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Ratings Rat Race: ‘X Factor’, ‘Survivor’, CBS Dramas, ABC Sitcoms, Holiday Specials Up

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 29, 2012 @ 9:19am PSTTags: Survivor, The X Factor, TV Ratings
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The networks extended their streak of week-to-week ratings increases to three nights last night when most series were up from their most recent originals. Topping the list of percentage gains were the two Wednesday reality series, which both had shows last week on the low-trafficked night before Thanksgiving, making the week-to-week comparisons favorable. Fox’s The X Factor Top 8 performance show (2.8/8 in adults 18-49) was up 27% to log a nightly demo victory for Fox (tied with ABC). CBS’ Survivor: Philippines (2.7/8) was up 17%. CBS’ other series, Criminal Minds (2.9/8) and CSI (2.6/7) were also up, by 7% and 8%, respectively. 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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RATINGS RAT RACE: CMAs, ‘X Factor’ Hit Lows; ‘Elementary’, ‘Vampire Diaries’ Up

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday November 2, 2012 @ 9:43am PDTTags: CMA Awards, Elementary, Ratings, The Vampire Diaries, The X Factor
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Uh-oh. In a heated bidding war last year, ABC ponied up big to keep the Country Music Association Awards with a new 10-year deal. In the first year of that deal, the 46th Annual CMA Awards last night drew a 3.8/10 in adults 18-49 and 13.6 million viewers, down 21% and 17%, respectively, from last year to mark the awards show’s lowest-rated telecast ever in both 18-49 and total viewers. The CMAs still logged a nightly victory for ABC in both categories.

Like last year, the CMAs faced Fox’s The X Factor (they clashed on Wednesday, CMAs long-time night, last fall). Both were shadows of their 2011 selves when the CMAs drew a 4.8 demo rating and X Factor posted a 3.7. Last night, X Factor managed a 2.3/6, even with last week’s re-cut Tuesday special that spilled out of the network’s primetime. But it was a series low for a regularly scheduled episode of the singing competition as the transition to live shows and the introduction of hosts Khloe Kardashian and Mario Lopez have failed to provide a boost. Read More »

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Ratings Rat Race: First ‘X Factor’ Live Show Soft As Most Series Suffer Halloween Drops

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 1, 2012 @ 10:10am PDTTags: 30 Rock, Ratings, The X Factor
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Between trick-or-treating for parents and partying for singles, adult 18-49 usage was down 7% from 8-11 PM last night vs. last Wednesday. Most series posted week-to-week declines, many of them of the double-digit variety.

The X Factor had its first live show, introducing hosts Mario Lopez and Khloe Kardashian, whose bra-less appearance proved “very distracting” even for Simon Cowell. X Factor (2.6/8 in the fast nationals, 2.7 in the finals) was down 23% from the show’s last Wednesday episode. Vs. its first live show last fall, X Factor was down 40%. Some of the decline can be explained with the fact that X Factor was originally not scheduled to air Wednesday. The live show was added Monday, and not all programming guides/DVRs picked up the change. Fox still won the night in 18-49.

NBC’s 30 Rock (1.2/4 in 18-49, 3.6 million viewers) aired an original last night with even shorter notice than The X Factor — NBC only made the move Tuesday afternoon as part of a string Hurricane Sandy-related scheduling changes. The departing comedy held OK — flat with its last two airings in its regular Thursday 8 PM slot (30 Rock also tied last week’s episode of Animal Practice, which it replaced last night) and posting a season high in total viewers. Guys With Kids (1.4/4) also was flat with last week. Law & Order: SVU (1.7/5) was down 11% from last week’s 300th episode. Freshman Chicago Fire (1.5/4) was down 17% to a series low and last-place finish at 10 PM. (On the bright side, it was the only 10 PM show not to drop from the first to second half hour). Both Guys With Kids and Chicago Fire have orders for five extra scripts while NBC is mulling their future. Read More »

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Simon Cowell Not Worried About ‘X Factor’ Ratings In Storm’s Wake, Plans Sandy “Shout Out”

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday October 30, 2012 @ 4:01pm PDTTags: Britney Spears, Fox, Simon Cowell, The X Factor

Simon Cowell X Factor Hurricane SandyFox’s The X Factor plans to acknowledge those hit by Hurricane Sandy, said Simon Cowell today. “I’m certain we’ll have a shout-out to those people on that side of the coast and say, you know, stay safe, be strong and we hope that the storm blows off as quickly as possible,” Cowell said Tuesday, the day before X Factor starts airing the first of two-nights-a-week live shows. But Cowell was dismissive about worries that coming on so soon after the uberstorm that battered the East Coast and knocked out power up and down the seaboard would hurt his show’s ratings. “I couldn’t care less,” he said. The producer/judge also said he hoped Fox could find a way to repeat the show for those on the East Coast without power or cable. Read More »

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Fox’s ‘X Factor’ Moves Start Of Live Shows From Thursday To Wednesday

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 29, 2012 @ 1:16pm PDTTags: Fox, The X Factor
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Fox‘s live editions of The X Factor will start a day before originally scheduled. The first live edition of the singing competition was slated for Thursday. But with the World Series ending early, the date has now been shifted to Wednesday, with X Factor resuming its regular Wednesday-Thursday pattern.

The Wednesday live show will introduce new X Factor hosts Khloé Kardashian Odom and Mario Lopez, who will take the stage alongside the Top 16 acts and judges Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears and L.A. Reid. On Thursday, the Top Finalists will be revealed and return the following week to face America’s vote. Read More »

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‘X-Factor’ Promo Endorses Simon Cowell: Video

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday October 25, 2012 @ 12:00pm PDTTags: Fox, Simon Cowell, The X Factor

Who knew that The X Factor judge Simon Cowell had his own SuperPac? He certainly has a lot of political capital with Fox, as this election-season morsel comes only a few days after Cowell took the network to task for botching its airing of X Factor. … Read More »

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Fox’s ‘X Factor’ Renewed For Third Season

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 22, 2012 @ 10:30am PDTTags: Fox, Simon Cowell, The X Factor
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X Factor Renewed Season 3The X Factor may be down from last year, but it still has been the strongest ratings performer for Fox this fall, so the network is renewing the singing competition for a third season. … Read More »

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NBC Expands ‘The Voice’ To Three Nights During Election Week

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 22, 2012 @ 9:37am PDTTags: NBC, The Voice, The X Factor
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Voice Election Week ScheduleThere will be five hours of The Voice during the week of the Presidential elections. NBC just announced that it will air live two-hour editions Monday, November 5 and Wednesday, November 7 (8-10 PM) as … Read More »

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Fox Will Keep Most Of Its Comedy Block On Tuesday, Extend Primetime to 10:30 PM For Hourlong ‘X Factor’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday October 19, 2012 @ 10:00am PDTTags: Fox, The Mindy Project, The X Factor
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Mindy Project Fox ScheduleAfter hastily rescheduling the baseball rain delay-plagued Wednesday night episode of The X Factor for next Tuesday, the network has tweaked its plans. Originally, Fox was to rebroadcast the entire two-hour Wednesday episode of … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Nashville’ And ‘Chicago Fire’ Drop In Week 2, ‘Arrow’ Steady, ‘Suburgatory’ Modest In Return

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 18, 2012 @ 9:40am PDTTags: Arrow, Nashville, Ratings, Suburgatory, The X Factor
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It was a rather atypical Wednesday night, with usual demo winner Fox airing a mix of a little bit of baseball, rain delay-filling sitcom reruns and an hour of The X Factor that inadvertently ran simultaneously on both coasts. Or as Simon Cowell put it, “a total f up,” that will result in last night’s two-hour episode airing in its entirety on Tuesday night, pre-empting Fox’s fledgling comedy block and facing an all-new The Voice.

Related: “Total F Up”: Baseball Rain Delay Pushes Tonight’s ‘X Factor’ To Tuesday

With Fox out of sorts, CBS swooped in and won the night in adults 18-49 (2.7/8), along with total viewers (10.8 million). Survivor: Philippines (2.7/8) and Criminal Minds (3.1/8) were both up a tenth from last week’s fast nationals, while CSI (2.4/7) was down two tenths. CSI‘s ratings fluctuations have been puzzling — it went up last week when it faced the premieres of ABC’s Nashville and NBC’s Chicago Fire  and then retreated last night when its time-slot rivals dropped significantly from their debuts. (CSI still ruled the 10 PM hour.) Read More »

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‘The X-Factor’ Names Khloe Kardashian & Mario Lopez Hosts

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday October 16, 2012 @ 3:51pm PDTTags: Simon Cowell, The X Factor

Reality star Khloe Kardashian and Mario Lopez will host Season 2 of Fox’s singing competition … Read More »

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Simon Cowell & Will.i.am Eye “X-Factor For Tech” Show

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday October 1, 2012 @ 3:19pm PDTTags: Simon Cowell, The X Factor

The X-Factor judge and Black Eyed Peas frontman have been talking about putting together a technology-based competition show, Deadline has learned. Will.i.am first brought up the idea of the collaboration with Simon Cowell at the UK’s Royal Television Society’s “When Worlds Collide” conference last week. “We’re working on a project called X-Factor for tech, and it’s going to be out of this world,” the singer said via a live video conference Q&A from LA, according to reports in the British press. Will.i.am told the conference he and Cowell discussed the idea a couple of weeks ago over dinner. Part of the concept to make the as-yet-unnamed project unique from X-Factor or American Idol was economic scale: “Singing and performance create a couple of jobs, but this will create jobs,” Will.i.am said. Read More »

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‘Downton Abbey’ Hits Season High: Scores 3rd Most Watched Episode Ever In UK

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Monday October 1, 2012 @ 5:32am PDTTags: Downton Abbey, ITV, The X Factor

After its first two episodes of the new season drew softer-than-normal numbers, Downton Abbey bounced back on Sunday with ratings that would make even the Dowager Countess crack a smile. Episode three of season three pulled in 9.66M … Read More »

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Ratings Rat Race: Returning Shows Down, ‘Neighbors’ Opens OK, NBC Comedies Low

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday September 27, 2012 @ 9:40am PDTTags: Modern Family, Ratings, The Neighbors, The X Factor
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Fox and its The X Factor (3.3/9 in adults 18-49, down 6% from last week’s fast nationals) won the first Wednesday of the season, which featured a slew of returning series opening lower than last fall, a respectable premiere for ABC’s The Neighbors and disappointing launch of NBC’s new Wednesday comedy block.

ABC’s Wednesday comedy lineup returned with an hourlong season premiere of The Middle (2.8/9), down 10% from last season’s hourlong opener, followed by the season premiere of Modern Family (5.5/15). The comedy, coming off another dominating performance at the Emmys on Sunday, was down 8% from last year’s debut. At 9:30 PM, the series premiere of new alien comedy The Neighbors (3.3/9) was actually up a tenth from the season premiere in the time slot of Happy Endings last fall with a so-so 60% retention of its Modern Family lead-in, up from 57% for Happy Ending‘s premiere last September. It was a good sampling opportunity for Neighbors, which is moving to its permanent 8:30 PM slot next week. ABC aired a Revenge recap at 10 PM.

NBC’s Wednesday comedy block of newbies Animal Practice (1.4/4) and Guys With Kids (1.6/5) got off to a slow start, with both series down sharply from their previews. The number is especially disappointing for Animal Practice given the show’s high-profile exposure — the entire pilot aired during the closing ceremony of the London Olympics. (Those Who fans angered by NBC’s decision to put on Animal Practice before the band’s closing ceremony performance must feel vindicated.) Read More »

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‘Downton Abbey’ Ratings Down On UK’s ITV

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Monday September 24, 2012 @ 2:55am PDTTags: Downton Abbey, ITV, Ratings, The X Factor

Maggie Smith was named best supporting actress in a drama at the Emmys on Sunday, but things weren’t quite so rosy back at Downton Abbey. The second episode of the show’s new third season in the … Read More »

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Fox Delays ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ Return For ‘X Factor’ Repeats On Friday

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday September 21, 2012 @ 1:41pm PDTTags: Fox, Kitchen Nightmares, The X Factor
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Fox is trying to give The X Factor an extra push with encore telecasts from 8-9 PM on Fridays for the next three weeks: September 28, October 5 and October 12. As a result, Gordon Ramsay’s … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: NBC’s Thursday Lineup Down In Return, ‘The X Factor’ Up

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday September 21, 2012 @ 9:22am PDTTags: Ratings, Saturday Night Live, The Office, The X Factor, Up All Night
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When NBC in May announced its new Thursday lineup consisting of softly rated returning comedies and Rock Center With Brian Williams, it felt like the network was writing off the night for the fall. Well, that certainly seems to be the case judging by the lineup’s launch last night, following strong showings for NBC on Monday and Tuesday.

The first Saturday Night Live Election special (1.6/5 in adults 18-49) failed to jump-start the night, down 69% from the comparable special four years ago when Saturday Night Live was riding the Sarah Palin wave. SNL had a big election story to play off last night, the secret Mitt Romney tape, but it may have been hurt from lack of publicity. Still, the SNL special did better than its lead-out, the second-season premiere of Up All Night, which pretty much sealed its fate with an underwhelming 1.3/4 in 18-49, down 46% from last year’s series premiere, to finish fourth in the time slot. With that number, it doesn’t look likely that the comedy will go beyond its partial 13-episode renewal.

There was not much enthusiasm for the final season of The Office (2.1/6). It opened down 48% from last season’s premiere, which revealed Michael Scott’s successor, to an all-time low for a season opener of the veteran comedy.  Office was also down from its May season finale, by 9%. At 9:30 PM, Parks And Recreation (1.7/5) also posted its lowest-rated premiere ever. Compared with last fall, it was down 19%. And at 10 PM, one of the the biggest headscratchers on NBC’s schedule, Rock Center, mustered a 1.1/3, down 21% from last week with no original competition in the hour. NBC (1.5/4, 4.0 million) finished third for the night behind Fox (3.1/9, 8.6 million) and CBS (1.8/5, 7.4 million), which aired repeats. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘X Factor’ Up, ‘Big Brother’ Finale Down, ‘Survivor’ Premiere Down In Demo & Up In Viewers

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday September 20, 2012 @ 8:56am PDTTags: Big Brother, Ratings, Survivor, The X Factor
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CBS’ Survivor returned for its 25th (!) season last night with a 3.1/10 in adults 18-49 and 11.2 million viewers. That was down 9% in the demo from the veteran series’ premiere last fall when it did not face … Read More »

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