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11/4: No more Dog the Bounty Hunter will hurt A&E
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sorry, last week got sort of crazy with Steve & Vikki so I’m posting the weekly ratings a bit late.
Fox and ABC were the big winners with local TV viewers last week.
The local affiliates dominated the top 10, including Fox’s “House” turning in its best performance of the year, pulling in 563,000 Atlanta viewers.
The top-ranked CBS show locally was “CSI: Miami” last Monday at No. 14, with 276,000 viewers. For NBC, “Heroes” was the most popular show at 18th, with 259,000 viewers.
And if you are a fan of “Dog the Bounty Hunter,” Duane Chapman’s leaked racial slurgs forced A&E to drop not only production but all airings of its popular show. During the week of October, the network aired the show a whopping 29 times over 14.5 hours, drawing a total of 24.6 million viewers. (Many are likely repeat viewers so it’s not necessarily 24.6 million discrete people.)
WINNERS:
ABC’s “Samantha Who?” — This fall’s biggest new hit starring Christina Applegate has given a full-season order this week after three strong showings. Locally, it ranked 10th; nationally, 18th.
ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars — This show hit a season high October 29 the day before “Cheetah Girl” Sabrina Bryan was surprisingly ousted, finishing at about 21.4 million viewers. This show also fueled “Boston Legal” to its series high of 11.4 million viewers Tuesday.
CBS’s “Two and a Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” — Both middle-aged shows hit series highs this past Monday, 14.1 million for Charlie Sheen and 15.7 million for David Caruso.
WSB-TV’s “Georgia’s Water Crisis” — WSB-TV, the ABC affiliate, bumped “Cavemen” and “Carpoolers” Oct. 23 for this second special on the drought and clearly Atlantans had a thirst for it. It ranked 12th overall, bringing in 283,000 Atlantans.
Comedy Central’s “South Park” — More than a decade and many deaths of Kenny later and this animated series is showing incredible resilience. It is pulling in some of its best numbers in at least three years, averaging 3.6 million viewers a week.
LOSERS
Bravo’s “Queer Eye” — Once a buzz-worthy show dubbed “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” this show isin its final season is going away quietly. It’s averaging only 490,000 viewers nationwide vs. 1.7 million its first season. It drew only 384,000 October 23.
HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” — Larry David, who recently divorced in real life and separated with his fictional wife, keeps losing viewers too. In its sixth and final season, the show’s original airings are averaging just 1.13 million viewers so far, down from 4.5 million its peak year in 2002 (then fueled by “Sex & the City” and “The Sopranos”)
NBC’s Monday night lineup — All three shows hit series lows October 29. First, “Chuck”, a new series about a lovable semi-loser who has the government’s secrets imbedded in his head, finished with just 7 million viewers. “Heroes,” which may be hitting a sophomore slump, dropped to 10.5 milliion the same night. And likely-to-be-canned “Journeyman” dropped to 5.8 million.
LOCAL RATINGS
Program Network Date Viewers national rank
“House” Fox Oct. 23 563,000 5
“Dancing With the Stars” ABC Oct. 22 467,000 1
“Grey’s Anatomy” ABC Oct. 25 386,000 4
“Desperate Housewives” ABC Oct. 28 363,000 3
“Extreme Makeover: ABC Oct. 28 325,000 13 Home Edition”
“Fox News at 10” Fox Oct. 23 324,000 n/a
“Bones” Fox Oct. 22 309,000 41
World Series, Game 4 Fox Oct. 28 301,000 2
“Dancing With the Stars ABC Oct. 23 295,000 6 (results)”
“Samantha Who?” ABC Oct. 22 293,000 18
Source: Nielsen Media Research
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By Thrash
November 7, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this
Too bad for Dog. He gets pulled off the air for a PRIVATE phone call that was nobody else’s business for a word you can hear coming out of every other car on Peachtree St. at about 123 decibels.
By Kathy
November 7, 2007 1:17 PM | Link to this
Poor ol’ Dog just doesn’t get it Does he? His BLOOD would never come close to atoning for his sin.I have read post after post on the net and look at the slurs hes getting. I am white and have sense enough to know that people are waiting to pounce on that WORD for it seems WHITEY can never pay enough for what our forefatgers did many a moon ago
By plutarch
November 8, 2007 11:59 AM | Link to this
Hmm…If I was making $100K an episode, I think I could refrain from dropping the N-word around.