Friday 5/6/11 ratings
David
from Marc Berman
Friday 5/06/11
-Friday’s Winners:
Nothing
-Friday’s Losers (excluding repeats):
Shark Tank (ABC), Friday Night Lights (NBC), Smallville (CW), Fringe
(Fox), Supernatural (CW), Primetime: What Would You Do? (ABC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
The networks shared leadership on this typically fading Friday, with
CBS the most-watched network (at under 9-million viewers) and ABC, CBS
and Fox tired for first among adults 18-49, each with a 1.4 rating/5
share.
In season-premiere news, Canadian drama Flashpoint on CBS got off to a
modest return with 6.89 million viewers (#1) and a third-place 1.1/ 4
among adults 18-49 at 8 p.m. While this is an improvement over recent
occupant Chaos, it is below year-ago levels. Next on CBS was
on-the-fence CSI: NY (Viewers: #1, 9.31 million; A18-49: #1, 1.5/ 5 at
9 p.m.), which would not be a question mark had it aired on another
network, followed by Blue Bloods at a dominant 10.12 million viewers
and a third-place 1.5/ 4 in the demo at 10 p.m. Although Blue Bloods
did finish last among adults 18-49, it was the most-watched show of
the evening.
In season-finale news, year three of Fox’s already renewed Fringe was
uneventful at 3.30 million viewers (#4) and a 1.2/ 4 among adults
18-49 (#3t) at 9 p.m. Comparably, that dipped by lead-in Kitchen
Nightmares (Viewers: #3, 3.65 million; A18-49: #1, 1.6/ 6 at 8 p.m.)
by 350,000 viewers and 25 percent in the demo.
Elsewhere, ABC opened the evening with Mr. TV favorite Shark Tank
(Viewers: #2, 4.48 million; A18-49: #2, 1.2/ 5 at 8 p.m.), which is a
better show when Mark Cuban is one of the “sharks,” followed by
Primetime: What Would You Do? (Viewers: #3, 4.04 million; A18-49: #3t,
1.2/ 4) and 20/20 (Viewers: #3, 6.09 million; A18-49: #2, 1.7/ 5),
which featured a behind-the-scenes report on the death of Osama bin
Laden. NBC aired the next installment of the final season of Friday
Night Lights (Viewers: #4, 2.72 million; A18-49: #4t, 0.8/ 3), which
plummeted to what could be a series low, followed by another two-hour
edition of Dateline (Viewers: #2, 5.88 million; A18-49: #1, 1.6/ 5
from 9-11 p.m.).
The CW capped off the evening with veteran Smallville (Viewers: #5,
2.00 million; A18-49: #4t, 0.8/ 3), which concludes next week, and
Supernatural (Viewers: #5, 2.08 million; A18-49: #5, 0.9/ 3), which is
likely to take over the Friday 8 p.m. hour next fall. Needless to say,
the networks have plenty of work ahead trying to fix this increasingly
difficult evening.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat)
rwgibson13
>
> The CW capped off the evening with veteran Smallville (Viewers: #5,
> 2.00 million; A18-49: #4t, 0.8/ 3), which concludes next week, and
> Supernatural (Viewers: #5, 2.08 million; A18-49: #5, 0.9/ 3), which is
> likely to take over the Friday 8 p.m. hour next fall. Needless to say,
> the networks have plenty of work ahead trying to fix this increasingly
> difficult evening.
heh, aside from bringing back prohibition, talking the movie industry
into having movies open on a night other than Friday, and maybe moving
high school football to Thursdays or something, good luck with
that :-)
RWG (or, failing that, they could always change the school week from
Monday-Friday to Tuesday - Saturday :-)
Obveeus
"David" <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> In season-finale news, year three of Fox's already renewed Fringe was
> uneventful at 3.30 million viewers (#4) and a 1.2/ 4 among adults
> 18-49 (#3t) at 9 p.m.
The Fringe renewal is starting to look a lot like the decision to give
Dollhouse another season.
Brian Thorn
Except that Fringe is a great show, and Dollhouse, well, Dollhouse
stunk to high heavens.
Brian
Adam H. Kerman
Good gawd, don't overpraise Fringe. Often, it's highly entertaining,
but it has serious problems. On a lot of episodes, it has little going
for it except John Noble's charm. It's biggest flaw is giving a fine
actor like Lance Reddick so little to do, and giving Blair Brown little
more to do. Remember in season 1 when she was supposed to be the henchman
of the bad guy?
Jim G.
> Smallville (Viewers: #5,
> 2.00 million; A18-49: #4t, 0.8/ 3),
I'm surprised that the numbers are this bad for it this close to the
end. It'll be interesting to see if more fans who bailed over the course
of a decade actually come back to check out the finale.
--
Jim G.
Waukesha, WI
Jim G.
(UTC):
> Brian Thorn <btho...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> >On Sat, 7 May 2011 13:34:11 -0400, "Obveeus" <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >>>In season-finale news, year three of Fox's already renewed Fringe was
> >>>uneventful at 3.30 million viewers (#4) and a 1.2/ 4 among adults
> >>>18-49 (#3t) at 9 p.m.
>
> >>The Fringe renewal is starting to look a lot like the decision to give
> >>Dollhouse another season.
>
> >Except that Fringe is a great show, and Dollhouse, well, Dollhouse
> >stunk to high heavens.
>
> Good gawd, don't overpraise Fringe.
I'm sick of all the "smartest show on television" crap that I read about
this show. Yes, it's a good show, but it makes its share of boneheaded
mistakes. What is it with JJ worshipers that requires them to think that
they're the brightest students in any classroom? It's like LOST all over
again.
> Often, it's highly entertaining,
> but it has serious problems. On a lot of episodes, it has little going
> for it except John Noble's charm. It's biggest flaw is giving a fine
> actor like Lance Reddick so little to do, and giving Blair Brown little
> more to do. Remember in season 1 when she was supposed to be the henchman
> of the bad guy?
I thought that they solved the show's biggest weakness when they made
Peter disappear. Sadly, I expect him to come back.
Brian Thorn
wrote:
>> >Except that Fringe is a great show, and Dollhouse, well, Dollhouse
>> >stunk to high heavens.
>>
>> Good gawd, don't overpraise Fringe.
>
>I'm sick of all the "smartest show on television" crap that I read about
>this show. Yes, it's a good show, but it makes its share of boneheaded
>mistakes. What is it with JJ worshipers that requires them to think that
>they're the brightest students in any classroom? It's like LOST all over
>again.
Wow. All I said that "Fringe" is a great show and that "Dollhouse"
stunk. If that to you equals JJ worshipping and "smartest show on TV",
then it says more about you than it does about me.
Brian
Jim G.
Fair point. I'd just read several fawning "smartest show on television"
articles (and they weren't the first) prior to seeing your post, so my
reply was to much more than just your post. But all of that aside, I
don't consider it a "great" show, as I'm seeing far too much of a "let's
throw everything at the wall and see what sticks" approach to it. There
has been little to no continuity from season one until now, and while I
like some of the "wouldn't it be cool" stuff as much as the next person,
it matters little if there's no master plan to it.
RichB
> Brian Thorn sent the following on Sun, 08 May 2011 19:32:50 -0500:
>> stunk. If that to you equals JJ worshipping and "smartest show on TV",
>> then it says more about you than it does about me.
>
> Fair point. I'd just read several fawning "smartest show on television"
> articles (and they weren't the first) prior to seeing your post, so my
> reply was to much more than just your post. But all of that aside, I
> don't consider it a "great" show, as I'm seeing far too much of a "let's
> throw everything at the wall and see what sticks" approach to it.
They haven't exactly kept it a secret that that was their approach;
Fringe is clearly supposed to be like that.