Thursday Ratings: Vampire Diaries Does Bloody Well

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey's Anatomy, Ratings

Last night, The Vampire Diaries managed to do what Melrose Place didn’t: make waves for CW. Approximately 4.8 million tuned in making it the most-watched series debut in the network’s history. (90210 was the previous record-holder.) Of course, the celebration probably won’t last long. The competition in the 8:00 hour will start heating up next week.

8pm

• NBC’s football coverage averaged 17.8 million (7.0/20 in 18-49) over the evening.
• Big Brother (2.6/8) racked up 7.6 million.
• The Vampire Diaries (2.1/6) had 4.8 million sucked in.
• Bones* (1.2/4) dug up 4.3 million.
• Grey’s Anatomy* (1.1/3) gathered 4 million.

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Friday Ratings: Cancer Takes a Back Seat to 5th Graders

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Prime Time, Specials, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Ratings

Despite being a star-studded, newsworthy event, the Stand Up 2 Cancer special wound up falling behind an episode of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. Thanks to split coverage between ABC, NBC and CBS, FOX was easily Friday night’s winner in both categories.

8pm

• The debut of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (2.0/7 in 18-49) scored 7.6 million.
• Friday Night Smackdown (4.7 million, 1.4/5) grew by 1 million.
• ABC‘s coverage of the cancer special (0.9/3) pulled in 3.8 million.
• The Stand Up 2 Cancer event raked in 3.3 million (0.8/3) for NBC.
• CBS’ fundraising hour (0.7/3) registered 3.2 million.

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Thursday Ratings: CBS Splits Evening with FOX

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey's Anatomy, Ratings

Last night, Big Brother showed surprising strength given its age. (Then again, the fall season really hasn’t kicked in.) The reality show coupled with the always reliable CSI gave CBS a win with the viewers. Meanwhile, a new episode of The Moment of Truth helped FOX with the demos.

8pm

• Big Brother 10 (2.6/8 in 18-49) gathered 7.71 million.
• The Moment of Truth (2.1/6) averaged 5.7 million over two hours.
• Ugly Betty* (1.6/5) rounded up 5.2 million.
• NBC‘s preseason football game (1.3/4) tackled 4.4 million.
• Smallville* (0.8/3) registered 2.4 million.

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Thanksgiving Day TV

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Daytime, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, Bravo, Cable, CBS, FOX, MTV, NBC, Top Chef

Thanksgiving Day is all about eating, and what goes perfectly with any meal? Plenty of TV – and all the major networks and cable channels will provide you with a feast this year, even despite the writer’s strike that has changed Primetime TV. 

NBC promises traditional holiday fare with the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade (a long-standing Turkey Day event). This will be later followed by Miracle on 34th Street - the Natalie Wood version - which is a movie always worth watching. (I make it a point to watch this flick at least once every holiday season – it’s one of those must-holiday-haves, like It’s a Wonderful Life.)

Or, you can take a small deviation from long-standing tradition with CBS, which will be showing an alternate Thanksgiving Day parade.  A handful of Price is Right episodes follow, but don’t worry – football starts at 2:00 pm.  Meanwhile, FOX starts broadcasting their own NFL action at noon with Green Bay and Detroit.

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