Angry at CBS not running new Epsoides

[Mysty Eyes]

Originally Posted by Brent88

Just for the record, I believe that Idol will be the only show to beat the Olympics(and I'm not 100% sure it will). I found some of the Primetime ratings from Athens and it was even bigger than I thought, considering it was tape-delayed like this will be.

I don't know about that. I love figure skating, and the pairs competition is supposed to finish on Monday, 2/13. On Monday, 2/20, it's ice dancing. If these two competitions happen between 9-10pm, I won't be seeing them. I will definitely be watching "24" on FOX. This show is a must-see-every-episode, and they do NOT show re-runs. Olympics lose.

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by Mysty Eyes

I don't know about that. I love figure skating, and the pairs competition is supposed to finish on Monday, 2/13. On Monday, 2/20, it's ice dancing. If these two competitions happen between 9-10pm, I won't be seeing them. I will definitely be watching "24" on FOX. This show is a must-see-every-episode, and they do NOT show re-runs. Olympics lose.

Exactly Their's no way I would ever miss an episode of 24 no matter what was airing opposite it.

[Brent88]

Originally Posted by Mysty Eyes

I don't know about that. I love figure skating, and the pairs competition is supposed to finish on Monday, 2/13. On Monday, 2/20, it's ice dancing. If these two competitions happen between 9-10pm, I won't be seeing them. I will definitely be watching "24" on FOX. This show is a must-see-every-episode, and they do NOT show re-runs. Olympics lose.

True... but 24 pulls in an 8 rating. The Olympics will get at least a 14-15 rating, maybe higher.

The only shows that have a chance IMO are DH, Grey's Anatomy, and Idol. Everything else would surprise me.

[Mysty Eyes]

Originally Posted by Brent88

True... but 24 pulls in an 8 rating. The Olympics will get at least a 14-15 rating, maybe higher.

The only shows that have a chance IMO are DH, Grey's Anatomy, and Idol. Everything else would surprise me.

Frankly, I don't have a clue about ratings, nor do I care about them. They rarely represent my viewing habits. I wonder just what that 8 rating means. 8 vs 100? 8 vs 10? I honestly have no idea what "8 rating" means. 24 is a successful franchise, in its 5th year and with a movie in the works. Yet "8 rating" makes it sound like a failure.

24 may not gain viewership during the Olympics, but I doubt that it will lose any either.

[Brent88]

Originally Posted by Mysty Eyes

Frankly, I don't have a clue about ratings, nor do I care about them. They rarely represent my viewing habits. I wonder just what that 8 rating means. 8 vs 100? 8 vs 10? I honestly have no idea what "8 rating" means. 24 is a successful franchise, in its 5th year and with a movie in the works. Yet "8 rating" makes it sound like a failure.

24 may not gain viewership during the Olympics, but I doubt that it will lose any either.

Oh it's defintely not going to be cancelled... it's a pretty big hit for a Monday and for FOX(compared to most of their other shows except for Idol and House). I was just making a point that 24 won't beat the Olympics, which is true. Hey, I know it has fans. I'll be watching DH, Commander-in-Chief, and Survivor instead of the Olympics, but will be watching a LOT of the Olympics as well.

Here was the Top 20 last week from Zap2it, the bolded numbers is number of viewers in Millions.

Top 20 Network Primetime Series: Total Households
Rank Program Name Net Day Time Household Viewers
Rating/Share Audience
1 SUPER BOWL XL(S) ABC Sun 6:26 PM 41.6/62.0 45,867,000 90,745,000
2 SUPER BOWL POST GUN(S) ABC Sun 10:05 PM 34.6/51.0 38,114,000 74,026,000
3 SUPER BOWL POST GAME(S) ABC Sun 10:10 PM 29.0/44.0 31,936,000 59,799,000
4 GREY'S ANATOMY ABC Sun 10:27 PM 21.0/34.0 23,106,000 37,881,000
5 AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY FOX Wed 8:00 PM 17.4/27.0 19,173,000 30,399,000
6 CSI CBS Thu 9:01 PM 17.1/25.0 18,858,000 28,365,000
7 AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY FOX Tue 8:00 PM 16.9/25.0 18,599,000 30,178,000
8 WITHOUT A TRACE CBS Thu 10:02 PM 13.5/22.0 14,884,000 20,800,000
9 CSI: MIAMI CBS Mon 10:01 PM 13.2/21.0 14,550,000 20,431,000
10 DANCING WITH THE STARS ABC Thu 8:00 PM 12.3/18.0 13,525,000 18,834,000
11 CSI: NY CBS Wed 10:01 PM 10.7/18.0 11,782,000 16,421,000
11 SURVIVOR:PANAMA-EXILE IS. CBS Thu 8:00 PM 10.7/16.0 11,752,000 19,195,000
13 DANCING W/STARS RESULTS ABC Fri 8:00 PM 10.2/17.0 11,231,000 16,041,000
14 TWO AND A HALF MEN CBS Mon 9:00 PM 9.7/14.0 10,643,000 15,042,000
15 E.R. NBC Thu 9:59 PM 9.1/15.0 9,998,000 13,763,000
16 CRIMINAL MINDS CBS Wed 9:00 PM 8.7/13.0 9,545,000 13,062,000
17 COURTING ALEX CBS Mon 9:32 PM 8.6/13.0 9,511,000 13,271,000
17 NUMB3RS CBS Fri 10:00 PM 8.6/15.0 9,479,000 13,314,000
19 24 FOX Mon 9:00 PM 8.0/12.0 8,868,000 13,822,000
19 NCIS CBS Tue 8:00 PM 8.0/12.0 8,796,000 12,071,000

[TVJunkie101]

I think CBS is smart. I think it will obviously frustrate fans of those shows who DON'T watch the Olympics. Either way no one is ever going to be happy. Why bicker about it?

FOX won't be hurting too badly, IMO. If CBS/ABC, etc. are in reruns, I think it could only HELP Fox, and The WB, etc. Idol will still get huge numbers. 24 will still do well. Survivor will still do well. Grey's will still do well.

It's not the end of the world. Ratings will probably drop a bit but they won't be anemic.

[db108108]

An 8 rating means that 8% of all households in the US were watching 24 (out of 110 million households). It's definitely not a failure.