"Veronica Mars" moved back to Tuesday

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New Orbit for 'Veronica Mars'
Show moves to Tuesdays, away from 'Idol'

Kristen Bell on 'Veronica Mars'LOS ANGELES -- UPN is sending "Veronica
Mars" back to her old home for its final episodes this season, which
may be both good and bad news for the series.

kaydigi...

I said this to BTR1701 a week a ago.....

Userb3...

That's great news for our house, where we don't have enough recorders to
record Veronica Mars, Criminal Minds, Lost, and Law & Order all at the same
time. Sheesh - hasn't anyone ever heard of Monday night?

Barry Margolin...

I'm solving that by watching the weekend rerun of VM.

Bob B....

Same here - Sunday at 10pm.

Does anyone know if ratings for VM count both showings? Or just the
Wednesday night showing?

videonovels...

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The second airing is treated as a "syndicated" show & tracked
separately. They provide separate ratings such that you see something
like this:

4.0 (original airing) 1.0 (2: repeat) 0.5 (2: non-repeated
viewings)

and the advertisers/networks can decide if they want to call it a
combined 5.0 or 4.5 or just a flat 4.0.

.

My station doesn't even show VM on Wednesdays. They show Michigan
basketball. :-( So I have to wait until Sunday at 7 p.m. and Saturday
at some random time (usually midnight).

Bob B.

Messalina...

-snip-

Yay! This means I can start recording it now. I have no conflicts on
tuesday.

Starting April 11, "Veronica" will air at 9 p.m. ET Tuesdays -- the
same timeslot it held last season. Repeats are scheduled to air on
Wednesdays for at least two weeks following the change; plans for
after that "will be announced shortly," the network says. The show
will remain in its current Wednesday home until then.

With the move, "Veronica Mars" will lose its strong lead-in,
"America's Next Top Model," which helped boost the critically loved
high-school noir's ratings in the fall. "Veronica's" ratings have
suffered in recent airings, however, partly due to the absence of "Top
Model" and partly due to the return of "American Idol." For the
season, it's averaging about 2.4 million viewers per week, just about
even with its numbers this time last year.

Moving the show to Tuesdays does get it out of "Idol's" path, as well
as that of ABC's "Lost" and CBS' "Criminal Minds." It will, however,
have to go up against FOX's "House" and CBS' emerging hit "The Unit."

What the change means for "Veronica's" chances to make the jump to The
CW next season remains to be seen. UPN President Dawn Ostroff, who
will run the new network, is a fan of the show. Still, its marginal
ratings make a pickup for The CW, which will feature programs from
both UPN and The WB, less than certain.