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This is what a long hiatus could do to a network’s lineup. Fox’s Sunday comedy block posted across-the-board double-digit ratings declines last night in its return from a month-long break for baseball coverage. The comedies dropped despite following an NFL overrun last night vs. a Simpsons rerun in their last outing four weeks ago. For The Cleveland Show (1.9/5 in adults 18-49), the hiatus came right after its Oct. 7 season premiere. In its second airing for the season, the animated comedy last night was down 14% from its opener. The Simpsons (2.6/6) was down 16% from four weeks ago, Bob’s Burgers (1.8/4) down 22%, Family Guy (2.5/6) down 26% and American Dad (1.9/4) down 27%.
ABC’s Once Upon A Time (3.5/8) climbed another tenth in 18-49 from last Sunday to post its third straight week of ratings gains and finish again as the highest-rated drama of the week in Live+Same Day. ABC also got good news at 7 PM where veteran America’s Funniest Home Videos (1.7/4) was solid, up a tenth (31%) for a second consecutive week-to-week ratings increase and a season high. But Revenge (2.6/6) shed another tenth as it continued its slide. And freshman 666 Park Avenue (1.4/4), whose fate is about to be decided shortly as it doesn’t have a back episodic order, didn’t help its cause, down 13% from last week to a series low. With one exception, the spooky drama has declined every week since its debut to tie 23-year-old AFHV that airs in the low-rent 7 PM hour last night.
CBS’ primetime started at 7:30 PM per the network’s new policy on NFL doubleheader Sundays. Boosted by an overrun, 60 Minutes (3.8/10) was up 124% from last week when it didn’t get a football lead-in. The Amazing Race (2.5/6) was flat, while The Good Wife (1.7/4) slipped another tenth to tie a series low. Meanwhile, The Mentalist (1.9/5) climbed for a second consecutive week, up 6%.
NBC again won the night with Sunday Night Football. The Cowboys-Falcons game drew a 14.6/23 in the metered-market households, a five-week high.
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So how/why does Good Wife stay on the air? I mean I love the show but I’m sure that show is not cheap and the ratings are a mess.
In a word….Demographics.
The show probably draws is one the highest skewing for high income households of any network show. (Legal shows tend to draw viewers in the legal field in the same way that ER used to draw audiences working in the medical field).
This is typically a hard to reach demographic, and advertisers are willing to pay a premium to capture these eyeballs. Remember te extended-length premier of the Cartier commercial earlier this year on TGW?
“The Good Wife” is on the wrong night. It’s cerebral and somewhat serialized. It was better off on Tuesdays and even that was the wrong night for it. It should really be pared with “Person of Interest” on Thursday nights at 10pm.
“Hawaii Five-O” would flow better from “Amazing Race” at 8pm to “The Mentalist” at 10pm on Sundays. Move “Elementary” to Monday nights after the comedy lineup.
My only problem with my suggestion is that “The Good Wife” would air against “Scandal” on ABC and both shows may have overlapping audiences which could cannibalized both. Fortunately, we have DVR and the Hulu.
Because GW is the best drama on Network Television. Or was. The quality of story lines have been down since the beginning of season three.
But it’s still one of the best shows the networks have to offer.
my fix for scheduling
ABC
Nashville should really be on a Sunday (I mean c’mon!) . ABC’s schedule should be
OUAT
NASHVILLE
REVENGE
Last Resort should be on a Wednesday post Modern Fam/ Suburgatory
CBS needs to move the Good Wife Back to Wednesday
That is some actual sense being spoken there my friend.
In our house, we love 666 Park, but I can’t see it surviving.
I like this!
If ABC’s new fantasy/drama, The S.H.E.I.L.D., is as big of a deal as it’s being hyped to be, it will occupy the 9pm Sunday slot behind Once Upon A Time, and Revenge will finish out the night. ABC will own Sundays again just as they have taken over Fridays with the help of Last Man Standing and Malibu Country. (Isn’t it comical that the two Friday sitcoms have already trounced the performances of ABC’s Tuesday & Wednesday comedies in either demo and/or total viewers save for Modern Family and The Middle). Anyhow, moving to another night won’t salvage Nashville. Yes, Suburgatory squanders all of the Modern Family demo(It’s the show that needs to move.), but Nashville is not interesting enough to hold onto Neilsen viewers. It’s another in a series of uninteresting soaps that the network continues to add to the schedule. But I agree with you that CBS’ The Good Wife and CSI should do a Wednesday-Sunday switch.
Part of the problem is did anyone know those shows were on? My DVR said Fox was showing a two hour Simpsons block of reruns.
666 park avenue is embarrassingly bad. i wanted to like it, but the plot is as preposterous as a made for tv movie starring susan lucci and robert urich in the late 1980s about a country club that was run by the devil. cheesy. garbage.
Your TV doesn’t have a “guide” option? …
If “The Mentalist” had “The Good Wife” time slot… CBS’ 9:00PM ratings would double. “The Good Wife” is dragging “The Mentalist” down.
IMO, “The Mentalist” has the best looking cinematography of any TV drama. Is it shot on film? I don’t like the way “The Good Wife” cinematography makes their actors look in comparison.
I wish that CBS would change The Good Wife’s timeslot. It is too good of a show to be getting such poor ratings. Moving to Sunday was such a mistake. No wonder all of these shows are constantly down in their ratings. So many programs to watch on basic and premium cable. Spread out the entertainment and enjoy the benefits!
It’s time for ABC to finally cancel 666 one and for all and with the hurricane destroying all of the sets for the show, isn’t that just an omen to show this program has no more life left in it?
Besides, if ABC wants to save Nashville from the chopping block, they should seriously consider moving it to 9 PM ET or 10 PM ET on Sundays and pair it with Revenge. Episode five is going to be vital for Nashville this week as if it drops even more, they have to make the move by next weekend to make this work as this show hasn’t received a back-episode order yet and is in danger of cancellation.
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