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Thursday, October 30, 2008
10/29: “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” ratings continue to rock
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I spent the day trying to find out if WABE-FM actually reached its fall fundraising goals in a very difficult environment but general manager John Weatherford was nowhere to be found. WABE missed its spring 2007 goal but has reached goals in the fall 2007 and spring of this year.
I’ll report it tomorrow, assuming he gets back to me.
Otherwise, it’s a quiet day so here’s a miscellaneous mix of news:
-“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” is a hit for Bravo. In its fourth outing this past Tuesday, the show drew 1.27 million viewers, virtually the same as the week before and about double its opening numbers. Among the coveted 18 to 49 demo, it’s drawing a sold 1 million viewers. And here’s the advance plotline for next week’s episode, which airs at 9 p.m. on Election Night.
Shereé and Lisa let loose at a pole dancing class. Lisa, DeShawn, NeNe and their husbands spend a luxurious evening together at a vineyard to celebrate DeShawn’s 34th birthday. The dinner takes a turn for the worse after NeNe starts to gossip about Shereé and makes up a nasty song about Kim’s music career. Kim and Shereé have a Botox date during which Kim finds out about the song NeNe sang about her, the two bond over mistrust for NeNe. When Kim ignores NeNe during an afternoon of lingerie shopping, the tensions mount and things get ugly. Kim’s plans for stardom are at stake as Grammy Award-winning producer Dallas Austin sends her to celebrity music coach, Miss Jan. Meanwhile, inspired by DeShawn, NeNe starts her own foundation for battered women, Twisted Hearts. She throws a “Big Hats” fundraising brunch and opens up about her past turmoil to a moved audience. After futile efforts to get NeNe and Kim to talk, DeShawn joins NeNe for a girls’ night where they focus on surrounding themselves with positive people and true friends.
-“The BET Hip Hop Awards,” which aired last Thursday and taped at the Atlanta Civic Center, did relatively well for the network, pulling in 3.06 million viewers. Locally, 242,000 Atlantans caught the show, making it the 12th most popular show of the week among primetime shows. Nationally, the show ranked 133rd behind a Saturday repeat of “The Office” on NBC. Ratings, though, are down from 2007 (3.28 million) and 2006 (3.68 million)
- About 33.6 million people saw the Barack Obama ad. Locally, Atlanta only ranked 43rd out of 56 major markets, with about 600,000 people catching it on various networks. ABC’s “Pushing Daisies” did slightly better than usual this season with 6.6 million viewers but that’s hardly a rousing figure relatively speaking. The whimsical show is definitely in ratings trouble.
-CBS’s “Ex List” has been yanked off the schedule on Fridays. The show wasn’t very good and the ratings were dropping to boot. Fox has also pulled “Til Death” from its November sweeps. And USA has delayed the debut of “Law & Order: CI” until the first quarter so it can air 16 episodes in a row.
-Former Atlantan and “SNL” cast member FInesse Mitchell is not impressed with SNL’s Fred Armison and his take on Barack Obama:
“I love Fred,” he told Jam in Canada.. “He’s one of my favourite cast members and he knows that. But the overall review of it is that African-Americans wish they had chosen an African-American. I like it, he just needs to loosen up a bit and be a little more soulful.”*
-North Springs High School grad and “Dukes of Hazzard” star John Schneider will do three episodes of ABC’s “Dirty Sexy Money,” playing a Congressman who screws over Simon. Info courtesy of ew.com.
-And NBC is having a rough time this fall with hit shows losing steam (see “Heroes,” “Law & Order: SVU”) and none of its new shows doing particularly well (see “Knight Rider,” “Kath & Kym”). Only “Saturday Night Live” is getting any buzz. In Atlanta, the network didn’t have a single show land in the top 32 last week. ABC and Fox had 10 each, followed by CBS with nine.
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