What are you watching this summer?

[HarlequinBoy]

Pushing Daisies lived up to its hype to me. But yeah, not certain about the story arcs yet..

I hope it isn't another critical darling, commercial failure.


Private Practice.. pretty much what you said. *laugh*

[Pburgh]

Dirty, Sexy Money is pretty good. I still fall asleep at the very end. What happened?

Pushing up Daisies is well written but I don't think I could take a steady diet of that storyline.

I like Private Practice a lot.

[Brent]

From Ausiello:

One of my Nielsen moles just e-mailed me that direct quote after looking at the preliminary ratings data for last night's premiere of Pushing Daisies. The show easily won its timeslot with a 9.2/14 rating/share in the metered markets, which is huge. Bionic Woman and Private Practice, meanwhile, were down double-digits from their week-ago premieres, but still did solid business.(Apparently most people think both of these shows suck)

Full report later.

[lurkey]

From Ausiello:

One of my Nielsen moles just e-mailed me that direct quote after looking at the preliminary ratings data for last night's premiere of Pushing Daisies. The show easily won its timeslot with a 9.2/14 rating/share in the metered markets, which is huge. Bionic Woman and Private Practice, meanwhile, were down double-digits from their week-ago premieres, but still did solid business.(Apparently most people think both of these shows suck)

Full report later.

[Brent]

'Pushing Daisies' Comes Up Roses

Fast National ratings for Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007

ABC scored a narrow ratings win Wednesday night as critical darling "Pushing Daisies" got off to a pretty good start.

For the night, ABC averaged a 7.7 rating/13 share, just beating CBS, 7.5/12. NBC finished third at 6.5/11. FOX, 4.0/6, came in fourth, and The CW earned a 2.4/4 for fifth.

ABC also led among adults 18-49, scoring a 4.1 rating. CBS, 3.4, took second in the key ad demographic, edging NBC's 3.3. FOX averaged 2.7 and The CW 1.7.

The premiere of "Pushing Daisies" earned an 8.3/14 for ABC at 8 p.m., topping NBC's "Deal or No Deal," 7.1/12. "Kid Nation" put CBS in third. "Back to You," 4.4/7, and "'Til Death," 4.0/6, gave FOX the No. 4 spot, beating the 3.0/5 for "America's Next Top Model" on The CW.

After getting beaten by a pair of new shows last week, CBS' "Criminal Minds" led at 9 p.m. with a 9.4/15. ABC's "Private Practice," 8.3/13, and NBC's "Bionic Woman," 6.8/11, each fell off some from their premieres. FOX stayed in fourth with "Kitchen Nightmares," while The CW's "Gossip Girl," 1.8/3, grew slightly over last week's outing.

CBS stayed on top at 10 p.m. with "CSI: NY," 8.3/14. "Dirty Sexy Money" posted a 6.7/11 for ABC, while "Life" drew a 5.7/10 on NBC.

Back to You needs major help. Kid Nation is not doing well either. Both PP and BW fell significantly, but BW fell worse(and PP won in the demo). DSM appears to be OK(a lot better shape than other new shows), but Life could be failing.

[CajunMama]

Does anyone watch Brothers & Sisters?

Last nights episode was really really good. It pained my to watch it though being my niece's husband was injured and died from an ied in iraq this past march. I hope they have Justin surviving the ied attack.

Yes I do! I hated the pilot but then about 5-6 episodes later(around Early November last year) started loving it and have watched ever since. I like it a lot... and like you I hope he survived.

Just saw a commercial for sundays episode...a military funeral and the family standing there all dressed in black.

[Brent]

Grey's is CONSIDERABLY better tonight. This is the show I loved, not that mess last week.

Ugly Betty was awesome also.

CM... yeah I saw that, but I think it could be misdirection(as in someone else). Hopefully anyway...

[JonathanBelles]

I missed Survivor tonight because I was out of the house.

Grey's is/was very good.

[HarlequinBoy]

Yep! I was going to say that Grey's was much much better tonight.

And UB, I loved as usual.

[Brent]

Big Shots sucked again, but I think women love it. LOL

I'm very very close to dropping the show.

Note: Pushing Daisies and Private Practice will reair tomorrow night from 8-10 back to back for anyone who missed them or want to watch again.

[Brent]

"Private Practice" has something in common with "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip."

TiVo said Thursday that its users are recording "Private Practice" episodes at a higher frequency than any other new show.

The DVR company, though, notes that just because the ABC spinoff of "Grey's Anatomy" is enjoying some immediate popularity doesn't necessarily mean it will have staying power. "Studio 60" was the high-scoring new show on TiVo's list last year, and it ultimately flopped.

TiVo calculated its rankings based on the number of users who set their units for a "season pass," which tells their DVRs to record every episode of a chosen show.

Mostly, TiVo rankings roughly coincide with Nielsen ratings. Therefore, it's no surprise that top-ranked TiVo season pass shows for the week ending Sept. 30 were highly rated Nielsen shows "Grey's Anatomy," "Desperate Housewives," "House," "Lost" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."

At No. 18 on TiVo's list, "Private Practice" was not only the top new show but it was miles ahead of runner-up "Bionic Woman," which was No. 43 on the list.

Last year at this time, "Studio 60" was tops at No. 12, though it was overtaken in midseason by a more genuine hit, "Heroes."

TiVo's audience research and measurement GM Todd Juenger said that many TiVo subs are loathe to add a new title to their season pass list without having yet seen the show, which indicates that "Private Practice" and "Bionic Woman" were a couple of well-marketed, highly anticipated shows.

Other new shows scoring well, acording to TiVo, were "Journeyman, "Dirty Sexy Money," "Back to You," "Cane," "Chuck" and Ken Burns' multipart documentary "The War."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... c5b97ca350

[TexasStooge]

Jerry Bruckheimer has pulled out all the stops on last night's "CSI" episode.

[Brent]

CBS Makes Thursday Sweep
Decent start for '30 Rock,' 'Big Shots' fades

October 5, 2007

Fast National ratings for Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007

CBS sat alone atop the ratings heap Thursday, pulling out a win over ABC, which saw its "Big Shots" get smaller. NBC's "30 Rock," meanwhile, got a ratings bump on the heels of its Emmy win.

For the night, CBS averaged a 10.2 rating/16 share, beating ABC's 8.3/13. NBC finished third at 5.3/9. FOX, 4.5/7, took fourth, and The CW trailed with a 2.4/4.

A tight adults 18-49 race also went to CBS, which drew a 4.9 rating in the advertisers' favorite demographic. ABC was right behind at 4.8. NBC, 3.8, came in third, followed by FOX, 2.1, and The CW, 1.5.

"Survivor: China," 8.5/14, put CBS on top at 8 p.m. "Ugly Betty," 6.6/11, was second for ABC. FOX grabbed third overall with "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?," although NBC did better in the 18-49 demo with "My Name Is Earl," 5.1/9, and the "30 Rock" premiere, 4.8/7. The introduction of Supergirl on "Smallville" earned a 2.9/5 for The CW.

CBS got a 12.8/19 from "CSI" at 9 p.m. "Grey's Anatomy," 12.3/19, kept ABC in second (and was the night's top show among adults 18-49). "The Office" posted a 5.0/8 for NBC, topping "Kitchen Nightmares" on FOX. The season premiere of "Supernatural" earned a 2.0/3 for The CW.

"Without a Trace" finished off the CBS sweep with a 9.4/16 at 10 p.m. "ER" scored a 6.1/10 for NBC, tying for second with ABC's "Big Shots," which bled more than half of its lead-in audience.

Looks like most everything dropped from premiere numbers. CSI had a major drop and just narrowly beat Grey's. Big Shots is collapsing... dropped 38% at the half-hour in Adults 18-49!

[Cyclenall]

I know this is a tad bit off topic, but how do companies get ratings anyways? I never knew how since your TV doesn't send back signals, at least not my cable. Does it include only 1 country at a time?

[Brent]

I know this is a tad bit off topic, but how do companies get ratings anyways? I never knew how since your TV doesn't send back signals, at least not my cable. Does it include only 1 country at a time?

Well here in the U.S.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_Ratings

It's a small percentage of the population that has them(but what is believed to be equal representation of every age group/race/gender etc.), and they extrapolate that out to get the national ratings.

There is a ton of info the public doesn't usually see but the networks get. They get to see numbers for every demographic, kids, teens, males, and females alike.

Nielsen Television Ratings are gathered by one of two ways; by extensive use of surveys, where viewers of various demographics are asked to keep a written record (called a diary) of the television programming they watch throughout the day and evening, or by the use of Set Meters, which are small devices connected to every television in selected homes. These devices gather the viewing habits of the home and transmit the information nightly to Nielsen through a "Home Unit" connected to a phone line. Set Meter information allows market researchers to study television viewing habits on a minute to minute basis, seeing the exact moment viewers change channels or turn off their TV. In addition to this technology, the implementation of individual viewer reporting devices (called People meters) allow the company to separate household viewing information into various demographic groups. In 2005, Nielsen began measuring the usage of digital video recordings (TiVo, for example) and initial results indicate that time-shifted viewing will have a significant impact on television ratings. The networks are not yet figuring these new results into their ad rates at the resistance of advertisers.

Nielsen Television Ratings are reported by ranking the percentage for each show of all viewers watching television at a given time. As of September 2006, there are an estimated 115.2 million television households in the USA. A single national ratings point represents 1%, or 1,152,000 households for the 2006-07 season. Share is the percentage of television sets in use tuned to a specific program. These numbers are usually reported as (ratings points/share). For example, Nielsen may report a show as receiving a 9.2/15 during its broadcast, meaning 9.2%, or 10,598,400 households on average were tuned in at any given moment. Additionally, 15% of all televisions in use at the time were tuned into this program. Nielsen re-estimates the number of households each August for the upcoming television season.

[mightyerick]

Dont watch TV. They are washing your mind... they will make you hate everything you and your people are. They will destroy your liberty of thinking with political correctness, obsenity and moral relativism, taking out your desire to live and breed.

SAVE YOUR BRAIN
we are... already... over our extinction...
WE HAVE JUST 150 YEARS LEFT
IF WE CONTINUE THIS WAY.

[HarlequinBoy]

Um, okay then.

I'm glad Tv can "wash my mind."


Anyways, I wonder if they will factor someday how may people download/watch online into the ratings.

[Brent]

Um, okay then.

I'm glad Tv can "wash my mind."


Anyways, I wonder if they will factor someday how may people download/watch online into the ratings.

They have no choice. The problem is TV is ad supported, so how would it work?(shows that aren't ad supported aren't included in ratings reports). There is a big debate on TV boards about this during the past week or so, because ratings are the lowest they've ever been(Private Practice is the top-rated new show and averages only a 9 rating, that's PATHETIC and about half the new shows are having ratings that in past years would be considered "near death").

Honestly, in 10-20 years I think network TV will be dead, regardless of what happens. Internet is the future.

[HarlequinBoy]

Maybe they'll insert ads/commercial breaks onto the online episodes. I know sometimes they advertise a product before episodes.. I'm not really sure how it would work.

But I agree, the internet is taking over. You can buy episodes online off iTunes so maybe that is the new future? I don't think Tv execs have really found a way to harness the internet's total potential and they're certainly going to have to if they want to continue.

[Miss Mary]

Kyle XY news: ABC Family has just announced they are renewing Kyle XY for Season 3, 10 episodes worth. Cast and crew are currently filming the second half of Season 2, 10 episodes. The show is on hiatus/break right now.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756509/
http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry ... /800023808

Mary