The girls upped the ante on FOX's "American Idol" as the show crushed all competition; "Jericho" returned to CBS with disappointing results and "LOST" is still not what it used to be, although it did win its timeslot in the coveted 18-49 demo.
Last night's much improved outing of "American Idol" scored an average of 30,33 million viewers over its expanded 2-hour telecast peaking in the final half hour with almost 32 million people tuning in.
Post-apocalypse drama "Jericho" did not benefit from going head-to-head with "Idol" juggernaut - the drama was down over 2 million viewers from its fall average to score a mere 8,65 million. Fortunately for "Jericho", "Idol" will normally air at 9pm.
The effect was the same on NBC's brilliant drama "Friday Night Lights" which came down to 5,37 million viewers, hitting what may well have been its series low for an all-new episode.
"Criminal Minds" continues to shed viewers losing a million over last week's episode to pull in just 14,45 million, while Desmond-centric LOST encore scored 5,38 million viewers for ABC.
An all-new Jack-centric episode of "LOST" ranked second behind CSI: NY in total viewers (12,89 million) gaining 120,000 over last week's series low. The show was however much stronger than CSI: NY in the 18-49 category (5.7/15 vs. 4.1/11).
NBC's "Medium" is clearly not doing as well as it used to on Monday nights, last night's episode pulled in only 7,85 million viewers, a far cry from 13-15 million it used to average when it premiered in early 2005.
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I blame ABC for Lost's decline. I also blame stupid reality shows. Lost could have taken Criminals Minds but Idol would have crushed it. I wish all these stupid competitive reality shows would just head over to cable already.
ReplyDeleteI was hoping Lost would at least hit 13 million this week, but to me this episode was the weakest of the three, I thought Jack's backstory did nothing to advance his character other than that he is a loner and leader (which we knew from before). I wish they would stop doing these flashbacks where we learn nothing new about the character, and do more action scenes in the present.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see Criminal Minds dip, so the Super Bowl basically had NO effect on the ratings, I never thought it was anywhere as good as Lost, yet it was beating it. CBS is way too cocky, they put out a PR every time they beat a competing network's show. Did Lost extend the 18 to 49 lead this week? I know CBS was bragging that CSI:NY was "closing the gap" last week. At least CSI:NY is a better written and acted show.
I wonder if ABC is going to come out with a statement regarding the ratings, they MUST be disappointed. They brought it on themselves. Back to 8pm would have been a better move for ratings. They still would have had to deal with 9 to 11.
Hmm..i stopped watching Jericho after the sixth episode... the premise sounded exciting... but the actors... i just cannot get past their bland acting,there isn't one who comes over as believable to me.....it's just awkward to watch ..
ReplyDeleteI would've guessed it wouldn't get a full season.. which it did much to my surprise..
I would say Jericho's ratings were hurt because of pre-empting. In it's normal time slot in my time zone, a basketball played instead. The new episode aired here at 1:30 in the morning. If I didn't have TIVO, I wouldn't have got to see it either.
ReplyDeleteWell finally Lost is growing,but you’re right JJ if anyone is to blame then ABC was the one.Splitting this season in two after six episodes (and let’s be honest the first six ep. wasn’t so great in ratings) and moving to another time slot well all this things in my opinion is responsible for all the low ratings.As for this episode I like everything about it.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand I was surprised about Jericho’s ratings,but if this ratings will not improve I’m afraid for this show.
One question : anybody know :is Jericho renewed for the second season or CBS ordered 22 episodes just for season 1?