TV Notes: Schedule Changes/Orders October 12, 2006 9:12 pm
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Schedule Changes
Medium
Starting November 15th, “Medium” will air in “Kidnapped’s” former time-period (Wednesday at 10:00 PM).
Last season, the show averaged 11.1M viewers a week, with a 4.1/10 A18-49 rating.
3 lbs.
Previously rumored, now confirmed by CBS, the new drama “3 lbs.” will be placed in the schedule starting Tuesday, November, 14th. It will occupy the now vacated time-period of the canceled “Smith”.
Back Nine Orders
Jericho
CBS has given a full-season order to the successful new drama “Jericho”.
The show is currently averaging 11.3 million viewers a week and a 3.4/10 A18-49 rating.
It is only the second new series this fall to receive a full season commitment (the other being “Heroes”).
TV Notes: Scheduling Changes & Cancellations (10/6/2006) October 6, 2006 6:10 pm
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Scheduling Changes:
It appears Kidnapped hasn’t been canceled just yet. Starting October 21st, NBC will move the show from its current time slot (Wednesday @ 10:00 PM) to Saturdays at 10:00 PM.
Cancellations:
Smith has been pulled from CBS’s schedule, repeats of CSI and Criminal Minds will be used to fill the show’s slot.
13 episodes of the show were ordered by CBS, with the series being pulled as its seventh episode was being filmed.
Smith premiered with 11.00M viewers on September 19th, with its second episode dipping to 9.67M and the third episode to 8.43M viewers.
TV Notes: Schedule Changes and Episode Orders – (10/5/06) October 5, 2006 1:05 pm
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Back-Nine Orders:
- New Adventures of Old Christine
- The back-nine have been ordered for this sophomore show, which is averaging a respectable 12.10M viewers up to last week.
- The Unit
- Same as Old Christine. Through two episodes, this series is averaging 11.88M viewers up to last week.
- Heroes
- Picked up for a full season order. The series premiered to a strong 14.10M.
Scheduling Changes:
- The Class / How I Met Your Mother
- These comedies will swap time-periods, with How I Met Your Mother (Mon at 8:00 PM) leading into The Class (Mon at 8:30 PM) instead of the opposite.
- Justice
- Moving from Wed at 9:00 PM to Mon at 9:00 PM (out of Prison Break).
- Vanished
- Moving from Mon at 9:00 PM to Fri at 8:00 PM starting Oct. 27th (replacing Nanny 911).
- The CW Monday & Sunday Night line-ups flip places .
- Everybody Hates Chris, All of Us, Girlfriends and The Game will now air on Monday from 8-10 PM. (Starts October 16th).
- 7th Heaven and Runaway will now air from 8-10 PM on Sunday. (Starts October 15th).
Kidnapped Canceled? October 5, 2006 12:27 pm
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According to sources (being reported on as early as yesterday) the first casualty of the new season has been announced. Kidnapped, the critically acclaimed by lowly viewed series, has apparently been canceled by NBC (NBC has yet to confirm this).
According to sources, the show will wrap after the original 13 episode order. A decision on where and if NBC will air the remaining 10 episodes should be known sometime today.
The series premiered September 20th to a disappointing 7.6M viewers. The second episode dipped further to 6.3M and the third episode, which aired last evening, dropped even further to about 5.2M viewers.
Fall 2006 TV Review, Part Seven (“The Nine”) October 4, 2006 5:32 pm
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Before we get going on the next part of my Fall 2006 Review feature (here is part one, part two, part three, part four, part five and part six), let’s recap the series premiere ratings from Tuesday evening, of which there was only one.
Friday Night Lights
Averaged a 4.7/8 HH Rating with a 2.8 A18-49 rating (7.18M viewers). Staying consistent from half-hour to half-hour is the only good thing I can say about the ratings for the show. It’s certainly a high-quality hour of television and that it did worse than I thought it would (I would have figured numbers in the 10-14M range) really surprises me. It’ll be very interesting to see where the show goes from here, will it gain an audience, or will it just continue to drop week to week? It’s very hard for a show to gain viewers after its premiere, but perhaps NBC can use Sunday Night Football to propel the show some.
Alright, now let’s move on to my mini-review feature. Only one show is set to premiere this evening, The Nine.
Fall 2006 TV Review, Part Six (”Friday Night Lights”) October 3, 2006 11:41 pm
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Lets get right into the sixth part of my mini-review feature; “Friday Night Lights” (here is part one, part two, part three, part four and part five).
Fall 2006 TV Review, Part Five (“Heroes” and “Runaway”) September 25, 2006 2:46 pm
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Before we get going on the next part of my Fall 2006 Review feature (here is part one, part two, part three and part four), let’s recap the series premiere ratings from Sunday evening, of which there was only one.
Brothers & Sisters
Averaged a 10.7/17 HH Rating with a 6.2 A18-49 rating (16.10M viewers). So far, this is the best new series premiere of the season. It is of course down from the same time period last season which was held by Grey’s Anatomy (18.98M viewers). However, it is on par, in terms of viewers, with the series launch of Grey’s Anatomy two years ago (16.25M viewers. This is a very good sampling of viewers, and the high A18-49 rating (3rd for the evening) should make ABC happy.
Alright, now let’s move on to my mini-review feature. Two new shows premiere this evening; Heroes and Runaway, and both at the same time; 9PM.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, September 21, 2006 September 22, 2006 12:49 pm
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The Battle Between “Grey’s Anatomy” and “CSI” got off to a great start on Thursday, as both shows did well, but Grey’s comes out ahead to lead ABC to a rare Thursday night win over CBS.
Fall 2006 TV Review, Part Four (“Shark”) [Update] September 21, 2006 2:17 pm
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Update: Ratings results for Shark and Six Degrees are at the bottom of this post.
Before I continue on with this feature, let’s recap the series premiere ratings from last evening.
Jericho
Averaged a 7.5/12 HH Rating with a 3.2 A18-49 rating (11.40M viewers). This is better than I had expected and a better launch in terms of total viewers than Smith. However, it did have a slightly lower A18-49 rating, but that is offset by the fact that the show increased in viewers in the second half by roughly 8%. Always a great sign. So a solid, if not a great premiere. The key will be to see if the show holds on to its viewers for an extended amount a time, something Invasion over on ABC was not capable of doing.
For those interested in comparing this show with Invasion’s premiere, here are those numbers: 10.5/17 (7.1)–16.43M viewers.
Kidnapped
Averaged a 5.1/8 HH Rating with a 2.8 A18-49 rating (7.53M viewers). The show dipped in A18-49 from it’s first half hour to second (2.9 to 2.7). Considering what the time-slots former occupant received last year (Law & Order–13.03 million viewers and a 4.0 A18-49 rating) this should not come as good news to NBC. Of course it didn’t necessarily have the best of lead-in’s with The Biggest Loser (7.17M viewers, 3.1 A18-49 rating), so I guess they can look at that and find some positives.
Alright, lets move on to tonight’s new premiere (note: I have yet to see Six Degrees, so I won’t have a review for it); Shark (here is part one, part two and part three).
Fall 2006 TV Review, Part Three (“Jericho” and “Kidnapped”) September 20, 2006 4:00 pm
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Before I continue on with this feature, let’s recap the series premiere ratings from last evening.
Smith
Averaged a 7.2/12 HH Rating with a 3.5 A18-49 rating (10.71M viewers). Welcome news to CBS as the show held onto a good majority of its lead-in The Unit, especially in adults 18-49, where retention was at a very excellent 100%. It finished third in the time-slot behind SVU–9.6/16 (5.1)–and Boston Legal–7.8/13 (3.5). As you can see, it tied for second place in A18-49. The Unit’s dip from last season’s premiere–11.6 (5.0)–may have minimized some of Smith’s audience potential.
Alright, now lets continue on to the third part of my Fall 2006 Review feature (here is part one and part two).
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