Comments on: UPDATED-Sunday Ratings: CBS Wins with NFL and Obama, NBC with Romo, Fox with Family Guy

By: Logicaleo

Logicaleo — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:08:40 +0000

King of the Hill stinks

By: TM

TM — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:19:08 +0000

Michael, I am an avid fan of The Unit. The fact that it’s doing “just average” is a miracle since CBS doesn’t even advertise the show. The last 2 episodes “Into Hell Parts 1&2″ have been great but no advertising from CBS not even during the football games last Sunday but saw a lot of advertising for Cold Case and next week’s lineup—-still no Unit advertising.

By: richard

richard — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:08:32 +0000

Michael think its always tough when they move a “staple” show like the unit (tuesdays @ 9) to a different day and time. Personally would like to see Without a trace back at 10. However would think the unit can carry its own especially after the mentalist being the top rated new show of the season.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:04:06 +0000

Rob R, because they think The Cleveland Show will do as well or better, and they’re already paying Seth M. anyway and don’t want to spend more money on Judge and crew?

By: Rob R

Rob R — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:57:07 +0000

Look at that 18-49 rating for “King of the Hill” and how many shows would just kill to get that rating. Why on earth is FOX stopping production?

By: R.J.

R.J. — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:03:34 +0000

Julia, I thnk FOX has a contract to keep with Seth to keep macking episodes of the 2 animated series til 2012, and i thnk they are doing american dad so seth won’t refuse to stop macking family guy, one of the #1 shows.

RObert, i know King Of The HIll is airing in local markets across the country, and on FX, and i thnk it’s supose to be starting on Adult Swim in January of 2009, i thnk i heard. So maybe, like you said, there keepind American Dad so it can go into Snyc vaule, and American Dad racks in more DVD money.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:54:35 +0000

I think it far more likely that on the animation side, Fox decided to throw the big bucks at Seth McFarlane and given the demo numbers for Family Guy, that’s a smart move. Fox has the Cleveland Show coming, needed a slot for it, and didn’t feel like in the trade off of cost/value, KoTH was the way to go. All of that seems reasonable to me. Whether somebody else is willing to pay big $$ for KOTH, and whether that changes Fox’s mind remains to be seen, but from a purely business perspective, it make sense to me.

I don’t know that it’s fair to compare KOTH and AD ratings because AD has to go up against DH, and KOTH doesn’t. Last night, AD had the better ratings overall (tied in 18-49, AD beat KOTH among 18-34) even if KOTH had slightly more viewers. When the (speculated) cost issues for one show vs. the other are factored in, plus Fox betting on McFarlane, Fox’s decision-making seems sane enough.

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:45:33 +0000

Possible reasons:

American Dad is close to the magic 100 for syndication.
American Dad might get more revenue from iTunes, Hulu, Fox.com, etc, though thats always a small reason.

I think AD should be cancelled over KOTH. AD’s ratings have been on a decline, while KOTH’s have remained steady this far into its runs the past few years, even going up. AD is declining like a regular show does; if it wasn’t animated, wouldn’t a 3-4 year run be seen as giving it its chance?

By: Julia

Julia — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:15:10 +0000

I don’t have inside information like that, but it could be that FOX needs to keep Seth MacFarlane happy, so they aren’t going to dump American Dad. Or American Dad could have much better DVD sales. Or King of the Hill long ago reached enough episodes for syndication, so keeping American Dad around will be more profitable in the long run. Or maybe King of the Hill producers just couldn’t come to an agreement with FOX.

By: R.J

R.J — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:34:14 +0000

JT, i won’t say that American Dad is lame, i just thnk King Of THe Hill is better than American Dad, and King of THe Hill has the better ratings.

Julia, What other factors are they for it to be cancelled, and i don’t post it EVERY WEEK!!!

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:30:26 +0000

Another very average performance by The Unit, despite this being the most hyped episode of the season since the premier. It’s such a great show, I just don’t understand why more people don’t watch it. Should I be getting seriously worried about it’s future yet?

By: sfsd

sfsd — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:24:42 +0000

To Tom:

I actually thought last night’s FG was one of the better episodes of the season so far.

By: JT

JT — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:03:41 +0000

I actually watched the 7pm episode of ‘King of the Hill’ last night for the first time in a few years. I was surprised by how funny it was, so I guess I can understand why RJ is upset about it…especially considering how lame ‘American Dad’ actually is.

By: Julia

Julia — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:20:54 +0000

And, RJ, once again, there are other factors involved besides ratings. Commenting on it every week is not going to change that.

By: R.J

R.J — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:19:40 +0000

American Dad still has a lower rating than King Of THe Hill again, and FOX still is cancelling King instead of American Dad.

By: dearme

dearme — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:17:28 +0000

FOX should add an extra hour on Sundays or NBC should move Heroes to Sundays @ 10 in midseason for retaining the 18-34 demo.

By: RS

RS — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:00:13 +0000

how anyone can critize DH 4 16.55 million viewers is beyond me because in te break down of viewers dh is in the top 5 as of now as it relates to scripted shows dh does very well besides when yr end primetime ratings comes out 60 minutes and NFL wont be counted so DH is doing very well at the time.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:59:13 +0000

Man, The Simpsons keep surprising me. Even with a huge competition they are able to pull in that many vievers. I thought this would be the last season of The Simpsons, because the ratings of last season were terrible, but it looks great for the longest-running (and also best) series ever.

By: JT

JT — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:53:00 +0000

I think DH is a lot more entertaining than most of the shows on tv. Clearly there are other shows that are more intellectually stimulating, but I doubt that was the writers point. While I’m not a big fan of the 80’s primetime soaps, DH is different because it doesn’t take itself so seriously. I think that DH has done for the primetime soap kind of what Scream did for the slasher films. There is a good element of humor and melodrama in that show, just as Scream incorporated humor with terror.

By: JT

JT — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:45:17 +0000

RG why so much hatred for DH? It is a soap opera, and the viewers who watch know that and love it. And to answer your question who cares? Well, I know you don’t, but the 16.55 million people who watched do.

By: dearme

dearme — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:44:56 +0000

DH writers never ran out of ideas because they never had them at all

By: R.G.

R.G. — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:35:17 +0000

tom…LOL…No, not angry…just tired of C-R-A-P!

By: tom

tom — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:27:37 +0000

R.G. you really have some anger and “other” issues going on. maybe you should lay off the tv for a while. get outside.

By: R.G.

R.G. — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:10:28 +0000

I see Desperate Houswives is getting Desperate itself – pulling an OLD TRAGEDY SITUATION from the “80’s evening time soap operas” to increase their viewership…
which means writers are running out of ideas for this stupid show that has girls under 17 watching (according to the ratings)

That’s a sign of desperation – like the old days, Tornados, Gun Massacres, Building cave ins on the entire cast – who makes it and who doesn’t???

who cares!!!!…

In this case -lets hope the writers don’t make it and this show and it’s scripts are BURNED as well.

By: richard

richard — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:08:04 +0000

Rick take Andy Rooney for who and what he is…an old curmudgeon! If anything interferes with TAR’s ratings its probably football or the home makeover show.