TV Ratings (Tuesday 25th & Wednesday 26th)

[Jax]

Sorry these were not done earlier but not been on the PC too much lately, been engrossed in Vegas 2 on the 360...

TUESDAY NIGHT (25TH MARCH)...

-Total Viewers:
Fox: 20.99 million, ABC: 12.67, NBC: 8.06, CBS: 7.11, CW: 1.64

-Adults 18-49:
Fox: 8.3 rating/21 share, ABC: 3.0/8, NBC: 2.9/8, CBS: 2.0/5, CW: 0.7/2

FOX

American Idol - 24.38 million & 9.6/24

Til Death - 10.82 million & 4.6/11

ABC

Dancing With the Stars recap - 10.43 million & 2.1/6

Dancing With the Stars - 17.19 million & 3.8/9

Primetime: What Would You Do? - 10.40 million & 3.2/9

NBC

The Biggest Loser - 7.86 million & 3.1/8

Law & Order: SVU (Repeat) - 8.54 million & 2.6/7

CBS

NCIS (Repeat) - 9.40 million & 1.9/5

Big Brother - 5.95 million & 2.2/5

Jericho (Season Finale) - 5.99 million & 1.9/5

CW

Beauty and the Geek - 1.62 million & 0.7/2

Reaper (Repeat) - 1.67 million & 0.6/2

 

[Jax]

Winners...

American Idol, DWTS, Til Death and Primetime

Honorable Mention...

NCIS (R), L&O SVU (R) and Biggest Loser

Far From Dead...

Jericho

Losers...

Big Brother and Beauty and the Geek

Round-Up...

Jericho may be over but there are too many things going behind the scenes to call it dead and until I hear Carol Barbee tell me otherwise, episode 7 was a season finale. Lets be honest Jericho was fantastic this season and should get an emmy nomination for best drama. I will always believe without the season 1 mid break that it would of gotten a full order for season 2 and that the only reason it failed this time around was the poor 10pm slot and BB as the lead in which loss all of NCIS viewers.

Til Death will probably see a 3rd season but will never see ratings like that when not coming out of IDOL. American Idol was actually down on its ratings but thats probably cause of the competition against DWTS, rather then the American TV viewing audience becoming smarter.

NBC will be very wise to bring back The Biggest Loser and CW will also be very wise to drop Beauty and the Geek.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Sounds like the talks with Skiffy might actually work out for Jericho! 6 million is a strong start for Skiffy - even if they get half that number, that's doing great by their standards. BSG is ending and I hope they aren't counting too highly on the stuff they have lined up, because it sounds very uninspiring.

 

[Jax]

WEDNESDAY NIGHT (26TH MARCH)...

-Total Viewers:
Fox: 17.01 million, NBC: 6.97, CBS: 6.81, ABC: 5.91, CW: 2.61

-Adults 18-49:
Fox: 6.8 rating/19 share, ABC: 2.0/5, CBS and NBC: 1.8/5 each, CW: 1.2/3

FOX

The Moment of Truth - 9.98 million & 3.9/11

American Idol - 25.42 million & 9.7/25

NBC

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Repeat) - 6.74 million & 1.5/4

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Repeat) - 6.12 million & 1.6/4

Law & Order (Repeat) - 8.05 million & 2.4/6

CBS

Big Brother - 6.04 million & 2.1/6

Criminal Minds (Repeat) - 6.93 million & 1.5/4

CSI: NY (Repeat) - 7.46 million & 1.8/5

ABC

Wife Swap - 6.32 million & 2.3/7

Supernanny (Repeat) - 5.80 million & 2.2/6

Men in Trees - 5.61 million & 1.5/4

CW

Next Top Model - 3.50 million & 1.7/5

Pussycat Dolls (Repeat) - 1.72 million & 0.8/2

 

[Jax]

Winners...

American Idol and Moment of Truth

Honorable Mention...

Next Top Model

Decent...

Law & Order (R)

Losers...

Big Brother and Wife Swap

Round-Up...

Fox dominated the repeat ridden night but it wasn't hard considering what it was up against. Can someone tell me why JERICHO wasn't given its normal 8pm slot that it had for 2006/2007. Also can someone tell me why CW decided NOT to air original episodes of Pussycats with original episodes of Top Model because the show would probably be around 3 million if they had...Seriously who let these idiots make the TV timetables

Men In Trees is never a 10pm program and just like JERICHO, is a family show that should kick off an night. Men In Trees should be cancelled but ABC have been known to be over kind to shows (According to Jim for example).

 

[PsychoPere]

Sounds like the talks with Skiffy might actually work out for Jericho! 6 million is a strong start for Skiffy - even if they get half that number, that's doing great by their standards.

Do we have any idea on the number of households that are currently capable of tuning into Sci-Fi? Or a better question I suppose would be: any idea what the highest ratings are on Sci-Fi currently?

 

[Jax]

^ SCI FI current highest show can't be pulling in more than 2.5 million so Jericho wouldn't need much to keep going.

The JERICHO thread mentions that SCI FI can afford a budget similar to what the show got for its 7 episodes (per episode not 7 ep season). If it does well that will increase a little so I expect 13 episode seasons of Jericho on Skiffy.

I would love 21 to reach 50 episodes but will settle for anything.

 

[Skywalker]

The only problem with Jericho moving to Sci-Fi, that I can see, is that Sci-Fi would likely want to move filming from California to British Columbia, and the cast may not want to make that move.

 

[benny]

Not to turn this into a Jericho thread, but something strikes me as...well, odd.

How does Jericho qualify as science fiction? Just about the only accepted tenant of sci fi which fits is speculation on the effects of technology/science (the bomb)...and that's even tenuous at best. This is a drama which takes place on Earth, isn't in the future, has no aliens and doesn't really involve finding new tech.

It's not a dystopian future like Blade Runner. It's not technology run amok like Jurassic Park. It's not a space opera (Trek). Maybe someone can help me on that?

 

[Scout101]

It's just as much an alternate future as, say, Blade Runner, it's just not set as far forward. At worst, it's still an alternate history/future show, which gets lumped with science fiction. There's a distinct lack of nuclear fallout outside my window, so appears to fit...

Here, a few REAL authors said it better:

According to science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein, "a handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method."[8] Rod Serling's stated definition is "fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible."[9]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction#Definitions

 

[Angel4576]

I think as far as Jericho goes, I'm fairly sure that had the first season not had the hiatus then it would have been renewed outright for a second season.

CBS can be credited for giving the show a second chance, but also must get a black mark for not even trying to move it to another timeslot, even when it became apparent that 10pm wasn't going to work. It's not like they had a schedule full of newly scripted drama to fill it with!

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Sounds like the talks with Skiffy might actually work out for Jericho! 6 million is a strong start for Skiffy - even if they get half that number, that's doing great by their standards.

Do we have any idea on the number of households that are currently capable of tuning into Sci-Fi? Or a better question I suppose would be: any idea what the highest ratings are on Sci-Fi currently?

I remember initial ratings for Tin Man around 6M or so. That was extraordinarily high for Skiffy, but it does show that there are millions that could watch it.

How does Jericho qualify as science fiction?

Post-apocalyptic stories have long been a staple of science fiction: On the Beach and A Canticle for Leibowtiz are two examples. It became especially science fictional in S2, with the extrapolation of politics it depicted that veers greatly from reality. That's a sci fi tradition represented by Nineteen-Eighty-Four. If you're thinking sci fi needs to be focused on advanced science, you're wrong. There's nothing "scientific" about Nineteen-Eighty-Four - it's about future politics, no advanced science at all - and it's a great classic of science fiction.

Sci fi on TV and in movies usually involves aliens and robots because those things are more visual. Print-based sci fi has a stronger tradition of sci fi focused on politics and society rather than science - because that approach depends heavily on ideas, which is the strength of the print medium and doesn't always translate well into visual media.

Of course Heinlein's definition of sci fi is just one of many, especially in the distinction between sci fi and fantasy, but that just leads into a lot of bickering.

 

[Dream]

The mods don't seem to think Jericho is Sci fi since all Jericho topics are moved to the GTM board.

 

[gh4chiefs]

As far as whether Jericho is sci-fi or not, does it really matter in regards to the Sci-fi channel? Didn't the Sci-fi channel show "professional" wrestling at one time? Or am I confusing it with some other equally unlikely venue for showing wrestling?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

The mods don't seem to think Jericho is Sci fi since all Jericho topics are moved to the GTM board.

The mods don't think Lost is sci fi either.

 

[Joy]

Well, hell, Jericho is far more sci-fi than Titanic is, and THAT played on Sci-Fi Channel at least once.

I think Jericho fits in perfectly fine on SFC. Better than wrestling, that's for sure.

Joy

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Eh, I've seen Braveheart on the Sci Fi Channel. Maybe it belongs there more than the History Channel?

 

[archeryguy1701]

Do we have any idea on the number of households that are currently capable of tuning into Sci-Fi? Or a better question I suppose would be: any idea what the highest ratings are on Sci-Fi currently?

I get the impression that Stargate is its best show on average, and it pulls approximately a 1.3ish Neilsen. If it spikes up to 1.8, they're thrilled. Jericho's 3.9 Neilson minus people without cable or satellite will be a good boost for them.