Ratings Update

13 Oct

Posted by Alex Davis as Uncategorized

The ratings page has been updated for the past week. Sorry for the lack of Fifth Grader ratings; we’ve been having issues finding them. There has been good news for Deal, though. The ratings have been steadily increasing and if it can keep this up, it looks like we’ll see a fourth primetime series. Singing Bee is on its last legs, though. It’s at a pretty low level and seems to be on a stand still. They moved its time slot so it can compete better, and it’s not proving itself. Syndication is up as well except for Millionaire for some reason. We might be seeing 1 VS 100 soon as well. Friday Night Lights is doing very poorly Fridays at 9PM ET. For how expensive it is to make, it would be safer just to place the reliable 1 VS 100 there and make it a game night.

7 Responses

Gene
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October 14th, 2007 at 11:00 am

Good news for me that millionaire is slpping in the ratings. The daytime version sucks so badly after watching the canadian version the host on there is so much better then Meredith. And the canadian host Did News shows etc she was just better
Zach
2
October 14th, 2007 at 2:49 pm

I know I live in New Jersey but who host’s the Canadian version?
Pierre Kelly
3
October 15th, 2007 at 2:53 pm

Singing Bee on it’s last legs? Why?
SeanB
4
October 16th, 2007 at 11:32 am

“Singing Bee” is not on its last legs. The author of this posting is projecting his dislike for the show into the story.

Just because the ratings hold steady from one week to another doesn’t mean that the show is going to be cancelled.
Alex Davis
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October 16th, 2007 at 12:55 pm

Actually, it is on its last legs. I’m not saying the steady ratings are what’s harming the show. What’s harming is that the steady ratings suck. Plus I’m going to listen to industry insiders that are close to them saying that things aren’t looking great.
David
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October 19th, 2007 at 10:18 pm

I know for sure Millionaire doesn’t have a Baltimore outlet right now (it’s a top 25 market) so that might be a small factor…
Chris
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October 24th, 2007 at 12:22 am

Interesting note tonight’s “Tonight Show w/Jay Leno” had Ross the Intern try his hand at hosting “Temptation”, with actually decent results :)

He also recruited Bob Eubanks and Wink Martindale for assistance, and they finally stuck him presenting the Instant Bargains.

Now, I’ve always though a show mainly on MyNetwork TV (like a third world country network, most non-main market stations are only available on digital substations), that a .4, which it has been getting, is fine for a show with such a limited clearance. Now, I’m not saying I like the current incarnation of temptation, and as many here would love to see it more into more Aussie like, but I think “Temptation” is still strong enough to get it thru the season (avoiding a CS’01 fate), and generating a second season. Thoughts?

BTW, link for Ross the Intern on Temptation is available tomorrow on NBC.com to watch the entire ep of the Tonight show, usually after 6am.