Six Promo Clips from Rescue Me Season Five February 27, 2009 8:04 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in FX, Television, Video Clips.Tags: Rescue Me
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Here are six new promos for the upcoming fifth season premiere of FX’s Rescue Me, which is just a little over five weeks away (Tuesday, April 7th at 10:00pm).
Click through the jump to check out the other six. (more…)
Watchmen Character Profiles To Premiere on NBC Networks February 27, 2009 5:12 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, NBC Universal, News, Television, Warner Brothers.Tags: NBC, Sci Fi, USA Network, Watchmen
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NBC Universal has announced that video profiles for six characters (Dr. Manhattan, Rorschach, Ozymandias, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre II and The Comedian) from Zack Snyder’s Watchmen will air during the programming of shows on NBC, USA and SCI FI, gearing up for the film’s theatrical release on March 6, 2009.
NBC has released a short preview clip on NBC.com giving us a taste of what’s the come (watch the clip embedded below):
Vodpod videos no longer available.
Here’s the schedule of what’s planned:
March 1: Clip montage featuring Dr. Manhattan airs exclusively during National Treasure on USA Network.
March 2: Clip montage featuring Rorschach airs exclusively during Heroes on NBC.
March 4: Clip montage featuring Ozymandias airs exclusively during Ghost Hunters International on SCI FI.
March 5: Clip montage featuring Nite Owl airs exclusively during Battlestar Galactica on SCI FI.
March 5: Clip montage featuring Silk Spectre II airs exclusively during Burn Notice on USA Network.
March 5: Clip montage featuring The Comedian airs exclusively during 30 Rock on NBC.
Following their network airings, the clips will be available for viewing on nbc.com/watchmen.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, February 26, 2009 February 27, 2009 4:12 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.Tags: Broadcast TV Ratings, Thursday
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American Idol’s second elimination episode led Fox to a win last night, but it wasn’t as dominate a performance as one may have suspected and the episode drew a season-low 20.66 million viewers. That was a decline of 17% (among viewers) from last week’s first elimination episode, and 21% in adults 18-49 rating.
Following American Idol was an original episode of Hell’s Kitchen which managed to post better retention levels than the last time it aired out of an episode of American Idol.
In second place was CBS, whose best performance of the night was among households, where it just barely lost out to Fox (8.8 vs. an 8.7 rating). The network was paced by the night’s second-most watched show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which with Grey’s Anatomy in repeat, managed a slight increase in viewers (+5%). The show underperformed in A18-49 rating, however, tying with Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen with a 4.4 rating for the hour.
ABC aired an almost full night of repeats (Ugly Betty was new), but still managed a third place finish (ahead of NBC) among households and viewers.
Platinum Dunes Moving Foward with Friday the 13th Follow-up February 27, 2009 2:47 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Movies, New Line, News, Platinum Dunes.Tags: Friday the 13th
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New Line and Platinum Studios have announced that they are moving forward with a follow-up to their recent Friday the 13th update. THR’s Risky Biz Blog reports that the film “is expected to be not a sequel so much as a follow-up”. Explained further, they add that “the new picture is expected to use elements of the original franchise more as a jumping-off point than as a template.”
Despite a steep 80% drop for its second weekend, Friday the 13th has grossed a very respectable $56.6 million domestically ($71.9 million worldwide). It’s the second-best performing movie in the franchise, lagging behind 2003’s Freddy vs. Jason crossover ($82.6 million domestically and $114.9 million worldwide).
Top Chef Season Five Finale Second-Highest-Rated Episode Ever February 27, 2009 2:36 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Bravo, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.Tags: Cable TV Ratings, Top Chef
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UPDATE: I’ve added the Bravo press release, which I missed earlier, and updated the article to reflect a more complete ratings picture.
The original article follows below.
Wednesday’s Top Chef season five finale on Bravo drew a 2.5/4 HH rating/share, 3.74 million viewers and a 2.1/6 adults 18-49 rating/share, becoming the show’s second-highest-rated episode. The episode grew 11% over last year’s finale and was just one-tenth of a point behind season 2’s record high. The 2.1 A18-49 rating translates to 2.77 million viewers in the demo, making for an incredibly impressive 74% of its total audience.
Here’s a bit more from the Bravo press release:
This season, “Top Chef: New York” averaged 2.14 million adults 18-49 and 3.02 million total viewers. Versus season four, the show is up 18 percent in adults 18-49 (vs. 1.81 million) and 19 percent in total viewers (vs. 2.54 million). Season-to-date, the series ranks No.1 for all cable entertainment in its Wednesday 10 p.m. time period among adults 18-49 and total viewers, and with the finale, the series also marked its fifth consecutive week of gains in those demographics.
The full press release, which also includes data for The Real Housewives of Orange County, follows after the jump. (more…)
Tiger Woods Return to Golf Draws Record Audience for Golf Channel February 27, 2009 1:41 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Golf Channel, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Sports, Television.Tags: Cable TV Ratings, Golf, PGA, Tiger Woods
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Tiger Woods fans weren’t the only ones happy about the return of the golfer after a lengthy off-season due to injury/surgery. The golfer’s return to competition on Wednesday at the Accenture Match Play Championship generated a 1.8 rating for the Golf Channel. The network drew an average of 1.7 million viewers, the most for any round of a tournament it has televised.
Web traffic was high as well, with GolfChannel.com recording a record 3.3 million page views and PGATour.com nearly 24 million page views.
Source: NY Times
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