Comments on: Friday Nielsen Ratings: Ghost Whisperer still owns Fridays

By: Rachel P

Rachel P — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:36:29 +0000

What’s the most important aspect of these numbers? The 18-49 ratings share?

By: R.G.

R.G. — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:16:57 +0000

Hmmm…I hope SARAH CONNOR does well Friday nights…G.W. is the only competition but it’s also Friday nights…I see SARAH CONNOR doing about the same as the game shows FOX runs…I think they want people that watch GW to jump to DOLLHOUSE and while Terminator fans stay on – DOLLHOUSE will establish 5 million people to start…at the same time nearly 10 million people watch GW live – so ther is still hope for SARAH & Friends…

…then there’s new episodes of SARAH running out – now i hear plans of ANOTHER NEW SARAH next week…by the time FEB comes they’ll have but only 8 or 9 episodes left ulsee they take it to 24 episodes…FEB is looking farther and farther away.

By: TonyS

TonyS — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:31:23 +0000

I know, hence my statement.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:15:32 +0000

Jon, TonyS, Flashpoint goes on CBS Friday at 9pm starting Jan 9.

By: TonyS

TonyS — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:53:55 +0000

What I was saying Jon was that CBS knows that whatever is put into the middle, as long as it is strong programming, is going to keep their audience there all night, and so by putting that middle programme as a strong episode of Numb3rs, they have a chance of hooking viewers to the show, so that when they premiere Plashpoint there in 2009, Numb3rs is stronger in itself; incase Flashpoint does what other shows have done previously and lose viewers.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:37:20 +0000

Tony – I don’t exactly understand what you’re saying. Do you mean that CBS is experimenting with how many viewers Numb3rs can get at 9 PM?

Personally, I think CBS should keep GW and Numb3rs the way they are, but try premiering a new show at 9 in between them. Those two shows have already shown their relative stability, and the 9 PM slot in between those two shows would be perfect to launch a new show. Of course, if that doesn’t work, they can just go back to repeats.

Having two Numb3rs in a row seems kind of odd to me. Though I don’t watch that show myself, I wouldn’t want to sit through two back-to-back episodes of, say, CSI when one of them is just a repeat.

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:33:58 +0000

Jon/Tony — the overall 18-49 average for the CW was correct, but the 18-49 info for the Story of Santa Claus was wrong. It has been corrected.

By: TonyS

TonyS — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:32:11 +0000

Jon, I think that CBS have worked this night out now. Notice how when the Mentalist of NCIS played repeats, GW and Numbers ratings were pretty much level. Well even with a Numbers repeat they stayed level.

While we can possibly all agree on lead-in, lead-out probably is a lot looser, and I think last night there was maybe only 9.9 million viewers there, and they knew it.

Also, another thing is, how better to get people watching Numbers than putting it in a slot that they have seen work, this week. If the audience can stand on it’s own, then its a stronger show than one that needs its lead in.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:12:26 +0000

CW’s 18-49 average looks a little off.

I wonder why CBS didn’t air a Mentalist or NCIS repeat this week. They would’ve done better than the Numb3rs one (even though they still won the night).

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:25:09 +0000

zap2it’s reports suk and i wonder how dollhouse does on fridays and id laugh if tscc got better ratings on friday

By: Robert Seidman

Robert Seidman — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:06:19 +0000

I “Zapp’d” Zappy & Gregg’s comments. While we love the Zap2it site a.) their reports are not up HOURS before ours, (quite often, by several minutes though) b.) I seriously doubt whoever that was is really from Zap2it and c.) yeah, pretty tables

By: creed

creed — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:51:22 +0000

NBC, really sucks on Fridays now, actually they suck all together. that’s what they get for canceling Las Vegas. That show was the only one that stood a chance against Numb3rs. It was also one of the stronger shows on Friday night. Because of the fact that Las Vegas barely got any promotions from NBC, the ratings for the show were nothing but exceptional. Right?

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:47:13 +0000

I like the ratings tables on this website and the cancel-renewal index.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:43:54 +0000

ok wtf, zappy and greg r u adevertising??????

By: Noah

Noah — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:59:54 +0000

Nick C cracks me up

By: Carol J

Carol J — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:59:15 +0000

Yeah, Vampgirl, I miss Moonlight, too. Friday nights will NEVER be the same (at least until next month when SciFi runs the series again

By: Nick C

Nick C — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:57:20 +0000

Well all is well still in the world, it’s a Friday Ratings post and we got our first poster referring to MOONLIGHT!

I was getting worried for a second there that they had given up.

By: Vampgirl

Vampgirl — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:01:45 +0000

I MISS MOONLIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: TonyS

TonyS — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:31:48 +0000

I’m working on the idea that on any other night, the CW would take being within a quarter to a half of the 18-49 of the leader.

By: CdeLeo

CdeLeo — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:59:22 +0000

NBC….. we make FOX look good!

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:15:58 +0000

Tony, it's you. While those aren't the CW's regular Friday shows, they are just about exactly their regular, dreadful Friday numbers.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:09:17 +0000

Is it me or is it not worth noting that the CW numbers don’t entirely suck!

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:09:04 +0000

Ben, ABC = Disney. I believe the answer to your question is “unlimited”.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:19:37 +0000

Wow how many Christmas movies does ABC have in the storeroom?

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:38:15 +0000

LadiesMan, we get weekly cable show data on Tuesdays watch here:

http://tvbythenumbers.com/category/ratings/nielsen-top-cable-tv-show-ratings