Post by Meg on Jul 23, 2008 14:24:17 GMT
* HSM: Get in the Picture aside, this summer has been about good ratings more than bad. Even baseball got in the swing of things. The 2008 All-Star Game (first place, 14.5 million) scored Fox its biggest midsummer audience since 2002. In cable, ESPN ruled with coverage of the Josh Hamilton show, otherwise known as the Home Run Derby (9.1 million).
* Airing opposite the baseball game, ABC's Wipeout (seventh place, 8.7 million) took a tumble but stayed strong in the 18-to-49 demographic, where it was second.
* NBC's America's Got Talent (second place, 12.8 million) does not tumble, baseball or no.
* CBS is promoting its summertime cop show Flashpoint (18th place, 7.1 million) from Fridays to Thursdays.
* ABC's The Mole (92nd place, 2.9 million for its first episode; 75th place, 3.6 million for its second) is going nowhere.
* In cable, it was almost all about USA's hourlong shows: Monk (5.6 million); Psych (4.9 million); Burn Notice (4.87 million); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (4.8 million); and In Plain Sight (4.7 million).
* TNT would like to think it was all about their hourlong shows: The top-rated The Closer (7.8 million) and Saving Grace (5.2 million).
* The third-season finale of Nickelodeon's Avatar went out in record fashion, averaging 5.6 million, a series high, and dominating Saturday with its two-hour closer called Sozins Comet.
* Bravo's Project Runway (2.9 million) looked ever fashionable in its fifth-season premiere, but the Food Network's The Next Food Network Star drew the biggest reality-show audience (3.2 million).
* ESPN's ESPY Awards broadcast (3.3 million) was up 18 percent from last year.
In the network races, baseball led Fox to wins as the most-watched network (7.1 million) and the highest-rated one among young adults.
In cable, USA (3 million) held the prime-time advantage over Disney (2.4 million) and TNT (2.3 million).
Here's a look at the 10 most-watched broadcast network prime-time shows for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen Media Research:
1. MLB All-Star Game, Fox, 14.5 million viewers
2. America's Got Talent, NBC, 12.8 million viewers
3. MLB All-Star Game Pregame, Fox, 10.4 million viewers
4. Criminal Minds, CBS, 9.3 million viewers
5. So You Think You Can Dance (Wednesday), Fox, 9 million viewers
6. CSI, CBS, 8.9 million viewers
7. Wipeout, ABC, 8.7 million viewers
8. CSI: NY, CBS, 8.6 million viewers
9. So You Think You Can Dance (Thursday), Fox, 8.4 million viewers
10. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 8.39 million viewers
* Airing opposite the baseball game, ABC's Wipeout (seventh place, 8.7 million) took a tumble but stayed strong in the 18-to-49 demographic, where it was second.
* NBC's America's Got Talent (second place, 12.8 million) does not tumble, baseball or no.
* CBS is promoting its summertime cop show Flashpoint (18th place, 7.1 million) from Fridays to Thursdays.
* ABC's The Mole (92nd place, 2.9 million for its first episode; 75th place, 3.6 million for its second) is going nowhere.
* In cable, it was almost all about USA's hourlong shows: Monk (5.6 million); Psych (4.9 million); Burn Notice (4.87 million); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (4.8 million); and In Plain Sight (4.7 million).
* TNT would like to think it was all about their hourlong shows: The top-rated The Closer (7.8 million) and Saving Grace (5.2 million).
* The third-season finale of Nickelodeon's Avatar went out in record fashion, averaging 5.6 million, a series high, and dominating Saturday with its two-hour closer called Sozins Comet.
* Bravo's Project Runway (2.9 million) looked ever fashionable in its fifth-season premiere, but the Food Network's The Next Food Network Star drew the biggest reality-show audience (3.2 million).
* ESPN's ESPY Awards broadcast (3.3 million) was up 18 percent from last year.
In the network races, baseball led Fox to wins as the most-watched network (7.1 million) and the highest-rated one among young adults.
In cable, USA (3 million) held the prime-time advantage over Disney (2.4 million) and TNT (2.3 million).
Here's a look at the 10 most-watched broadcast network prime-time shows for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen Media Research:
1. MLB All-Star Game, Fox, 14.5 million viewers
2. America's Got Talent, NBC, 12.8 million viewers
3. MLB All-Star Game Pregame, Fox, 10.4 million viewers
4. Criminal Minds, CBS, 9.3 million viewers
5. So You Think You Can Dance (Wednesday), Fox, 9 million viewers
6. CSI, CBS, 8.9 million viewers
7. Wipeout, ABC, 8.7 million viewers
8. CSI: NY, CBS, 8.6 million viewers
9. So You Think You Can Dance (Thursday), Fox, 8.4 million viewers
10. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 8.39 million viewers
