Saturday Ratings: Michael Phelps Had the Country Watching
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Specials, Sports, NBC, Ratings
USA’s Olympic golden boy helped the Peacock network earn ratings gold this weekend.
Viewers, eager to see MIchael Phelps win his 8th gold medal turned, gave NBC its largest Saturday audience since 1990.
That evening’s coverage drew an average of 31.1 million for the entirety of the sports coverage. Meanwhile, Phelps’ actual event - the 4x100m medley relay - drew approximately 40 million sets of eyeballs at the 11 p.m. hour.
Interested to know which program had couch potatoes watching on that Saturday 18 years ago? You can find out the surprising answer after the jump.
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This Week on TV (8/18-8/24)
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, Bravo, Cable, MTV, NBC
(You can view TV Envy’s Summer Television Programming Schedule here.)
(You can navigate NBC’s Olympics schedule here.)
MONDAY (8/18)
- I Want to Work for Diddy (VH1, 9pm): “Two members from each team must go to Paris and convince a model that Diddy saw in a magazine to come back to NYC with them and pose for Sean John.” If you want to flatter a girl, don’t send one assistant - send four.
- The Hills (MTV, 10pm): Season 4 premiere. I’m ashamed to say that I know what a ‘Lo’ is.
- Paranormal State (A&E, 10pm): “A family in Shrewsbury, Mass., claims to have been living with a spirit for 40 years, and all but one family member believe the spirit is malicious.” If they’ve managed to live with it for 40 years, how bad could this spirit possibly be?
- Date My Ex: Jo & Slade (Bravo, 10pm): “Juvenile tomfoolery back at he house irks Slade and may mean the expulsion of a suitor.” Had this been simply adult tomfoolery, things would have been fine.
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Painful Moment During Wednesday’s Olympic Coverage
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Sports, NBC, Video
If you somehow missed today’s weightlifting coverage (as if you would know when it was on), you luckily avoided one of the nastiest accidents in quite some time.
Hungarian Janos Baranyai was attempting to hoist 148kg (326 lbs) over his head when things went terribly wrong. The 24-year-old, who was participating in his very first Olympics, lost control of the bar and dislocated his elbow on the way down.
WARNING: The video is pretty hard to watch.
Read More | Daily Mail
Friday Ratings: Olympics Ceremony Brings the Gold to NBC
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Specials, Sports, NBC, Ratings
Let’s face it. Viewers probably weren’t watching Swingtown last night. So let’s just focus on the one event the world was glued to: the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Although a lot of controversy has surrounded this year’s games, the ratings - at least for the tape-delayed opening ceremony - surpassed expectations:
- Beijing’s opening day was the most-watched summer ceremony held outside the United States.
- The 2004 Athens games scored a 18.0 rating/30 share; Friday’s event earned a 21.5 rating/37 share.
- In comparison, the 1996 Atlanta games pulled in a 23.6/45 on its opening day.
NBC is planning up to 3600 hours of coverage through August 24.
Read More | Variety
Sunday Ratings: Originals Do Well for NBC
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Ratings
A fresh lineup gave NBC a win in the demos on Sunday night. Meanwhile, CBS (once again) took first place with the viewers.
8pm
- Million Dollar Password (7.5 million. 1.3/4 in 18-49) shaved off 1 million.
- A 2-hour Extreme Makeover: Home Edition* block (2.2/7) nailed down 6.5 million.
- The U.S. Olympic Trials (5.8 million, 1.7/6) scored 300,000 more than last week.
- The Simpsons* (1.9/6) roped up 3.9 million; King of the Hill* (1.7/5) saw 3.4 million tuning in.
- Everybody Hates Chris* (1.5 million, 0.6/2) improved by 520,000; Aliens in America* (1.3 million, 0.5/2) grew by 420,000.
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Sunday Ratings: Wins for CBS and NBC
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Ratings
If things don’t change soon, Sunday evenings will start sounding like a broken record. Yesterday, CBS was #1 with the viewers while NBC was a success in the demos.
8pm
- Million Dollar Password (8.5 million, 1.7/5 in 18-49) was up 200,000.
- Sports coverage of the U.S. Olympic Trials (1.6/5) averaged 5.5 million.
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1.5/5) nabbed 4.1 million for FOX.
- Everybody Hates Chris* (980,000, 0.3/1) soared by 280,000; Aliens in America* (920,000, 0.3/1) picked up another 240,000.
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