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With NBC’s Sunday Night Football ending its season last week and Fox getting a massive NFL Wild Card runover, Fox posted its first Sunday ratings victory this season highlighted by the strong premiere of new animated comedy Bob’s Burgers. Bob’s Burgers (4.5/11 in adults 18-49) was sandwiched between The Simpsons (5.7/14) and Family Guy (4.7/11). With the NFL overrun (13.0/34) and overtime (11.0/28) as a lead-in, The Simpsons, Family Guys as well as Cleveland (3.5/8), in its new post-Family Guy slot, hit season highs, and Bob’s Burgers delivered the highest-rated new series debut on any network this season in the 18-49 demo.
Following a two-hour Dateline (1.1/3), which was down 21% from its comparable telecast last January but built 114% from 7 to 9:30 PM, the two-hour preview of new drama The Cape drew a 2.6/6 in 18-49, a non-spectacular but solid opening, keeping steady throughout the 9-11Pm period and finishing second in the male demographics. At 10 PM, The Cape ranked first in 18-49.
ABC’s America’s Funniest Home Videos (1.8/5) was down 14% from last week; Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2.6/6) was down 4%; Desperate Housewives (3.8/9) and Brothers & Sisters (2.3/6) were flat.
CBS’ 60 Minutes (1.6/4) was down 24%; CSI: Miami (2.5/6) was up 14% as it is settling in the new 8 PM slots and benefited from the departure of football from Sunday’s primetime; Undercover Boss (3.0/7) was flat. A Criminal Minds rerun (1.8/5) aired at 10 PM.
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Fox def should be embarrassed that they actually aired Bob’s burgers.Google the show and the internet is littered with displeased viewers. That show is one of the worst they have ever put on.
All those cartoons are terrible. Family Guy has some periodic funny moments. Cleveland is terrible. Bob’s Burgers was terrible. Simpsons – much respect, but the show ended 10 years ago.
It all feels like fast food – temporarily okay, but in the long run Fox is taking themselves out of the game. All the animation and mugging for the camera. No one takes them seriously as a real network so all their other shows (with the exception of Glee) suffer for it.
100% agreed. I didn’t even watch half before turning it off. I would so rather see Running Wilde return rather than ever see Bob’s Burgers ever again.
Oh really? I thought it was funny and the ratings show a good retention from The Simpsons… Family Guy didn’t score that much better either. Next week will show whether people liked it.
you must work at FOX. As long as “Bob’s is sandwiched in between the two most successful cartoons in history it will carry a halway decent number. But you can sure bet that none of the advertising is being seen , because people walk out of the room. That’s possibly the weakest writing for a primetime show ever. From animation to “Life Of Tim’s” voice (no one liked it on HBO, no one likes it on Fox) in combination with horrible writing, this will be a disaster. You will really find out when the thing sales 6 dvd’s the first year it’s out.
Bob’s Burgers was truly horremdous.
Just wait till next week when the Cape becomes The Gape… as in the gaping hole in viewership.
WOW,
I loved every minute of the Cape. Had elements of Batman Begins and loved the Carnival stuff.
Summer Glau ( the great Firefly alum) was excellent.
This show on Monday night with Chuck will do very well.
Good job NBC, finally.
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Bobs Burger’s- Am I 12 years old, seriously. Fox enough of the cartoons. Great some real programming.
I think the only way Fringe would survive on Fox is if it were a cartoon. I joke, but it seems like Sunday night for FOX is six hours of animation. The Cape is going to be an epic fail.
“Enough with the cartoons?” Apparently you have no concept of what people watch in this country. Bob’s Burgers has A LOT of potential…laughed out loud many times during last night’s episode, which almost never happens with new comedies, esp in a pilot. I can’t wait to sit down with my entire family and watch it every week.
Please share whatever pharmaceuticals you’re taking with the rest of the class.
The Cape was a painfully horrid, mind-numbingly stupid, coma-inducingly boring, eye-rollingly cliche-ridden, profoundly witless, screen-suckingly ugly mess.
Did NBC learn nothing from Heroes? (Or the trainwreck that is The Event?)
Hard to believe this is the same network that was once home to great award-winning hit dramas. Save us, Greenblatt!
Watching The Cape is a slappable offense.
I think The Cape looks quite promising, there’s nothing else quite like it on TV right now, and it breezed into my living room like a breath of fresh air. Kudos to The Cape!
“…it breezed into my living room like a breath of fresh air.”
Dude, that wasn’t a breeze, it was a fart. From NBC. Part of their new “Smellivision” line-up.
The Cape was fucking HORRIBLE. Boring at minute 2, predictable by minute 6, and completely unwatchable by minute 10.
I was actually pleasantly surprised by Bobs Burgers. I still watch The Simpsons and Family Guy, but I have hated every newer animated show, like American Dad and Cleveland, that Fox has put out. Bobs Burgers was a breath of fresh air compared to those shows. The guy who does Bobs voice is hilarious, I loved him on Home Movies, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Family Guy.
I hope people give this a chance because I see greatness in it. I also saw greatness in the blunt I smoked before I watched the show, so that may have been a factor, but still, it’s a good show.
Maybe they should have tried casting an American to play an American. Is there a shortage of American actors (WTF)?
Seriously, “The Cape” sounds like Paul Hogan speaking through a vocoder. Could’ve cast a better leading man by throwing darts at Cybex bros at the Equinox in Westwood.
I haven’t been this excited about not watching a show in a very long time.
I planned my entire weekend around not watching “The Cape.
I plan to do the same thing this weekend with “The Dilemma”
Bob’s was great. Do you not like laughing? Haters seriously get a life.
reality check there are more haters than people who like the show and I prefer intelligent humor not this half attempted abortion that this show is
I must be missing something, because I couldn’t stop laughing watching Bob’s Burgers. I can see how people didn’t find it funny, though, those people probably need to be hit over the head with terrible punchlines rather than rapid fire sarcastic dialogue.
If you can’t laugh at a sadistic health inspector with a crush on the wife of the owner putting up a sticker labeling the burger joint as violating health codes because they’re serving human meat based on a throwaway joke by the owner’s attention-starved daughter…well, my condolences.
I’m a fan of animation in general, either on Adult Swim, Comedy Central, FOX and so on. I love Bob’s Burgers: it’s funny and it’s different. Can’t wait to see how the rest of the season plays out- the first episode was hilarious.
Haven’t seen The Cape yet, is it about Cape Cod?
No, it’s about the city in South Africa
I thought “Bob’s Burgers” was great, but few care what I think.
“Bob’s Burgers” is interesting because it is under an AFTRA contract.
AFTRA is the actors union that actors don’t want. Actors want SAG.
For those that don’t know; AFTRA is a jurisdiction raiding scumbag union. AFTRA only has jurisdiction over “live” shows. An animated show can never be live, that’s why there has never been a prime time animated show under AFTRA jurisdiction, until “Bob’s Burgers”. Every other prime time animated show is SAG. AFTRA is raiding SAG jurisdiction and the current SAG leadership is doing nothing.
I care what Alex thinks! And I thought Bob’s Burgers was pretty funny. Will watch again.
I also do not understand all the Bob’s Burgers’ hate. I was expecting the show to be bad, but was blown away by how funny it actually turned out to be. I think the first episode had strong writing and I look forward to the rest of the season.
Bob’s Burgers is awesome!
Bob’s Burger. Well, what to say. For all of you who do think it’s funny, I do sincerely hope that you get over that trauma done to your brain, cause by a blunt object.
Cheers.
Bob’s Burgers is a gem! Refreshingly different from the shows it’s sandwiched between. It’s wry offbeat humor, hilarious characters, awesome voice acting and sharp writing fits perfectly into the Sunday night lineup. A vast improvement over American Dad. Looking forward to many more seasons of laughter!
Go Bob!
+1 for Bob’s Burgers. I really liked it!