Friday, December 28, 2007
Ratings Box:
What's Hot/What's Not
On the Air This Weekend:
Prime Time Programming Options
TV Tidbits:
Notes of Interest
TV Trivia Time:
A Friendly Pair
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Note: Since only 12 of the 56 metered markets were available at press time, the overnight ratings analysis for Thursday, Dec. 27 has been excluded. Based on these dozen markets, CBS is leading with an average 7.2 rating/12 share. Next is distant ABC at a 3.7/ 6, followed by Fox (3.0/ 5), NBC (2.9/ 5) and the CW (1.5/ 2). Don't forget that the fast affiliate rating results for last night is expected to be posted at PIFeedback by 12 p.m. ET.
Ratings Box:
What's Hot/What's Not
National Ratings in Prime-Time: Week of Dec. 17, 2007:
CBS and NBC split leadership on this repeat riddled third week of December, with the Eye net first in households and total viewers, and NBC No.1 in the three surveyed demos -- adults 18-49, adults 25-54 (tied with CBS) and adults 18-34. NBC managed to build by minor proportions from one year earlier, while CBS, ABC and Fox were close to year-ago levels. Cellar-dweller the CW dropped by margins of 11 to 22 percent, meanwhile. In the battle of ABC's Duel versus NBC's Clash of the Choirs, the holiday themed Clash of the Choirs held an advantage each time.
What follows are the national rating averages for the week of Dec. 17, 2007 (with change versus the year-ago period in parentheses), followed by the top 20 rated programs of the week in total viewers and adults 18-49.
Households:
CBS: 5.6 rating/10 share (- 2), NBC: 4.9/ 8 (+ 2), ABC: 3.8/ 7 (- 5), Fox: 3.5/ 6 (- 3), CW: 1.3/ 2 (-19)
Total Viewers:
CBS: 8.60 million (- 3), NBC: 7.50 (+ 2), ABC: 5.85 (- 6), Fox: 5.62 (no change), CW: 2.01 (-19)
Adults 18-49:
NBC: 2.5 rating/8 share (+ 4), CBS: 2.3/ 7 (- 8), Fox: 1.9/ 6 (- 5), ABC: 1.7/ 5 (-15), CW: 0.7/ 2 (-22)
Adults 25-54:
NBC: 2.9/ 8 (+ 4), CBS: 2.9/ 8 (- 6), Fox: 2.2/ 6 (no change), ABC: 2.1/ 6 (- 9), CW: 0.8/ 2 (-11)
Adults 18-34:
NBC: 2.0/ 7 (+11), Fox: 1.6/ 6 (-11), CBS: 1.5/ 5 (-12), ABC: 1.4/ 5 (- 7), CW: 0.8/ 3 (-11)
-Total Viewers:
Sunday Night Football (NBC, Washington at Minnesota): 14.10 million, CSI: Miami R (CBS): 14.01, 60 Minutes R (CBS): 13.52, NCIS R (CBS): 13.01, The Biggest Loser 4 (NBC, season finale): 11.42, Criminal Minds R (CBS): 11.41, Two and a Half Men R (CBS, Mon. 9:30 p.m.): 11.28, Two and a Half Men R (CBS, Mon. 9 p.m.): 11.10, CSI: NY R (CBS): 11.03, The Unit (CBS): 10.74, Without a Trace R (CBS): 10.52, CSI R (CBS): 10.30, House R (Fox): 9.92, Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick (NBC): 9.75, The Amazing Race 12 (CBS): 8.98, Wonderful World of Disney - The Santa Clause 2 R (ABC): 8.72, CSI R (CBS, Thurs. 8 p.m.), Clash of the Choirs (NBC, Thurs. 8 p.m.): 8.10 million each, Clash of the Choirs (NBC, Wed. 8 p.m.): 8.02
-Adults 18-49:
Sunday Night Football (NBC, Washington at Minnesota): 5.0 rating/15 share, The Biggest Loser (NBC, season finale): 4.6/13, CSI: Miami R (CBS): 3.9/10, Two and a Half Men R (CBS, Mon. 9:30 p.m.): 3.7/ 9, Sunday Night Pre-Kick (NBC): 3.6/11, Two and a Half Men R (CBS, Mon. 9 p.m.): 3.6/ 9, 60 Minutes R (CBS): 3.3/11, House R (Fox): 3.3/ 9, CSI R (CBS): 2.9/ 8, Football Night in America, Part 3 (NBC): 2.8/ 9, Criminal Minds R (CBS) and The Amazing Race 12 (CBS): 2.8/ 8 each, The Unit (CBS): 2.8/ 7, NCIS R (CBS) and Wonderful World of Disney - The Santa Clause 2 R (ABC: 2.7/ 8 each), House R (Fox, Mon. 8 p.m.): 2.6/ 7, Without a Trace R (CBS): 2.5/ 7, Frosty the Snowman R (ABC): 2.4/ 8, The Big Bang Theory R (CBS): 2.4/ 8
Source: Nielsen Media Research data
On the Air This Weekend:
Prime Time Programming Options
8:00 p.m. Men in Trees (R)
9:00 p.m. Women's Murder Club (R)
10:00 p.m. 20/20
8:00 p.m. Ghost Whisperer (R)
9:00 p.m. Moonlight (R)
10:00 p.m. Numb3rs (R)
8:00 p.m. The Singing Bee
8:30 p.m. The Singing Bee
9:00 p.m. Dateline (two hours)
8:00 p.m. Movie: Bruce Almighty (R)
8:00 p.m. Friday Night Smackdown!
8:00 p.m. Movie: Crossing Paths (R)
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Saturday 12/29/07
8:00 p.m. Samantha Who? (R)
8:30 p.m. Samantha Who? (R)
9:00 p.m. Samantha Who? (R)
9:30 p.m. Samantha Who? (R)
10:00 p.m. Women's Murder Club (R)
8:00 p.m. Movie: Good Night and Good Luck
10:00 p.m. 48 Hours Mystery
8:00 p.m. Dateline (two hours)
10:00 p.m. Law & Order: SVU (R)
8:00 p.m. Cops (original and repeat)
9:00 p.m. America's Most Wanted
8:00 p.m. Movie: Big (R)
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Sunday 12/30/07
7:00 p.m. Movie: The Sound of Music (R, four hours)
7:00 p.m. 60 Minutes
8:00 p.m. The Amazing Race 12
9:00 p.m. Cold Case (R)
10:00 p.m. Shark (R)
7:00 p.m. Football Night in America
8:30 p.m. Sunday Night Football (Kansas City vs. New York Jets)
7:00 p.m. NFL Football
7:30 p.m. The OT
8:00 p.m. The Simpsons (R)
8:30 p.m. King of the Hill (R)
9:00 p.m. Family Guy (R)
9:30 p.m. American Dad (R)
7:00 p.m. CW Now
7:30 p.m. Aliens in America (R)
8:00 p.m. Life is Wild (R)
9:00 p.m. Crowned: The Mother of all Beauty Pageants (R)
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TV Tidbits:
Notes of Interest
The Dead Zone and The 4400 Out at USA:
USA Network will make room for upcoming dramas In Plain Sight and To Love & Die by canceling two veteran sci-fi series -- The Dead Zone and The 4400. The Dead Zone debuted in 2002 and The 4400 two years later.
Another Return in Late Night:
Spike Feresten, host of Fox Saturday night sketch/variety Talkshow With Spike Feresten, has announced he will be returning on Jan. 12. Only three remaining late night talk/variety shows to-date -- CBS' The Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and NBC's Saturday Night Live -- have yet to announce their official returns.
Strike Update:
The next potential striking groups, the Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers -- are expected to begin negotiations on Monday, Jan. 7. The currently striking Writers Guild of America and the AMPTP have not, meanwhile, met since Dec. 7.
TV Trivia Time:
A Friendly Pair
Where did Rachel and Ross have their wedding dinner in Las Vegas?
a) Burger King
b) Hugo's Cellar
c) McDonalds
d) Pharaoh's Pheast
e) Pizza Hut
The answer to the yesterday's question…
What were the first names of the deceased parents on Party of Five?
a) Diane and Sam
b) Diana and Nick
c) Gretchen and William
d) Donna and Paul
e) Val and Gary
Is: b) Diana and Nick. Just wondering: Was I the only one who found it odd that the age range for the five Salinger siblings was 1 to 24 when the series began? Charlie was 24, followed by Bailey (16), Julia (15), Claudia (11) and Owen (1). An eight year age difference between Charlie and Bailey, just one year between Bailey and Julia, and 10 years between Claudia and Owen (not to mention 23 years between Charlie and Owen), Isn't that strange?
Current kudos goes to:
Sheila Berman, Gerry Bixenspan, Susan Brandes (2x), Maureen Goldman, Bob Ingersoll, Karen Kavanagh, Marc Miller, Michelle Stanton, Anna Marie Watkins, Myndi Weinraub
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