2009 Summer Television Schedule

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Amazing Race, The, American Idol, Apprentice, The - Donald, Dancing With The Stars, Desperate Housewives, ER, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, House, Lost, Medium, My Name Is Earl, Prison Break, Scrubs, Saturday Night Live, Survivor, The Bachelor, The Office

Okay - so most of our favorite shows are gone now. But that doesn’t mean our summer has to completely suck.

Never got a chance to watch Lie to Me during the regular season? Here’s your chance to catch up! Like to see people embarrass themselves? Then Wipeout might be the perfect summer treat! Missing both American Idol and Dancing with the Stars? Then So You Think You Can Dance is just the ticket for you!

Hopefully our detailed guide can assist you in the weeks to come.  We have compiled information from the five major networks and included the days, times and premiere dates for this season’s programs.

(NOTE: This schedule has been updated as of June 29. Don’t be surprised to see changes in the weeks to come.)

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Sunday Ratings: Low Turnouts for Housewives, Survivor

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A little bit of good news and bad news for ABC and CBS last night. Although they both had wins (ABC with the 18-49s; CBS with the viewers), Desperate Housewives and Survivor had their lowest closing demos to date.

8pm

• Survivor: Tocantins (4.2/11 in 18-49) drew in 12.7 million over its first two hours.
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2.4/7) rounded up 7.6 million.
• Dateline (1.4/4) turned in 6.6 million.
• The Simpsons* (2.9/8) ended its season with 5.9 million; King of the Hill (2.6/7) scored 5.1 million.

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Thursday Ratings: Evening Not So Grey for ABC

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Things may have looked grim for the characters of Grey’s Anatomy, but the show looked alive and well last night. The program - Thursday’s top performer - had its best demo performance in 3 months and its largest audience since last fall’s premiere. The weeper gave ABC wins in both the viewers and the 18-49ers yesterday.

8pm

• Approximately 12 million saw Coach’s torch snuffed out on Survivor: Tocantins (3.7/12 in 18-49).
• Bones (2.5/8) wrapped up with 8.7 million.
• Ugly Betty (2.0/6) registered 6.8 million.
• My Name is Earl (4.8 million, 2.0/6) tied Parks and Recreation (4.2 million, 2.0/6) in the demos.
• Smallville (1.4/4) ended its season with 3.2 million.

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Thursday Ratings: Criminal Evening for CBS

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One week after facing a new Private Practice, Southland was put to another test. A repeat of Criminal Minds not only did better than the now-moved Harper’s Island, it attracted the most viewers in the 10:00 hour.

8pm

• Survivor: Tocantins (11.7 million, 3.6/11 in 18-49) improved by 300,000.
• Bones (8.8 million, 2.2/7) saw an increase of 600,000.
• Ugly Betty (6.8 million, 2.0/6) was off 10% from its the last original.
• My Name is Earl (2.2/7) and Parks and Recreation (2.3/7) both pulled in 5.3 million.
• Smallville (3.3 million, 1.4/4) rounded up another 200,000.

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Thursday Ratings: ABC, CBS Split Sweeps Start

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After what seemed like months of repeats, ABC returned last night with (mostly) new episodes. The network took the 10:00 hour away from Southland and won the night’s demos. CBS, though, was first place with the viewers.

8pm

• Survivor: Tocantins (11.4 million, 3.5/11 in 18-49) was on par with last week.
• Bones (8.2 million, 2.2/7) dropped 500,000.
• My Name is Earl (5.5 million, 2.2/7) picked up 200,000; Parks and Recreation (5.2 million, 2.3/7) lost 700,000.
• Grey’s Anatomy* (5.1 million, 1.5/5) did better than the previous comedies.
• Smallville* (1.3/4) returned to 3.1 million.

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Thursday Ratings: Parks Weakens Without Office

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Although it’s still hard to say how Southland will do against an ABC original, the series held up remarkably well in its second week. Unfortunately, the same can’t entirely be said for Harper’s or Parks. The CBS mystery lost nearly 2 million in its second week while the comedy suffered a case of the post-Earl blues.

8pm

• Survivor: Tocantins (11.6 million, 3.5/11 in 18-49) added on 300,000.
• Bones (8.7 million, 2.5/8) slipped by 200,000.
• My Name is Earl (5.3 million, 2.1/7) did 1.9 million less than last week’s Office; Parks and Recreation (5.9 million, 2.5/7) fell by 900,000 after smaller lead-in.
• In the Motherhood (4.7 million, 1.4/5) and Samantha Who? (5 million, 1.5/5) were both up 100,000.
• Smallville* (1.8 million, 0.8/2) was off by 200,000.

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Thursday Ratings: CBS and NBC Tie Post-Premieres

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Depending on how you spin the numbers, the evening either belonged to NBC, CBS or both. The premiere of Southland won the 10:00 battle against Harper’s Island in the demos, but lost in the viewers. NBC tied CBS in the demos, but the Eye network won overall with the viewers. (Maybe we’ll just have to recalculate when ABC isn’t in repeats.)

8pm

• Survivor: Tocantins (11.3 million, 3.5/11 in 18-49) was up 100,000.
• Bones (8.9 million, 2.5/8) was down 100,000.
• A special episode of The Office (3.3/11) attracted 7.2 million; Parks and Recreation (3.0/9) debuted to 6.8 million.
• In the Motherhood (4.6 million, 1.3/4) lost 400,000; Samantha Who? (4.9 million, 1.4/4) did about the same.
• Smallville* (2 million, 0.7/2) fell by 1.8 million.

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Thursday Ratings: Many Goodbyes for ER

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, ER, Grey's Anatomy, Survivor, Ratings

Last night, viewers came out of the woodwork to say goodbye to NBC’s long-running drama. ER‘s series ender attracted the largest audience for a drama finale since Murder She Wrote in 1996. (It also pulled in the best demos since the conclusion of The X-Files in 2002.)

8pm

• Survivor: Tocantins (11.2 million, 3.6/11 in 18-49) saw its smallest audience of the season.
• The ER retrospective (3.5/10) got 10.6 million warmed up.
• Bones (2.6/8) turned in 9 million.
• In the Motherhood (5 million, 1.6/5) lost 1.7 million; Samantha Who? (4.8 million, 1./4) gave up 1.7 million.
• Smallville (3.8 million, 1.6/5) was up slightly.

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Wednesday Ratings: ABC Lost Behind FOX

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America's Next Top Model, American Idol, Lost, Scrubs, Survivor, Ratings

The bleeding just won’t stop for Lost. Placed against another two-hour edition of Idol (Thanks, Obama!), the ABC series hit another round of series-low numbers.

8pm

• American Idol (25.6 million, 9.1/24 in 18-49) was up 2.5 million from last Wednesday.
• Survivor: Tocantins (2.3/6) recapped 8.2 million.
• Scrubs (5.3 million, 2.0/6) lost 500,000; Better Off Ted (4.7 million, 1.8/5) gave up 900,000.
• America’s Next Top Model (2.8 million, 1.4/4) slipped by 800,000.
• The Chopping Block (2.6 million, 0.9/2) sliced off 900,000.

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Thursday Ratings: ER Still Fourth Despite Clooney

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George Clooney might be able to schedule meetings with high-ranking politicians, but he can’t save a whole network. Even though ER saw its best audience in two years, NBC only tied for third in the demos and placed fourth with the viewers last night. (The winner in both categories was CBS.)

8pm

• Survivor: Tocantins (12.9 million, 4.1/12 in 18-49) rounded up 900,000 more.
• Bones (2.8/8) returned to 9.6 million.
• Ugly Betty (7.2 million, 2.1/6) rose by 800,000.
• My Name is Earl* (4.4 million, 1.7/5) and the finale of Kath & Kim (4 million, 1.7/5) tied in the demos.
• Smallville (3.7 million, 1.6/5) added on 1.5 million.

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