TV Ratings (Thursday 30th October)

[Jax]

-Total Viewers:
CBS: 14.42 million, ABC: 10.67, NBC: 7.95, CW: 3.88, Fox: 3.81

-Adults 18-49:
CBS: 3.9 rating/10 share, ABC: 3.6/10, NBC: 3.4/9, Fox and CW: 1.6/4 each

CBS

Survivor: Gabon - 13.14 million & 4.2/12

CSI - 18.64 million & 4.7/12

Eleventh Hour - 11.48 million viewers & 2.9/8

ABC

Ugly Betty - 8.55 million & 2.6/8

Grey’s Anatomy - 15.05 million & 5.6/14

Life on Mars - 8.41 million & 2.7/8

NBC

My Name is Earl - 6.17 million & 2.4/7

Kath & Kim - 5.46 million & 2.3/6

The Office - 9.32 million & 4.7/12

30 Rock (Season Debut) - 8.53 million & 4.1/10

ER - 9.12 million & 3.4/9

FOX

Kitchen Nightmares (Double Repeat) - 3.81 million & 1.6/4

CW

Smallville - 4.24 million & 1.7/5

Supernatural - 3.53 million & 1.5/4

Probably no round up or friday ratings because looks like am away from my PC till at least Sunday, time for me to get my golf clubs so enjoy and have a good weekend.

 

[wamdue]

5.46 is enough to get a full season pick up?

 

[DanCPA]

I'm amazed 30rock did so poorly given all the Tina Fey hype.

 

[Geck]

I'm amazed 30rock did so poorly given all the Tina Fey hype.

It's actually pretty huge numbers for 30 Rock compared to the last two seasons - I'm pretty impressed. Hopefully it'll continue to grow. A great week for The Office, too.

Fox lost to the CW...ouch. Granted with no new programming, but still

 

[Phillip Culley]

Kitchen Nightmares (Double Repeat) - 3.81 million & 1.6/4

It wasn't a double repeat - the second episode was a new one.

 

[Mr Light]

30 Rock (Season Debut) - 8.53 million & 4.1/10

Thank you thank you thank you! Please keep this show on the air!

From Wiki:
The pilot episode generated 8.13 million viewers,[96] the series' highest ratings until that of its third season premiere which garnered 8.5 million viewers. The second season finale, "Cooter", which aired on May 8, 2008, was viewed by 5.6 million viewers.[102]
SEASON ONE AVERAGE: 5.8 million
SEASON TWO AVERAGE: 6.4 million

 

[Cicero]

Does anyone know why ER is being canceled? It seems to be one of NBC's better rated shows.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I'm amazed 30rock did so poorly given all the Tina Fey hype.

Good demo, tho.

Maybe everyone was like me and forgot it was debuting last nite. I've gotten out of the habit of thinking about new show debuts because this one is so late. Next week, tho.

Does anyone know why ER is being canceled? It seems to be one of NBC's better rated shows.

It's absurdly old. It's hung on this long because NBC is desperate.

 

[wamdue]

^ but it is still doing half decent numbers.

 

[stj]

ER won the demo last night. It's hung on because the it does indeed get good numbers for an NBC series. And costs are relatively low for a fourteen old series because the producers are completely ruthless in dealing with actors, something they even bragged about in a shout out on the show itself!

As for ER being "absurdly old," that is first of all a completely vacuous statement. But if it did have any sensible content, ER is still a lad of tender years compared to Star Trek.

Fortunately for Life on Mars not everyone shares the obsessive love for the new. Unfortunatley for Life on Mars, that serie is still losing more than half of Grey's Anatomy's 18-49 demographic. And it is still has a lower 18-49 demographic rating than Eleventh Hour. Even worse, if I remember the numbers correctly, Eleventh Hour has improved upon its debut whereas Life on Mars has not.

But---Should CBS and ABC try saving either series for next year, when ER's audience is up for grabs?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

As for ER being "absurdly old," that is first of all a completely vacuous statement. But if it did have any sensible content, ER is still a lad of tender years compared to Star Trek.

I see you're setting new records for silliness here. Because Star Trek's longevity is completely representative of TV in general.

Nice to see you continue to provide amusement via your ongoing committment to total absurdity. Not many folks around here can keep it going so consistently.

 

[wamdue]

^ ER being old here in the UK we have a little hospital drama called Casualty been on air since 1986, 8 more years than ER, and the show produces 40 - 45 episodes a year. They spend just enough money on it, to keep the stunts half decent, and a constant cast turnover, most characters only lasting between 3 & 5 years. (however there is one character who has been in it from the start)

To be honest if ER continues to do 9 million (average it out) over this season, and if ratings for the other shows continue to fail, I would think twice about ending it.

That said, I never really liked ER, so I havnt seen it, or what its like now, im just going by the ratings.

 

[DanCPA]

Temis, 30rock is on hulu if you are interested

 

[nx1701g]

Does anyone know why ER is being canceled? It seems to be one of NBC's better rated shows.

I read on TVGuide that they're ending it because of its lower ratings - but that was for last years decision to end it. The reason it got another season (this one) was because NBC didn't want to end it with half a season.

I think some of its ratings help is coming from the return of old favorites.

 

[stj]

As for ER being "absurdly old," that is first of all a completely vacuous statement. But if it did have any sensible content, ER is still a lad of tender years compared to Star Trek.

I see you're setting new records for silliness here. Because Star Trek's longevity is completely representative of TV in general.

Nice to see you continue to provide amusement via your ongoing committment to total absurdity. Not many folks around here can keep it going so consistently.

Why would Star Trek's longevity have to be "completely representative of TV in general" to be much older than ER? Answer: It doesn't. The fact is, ER is nowhere near as old as Star Trek. I suppose you're trying to imply that I look down on Star Trek for being much older than ER. But you were the one with the moronic implication that old=bad. I'm afraid it's your ongoing commitment to the trendy, the conventional, the politically safe that has consistently led you to absurdities. And just because you predicted that Eleventh Hour would be a failure doesn't mean you have to spout inanities.


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[wamdue]

you cant count Trek, first of all there was big gap between TOS & TNG (but I guess the movies help fill that), 2nd Trek is a series of spin-offs of one show, rather than one whole show like ER.

 

[stj]

^^^One continuous series or not, Star Trek is much older than ER, as is Dr. Who. Even if you arbitrarily limit "old" to continuous primetime drama series, and arbitrarily forget that although ER is a medical drama it is also a soap, ER still is nowhere near setting a record for length.

But, what could "absurdly" old mean, except to hint that old=bad. Which is vacuous, to put it politely. And which is why Trek is particularly relevant as a counter example, at least on this bbs.