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SFTV Ratings: Fringe dominates genre competition

Davodd — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:09:16 +0000

Last week marked the beginning of summer re-run season is ending as FOX jumped the gun, with the debut of the new science fantasy/horror series, Fringe, on Tuesday. The network also started its new season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Every other science fiction, fantasy or horror show on broadcast TV last week was still in reruns.

In the battle for viewers, Fringe attracted 9 million viewers last Tuesday – topping the list of genre programs. The show’s debut brought in close to 10% of the viewing public, which is FOX’s highest debut for a drama series in two years.

The network ran a repeat episode of Fringe on Sunday, Sept. 14, where it attracted an additional 5.7 million viewers for about 6 percent of the TVs being used that night.

It’s a good start, but may not be an indication of how well the show will perform once ABC, CBS and NBC stop showing repeats and start airing new episodes on Tuesdays. Luckily, Fringe has a great lead-in following House starting on the 16th.

FOX’s other debut this past week, the sophomore season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles didn’t fare as well against NBC’s Deal or No Deal and CBS’s repeat of The Big Bang Theory. Sarah Connor attracted a mere 6.3 million viewers, barely beating out a repeat of Ghost Whisperer for the No. 2 Genre TV spot.

Following are the ratings for speculative fiction shows that aired on the broadcast networks last week:

SHOW [NET] # Viewers – 18-49/% watching (18-34/%) | Date

1. Fringe [FOX] 9 million – 3.2/9 (2.5/8) | Sept. 9
2. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles [FOX] 6.3 million – 2.4/7 (2.1/6) | Sept. 8
3. Ghost Whisperer (repeat) [CBS] 6.2 million — (1.6/5) | Sept. 12 (9 p.m.)
4. Fringe (repeat) [FOX] 5.7 2.3/6 (19./6) | Sept. 14
5. Ghost Whisperer (repeat) [CBS] 5.7 million — (1.5/5) | Sept. 12 (8 p.m.)
6. Chuck (repeat) [NBC] 2.5 million — (0.8/3) | Sept. 13
7. Smallville (repeat) [CW] 2 million – 0.8/2 (0.7/2) | Sept. 11
8. Supernatural (repeat) [CW] 1.7 million – 0.6/2 (0.5/2) | Sept. 11

Source: Nielsen Media Research

Top Genre TV Shows: National Treasure dominates

Davodd — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:03:21 +0000

NBC’s showing of theatrical movie, National Treasure led the meek offering of genre-related programming this past week on broadcast television. The Nick Cage-starring fantasy spy-fi adventure flick beat out repeat episodes of Ghost Whisperer and Chuck to take the genre crown in the few day before the Big 5 networks started rolling out their fall TV premieres.

The CW pre-empted showings of Reaper, Supernatural and Smallville for the debut and repeat airings of re-tread teen soap opera 90210 - a re-make of the 1980s FOX hit series.

Following are the ratings for speculative fiction shows that aired on the broadcast networks last week (August 29-September 4, 2008):

SHOW | [NETWORK] | Rating (Air Date)

National Treasure [NBC] 1.8 [August 31]
Ghost Whisperer [CBS] 1.4 (August 29)
Chuck [CBS] 0.7 (August 30)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

Genre TV Top 8: Sci-Fi reruns vs. Olympics

Davodd — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:00:44 +0000

Following are the ratings for speculative fiction shows that aired on the broadcast networks August 18-24, 2008 (all shows were in repeat):

SHOW | [NETWORK] | Rating (Air Date)

1. (tie) Madagascar [ABC] 1.1 (August 23)
1. (tie) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles [FOX] 1.1 (August 20)
3. (tie) Smallville [CW] 0.9 (August 24)
3. (tie) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles [FOX] 0.9 (August 19)
5. (tie) Eli Stone [ABC] 0.6 (August 22)
5. (tie) Smallville [CW] 0.6 (August 21)
5. (tie) Supernatural [CW] 0.6 (August 21)
8. Reaper [CW] 0.4 (August 19)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

Top 12 Genre TV: War of the Worlds takes top spot

Davodd — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:41:56 +0000

Broadcast networks turned to a record 12 Science Fiction and Fantasy programs to counter the Summer Olympics – with mixed results. A repeat showing of the Tom Cruise film, War of the Worlds ranked at the most-watched genre TV show of the past week.

Following are the ratings for all speculative fiction shows that aired on the broadcast networks between August 8 and 14, 2008 (all shows were in repeat):

SHOW | [NETWORK] | Rating (Air Date)

1. War of the Worlds [ABC] 1.2 (August 8 )
2. Ghost Whisperer [CBS] 1.1 (August 8 )
3. (tie) Hellboy [FOX] 1.0 (August 8 )
3. (tie) Shark Tale [ABC] 1.0 (August 9)
3. (tie) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles [FOX] 1.0 (August 11)
3. (tie) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles [FOX] 1.0 (August 12)
7. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles [FOX] 0.9 (August 10)
8. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles [FOX] 0.8 (August 13)
9. Eli Stone [ABC] 0.7 (August 9)
10. (tie) Smallville [CW] 0.6 (August 14)
10. (tie) Supernatural [CW] 0.6 (August 14)
12. Reaper [CW] 0.5 (August 12)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

SFTV Ratings: ‘Fear Itself’ climbs back to No. 1

Davodd — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:50:56 +0000

Following are the ratings for speculative fiction shows that aired on the broadcast networks last week (all shows were in repeat except Fear Itself):

SHOW | [NETWORK] | Rating (Air Date)

1. Fear Itself [NBC] 1.4 (July 31)
2. Ghost Whisperer [CBS] 1.3 (July 25)
3. Reaper [CW] 0.9 (July 29)
4. Peter Pan [ABC] 0.8 (July 26)
5. Smallville [CW] 0.7 (July 31)
6. (tie) Eli Stone [ABC] 0.6 (July 26)
6. (tie) Supernatural [CW] 0.6 (July 31)

Source: Nielsen Media Research

SFTV Ratings: July 17-23

Davodd — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:17:11 +0000

Following are the ratings for speculative fiction shows that aired on the broadcast networks last week (all shows were in repeat except for NBC’s Fear Itself):

SHOW | [NETWORK] | Rating (Air Date)

1. Ghost Whisperer [CBS] 1.3 (July 18)
2. Freaky Friday [ABC] 0.9 (July 19)
3. Fear Itself [NBC] 1.0 (July 17) [NEW EPISODE]
4. Smallville [CW] 0.6 (July 17)
4. Eli Stone [ABC] 0.6 (July 19)
6. Supernatural [CW] 0.5 (July 17)

Source: Nielsen Media Research