TV Ratings (Monday 17th November)
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Where's the FOX information? 
Thanks to NX for these threads, they're always the first thing I look for when I get on the BBS!
Man I do not get why Heroes is tanking in the ratings. I think this season has been immensely entertaining, probably the best yet. I guess it's just people watching it online instead.
Thanks to NX for these threads, they're always the first thing I look for when I get on the BBS!Man I do not get why Heroes is tanking in the ratings. I think this season has been immensely entertaining, probably the best yet. I guess it's just people watching it online instead.
I quit this season, just lost interest in the ongoing story arc (call it LOST fatigue) and when I've surfed around on different forums, the general impression I'm left with is that most people don't share your enthusiasm for this season.
Sorry about FOX forgot to stick them up, corrected that.
I must admit am really surprised about Heroes downfall this season because apart from the opening episode of S3, its been pretty good this year though season 1 will most likely never be topped for quality. My guess is without a strike the 2nd half of last season, which would of been different to what we have due to a different cliffhanger then it might of saved Heroes from its current downfall. HEROES for me will end after season 5 though no matter how bad NBC is doing if thing improve next year in other areas's that could be bad news for Heroes as NO SHOW is immune to the AXE and for me NBC would cancel the show after 4 years if this happened...
* Demo drops below 3.0
* Viewers drop below 7 million, which would follow the above most likely.
The way the ratings are going this could happen come the end of season 4 in 2010.
I must admit am really surprised about Heroes downfall this season because apart from the opening episode of S3, its been pretty good this year though season 1 will most likely never be topped for quality. My guess is without a strike the 2nd half of last season, which would of been different to what we have due to a different cliffhanger then it might of saved Heroes from its current downfall. HEROES for me will end after season 5 though no matter how bad NBC is doing if thing improve next year in other areas's that could be bad news for Heroes as NO SHOW is immune to the AXE and for me NBC would cancel the show after 4 years if this happened...
* Demo drops below 3.0
* Viewers drop below 7 million, which would follow the above most likely.
The way the ratings are going this could happen come the end of season 4 in 2010.
As for Heroes, stated in the Heroes section at Wikipedia, Tim fired two of executive producers due to creative differences and he plan to refocus the characters storyline. It was stated that the two guys refused to continue the character continuation storyline. Apparently thats what caused the ratings to go down for Villians. Hopefully the ratings gets back up once Volume 4 starts in February.
Because what some call entertaining it appears that many more are calling it unoriginal warmed over repetitive shite.
Its not even similar to when LOST got lax. At least the span of shows where it got dull was due to it moving slowly or aimlessly.
HEROES on the other hand is doing the same exact things as prior seasons. I mean really, another eclipse so soon?!?
Its just one of countless retreaded things that make so little attempt to be different that its caused many to lose interest.Wish TBBT could have stayed over 10million again this week.
They have to kill off at least half of the cast and start writing stories that do not include going to the future, seeing the apocalypse, going back to the past and preventing it.
On the more optimistic note - HIMYM's ratings are increasing at a steady rate and that makes me happy.
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Boston Legal - good ratings
Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles : Oh come on, the show was getting good ratings last season, what is going on? Not even the star trek tv spot could boost the ratings. The seriously have to advetise the Terminator Salvation trailer being broadcast during the series
Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles : Oh come on, the show was getting good ratings last season, what is going on? Not even the star trek tv spot could boost the ratings. The seriously have to advetise the Terminator Salvation trailer being broadcast during the series
I agree, the show is rumored to cost 3-4 million an episode. I have no clue why besides the cast. I pretty much realized the show was doomed after the season 1 finale. It was supposed to be NYC, but looked very cartoony and NO ONE WAS AROUND! So if that cost 3-4 million then they need to rethink the whole show.
Maybe they can cancel Heroes and then do a spin-off that combines Heroes and The 4400.
Hmmm.. I'm surprised the The CW shows seem to be having problems on Monday nights. They were doing decent (by CW standards) for a while and now have tanked he last two weeks. I'm especially surprised by OTH as it's always been a solid performer for whatever network it's been on.
Winners...
Honorable Mention...
Lucky Its Got A Demo...
Decent...
Losers...
Round-up...
It was an interesting night as several shows saw gains in viewers and some others continue to lose viewers...
ABC won the night for viewers thanks to DWTS, which is winding down to its finale and that also saw a minor bump for "Samantha Who" in viewers. Boston Legal capped off the night with a decent showing but 400,000 viewers down from last week. There are only 4 episodes left to air of BL so am hoping the fans come back to give it a good sendoff, though a part of me wishes ABC kept BL back till midseason since it tends to have a stronger showing for the Jan-May slot.
CBS won the demo and for once all its comedies performed well thanks to Worst Week gaining viewers for the 2nd week running and returning to the 10 million+ club. Worst Week was up by about 700,000 viewers and half a demo point (0.5), which are fantastic gains from where the show was 2 weeks ago. TBBT kicked off the night dropping from last week's Series High by 300,000 viewers and 0.2 in the demo and HIMYM finished off the opening hour slot with season high ratings for the 2nd week running. Two & Half Man saw gains from last week to what might be a season high but CSI Miami saw the biggest gain of the night with over 1.5 million more viewers than last week.
NBC had a dreadful night from one year ago but there was some minor good news with Chuck fighting back by gaining 600,000 viewers and 0.2 in the demo from one week ago. Heroes stopped the demo bleeding but carried losing viewers to post the 3rd series low ratings in a row and the 5th or 6th this season alone. My Own Worst Enemy, which has been axed already was barley on the radar. In my opinion if Chuck can squeeze into the 7 million range then we will see a 3rd season due to NBC's bad season to date.
Prison Break gained 400,000 viewers and that could be a season high and I think the show would of done better in the 8pm slot this yeat but I can understand why FOX wanted SCC there instead because PB was going to end this season though looks like FOX will lose both now.
CW normally steady duo flopped for the 2nd week in a row and OTH saw its lowest ratings in history with Gossip Girl returning to last years levels.
Honorable Mention...
Lucky Its Got A Demo...
Decent...
Losers...
Round-up...
It was an interesting night as several shows saw gains in viewers and some others continue to lose viewers...
ABC won the night for viewers thanks to DWTS, which is winding down to its finale and that also saw a minor bump for "Samantha Who" in viewers. Boston Legal capped off the night with a decent showing but 400,000 viewers down from last week. There are only 4 episodes left to air of BL so am hoping the fans come back to give it a good sendoff, though a part of me wishes ABC kept BL back till midseason since it tends to have a stronger showing for the Jan-May slot.
CBS won the demo and for once all its comedies performed well thanks to Worst Week gaining viewers for the 2nd week running and returning to the 10 million+ club. Worst Week was up by about 700,000 viewers and half a demo point (0.5), which are fantastic gains from where the show was 2 weeks ago. TBBT kicked off the night dropping from last week's Series High by 300,000 viewers and 0.2 in the demo and HIMYM finished off the opening hour slot with season high ratings for the 2nd week running. Two & Half Man saw gains from last week to what might be a season high but CSI Miami saw the biggest gain of the night with over 1.5 million more viewers than last week.
NBC had a dreadful night from one year ago but there was some minor good news with Chuck fighting back by gaining 600,000 viewers and 0.2 in the demo from one week ago. Heroes stopped the demo bleeding but carried losing viewers to post the 3rd series low ratings in a row and the 5th or 6th this season alone. My Own Worst Enemy, which has been axed already was barley on the radar. In my opinion if Chuck can squeeze into the 7 million range then we will see a 3rd season due to NBC's bad season to date.
Prison Break gained 400,000 viewers and that could be a season high and I think the show would of done better in the 8pm slot this yeat but I can understand why FOX wanted SCC there instead because PB was going to end this season though looks like FOX will lose both now.
CW normally steady duo flopped for the 2nd week in a row and OTH saw its lowest ratings in history with Gossip Girl returning to last years levels.
That excuse is such a fib!
The ratings have tanked for who-knows-why and the producers were axed as the fall guys.There's an interesting detail at the half hour:
Heroes rockets from third in the demo to first at the half hour? Just goes to show how weak everything is when even under 8M, Heroes can still do that.
If it stops the freefall NOW, I will be happy. Just under 8M ain't great but it's no disaster either. That total is pretty much even with last week. At a certain point they have got to hit the hard-core, in-it-for-the-duration crowd who likes what they've done with Sylar or at least it doesn't make em throw heavy objects at the TV in disgust. Here's hoping that's the audience they've got now. That plus good demos plus product placement for those big DVR viewership numbers should keep it safe.
It's boring. I guess I can't carp at the people who have bailed on Heroes, even tho I still love it, when frankly T:SCC bores the living crap out of me now (due to its repetitive, go-nowhere plotline) and I guess some folks don't get why that would be the case.
This week's My Own Worst Enemy was really lousy, bad enough to make me glad it's been cancelled. Too bad, it's a good basic concept and Christian Slater pulls the role off well, but the spyjinks are uninspired and the core logic problems have crippled it from the start. Good riddance to that one.
A lot of popl are saying why have people not returned to shows like PD, Chuck and SCC pointing that they had better ratings before the strike. However near the end of there short seasons they were already on a little slide especially SCC with was around 7.7 million for the finale, so viewers were already leaving and if they had a full season the ratings may of been close to what were getting now.
Maybe the strike didn't hurt the shows but actually allowed them to get 2nd seasons in the first place.
Maybe the strike didn't hurt the shows but actually allowed them to get 2nd seasons in the first place.
