Post by Erika on May 23, 2008 12:59:05 GMT -5
TSCC Helps Secure Fox’s #1 Spot as Season Winner
-By fred | May 21, 2008 - Source TVOholic
Get ready for a new battle of numbers !
It’s not new that you can always look at numbers differently and make them say whatever you want, and I’m sure Fox and CBS won’t be using the same numbers soon. As CBS is already reporting to have won the May Sweeps, which they won. It’s not a surprise really, despite not really going for the most exciting show out there, CBS have some of the strongest performer.
A perfect illustration is how they have the number one scripted show for five different nights of the week : CSI: Miami on Mondays, NCIS on Tuesdays, Criminal Minds on Wednesdays, CSI on Thursdays, and Numb3rs on Fridays. Winning almost every night, including the most competitive ones (except for Sundays, going to ABC’s Desperate Housewives), it’s no surprise they do very well.
But, it cannot be denied that this season was a pretty odd one, hurt with a writers’ strike in the middle, a strike that affected television in general, all networks, and except for Fox they’ve all really suffered. So much that Fox is actually the big winner this past season.
That’s right, The Eye isn’t the most-watched network anymore. Due to the strike vs American Idol, granted, but with 11.1 million viewers Fox beat traditional leader CBS, with only 10.5 million. And of course, Fox was also number one of the demo with 4.2, followed by ABC and CBS tied at 3.0
Fox, also helped by the Superbowl, was also the only network to improve, up 5% vs last season while all other networks are down, CBS - previous Superbowl holder - being the mostly affected, down by 19%
Fox were also home of the top-rated new scripted program, sci-fi drama Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. And no doubt that they will be home of next season’s top-rated new series, which will also be sci-fi. (Whether it will be Fringe or Dollhouse remains to be determined though… and I can’t wait!)
House is running neck and neck with Desperate Housewives as the season’s top-rated scripted program in 18-49, though clearly the quality is much higher on Fox drama. Of course the big thing this season, after the strike, was the impact of the always increasing use of DVRs, especially noticeable on crowed night such as Mondays or Thursdays. Shows like Grey’s Anatomy, CSI, Lost or The Office all go up by about 20% compared to their averages reported in the next-day Nielsens.
Warner Bros. TV: Can’t win, can’t lose
Like a parent with kids on different teams squaring off against each other, Warner Bros. TV prexy Peter Roth will watch with both glee and terror as the 2008-09 TV season kicks off.
Of the four new WB dramas picked up by the broadcast nets during last week’s upfronts, three have been thrown against each other in the same 9 p.m. Tuesday timeslot: “The Mentalist” (CBS, photo on right), “Fringe” (Fox) and “Surviving the Filthy Rich” (CW).
For better or worse, this kind of fraternal battle is becoming familiar for Warners. Mondays at 8 p.m. feature a head-to-head-to-head-to-head slugfest among four WB shows, as hourlongs “Chuck” (NBC), “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” (Fox), “Gossip Girl” (CW) face CBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory.”
“It’s a very high-class problem to have,” Roth said. “While it wouldn’t necessarily be our preference to have programs competing against one another, we have been in this situation before. We suggest since they are all great shows, viewers should watch one of them live, TiVo the others and, preferably, watch them within the advertiser-desired three-day window.”
At 10 p.m. Thursday, WB rookie “Eleventh Hour” goes up against veteran “ER,” which will begin its 15th and final season. And on the comedy side, it’s no laughing matter for WB as Pushing Daisies” (ABC) and “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS) both vie for the same eyeballs at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
-By fred | May 21, 2008 - Source TVOholic
Get ready for a new battle of numbers !
It’s not new that you can always look at numbers differently and make them say whatever you want, and I’m sure Fox and CBS won’t be using the same numbers soon. As CBS is already reporting to have won the May Sweeps, which they won. It’s not a surprise really, despite not really going for the most exciting show out there, CBS have some of the strongest performer.
A perfect illustration is how they have the number one scripted show for five different nights of the week : CSI: Miami on Mondays, NCIS on Tuesdays, Criminal Minds on Wednesdays, CSI on Thursdays, and Numb3rs on Fridays. Winning almost every night, including the most competitive ones (except for Sundays, going to ABC’s Desperate Housewives), it’s no surprise they do very well.
But, it cannot be denied that this season was a pretty odd one, hurt with a writers’ strike in the middle, a strike that affected television in general, all networks, and except for Fox they’ve all really suffered. So much that Fox is actually the big winner this past season.
That’s right, The Eye isn’t the most-watched network anymore. Due to the strike vs American Idol, granted, but with 11.1 million viewers Fox beat traditional leader CBS, with only 10.5 million. And of course, Fox was also number one of the demo with 4.2, followed by ABC and CBS tied at 3.0
Fox, also helped by the Superbowl, was also the only network to improve, up 5% vs last season while all other networks are down, CBS - previous Superbowl holder - being the mostly affected, down by 19%
Fox were also home of the top-rated new scripted program, sci-fi drama Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. And no doubt that they will be home of next season’s top-rated new series, which will also be sci-fi. (Whether it will be Fringe or Dollhouse remains to be determined though… and I can’t wait!)
House is running neck and neck with Desperate Housewives as the season’s top-rated scripted program in 18-49, though clearly the quality is much higher on Fox drama. Of course the big thing this season, after the strike, was the impact of the always increasing use of DVRs, especially noticeable on crowed night such as Mondays or Thursdays. Shows like Grey’s Anatomy, CSI, Lost or The Office all go up by about 20% compared to their averages reported in the next-day Nielsens.
Warner Bros. TV: Can’t win, can’t lose
Like a parent with kids on different teams squaring off against each other, Warner Bros. TV prexy Peter Roth will watch with both glee and terror as the 2008-09 TV season kicks off.
Of the four new WB dramas picked up by the broadcast nets during last week’s upfronts, three have been thrown against each other in the same 9 p.m. Tuesday timeslot: “The Mentalist” (CBS, photo on right), “Fringe” (Fox) and “Surviving the Filthy Rich” (CW).
For better or worse, this kind of fraternal battle is becoming familiar for Warners. Mondays at 8 p.m. feature a head-to-head-to-head-to-head slugfest among four WB shows, as hourlongs “Chuck” (NBC), “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” (Fox), “Gossip Girl” (CW) face CBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory.”
“It’s a very high-class problem to have,” Roth said. “While it wouldn’t necessarily be our preference to have programs competing against one another, we have been in this situation before. We suggest since they are all great shows, viewers should watch one of them live, TiVo the others and, preferably, watch them within the advertiser-desired three-day window.”
At 10 p.m. Thursday, WB rookie “Eleventh Hour” goes up against veteran “ER,” which will begin its 15th and final season. And on the comedy side, it’s no laughing matter for WB as Pushing Daisies” (ABC) and “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (CBS) both vie for the same eyeballs at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
