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Re: Why I Like Les and the Katie Couric Experiment

Daniel C. — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:25:19 -0000

I don't think any of you are morons. However, I don't understand how hiring a 50 year old woman will bring younger demos, if that's indeed what CBS wants for its Nightly News. Two things have occurred regarding Couric: The Today show decided to add an additional hour and CBS decided to "soften" its news. Judging by all CBS shows including prime time, sports and news, the eye appears to have very little interest in lowering its record aging audience and is happy just having the largest one, no matter how old they are.

Re: Overnight Results 10/26: Moonlight Feels Right?

Daniel C. — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:45:26 -0000

While CBS can "think" about what to do, NBC has got to be heading to repeats to stem the 40% drop from "Deal" to "Lights". If the young eyes were keeping Lights afloat this year, Moonlight has taken them all away.

Re: Overnight Results 10/31: Criminal Minds

Daniel C. — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:31:41 -0000

Go! Daisies Go!

Re: Does NFL Sunday Night Scheduling Help Ratings?

Daniel C. — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:09:30 -0000

NE vs. Pittsburgh WILL be on CBS, not NBC due to the flex scheduling rules. The game will be pushed back to 4:15 to bring in the audience.

There is a fixed amount of 6 prime time games any team can have and the CBS and FOX can protect 5 games in the flex period.

Re: Does NFL Sunday Night Scheduling Help Ratings?

Daniel C. — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:10:39 -0000

BTW, my source on this info is http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiesta...

Re: Pushing Daisies: Renew or Cancel?

Daniel C. — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:35:40 -0000

This is my favorite show on TV. I am very pleased that a show as quirky as this has found the audience that it did.

This is the kind of show that will NEVER be a huge hit. But it fits in a niche that is underserved by the procedural-bloated network programming these days. ABC deserves alot of credit for trying new things over all other broadcast nets.

Re: Top Cable Nov 26-Dec 2, NFL & Tin Man

Daniel C. — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:17:25 -0000

The NFL Network rating is nothing short of amazing!

Re: Chuck: Renew or Cancel? A Second Look

Daniel C. — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:42:51 -0000

This is my second favorite new show (after "Pushing Daisies")...a must record each Monday. The quality is strong, but more importantly, this is a fast-moving show that keeps building on background week after week. I started watching "Dirty Sexy Money" but stopped after the "big-picture" story has slowed to a crawl.

If the same good-humor and action of "Chuck" was in "Bionic Women", NBC would have a couple of hits this season.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Sun Feb 17: CBS Losing Badly With Younger Audiences

Daniel C. — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:48:14 -0000

I guess I'm confused by your surprise. Of course CBS is losing in the 18-49 battle. In any chart I've seen since I can remember, CBS has always had the oldest skewing audience. Furthermore, CBS has the fewest "unscripted" shows of any net, 5 by my count (8 on ABC, 7 on NBC, and 7 on FOX). This is a rough guess based on shows featured on each networks web site, but I think it is evident that CBS is very dependent on scripted shows and will do very well when they come back from the strike.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Sun Feb 17: CBS Losing Badly With Younger Audiences

Daniel C. — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:42:29 -0000

Yes Robert, I agree that CBS does do very well with its scripted shows. That is why, I believe, it is not doing well with the strike hurting those shows.

I was thinking that, if CBS REALLY wanted to promote to a younger audience, we'd see promos on Comedy Central, MTV, VH1 and the other Viacom networks. Even though CBS and Viacom split, Sumner Redstone still head honcho for both.

I'm convinced that CBS is playing the "high tide raises all boats" programming card trying for as many eyeballs as possible, regardless of age.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Sun Feb 17: CBS Losing Badly With Younger Audiences

Daniel C. — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:39:57 -0000

Here's part of Robert Bianco's USAToday chat session today about the networks. I'd share he has a bit of a differing opinion:

"Waynesville, MO: What is up with NBC? It is amazing how much they have fallen from the glory days of Cosby Show/Cheers/Friends/early-ER. They seem to put junk on the air. I saw that there was American Gladiators and Knight Rider on last night. It this the 90's still. (There are some exceptions - 30 Rock, FNL, Scrubs, Office) Even the CW tries harder than this. Which network's higher-ups would you say are doing a good job?

Robert Bianco: Really, Waynesville - I have to thank you. If you hadn't mentioned "Knight Rider," which NBC aired without making available for review, I was going to have to find some way to work it in. I don't know when I've seen a more amateurish, inept heap of cynical junk on a major network. I'd call it a two-hour commercial, but that's an insult to commercials - most of which are better acted and constructed than this clunker. As for those two, poor actors stuck in the car for most of the movie: You can buy lox and bagels with more chemistry and more expressions. As for the question: CBS is widely regarded as the best-run network, with ABC and Fox vying for second. ABC is better at drama than comedy, and some of the decision-making, or makers, lean toward the erratic. Fox benefits and suffers from its beyond-control reality division. As for NBC - it's not just the worst managed network at the moment. It may have the worst management I've ever seen in all my years on the job."

Re: Nielsen Ratings Sun Feb 17: CBS Losing Badly With Younger Audiences

Daniel C. — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:26:26 -0000

I go back to the strike and that it hurt CBS the most. They are big and set in their ways and were not nimble in new programming. When the shows get going again, CBS will be back on top.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Sun Feb 17: CBS Losing Badly With Younger Audiences

Daniel C. — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:35:28 -0000

Oh, absolutely Robert. I agree that FOX will win this year, overall. However, let's see how May sweeps go when all nets are at full strength.

Re: Nielsen Ratings for Wed Feb 20: Idol Rules, CBS Needs to Fire People

Daniel C. — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:55:04 -0000

Robert, I don't quite understand your obsession with CBS. What exactly would you have them put on right now?

NBC has dug the grave up on a franchise it basically cancelled last year and ABC is running shows whose clones FOX cancelled a couple of years ago.

What would you run if you were at CBS right now?

Re: Nielsen Ratings Fri, Mar 21: Good Friday for CBS

Daniel C. — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:14:06 -0000

If I'm an advertiser, sure I don't mind any "free" eyeballs I can get. However, those eyes don't come with ears in a noisy bar. Some guy saying, "Dude" 20 times in a commercial is a lot less annoying if you don't have to hear him say it each time.

As for 20/20, all it takes to get demo viewers to watch a "news" show on a Friday night is 2 hours of hookers. And I though sweeps were over.

Re: NBC To Become 24/7 Today-Tonight Show Network

Daniel C. — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:25:45 -0000

I thought they had already switched from NBC network to L&O network.

Re: Most Watched Cable Shows - March 24-30

Daniel C. — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:01:24 -0000

Why are "demo" ratings for cable not available to you. While I'm thinking about it, why are there no overnights for cable. It would sure put viewership in a more proper perspective.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Tue, April 1: Hell’s Kitchen Beats Dancing & 10pm Ain’t So Bad

Daniel C. — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:58:46 -0000

Wow, look at Robert softening on CBS. And all it took was new episodes. Gee, I wish I had thought of that during the strike...

Oh wait, I did! :)

Re: Nielsen Ratings Thur, April 3: CBS Wins Big with CSI

Daniel C. — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:40:46 -0000

I just want to toss one big glance askew at NBC. The former undisputed kings of Thursday have fallen down to 4 repeats of a show regularly seen on TBS already? Did they really surrender that easily?

Re: We Look Back At The Top TV Shows of 1982

Daniel C. — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:04:35 -0000

I'm actually surprised at how well the networks have held up their numbers in the past 25 years. There were negligible cable networks, no FOX or CW or Univision.

No internet and that short time between Atari and Nintendo where video games were on the decline and VCRs were still in the VHS vs. Beta format war and gaining a stronghold in households.

Now with population of the US increasing from 232 million to todays 302 million, an increase of 30%, the number of outlets for our daily outlets has increased from maybe 12 stations at the high end in 1982 to a couple hundred today, maybe 200% more. With those percentages, American Idol could be said to do well with 10 rating relative to today's competition.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Tue, April 8: Secret Talents of The Stars? So Secret Nobody Watched!

Daniel C. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:14:32 -0000

I believe the NCIS was a new one and not a repeat accounting for its high ratings.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Thur, April 10: American Idol Back on Top With Surprise Boot

Daniel C. — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:43:20 -0000

I LIKE Eli Stone. Some cute fantasy scenes against a Kelley-esque courtroom drama. I think it would fair well with the Pushing Daisies crowd (a much better show).

ABC is obviously trying very hard to find an audience for this show and I hope it does...but I'm not holding my breath.

Meanwhile NBC fans are again getting desperate if they see The Office as a "huge" success while finishing 3rd overall and 2nd in the demo to a true hit in CSI. For NBC, demos are enough to cheer for their only prime time success.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Thur, April 10: American Idol Back on Top With Surprise Boot

Daniel C. — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:48:14 -0000

Yes, yes Robert, we all know how you feel about CBS. I forgive you your narrow minded view of The Office.

While the Office puts in a decent half hour once a week, CSI puts in twice that on Thursdays so CBS can sell its "slightly" higher demo for twice as long.

Furthermore, while The Peacock tries to toss in a few "extended" Office hours throughout the season, CSI has franchised 2 additional hours each week which also rake in the bucks.

While there is no denying that the 18-49s are the most important advertising, total eyes aren't chopped liver. The Office would have to get like a 20 in the demo to match the CSIs each week.

A hollow victory, indeed.

Re: Final Thursday Numbers: The Office vs. CSI - They’re Both Great, But..

Daniel C. — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:06:30 -0000

Here is a link from Advertising Age showing ad rates for this season's shows. This is from the beginning of the season, and of course lots has happened since then.

http://adage.com/images/random/0907/2007_Ad_Age...

Re: Final Thursday Numbers: The Office vs. CSI - They’re Both Great, But..

Daniel C. — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:26:54 -0000

According to frankwbaker.com, where I found the link to Advertising Age, American Idol pulled in $620,000 per spot last year on its result night and $594,000 on performance night, for comparison.

http://www.frankwbaker.com/prime_time_programs_...

Re: We Look Back At The Top TV Shows of 1992

Daniel C. — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:46:26 -0000

If I remember correctly, sitcoms were popular to produce in the late 80's and early 90's because it was so much easier to sell a half-hour show into the available limited syndication time slots than it was an hour drama.

Today, with so many more outlets for older shows, local stations and cable nets have to fill so much time that they even different episodes of the same half-hour show back to back to fill in a full hour.

With the amount of money syndicated shows make for their producers, this is a key reason why sitcoms have declined in the past 20 or so years.

Re: Masters, NHL and NBA Weekend Nielsen Ratings

Daniel C. — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:19:30 -0000

Michael Hiestand over at USA Today disagrees with you on the NBA: "TNT finishes its NBA regular-season coverage averaging 1.1% of U.S. households — up 13% from last season. In national ratings, ABC's NBA game average is up 5% and ESPN is up 8%."

Yes, this weekend may have been low, but there was very little implication in the outcomes of the games for the playoff picture and, as you say, there was a Tiger watch.

Furthermore, what about Red Sox - Yankees on FOX Saturday? The rain delay pushed the ending into the 8:00-9:00 time slot (which FOX conveniently cut away from 2 pitches from the end).

Re: Masters, NHL and NBA Weekend Nielsen Ratings

Daniel C. — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:17:53 -0000

Robert. Slap slap :). I just quoted USA Today directly because he did include the ABC number.

Gee, I wasn't even "wary" enough to be "weary" of the data comparisons ;)

Re: Masters, NHL and NBA Weekend Nielsen Ratings

Daniel C. — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:41:19 -0000

Just to close my own question, Michael Hiestand is out with the weekend ratings at USAToday. The Red Sox - Yankees averaged a 3.1 rating, up 17% from Sox - Angels last year.

Re: Masters, NHL and NBA Weekend Nielsen Ratings

Daniel C. — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:57:37 -0000

It's only Sawx-Yanks for you foreigners outside of The Nation. You all have the funny accents.

Any game that isn't Sox-Yanks will have lesser ratings. This is what MLB has wrought by focusing attention on a small minority of teams at the detriment of the league.

Besides, FOX only runs regular season games so it can get the World Series and promote its fall lineup with promos in the coaches' boxes.

Re: Where Did The Primetime Broadcast Audience Go?

Daniel C. — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:33:15 -0000

So here's my question. Where do video games fit in? Videogame sales have increased dramatically in the same time frame. Hell, they even use the same display device. Videotapes and DVD's also expanded in the same time frame.

So are people not using these other TV sources during prime time? Are the ratings not measuring that usage? How can the same percentage of people watch cable or broadcast while playing games or watching discs on the same TV?

Re: Where Did The Primetime Broadcast Audience Go?

Daniel C. — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:45:16 -0000

Here is an article from our old friends at Nielsen discussing video game usage. As you say, data is very hard to come by, but here is a little sample of what they say. I guess World of Warcraft is the American Idol of games.

http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Publ...

P.S. I hope this link works. If not, just forget I said anything.

Re: Where Did The Primetime Broadcast Audience Go?

Daniel C. — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:05:34 -0000

I'm gonna toss out another link I found from Neilsen. This is a 7 page PDF so be aware of that for speed.

Check out page 6 for a few answers.

http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/nmr_static/docs/...

Re: We Look Back At The Top TV Shows of 1972

Daniel C. — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:13:37 -0000

I would respectfully contend that the NBC Mystery Movie was not so much a weekly movie but a compilation of "McCloud", "McMillan and Wife" and - one of my all time faves - "Columbo". This would more rightly be called an anthology show, as in "Twilight Zone"

Re: We Look Back At The Top TV Shows of 1972

Daniel C. — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:23:54 -0000

Another thing that I find interesting is that fully half of the top 20 shows listed here include the names of people, whether real or fictitious. The only name on last weeks list was "Samantha Who?"

Now this may or may not be significant, but I find it interesting that shows then often looked to a big name (Mary Tyler More, Lucy, Walt Disney) or one lead character (Marcus Welby, Mannix, Ironside) to identify the show with.

Today these shows are "CSI" or "ER" or "Desperate Housewives"...which often split the stories among the many characters on the show. Maybe this makes it easier to spin off "CSI: NY" or "Law & Order: SVU" or change characters on a current hit, keeping these franchises rolling in dough.

Just a thought.

Re: We Look Back At The Top TV Shows of 1972

Daniel C. — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:05:58 -0000

Well, we can add "Eli Stone", "Old Christine", "Oprah's Big Give", "Ugly Betty", "Chuck", "My Name Is Earl", "Shark" (kind of), "Cantebury's Law", and "Terminator: SCC", That's all I could find in the whole schedule. That's about a dozen shows total including what you mentioned.

Oddly enought, names are used all over the networks in 2 key areas: nightly news and late night television. All 5 late night talkers include the hosts' name...even Fox's Saturday night show does this. And nightly news shows include the anchors' names to the point that when a substitute anchor is in the seat, the original anchor is being "substituted for"

Re: We Look Back At The Top TV Shows of 1972

Daniel C. — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:33:12 -0000

So that gives us 13. A quick count at wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971-72_United_Sta...)
gives me a about 33 shows in the 1971-2 fall schedule, without FOX or CW.

Re: Please Stop Blaming Lousy Weekend Ratings on Lower PUT Levels

Daniel C. — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:36:17 -0000

Thanks for the great info. I was searching for something like that without any luck.

I wonder how the demo numbers break down by day?

Re: Size Does Matter, But…PTI & Around the Horn

Daniel C. — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:00:32 -0000

Here is an old PTI rating from the SI vault.

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/ar...

It was a 0.43 in 2002, if you don't want to look.

I also watch all the PTI I can, recording it and skipping past the SportsCenter opening to get to the PTI end.

I cannot stomach ATH however. I'm hapily watching "It Takes a Thief" on Discovery at that time. ATH feels very scripted to me and it seems the writers are forced to take opposing positions often, something I don't sense with messers Kornheiser and Wilbon.

Re: Size Does Matter, But…PTI & Around the Horn

Daniel C. — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:46:13 -0000

Rob,

By scripted, I mean more what you say in your comment and not an actual line-by-line script.

I think that in an opinion show, however, I want actual opinions and not those created "for the sake of argument".

Also, you touch on the biggest problem of ESPN during the day. PTI was created before ATH. However, since ATH is on earlier, the topics of the day are discussed over and over before PTI comes on. The scheduling is based on general work schedules of course and I understand that. If someone gets out of work at 5, they'll be home for PTI, if 4:30, then ATH.

It isn't only ATH since "Rome is Burning" and "First and 10" preceed that as well. Let's face it, the P in ESPN has become "personalities".

My schedule often has me at home during weekdays so this is when I watch these shows. Between 5-7 my viewing schedule is "It Takes a Thief" and "Mad Money" on CNBC. Then I'm back to my taped PTI later in the evening, or later in the week.

Re: Nielsen Ratings April 23: Waving Goodbye to Jesse L. Martin on Law & Order

Daniel C. — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:38:34 -0000

Oooh, snarky today. I think they keep the depends and mortgage ads for the daytime and push the Viagra and other pills at night. And just what demo do you fall into again? :)

Re: Size Does Matter, But…PTI & Around the Horn

Daniel C. — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:44:07 -0000

Mikey:

Oooooh, numbers, cooooool! Are these online somewhere?

I could not agree more about the guest hosts on PTI (that personality thing again). If it ail Korn-bon, I'll fast forward to see the topics, but I cannot take much of Bob Ryan (Really overexposed in New England) or Lebatard who, well, is Lebatard - Is he still defending Rickey Williams?

I also don't particularly like them in some windy, empty stadium before MNF.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Fri, April 25: Moonlight Is Back and CBS Wins the Night

Daniel C. — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:16:18 -0000

I didn't believe it when I saw it, but there it is in black and white above. ABC and NBC fiercely competed with each other with "America's Funniest Home Videos" and "Most Outrageous Moments"?!?!

Why do any of us bother with networks anymore?

Re: Nielsen Ratings Apr 27: Housewives Desperate for Last Year’s Ratings

Daniel C. — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:09:01 -0000

This is a nice week for discussions. However, sweeps start on Wednesday and then the true battles will begin.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Apr 27: Housewives Desperate for Last Year’s Ratings

Daniel C. — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:26:17 -0000

Hey, you're right! I keep overestimating the intelligence of the networks :)

Re: Nielsen Ratings Apr 27: Housewives Desperate for Last Year’s Ratings

Daniel C. — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:43:20 -0000

I'm very embarrassed by the whole thing. I guess I just can't believe networks would run cable reruns on a Sunday night during sweeps.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Apr 27: Housewives Desperate for Last Year’s Ratings

Daniel C. — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:22:33 -0000

Robert,

My understanding was the purpose of ratings was to measure audience in order to set advertising rates and the sweeps were the times when these rates were set for that quarter. Is it your understanding that this is not longer the case?

Re: O’Reilly vs. Olbermann Through Wednesday, April 30

Daniel C. — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:31:19 -0000

Why don't you include Nancy Grace or CNN in these graphs?

Re: O’Reilly vs. Olbermann Through Wednesday, April 30

Daniel C. — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:56:01 -0000

Bill:

I guess I just don't see where the numbers show anything but that Factor demolishes Countdown nightly. My question becomes, is Countdown 2nd, 3rd or 4th. I understand that conversation is nice, but I thought this was TV By the Numbers, not by political affiliation.

Re: Nielsen Ratings for May 1: Where Are The TV Viewers Going?

Daniel C. — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:01:03 -0000

Robert

Let's be fair, fewer people were watching "network" television. I was watching Red Sox/Blue Jays on NESN in New England, then some NBA on TNT.

"Scrubs" used to be must-view TV for me and I have the DVD sets of seasons 1-5 and I'll still watch it if nothing better is on. This is one time I have to go along with NBC though and try to dump some older shows to bring in something that might last 4 or 5 years instead of 1 or 2.

Thursday night is the one shot NBC seems to have to keep the demo rating and dumping Scrubs and ER could give newer shows a fighting chance.

Re: Nielsen Ratings for May 1: Where Are The TV Viewers Going?

Daniel C. — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:16:19 -0000

Robert,

Well you could show those numbers then ;)

Less snarkily, how does Nielsen measure video games on HUT/PUT? Do the meters note if TVs are on? Do they distinguish TVs on to those tuned into a broadcast, cable or satellite signal?

Re: Cable News 8pm Hour Ratings for May 1, 2008

Daniel C. — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:20:42 -0000

Great numbers. Do you have 9:00 as well for comparison? I see that the overall prime time ratings chart had CNN above MSNBC. (http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/01/cable-news...)

If the numbers above are correct, there must be a huge difference later in the evening.

Re: Cable News Ratings for Friday, May 2

Daniel C. — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:36:05 -0000

Bill

I agree with what you say with the additional thought that demos are even more specific when it comes to CNBC due to its content. A majority of the viewers have high incomes and advertisers will no doubt pay more to reach this very specific audience.

I'm not sure Friday is the best measurement for CNBC as well since the market is closed for the weekend when the prime time shows run. I would think it might perform better earlier in the week.

Now as a hypothesis to the other news networks. I would suggest that "conservative" viewers would be highly likely to watch FNC with more "liberal" viewers might be split between CNN and MSNBC. No proof to that, just a thought.

Do you have Fox Business Channel numbers? Are there any?

Re: Cable News Ratings for Friday, May 2

Daniel C. — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:42:41 -0000

http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/31/news/companies/... says:

"The network has a lock on the wealthiest audience in television. The typical CNBC viewer has a net worth of $2.7 million, with an average income of $156,000, according to Monroe Mendelsohn Research. Measuring only viewers watching from home, Nielsen puts the CNBC viewer's income at $73,000, compared with an average cable viewer's income of $48,000."

Yowza

Re: Nielsen Ratings May 6: FOX and Idol Take a Hit, But Still Win

Daniel C. — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:38:20 -0000

Isn't CW "on the bubble" right now?

Re: Nielsen Ratings May 7, 2008: Worst May Sweeps EVER!

Daniel C. — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:12:06 -0000

Your commentary says TPIR and Deal had 7.59 Million. Your chart says TPIR had 370,000 more viewers. Looks more like a TPIR edge to me.

Re: Nielsen Ratings May 10, 2008: More Love NASCAR Than Lebron

Daniel C. — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:35:56 -0000

I'm not disagreeing with you, but I want to add that Boston may have tuned out in droves to watch the Red Sox win when the Celtics were being blown out. That would hurt a big average in Boston.

Re: Upfront Predictions from Advertising Age

Daniel C. — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:01:51 -0000

That CW figure is shocking to me in comparison to the other nets. Who exactly are the advertisers buying with them that would be worth so much?

I figured that FOX was low due to the fewer programming hours each week, but the CW figure makes me doubt that too.

Re: Daytime TV Ratings May 12-16, 2008

Daniel C. — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:29:19 -0000

I appreciate all the numbers you guys give out. I just eat them up.

I know that daytime numbers are among the hardest to get. Do you have more than the top 5 shows and more than just the women's demo?

Also do you have the late-night ratings you could post?

Always great work here. Thanks!

Re: Top Sports Shows: NASCAR Coca-Cola 600

Daniel C. — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:33:35 -0000

Although in pure numbers, NASCAR squeaked by with a win, considering that Indy was a day time start (10 am on the West Coast) and NASCAR was prime time, the numbers for Indy were more impressive.

Re: Daytime Ratings for May 19-23, 2008

Daniel C. — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:51:27 -0000

Due to the source, I'm guessing this only counts soaps and not other daytime shows (e.g., The View or The Price Is Right). Do you have The Price Is Right numbes?

Re: Daytime Ratings for May 19-23, 2008

Daniel C. — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:47:17 -0000

Bill, Thanks for all the numbers you put up. However, "Price" and "View" are network shows, not syndicated. Furthermore, do the "Today" numbers for the morning news programs include all four hours or just the first two?

Re: NBA Finals: Game Six Draws 16.9 Million

Daniel C. — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:09:29 -0000

Some Boston numbers from a local station

http://wbztv.com/local/nba.finals.ratings.2.751...

"BOSTON (WBZ) ― Hundreds of thousands of fans watched Tuesday night's Celtics win on TV, but the ratings don't match the tune-in for the most recent Patriots Super Bowl appearance or the Red Sox World Series win.

During the height of Game 6 -- about 11 p.m. -- 1,343,900 people were watching the Celtics and Lakers.

Compare that to Super Bowl XLII, when the Patriots suffered a hear-breaking loss against the Giants. The largest audience during that game was 3,017,100.

And as for the Red Sox, Game 4 against the Rockies in October netted 2,111,150 viewers at its height.

But despite the ratings, a win is a win, and now the Celtics are World Champions!

(© MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)"

Re: Broadcast Morning News Ratings, June 9-13

Daniel C. — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:20:21 -0000

CBS does so well in prime time and has had the top news magazine show in 60 minutes for decades now. Yet the morning and evening news shows are so far below the competition it makes me wonder why they just don't try something new. The first thing I would try is moving Katie Couric back to the mornings and try something new in the evening, maybe partnering with CNN or taking one of the 60 Minutes anchors (Steve Kroft? Bob Simon?) and putting them on in the evening.

Re: Cable News Ratings for Tuesday, June 24

Daniel C. — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:11:56 -0000

Cramer moving up on the news stations at 6! Boo-Yaaaa!

Re: Late Night TV Ratings, June 16-20

Daniel C. — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:32:56 -0000

Also consider that NBC is pushing out Leno for Conan for the Tonight Show next year. Looking at the ratings, you have to wonder if NBC is making another bonehead play.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Sunday, June 29: CBS Tops Viewers, NBC the Demo

Daniel C. — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:52:53 -0000

The Olympic trials sure don't look strong. I wonder how this will factor into a heavily tape-delayed games in China.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Wednesday, July 2: Dance Stampede

Daniel C. — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:01:25 -0000

Bill, I respectfully disagree about Celebrity Circus. A tie for this first-run vs. the other nets' repeats is a very costly sister-kiss. Office or L&O reruns might have garnered similar numbers with much less outlay.

Re: Daytime Ratings for June 23-27

Daniel C. — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:49:12 -0000

To be fair, you might want to retitle your weekly "daytime ratings" as soap ratings since they do not include The Price Is Right, The View or hours 3 and 4 of Today.

Re: Wheel of Fortune Watched By 9.7 Million

Daniel C. — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:11:19 -0000

And now Wheel is going to add a chance at a million bucks next season. The juggernaut continues!

Re: Cable News Ratings for Thursday, July 10

Daniel C. — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:15:40 -0000

Cramer going to prime time on the peacock, Sunday. Curious how he wll translate to the "show". Hope he hosts SNL next year. Wonder if he can attract the Nascarites as well as the investors.

Re: Nielsen Ratings Monday, July 14: FOX Wins With Reruns

Daniel C. — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:47:25 -0000

From Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette (well, it's what I found first):

"More homes were tuned in to Monday night’s Home Run Derby than have ever watched the event. The contest on ESPN was seen by nearly 6.2 million households, breaking the record of more than 5.7 million set in 1999, the network said Tuesday.

The 6.4 rating was up 25 percent from last year’s 5.1. It was the most-viewed non-NFL program on ESPN since the Florida State-Miami football game Sept. 5, 2006."

The real problem with daily ratings is the networks have become so insignificant that they no longer represent America's viewing habits.

Re: Top ABC Primetime Shows, July 7-13

Daniel C. — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:37:36 -0000

"Dancing With The Stars Shows Off to 18.4 Million"

Those pesky sub-heads.

Re: Late Night TV Ratings - July 28 - August 1, 2008

Daniel C. — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:04:30 -0000

I think there's a good chance Letterman will beat Conan before Ferguson even gets the chair.