Sunday 10/15/06 ratings

Comedies, even mediocre ones, seems to have many more turns in TV
syndication than dramas, though.

telenovels...

Really? Where are the reruns of old UPN comedies?

Obveeus...

Girlfriends seems to be blanketing the airwaves in syndication.

Why are you trying to redirect the topic to *only* ULN comedies rather than

telenovels...

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Because they are mediocre. Because the Comedies we are discussing are
from the old UPN. Because I want to prove my point: "CW is better-off
focusing on boosting drama ratings (like 7th heaven, smallville,
supernatural)."

all comedies vs. all dramas? Most hour long serial dramas don't play out
well in syndication because people don't have time daily to devote to them.
Comedies, on the other hand, can usually be watched in an out orf order
random fashion...maing them more ideal for syndication.

from Marc Berman at mediaweek

telenovels...

So.

7th Heaven lost 0.5% of its audience. That's not bad considering the
increased competition of Sundays.

Runaway also lost 0.5% of its audience.

If CW could get rid of that Runaway stinker, and replace it with a GOOD
drama like Everwood, they'd probably have a solid 2.5% for Sunday night.

record hunter...

Evergreen has been over since Ephraim and Amy first entertained the
thought of going to Podunk U.

Runaway may stink, but its smell is not that of a equine corpse.

telenovels...

I wouldn't care if Everwood spelled like a Horse patty dipped into
skunk urine. It would get better ratings than Runaway (3.0% last year
vs. 1.1% for runaway), and thereby draw more money into the CW's
treasury.

record hunter...

I'm not sure you're right. Nothing seems to be doing well on CW.

As for me, I'm watching Runaway. Nothing could get me to watch another
year of the Perils of Amy and Ephraim. Alright...a hand job from
Ephraim, maybe.

Michael Ikeda...

The fast national rating for 7th Heaven was 2.1 according to both
Zap2it and Futon Critic (previous airing had a 2.9 rating according
to Futon Critic). Much of the loss was probably due to the day
switch, which took place too late to get into many of the weekly
print guides.

telenovels...

Hmmm. Two weeks time is not enough notice for Print Guides to switch
7th Heaven from Monday to Sunday's schedule? (That's a genuine
question; I don't know how much lead the Printers require.)

Michael Ikeda...

It wasn't enough time for either the Washington Post's Weekly TV
listings (which is the ONLY printed source of Sunday TV listings in
the Post) or for TV Guide. I'd suspect that a lot of casual viewers

Obveeus...

The TV Guide listings are done by untrained monkeys. Care to take bets on
whether they can even get Daylight savings time correct this year?

of 7th Heaven missed that episode simply because they didn't realize
the show had moved to Sunday.

2.9 to 2.1 = a big loss for 7th Heaven. It was CW's top drama. Now
it's down near the bottom with One Tree Hill, Veronica, and
Supernatural. Ouch.

Note: The following overnight results exclude the Buffalo market.

Sunday 10/15/06 Metered Market Ratings
NETWORK HH RATING/SHARE
CBS 10.6/16
ABC 9.3/14
NBC 6.8/10
FOX 5.7/9
CW 1.8/3

-Percent Change From the Comparable Year-Ago Evening (Sunday 10/16/05)
(The CW is compared to the WB's combination of two Reba repeats,
Charmed and two episodes -- original and repeat -- of Blue Collar TV).
CBS: +14, NBC: - 6, ABC: -21, Fox: -30, CW: -31