Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Debut Week Ratings Comparison
SECOND EDIT: After the break we have the comparisons for Hidden Agenda, like promised. It’s more brutal than Carnie Wilson. It’s downright ugly.
Edit: Fixed dates
Thanks to the great people at PIFeedback, we’ve got a comparison between Carnie Wilson: Unstapled in each of its time slots and the show that was there on the week of January 4th, the last published. If you follow us on Facebook or Twitter you saw that Carnie Wilson debuted to a .3 rating. We had messed up ratings we previously published, and we apologize. The .3 was correct, but we just wanted verification before we publish again. Aren’t you glad GSN replaced so many other shows, including completely axing some classics for all of you out there that like those older shows, for this? Unstapled dropped in every single time slot. Some slots it was in the hundreds of thousands lost. We’ll have a comparison for Hidden Agenda soon.
Look, I’m not trying to be an ass to GSN or Carnie. I like Carnie. I like some people there and I’m guessing there’s one or two left there that can tolerate me. But every single person, critic or fan, repeatedly warned you about these shows, how they did in the past, and why they would not work. And we were right. I didn’t figure we would be this right, but we were right. I heard from the same sources at the same place that gave me these ratings that the numbers tumbled in week two. What’s going to happen after that? I’d be reconsidering Life At Stake and the Bunco show. Your viewers have spoken. You do well in the game show department. That’s a clear fact. Catch 21 and Newlywed Game are fun and popular. Even the shows that were on the failed Big Saturday Night were really good, but just got messed up because of the programming. You can expand the brand to other games. We saw that during the rebranding a few years back. Solitary will be looking for a new home soon. The Poker and Blackjack shows were successes. This is not the way, though. History has shown that whenever we try to distance ourselves from the genre, we end up crawling back to it, clinging on to whatever viewers we can.
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Wednesday 1:00AM 80,000
Jeopardy! Wednesday 1:00AM 188,000 Viewers Lost 108,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Wednesday 10:00PM 183,000
1 VS 100 Wednesday 10:00PM 556,000 Viewers Lost 373,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Saturday 10:30PM 203,000
1 VS 100 Saturday 10:30PM 445,000 Viewers Lost 242,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Tuesday 10:30PM 195,000
1 VS 100 Tuesday 10:30PM 385,000 Viewers Lost 190,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Friday 11:00AM 73,000
Catch 21 Friday 11:00AM 108,000 Viewers Lost 35,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Thursday 11:00PM 142,000
Deal or no Deal Thursday 11:00PM 368,000 Viewers Lost 226,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Sunday 11:30AM 79,000
Catch 21 Sunday 11:30AM 283,000 Viewers Lost 204,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Tuesday 12:00AM 165,000
Millionaire Tuesday 12:00AM 316,000 Viewers Lost 151,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Saturday 12:30PM 96,000
1 VS 100 Saturday 12:30PM 353,000 Viewers Lost 257,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Saturday 2:00AM 103,000
Deal or no Deal Saturday 2:00AM 219,000 Viewers Lost 116,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Wednesday 2:00PM 47,000
$100,000 Pyramid Wednesday 2:00PM 262,000 Viewers Lost 215,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Thursday 3:00PM 116,000
Lingo Thursday 3:00PM 268,000 Viewers Lost 152,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Friday 3:30PM 211,000
Lingo Friday 3:30PM 385,000 Viewers Lost 174,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Sunday 4:00PM 186,000
Newlywed Game Sunday 4:00PM 499,000 Viewers Lost 313,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Tuesday 4:00PM 136,000
Family Feud Tuesday 4:00PM 363,000 Viewers Lost 227,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Sunday 4:30PM 189,000
Catch 21 Sunday 4:30PM 379,000 Viewers Lost 190,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Saturday 5:00PM 180,000
Millionaire Saturday 5:00PM 337,000 Viewers Lost 157,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Thursday 8:00PM 361,000
Family Feud Thursday 8:00PM 449,000 Viewers Lost 88,000
Carnie Wilson: Unstapled Friday 8:30PM 270,000
Family Feud Friday 8:30PM 505,000 Viewers Lost 235,000
Hidden Agenda Wednesday 1:30AM 52,000
Hollywood Squares Wednesday 1:30AM 143,000 Viewers Lost 91,000
Hidden Agenda Friday 10:00PM 157,000
1 VS 100 Friday 10:00PM 459,000 Viewers Lost 302,000
Hidden Agenda Monday 10:00PM 92,000
1 VS 100 Monday 10:00PM 434,000 Viewers Lost 342,000
Hidden Agenda Wednesday 10:30PM 75,000
1 VS 100 Wednesday 10:00PM 556,000 Viewers Lost 481,000
Hidden Agenda Sunday 11:00AM 106,000
Newlywed Game Sunday 11:00AM 328,000 Viewers Lost 222,000
Hidden Agenda Friday 11:30AM 23,000
Wheel of Fortune Friday 11:30AM 133,000 Viewers Lost 110,000
Hidden Agenda Saturday 11:30PM 115,000
Catch 21 Saturday 11:30PM 250,000 Viewers Lost 135,000
Hidden Agenda Thursday 11:30PM 79,000
Deal or No Deal Thursday 11:30PM 368,000 Viewers Lost 289,000
Hidden Agenda Saturday 12:00PM 116,000
1 VS 100 Saturday 12:00PM 353,000 Viewers Lost 237,000
Hidden Agenda Tuesday 12:30AM 116,000
Millionaire Tuesday 12:00AM 316,000 Viewers Lost 200,000
Hidden Agenda Saturday 2:30AM 83,000
1 VS 100 Saturday 2:30AM 174,000 Viewers Lost 91,000
Hidden Agenda Wednesday 2:30PM 41,000
Chain Reaction Wednesday 2:30PM 305,000 Viewers Lost 264,000
Hidden Agenda Tuesday 3:00PM 184,000
Lingo Tuesday 3:00PM 271,000 Viewers Lost 87,000
Hidden Agenda Thursday 3:30PM 61,000
Lingo Thursday 3:30PM 365,000 Viewers Lost 304,000
Hidden Agenda Friday 4:30PM 193,000
Family Feud Friday 4:30PM 395,000 Viewers Lost 202,000
Hidden Agenda Sunday 5:00PM 74,000
Millionaire Sunday 5:00PM 395,000 Viewers Lost 321,000
Hidden Agenda Saturday 5:30PM 169,000
Millionaire Saturday 5:30PM 337,000 Viewers Lost 168,000
Hidden Agenda Thursday 8:30PM 202,000
Catch 21 Thursday 8:30PM 574,000 Viewers Lost 372,000
Average Lost 234,333
Honestly, I think they'd be doing better if they didn't rerun it SO MANY DAMN TIMES! It's had, what, two episodes so far and they're rerunning it nineteen times per week? That's nine and a half hours of a show nobody wants to watch per week. And only two episodes, at that. And along with that we have nine hours of Hidden Agenda reruns! I'd be much happier seeing them do a new series of 1 vs. 100 for a lower prize. The reruns, at least those before these two shows have dominated the channel, have been pulling in surprisingly high ratings. A GSN executive would be dumb not to pick it up.
Honestly, I think they'd be doing better if they didn't rerun it SO MANY DAMN TIMES! It's had, what, two episodes so far and they're rerunning it nineteen times per week? That's nine and a half hours of a show nobody wants to watch per week. And only two episodes, at that. And along with that we have nine hours of Hidden Agenda reruns! I'd be much happier seeing them do a new series of 1 vs. 100 for a lower prize. The reruns, at least those before these two shows have dominated the channel, have been pulling in surprisingly high ratings. A GSN executive would be dumb not to pick it up.
Sadly, GSN CEO David Goldhill IS too dumb to pick it (or anything that either isn't a reality show or pre-2006) up.
Off-topic, but I'd also like to add Jeff Zucker to the list of "CEOs That Should've Been Fired Yesterday".
Sadly, GSN CEO David Goldhill IS too dumb to pick it (or anything that either isn't a reality show or pre-2006) up.
Off-topic, but I'd also like to add Jeff Zucker to the list of "CEOs That Should've Been Fired Yesterday".
PLEASE take Hidden Agenda off the air
Or maybe fire David Goldhill!
Attention GSN:
Repeating your show 1000 times a week doesn't help your numbers. Yes, it's something to test your show among various audiences, but it also tells the people who want to watch that they don't have to watch the premiere. Want to test the show – keep it at one time slot, see what the potential audience is, and then go from there if you want to expose it to more audiences.
This is one of the major reasons why the BIG SATURDAY NIGHT programs failed. This is one of the major reasons why Deal or No Deal will ultimately die out on the station.
Want to keep these shows – air them one day at one time slot. If the numbers remain weak, then try a different time slot. If then the numbers remain weak – then realize that people want game shows on GSN, not reality shows on one of your hosts. Kill off the show, and air the unaired segments on GSN Live through various weeks.
Too many showings lower the overall audience numbers, lowing your ad rates. With lower ad rates, you get less money in your budget.
Attention GSN:
Repeating your show 1000 times a week doesn't help your numbers. Yes, it's something to test your show among various audiences, but it also tells the people who want to watch that they don't have to watch the premiere. Want to test the show – keep it at one time slot, see what the potential audience is, and then go from there if you want to expose it to more audiences.
This is one of the major reasons why the BIG SATURDAY NIGHT programs failed. This is one of the major reasons why Deal or No Deal will ultimately die out on the station.
Want to keep these shows – air them one day at one time slot. If the numbers remain weak, then try a different time slot. If then the numbers remain weak – then realize that people want game shows on GSN, not reality shows on one of your hosts. Kill off the show, and air the unaired segments on GSN Live through various weeks.
Too many showings lower the overall audience numbers, lowing your ad rates. With lower ad rates, you get less money in your budget.
Attention GSN:
Repeating your show 1000 times a week doesn't help your numbers. Yes, it's something to test your show among various audiences, but it also tells the people who want to watch that they don't have to watch the premiere. Want to test the show – keep it at one time slot, see what the potential audience is, and then go from there if you want to expose it to more audiences.
This is one of the major reasons why the BIG SATURDAY NIGHT programs failed. This is one of the major reasons why Deal or No Deal will ultimately die out on the station.
Want to keep these shows – air them one day at one time slot. If the numbers remain weak, then try a different time slot. If then the numbers remain weak – then realize that people want game shows on GSN, not reality shows on one of your hosts. Kill off the show, and air the unaired segments on GSN Live through various weeks.
Too many showings lower the overall audience numbers, lowing your ad rates. With lower ad rates, you get less money in your budget.
I agree!
These non-game shows and re-runs are killing gsn.
I agree and that should be the Cry Baby, spoilt big rich girl… She is pathetic to say the least… Many girls do not have a father giving them love or much time… at 41 they are not crying about it and blaming their fathers for everything that goes wrong in their lives… least of all their glutteny… I think her husband has more patience than she deserves…