Comments on: Wednesday Ratings: Think You Can Dance? Keys Fox Win, Philanthropist Premiere Fair

By: Mumbo

Mumbo — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:43:34 +0000

The Philanthropist did pretty damn well for a summer drama. They almost always tank.

Of course you can’t get a better summer lead-in than America’s Got Talent, so.

I wouldn’t be surprised if for the 2010-11 season NBC aired AGT in the fall, and made some kind of similarly-themed replacement for the summer instead.

By: ABC/Obama Healthcare Special Not so Special in Ratings Game - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:34:19 +0000

[...] you that are curious, Obama’s super special, ultra spectacular healthcare infomercial was a dud in the ratings last Wednesday [...]

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:51:17 +0000

Tumbleweeds, I couldn’t care less about the politics and the content of the ABC show, all I care about are the ratings, which were noted. Take your politics elsewhere.

By: Tumbleweeds

Tumbleweeds — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:55:48 +0000

“Folks, lets keep politics out of these comments or I will either begin deleting overtly political comments or close the comment thread entirely, and I don’t want to do either.”

You do realize the President was on an hour special don’t you? Why is it you don’t want input on why the healthcare informercial was such a disaster? Were you directed to do so? Or are you just another “journalistic” puppet for Obama?

By: ABC/Obama Healthcare Special Not so Special in Ratings Game : Stop The ACLU

ABC/Obama Healthcare Special Not so Special in Ratings Game : Stop The ACLU — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:25:31 +0000

[...] you that are curious, Obama’s super special, ultra spectacular healthcare infomercial was a dud in the ratings last Wednesday [...]

By: ABC/Obama Healthcare Special Not so Special in Ratings Game &laquo Publius Forum

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:22:08 +0000

[...] you that are curious, Obama’s super special, ultra spectacular healthcare infomercial was a dud in the ratings last Wednesday [...]

By: ABC and Obama Bomb Ratings | Nathan J. Brauer

ABC and Obama Bomb Ratings | Nathan J. Brauer — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:45:20 +0000

[...] bomb for the network. Despite airing in primetime at 10 p.m. on Wednesday, the president attracted fewer than 5 million viewers. The show had the lowest ratings of all the major networks for that hour. It wasn’t as if the [...]

By: Weekend Opinionator: Hawking Health Care in Prime Time - The Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:31:04 +0000

[...] And, well, there was the fact that it was about health care reform. The result: the 10 p.m. show drew 4.7 million viewers, or nearly 3 million fewer than a competing repeat of CBS’s “CSI: New York” and [...]

By: josh

josh — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:37:30 +0000

Would shows like PSYCH, BURN NOTICE and IN PLAIN SIGHT make it on primetime during the regular year? I enjoy all of these shows, which is to say I see other shows on NBC which I liked go away even though they’ve better numbers. Is the production cost more during the season? I always see people, but a show on USA, TNT it will do fine there.

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:23:20 +0000

this goes back to my post on another thread

philanthopist is a good show. but its being shown in the summer.

Odds of it making were about 5-10% even before it started.

By: josh

josh — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:12:07 +0000

I’m shocked by ABC in terms of numbers, what is too late in the night? There was plenty of promo coverage. I’m not going to bother and spell the new NBC show, but I’m going to have to check it out now. To Audrey, this is a ratings site, as much as I might agree please leave talk about about it somewhere else.

By: Brian C

Brian C — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:24:03 +0000

I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here was AWESOME!! I actually was more hooked as the show went on, unlike what is said up there…I just don’t think audiences truly appreciated and understood the show. Hope they come back with a second season!

By: Josh Emerson

Josh Emerson — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:50:08 +0000

I hate seeing I Survived A Japanese Game Show doing so badly. It’s one of the few summer shows I love to watch. I was hoping it’d do well enough so I could apply for Season 3! lol

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:47:35 +0000

To JoeR: It can air in the fall where it’s American Idol-free. Unless Simon Cowell has another show in the fall.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:44:02 +0000

Well his life alone isn’t as controversial as his healthcare policy, thus more people tuned in to see that.

By: JoeR

JoeR — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:43:46 +0000

NBC should definitely keep AGT in the Summer, at least for now. They don’t want to risk overexposing it. Plus, Simon Cowell probably wouldn’t want it interfering with his other show. In fact, I wouldn’t doubt that it’s part of the deal with NBC that AGT can’t air at the same time as AI. as for The Philanthropist, I DVRed it and plan on watching it soon.

By: The_1337

The_1337 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:27:51 +0000

Didn’t NBC get good ratings for the follow Obama at the White House thing? I guess people are more interested in the president’s life than affordable health care.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:04:25 +0000

I guess President Obama isn’t much of a ratings grabber. And this is coming from a supporter.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:53:36 +0000

To CP: Well I really think they need to cut Leno sometime. Having him for 5 weeknights in a row per week doesn’t cut it really. People will get sick of him and not watch him, IACGEOHH was show this summer that did the same thing, and look where the ratings went…..down the crapper. I think limiting him to only Tuesdays and Thursdays will do it, and they’ll probably make room for other shows for the other nights, and putting AGT in those nights can work there.

To Holly: NBC can always make shows for the summer, it’s not that bad, I can understand why other networks fail during the summer reruns, but hey that’s what making other summer shows are for.

I think there’s nothing wrong with putting AGT in the fall, it’s just that NBC has to do it next year or the year after that…or otherwise they’ll be kissing 4th or 5th forever.

By: R.G.

R.G. — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:53:12 +0000

Lighthope – LoL – ABC = All Barak Channel

By: R.G.

R.G. — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:47:33 +0000

NBC will be able to ride the wave b/c of the Susan Boyle hype from Britain…already the previews are trying to recapture that in the trailers…so once no American Susan Boyle is found…it will go below “So You Think’s..” numbers…Give it up NBC – you’re not a network any longer…

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:32:08 +0000

Fransisco, we get numbers either directly from Nielsen’s Press Room service, which is free to the media, or via various press organizations that send them out as part of their press/PR efforts or from news reports on other web sites (for which we always provide attribution).

By: Fransisco

Fransisco — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:30:04 +0000

Bill, where do you get these numbers from?

do you pay nielson, or something?

By: CP

CP — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:10:21 +0000

Actually Bill, I was only being half-serious. That guy told me to shut up, but I had said two different things so I wasn’t sure which thing he was telling me to shut up about. Believe me, I don’t want to talk about politics whatsoever. My mother is nuts about it and it drives me crazy.

By: Shem

Shem — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:02:33 +0000

CW got over a million.