Wednesday, March 28, 2007

TV Ratings: "American Idol" Takes a Dip


Has Sanjaya Malakar finally hurt the credibility of the "American Idol" brand? It may be too early to tell, but the ratings have certainly taken a considerable dip. Over two million people have abandoned the FOX blockbuster since last week.

26,84 million people tuned in to see special guest Gwen Stefani and Sanjaya's fauxhawk at 8pm on FOX, with as many as 22,18 of them sticking around to watch "House" at 9:07 pm. Now that's what you call a well used lead-in.

To what extent did the dirty scheduling move on the part of FOX hurt "Dancing with the Stars" ratings? Apparently, not at all. The results show scored 17,6 million viewers, 1,5 million more than the first "Dancing" results show in September.

That plum lead-in was however once again wasted on a stinker of a 10pm entry. ABC premiered new reality program "Dream Vote" that barely managed to hold on to one third of that "Dancing" audience and then lost another 2 million in the second half hour. Wouldn't it have been better if ABC continued to use these results show as a lead-in into "LOST"? If it ain't broken, don't fix it, ABC.

Finally Mariska and Chris ruled the 10pm slot with over 12 million viewers.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousWednesday, March 28, 2007 at 4:10:00 PM EDT

    They should move the results show to Wednesday's at 9PM, and move George and Jim to Tuesdays.

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  2. Kong ChangWednesday, March 28, 2007 at 4:16:00 PM EDT

    You know...

    I like what Simon Cowell said...

    He said he'll leave the show if Sanjaya wins A.I..

    I believe he will. It'll become a huge joke, and he won't have it.

    I'm sure FOX will do something to prevent Simon from leaving, so they better do something to keep him from leaving the show.

    JJ: Result shows are already at 9PM ET/PT (unless you live in CT/MT where everything starts an hour early) on Wednesdays. What they should do is move result show for A.I. to Thursday night and see how many shows suffer. LoL. :P


    KC
    Maintainer of Luke MacFarlane Fansite

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  3. AnonymousWednesday, March 28, 2007 at 5:05:00 PM EDT

    So Lost finally has a good leadin? Shame they didnt have it last week.

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  4. Stephen ChapmanFriday, October 17, 2008 at 3:44:00 AM EDT

    Good to see the Brits being part of primetime American. Dancing with the Stars (called Strictly Come Dancing in the UK) has been around for years and is produced by the BBC in America. And Hugh Laurie has been a top comedian for 20+ years in the UK.

    The Brits are coming!!!!

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