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10/13: TV ratings - Practice up, Bionic down
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An alarming 42 percent of Atlantans who sampled the debut of NBC’s “Bionic Woman” skipped out the second week.
The remake of the ’70s drama drew a solid 363,000 Atlantans two weeks ago but only brought in 211,000 on Oct. 3. Nationally, the show — which has received mixed reviews — dropped to a lesser degree, from 13.9 million viewers to 11.1 million.
But ABC’s “Private Practice,” the “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff that aired at the same time as “Bionic,” saw its audience grow from 223,000 week one to 247,000 Oct. 3. The show finished at 12.5 million, down from 14.4 million week one, a fairly typical dropoff for a new show.
ABC also got good numbers out of its critically acclaimed new series “Pushing Daisies,” which ranked 14th nationwide with 13 million viewers, landed at No. 9 locally , finishing with 290,000 viewers.
Here are the top 10 primetime shows in metro Atlanta from the week of Oct. 1, 2007:
Show Network Date Viewers (national ranking)
“House” Fox Oct. 1 496,000 (6)
“Dancing With the Stars” ABC Oct. 1 467,000 (2)
“College football (Florida at LSU)” CBS Oct. 6 448,000 (48)
“Grey’s Anatomy” ABC Oct. 7 400,000 (3)
“Dancing With the Stars (results)” ABC Oct. 2 334,000 (8)
“CSI” CBS Oct. 4 320,000 (1)
“Desperate Housewives” ABC Oct. 7 318,000 5)
“Law & Order: SVU” NBC Oct. 2 295,000 (21)
“Pushing Daisies” ABC Oct. 3 290,000 (14)
NFL Sunday Night Football NBC Oct. 7 289,000 (4)
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Nationally, here are some other winners and losers:
WINNERS:
Bravo’s “Top Chef” — The finale pulled in 3.1 million viewers, down from the 3.6 million of the finale from season two, but still an excellent total for Bravo. Hung Hunyh beat Casey Thompson, the favorite coming into the finale, after she basically choked. He may not have been as likable as Casey or the other finalist, Dale, but he definitely brought his A game to the last challenge.
NBC’s “The Office” — The hilarious sitcom in its fourth season is one of the few that has seen any ratings growth year over year, averaing 9 million viewers vs. 8.5 million a year ago at the same point. Although the one-hour episodes so far seem a bit bloated (there’s one more next week), the show is doing amazingly well considering it’s up against top 5 shows “CSI” and “Grey’s Anatomy.”
NBC’s “Deal or No Deal” — This rapidly aging game show has seen a spark of life recently thanks to the show adding extra $1 million cases in the mix in hopes of getting someone to that vaunted $1 million level. The show drew 12.5 million viewers Wednesday, its best performance since March.
LOSERS
NBC’s “E.R.” — This decrepit drama is in critical condition, its status falling fast as it hit yet another record ratings low of 8.6 million last night. Ouch. Even “Big Shots” did better on ABC.
**Bravo’s “Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style” — Gunn is hot on “Project Runway” but this makeover show saw its audience evaporate last week to just 278,000 viewers from 911,000 on Sept. 20 before broadcast competition started taking its toll.
CBS’s “Kid Nation” — Four weeks in and ratings have fallen off every week from 9.1 million the first to 6.9 million last night.
NBC’s “Chuck” — The preposterous conceit of this dramedy isn’t sticking with audiences as the show dropped from 9.2 million Sept. 24 to just 7 million this past Monday.
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By faye
October 12, 2007 5:15 PM | Link to this
Pushing Daisies is great - like a modern fractured fairy tale and crime drama spun into one.
I also enjoyed the first couple episodes of Journeyman.