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Ratings Roundup: 13th November 2011
Nov 13th
Winners and Losers From The Last 7 Days
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HELL ON WHEELS: I’ll be honest – I didn’t see this one coming!
AMC has had an amazing track record in recent years, scoring big with Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Killing and, of course, The Walking Dead. But it seemed to me that new western series Hell On Wheels had zero buzz and was likely headed for the ‘one and done’ category also occupied by fellow AMC ‘failure’ Rubicon.
Yet Hell On Wheels turned out to be no slouch in the ratings department in its Sunday night debut – pulling in 4.36 million viewers and a 1.9 18-49 share – AMC’s biggest opener ever, outside of The Walking Dead.
To be fair, Hell did inherit a large audience from its Dead lead in (6.29 million and a 3.4 18-49 share) – and chances are the show will slip in future weeks. But even so – Hell On Wheels would have to lose a heck of a lot of viewers not to score a second season at this stage. AMC does it again.
NCIS: It’s time to give credit where its due – and this week that means singing the ratings praises of long running CBS procedural NCIS.
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Ratings Roundup: 5th November 2011
Nov 5th
Winners and Losers From The Last 7 Days
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REVENGE: Revenge is certainly proving sweet for ABC who’ve finally found a hit 10pm drama after a whole heap of misfires (The Whole Truth, Off The Map, Eastwick).
Revenge is still not a monster hit but anyone who knows anything about the TV industry can see when a phenomenon is brewing. Chat rooms and comment boards are filled with fans raving about the show, magazines are catching on (there’s a nice piece in this week’s Entertainment Weekly) and the show’s ratings are slowly inching up week by week.
This week’s episode of the Hamptons set soap opera pulled in 8.58 million viewers and a 3.0 18-49 share, Revenge’s highest demo score since the opening episode. And given that the show is getting better and better – and is fairly easy to pick up – I wouldn’t be surprised to see Revenge climbing above the 10 million mark in the very near future. Is the soap opera officially back?
Do You Watch ANYTHING On CBS?
Oct 31st
In the year and a half that I’ve been writing Remote Patrolled we’ve covered a whole heap of shows on a range of networks from ABC to Fox to AMC to FX and many more. But as I was writing a piece last week a sudden thought hit me. There isn’t a single show on CBS that I regularly watch!
Now of course there are many other networks out there that I barely glance at. I can’t say I’m tuning into HGTV religiously, or BET, or any sports related channel. But CBS is a MAJOR network – in fact in terms of overall ratings it’s the biggest network of all. No other channel has a slate where virtually everything that airs attracts over 10 million viewers. And yet in our household CBS barely registers.
Ratings Roundup: 23rd October 2011
Oct 23rd
Winners and Losers From The Last 7 Days
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HORROR TV: It’s been a big week for horror on TV as Halloween approaches and ratings for scary series continue to rise
First up of course is The Walking Dead. AMC’s zombie epic blasted back onto our screens on Sunday night with an amazing 7.25 million viewers and an eye popping 3.8 18-49 demo number (a further 2.17 million watched the encore showing immediately after the show). That’s the biggest 18-49 rating for a cable drama series EVER!
Meanwhile over on FX, American Horror Story is proving to be quite the hit. After a predictable week 2 decline, this week Story bounced back, up over 100,000 in viewers, and scoring 2.58 million and a 1.5 18-49 share. Plus with reviewers and audiences starting to embrace the show – and an Entertainment Weekly cover this week – look for American Horror Story to continue to grow in the weeks to come.
And finally, we’ve The Vampire Diaries over on The CW. This week the teen friendly vampire drama managed 3.03 million viewers and a 1.4 18-49 share – the ONLY show on The CW all week to climb above the 3 million mark (most of the CW shows can’t even bring More >
Ratings Roundup: 2nd October 2011
Oct 2nd
Winners and Losers From The Last 7 Days
Week 2 of the Fall TV season and the ratings drama continues…
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SUBURGATORY: Fall 2011 truly is the season of the female fronted comedy.
After the success of 2 Broke Girls and New Girl (both of which held up well in week 2 – New Girl even earned the first renewal of the season) – now ABC can add its own female comedy to the list in the form of under-the-radar Suburgatory.
Yep, the Daria-esque sitcom received barely a fraction of the press and promotion awarded to the CBS and Fox comediess and still performed admirably for ABC. Suburgatory debuted with 9.81 million and a 3.3 18-49 share. That’s almost 30% higher than Better With You opened with last Fall and most impressively, built on the ratings and demo of The Middle (8.68 million and a 2.7), providing a nice lead in to Modern Family.
Plus the newbie had a higher demo rating than long running CBS shows Survivor and CSI. Not bad going! Now the big question becomes – how will those ratings hold up in Week 2 and beyond…? (I hope the show does well – I found Suburgatory pretty funny!)
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2011 Fall TV Preview: Person Of Interest
Sep 13th
When Does It Start: Thursday 22nd September at 9pm EST on CBS
In A Nutshell: It’s Minority Report – The TV Series!
What’s It About: Mysterious billionaire Mr Finch (Michael Emerson) has created a computer program that can predict the violent crimes of the future. He knows who’ll play a key part in each crime – but he doesn’t know whether they’re the victim, perpetrator or key witness – or when and where the crimes will take place. So Finch hires John Reese (Jim Cavaziel) a presumed dead CIA agent who can help him solve the crimes of the future before they happen…
2011 Fall TV Preview: Unforgettable
Sep 6th
When Does It Start: Tuesday September 20th at 10pm EST on CBS
In A Nutshell: It’s another CBS procedural… this time about a former police officer who has the ability to remember everything!
What’s It About: Former police officer Carrie Wells (Poppy Montgomery) suffers from a condition called hyperthymesia – meaning she can remember everything that’s ever happened to her. EVER! But the one day Carrie can’t remember is the day her sister was murdered, a tragedy that continues to haunt her to this day.
After leaving the force due to the stress of the job, Carrie witnesses a murder and is reluctantly coaxed back into duty by her former partner and boyfriend, Al (Dylan Walsh). And voila, CBS has a new crime-fighting duo…
2011 Fall TV Preview: 2 Broke Girls
Aug 29th
When Does It Start: Monday September 19th at 9.30pm EST on CBS (before moving to its regular Monday at 8.30pm timeslot)
In A Nutshell: Two broke girls – one working class, the other a rich girl fallen on hard times – bicker and bond while working as waitresses as a Brooklyn restaurant.
What’s It About: Max (Kat Dennings) is a poor girl with a smart mouth trying to make ends meet as a waitress. Caroline (Beth Behrs) is a rich heiress whose father is a Bernie Madoff style fraud. Together the two become friends and roommates while waiting tables and dream of opening their own cupcake show – if they can ever save enough money!
Ratings Roundup: 20th August 2011
Aug 20th
Winners and Losers From The Last 7 Days
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GORDON RAMSAY: It’s definitely been a good ratings summer for Gordon Ramsay.
A few weeks ago we commented on how ratings for Hell’s Kitchen and MasterChef had held up well this year – and this week proved even stronger for TV’s shoutiest reality star!
On Monday night Hell’s Kitchen pulled in 6.99 million viewers and a hefty 2.9 18-49 share. That’s the show’s highest ratings and demo numbers all season.
And the good news continued for the two-part MasterChef finale. Monday’s episode managed 6.08 million viewers and a 2.4 youth share. For Fox it was their highest rated summertime Monday night in three years (and the biggest in the demo for four).
But the real big news was on Tuesday – when MasterChef hit 7.12 million and a 2.9 18-49 share – the show’s highest rating ever
Yep, Gordon Ramsay isn’t going anywhere soon…
