Monday Monday, can't trust that day
Pretty much a bloodbath in the ratings last night, as MediaWeek ratings guru Marc Berman calls no fewer than six shows "losers."
It was all about "Dancing with the Stars," which bulldozed the competition with 19.28m viewers and a hefty No. 1 in the 18-49 demo. (I'm going to quit explaining that from here on out.) But at 10 p.m., "Boston Legal" chased away half that audience - there's your first loser.
("Boy is there egg on our faces! Ha, ha - get it? Because we tanked in the ratings and we're dressed like birds? Ha, ha, ha - oh, never mind.")
CBS did OK, with "Big Bang Theory" (8.7m), "How I Met Your Mother" (8.8m), "2.5 Men" (13.76m) and "CSI: Miami" (14.07m). "Worst Week" won't have many more of them in the future, as it squandered nearly 4.5 million viewers from it's "2.5 Men" lead-in and had lower numbers in the 18-49 demo than "Big Bang" and "Met Your Mother," even though it had more viewers. There's your second loser.
NBC glumly provides us with losers three and four: Its relaunches of "Chuck" (6.2m) and "Life" (6.9m) were (insert grisly launching-pad metaphor here). (Previously, NBC had announced it was picking up "Chuck" for the entire season. Wonder if they'll remain good on that promise.) And "Heroes" has lost its super powers, managing only 9.3m viewers, a precipitous drop from last season, though Mr. Berman thoughtfully kept if off the loser list.
Fox rounds out our parade of failure, with "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" (5.3m) and "Prison Break" (5.2m). Mr. Berman cuts The CW some slack, apparently because they kvetch when he labels their shows losers, but "Gossip Girl" and "One Tree Hill" had more than 3m viewers apiece, which is good by their standards.
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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.
Ya know ratings are flawed, though, considering the bottom line and the Internet.
I work nights and have no DVR (and finding blank VHS tapes is not as easy or cost-effective as it used to be). So, much of my viewing is on the Internet. I watched "Heroes" on Tuesday morning on Hulu.com, and had previously watched the "Chuck" and "Life" premieres last week on Hulu, and I bet a lot of others had as well.
Why should we continue to use a now antiquated system to judge a show's success?