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Tuesday 1/07/14 Metered Markets
Solid Sampling for “Intelligence” on CBS; “Killer Women” DOA on ABC
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 10.3/16
NBC 3.9/ 6
ABC 3.4/ 5
Fox 2.4/ 5
CW 0.6/ 1
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 1/08/13:
NBC: +11, ABC: + 6, CBS: no change, Fox: – 4, CW: -25
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-Winners:
“NCIS” (CBS), “Intelligence” (CBS), “Person of Interest” (CBS)
-Slipping:
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (ABC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Dads” (Fox), “Brooklyn Nine Nine” (Fox), “New Girl” (Fox), “Trophy Wife” (ABC), “The Mindy Project” (Fox), “Killer Women” (ABC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was an easy Tuesday overnight victory for CBS, which featured the series premiere/preview of drama “Intelligence” at 9 p.m. Out of blockbuster “NCIS” (which topped the night with a 12.8 rating/19 share at 8 p.m.), “Intelligence” opened with a dominant 10.2/15 from 9-10 p.m., which was just seven percent below regularly scheduled “NCIS: Los Angeles” on the year-ago evening (11.0/17 on 1/08/13). Comparably, retention for “Intelligence” out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of “NCIS” (12.9/19) was acceptable at 79 percent, and there was a dip of only eight percent at 9:30 p.m. (10.6/16 to 9.8/15). The bottom line: CBS achieved the sampling it was hoping for. Now let’s see what happens on Monday.
Minus the lead-in support from “NCIS” (and opposite “Castle” on ABC and “The Blacklist” on NBC), “Intelligence” could face an uphill battle in the Monday 10 p.m. hour (where it debuts in its regularly scheduled time period next week). But the advantage of replacing “Hostages” is the low bar of comparison. There is every reason to believe “Intelligence” will be a stronger performer.
“Person of Interest” capped off the evening for the Eye net with a dominant 7.8/13 at 10 p.m., which was a whopping 169 percent above the DOA debut of ABC drama “Killer Women” (2.9/ 5). Comparably, “Killer Women” was nine percent below “Private Practice” on the year-ago evening (3.2/ 6 on 1/08/13), and six percent below the debut of fall occupant “Lucky 7” (3.1/ 5 on 9/24/13), which only lasted for two episodes. The only redeeming observation for “Killer Women” was overnight growth out of lead-in “Trophy Wife” (#3: 2.6/ 4 at 9:30 p.m.) of 12 percent.
Earlier in the overnight on ABC was drama “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” at a distant second-place 4.2/ 6 from 8-9 p.m., which was a series-low (and further proof that “S.H.I.E.L.D.” is not the hit everyone was anticipating). Sitcom “The Goldbergs” dropped to a 3.5/ 5 at 9 p.m. (#2), which was still a 35 percent improvement over year-ago occupant “Happy Endings” (2.6/ 4 on 1/08/13).
Elsewhere, two-hours of “The Biggest Loser” on NBC scored a 3.8/ 6 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m., leading into a second-place 4.3/ 7 for “Chicago Fire” at 10 p.m. Year-to-year, “Chicago Fire” built by 19 percent from “Parenthood” (3.6/ 6 on 1/08/13). Fox populated the evening with its ratings-challenged sitcom rotation of “Dads” (#4: 2.4/ 4), “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (#4: 2.5/ 4), “New Girl” (#4: 2.6/ 4) and “The Mindy Project” (#4: 2.1/ 3). And The CW aired encores of dramas “The Originals” (#5: 0.7/ 1) and “Supernatural” (#5: 0.6/ 1). While “New Girl” will generate some interest among adults 18-49 (and other key young adult demos), the year-to-year overnight slippage was noticeable at 16 percent.
As a reminder, Fox on Tuesday in midseason will feature “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” at a new time, 9:30 p.m., on Feb. 4 (and in place of “The Mindy Project,” which is taking a break until April 1). And “Glee” moves into the Tuesday 8 p.m. hour on Feb. 25 (with “Dads” at 8 p.m. taking a break). At this point, there is no reason to believe tired “Glee” will generate much interest on Tuesday.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Solid Sampling for “Intelligence” on CBS; “Killer Women” DOA on ABC
Household
Rating/Share
CBS 10.3/16
NBC 3.9/ 6
ABC 3.4/ 5
Fox 2.4/ 5
CW 0.6/ 1
-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Tuesday 1/08/13:
NBC: +11, ABC: + 6, CBS: no change, Fox: – 4, CW: -25
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-Winners:
“NCIS” (CBS), “Intelligence” (CBS), “Person of Interest” (CBS)
-Slipping:
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” (ABC)
-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Dads” (Fox), “Brooklyn Nine Nine” (Fox), “New Girl” (Fox), “Trophy Wife” (ABC), “The Mindy Project” (Fox), “Killer Women” (ABC)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was an easy Tuesday overnight victory for CBS, which featured the series premiere/preview of drama “Intelligence” at 9 p.m. Out of blockbuster “NCIS” (which topped the night with a 12.8 rating/19 share at 8 p.m.), “Intelligence” opened with a dominant 10.2/15 from 9-10 p.m., which was just seven percent below regularly scheduled “NCIS: Los Angeles” on the year-ago evening (11.0/17 on 1/08/13). Comparably, retention for “Intelligence” out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of “NCIS” (12.9/19) was acceptable at 79 percent, and there was a dip of only eight percent at 9:30 p.m. (10.6/16 to 9.8/15). The bottom line: CBS achieved the sampling it was hoping for. Now let’s see what happens on Monday.
Minus the lead-in support from “NCIS” (and opposite “Castle” on ABC and “The Blacklist” on NBC), “Intelligence” could face an uphill battle in the Monday 10 p.m. hour (where it debuts in its regularly scheduled time period next week). But the advantage of replacing “Hostages” is the low bar of comparison. There is every reason to believe “Intelligence” will be a stronger performer.
“Person of Interest” capped off the evening for the Eye net with a dominant 7.8/13 at 10 p.m., which was a whopping 169 percent above the DOA debut of ABC drama “Killer Women” (2.9/ 5). Comparably, “Killer Women” was nine percent below “Private Practice” on the year-ago evening (3.2/ 6 on 1/08/13), and six percent below the debut of fall occupant “Lucky 7” (3.1/ 5 on 9/24/13), which only lasted for two episodes. The only redeeming observation for “Killer Women” was overnight growth out of lead-in “Trophy Wife” (#3: 2.6/ 4 at 9:30 p.m.) of 12 percent.
Earlier in the overnight on ABC was drama “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” at a distant second-place 4.2/ 6 from 8-9 p.m., which was a series-low (and further proof that “S.H.I.E.L.D.” is not the hit everyone was anticipating). Sitcom “The Goldbergs” dropped to a 3.5/ 5 at 9 p.m. (#2), which was still a 35 percent improvement over year-ago occupant “Happy Endings” (2.6/ 4 on 1/08/13).
Elsewhere, two-hours of “The Biggest Loser” on NBC scored a 3.8/ 6 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m., leading into a second-place 4.3/ 7 for “Chicago Fire” at 10 p.m. Year-to-year, “Chicago Fire” built by 19 percent from “Parenthood” (3.6/ 6 on 1/08/13). Fox populated the evening with its ratings-challenged sitcom rotation of “Dads” (#4: 2.4/ 4), “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (#4: 2.5/ 4), “New Girl” (#4: 2.6/ 4) and “The Mindy Project” (#4: 2.1/ 3). And The CW aired encores of dramas “The Originals” (#5: 0.7/ 1) and “Supernatural” (#5: 0.6/ 1). While “New Girl” will generate some interest among adults 18-49 (and other key young adult demos), the year-to-year overnight slippage was noticeable at 16 percent.
As a reminder, Fox on Tuesday in midseason will feature “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” at a new time, 9:30 p.m., on Feb. 4 (and in place of “The Mindy Project,” which is taking a break until April 1). And “Glee” moves into the Tuesday 8 p.m. hour on Feb. 25 (with “Dads” at 8 p.m. taking a break). At this point, there is no reason to believe tired “Glee” will generate much interest on Tuesday.
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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Very interested in seeing all the 18-49 ratings for last night. It looks like Intelligence did what expected and that ABC had a horrible night. I think Shield has to stop falling now, it's been enough. ABC really should swap it with the comedies, it's insane that they don't do it. Elsewhere, Chicago Fire seems very depressed from the voice absence, but that may not be reflected in younger demos, so we'll see.
ReplyDeleteI never expected Killer Women to have great numbers and earn itself a second season, but even lower numbers than Lucky 7? Definitely didn't see that coming!
ReplyDeleteAnd yay for Intelligence! Now I'm hoping it will do great on Monday as well.
AOS is officially a Flop, i don't it gets a S2
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling the DWTS result show will be coming back
Yayy for intelligence
ReplyDeleteWith the hyper, almost over promotion from CBS for Intelligence and its lead-in, I expected Intelligence to do well. But there were a lot of reshoots at the last minute and CBS encoring it on Friday seems a bit of a desperate move. It'll be interesting to see if the Monday slot combined with poor reviews will really make it take a hit.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, it is possible that it skewed younger than Lucky 7 did, hence making the comparisons through household numbers misleading. This being said, I thought it was somehow expectable that it would bomb harder than Lucky 7 or at least to the same extent considering that:
ReplyDelete1) Lucky 7 aired on the two most viewed weeks of the season
2) Trophy Wife was still a decent lead-in in those two weeks, far from pulling the low 1s it is pulling now
3) ABC clearly doesn't trust Killer Women as they are using it as a filler against the olympics, effectively making it a placeholder for the timeslot until Mind Games. If they really liked the show and thought it had a serious chance of success, they could have aired it after The Bachelor, used it later to replace Wonderland, finished up a comedy hour earlier and replace it with... It's not like ABC is overcrowded with successful shows at the moment.
LOL at SHIELD. The only episode that's good in that show is the pilot, that's it. The ABC and FOX comedies are hurting each other a lot and there was a lot of cable competition yesterday as well.
ReplyDeleteChicago Fire Needs Higher Ratings....This Show Rocks!
ReplyDeleteGood for Intelligence, but lets see what happens over the next few weeks and SO happy for POI,YAY!
ReplyDeleteAnd once again ABC strikes out!
Considering Disney owns both Marvel and ABC it's highly doubtful they will pull it from air
ReplyDeleteI'd wait for the actual numbers before judging it
ReplyDeleteI thought Intelligence was decent. Let's see if it continues in the next couple of episodes.
ReplyDeleteOnce again I'll wait for the final demo numbers in regards to Agents of SHEILD as has been proven in the past, the show being down in the overnights sometimes lead to an upward adjustment in the demographic.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say its a desperate move. All the Broadcast Networks do that at one time or another,whether its because they need a filler or because they are just trying to promote the show.. Believe it or not, not everyone has a dvr or cable so this also gives people another opportunity to catch the show they might have missed on the night it originally aired .
ReplyDeleteMaybe desperate is too strong a word. There's just this slightly hyper feel to CBS' promotion with this one that makes me think they're trying to compensate for a lack of confidence in the show. It could just be its eventual slot, but given the retooling and the largely negative feedback from critics, I have to wonder.
ReplyDeleteI think bringing back the results show would be a huge mistep at this point. I don't think it would be above a 2.0 and while there could be a marginal gain at this point, they would just be delaying its inevitable replacement. The entire DWTS franchise will have to be replaced and ABC is trying to do it in steps instead of loosing 3 hours per week the fall+spring just like that. The next step should be making it a one edition per year only.
ReplyDeleteAlso, AOS is not officially a flop. It can be a disappointment according to people's expectations, but it is not a flop.
To be honest, I think most of the times it works the other way around. When networks are not confident on their shows, they don't go around spending even more resources on it, they just leave them to die with barely promotion. Examples are Cult being paired up with Hart of Dixie last year on the CW, CBS don't bother airing Reckless in the season, ABC using Killer Women as Olympics filler, ABC using The Assets as Olympics Filler, FOX premiering Enlisted on Fridays, NBC's refusal to schedule Undateable even when their comedies are sub 1.0, etc etc. It's very rare (and stupid) to see a network go heavy on a show it's down.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with Shield, I've liked the later episodes better than the pilot. I 100% agree with the comedies thing though and it will get even worst when NBC premieres their own Voice-boosted comedies here in the Spring. ABC should swap Shield and the comedies.
ReplyDeleteI bet Intelligence will premiere on the 2.5-2.6 range based on the HH ratings.
ReplyDeleteKiller Woman completely DOA, Lucky 7 did better, ABC is really desperate. Will AOS drop below 2.0?
ABC deserves everything they are getting honestly, never seen such an incompetent management. It's their shows who don't deserve it, unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to know what the CBS internals were on Golden Boy. Intelligence's promotion is reminiscent of that to me.
ReplyDeleteI agree that we have to wait. But if Shield really did fall much more, then maybe it could be time to start worrying. I've said people have vastly exaggerated until now because the relative ratings were still great and that the problem was only the expectations people had but it has to stop falling at some point. We shall see.
ReplyDeleteI agree, ABC's situation is curious, half of their shows are great performers and the other half are a complete disaster.
ReplyDeleteThey've insisted on scripted programming on sundays against TWD, GoT (which is probably going to comeback stronger than last year) and the NFL, on premiere a new show every year on thursdays at 8 that always ends DOA and on rebuild tuesdays completely based on one premise (that AOS would be a megahit, which it isn't, despite being their only new show that is a realiable player, but I wonder for how long since it hasn't stopped its bleeding).
Well in most cases it's not 100% obvious if they are clearly high on the show (i.e. The Following, Shield, Arrow, Elementary, Terra Nova, Almost Human) or if they have given up on it (Cult, Reckless, Killer Women, The Assets, Enlisted, Undateable). Most of the times it's somewhere in between, as in networks do their job and hope for the best. I think Golden Boy fell in that middle category, with the caveat that in most cases (The Following, Intelligence and others being exceptions due to the way the seasons were planned) I believe when a show is left for midseason instead of another freshman show it's because the network likes the fall one better than the replacement.
ReplyDeleteIf it comes to CBS planning the next season, I think good numbers for Intelligence will hurt The Mentalist's chances of renewal.
ReplyDeleteThe Good Wife stands on its own, it doesn't really compete with the numbers of other shows. This will come down to whether CBS keeps it as its only Award-nominated Drama and sort of prestige-show for the network or not.
You make a decent summary but we can also add:
ReplyDelete- insisting on airing DWTS against the voice when it's clear it's hurt by it instead of using it to patch up Sundays
- no idea of what compatible programs are (DWTS-Happy Endings-Apartment 23-Private Practice anyone?)
- premiering new shows after dead lead-ins (Killer Women and Mind Games of Trophy Wife)
- airing Sunday shows against awards seasons
- etc etc etc
poor ratings or not it's still creating buzz, has multi national attention, keeps the Marvel cinematic universe franchise alive while there's no new movie coming out and most of all is fairly decent considering it's ratings. It's certainly not the huge breakout hit everyone was expecting (me included) and is in my subjective view more than a dissapointment but the ratings aren't 'that' bad.
ReplyDeleteIn fact I could see it go up to 100 episodes. Why ? Because it's the 'perfect' show to pick up for syndication (and if retooled for season 2 even eligable for saturday morning programming, by retooling I mean even more kid friendly). The Issue of the Week concept seems to be what stations love nowadays.
If the ratings don't fall down to OuaTs or Revenges level this show is safe.
I disagree. I think The Mentalist is canned no matter what (the recent ratings surge leave me a bit more nervous than I was in the fall, but still) and I think Intelligence's success will result in the demise of one out of Blue Bloods, The Good Wife and a 4th comedy hour.
ReplyDeleteIt's just shocking how many bad choices ABC has done in the past two years. In 2011 they had an amazing fall, spring and winter ratings, way up from what they use to deliver, with OUAT and Revenge being hits, the Wensdays comedies doing great, and almost every single day of the week, except Tuesdays, working. Now look at them; since fall 2012 all they have done is bad scheduling and it has destroyed the promising landscape they managed to create; they built something incredible and now it has fallen into pieces, with only Scandal saving face for them. Even Modern Family, while still a hit, has suffered horrible drops
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree (I have to add Shark Tank to the Scandal portion of success) and I also think some veterans have aged very gracefully (Castle, Grey's Anatomy). Other than that it's a mess. I do think they were a bit unlucky in their development season last year and that it wasn't totally their fault that shows like 666 Park Avenue and Nashville bombed/disappointed because they were on brand and not bad scheduled, but it's really hard to find excuses beyond that because of how many mistakes they make.
ReplyDeleteYou look at something like NBC, CW or even FOX when contemplating removing X-Factor and you feel kind of bad because it is somehow hard with a schedule that will really pull up decent numbers since they lack the shows to do so. But ABC has (had?) the shows to do it and just couldn't manage them properly, which is what makes it so frustrating.
Totally agree! The funny thing is when you look at all the networks I feel abc has some of the best shows in terms of quality.
ReplyDeleteHowever they MUST get rid of Paul Lee. I am sorry but he is horrible as Entertainment Cheif
CF showed just how much its ratings were tied to TV lead-in. Has NBC even run a single repeat of CF this season in its timeslot? NO. And, it's supposedly a procedural. The show should be doing better after 35 new episodes.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of those statements. Paul Lee needs to go. I am grateful that he managed to nurture Scandal into what it is today but that's about it, the man has to go, I've never seen such an incompetent network manager.
ReplyDeleteOutch! 0.9 for Killer Women? That's more than bad for a pilot!
ReplyDeleteABC dropped BOF for L7 and KW? The network really needed a second procedural to help balance it's serial heavy network and dropped one that: 1) had consistent ratings; 2) had a tax credit and 3) international sales. Completely screwup there.
ReplyDeletetotally agree! ABC should have also never given up Monday Night Football that would have help a lot for promotion
ReplyDeleteIt's awful! I had predicated a 0.9... for the season average, not for the first episode right away. Major yikes!
ReplyDeleteI agree. The ratings weren't high but the repeat value and syndication revenue it would eventually get would make up for that and, at the very least ,would be the perfect midseason replacement.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking more a 2.7 or 2.8 for Intelligence. 2.4 isn't that bad, but I wonder how that will translate into Monday.
ReplyDeleteokish #s for Intelligence
ReplyDeleteIt's been a very bad year for ABC's pilots this year (2013-2014).... :(
ReplyDeleteWell, they've made bad decision after bad decision so this is what they get.
ReplyDeleteYeah these numbers are just fine - not impressive, not disappointing, just fine. Now it all depends on how it does Monday
ReplyDeleteThey still have Ressurection but I think this is gonna be a flop too...
ReplyDeleteI predicted Intelligence would be in the mid 2's. Let's see how it does on Monday
ReplyDeleteAoS had the same rating for the last episode. I hope it doesn't start hitting high 1's in the next episodes.
I wonder if ABC will pull Killer Women and The Assets.
Maybe in a couple of years a 0.9 will be a hit for ABC if they don't make some changes.
ReplyDeleteThe new CW
ReplyDeleteI am interested in Resurrection, I hope it OK.
ReplyDeleteWow, Intelligence skewed really old.
ReplyDeleteSeries low for New Girl? B99 and the almost canceled Dads nearly matched it.
Goldbergs beat New Girl. A first, I believe.
ReplyDeleteLMAO true
ReplyDeleteYeah, just saw the viewers number. Yeesh,
ReplyDeleteCan we all agree that ABC execs are looking for BOGO deals on Tums today, though?
ReplyDeleteHere are the 1/2 hr breakdowns
ReplyDelete8:00 p.m.
ABC – Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Viewers: 6.79 million (#2), A18-49: 2.2/ 6 (#2)
CBS – NCIS
Viewers: 20.17 million (#1), A18-49: 2.9/ 8 (#1)
NBC – The Biggest Loser
Viewers: 5.55 million (#3), A18-49: 1.6/ 5 (#3)
Fox – Dads
Viewers: 3.68 million (#4), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#4)
CW – The Originals (R)
Viewers: 1.18 million (#5), A18-49: 0.3/ 1 (#5)
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8:30 p.m.
ABC – Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Viewers: 6.17 million (#2), A18-49: 2.1/ 6 (#2)
CBS – NCIS
Viewers: 21.14 million (#1), A18-49: 3.0/ 8 (#1)
NBC – The Biggest Loser
Viewers: 5.21 million (#3), A18-49: 1.6/ 5 (#3)
Fox – Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Viewers: 3.48 million (#4), A18-49: 1.5/ 4 (#4)
CW – The Originals (R)
Viewers: 1.00 million (#5), A18-49: 0.3/ 1 (#5)
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9:00 p.m.
ABC – The Goldbergs
Viewers: 5.37 million (#2), A18-49: 1.7/ 5 (#2t)
CBS – Intelligence (series premiere/preview)
Viewers: 17.37 million (#1), A18-49: 2.5/ 7 (#1)
NBC – The Biggest Loser
Viewers: 5.23 million (#3), A18-49: 1.7/ 4 (#2t)
Fox – New Girl
Viewers: 3.17 million (#4), A18-49: 1.6/ 4 (#4)
CW – Supernatural (R)
Viewers: 1.09 million (#5), A18-49: 0.4/ 1 (#5)
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9:30 p.m.
ABC – Trophy Wife
Viewers: 3.88 million (#3), A18-49: 1.2/ 3 (#4)
CBS – Intelligence (series premiere/preview)
Viewers: 15.80 million (#1), A18-49: 2.3/ 6 (#1)
NBC – The Biggest Loser
Viewers: 5.61 million (#2), A18-49: 1.8/ 5 (#2)
Fox – The Mindy Project
Viewers: 2.59 million (#4), A18-49: 1.3/ 3 (#3)
CW – Supernatural (R)
Viewers: 1.21 million (#5), A18-49: 0.5/ 1 (#5)
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10:00 p.m.
ABC – Killer Women (series premiere)
Viewers: 4.11 million (#3), A18-49: 0.9/ 3 (#3)
CBS – Person of Interest
Viewers: 12.58 million (#1), A18-49: 2.0/ 5 (#1t)
NBC – Chicago Fire
Viewers: 6.71 million (#2), A18-49: 2.0/ 5 (#1t)
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10:30 p.m.
ABC – Killer Women (series premiere)
Viewers: 3.64 million (#3), A18-49: 0.8/ 2 (#3)
CBS – Person of Interest
Viewers: 11.65 million (#1), A18-49: 1.9/ 6 (#1t)
NBC – Chicago Fire
Viewers: 6.83 million (#2), A18-49: 1.9/ 6 (#1t)
Well they kept Betrayal the entire fall for 13 episodes and the numbers the assets and killer women will be pulling are comparable considering it's winter now, not to mention they only have 7 more of these to go. I also believe these numbers were widely expected, they were olympics filler from the get go. I don't think it's impossible that they pull them but my guess is that they are kept there...
ReplyDeleteChicago Fire tied POI. Thats a good rating without the Voice lead in. POI and Chicago Fire have even the same half hours. So i don't think it did bad at all.
ReplyDeleteIt barely fell and it's still perfectly in line with the range it's been pulling the entire fall after the voice. How is that showing that it's lead-in dependent? And how come this episode shows it should be doing better? Outside of the blacklist and the voice, nothing does remotely as good as this show on the channel, except grimm and TBL on a very good day...
ReplyDeleteTo be totally honest, I think they should be pleased. Killer Women is a very low priority project that was always meant to be used as Olympics filler IMO. On the other hand, The Goldbergs is showing more and more promise and beat New Girl for the first time and Shield stopped the bleeding for now - those are the potentially long term assets for them that aired last night and those two did decently.
ReplyDeleteIntelligence is doing comparable to NCIS: LA in the demo so I guess there is no reason to keep it at Tuesdays 9 pm. Only the number of viewers higher, but that's mainly due to NCIS pulling a season high audience. It also lost about 1.5 million viewers in one half hour.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but this is their second sub 1.0 premiere in a week. I know the expectations were likely low, but to me it kinda shows a lack of strategic finesse on their part. You're right, though AoS not dropping it probably small solace given its earlier numbers.
ReplyDeleteWhile I think CBS can justify keeping LA on Tuesdays, I think it is exactly the fact that it pulled comparable numbers to LA that could justify keeping it here. Remember, CBS should maximize both the Monday at 10 and the Tuesday at 9 slot. If Intelligence does the same as LA Tuesdays at 9 and LA does better than what Intelligence would be able to do Mondays at 10 they would be better of keeping it here.
ReplyDeletePlease dont cancel TW its amazing
ReplyDeleteOh I agree, ABC has no strategic vision whatsoever. But I didn't need these two premieres to realize that ;)
ReplyDeleteLooking at the numbers for the night arranged by Demo....AoS at number 3 for the night. What amuses me is that it only has 6 million viewers. Whereas a little more than double the total viewers and is at a 2.4 and Aos is about a fourth of NCIS total audience and still manages a 2.1....
ReplyDeleteIt's not news by now but dayum do CBS shows skew old. I feel that AoS young skewing factor could be it's saving factor.
I think it has the best shot of all 3 but that's saying very very little.
ReplyDeleteI think S.H.I.E.L.D.S. scores a good rating in the M18-34 demo and that is the saving grace for it.
ReplyDeleteHere are some stats from ABC press release about AoS:
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (8-9pm – 6.5 million and 2.1/6 in AD18-49): Coming back to original for the first time in 4 weeks, ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2.1/6) earned second place in the 8pm hour to CBS’ top-rated NCIS among Adults 18-49, leading NBC’s Biggest Loser by 31% (1.6/5) and Fox’s comedies by 40% (Dads/Brooklyn Nine-Nine = 1.5/4). In addition, the ABC freshman drama was the #1 series in its time period with Men 18-34 for its 11th consecutive first-run broadcast.
· S.H.I.E.L.D. was up over its most recent original’s Fast Affiliate numbers on 12/10/13 in Total Viewers (+10% – 6.5 million vs. 5.9 million) and Adults 18-49 (+5% – 2.1/6 vs. 2.0/6). In addition, the show spiked 16% in Adults 18-34 from its last original.
Shield suffers a lot from over-expectations. ABC can barely have shows above a 2.0, so to have a newbie show score a 2.1 against the biggest drama on broadcast TV and without any lead-in to inflate it should be regarded as huge any day. But because it's Shield, it's regarded as a disappointment.
ReplyDeleteI would ignore poor reviews. POI got poor reviews as well and look how it turned out. I think it's a similar concept. They think it's just a dumbed down this or that and that there's nothing special about it when it's really more than all that.
ReplyDeleteThe main issue with that time slot change is that no one knows if LA can hold its own On Mondays at 10. The competition is fierce so both Intelligence and LA would have their work cut out for them.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what will Intelligence score in its Monday slot next week. Looking at its numbers, the story and even the cast, I must say that this show can be the first real competition to Castle. All the other shows in the past targeted a different audience. CSI-Miami, H50, even The Blacklist lacked/lacks this male-female lead banter, action with a romantic possibility.
ReplyDeleteI wrote before the lot of similarities between the two shows (in case of Castle the similarities are with the original concept, the first two, two and a half season), now add to this Meghan Ory who turned into a regular in an ABC show because the audience liked her (than the writers couldn't use her). The fact, that Josh Holloway best days were also in an ABC show has (I think) less importance now, but he is a "designated bad guy to love". (Not to mention that even though he is older than Nathan Fillion, he looks to be a much more convincing partner agewise.) According to the first numbers even the relations in their audience are similar: Large total audience with a relatively small rating age group. (This show is older than even Castle is.)
Nah, I don't think they are even considering it. Too much risk involved for them probably.
ReplyDeleteGood point! But I believe a premiere Always has higher numbers and then starts dropping. So if Intelligece settles at 2.1-2.2 on Tuesday, it would still be a few tenths below LA.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think: is CBS really consdering to keep Intelligence on Tuesdays? We speculate about it a lot, but they might not be even considering it.