06.20.08

Bravo Original Series Break Records This Week

Posted in Bravo at 1:27 am by Rick Ellis

Source: Bravo

Season Two Premiere Of “Flipping Out” Posts Explosive 40% Growth Over Prior Season

“Top Chef: Chicago” Reunion Special Increases 51% over prior year

In Its Regular Time Period, “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List” Struts Double Digit Increase Over Season Premiere
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06.19.08

‘Ghost Hunters’ Triumphs With Best Season Ever

Posted in SciFi Network at 1:33 am by Rick Ellis

Last night’s episode of Ghost Hunters, featuring an investigation at the historic Fort Delaware, delivered a 1.8 Household rating and over 2.5 million viewers, and was the #1 cable program for the day in Adults 25-54. This episode also marked the mid-season finale of the hit paranormal series, currently enjoying record ratings in what is so far its best season to date! Highlights include:

· For Season 4 to date, Ghost Hunters has averaged a 1.8 HH rating, 1.7 million Adults18-49, 1.7 million Adults 25-54 and 2.6 million total viewers.

· Compared to last season, Ghost Hunters is up by 20% in Household ratings, 30% in Adults 18-49s, 38% in Adults 25-54s and 33% in total viewers.

· Over the 13 weeks of the current Ghost Hunters season, SCI FI dominated the Wednesday 9 pm hour in cable, ranking #1 in total viewers and men and women in the 18-49 and 25-54 demographics, as well as #1 for Adults 18-34 and Women 18-34.

· In Adults 18-49, it is the #2 best individual season for any SCI FI original series ever, trailing only Season 1 of Battlestar Galactica.

Ghost Hunters also continues to prove immensely popular among female viewers, with this season scoring the highest viewership for any SCI FI original series ever among Women 18-49 and Women 25-54. In addition, this season has produced the top four telecasts among Women 25-54 and the top two telecasts among Women 18-49 in the Channel’s history. With the inclusion of Ghost Hunters International, the hit first-year spin-off series, the Ghost Hunters franchise in 2008 to-date has produced the top eight series telecasts among Women 18-49 and Women 25-54 in SCI FI’s history.

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06.18.08

Season Premiere Of ‘Tori And Dean’ Sets Record

Posted in Oxygen at 1:31 am by Rick Ellis

The season premiere of “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood” was the highest rated and most watched season debut of an Oxygen original series ever. Posting a 0.7 household rating, the airing was the most successful season premiere among key demos including P18-49 (450,000), W18-49 (356,000) and total viewers (667,000). Last night’s premiere marked the beginning of Oxygen’s new on-air look and attitude: Live Out Loud.

Season three of “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood” saw the best premiere ever for the series. Compared to season two, Tuesday’s premiere was up 14% among W18-49, 6% among P18-49 and 30% among total viewers.

Oxygen.com saw gains leading up to Tuesday night’s premiere as well. Page views for the Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood website totaled 285,160 in the week leading up to premiere, up 855% from the week leading up to season two.

06.16.08

Battlestar Galactica’s Mid-Season Finale Leads Sci-Fi To Double-Digit Ratings Gains

Posted in SciFi Network at 1:36 am by Rick Ellis

Source: Sci Fi Network

On Friday, SCI FI’s critically-acclaimed drama series Battlestar Galactica wrapped a record-breaking 10 weeks with its powerful mid-season finale episode, “Revelations.” The one-hour episode scored a 1.4 Household rating, 1.8 million total viewers, 1.2 million Adults 25-54 and 1.2 million Adults 18-49*, ending a phenomenal half-season.

For the 10-episode half-season, Battlestar Galactica has averaged a 1.7 Household rating, 2.2 total viewers, 1.6 million Adults 25-54 and 1.5 million Adults 18-49*, up versus Season 3.5 (January-March 2007) by +13% in Household ratings, +11% in total viewers, +14% in Adults 25-54 and +6% in Adults 18-49. This is the best Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 delivery for a half-season of Battlestar Galactica since the first half of season 2 (July-September 2005).

Season 4 of Battlestar Galactica has also seen an increase in appeal to female viewers, growing +23% in Females 18-49 and +25% in Females 25-54 versus Season 3.5. The top four Female18-49 telecasts of Battlestar Galactica ever have all aired this season.

03.26.08

Broadcast Evenings News Weekly Ratings: Week Of March 17th, 2008

Posted in ABC, CBS, Evening News, NBC at 1:28 am by Rick Ellis

NBC: 8.92 million total viewers and 2.1/8 A25-54
ABC: 8.46 million total viewers and 2.2/9 A25-54
CBS: 6.62 million total viewers and 1.8/7 A25-54

03.16.08

‘High School Confidential’ Premiere Ratings

Posted in Cable Ratings, WE tv at 6:35 pm by Rick Ellis

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WE tv’s debut of the documentary series “High School Confidential” on March 10 (10p) drew in 389,000 W18-49, 357,000 W25-54 and 208,000 W18-34 viewers.

03.13.08

Syndicated TV Shows, By Household: Week Of 2/25-03/02/08

Posted in Syndication at 8:28 am by Rick Ellis

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 2/25-3/2/08 ranked by HH Rtg

Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                    8.3 AA
Jeopardy (CTD)                                               6.7 AA
Oprah Winfrey Show (CTD)                                6.1 AA / 6.2 GAA
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                  5.6 AA / 7.4 GAA
Judge Judy (CTD)                                             5.2 AA / 8.2 GAA
Dr. Phil Show (CTD)                                         4.9 AA / 5.0 GAA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD)                             4.7 AA / 4.8 GAA
Family Guy (2/T)                                             4.6 AA / 5.3 GAA
Seinfeld (SPT)                                                4.3 AA / 4.9 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD)                       4.0 AA / 4.7 GAA
Source Nielsen Media Research - Live + SD Data

Syndicated TV Shows, Ages 18-45: Week Of 2/25-03/02/08

Posted in Syndication at 6:32 am by Rick Ellis

Two and a Half Men (WB)                                3.3 AA / 4.3 GAA
Family Guy (2/T)                                            3.1 AA / 3.6 GAA
Seinfeld (SPT)                                                2.5 AA / 2.8 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD)                      2.3 AA / 2.7 GAA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                  2.2 AA
Oprah Winfrey Show (CTD)                             2.2 AA / 2.3 GAA
King of Queens (SPT)                                     2.0 AA / 2.6 GAA
Friends (WB)                                                 1.9 AA / 2.2 GAA
Jeopardy (CTD)                                             1.8 AA
Dr. Phil Show (CTD)                                       1.7 AA / 1.7 GAA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD)                          1.7 AA / 1.8 GAA
Judge Judy (CTD)                                          1.7 AA / 2.6 GAA
Source Nielsen Media Research - Live + SD Data

Overnight Ratings: Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Posted in ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Overnight Ratings, Prime Time Ratings at 4:33 am by Rick Ellis

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research, Live+SD.

FOX: 16.7/26        American Idol 16.7/26

NBC: 5.4/9            The Biggest Loser 5 5.0/8, Law & Order: SVU [r] 6.4/11

CBS: 4.5/7             NCIS [r] 5.8/9, Big Brother 9 3.9/6, Jericho 3.8/6

ABC: 3.8/6              Just For Laughs 3.2/5, Just For Laughs [r] 3.0/5, According to Jim 3.2/5, According to Jim [r] 3.1/5, Primetime: What Would You Do? 5.1/

UNIV: 1.8/3           Al Diablo con los Guapos 2.3/4, Pasion 1.8/3, Aqui y Ahora 1.5/3

CW: 1.6/2             Beauty and the Geek [p] 1.3/2, One Tree Hill 1.8/3

TELE: 0.7/1           La Traicion 0.6/1, Victoria 0.9/1, Pecados Ajenos 0.7/1

A18-49
: FOX 10.8/28, NBC 3.0/8, ABC 1.8/5, CBS 1.8/5, UNIV 1.6/4, CW 1.0/2, TELE 0.4/1

Ratings: ‘Gene Simmons Family Jewels’

Posted in A&E at 1:25 am by Rick Ellis

gene_shannon_med.jpgA&E’s third season premiere of “Gene Simmons Family Jewels” got off to a bang on Tuesday.

The two 30m episodes airing back-to-back (10p and 1030p), drew in an average of 1.4 million A18-49 and 1.4 million A25-54 viewers as well as 2 million total viewers for the hour.

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