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The big Monday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants on ESPN had an impact on the broadcast networks last night, with male-skewing shows down across the board, including series lows for recently renewed freshmen The Event, Chase and Hawaii Five-0, while female-friendly fare did just fine, with ABC’s Dancing with the Stars up week-to-week and CW’s 90210, scoring its most watched episode of the season. As for MNF, it drew a 12.3 metered market rating, its best this fall, peaking at 10 PM when it was up 93% from last week’s game.
Dancing (4.2/11) was up 5%, while Castle (3.0/8) posted another fast national inflated by a Dancing overrun. Expect Castle to go down by a couple of notches and Dancing to possibly go up a tenth in the finals.
Some disturbingly low numbers for NBC, whose Monday night is unraveling. At 2.0/5 The Event, which was down 9%, actually ranked as the network’s highest-rated telecast last night, ahead of Chuck (1.9/5), which was flat in 18-49 and saw an uptick in total viewers, and Chase (1.3/4), which was down a steep 19% to ratings levels that doomed fellow newcomers Lone Star, My Generation and The Whole Truth. Both The Event and Chase hit series lows.
CBS’ lineup was solid under the circumstances. How I Met Your Mother (3.2/9), Rules of Engagement (2.9/8) and Two and a Half Men (4.3/11) all matched their fast national numbers from last week. (HIMYM and Men went up a tenth in the finals and will probably to do so again today.) Nice bump for new comedy Mike & Molly (3.6/9), which was up .2 from its fast national number last week (.1 from its final rating), improving its Men lead-in retention to 84%. Hawaii Five-0 (2.8/7) was down a tenth from last week to a series low. It currently runs behind Castle at 10 PM in 18-49 and total viewers but will probably pull at least even in the finals.
With a House rerun (1.4/4) instead of an original as a lead-in last night, Fox’s Lie to Me (1.5/4) fell sharply, by 21%.
CW’s 90210 (2.0 million, 1.3/4 in 18-34) scored a season high in total viewers and matched season highs in the key demos. At 9 PM, Gossip Girl (1.9 million, 1.4/4 in 18-34) dipped in total viewers but built in 18-34 to help CW log its most watched Monday of the season.
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I’m sure CBS must be disappointed with H50. It hasn’t stopped dropping since week one.
CBS can’t be too disappointed since it hasn’t fallen below 10 million viewers each week. Also for the first 3 airings of the season it added 3 million viewers each airing with DVR.
Hardly a flop or cause for concern.
DVR totals mean absolutely nothing to advertisers. Networks just use DVR figures for press releases. H50 is getting dangerously close to becoming a bubble show.
DVR numbers mean nothing. Adverstisers don’t pay for those. Just press releases for the networks trying to hide real numbers.
After the hype expectations for this remake and the over expensive pilot and crazy promotion , I say CBS has to be very disappointed.
That a little show as Castle is winning the big Hawaii five-O is a big embarassment for CBS.
Hawaii was chosen to be the biggest hit in TV and it is down to a 2.8 demo and 10 million viewers. That’s no good for CBS.
DVR numbers DO mean something, because a full 25% of people who watch DVR’d shows don’t fast forward through the commercials. Advertisers care about that.
No they don’t. That is why they pay nothing for those dvr viewers.
I’m loving Hawaii Five 0 but if CBS was really smart, they would have brought back Moonlight.
Oh my god. Give it up already with the Moonlight crap.
Basically ‘Chuck’ has become the only ‘solid’ performer for the NBC these days. It pulls in the same 1.9 rating all the time. That’s sad. It’s makes me sad to see shows dropping so low. And H-5-0 is really skewing increasingly older. No 10pm show managed a 3 in the demo last week right?
I doubt any of these shows’s ratings will go up once the football season is over. I wonder if NBC may consider a female skewing schedule Monday night come January with ‘Love Bites’.
>That’s sad. It’s makes me sad to see shows dropping so low.
But why? I mean it’s bad news for the network’s finances but it’s actually great news for all viewers, because shows like Chuck or The Event would have long been cancelled a few years ago and now we can still watch them.
So unless you are working at one of the network I really can’t see why this would make you sad? The lower the averages fall, the more chance for shows to stay on the air with consistent but low ratings like Chuck…
But does anyone really want to watch The Event? The show is a trainwreck at a snail’s pace. It is a pain to sit through. Every episode seems pointless. The plot doesn’t seem to progress at all. I’m pretty sure the entire series could have been told in a 6-10 episode miniseries. I honestly don’t see how there could be a second season of this. It doesn’t seem to go anywhere and the mystery is gone with the revelation that they’re aliens. I bet once its all said and done, the twist will be that they were the ones to create bring the human race to earth or something equally as ridiculous. Its a disaster of a show. Far from a Lost or FlashForward in terms of story and talent.
The problem with Chase is that it isnt ‘female skewing’. Gal-with-a-badge just doesnt hold the mainstream female audience – get a sense of what they are reading and you get a sense of what they are watching. And head-to-head with H50, is a no-brainer – large, intricate cast, humor, Hawaii for crying out loud and what can Chase throw down against that?
The season-long renewal for “Chase” is already haunting NBC. This is worse than what local TV stations were getting as lead-ins for their late news from “The Jay Leno Show.” And yet they’ve agreed to give this a full 22-episode run – unbelievable. Keep crushing the peacock, Zucker!
NBC shows are just not that popular, that is the simple fact. The Event is the only show that increases big time when DVR is factored in but even with those numbers NBC execs must be very unhappy. Unless you have a really good serialized drama it will not work, and the Event is anything but good, borderline cartoonish if you ask me.
And yet another indication that execs are not doing a good job over at NBC, why, oh why would they renew the super awful Chase. It’s not even an inhouse produced show, so they have nothing to gain from this freaking low numbers. Very very perplexing, but that is NBC for you nowadays.
The reason they renewed Chase is because the actors and story lines are a lot better than H5-0. I believe that Chase is only going to get better and better, while H5-0 goes down. Chase has a lot more going for them than a beach and bikini’s. Kelli Giddish (Annie) and Rose Rollins (Daisy) are two Hot U.S. Marshals kicking ass and taking names and of course my wife and daughter think the guys are hot as well. So keep up the good work Chase. Congrats on the Back 9 order. Hope you guys stick around for years like Walker, Texas Ranger!
Agreed Chase is better than its numbers. I wonder how much is lost due to auds tuning out of god-awful The Event halfway through?
whole heartedly agree. The only reason I watch The Event is because its sandwiched between Chuck and Chase. Had it been Undercovers, The Event, then LOLA, I would ignore that entire night of programming on NBC. Chase needs to be moved to the Wednesday 8 PM slot before SVU. Put Undercovers after the Event or after Chuck.
I too was glad Chase got a back 9. Even with the ratings being low its still a good show. Too bad more haven’t caught on to that fact. I’m going to enjoy it for as long as its here…
Christmas came early for Mr. Sheen and one wonders what CBS will do with it’s elephant-in-the-family-room this time. Oct. 25th show was the rock bottom, Sheen looked terrible, his close-up days are over, and on TV, close-ups are all there is.
Does anyone here have a problem with the “Hawaii Five-0″ picture or production values? The colors are so artificial and contrasty. There is absolutely no shadow detail and all the highlights are blown out. Compared to “Lost”, the last big show shot in Hawaii, the pictures is horrible. I realize they are going for a stylized look but its not working. What type of digital camera do they use?
Looks good to me. One the things that I really love about the show is the photography and editing. It’s vibrant and brave. They’re getting some stunning shots too.
the whole show looks like a series of stock shots put together by the Hawaii Tourism Board.
I totally agree…hicon blown-out cinematography is completely unnecessary with a naturally beautiful location
like Hawaii…as the original series understood very well.
Bad dialogue, shitty camerawork and tendancies towards
torture porn make what should be CBS’ keynote “class”
show into another wannabee.
Chase, just go away already. No one wants you around, that is clear.
I want Chase to stay around as long as Walker did. It’s a whole lot better show than H5-0. The only thing H5-0 has going for them is Hawaii and bikini’s.
The Event is getting worse by the week. It’s getting grayer and uglier by the episode, and it was a gray and ugly show to start with.
I agree. As a show, it just doesn’t have any charisma, any punch. Same goes for the actors in the charisma department. With such a huge ensemble, I have yet to see it produce a character that is recognizable on a magazine cover as “Ooh! That guy/girl from The Event!”
I satisfied my guiltily pleasure & my libido and made it a 90210 night. The gay story line is surprisingly well done.
h5-0 could have been so much better…too much banter between the leads and cann is just horrible..what were they thinking casting him? i cant believe i am saying this but yes 90210 is excellent this season…they really got their act together.
You mean… what were they thinking when they cast Alex O as the leading man??? Caan is the best part of the show. No way can Alex O carry a show.
In response to Chaser: Every show that’s cancelled results in up to 300 lost jobs. Most of whom are just people working their asses off paycheck to paycheck, trying to keep their heads above water in this terrible economy. Don’t be so flippin’ blase…
And a new show will do just the same thing. That is not an excuse to keep a poorly rated and poorly written show on the air.
Someone said that Hawaii 5-0 was just another CBS procedural this time set in Hawaii. They were exactly right.
Networks think that a big dumb show with explosions and girls in bikinis like Hawaii 5-0 is going to get big numbers. It’s not the 80′s anymore and people have a lot of other entertainment options. You don’t need a huge budget with tons of special effects, you need good writing. Shows like Mad Men are successful because of high quality storytelling and acting. Network writers are horrible, that’s one of the main reasons for network TV’s woes.
Bill H, i couldn’t agree more. There’s a real problem when Networks reward the persistent, charismatic “business-type” show-runners/co-eps who are more akin to development execs, than actual writers. Network TV is just too fast a production cycle to deal with that kind of mediocrity & decision making. Whereas writers with a real handle on story telling, etc, are either pushed to cable, or hammered away and re-written with ham-fisted notes from essentially glorified marketing execs. It’s really a top-down issue–if both the Network execs AND Show-runner/co-eps don’t know good writing & story when they see it, they are lost regardless (or despite!) of the writers they hire.
I totally agree with Bill H. It’s the writing that makes a show, not gimmicks. Next, good actors. The “suits” only care about $$$, not the “art” of good television. If creative people were allowed to “create” and not be extinguished by banal, insipid “suits” television and all media would benefit and we the audiences would be GLAD! “Mad Men”, “Breaking Bad”, “Damages”, “The Shield”, “Carnivale”, to name a few current and gone, all had excellent writing and excellent acting – an unbeatable combination.
One thing I rarely see discussed is the fact that the SAME actors are used over and over again. Surely there are some “newcomers” that need a break. The “suits” never think about the fact that some audiences don’t watch a show because they are tired of seeing that actor(s) over and over again and they don’t like they’re work or are simply tired of seeing them. For example, I don’t watch “Castle” or “H5O” (and I tried) because I’m tired of seeing the same actors and characters over and over again and I’m tired of the “camp” and banter – I want real DRAMA!!! Not a wad of cutesy camp. Thanks for the vent.
They better not cancel or shorten The Event or I will never watch another one of these long-form stories its first season again. I’ve been burned too many times.
I think CBS were trying to get some ‘strange colour signature’ like CSI:Miami and that show’s characters look like someone forgot them in the Microwave for too long. How dumb that CBS couldn’t have used the location for a better picture.
Comparing this to LOST you see how blockbuster that dearly departed show was.
I am not surprised Hawaii Five-O is losing viewers each week. The writing is crap and the acting is horrible. Generic, Predictable and boring. The only good thing there is Scott, I hope Scott Cann to get a good role after Hawaii is canceled. He is a real good actor.
I agree. I think it’s Caan that’s the up and coming actor…not Alex O.
I’ll give it a plus one on predictability. I randomly watched last night and knew exactly who the murderer was the second he showed up on the screen – then it was just a question of when the characters would catch up to what the audience already knows. Bad, bad. Hawaii or not, it’s just another crappy CBS procedural with no real characters, or background, or whatever. But enough people seem to watch that kind of stuff.
Well DVR numbers “may mean nothing”, but do people who say that ACTUALLY work in television. Sure it isn’t great for advertisers. But a 3 million a week DVR bump bodes well for DVD sales. DVD sales brought Family Guy back to life.
Also each week there is a fluctuation with the demo rating so far because Monday is competitive, Dancing is Huge so Castle will benefit. Football takes eyes away. Lets see when shows settle in how the ratings look.
Finally, I do not work for CBS, but for another network. The networks look at every revenue possibility for each show. I doubt H-50 is in serious trouble yet. It seems people hate the show solely because it’s a remake. It’s not Mad Men or The Wire or Lost, but it’s an effective hour of brainless TV I’m sure my network would love to have now.
I have yet to stay awake for an entire episode of H5O save for the pilot, which I just willed myself to sit through. I don’t why, it just puts me to sleep.
And when I say, “I don’t know why,” what I mean is: is this show really that much worse than all the other CBS procedurals? On paper, the casting, the writing, the “look,” the stories – all right in line with all their other shows, especially their recent shows.
Is Alex O’Loughlin really that much worse than Thomas Gibson? Is Scott Caan that much worse than Donnie Walhberg? Is Grace Park that much worse than Jorja Fox? Are the episode storylines that much worse than any of their other shows? I mean honestly, is NCIS:LA really a better show?
Yes, something about H5O just works better than Ambien…
Wow — someone actually thinks Scott Cann is a “good actor”? Come on. He’s OK at best. Where he is ’cause of his father and he looks good with his shirt off…which then I have to ask, why don’t they have him with his shirt off AT ALL? The show would be much more watchable if he did more surfing — with his kit off!!! Speaking of which, is the torn ACL script line just that or did he tear it in real life? Just saying, and asking.
The Event is getting buried under it’s own weight with sloppy writing and (really) bad plot holes.
1. I hope someone someday realizes that Alex O’Loughlin, though decent looking and a competent actor, can’t carry a show. The new version of McGarrett isn’t a leader. Scott Caan is actually carrying that show.
2. I find Chase uninteresting because it’s too focused on the procedural, and is humorless. I’m really not interested in the nuts-&-bolts of how they catch the new bad guy every week. I might be interested in a female Walker, Texas Ranger.
3. The Event — no one to root for. No one central, compelling star. Tired premise (“aliens live among us” — as if all of Southern California doesn’t already know that).
THE EVENT ain’t LOST, but it holds my attention. I agree that it should look less bleak and gray, though! (And it better explain soon why the aliens couldn’t wormhole themselves out of that Alaskan prison sometime during the past 60+ years.)
Bless me father for I have sinned… Since I’m not the only one on here saying so, YES I enjoy 90210 also. This season has brought it. It was the gay story line that reeled me in and the gorgeous guy playing the role that kept me. Alas I am not a full fledged watcher yet, I am a sub-viewer. I DVR still. Let’s take baby steps CW.
It’s so frustrating that NBC will not move any show to save it– if it’s not working or dropping in the ratings, it has to do something right away — especially with the serialized the event, which is a good show but is in such a difficult time slot — Why can’t they move it to Wed or Thursdays at 10? It is simply killing it, just as NBC effectively killed Heroes and refuses to allow Chuck to grow on another night.