Re: Overnight Ratings - Thursday 9/29/05

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:53:16 -0700, "Ian J. Ball"
<ijball***NO-SPAM***@mac.com.invalid> wrote:

>The only conclusion I can make from this is that "Reunion" (not "CSI")
>is hurting "Everwood".

Oh yeah, sure. And if not that then "Diagnosis: Murder" over on PAX.

>(I wonder how long it'll take the rest of the audience to realize that
>this show has 'strayed' from its core premise.)

Already? I wonder who had episode 71 in the pool.

>> NBC - "ER" - 11.4/18 (14.19 million)
>
>Despite the fact this has been renewed through *next* season, can anyone
>think of a good reason why "ER" shouldn't end this year?!

Yeah. With "Apprentice" sinking "ER" will end up being NBC's top show.

>> UPN - "Everybody Hates Chris" - 4.9/7 (5.65 million)
>
>"Kevin Hill" also started boffo for them last season, but slowly lost
>audience over time. I don't expect EHC to be any different.

It reminds me of "Dilbert." Got a lot of hype, premiere to a large
audience, and then quickly sank and had a lackluster two seasons.

(though in today's sitcom environment UPN'll probably nurse it long
enough to sell in syndication)

>> WB - "Smallville" (season premiere) - 4.4/7 (5.74 million)
>
>Nice! :)
>
>> FOX - "The O.C." - 4.0/6 (6.56 million)
>
>The 'ratings' numbers are worse than the Total Viewer numbers. Still, I
>don't expect anyone to return to this after baseball...

Undoubtedly it needed another season after "Idol" before being thrown
to the sharks.
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