Thanks to a supercharged game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers, NBC increased its average viewership over last week by 900,000 people, enough to bounce back into third place and unseat ABC from the top of the leaderboard as Dancing with the Stars waltzed into third position. Football also enabled Fox to lose only 100,000 viewers over last week in spite of a rerun of its top series, Glee.
As for the new series, they seem to have stabilized somewhat and, for better or worse, have found their audiences. All are ranked very closely to what they were last week, although Blue Bloods has now surpassed Hawaii Five-O as the top new network series and the only new series to appear in the top 20 this week. ABC announced its cancellation the other day – the legal drama, The Whole Truth. Despite strong performances and good chemistry between its stars Rob Morrow and Maura Tierney, the show just couldn't find an audience up against the more heavily promoted The Defenders on CBS and Law & Order: Los Angeles on NBC.
Beyond football, NBC is still having major problems on pretty much every night of the week as only two other of its series land in the top 40 shows – both from the Law & Order franchise on Wednesday nights.
Primetime Nielsen TV Ratings: October 11-October 17, 2010
Written by US Townhall staff
Friday, 22 October 2010 03:36
NBC continues to perform poorly, and had a terrible week last week. It sank to fourth place behind Fox. What's worrisome about this is that while NBC has often been in fourth place during the last few seasons, this most often happens when Fox's American Idol is airing. To be behind Fox without being able to blame it on Idol and while Fox's own schedule is not exactly setting records only underscores just how broken things are at NBC.
NBC has only two shows – both Football – in all the top 35. It's final debuting new series of the season, School Pride, landed with a thud in 92nd place with a paltry 2.9 million viewers.
Primetime Nielsen TV Ratings: September 27-October 3, 2010
Written by US Townhall staff
Thursday, 07 October 2010 22:15
Second week, same as the first week. CBS took its usual spot at the top of the ratings although NBC lost the fewest viewers from last week. The news was even better for Fox, which, thanks to a best-ever rating for Glee, added 600,000 viewers to its weekly average.
Every new series decreased in viewers since its premiere, but Raising Hope (Fox) held on remarkably well as did the struggling shows, The Whole Truth (ABC) and Outlaw (NBC). Michael Chiklis' return to network television in the superhero comedy-drama, No Ordinary Family gave ABC a good start on Tuesday night against tough competition from the aforementioned Glee and NCIS, CBS's top series.
As of now, every new Fall TV series has made its debut except for School Pride (NBC), which premieres tomorrow at 8:00pm on NBC, and Body of Proof (ABC), which begins on Friday, October 22. Interestingly enough, even before all the new series have aired, two have already been canceled. Both Fox's Lone Star and ABC's My Generation got the hook after their second episodes. Cancellation watch is still on for The Whole Truth and Outlaw in spite of their respective audience retentions.
Although no new series has landed in the top 10 and likely will not, CBS is in the best shape so far as all five of its new series sit comfortably in the top 30 of the Nielsens.
US Townhall RealStories presents: James Weir of THE APPRENTICE 10
Written by Scott Katz
Monday, 04 October 2010 01:26
Join us Monday, October 4 for an exclusive chat with James Weir, the third contestant fired by Donald Trump from The Apprentice. The task for this episode was to manage a doggy daycare center. James was project manager for his team, Octane, and when they lost the task to the ladies' team, Fortitude, James brought his arch nemesis, David Johnson, along with Wade Hanson into the boardroom. After listening to the heated discussion, Mr. Trump decided that the men's team lost because of James' performance as Project Manager. Since leaving The Apprentice, James has landed a job with the New York Attorney General's office.
Here are the facts about James Weir from his NBC Apprentice bio: James Weir, 31 (New York, N.Y.), a Duke graduate who received his law degree from Georgetown, was an associate at a world class law firm in New York City until he was laid off more than a year and a half ago. Weir went from successful attorney living in the West Village to unemployed couch surfer. Unable to find a new job, he spends his time volunteering in New York.
We'll catch up with James and learn more about his experiences on The Apprentice and what he really felt about his fellow teammates.
Our interview with James Weir was on our Internet Radio show, US Townhall RealStories, and was broadcast live Monday, October 4 at 12:30pm Eastern. Click on the triangular "play" button on the audio player below to listen to the interview in its entirety if you missed it.
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Primetime Nielsen TV Ratings: September 20-26, 2010
Written by US Townhall staff
Friday, 01 October 2010 01:16
The ratings for the first full week of the new television season are in, and as usual, CBS took the lead with 12.5 million viewers. Not only that, but the new shows on CBS are among the highest debuts, taking the top 5 slots among all the new series
The remake of Hawaii Five-O took top honors as the top new series both for CBS and overall. However, it debuted just outside the top 10. The Event proved to be eventful for NBC, becoming its hightest rated new series. Over at ABC, Detroit 1-8-7 was ABC's highest debut. Fox's Raising Hope, and The CW's Nikita were the top new shows at their respective networks.
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Join us Monday, October 4 for an exclusive chat with James Weir, the third contestant fired by Donald Trump from The Apprentice. The task for this episode was to manage a doggy daycare center. James was project manager for his team, Octane, and when they lost the task to the ladies' team, Fortitude, James brought his arch nemesis, David Johnson, along with Wade Hanson into the boardroom. After listening to the heated discussion, Mr. Trump decided that the men's team lost because of James' performance as Project Manager. Since leaving The Apprentice, James has landed a job with the New York Attorney General's office.
