Wednesday Ratings: America’s Got Talent Wins Night

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America's Next Top Model, Ratings

Facing very little competition, America’s Got Talent walked away with another easy victory last night. The show, once again, gave NBC another win with the viewers and the demos.

8pm

• America’s Got Talent (2.7/8 in 18-49) averaged 10.1 million over two hours.
• Greatest American Dog (1.7/5) had 5.6 million rolling over.
• The first hour of Bones* (1.6/5) drew in 5.5 million.
• Wife Swap* (1.2/4) registered 3.5 million.
• America’s Next Top Model* (0.5/2) delivered 1.1 million.

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Tuesday Ratings: NBC On Top Again

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, House

Fortunately for NBC, it still had America’s Got Talent to rely on post-Olympics. The reality hit helped the network win with the viewers and the demos.

8pm

• America’s Got Talent (3.0/9 18-49) returned to 11 million viewers.
• NCIS* (1.5/5) dialed up 7.3 million.
• Wipeout (2.3/7) had 6.5 million wincing.
• The first hour of House* (1.7/5) diagnosed 4.8 million.
• Smallville* (0.7/2) pulled in 1.9 million.

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Monday Ratings: NBC Wins Without Olympics

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Prison Break, Ratings

Now that the Olympics are over, we’ve finally been given a reason to start looking at the other networks’ numbers. The funny thing is: NBC wound up winning Monday night anyway.

8pm

• Deal or No Deal’s premiere had 10.9 million (2.8/8 in 18-49) playing along.
• The Big Bang Theory* (1.8/6) and How I Met Your Mother* (2.1/6) both coughed up 5.5 million.
• The Prison Break* drew in 4.1 million (1.6/4).
• High School Musical: Get in the Picture (0.8/3) entertained 2.6 million.
• Gossip Girl* (0.6/2) saw 1.4 million tune in.

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Making Reality, TV Guide Style

Posted by K.C. Morgan
Categories: Reality, Cable, Features

It was absolutely by accident that I began watching episodes of Making News: Savannah Style on TV Guide, but I was instantly drawn in by the dynamic personalities and behind-the-scenes action. I actually don’t watch any news program…but I’m not above watching a reality show about one.

Savannah’s WJCL news team has the lowest ratings in their market. The station has been plagued by staffing troubles (the general manager of the station was arrested for embezzlement, among other troubles) and the owners are trying to sell, leaving little money for upgrades and equipment. To that end, the cameras and sound work only some of the time, leaving the news team scrambling to meet deadlines and create TV-worthy coverage. 

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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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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.

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Thursday Ratings: SYTYCD Finale Finishes on Top

Posted by Veronica Santiago
Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey's Anatomy, So You Think You Can Dance, Ratings

Last night, the Season 4 closer of SYTYCD put FOX on top with the viewers and the demos.

8pm

• Approximately 9.9 million saw Joshua Allen win So You Think You Can Dance (3.4/11 in 18-49).
• Big Brother 10 (6.2 million, 2.1/7) took a 300,000 hit.
• Last Comic Standing (2.0/7) ended its season with 5.8 million.
• Ugly Betty* (4.3 million, 1.2/4) rose by 500,000.
• Smallville* (1.9 million, 0.7/2) was up 200,000.

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Tuesday Ratings: NBC Has the Talent and the Viewers

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

Last night, NBC struck gold with America’s Got Talent. The show - on its last outing for a few weeks - easily ran past the competition giving the Peacock network wins with the demos and the viewers.

8pm

• NCIS* (8.8 million, 1.7/6 in 18-49) picked up another 300,000.
• A Wipeout clip show (7.3 million, 2.8/9) tanked by 2.4 million.
• Celebrity Family Feud* (6.2 million, 1.5/5) fell by 1.3 million.
• Kitchen Nightmares* (1.8/6) served up 4.1 million.
• Beauty and the Geek* (970,000, 0.4/1) was down 230,000.

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Monday Ratings: Teen Choose FOX

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

While it wasn’t the most-watched program last night, the 2008 Teen Choice Awards did earn nice numbers for the under-35 set. Meanwhile, CBS’s repeat roster was the winner in both categories yesterday.

8pm

• The Big Bang Theory* (6.5 million. 2.2/8 in 18-49) climbed 900,000; How I Met Your Mother (6.4 million, 2.2/7) improved by 1.1 million.
• The American Gladiators finale (2.0/6) pulled in 5.3 million.
• Approximately 4.4 million screamed for the Jonas Brothers on the 2008 Teen Choice Awards (1.5/5).
• High School Musical: Get in the Picture* (2.9 million, 0.8/3) took a big hit thanks to that other teen program.
• Gossip Girl* (1.1 million. 0.4/2) only lost 100,000.

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A Final Bow for the Gladiators?

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

In my estimation, NBC has always been something of a ride-it-till-the-wheels-fall-off kind of network. Habitually in fourth place behind all the other major networks, the channel is always striving for a first-place hit. For a brief moment in the winter of the writers’ strike, NBC found television gold in the form of a re-make.

More than twelve million tuned in for the January premiere of the first season of the re-vamped American Gladiators and NBC suddenly had a hit on its hands. Instead of playing it cool or playing it safe, the network went full steam ahead into a second season. Way back in April, before season two’s May premiere, NBC announced tentative plans to bring the show back in the summer of 2009 for yet a third season.

But now the second season of the show has arrived, has been aired and has ended. Will NBC still bring this brutal physical reality competition back for another turn in the TV spotlight? 

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