Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, March 2, 2009 March 3, 2009 4:48 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.Tags: Broadcast TV Ratings, Monday
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There’s no doubt that one of the biggest surprises of the TV season is the performance of The Bachelor and no where is that more evident than in the ratings for last night. The show’s season finale, it’s 13th, drew an impressive 15.46 million viewers and a 5.4 rating in the key A18-49. Not only is that an episode-to-episode increase in the double-digits, but that’s an improvement over the franchise’s weakened 12th season finale in May of last year by an extraordinary 75% in viewers and 69% in A18-49 rating.
If that wasn’t amazing enough, the 10pm special, After the Final Rose (which effectively served as hour #3 due to the Bachelor’s uneasieness with his original choice) grew, drawing a record 17.47M viewers and a 6.7 A18-49 rating (that’s growth of 5% among viewers and 12% in A18-49 from hour two of The Bachelor finale).
Even though ABC had a dominant performance, there was still room for the night’s number two network, CBS. The always consistent comedy and CSI: Miami line-up put the network placed second in households, viewers and adults 18-49. Worth noting is that the season three premiere of Rules of Engagement saw only a slight loss of viewership (although its decline in A18-49 rating was slightly more concerning at low double-digits).
Fox finished in third with a special two-hour edition of 24. I’d say the results were mixed. The show did well, but it still shed a few viewers from the week prior. Let’s put it this way, when ABC did their special ‘movie event’ type Brothers & Sisters episode on Sunday night, it resulted in a double-digit increase for the program. So Fox no doubt were hoping for a slightly better performance.
Moving to NBC…boy, where to begin? The network is just struggling on Monday night’s. The once reliable and buzz-worthy series Heroes is a shadow of its former self. It just barely managed to draw over 7 million viewers for the second week in the row, teetering on series lows, and lost more steam in the key A18-49 demo, posting a 3.2 rating (down 6%). I think I’m going to go ahead and put together a feature on the show to be posted on the site later in the week. The show’s incredible loss of viewership, and in such a short amount of time, simply can no longer be ignored.
Medium did better (in terms of overall viewership), but was hurt by direct competition with Bachelor, shedding more than 1 million viewers from the week prior.
The CW closed out the evening with barely viewed repeats of Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill.
Full ratings and breakdown’s, including week-to-week comparisons, etc., follow after the jump.
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New Poster and Images for Public Enemies March 3, 2009 4:23 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Images, Movies.Tags: Public Enemies
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MSN has released a new batch of images as well as a new posetr for the Johnny Depp/Christian Bale headlined film Public Enemies.
Film Synopsis
In the action-thriller “Public Enemies,” acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger (Depp)—the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover’s fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public.
No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone—from his girlfriend Billie Frechette (Cotillard) to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression.
But while the adventures of Dillinger’s gang—later including the sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi)—thrilled many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the idea of exploiting the outlaw’s capture as a way to elevate his Bureau of Investigation into the national police force that became the FBI. He made Dillinger America’s first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Purvis, the dashing “Clark Gable of the FBI.”
However, Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis’ men in wild chases and shootouts. Only after importing a crew of Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as agents) and orchestrating epic betrayals—from the infamous “Lady in Red” to the Chicago crime boss Frank Nitti—were Purvis, the FBI and their new crew of gunfighters able to close in on Dillinger.
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Fallon Has Strong Return to Late-Night TV March 3, 2009 4:06 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.Tags: Broadcast TV Ratings, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
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Jimmy Fallon’s return to late-night TV drew strong ratings last night. The Monday night debut of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon drew a 2.3/8 HH rating/share in metered-market households. That’s the highest rating for the franchise since January 2006.
In terms of previous performances, it was up 35% over the time slot’s previous season-to-date average (1.7 rating) and Fallon’s 55% retention from his Leno lead-in was slightly better than the 46% average lead-in for the season-to-date.
Also important, Fallon out-rated all his competition, including CBS’s Ferguson (1.7) and he beat Kimmel in the 12:30am head-to-head matchup (2.7 vs. 2.3 for Kimmel).
Source: TV Week
First Look at Angelina Jolie in Salt March 3, 2009 3:54 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Columbia Pictures, Movies, Photos.Tags: Angelina Jolie, Salt
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Principal photography for the Columbia Pictures production Salt began this week and the studio has released a first look at one of the film’s stars, Angelina Jolie. Check out one more image after the jump. (more…)
Third Narnia Set for December 10, 2010 March 3, 2009 3:48 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in 20th Century Fox, Movies, News, Walden Media.Tags: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treade
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20th Century Fox and Walden Media have announced that The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader will be released on December 10, 2010.
As of right now, the 12/10 date has no major competition, however WB’s Green Lantern will hit the following week along with Sony’s Smurfs update.
Source: Variety
Lifetime Television Renews Rita Rocks March 3, 2009 3:40 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Cable TV, News, Renewals.Tags: Lifetime Television, Rita Rocks
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Lifetime Television has picked up a second season of its original primetime comedy Rita Rocks. The network ordered twenty new episodes from Media Rights Capital.
“‘Rita Rocks’ is the first original comedy that Lifetime has launched in 10 years, so you can imagine how delighted we are to welcome it back for a second season,” said JoAnn Alfano, executive VP for entertainment at Lifetime. “It’s smart, it’s funny, and it appeals to anyone who has ever tried to carve out a little time for herself.”
Source: TV Week
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