David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. Paranormally low ratings for NBC
You know that sci-fi-themed Monday night that looked like a decent bet for NBC as the fall season kicked off? Eh, not so much.
“Chuck” hit series ratings lows Monday – so much for disheartened “Prison Break” fans heading over to the show en masse – and even “Heroes” is gasping for air, luring a mere 10.7 million viewers, which may be an all-time low for it. As for “Journeyman,” buy him a one-way ticket to the past; he’s done: 6.28m viewers, almost bad enough to make one nostalgic for the 7+m “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” routinely got.
But there’s some good news: “Samantha Who?” did just as well in its second outing as it did in the first, with 14.35m viewers, retaining an acceptable chunk of its “Dancing with the Stars” lead-in. (Who’s gonna go with the gimme-some-sympathy feint and faint on the show next week?) It’s the only new show to manage that feat, and though a lot of people are dismissing it as a hit only because of its timeslot (hey, “Big Shots” isn’t retaining its “Grey’s Anatomy” lead-in), it’s so far the highest-rated new show of the year. How it fares once “DWTS” goes away will, of course, be a crucial indicator of its longterm viability. But I find Ms. Applegate and her cast funny and the writing thusfar amusing, so maybe it can survive.
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It's not fair to just bash nbc's monday line-up. They can't do anything about it, because their ENTIRE schedule is blowing. Studio 60 always placed 2nd in its timeslot, something nbc would kill for this year. With two shows, Deal and L&O:SVU, only winning time slots and still the network comes in third on those nights overall! You can't expect them to cancel every show that finishes third or fourth, because it would be everything else. What should be expected is GE to sell the bottom feeder.
Posted by: segsig | October 25, 2007 7:01 AM