Final 2009-10 Season Network Rankings

COMMENTS (15)

• Didn’t I read somewhere that Univision figures into this? In L.A. they beat all the “major” networks? Just curious. Seems silly not to see the real ratings if other stations rank higher.

  Comment by MDE — Thursday May 27, 2010 @ 3:31pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I wouldn’t want to work for, nor do I work for any of the networks. With that said, I predict that NBC might have a huge hit on its hands with The Event. Those who have seen the pilot give it rave reviews. It also has a great cast with Blair Underwood, Jason Ritter (who was great as Ambers teacher on Parenthood), Laura Innes, Scott Patterson, Zeljko Ivanek and Bill Smitrovich. I think it will be a huge hit next year. Why do I say this? Because it’s a huge topic on Twitter right now. Of all the new shows, The Event has the most tweets with over 4,000. The show that comes closest is Stuff My Dad Says. Don’t underestimate the power of Twitter. Undercovers could also prove to be a huge hit because A) Its in a great timeslot B) JJ Abrams has a huge fanbase C) Undercovers is probably just as good as your average USA Network show, which is a good sign.

  Comment by Paul — Thursday May 27, 2010 @ 3:53pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • you have been posting some version of this same point all over this site for the past three weeks. we got it: nbc’s development is just like usa’s. nbc is going to be very successful. ‘the event’ is going to be amazing. nbc, nbc, nbc…

    it was credible the first three times. the last seven, not so much.

    Comment by ccl — Thursday May 27, 2010 @ 4:54pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Calm down Skippy. I agree that the show looks good but nothing kills a good show like unrealized expecations. Remember all the online buzz for “Snakes on a Plane”? And we all remember what happened with that.

    A high percentage of women will be watching Dancing with the Stars and a high percentage of men will be watching Monday Night Football, and many may be watching both. We still have that comedy block on CBS which leads into Hawaii Five-O. And “The Event”‘s lead-in is Chuck, which is not a strong show.

    To be honest, I know many people – myself included – who didn’t watch Chuck this season as we thought it was not going to be renewed since it was nearly canceled last year.

    Bottom line, we’ll see. But don’t rely on Twitter to state which shows will be huge. It’s hardly scientific.

    Comment by Jackie Venice — Thursday May 27, 2010 @ 5:00pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Surprised to see ABC’s almost equal with NBC in the ratings. And yes, Univision trounces CW regularly and sometimes some of the Big 4′s shows.

  Comment by Jerms — Thursday May 27, 2010 @ 3:55pm PDT  Reply to this post

• So, the CW isn’t dead yet.

  Comment by Tyler — Thursday May 27, 2010 @ 3:58pm PDT  Reply to this post

• BLAME KIMMEL!! ABC, TIME TO GET RID OF THAT CANCER IN THE CLUBHOUSE!!!

  Comment by ffffffffft — Thursday May 27, 2010 @ 4:14pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • hey moron, Kimmel isn’t in prime time so it doesn’t have anything to do with the ratings average.

    Comment by you are an idiot — Thursday May 27, 2010 @ 6:10pm PDT  Reply to this post

• It looks to me like ABC isn’t doing much better than NBC! I hope this year sees NBC jump up to 3rd place!

  Comment by austin — Thursday May 27, 2010 @ 4:24pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Austin, I think NBC could very well find itself in 3rd place. Why? Because their pilots are quite good, especially The Event and Undercovers. Undercovers is a USA style show and that will work for NBC.

  Comment by Jim — Thursday May 27, 2010 @ 5:51pm PDT  Reply to this post

• ABC gets a boost from sports by airing football on Saturday nights, easily tripling what any other net gets that night every week through the fall.

  Comment by Jane — Thursday May 27, 2010 @ 6:22pm PDT  Reply to this post

• From Fox’s press release celebrating their 6th straight win.

  “FOX’s median age of 44 for regular programming is the youngest of the four major broadcast networks – four years younger than the second-youngest network, NBC; six years younger than ABC; and 10 years younger than CBS.”

  CBS may still dominate but they’re still the oldest network.

  Comment by Chris Shifty — Thursday May 27, 2010 @ 11:26pm PDT  Reply to this post

• CCL wrote, “you have been posting some version of this same point all over this site for the past three weeks.”

  Um, no Ive never posted here in my life. Now, there are other people that have made the same points that I was making, but they’re different people. They’re not me.

  Comment by Paul — Friday May 28, 2010 @ 3:43am PDT  Reply to this post

  • “Um, no Ive never posted here in my life. Now, there are other people that have made the same points that I was making, but they’re different people. They’re not me.”

    Part of the same NBC flack team, maybe??”

    Comment by justaguy — Friday May 28, 2010 @ 6:16pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I suspect that in Miami, Univision probably was also numero uno.

  Comment by Joseph — Friday May 28, 2010 @ 12:04pm PDT  Reply to this post