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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.5/10 | 2.7/8 | 1.7/5 | 1.7/5 | 1.6/5 | 1.0/3 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 2.4/7 | 3.1/9 | 1.8/6 | 1.3/4 | 1.0/3 | 1.2/4 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 14.73 | 6.16 | 4.10 | 4.61 | 6.21 | 2.14 |
I’m still waiting for the night’s full details but there’s no doubt NBC won the night with America’s Got Talent averaging a 3.5/10 with adults 18-49 and 15.5 million viewers (a series record for AGT) from 8pm-10pm and The Jay Leno Show averaging a 3.4/10 and 13.1 million viewers overall. While down from Monday’s huge premiere, that’s 2 million more than the 11.1 million on Tuesday night (final numbers). Additionally The Jay Leno Show delivered NBC’s highest 18-49 and total-viewer results in the time period since the August 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Meanwhile Glee pulled in 6.642 million viewers 3.1/8 with adults 18-49 and a 3.5/10 with adults 18-34, and a whopping 5.0/14 women 18-34!
Things weren’t so beautiful with the premiere of The Beautiful Life which averaged 1.462 million viewers and a mere 0.7/2 with adults 18-49, a 0.8/2 with adults 18-34, and a 1.1/3 women 18-34.
Details:
(adults 18-49 rating/share, average viewers)
8pm:
NBC: America’s Got Talent (2.9/9, 13.55M)
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance (2.5/7, 5.68M)
ABC: Wipeout (2.1/7, 6.21M)
CW: America’s Next Top Model (1.4/4, 2.81M)
CBS: The New Adventures of Old Christine (R) (1.1/4, 4.52M)
CBS: Gary Unmarried (R) (1.2/4, 4.48M)
9pm:
NBC: America’s Got Talent (4.1/11, 17.51M)
FOX: Glee (3.1/8, 6.64M)
CBS: Criminal Minds (R) (1.8/5, 6.63M)
ABC: Crash Course (1.4/4, 3.65M)
CW: The Beautiful Life (0.7/2, 1.46M)
10pm:
NBC: The Jay Leno Show (3.4/10, 13.12M)
CBS: CSI: NY (R) (1.9/5, 7.50)
ABC: Primetime: Family Secrets (1.4/4, 3.98)
Half hourly detail for AGT and Leno:
AGT:
8:00p: 2.6/8,12.95M
8:30p: 3.1/9,14.14M
9:00p: 3.9/11, 16.96M
9:30p: 4.3/11, 18.06M
Leno:
10:00P: 3.6/10, 14.14M
10:30p: 3.2/9, 12.10M
Update: W18-34 demo detail for America’s Next Top Model
8pm, 2.1 rating Women 18-34 (beat only Old Christine)
8:30pm, 2.5 rating W18-34 (beat only Wipeout)
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
Definitions:
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs which are currently in approximately 24.4% of all U.S. TV households. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
For more information see Numbers 101.
8pm:
NBC: America’s Got Talent (2.9/9, 13.55M)
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance (2.5/7, 5.68M)
ABC: Wipeout (2.1/7, 6.21M)
CW: America’s Next Top Model (1.4/4, 2.81M)
CBS: The New Adventures of Old Christine (R) (1.1/4, 4.52M)
CBS: Gary Unmarried (R) (1.2/4, 4.48M)
9pm:
NBC: America’s Got Talent (4.1/11, 17.51M)
FOX: Glee (3.1/8, 6.64M)
CBS: Criminal Minds (R) (1.8/5, 6.63M)
ABC: Crash Course (1.4/4, 3.65M)
CW: The Beautiful Life (0.7/2, 1.46M)
Glee was so good yesterday.
NBC is killing the competition this week. It’s a good thing considering that my favorite shows are on this tv and the cw. Heroes, Chuck, The office, 30 rock, Park and Recreation (and hopefully Day One). This kind of ratings can really boost theirs season premiers and give them a better chance.
I am sorry for the TBL it was a decent show much better then Merlose Place and 90210, it was a decent episode.
Very poor ratings for TBL. That’s the lowest CW premiere ever I guess
Glee still did good on the demo ratings but I hope it could still rise for the total viewers
Glee held up pretty well. It dropped 6% in A18-49, 3% in A18-34 and 6% in W18-34. I don’t think Fox could ask for more. It’ll be interesting to see what it does next week against its regular competition.
Glee may rise in total viewers if it gets the post American Idol slot this winter. Otherwise it’s going to stay a niche show with good demos (enough to survive on FOX, but not to be a powerhouse).
Glee might not have the greatest viewer numbers but it certainly pulls outstanding demos! I hope it will settle soon.
Jay Leno did better than yesterday? I expected further drops. Perhaps AGT gave it a boost. We’ll see.
I actually thought TBL was the best pilot out of all CW pilots this year. It definitely pulled the trashy rich glamor scene CW has been trying to pull off so hard. It’s a shame it didn’t strike a chord with ANTM audience.
Didn’t Bones new season premiere last night as well?
of course NBC is “killing the competition”, CBS and ABC are in repeats.
Jonathan, no, that’s tonight.
Does anyone have the half-hour data for last night’s Leno? I’m really interested to see if it once again lost a bunch of viewers during the hour…
tbl viewers were dissapointing, there is no chance for the show to succeed, if tbl’s ratings were so bad, what were ANTM? there’s are usually solid, if cw only has 1 mid replacement show, then its safe to say Melrose will be fine and TBL will get the axe after 13 episodes
*beep….beep….beep….*
THE CW is on life support! ANOTHER “high buzz” show absolutely flopping last night….but then again, what’s new…*yawn*
half-hour data is usually published at some point during the day. I wouldn’t be surprised if it lost viewers as the hour went by, but I doubt it was anything too substantial. I think NBC has to be happy with how well it has debuted. We will see tonight with weaker regular series premiering (except “The Office”) and a new series (“Community”), if it builds or loses audiences.
TBL will be axed by November Sweeps and replaced by Blonde Charity Mafia. I’m 100% sure.
Cause they don’t wanna get rid of MP just yet… My guess is, the show will have the same fate like Privileged… They’re gonna order an additional 3-4 episodes which will finish airing by February/March, and then the show will be axed…
I think The CW has 2 shows for midseason, Life Unexpected and Blonde Charity Mafia.
THE “GLEE” DISASTER BEGINS AS I PREDICTED !!!!!
“Glee” Sept 9th – 7.3 million viewers
“Glee” Sept. 16th – 6.6 million viewers
***”Glee” AUDIENCE EROSION*** “Glee” LOSES 700,000 VIEWERS IN 1 WEEK!
It will only get worse for “Glee” when the real competition begins!!!
AND MY MAIN MAN “LENO” GAINED AUDIENCE….13 MILLION VIEWERS..UP 2 MILLION viewers!!!
Please add up the fortune in costs FOX wasted on promoting and advertising “Glee” ad nauseum…and it still LOST 700,000 viewers in one week.
This “Glee” kiddie show is SUPER LAME…ASK any teenager and they say “Glee” is super cheesy!!!!
It will get worse for Glee as I predicted..by the last week of October “Glee” will be in the toilet along with the careers of those super lame development stooges at FOX most of whom were lucky to have inherited “American Idol”.
NBC had a killer Tuesday night without any lame scripted dramas!!! HOORAY!!!!
PS-thanks for posting these numbers “AHEAD” of that bloated mess Marc Berman…what’s with Berman? Sleeping in again? Berman’s a “TV Insider” like I’m Brad Pitt.
veronica mars is looking like a powerhouse now.
Chmarin, Chuck Tranberg, we will get half hour results, likely quite soon.
blonde charity mafia a 6 episode docu shop!and evr eps is only 30min!!
they dont even have other 30min show!!
Bryon, did both Glee and Berman steal your lunch money?
I think Byron thinks he’s funny the way JBF is. Unfortunately, he’s wrong.
I want to like Glee — I really do. But I don’t. The original pilot was entertaining and showed potential. The last two were BORING and FAKEY. I even fast forwarded through some of the musical numbers. I don’t know how many more times I can tune in and be disappointed. Am I the only one who feels this way?!
yes the ratings for tbl were pretty bad however u’ve got to take into consideration that its up against glee as competition. glee took away most of tbl’s target demo. i mean if ur gonna pick between glee or tbl there’s hardly much of a choice. i think tbl unfortunately got harsh competition, that being said it still mighten have done great but maybe a lil better….
Bill, don’t forget the WGA already stole Byron’s lunch money. Glee and Berman just beat him up.
Interesting that Leno increased today, though I suspect it’s mostly due to it’s lead in.
I wonder the hit Leno will take when Community has half the views as AGT. How much will Leno improve on his weaker lead in if at all?
Hoping for strong numbers for Community tonight. It’s a super funny show!
The last 30 minutes of AGT was over 18 million, that’s why Leno’s numbers went back up last night. Unfortunately NBC doesn’t have any fall/spring shows in the 9pm slot that pull those kind of numbers, else Leno may be able to stay around 10 mil permanently.
Interesting that the demo stayed the same last night despite having a much higher lead in than Tuesday. Tonight with The Office and Community both premiering I’m going to say the Leno falls back to around 10mil and right around a 3 demo.
Bobby, you’re not alone. I didn’t really love the pilot though it was ok, but the second episode completely turned me off. I have a friend who LOVED the pilot and Glee was her most anticipated show of the season. She’s feeling like you now.
MC, AGT is not a particularly “demo rich” show, hence Leno’s numbers make a bit more sense.
hmm according to this article / interview with Elle MacPherson on The Beautiful Life it was picked up for 3 seasons
‘They have just commissioned three seasons of the show and I’m really looking forward to filming it,’ She told me.
http://kaysblog.dailymail.co.uk/2009/07/elle-macpherson-signs-lucrative-american-tv-deal.html
CW was stupid to program TBL opposite Glee. And yeah, while I didn’t watch the third Glee episode yet since I was watching TBL, the show is terribly overrated and besides the singing parts, mostly just plain bad. But all the people who fell in love with the pilot will never realize that now.
bobby i feel exactly the same way about Glee i had it on my schedule after seeing the pilot but its been so fake and over the top this season
Those Beautiful Life numbers are ugly. At this rate, Melrose will get a full year, as LUX (or whatever they call it this week) will replace TBL. (BCM will likely be used as filler between ANTM seasons.)
And I am not going to look into Leno numbers until viewers have had their regular fall season choices for at least a couple weeks. Besides, once could draw multiple conclusions from those three data points:
Leno numbers are all lead-in.
Leno numbers are all guests.
Leno numbers are all comedic content of that episode.
It is early, but at this point it looks like Leno will be net profitable in the hour. The more pressing concern is if Leno + Conan is net profitable over last year.
I think this is the first week that NBC has won the night for 4 days straight in a long time. Since Jay, NBC has been on a roll, but I have to say, this week was filled with lead-ins of series premieres and season finales, so NBC may just be having a good week because of it.
1/2 hour numbers for AGT and Leno added above
Actually, Junior, it’s probably only been about 13 months, considering NBC had summer olympics last year.
I’m sad TBL doesn’t did that good. It was a lot better than Melrose Place or 90210 this year.
While I agree that Glee hurt TBL the CW really can’t use that as an excuse. Glee should have been the underdog in that fight because everything on the CW is targeted at women 18-34. So instead of saying that Glee is the reason TBL did horribly, consider this….The CW is the reason TBL did horribly. I really hope CBS and WB are making money on the CW, because as a broadcast network it’s a sinking ship and I can’t see how it survives another season financially on it’s own.
GLEE did fairly well, good demo numbers, not much drop-off. I do fear what will happen once ABC and CBS debut next week.
GLEE is also bolstered by an additional revenue stream, however: iTunes downloads. That will help it, especially if sales are brisk. I’d imagine GLEE will have a loyal downloading audience. And heeck, wait til AMERICAN IDOL starts and it’s paired with the results show.
so, take THAT, Byron!
As for TBL, I’m only glad because its bad numbers can only mean additional hope for MELROSE PLACE. And, somewhere along the line, it seemed that CW stopped putting so much promotion behind it. I’m guessing they will put their efforts into trying to save MELROSE over TBL. Heck, look how much care they took with 90210, and it’s a stronger entity in its second season, both creatively and ratings-wise.
CW is dead. I hope one tree hill, SPN and Smallville will continue next season.
lmao
Gossip Girl is adding Vampires (with a vamp triangle too)!
Simon Miller has been signed to guest star in at least two upcoming episodes of the hit series “Gossip Girl” (Mondays, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT on The CW). Miller portrays an actor – famous for playing vampires who is caught in a triangle between his ex-girlfriend and former co-star, Olivia ( Hilary Duff), and Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley).
Tar, LOL. but it’s probably a brilliant move…
Interesting to see I am not the only one disappointed with the second episode of Glee. The pilot was fun, but the second episode was so bad, I decided it was the last for me.
TBL was the least bad CW pilot of the season. If they pump the promo money for this show they pumped into the promotion of Gossip Girl, they might erode the Glee demo. Both target girls that go “OMG! ponies!”
Well, I almost feel bad for the CW, seriously, how can they do so bad?
Well, Fox can’t be disappointed in Glee, I mean com on, 3.1 – 3.5 – 5.0
I’m pretty sure there is now other female demo that strong. So it means a lot of money for Fox to advertise strange creams and lip gloss…
And, competition or not, NBC has really solid numbers. Maybe this year’s race for number one is gonna be interesting. Let’s see if Fox is still gonna come out first.
Will NBC continue to roll tonight, or will a healthy dose of reality set in? As a huge fan of The Office (and P&R), I hope they have at least a couple good premieres tonight.
They are going to air the premiere of TBL twice more, on Friday and Sunday — Hopefully that will cause some buzz as I believe a lot of people will enjoy TBL.
It is a very well made show.
On the subject of Glee: The last episode was horrible, IMO. Every story seemed forced and not really entertaining. Stephen Tobolowsky’s character isn’t allowed 50 feet of children — that is just creepy and his character is not just in one episode (according to imdb)
Love Glee, so I’m glad its doing good in demos. It’s whimsical and magical enough to fill a little bit of void that cancellation of Pushing Daisies left.
I hope it gets to keep its slot after AI and that way it can gain some viewers. But then again, come January I will be tuning in to ABC for the last season of the best show on television, Lost.
As far as CW, that network is a disaster. The only good show on it is Supernatural and GG isn’t too bad either. TBL rating are horrible and if the next 2 episodes do this bad the show needs to be axed.
Samuel, Sunday Night Football is guaranteed to keep NBC competitive through December, then they have the Olympics for 2 weeks in February, after that they’re definitely fourth in the adult demos on a weekly basis. Their overall season averages will benefit tremendously from the Olympic boost.
TBL was terrific. The pilot was miles ahead of Melrose Place. Shame the numbers don’t support that
BCM will be interesting…how will they run a 30 minute show when the network has no other? Unless they run 2 in a row, for 3 weeks, or they push TBL off the air for 6 weeks and run 1 1/2 hours of ANTM and then an episode of BCM.
Bones premiered in Canada on Global a day before FOX
I really enjoyed it
It is interesting that the CW even greenlit a 30 minute show (Blonde Charity Mafia). Brad’s guesses as to what they do with it are as good as any.
As regular TV watchers we watched Glee then Leno. I will probably watch Leno on Thursday and Friday nights when there is nothing else on. Monday has Castle, Tuesday has the Forgotten, and Wednesday has Eastwick and we’ll see how Tuesday and Wednesday work out as they are new shows.
I think Glee’s problems the last two weeks is they are finding themselves. Last weeks premiere was uneven. This weeks was a little more performance oriented. I am waiting to see which way the show goes long term. High School Musical style or more performance oriented.
Lizard
Loved Glee last night. Will try to catch TBL.
Crossing fingers that Glee maintains it’s demos. It’s a dark comedy, so things that disturb some people are funny to others. I hope that doesn’t hurt it.
actually, BCM was for Lifetime first, it was scheduled to air after Project Runway.
The real story here is the series low for ANTM. Wow, that show is collapsing.
Did you guys see the W18-34 numbers for ANTM?
Glee was amazing last night. That performance with the cheerleaders at the car wash was to die for! Such a great new show and it’s very, very funny.
CANNOT WAIT FOR MORE GLEE!!! Plus, it’s 18-49 will probably go up next week since NBC won’t have the AGT finale which somehow increased over 100%
Adding – the previous series low was the series premiere in 2003, with 2.9 million viewers.
WTF!
I thought TBL would premiere with A LEAST 3 million.
America’s Next Top Model
8pm, 2.1 rating Women 18-34 (beat only Old Christine)
8:30pm, 2.5 rating W18-34 (beat only Wipeout)
WOW how could the TBL bomb so bad? I thought people liked Mischa Barton i must be wrong.
I wish your article said Wednesday’s ratings. I had to go hunt down yesterday’s newspaper since I don’t know the schedule in my head.
Bill, what kind of numbers do the Olympics usually get?
Samuel, the ancient Nielsen spreadsheet I have only goes through Salt Lake in 2002, so I’m not sure its even remotely comparable, but for Salt Lake on NBC, the primetime coverage had a 19.2 HH rating, and a 31 HH share over the entire 2 week period.
To put that in perspective, last nights AGT finale averaged a 9.75 HH rating, 15.5 share.
Honestly TBL was not bad. If I had known what it was about before hand I would have already had it set to record. I really caught it by accident because I was already on the channel. It was actually one of the CW’s better shows.
last season stylista premiered on tbl’s timeslot and the result was:
total viewers: 2,46
18-49: 1,2
18-34: 1,4
MUCH better than TBl.the next week stylista has a 30% drop.so how deep will TBL sink??
TOP MODEL also the same night has 2 milllion viewers more!!
poor antm 2,8 its so small
(but evr season antm episodes scores bigger ratings on later episodes)
no press release yet from the cw saying TBL was #1 amongst women who are obsessed with their appearance = excellent sales for cosmetic ads?
Interesting… thanks
Wow, glee is two times better in the womens demo than ANTM
Dawn must be crying right now…
Ah, I see, Bones premiered last night in Canadia, but tonight in the states.
MORE CHUCK !!!!!
Sorry. It had to be done. I read these almost everyday and no chuck fans today pimping, WTF ?? …………..Ha.
“Wow, glee is two times better in the womens demo than ANTM”
Perhaps they tire at looking at rail-thin models in need of a Double Whopper?
Or… let’s take the writers’ advice here and add VAMPIRES for no particular reason.
Just curious guys, but how ticked does the CW have to be to see FOX absolutely destroying everyone else in their prized demo (18-34 women right)? They make this big deal about a new slate of programming, and one show on FOX destroys every show they have on.
Question for the TVBTN guys though: given the unusual split between the gender demographics for a show, is that usually a good sign for a show’s survival or not? I mean, if it’s pulling a 5.0 in the 18-34 demo among women yet it’s overall is 3.5, that means it’s pulling about a 2.0 among males in that demo, correct (here’s my math: 3.5 is the average of 2 demographics, double it to 7, subtract 5, the women’s rating, and you have 2 left over for the men)? Go ahead and call me an idiot, I’m just curious as to how such a trend compares historically.
@Chad, Next season on the CW:
America’s Next Top Vampire!
Godfather, your math is dangerous for some comparisons but with A18-34 it works almost perfectly because the size of W18-34 is almost (though not exactly) the same as M18-34. So yes, Glee did a 2.0 with men 18-34 (at least in the overnights). At the end of the day, young men are hard to come by though. It’s not all that unusual of a split — definitely a similar theme with SYTYCD and though not quite as pronounced even for AGT with W18-34 and M18-34.
The 5.0 for Glee w/Women 18-34 is good news for FOX, but the overall 18-34 and 18-49 numbers are plenty good enough for now.
So basically it’s not a problem for the show. What would you consider the danger zone for Glee with its 18-49 ratings? 2.5 or lower?
Actually let me get a little more detailed: one of the things I’ve noticed is that shows usually have high premiere numbers and then drop. Assuming Glee’s numbers fall a little over the course of the season, what would be an acceptable drop vs. a trend that puts them on the bubble?
P.S.
Point taken on the math. What applies here doesn’t apply with other demographics. So more women watch prime time TV that men in general?
I’d say on average more young women watch BROADCAST networks in prime time than young men. Beyond that, I don’t have the capability to do the analysis any justice.
I find it odd that CSI:NY builds on Criminal Minds in repeats but when it’s new episodes last season, it’s lost a bit of the lead in, although I guess without L&O, it will do much better.
Not sure what you guys are smoking. But I am not sure that Glee was made for the readers of this site. Its a great show and Chuck will be back soon, so you will have something to watch!
NBC really should put AGT in there fall or winter schedule depending on how this season goes (so far looking good but its only been a few days so Who Knows?)
i really hope community does well
CHUCK!CHUCK!CHUCK!
Signed,
Annoying CHUCK Fan talking about CHUCK on a thread that has nothing to do with CHUCK
CW’s upcoming Fall Schedule for 2010:
MONDAY
GOSSIP VAMPS
ONE FANG HILL
TUESDAY
TRANSYLVANIA, 90210
MELROSE COFFIN
WEDNESDAY
AMERICA’S NEXT TOP VAMPIRE
THE BEAUTIFUL DEATH
THURSDAY
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
SUPERNATURAL: VAMPIRE HUNTERS
FRIDAY
VAMPIREVILLE
AMERICA’S NEXT TOP VAMPIRE (Encore)
^^ good 1.
I still really like Glee and think its a wonderful show! I recorded The Beautiful Life and actually thought it wasnt that bad. I also watched ANTM!
I think NBC couldn’t have picked a better season to make a move at 10 PM. Both CSI MIAMI & CSI NY are getting a little long in the tooth so inroads on Monday & Wednesday are possible. Castle, Numb3rs & Private Practice are not powerhouses by any means. The Good Wife looks like another Cane-like disappointment for CBS on Tuesday. The Mentalist looks like the only show Leno doesn’t stand a chance to make a dent in ratingswise. I suspect that Leno will also have a longterm effect on the competitions’ ratings when they normally schedule repeats in December and March, which might force the other networks to try limited run new series in those timeslots instead of reruns (which, in turn, might be a silver lining after all for fans of scripted series). Time will tell but I think it will be interesting to see how this all plays out. But, after 3 airings, it’s pretty safe to say that TJLS is a big fat hit by NBC’s standards. A total collapse is highly unlikely no matter how many wish it so.
TBL was better than melrose or 90210, and im a guy saying this.
I missed vampire diaries to night
TBL was way better than melrose place , and it was actually watchable i don’t get the hate , medicore acting , but every new show starts like that
I really think notions of “quality” have very little to do with whether or not a show has ‘hit’ ratings most of the time, but I think in Glee’s case, if they don’t move beyond the constant meta-ness of it for the sake of a little narrative cohesion, it’ll sink by the end of the season. It’s still entertaining me at this point though, and I’ll give another 4 or 5 weeks (baseball withstanding) to become addiction viewing.
I like glee its a show with heart and of course its from the creater of Nip/tuck one of the greatest shows EVER
When BCM was going to air this summer, they were planning on doing it like the hills:
Week 1: First episode, Second Episode
Week 2: Second Episode rerun, New Third Episode
Week 3: Third episode rerun, New Fourth Episode
etc…
I think Glee is going to be an interesting show to watch from a numbers perspective at the very least (although I am enjoying it as a whole despite some teething problems). I suspect it will drop off again next week when the ‘real’ competition kicks in but even then I imagine it’ll be getting strong enough demo’s to carry it through. What I think is more interesting is whether these first 13 episodes really matter, it seems to me that Glee was conceived or green lit as an Idol companion and on paper at least its the most Idol compatible show Fox has ever had, which begs the question even if the numbers sink for these 13 episodes would Fox still roll the dice on a back nine out of Idol?
Jesus, I am almost happy ‘Body politic’ didn’t make it on the CW… It seems that people just don’t watch that network. Except for VD, which is not that bad, actually, they just can’t put a new show out there.
I watched TBL last night it wasnt that bad i thought i didnt feel it was a hit show either but the CW needs to change its demo. Its clearly not working
House season 1 was the same way it muddled along on Tue night up until it was able to be teamed up w/ AI then it became a hit.
Why can’t the CW understand these words for programming?
Variety
Quality
Competition
The reason Jay’s numbers were up from tuesday night’s numbers is most definitely because of Miley Cyrus appearing on his 10 at 10 skit. She was so amazing and her answers to his questions were so down to earth! Miley is without a doubt the biggest and brightest young star in Hollywood.
TBL will get cancelled!
The new Jay Leno show sucks. He doesn’t get it. We don’t give a snot about celebrity interviews. Celebrities are all morons with lame stories from their meaningless lives. The funny stuff was the first 30 minutes of he show. So Jay decides to put the funny stuff at the end of the show. Bad move Jay…say hello to cancelled!
I hadn’t been watching America’s Got Talent this year, but got home late and sat down with my husband to watch the finale’ he had recorded. What a joke!!!I couldn’t believe, other than the wonderful soprano, that this was the ‘best’ in America! I live near Nashville, and I promise you, you can find better country talent in any neighborhood. It seemed to me,(and I’m guessing,as I haven’t been watching)that the voters were being skewed by the background stories. That shouldn’t matter. Tell the stories AFTER the final results are in, or before season voting starts, but not during the voting. My only other guess as to the final outcome is that American Idol’s thorn in the side, ‘vote for the worst’ , site was up and running. What an embarrassment for NBC…but then again, why should they care. The season is over and they have their ratings. It’s not like they’re looking for an Emmy…