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ABC Picks Up ‘Wipeout’ For a Sixth Season, Jill Wagner To Return As Co-Host

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday August 29, 2012 @ 10:54am PDTTags: ABC, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

ABC has renewed reality series Wipeout for a sixth season when the show will mark its 100th episode. The network didn’t specify whether the obstacle course show will air again in the summer. Jill Wagner will return as co-host after Vanessa Minnillo replaced her in Season 5. Hosting are John Anderson (ESPN’s SportsCenter) and John Henson (E!’s Talk Soup), with Wagner co-hosting.

The ever popular Big Balls will be back, along with new obstacles and completely redesigned Wipeout Zones. While not as strong in the ratings as it was early in its run, Wipeout is still one of the few broadcast shows that put on some numbers during the summer. ABC boasts that it is the 2011-12 season’s No. 1 show overall for Family Co-Viewing on the major networks (Adults 18-49 watching with Teens and Kids). Wipeout executive producers are creator Matt Kunitz and Scott Larsen. Endemol USA is producing.

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Wipeout’ Down & Up, ‘Big Brother’ Flat, ‘Saving Hope’ ‘Rock Center’ & ‘Oh Sit!’ Up Big, ‘The Next’ Falls

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday August 24, 2012 @ 9:18am PDTTags: Big Brother, Primetime TV, TV Ratings, Wipeout

Thursday was a TV double sixes, at least if you’re ABC. Last night the network ran back-to-back new episodes of Wipeout, their obstacle course reality show. The 8 PM (1.5/5) Wipeout was down 6% from … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Duets’ Finale & ‘Wipeout’ Hit Lows, ‘Big Brother’ Down

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday July 20, 2012 @ 9:10am PDTTags: Big Brother, Duets, Ratings, Wipeout

The Duets first-season finale on ABC saw J. Rome crowned the winner. It also saw the singing competition fall 10% from last week to hit a series low. Also on ABC, Wipeout (1.6/5) was down 11% to its season low. Rookie Blue (1.4/4), on the other hand, was up 17% from a week ago. On CBS, Big Brother (2.2/7) fell 15% from last week. NBC’s Saving Hope (0.5/2) was flat with last week. Rock Center With Brian Williams (0.7/2) was down 42%, tied for its lowest rating this summer. Fox’s dating show Take Me Out (1.2/4) was flat with last week. CBS won the night in adults 18-49 and total viewers with 6.53 million. The remainder of Thursday’s programming was repeats. Read More »

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Ratings Rat Race: ‘Wipeout’ Down In Return; ‘Take Me Out’, ‘Choice’, ‘Duets’ & ‘Rookie Blue’ Drop; ‘Hope’ Up; Univision Tops Night

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday June 29, 2012 @ 9:41am PDTTags: Ratings, U.S. Olympic Trials, Univision, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

Wipeout RatingsIt was another mostly down summer night for the English-language broadcast networks, allowing Spanish-language Univision to take charge, edging ABC (1.3/4 in 18-49) and CBS (1.3/4) for the top spot Thursday among adults 18-49 with a 1.4/4. CBS … Read More »

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FremantleMedia Signs Deal With ‘Wipeout’ Creator Matt Kunitz

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 20, 2012 @ 8:34am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Fear Factor, FremantleMedia North America, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

Matt Kunitz Wipeout FremantleMediaEXCLUSIVE: After six years at NBC Universal and six at Endemol, reality producer Matt Kunitz is teaming with FremantleMedia North America. Kunitz, creator/executive producer of Wipeout and executive producer of Fear Factor, has signed a multi-year overall … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: OK Start For ‘Secret Circle’, ‘Vampire Diaries’ Premiere & ‘Wipeout’ Finale Down

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday September 16, 2011 @ 9:36am PDTTags: Ratings Rat Race, The Secret Circle, The Vampire Diaries, TV Ratings, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

Four days before the official start of the fall season, the CW has already launched three of its four new series. The latest, The Secret Circle, opened last night with 3 million viewers and a 1.3/4 in adults 18-34. It was even with last fall’s premiere in the time slot of Nikita among adults 18-34 but down 16% in total viewers and a tenth in adults 18-49 as Nikita is a little broader and older-skewing. Secret Circle edged the Nikita premeire in women 18-34 (1.9/5) by 6% to post the network’s all-time high in the slot in that demo. The Secret Circle‘s lead-in, the third-season premiere of CW’s flagship drama The Vampire Diaries (3 million, 1.6/5), was down 11% in total viewers and 16% in 18-34 from last fall’s premiere but built on the May finale. Secret Circle and Vampire Diaries — which share Kevin Williamson as executive producer and Alloy books by L.J. Smith as source material — showed good compatibility, with Secret Circle retaining 100% of the Vampire Diaries audience. But the real test for the two shows will come next week, when they will face all-new competition, including Fox’s The X Factor. The only original offering on the Big 4 last night was the two-hour finale of ABC’s Wipeout (2.2/6 in adults 18-49), which was down 19% from last September’s two-hour closer. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: OK Debut For ‘Ringer’, ’90210′ And ‘Parenthood’ Premieres Down

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday September 14, 2011 @ 9:24am PDTTags: 90210, America's Got Talent, It's Worth What?, Parenthood, Ratings Rat Race, Ringer, TV Ratings, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

The CW brass considered the new Sarah Michelle Gellar drama Ringer a self-starter, and it proved them right in its debut last night. The mystery drama originally developed and piloted for CBS drew 2.74 million viewers, jumping 68% from its lead-in, the fourth-season premiere of 90210 (1.6 million). Ringer also brought in a broader, mostly older audience. In adults 18-49, the show was up from 90210 by 50% (1.2/3 vs. 0.8/3), while in adults 18-34, the advantage was 22% (1.1/3 vs. 0.9/2). Versus CW’s series debuts last fall, Ringer matched the performance of the now-defunct Hellcats and was down from the premiere of Nikita (1.4/4), though Nikita had a much stronger lead-in with The Vampire Diaries. Ringer was the CW’s most-watched program in the time period in three years, since the series premiere of 90210 in September 2009. Given the fact that last night was the CW’s first night of original programming after three months of repeats, the CW will give Ringer more sampling by re-running the premiere on Friday and again next Monday at 9 PM. As for 90210, it was down 18% in total viewers from the series’ debut last fall when it aired in the Monday 8 PM slot. It was on par with the May season finale. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Dance’ Finale Up From Last Week, Down From Last Year

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday August 12, 2011 @ 9:28am PDTTags: Big Brother, Expedition Impossible, Ratings Rat Race, Rookie Blue, So You Think You Can Dance, TV Ratings, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

The season finale of So You Think You Can Dance (2.1/7, 6.3 million) was up 24% in 18-49 and 17% in total viewers from last week but down 13% in the demo from last summer’s finale. In the … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Gordon Ramsay’s Series Steady, ‘Talent’ & ‘Wipeout’ Slip

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday August 10, 2011 @ 9:13am PDTTags: America's Got Talent, Combat Hospital, Hell's Kitchen, It's Worth What?, MasterChef, Ratings Rat Race, Take The Money & Run, TV Ratings, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

Fox (2.6/8 among adults 18-49, 6.2 million viewers) won Tuesday in 18-49 with Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen (2.7/9, 6.3 million) and MasterChef (2.5/7, 6.1 million), both flat vs. last week in the demo, while MasterChef drew its largest audience ever. … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Expedition: Impossible’ & ‘Dance’ Down, ‘Big Brother’ Up

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday August 5, 2011 @ 8:50am PDTTags: Big Brother, Expedition Impossible, Ratings Rat Race, Rookie Blue, So You Think You Can Dance, TV Ratings, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

After rebounding last week, Mark Burnett’s new reality series for ABC Expedition: Impossible (1.4/4) slipped again, down 13%. Meanwhile, its lead-in, Wipeout (1.9/7), and lead-out, Rookie Blue (1.3/4), were both even with last week. Fox’s So You Think You … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: So-So Premiere For ABC’s ‘Take The Money And Run’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday August 3, 2011 @ 9:06am PDTTags: 48 Hours Mystery, Combat Hospital, Hell's Kitchen, It's Worth What?, MasterChef, Ratings Rat Race, Take the Money and Run, TV Ratings, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

Three networks — NBC, Fox and ABC — offered all-original lineups last night, including the OK though not spectacular debut of ABC’s new reality series Take the Money and Run (1.9/5 in 18-49, 5.1 million viewers), from producers Jerry Bruckheimer and … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Expedition: Impossible’ Rebounds, Others Steady

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday July 29, 2011 @ 9:18am PDTTags: Big Brother, Expedition Impossible, Ratings Rat Race, Rookie Blue, So You Think You Can Dance, TV Ratings, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

ABC’s new reality series Expedition: Impossible (1.6/5) rebounded from last week’s low, up 23%. Still, the adventure series remained the lowest-rated unscripted offering for the night. On ABC, it was flanked by Wipeout (1.9/7) and scripted drama Rookie Blue (1.3/4), … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: CBS Edges ABC As Series Slip Across The Board

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday July 15, 2011 @ 9:51am PDTTags: Big Brother, Expedition Impossible, Love Bites, Ratings Rat Race, Rookie Blue, So You Think You Can Dance, TV Ratings, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

Overall usage was down 6% last night versus last Thursday, and ratings were down by at least as much across the board. At 9 PM, CBS’ Big Brother (2.3/7) was the top-rated program of the night by a mile, but it was down 18% from last Thursday’s premiere. Paced by Big Brother and helped by strong rerun numbers for The Big Bang Theory (1.6/6), CBS won the night in both adults 18-49 (1.6/5) and total viewers (6.2 million). Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ABC’s ‘Expedition: Impossible’ OK In Debut, ‘Rookie Blue’ Slips

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday June 24, 2011 @ 9:40am PDTTags: Expedition Impossible, Love Bites, Ratings Rat Race, Rookie Blue, So You Think You Can Dance, TV Ratings, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

ABC launched its summer Thursday lineup last night with the official season premiere of Wipeout (2.3/8 in adults 18-49, down 12% from its Thursday premiere last summer), the debut of Mark Burnett’s new reality series Expedition Impossible (2.3/7), which held … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Slow Start For ABC’s ‘Wipeout’, ’101 Ways’ And ‘Combat Hospital’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday June 22, 2011 @ 11:02am PDTTags: 101 Ways To Leave A Game Show, America's Got Talent, Combat Hospital, MasterChef, Ratings Rat Race, The Voice, TV Ratings, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

Sorry for the delay, Nielsen had processing issues this morning. ABC probably didn’t mind as it delayed the bad news about the premiere performance of the network’s summer Tuesday lineup. At 8 PM, Wipeout (1.7/6) was down a whopping 45% … Read More »

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ABC Renews ‘Wipeout’ For Fifth Season, Vanessa Minnillo Tapped As New Co-Host

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday June 16, 2011 @ 5:29pm PDTTags: ABC, Renewed, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

ABC has renewed reality series Wipeout for a fifth season, which will include winter and summer editions for the 2011-2012 TV season. Vanessa Minnillo will join the series as co-host, starting with the winter Wipeout. She will replace Jill Wagner. … Read More »

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Ratings Rat Race: ‘Office’, ‘Bones’ Finales Up From Last Year, All Other Closers Down

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 20, 2011 @ 10:18am PDTTags: Bones, Grey's Anatomy, Parks and Recreation, Private Practice, Ratings Rat Race, Rules of Engagement, The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, The Office, TV Ratings, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

The suspense surrounding Michael Scott’s successor as boss on The Office boosted the season finale of the veteran NBC comedy series (3.8/10), which was up 12% from last season’s finale and ranked as the highest-rated scripted show of the night in adults 18-49. The hourlong finale of Parks and Recreation (2.2/6) was flat with last year’s season ender at 8:30 PM. (NBC aired Office reruns in the 8 PM hour.)

The penultimate results show of this season’s American Idol (6.2/19) was flat with the fast national for last week’s show (it was down 5% from the final but is expected to rebound again in the finals this afternoon.) The season finale of Bones (3.2/8) was even with last week and up 14% from the dramedy’s season finale last year. Bones edged the season finale of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy in total viewers (10 million vs. 9.6 million). Fox once again dominated the night in 18-49 and total viewers.

Grey’s Anatomy (3.4/9) was down a whopping 34% from last season, with the season finale of Private Practice (2.5/7) down 22%. Both were the series’ lowest-rated finales ever but were actually up two tenths each from last week. Wipeout (1.7/5) at 8 PM was flat.

The CBS series also posted declines vs. last year in their season finales. Read More »

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ABC Shifts Summer Premiere Dates

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday May 13, 2011 @ 5:57pm PDTTags: 101 Ways To Leave A Game Show, ABC, Expedition Impossible, Rookie Blue, summer schedule, Take the Money and Run, Wipeout

The summer premiere of ABC’s 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show is shifting to Tuesday, June 21 at 9 PM, the network announced today. It also said that the series premiere of Expedition Impossible and the Season 2 premiere … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘The Office’ Drops Without Carell, ‘American Idol’ Up

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 6, 2011 @ 2:30pm PDTTags: 30 Rock, American Idol, Bones, Community, Nikita, Outsourced, Parks and Recreation, Ratings Rat Race, Steve Carell, The Office, TV Ratings, Wipeout
Nellie Andreeva

Apologies for not filing a rating story earlier, it was a pretty big busy morning in TV news today. With the final ratings for last night in, here are the biggest highlights:

NBC’s The Office (3.5/10 in 18-49) was down 17% from last week’s episode, which marked the departure of star … Read More »

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