot ratings. They just feel the show has to be “fixed,” for fans to tune in.
They dropped 3 series regulars to make room for two new ones they are negotiating with: William Daniels (the original voice of KITT) and David Hasselhoff the original Michael Knight.
NBC is so screwed. Their golden goose Heroes isn’t doing what it was once capable of. Blame it on the strike…blame it on the writing…bottom line is that its not performing the way that NBC had anticipated after the buzz it gained during season 1. NBC only has 2 Law & Orders airing new episodes on their network(last spinoff attempt bombed) and along with those 2 L&O I don’t see anything else currently airing on NBC outside of The Office and 30 Rock being on the schedule by the time fall of 2010 rolls around.
Gleebo, I wouldn’t even be so sure about The Office and 30 Rock. The Office is already in its fifth season. It’s going to start showing its age soon. And 30 Rock… Well, who knows what will happen there. I’m still hopeful that tomorrow we’ll have great ratings for a third week, but there’s no guarantee at all.
Gary unmarried will get an order four 7 more episodes and will continue to build if they let the creatives have some control
oops sorry for the poor spelling in a hurry.
I wouldn’t cry too hard for “Life”. The latest numbers (as of November 19th)have it in the top ten (beating “House”). The next week it was preempted by the wretched Rosie variety show, so if it lost to “House” I’m sure it can be taken into account that it wasn’t even ON.
I say, keep up the word of mouth on this fantastic and witty show. It’s broadcast TV’s answer to “Monk” and we should save it.
I’ve been lovin “Life” since it hit the air last year. It has everything a show needs; A quirky main character, a hot, strong female lead, a running storyline & the storyline du jour. NBC has a penchant for changing days & time slots so often that viewers can’t get into a groove with the show. I’m still ticked about NBC tucking its tail betwixt its legs when some thumpers threatened sponsor boycotts about the show “The Book of Daniel”. The good thing about NBC being #3 is, they don’t put their better prospects up against ABCs or CBS’s stalwart programs. Those two have whizzing contests that crack me up. Someone should remind them about TIVOs and other methods.
I’m a bit surprised we got a second season of “Life” but I’m watching what I can. Its a stand out show. I’ve seen both “life” and “the mentalist”…”life” easily wins for quality and characters out of the two shows, but I’m not holding my breath on a season 3 of “life” no matter how much I love it and want more.
I love LIFE. Damian Lewis is a greeat actor and HOT. He was outstanding also on the Band of Brothers. I miis LJ so I hope they keep LIFE on!