Comments on: Friday Nielsen Ratings: CBS Breezes to victory with strong Ghost Whisperer

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:51:22 +0000

I slept through Lipstick Jungle. Won’t miss it one bit!

By: Amelia

Amelia — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:44:40 +0000

Ghost Whisperer would appeal to more people if it let the viewer make up their
mind what their religious view is.Reincarnation comes from religion and religion
should be left out of the storyline.

By: Amelia

Amelia — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:39:25 +0000

Ghost Whisperer has lost my interest ever since they have been heavily preaching
reincarnation.Many of us don’t believe in reincarnation and find it annoying to
have this one narrow view bombarding us every friday at 8 PM.There is a new agey
agenda to the show I don’t find appealing.

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:35:26 +0000

wow good for my fav show!!!!!!! yipee eh laura?

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By: Thunder Mountain

Thunder Mountain — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:57:52 +0000

Ghost is doing better partially because the competition is stale old game shows and also just becuae JLH is so smoking hot. 5th grader was a short term wonder and Deal is suffering from “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” syndrome of overexposure – on all the time. But close to 12 million on Fridays is still very impressive.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:30:45 +0000

I must be the only person that actually likes Crusoe. Its a cheesy show that reminds me of a TV show that would have been huge in the 60’s or 70’s. I don’t know why, but I’ve found myself watching Crusoe right after Ghost Whisperer for 3 weeks in a row and I haven’t been disappointing yet. I can’t wait for Friday Night Lights to get back on the air. That will be on heck of a Friday line-up, hopefully they don’t try to fight GW with FNL so I can watch all 3 shows in a row.

By: hookedonmick

hookedonmick — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:20:42 +0000

What does this really say about that time slot on Cbs Fridays? Cbs is known for its crime procedurals, so wouldn’t it be wise to think that they will be in Flashpoint or some other NCIS type show?

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:13:19 +0000

I LOVED SuperManny! When are more on the way?

By: cesarrr

cesarrr — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:56:20 +0000

maybe CBS should put a NCIS spinoff on fridays 9pm. Or just another military drama starring a “hot” older guy.

I’m so happy for GHOST WHISPERER, I don`t really like the storylines, but I love Jennifer Love Hewitt and her relationship with David Conrad, I love that couple.

Even though EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS SUCKS at the ratings, I think its a watchable show, and I also think this is its last season. There are enough episodes for syndication. This show is a mainstream HIT in Brazil (population:180 million) there’s a network there that airs the show every chance they get.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:30:12 +0000

RJ, because Fox only broadcasts nationally for two hours, ABC had three and that third hour helped a lot as far as its average.

By: R.J.

R.J. — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:27:47 +0000

Looks like FOX gameshows did better, but FOX still came in 3rd place of the night even tough for the Time slots it was the 2nd most popular. Why!?

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:32:41 +0000

Rob R, NBC delayed FNL for DirectTV who chipped in financially to get an early, temporary exclusive on the show.

Also, your memory is a bit off. FNL did dreadfully, it never got over 6m live viewers except for its premiere, and after the premiere it was consistently 4th or 5th in the 18-49 demo in its time slot.

Here are the numbers for its first 5 airings last season:

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/05/nbc-friday-night-lights-renew-or-cancel/1609

The fact that Crusoe and LJ are doing dreadfully means NBC was mistaken about them, not that they were mistaken to take FNL off the schedule under the terms that DirectTV paid for.

By: Rob R

Rob R — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:17:00 +0000

For Crusoe and Lipstick Jungle, NBC delayed Friday Night Lights?? All last season FNL averaged will over 6 million live viewers, and a 18-49 rating of 1.9 to 2.0. It then added another 20-25% to its audience by including DVR Live + 7 viewers. At least we will have FNL back in early February, apparently on Friday nights on NBC.

By: Noah

Noah — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:59:52 +0000

Oh God. Terminator and Dollhouse are gonna get destroyed

By: Mandi

Mandi — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:26:07 +0000

Goodness! LJ’s numbers are horrible! I can’t believe even with those numbers, it STILL managed to win the demo for NBC last night! Forget Sci-Fi– maybe NBC should pick up Moonlight

It’s too bad because I really do like LJ. Any news on whether NBC is going to let the rest of the episodes air? I know the full order has already been filmed.

By: moonlightfan

moonlightfan — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:49:52 +0000

Guys have you ever checked out True Blood on HBO on Sundays at 9. I believe there was a little gentle ribbing going on between the showrunner of True Blood towards Joel Silver’s Moonlight in episode 5 when the vampire Bill Compton said to Balfour when they came to question him that he doesn’t own a fridge. I wouldn’t be surprised if that line wasn’t a part of the original novel

The showrunner had also taken a potshot at Joel Silver in the media once saying how it was pretty lame/lazy to have your vampires be able to walk around during the day just so they wouldn’t have to shoot at night.

By: byeu

byeu — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:40:39 +0000

NCIS cettainly does help CBS, and its a cheap solution, I assume, since its a rerun, they’ve already paid the production costs, but there isn’t much expense to show the rerun, and the advertisers are happy with the demos. Of course, it still doesn’t solve the problem that CBS has had concerning all the former inhabitants of the time slot.

By: Alde

Alde — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:23:08 +0000

Whoa, Joan is awesome. One of my favorite shows of all time. And it has a lot to do with the fact that I’m really waiting for Unusuals to see Tamberlyn again.

By: Lynxie

Lynxie — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:20:02 +0000

I can’t watch GW. It’s like drinking a bottle of gooey syrup. I could never understand why CBS cancelled Joan of Arcadia, and it’s outstanding cast, in favor of the this trite fluff. I’ve never been impressed with JLH though, maybe that’s the problem.

By: Alde

Alde — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:08:21 +0000

Gaby, actually I have great hopes for Kings. Though seeing how NBC is doing right now, very unlikely it will become the ‘tide breaker’. However, I’d be more than glad to see Ian McShane on screen again!

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:05:03 +0000

Congratulations to C.B.S.
I LOVE GHOST WHISPERER LETS HOPE THEY KEEP IT ON THE AIR!

By: Paula

Paula — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:42:17 +0000

Well, all I can say is that I know where my TV will be on in January 23 th . It will be in SciFi watching Moonlight . At least I will not have to worry about ratings , demos… and whatever I am watching to be canceled again because it is not good enough for a network. CBS, FOX…can fight all they want in Friday nights for their beautiful ratings , I will be happily enjoying my Moonlight in SciFi.

By: ryan

ryan — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:19:33 +0000

i dont think EHc will be cancelled because its in its fourth season and next and its nearing its 100 episode so that means syndication and more needed money for the cw i think it will be cancelled after next season though.

By: ryan

ryan — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:19:08 +0000