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Ratings Rat Race: Series Highs For ‘Scandal’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday December 7, 2012 @ 9:51am PSTTags: Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, The Big Bang Theory, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

Shonda Rhimes can do cliffhangers like nobody’s business. She proves it again and again on Grey’s Anatomy, which has some of the highest-rated season finales and premieres for a drama series. (And who can forger the blockbuster two-parter in 2006, which started after the Super Bowl and carried over huge ratings to the series’ Thursday episode). Rhimes proved it again with the three-part winter finale of her newest series, Scandal, which involves the shooting of the show’s fictional president. Last week, Part 1 (2.2/6) popped 10% for a a season high. (In adults 18-34, it hit a series high). Then last night, Part 2 written by Rhimes (2.5/7) jumped another 14% to a series high. The episode posted all-time highs for the sophomore series across the board — total viewers (7.4 million, up 12%) and all key demos, including adults 18-34 and 25-54.

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‘Big Bang Theory’ Almost Rocked Princess Leia’s Slave Bikini

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday December 5, 2012 @ 11:53pm PSTTags: Conan, The Big Bang Theory

Usually Sheldon can be found in a Flash costume. But revealed on Conan was the real setup for the Stephen Hawking episode:

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‘Big Bang Theory’s’ Kunal Nayyar Rejects Unpaid Commissions Lawsuit

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday November 26, 2012 @ 1:44pm PSTTags: Kunal Nayyar, The Big Bang Theory

Kunal Nayyar doesn’t believe he owes commissions to his former talent agency for his work on CBS’ The Big Bang Theory. “We have not yet seen a copy of the lawsuit, but we believe our … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Big Bang’, ’2.5 Men’ & ‘POI’ Hit Highs; ‘Glee’ & ‘Office’ Hit Lows

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday November 16, 2012 @ 10:15am PSTTags: Last Resort, Person of Interest, The Big Bang Theory, The X Factor, TV Ratings
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The total viewers series high in Live+Same Day posted by The Big Bang Theory last week (16.68 million) was short-lived as the CBS comedy posted a new high last night. In the fact nationals, Big Bang‘s total audience was 17.39 million, which will climb further in the finals. Last week’s episode crossed the 20 million-viewer mark for the first time in the Live+3 window. Big Bang also posted a season high in adults 18-49 (5.5/17), up 10% from its fast national last week, when CBS’ Thursday comedies faced atypical competition from NBC’s The Voice. Two And A Half Men (4.1/12) was up a tenth from last Thursday for a new season high, eclipsing the two episodes featuring Miley Cyrus (4.0). The season-high trend continued at 9 PM with Person Of Interest (3.1/8, up 7%), which is tied with ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy in the fast nationals. Elementary (2.3/7, up 5%) posted its best demo rating in a month. CBS finished No. 1 in 18-49 and total viewers in every hour of primetime to win the night. Read More »

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Chuck Lorre Slams Mitt Romney & ‘The Bachelor’ In Self-Censored Vanity Card

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday November 2, 2012 @ 11:37am PDTTags: Chuck Lorre, Mitt Romney, The Big Bang Theory

Chuck Lorre had some harsh words in his latest vanity card about Mitt Romney’s ability to relate to most Americans and “idiotic game shows like The Bachelor.” But he chose to address those topics and more … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ’30 Rock’ Debuts Down, ‘Parks & Recreation’ Up, ‘Elementary’ ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ & ‘Last Resort’ Slip, ‘Big Bang Theory’ Wins Night

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday October 5, 2012 @ 9:47am PDTTags: 30 Rock, Elementary, The Big Bang Theory, TV Ratings

There was only one season premiere on television on Thursday and its ratings were way down. Falling 28% from last season’s January premiere, NBC’s 30 Rock (1.3/4) returned for its seventh and final season last night. That’s the lowest season premiere ever for the Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin show. Emphasizing the point, Thursday’s 30 Rock was also down 7% from its May finale and 24% from last fall’s September 22 season premiere of Community in the Thursday 8 PM slot. Two new series that debuted last week also saw slippage last night. ABC’s Last Resort (1.8/6) was down 18% from last week’s already modest premiere. With the second episode of its debut season, Elementary (2.6/7) slipped last night too. CBS’ Sherlock Holmes modernization was down 16% from last Thursday. Read More »

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‘Big Bang Theory’s Kevin Sussman Upped To Regular

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday August 22, 2012 @ 6:26pm PDTTags: Kevin Sussman, The Big Bang Theory
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Leonard, Sheldon & Co. may be hanging out at the comic book store more often next season. Kevin Sussman, who plays the comic book store manager Stuart, has been promoted to a regular for the upcoming sixth season of … Read More »

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Mayim Bialik’s Car Accident Won’t Impact ‘Big Bang Theory’ Production

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday August 15, 2012 @ 4:11pm PDTTags: Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Nellie Andreeva

The Big Bang Theory co-star Mayim Bialik is OK after a car accident and will return to work on the show tomorrow as planned. Bialik’s car was struck around noon today. The actress was hospitalized … Read More »

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Comic-Con: ‘Big Bang Theory’ Sending Fan To Space

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday July 13, 2012 @ 1:10pm PDTTags: CBS, Comic-Con, Comic-Con Wrap-Up, The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory is really sending one of its fans on a suborbital flight, much like one of its lead characters at the end of last season. A fan named Mercedes, who asked the assembled cast and crew a question earlier in today’s Comic-Con panel, won a contest offered by the show that puts her on a space flight from private company COR Aerospace. She will fly with Astronaut Richard Searfoss on the Lynx Experience, a two-seat launch vehicle that goes up and down like a regular plane. The gift — which came after Simon Helberg, whose Howard Wolowitz character went into space last season on the show, pretended to turn down the offer from Searfoss — was really the only surprise of the panel. But five seasons in, Big Bang Theory still has such a massive audience on TV and the CBS comedy drew a massive crowd to the cavernous Hall H. Entering to cheers, cast members Kunal Nayyar, Kaley Cuoco, Helberg, Melissa Rauch, Mayim Bialik were joined by producers Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady. Johnny Galecki couldn’t make it as his flight was delayed. Jim Parsons joined via satellite from NYC where he is performing on Broadway. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Duets’ Flat, ‘Take Me Out’ & ‘The Choice’ Up, ‘Saving Hope’ Falls To New Low

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday July 6, 2012 @ 9:06am PDTTags: Duets, Saving Hope, Take Me Out, The Big Bang Theory, TV Ratings

With “Unforgettable” as one of the classics performed, ABC’s Duets  (1.0/3) went for the standards last night. That still left the singing series flat with last week and tied for a series low. Down 15% from … Read More »

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EMMYS: Chuck Lorre Of ‘Two And A Half Men’, ‘The Big Bang Theory’, ‘Mike & Molly’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday June 16, 2012 @ 4:34pm PDTTags: Awardsline, Chuck Lorre, Emmys, Mike & Molly, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men
Mike Fleming

Boardwalk EmpireChuck Lorre has experienced the lows and highs of network TV situation comedies, from the challenging situation with Grace Under Fire (1993-98) and Cybill (1995-98) to his current status as co-creator and driving force behind a trio of CBS comedies: Two And A Half Men, The Big Bang Theory and Mike & Molly. It doesn’t sound like it’s gone according to any kind of plan, and in fact that’s the case, as the sometimes fiery, always funny, veteran showrunner makes clear. If he deserves at least a humanitarian Emmy for surviving the ordeal of Two And A Half Men star Charlie Sheen’s three-and-a-half men meltdown the previous season, he’s been in the game long enough not to expect much.

AWARDSLINE: Let’s start with Two And A Half Men. Why was it important to you to keep it on the air even after part of that eighth season got scratched?
CHUCK LORRE: It wasn’t simply my decision. There were a lot of people involved and so forth. Including, you know, you’ve got Warner Bros. who had a Chuck Lorregreat deal with it, economically, at stake. But by and large there was a family of people that had worked together for eight years and a lot of people were counting on the show continuing for a number of reasons. One was it was a livelihood for a lot of people and we had a great time on it and had a lot of fun doing the show all the time. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Duets’ Down Again, Premieres For ‘Saving Hope,’ ‘Take Me Out’ & ‘The Choice’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday June 8, 2012 @ 9:29am PDTTags: Duets, Take Me Out, The Big Bang Theory, The Choice, TV Ratings

Thursday was a night of double premieres on Fox. The George Lopez-hosted dating show Take Me Out (1.3/5) started the evening at 8 PM. Rising significantly from its lead-in, the celebrity bachelor dating show The Choice (1.8/5) followed … Read More »

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‘Big Bang’s Johnny Galecki To Do ‘CBGB’ Movie

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday June 4, 2012 @ 2:21pm PDTTags: CBGB, Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory

Johnny Galecki is going to CBGB, with The Big Bang Theory star playing band manager Terry Ork in the indie punk rock movie. The real CBGB, which stood for “Country, BlueGrass and Blues”, was the legendary New York … Read More »

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TBS Comedy ‘Men At Work’ Off To OK Start

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 25, 2012 @ 2:05pm PDTTags: Men at Work, TBS, The Big Bang Theory
Nellie Andreeva

TBS last night premiered its first original series using its high-flying off-network comedy, The Big Bang Theory, as a launching pad. New comedy Men at Work drew 2.65 million total viewers, 1.63 million adults 18-49 and 851,000 adults 18-34 at 10 … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘SYTYCD’ & ‘Duets’ Premiere Lack High Notes, ‘Awake’ Ends Up

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday May 25, 2012 @ 9:49am PDTTags: ABC, Awake, CBS, Duets, Fox, Kelly Clarkson, NBC, So You Think You Can Dance, The Big Bang Theory, TV Ratings

Thursday night’s battle of the competition premieres left neither really strutting their stuff. The two-hour 8 PM time slot premiere of Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance(2.4/8) saw a misstep from last year. SYTYCD was down 27% from last year’s … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: CBS Lineup, ‘Touch’, ‘Office’ Up; ‘Missing’, ‘Rock’, ‘Awake’ Down

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 4, 2012 @ 9:40am PDTTags: Awake, Missing, Ratings, The Big Bang Theory
Nellie Andreeva

Despite primetime TV usage being down 4.4% from last Thursday, many series were up or flat last night. CBS led the charge with all of its series in positive territory. The Big Bang Theory (4.6/15) was up 15% from last week’s fast national to once again rank as the top program of the night in adults 18-49. (Like last Thursday, it will likely be adjusted up again). Rules Of Engagement (2.7/8) was up 8%. Person Of Interest (2.5/7) was up a tenth while The Mentalist (2.4/7) was up 14% from its fast national last Thursday (9% from the final). CBS won the night in total viewers and adults 18-49. Read More »

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PRIMETIME RAT RACE: ‘POI’ Tops ‘Grey’s’ On Night Of Losses, ‘Scandal’ Premiere OK

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday April 6, 2012 @ 10:56am PDTTags: Scandal, The Big Bang Theory
Nellie Andreeva

Scandal TV Show ReviewsWith the Easter/Passover holiday approaching, adult 18-49 usage dropped 5% last night, with most series posting even bigger week-to-week drops. CBS’ The Big Bang Theory (4.2/14 in adults 18-49) was down 7% from last week’s fast … Read More »

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Glimpse At CBS’ Fall Schedule? Network Tries Out ‘Mentalist’ On Friday & 8-10 PM Thursday Comedy Block

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 9, 2012 @ 2:27pm PSTTags: 2 Broke Girls, CBS, The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist
Nellie Andreeva

CBS TV ScheduleEvery year at this time, CBS‘ scheduling guru Kelly Kahl experiments with moves that, if successful, lead to permanent changes on the network’s fall schedule the following season. When years ago The Big Bang Theory, then a Monday 8:30 PM show, did great when tested behind Two And A Half Men, it was moved there the following year, starting the comedy’s rapid ascent to blockbuster hit status. In January 2010, CBS tried comedy repeats, including Big Bang, in the Thursday 8-9 PM hour — then still occupied by Survivor. While they didn’t pop, the network pushed through with a move of Big Bang to Thursday 8 PM anyway, and it was successful. Most recently last season, CBS tried out Friday’s breakout Blue Bloods in the Wednesday 10 PM slot and the Thursday 10 PM player The Mentalist in the 9 PM Thursday slot. Neither did particularly well in their new berths, and CBS ultimately kept them in their old slots for this season’s schedule.

The Mentalist CBSNow CBS is at it again during the slow time when many shows are in repeats. A new episode of The Mentalist airs tonight at 9 PM. As an older-skewing series (mature women love Simon Baker!), the procedural should be able to fit into CBS’ Friday lineup, paired with Blue Bloods. The experiment doesn’t bode well for the current occupant of the Friday 9 PM slot, CSI: NY, which already had its order cut this season and has been benched for a period of time. Will it be the first of the CSI series to go off the air?

2 Broke Girls CBSThe other CBS scheduling tryout is one that I have been advocating since 2 Broke Girls launched big in the fall and went on to top Two And A Half Men in the demo a couple of times — a two-hour comedy block on Thursday, something the network will pilot April 12. With NBC’s comedy lineup a shadow of its former self from the glory Must See TV days, CBS can expand its comedy invasion on the night, and it has the weapons to do it. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Awake’ Drops 20%

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 9, 2012 @ 9:13am PSTTags: American Idol, Awake, Ratings, The Big Bang Theory
Nellie Andreeva

Awake RatingsIn its second airing, NBC’s midseason drama Awake (1.6/4 in adults 18-49, 4.3 million viewers) was down 20% from its modest premiere last week. The midseason drama faced an original The Mentalist in the 10 PM hour vs. … Read More »

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