Tuesday Ratings: Wipeout Wipes Out Competition

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Food & Home, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell's Kitchen, Ratings

American Gladiators’ ratings slide didn’t stop another reality competition from making a splashy debut yesterday. Last night, Wipeout had the best debut for any freshman summer series since last year. The show gave the ABC a win in the demos while NBC had a hold on the viewers.

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• The debut of Wipeout (9.9 million, 3.7/12 in 18-49) had the night’s best demos.
• Celebrity Family Feud (2.3/8) premiered to 8.8 million.
• NCIS* (7.7 million. 1.2/4) fell in the middle of the pack.
• A repeat of Hell’s Kitchen* (1.3/4) pulled in 3.3 million.
• Beauty and the Geek* (1.2 million, 0.5/2) repeated last week’s numbers.

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Celebrity Feuds Win for NBC

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Games, Prime Time, Reality, NBC, Editorial

The first ever spin-off of Family Feud, a game show which itself was originally a spin-off, premiered last night on NBC. Very few changes to the standard show format, along with celebrities and much larger cash prizes helped NBC pull down promising ratings for this summer show.

Feud first began airing in 1976 with host Richard Dawson at the helm. His charm, slightly chiding nature and constant kissing quickly cemented him as one of TV’s best-loved hosts. In those early days, ABC owned the show, which was canceled by the network in 1985.

The show was born again on CBS in 1988, this time with petite Ray Combs holding center stage. This version was officially canceled in 1993, but continued as a syndicated version (amid some host troubles) until 1995. The show would not return again until 1999 on FOX as a daytime syndicated spot. Nine years of set changes and host changes have kept Feud on FOX ever since, with re-runs always available on GSN.

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