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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘American Idol’ Falls To Series Low, ’1600 Penn’ Finale Hits Low, ‘Raising Hope’ Finale Dips, ‘Wife Swap’ Down

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday March 29, 2013 @ 9:18am PDTTags: 1600 Penn, American Idol, NCAA, Raising Hope, Splash, TV Ratings

American IdolThe Motown of Wednesday was sweet on American Idol (2.7/9) but it all came down to seeing who made the cut last night. On an evening when TV viewership was down 7% from 8 PM to 10 PM, Idol’s 450th show saw a performance from judge Keith Urban and an elimination bringing the finalists down to seven on Thursday’s one-hour live Idol results show. It also saw the show hitting a new all-time regular telecast low for any night of American Idol. Slipping below last week’s previous all-time low, the show dipped 7% from last week’s final numbers of 2.9/9 among Adults 18-49 and slipped 4% from March 21’s fast nationals of 2.8/9. As Idol often sees an adjustment upward, that could change in the final numbers. Idol actually has done worse but that was with two specials in 2004 on New Year’s Day and Thanksgiving that garnered a 2.6 and a 2.2 respectively. Fox won the night in total viewers but ABC and CBS were tied for the top spot among Adults 18-49. This is the first time that ABC has beaten Fox on a Thursday since Idol started airing on the night three years ago.

It was all college ball on CBS last night. For the second Thursday in a row, the 2013 NCAA College Basketball Championships (2.3/7) took over primetime with Miami taking on Marquette and Indiana battling Syracuse. In fast nationals, the tournament is even with last year’s comparable night on March 22, 2012. Due to the nature of live sports and the primetime overrun of the games, the numbers are approximate at best. The tournament runs until April 8.

The night saw two finales from Raising Hope and freshman 1600 Penn (0.7/2). Shifting from its regular Tuesday slot to Thursday and coming off an Idol lead-in, the special two half hour Season 3 end of the Fox family comedy, which was recently renewed for a fourth cycle, slipped 7% from its last original on February 26 in its 9 PM (1.4/4) slot but actually saw a 31% rise in viewership to 4.6 million. In the 9:30 PM (1.2/3) slot Raising Hope was down 14% from its last original but saw viewership up 13% from 3.1 million to 3.5 million. Things were not so pretty over at 1600 Penn (0.7/2) at 9:30 PM on NBC. The White House comedy may have Bill Pullman as the Commander-in-Chief but he probably remembers his previous stint in the Oval Office in 1996’s Independence Day much more fondly – even if aliens did blow up the Executive Mansion. The fact is the struggling 1600 Penn was down 22% from last week is tied for a series low.

As they did last week, NBC had another 1600 Penn (0.7/2) on at 8:30 PM in Parks and Recreations regular slot. That is a series low also for the freshman comedy. That was bookended by encores of Community (0.7/3) at 8 PM and The Office (0.7/2) at 9 PM. NBC closed out its night with a repeat of Law & Order: SVU (1.0/3). The CW topped NBC last night among Adults 18-49. The Vampire Diaries (1.2/4) began the night for the CW. The series was down a tenth from last week. Beauty & The Beast (0.6/2) was even with its March 21 show.

The second week of the latest season of Wife Swap (1.4/5) saw the reality show fall 18% from its premiere. Though it dipped 7% from its March 21 show, Grey’s Anatomy (2.8/8) still beat Idol for the second week in a row among the key demo. Scandal (2.6/7) dipped 4% from last week’s show, ending the night for ABC. 

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‘Raising Hope’ Exec Producer Mike Mariano To Succeed Greg Garcia As Showrunner

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 4, 2013 @ 6:42pm PSTTags: Big Deals TV, Mike Mariano, Raising Hope
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Today’s fourth season renewal for Fox’s comedy Raising Hope came after a succession plan for the family comedy had been put in place. Raising Hope creator/executive producer/showrunner Greg Garcia is leaving at the end of the season as stipulated by his overall deal at CBS TV Studios. One of his top lieutenants, Raising Hope executive producer Mike Mariano, has closed a deal to take over showrunner duties for Season 4. I hear the multi-year pact includes a development component. In addition to Raising Hope, where he has been since after the pilot, first as co-exec producer and then as exec producer, CAA-repped Mariano worked as a writer-producer on Garcia’s previous series, NBC’s My Name Is Earl. Meanwhile, Garcia is almost certain to get a new series on the air next season with two high-profile pilots at CBS.
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Fox Early Renewals: ‘The Following’, ‘New Girl’, ‘Raising Hope’ & ‘Mindy Project’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 4, 2013 @ 12:00pm PSTTags: New Girl, Raising Hope, The Following, The Mindy Project
Nellie Andreeva

The FollowingFox has handed early renewals to midseason drama The Following and Tuesday comedies New Girl, Raising Hope and The Mindy Project. They join recently renewed veteran Bones, with negotiations for a … Read More »

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Greg Garcia Takes A Jab At NBC Over ‘My Name Is Earl’ Demise

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday February 7, 2013 @ 8:32am PSTTags: Greg Garcia, My Name is Earl, Raising Hope
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATED: Here is what Greg Garcia said about the My Name Is Earl gag on Raising Hope. “To be fair, I didn’t write the joke. But the writer who did knew I would leave it … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Raising Hope’ Up, ‘Santa’, ‘NCIS’ Down; ‘The Voice’ Flat

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday December 12, 2012 @ 9:24am PSTTags: NCIS, Raising Hope, The Voice, TV Ratings

Christmas specials seem to be taking a hit this year. ABC’s broadcast last night of the 1970 stop-motion Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (1.7/5) fell 23% from its December 1, 2011 airing. On the CW, A Muppets Christmas: Letters To Santa (0.4/1) cratered 56% from its November 30, 2011 airing. (Last week, CBS’ Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer was down 28% from 2011.) With 17.51 million watching, CBS’ NCIS (2.8/8) drew the most viewers Tuesday night, but the show fell 22% from its last broadcast two weeks ago. NCIS: LA (2.6/7) was down 10% from the 2.9/7 of its November 27 show. Both shows hit season lows. Vegas (1.5/4) followed, down 6% from two weeks ago, a series low.

On NBC, the one-hour live semifinal results on The Voice (3.5/10) was flat with last week’s show. Airing as a strip this week, Howie Mandel’s Take It All (2.3/6) was up 5% over the 2.2/5 of Monday’s show. Ending NBC’s primetime, Parenthood (2.0/6) was up 11% compared with last week, matching its highest rating since November 29, 2011. With an audience of 14.252 million, CBS won the night in overall viewers, while NBC topping the adults 18-49 demo. Read More »

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Fox’s ‘New Girl’ & ‘Raising Hope’ Get Orders For Two Extra Episodes

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 22, 2012 @ 11:25am PDTTags: Ben & Kate, Fox, New Girl, Raising Hope, The Goodwin Games
Nellie Andreeva

New Girl Extra Episodes FoxOn the heels of freshman The Mindy Project getting a pickup for two more episodes, bringing its first season order to 24 episodes, Fox has done the same with its two returning live-action comedies: … Read More »

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Ratings Rat Race: ‘Voice’ Lifts NBC, ‘Raising Hope’ Up, ‘Dr. Horrible’ Barely Registers

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday October 10, 2012 @ 9:24am PDTTags: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Raising Hope, Ratings, The Voice
Nellie Andreeva

After airing a recap last Tuesday, NBC’s The Voice (4.4/13) returned in full force, up not only from last week (+47%) but also vs. the last original on the night two weeks ago (+10%). The Voice boosted Go On (2.8/7, up 33% from last week), The New Normal (2.0/5, up 18%), and Parenthood (2.0/6, up 25%). Parenthood posted its first No. 1 finish among 18-49 in the 10 PM hour this season, tying CBS’ Vegas and posting its best demo rating since November. NBC (2.9/8 in 18-49, 7.6 million total viewers) won the night in 18-49 for its first streak of three consecutive nightly wins in almost nine years.

Against a new Voice, CBS’ venerable drama NCIS (3.3/10) took a hit, down 11% from last week. NCIS: LA (2.9/8) was down 6%, while Vegas (2.0/5) held steady. CBS still comfortably won the night in total viewers with an average of 15 million and was a close second in 18-49 with a 2.8/8. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Raising Hope’ Down In Season Premiere, ‘Hart Of Dixie’ On Par

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday October 3, 2012 @ 10:40am PDTTags: Ben and Kate, Raising Hope, The Mindy Project
Nellie Andreeva

It may be the DVR effect, impact of cable or the Internet, but it is kind of depressing seeing a whopping seven programs on the Big 4 broadcast networks post a 1 rating among adults 18-49 on Night 10 of the new season when viewer excitement is supposed to be still high.

Fox’s all-comedy Tuesday block continues to struggle. The addition of Raising Hope as 8 PM anchor didn’t help as the comedy opened its third season with a 1.7/5 among adults 18-49. That was down 45% from the series’ second season premiere behind New Girl last fall. It was also down 19% from Raising Hope‘s debut in the Tuesday 8 PM slot last spring when Fox tried out a two-hour comedy block. New Fox comedies, Ben And Kate (1.6/5) and The Mindy Project (1.9/5) both crumbled in Week 2, down 24% and 21%, respectively, from their modest premieres. The big dropoff for critical darling The Mindy Project is especially concerning as the show followed New Girl. In one of the brighter spots on last night’s ratings report, New Girl (2.8/7) matched its season premiere rating from last week, avoiding the proverbial “second-week slump.” Ben And Kate‘s dropoff mirrored that of its lead-in (down 25% from last week when Fox aired a new New Girl at 8 PM.) Read More »

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Fox, CBS Turn To Twitter To Promo The New Fall Season

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday September 21, 2012 @ 12:32pm PDTTags: CBS, Fox, Raising Hope, Twitter

Twitter has become a huge part of TV networks’ strategy to get the word out on its shows, so it’s no surprise Fox and CBS are turning to the social networking site as part of its fall promo campaign. A survey by Bluefin Labs recently reported in the Wall Street Journal found that comments posted on Twitter and other social-media websites about television shows have exploded in the past year, to 75.5 million in July from 8.8 million a year earlier.

Following that trend, Fox announced today that fans can get a sneak preview of the Season 3 premiere of Raising Hope on the comedy’s Twitter page in advance of its on-air debut October 2  – the first time a full episode of a TV series has been available on the social networking site. It’s available now through next Thursday at 11:59 PM. And CBS follows next week, kicking off its #CBSTweetWeek @ the CBS Connect Lounge. The network says fans will have direct access to their favorite CBS Television Network stars with a week full of social media events September 24-28. Read More »

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Shiri Appleby Joins ‘Girls’ For Arc, Melanie Griffith And Tippi Hedren In ‘Raising Hope’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday July 31, 2012 @ 2:20pm PDTTags: Girls, melanie Griffith, Raising Hope
Nellie Andreeva

Shiri Appleby Girls HBO CastShiri Appleby has been tapped for an arc on the second season of HBO’s Emmy-nominated comedy Girls. She will play Natalie, a new love interest for Hannah’s (Lena Dunham) lover Adam Driver (Adam … Read More »

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Garret Dillahunt Joins ‘Twelve Years A Slave’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday June 5, 2012 @ 11:12am PDTTags: Raising Hope, Twelve Years A Slave
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EXCLUSIVE: Raising Hope‘s Garret Dillahunt has been set by director Steve McQueen for Twelve Years A Slave. He joins Chiwitel Ejifior, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Paul Dano and Taran Killam. Filming is about to get underway in New Orleans. Dillahunt … Read More »

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Fox Renews ‘Glee’, ‘New Girl’ And ‘Raising Hope’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday April 9, 2012 @ 11:01am PDTTags: Glee, New Girl, Raising Hope
Nellie Andreeva

Fox has renewed three more series for next season: freshman comedy New Girl, hourlong musical comedy Glee and family comedy Raising Hope. It will be a second season for New Girl, fourth for Glee and third for Raising Hope. “Over … Read More »

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Writer-Producer Michael Pennie Signs Deal With Universal TV

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 27, 2012 @ 10:37am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, CAA, Raising Hope, Universal Television
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Comedy writer-producer Michael Pennie has signed a new two-year overall deal with Universal Television. Pennie first inked a deal at the studio (then UMS) in 2010 when he was coming off a stint as a co-executive producer on the … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Fashion Star’ Off To Slow Start As Most Series Decline

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 14, 2012 @ 10:01am PDTTags: Fashion Star, Raising Hope, The Biggest Loser
Nellie Andreeva

Fashoin Star RatingsThe daytime savings time continues to hammer 8-10 PM shows. Last night TV usage was down 6.5% from 8-10 PM, with the biggest decline, 11%, from 8-8:30 PM. Airing in that half hour, Fox’s Raising Hope (1.8/6) … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Breaking In’ Soft In Return, ‘Raising Hope’ Steady In Move

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 7, 2012 @ 9:41am PSTTags: Breaking In, New Girl, Raising Hope, Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

Breaking In RatingsThere was good news for Fox’s freshman New Girl and sophomore Raising Hope last night when Fox introduced a two-hour Tuesday comedy block. Both comedies showed strength as self-starters. Opening the night at 8 PM, Raising Hope (2.1/6) was even with its most recent original in the cushy post-New Girl slot. Speaking of New Girl (3.0/8), it also held steady from two weeks ago when it followed the winter finale of Glee – despite a lead-in last night that was half of that. In its Tuesday debut, I Hate My Teenage Daughter managed a 1.6/4 at 8:30 PM, down 20% from its last original two-and-a-half months ago, which aired behind The X Factor on Wednesday. Teenage Daughter was the lowest-rated piece in Fox’s new block but still edged ABC’s Cougar Town (1.5/4) in the time slot. Also making a return to the schedule was canceled and resurrected Fox comedy Breaking In, which opened its second season with a modest 1.7/4 at 9:30 PM. That was half of the rating for show’s series premiere last April, when it aired behind American Idol. Compared with the first-season finale, which aired in the same Tuesday 9:30 PM slot, Breaking In was up 31%. But its lead-in last night, New Girl, was also up 36% from the lead-in for the Breaking In season finale, a new Raising Hope.  Read More »

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Fox Tweaks Tuesday Comedy Block Lineup

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 3, 2012 @ 1:35pm PSTTags: Breaking In, I Hate My Teenage Daughter, New Girl, Raising Hope
Nellie Andreeva

Breaking In is getting a time slot upgrade. After defying the odds to come back from cancellation, the comedy starring Christian Slater and new co-lead Megan Mullally has been assigned the post-New Girl Tuesday 9:30 PM slot. When Fox originally … Read More »

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Fox’s Tuesday Comedy Block Having Last Laugh: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday January 9, 2012 @ 2:45am PSTTags: Breaking In, Fox, New Girl, Raising Hope

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage.

Nobody could be happier about the success of Fox’s comedy hit New Girl than executive producer Liz Meriwether and star Zooey Deschanel, whose performance has caused the word “adorkable” to enter the popular lexicon. No wait — it’s possible that the Adam F. Goldberg and Christian Slater, executive producer and star of the comedy Breaking In, are even happier: At a TCA panel on Fox comedies Sunday, Goldberg says the renewal of his series was linked to New Girl’s success. “[Fox Entertainment president] Kevin Reilly said: ‘I want to build a whole comedy night,’ so he picked up the actors’ options,” said Goldberg on a panel that included actors and producers from Breaking In, New Girl and Raising Hope, which will represent Fox’s Tuesday night comedy block. “I was in a holding pattern. Nobody wanted New Girl to work more than I did, because that meant we could come back.” Read More »

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Ratings Rat Race: ‘Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show’ Hits High; Fox & NBC Up, ABC Down

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday November 30, 2011 @ 9:46am PSTTags: 90210, Body of Proof, Glee, Last Man Standing, Man Up, New Girl, Parenthood, Raising Hope, Ratings Rat Race, The Biggest Loser, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

It may have started off as a joke — models prancing down the catwalk in their underwear — but Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show has transcended its status as a voyeuristic spectacle for young men to become a pop culture phenomenon and a formidable franchise for CBS. Last night’s special drew an eye-popping 4.9 rating/12 share in adults 18-49 and a 5.2/14 in 18-34 at 10 PM, the highest ever for the franchise in both categories. In 18-49, Victoria’s Secret was up a whopping 35% from last year’s telecast. In total viewers, it averaged 10.3 million, the largest audience since the show made its debut on CBS in 2002. In today’s TV universe, where 10 PM viewership levels on the broadcast networks are depressed by DVR viewing and cable competition, such demo ratings are almost unheard of. I can think of only one 10 PM show that has reached such highs in the past year or so, NBC’s The Voice, which aired several 10-11 PM episodes. Overall, Victoria’s Secret posted the best 18-34 rating at 10 PM so far this season and the second best in 18-49 behind the last hour of the CMA Awards, though the difference is only a tenth of a rating point and may be erased in the finals.

CBS aired a bizarre mix of programming last night, running the gamut from kids and toddler favorite Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer at 8 PM to the racy Victoria’s Secret lingerie show at 10 PM, bridged by an NCIS rerun. Rudolph (4.0/11, 12.7 million) was up 3% from last year and ranking as the second highest-rated program of the night in 18-49 behind Victoria’s Secret. The NCIS rerun (2.9/7, 13.4 million) was the most-watched program of the night. CBS (3.8/10, 12.1 million) was No. 1 in 18-49 and total viewers. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Loser’ & ‘Glee’ Drop, ‘Body Of Proof’ & ‘Raising Hope’ Inch Up

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday November 16, 2011 @ 9:16am PSTTags: 90210, Body of Proof, Dancing With The Stars, Glee, Last Man Standing, Man Up, NCIS, NCIS: LA, New Girl, Parenthood, Raising Hope, Ratings Rat Race, Ringer, The Biggest Loser, TV Ratings, Unforgettable
Nellie Andreeva

CBS (3.2/8 in adults 18-49, 15.4 million viewers) chalked up another Tuesday win in adults 18-49 and total viewers, paced by NCIS (4.0/11, 19.9 million), which was once again the top program of the night in both measures. The veteran procedural and its spinoff, NCIS: LA (3.3/8, 15 million), were both down a tenth in the demo from last week, while Unforgettable (2.4/6, 11.2 million) was flat.

The damage to hot Fox freshman comedy New Girl from its forced four-week hiatus after an initial three-week run appears to be long-term as the series last night posted a 3.5 18-49 rating for a third straight week — 20% lower than the show’s ratings just before the break, which was used for 2 baseball and 2 X Factor pre-emptions. This is a shame as last night’s episode, which introduced recurring guest star Justin Long, was particularly strong. At 8 PM, Glee (2.9/8) was down two tenths, or 6%, from last week, while Raising Hope (2.2/5) at 9:30 PM rose a tenth. All three series grew slightly in total viewers week-to-week, with Fox (2.9/8, 6.5 million) finishing second for the night in 18-49 and third in viewers. Read More »

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