Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Big Brother and So You Think You Can Dance fell to season lows. America's Got Talent rose two tenths from last week and was tops.

rating	show	slot	network	last week	season low	series low
1.0	Final Witness "The Devil You Know"	10pm	ABC	1.2	0.5
1.1	The CLIOS: World's Best Commercials	8pm	NBC
1.6	Jimmy Fallon's Primetime Music Special	10pm	NBC
1.7	So You Think You Can Dance second live	8pm-10	FOX	1.8	1.7	1.6 (3)
2.0	Big Brother	8pm	CBS	2.0	2.0 (3)	~1.8
2.2	America's Got Talent Episode 21	9pm-10	NBC	2.0	2.0 (2)	2.0 (2)
0.3	rerun - Supernatural "Death's Door"	8pm	CW		0.6	0.6
0.3	rerun - Supernatural "Adventures in Babysitting"	9pm	CW		0.6	0.6
0.8	rerun - Suburgatory "Driving Miss Dahlia"	8:30	ABC	0.8	1.8
0.8	rerun - The Middle "Bad Choices"	8pm	ABC	0.9	1.9 (2)	1.7
1.0	rerun - Criminal Minds "Epilogue"	9pm	CBS	1.0	2.8	2.8
1.2	rerun - CSI "Bittersweet"	10pm	CBS	1.1	2.3 (2)	2.3 (2)
1.3	rerun - Modern Family "Little Po Bleep"	9pm	ABC	1.4	3.9	2.5
1.5	rerun - Modern Family "Me? Jealous?"	9:30	ABC	1.5	3.9	2.5

sources: spotted ratings and tv by the numbers

Site Updates: Finally able to post the Fall T.V. Schedule Chart with Premiere Dates. Updated the TV Calendar with July's Olympics, ABC's premiere dates, and the presidential debates. Added the NFL Schedule, 2012.

Programming Notes

Bravo renewed Kathy, the weekly talk show hosted by Kathy Griffin, and penciled it in for January.

To capitalize on Sherman Hemsley's death, three channels will do mini-marathons. TV Land will air "The Jeffersons" on Saturday, from noon to 4pm. AntennaTV will air Jefferson episodes of "All in the Family" on Sunday, from 9pm to midnight. TV One will air "The Jeffersons" on Tuesday, from 7am to 5pm.

Regional cable channel Ohio News Network will sign off on August 31. It started up in 1997.

At the TCA conference, ABC finally announced its Fall premiere dates:

Friday, September 14
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Shark Tank”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “What Would You Do?”
10:00-11:00 p.m. “20/20”

Monday, September 24
8:00-10:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars”
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Castle”

Tuesday, September 25
8:00-10:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars the Results Show”
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Private Practice”

Wednesday, September 26
8:00-9:00 p.m. “The Middle” (special one-hour premiere)
9:00-9:30 p.m. “Modern Family”
9:30-10:00 p.m. “The Neighbors” (series premiere)

Thursday, September 27
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Last Resort”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy”
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Scandal”

Sunday, September 30
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Once Upon A Time”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Revenge”
10:00-11:00 p.m. “666 Park Avenue”

Wednesday, October 3
8:30-9:00 p.m. “The Neighbors” (regular time period premiere)

Sunday, October 7
7:00-8:00 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos”

Wednesday, October 10
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Nashville”

Wednesday, October 17
9:30-10:00 p.m. “Suburgatory”

Tuesday, October 23
9:00-9:30 p.m. “Happy Endings”
9:30-10:00 p.m. “Don’t Trust The B---- in Apartment 23”

Friday, November 2
8:00-8:30 p.m. “Last Man Standing”
8:30-9:00 p.m. “Malibu Country”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Shark Tank” (new time period premiere)

GMA Catches Up to Today

Good Morning America and The Today Show tied in the demo last week, the first time GMA has been at the top in 17 years, and increased its lead in total viewers.

Meanwhile, Norah O'Donnell will replace Erica Hill on CBS This Morning in the Fall.

Today began broadcasting from the London Olympics on Monday, and is expected to win the next three weeks, which will lengthen its reign at #1 in the demo to at least 902 consecutive weeks. It has been "television’s longest winning streak ever."

But after the Olympics, ABC may be running away with the morning show torch.

Expertise of the Day

"People eventually stop spending money in virtual goods and want to spend that money on real goods."