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It was a night of exits and lows on TV on Thursday. Last night’s one-hour live results show on American Idol (3.0/10) — which saw the first Top 10 finalist eliminated and a very short protest by judge Nicki Minaj because of it — was down 9% from last week’s final ratings results. It marked a series low for a regularly scheduled edition of Idol. The Fox singing competition wasn’t the only show to sink to new lows last night: Back with a new episode after three weeks, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy took a 17% tumble to hit a series low. On NBC, Community (1.0/4) cratered 33% from last week’s show to hit its series low. And CBS’ Two And A Half Men (3.3/10) was down 15% form last week to hit a series low too.
CBS’ night was preempted in several markets due to ACC and SEC basketball tournaments, and ratings are likely to be adjusted in the final numbers more than usual. Back with a full-loaded Thursday lineup, the network kicked off as usual with The Big Bang Theory (4.5/15). The science geek sitcom had a rougher than usual ride, falling 18% to tie its season low. Person Of Interest (2.9/8) bopped up 4%, while a new Elementary (2.4/7) was flat with its last original February 21. With all that, CBS won the night in total viewers with 13.371 million watching and the adults 18-49 demographic.
A new Glee (2.0/6) followed Idol on Fox. After its 47% surge last week compared with its last February 14 original, Thursday night’s show fell 17%.
ABC kicked off the night with a Shark Tank (1.3/4) repeat, replacing the recently cancelled Zero Hour, and ended it with a Scandal (1.2/4) encore.
Back after three weeks, NBC’s Parks And Recreation (1.6/5) rose 14% over its February 21 original. Two months away from its series finale, The Office (1.9/5) was back Thursday and up 5% from its first original since Valentine’s Day. The struggling 1600 Penn (1.0/3) got a bit of good news: The freshman White House-based comedy was up 11% from last week’s season-low tie. The network also aired an encore of Law & Order: SVU (0.9/3) to end the night.
The CW had originals of The Vampire Diaries (1.1/4) and Beauty And The Beast (0.5/1). The former was down two tenths from its last original, while the latter was flat with its last new show.
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Yet another series low? One year ago, Idol scored a 4.6 rating. That’s a 35% decline year-to-year. We’re in the X-Factor territory. And it’s not even April. I guess we’ll be hitting 2s soon.
Hey NBC, there’s only 3 million people who still like community. if that’s the audience size you’re looking for, keep ordering more episodes. you’ll be competing with cable comedies in no time. two million viewers per comedy here you come. nice job, ladies.
So they passed on your Pilot Spec? Tough break. Just hold onto the bitterness, Sean.
W O W! And I mean that in a bad way. LOL. Holy Cow! What a night of disasters for the networks. American Idol’s first top ten elimintion show opens at a 3.0. Though that will probably be a high note for X-Factor coming back next fall. The singing competition show has quickly gone the way of WHO CARES? Dominic, I think having so many of them on the air year round has summarily squelched peoples desire to sit down and commit to any of them. Wonder how low The Voice will be when it returns. It will probably open with a new low, especially since it lost two popular judges. For NBC’s sake, I hope I’m wrong. They desperately need a strong opener. That 1.0 for a new Community says it all. I mean it actually lost to a Shark Tank repeat episode(1.3). Speaking of Shark Tank, it repeats so strongly for ABC. ABC should throw some new episodes in front of Grey’s Anatomy. That 9 year old show(?) is still carrying the night for them as a solo performer. But they could use a decent hit in front of them, STAT! Still, the biggest shocker of the night even moreso than the continued American Idol collapse is Big Bang Theory’s sudden ratings freefall. I watched it but contemplated turning it off after the first poorly delivered 15 minutes and could only endure 3 minutes of Two and A Half Men before I switched channels. Dominic, I swear it was that bad.
Boy if American Idol was sick horse they would put it down LONG LONG TIME AGO
There’s a certain point during every season of American Idol when the audience realizes that none of these people have a legitimate future in the business. And I’m not only talking about the judges!
I’ve watched AI this season after five seasons of just not giving a damn about it. I was a bit surprised to find that there is legitimate talent (among the girls) that could very well have a future in the industry.
The problem with AI is that the judges are putting through garbage.No a whole lot of talent getting through this year. When you look at them theres a lot of also-rans . The one exception is Candice Glover- wow what a voice . And I can’t believe that Niki was going to carry on about Curtis being let go. He was awful. And unless he was going to make a church driven CD where was he going anyway ?
Community why!?! I love this show so much, it NEEDS to get two more seasons somehow.
#sixseasonsandamovie
Looks like Community is not going to make it. I hear NBComcast has their hand on the plug, just have to pull it.
On the basis that ratings tell the story of the last episode, Glee needs to take a look at its structure. The successful valentines ep focused on the original core cast and had a lot of interaction with the leads. The following week was focussed on the newer characters and the ubiquitous Blaine and the knock on is a million and a half loss in audience midway through and this drop. The split narrative needs a lot more thought.
NBC needs to go all gangbusters at May upfronts this year they need to pick up a lot Quality dramas, and comedies. Rebuild around their stronger shows Revolution , The Voice , Grimm , Chicago Fire , SUV and Sunday night’s are a given with NFL Football Rebuild Thursday night’s with new comedies and a new Drama. But I will agree with other post the long hiatus is killing a lot of shows in this day and age people’s attention span is getting shorter .Also networks need to go back to old days of investing in Made for TV Movies and miniseries. Variety shows and specials wouldn’t be a bad idea neither.
Fox should rest “American Idol” after this season, and bring it back during the 2015/2016 TV season.
And when it does return, there should be:
(1) A new host(ess),
(2) A new panel of judges, and,
(3) Major tweaks to the format.
The networks’ freefall in general aside – ABC can’t keep throwing Grey’s into the wilderness and expect ongoing miracles. Show hasn’t had an 8 o’clock lead-in in YEARS. Last night they threw on a new ep during a mostly dead week of many repeats, including Scandal and the now overplayed Shark Tank. Most folks prob didn’t even know Grey’s was there last night. Why on Earth did ABC add 2 additional episodes to its order, only to waste one like this? Too bad – excellent episode. As for Shark Tank, way to ruin a sleeper hit. They should have left it a-lone. Now they’ve Millionaire’d into the ground.
They need to stop repeating Shark Tank, but please create a one-hour follow up show. I want to know so much more about what happens with each of these companies — both ones that got investments and that didn’t. I was at a health Expo and the guy who created the glasses holder that clips to your shirt was at a booth, by himself, hawking them. I asked him about Shark Tank (he got an investment form Laurie) and he didn’t want to talk about it at all. I find that fascinating.
Do competent execs even work at NBC anymore?
How can one network be so repeatedly “shanghied” by debacle after debacle? The (mis)handling of “Community”, a smart, if wee strange, comedic gem before the canning of creator Dan Harmon?
The Conan-Leno fumble? The creation of pseudo sci-fi pablum such as – wait for it…. — “Revolution”?
The booting of critically acclaimed cop show “Southland” for shows that can’t even touch it in terms of quality? The disappearance of its stalwart comedy pipeline that produced years of “Seinfeld”, “Cheers”, and “Cosby” but can now only ooze out pixelated excrement such as… “Animal Practice” ?
The lame replacement host, David Gregory, on “Meet the Press”, a guy who isn’t even a scintilla as talented/smart/articulate/informed than the late, great Tim Russert? And finally, the setting sun that is the “Today” show, what with host Matt Lauer and NBC execs booting co-host Ann Curry for the underwhelming (albeit pretty) Savannah Guthrie, setting off a ratings avalanche?
The NBC Peacock is looking like an endangered species more and more every damn day. Shame!
NBC has had its mega-mistakes but booting Ann wasn’t one of them. The way they did it was wrong. But people seem to be forgetting just how awful she was. Stumbling, bumbling, awful.
Today’s sun is setting because Katie and then Meredith left – their chemistry with Matt mitigated everything else. Now they’re gone, plus the content is atrocious, reporting is non-existant and what’s left seems to be a sad promo operation for the trailer-trash crap on E! and Bravo, among other manufactured nonsense. It’s “programming” that nobody actually needs. It serves no use. So lacking the rapport among the personalities, nothing’s left.
Is FOX finally convinced now that it’s time to pull the plug on American Idol as this show continues to flounder in the ratings every single week? These judges have been awful and the performances have been dreadful and I’d fire the guy in the picture here just for wearing that ridiculous shirt. Too little and too late for NBC’s struggling comedies as the damage has been done.
Fox relies heavily on Idol, showing it on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. They’d have to find three shows to replace it. It’s an almost impossible task. I think they’ll hang on to it for at least two more seasons in hopes of finding another Kelly Clarkson to revive the ratings.
I think the public has had enough of Minaj’s face – it’s unbearable.
Get rid of Minaj immediately. Take her up on her offer to walk off the show. Curtis was the best male singer this year. He’s gone. Nicki is still there. Not much point in watching the rest of the season.
This year of American Idol is really pathetic. I am torn as to if I want it cancelled. What are all these “superstars” that Randy thinks could sing the phonebook and Mariah and Nikk are obsessed with going to do? How about the multitudes who show up to try out.,what are they going to do to become superstars! Maybe they could go to school.,or help out at a school or a nursing home. Maybe they could sing while they pick up. trash in their neighborhood. It is so disheartening that all those young people work so hard at singing and probabably cannot balance a checkbook. We really do not need singers. We need people that are educated and can contribute to society and earn a living, not a bunch of singers living in a dream world.