'Mr Sunshine' Is The Highest Rated ABC Scripted Mid Season Replacement in 4 Years! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 02-10-2011, 02:28 PM

Fox easily won Wednesday night with American Idol. But the hour-long installment was down 8 percent week-to-week. Nevertheless, with an 8.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 23.6 million viewers over all, Idol was easily the top-rated show of the night and outperformed the combined four-network competition in the 8 p.m. hour by nearly 70 percent.

This is the final week of auditions for Idol, with “Hollywood Week” set to begin next week. Historically, the audition installments trend down – as the novelty of awful and delusional contestants wears off – and tends to pick back up once finalists are chosen.

ABC was second for the night with strong tune-in for Modern Family (5.0, 13 million) at 9 p.m., which gave new Matthew Perry comedy Mr. Sunshine (his big return to primetime) a strong lead-in for a 3.7 rating and 10.6 million viewers overall. That was enough to give ABC a win in the 9 p.m. hour (4.4, 11.8 million) beating out a new installment of CBS’ Criminal Minds (3.7, 14.3 million), which was up 16 percent compared to its last original on Jan. 26.

Mr. Sunshine bested last fall’s premiere of Cougar Town by 9 percent and also marked ABC’s highest-rated scripted midseason bow in nearly four years.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...e-debuts-98025

ryan423 · 02-10-2011, 04:00 PM

So glad, but clearly, they a realistic view on how the show WILL do. I loved the pilot... Studo 60 in a sporting arena!

RowdyRaider01 · 02-15-2011, 11:28 PM

Any sitcom that can leave me laughing without using a laugh track is TRULY a funny show. Congrats to those at ABC and here's to new episodes. Do keep this momentum going!

Rosslover · 03-10-2011, 12:29 AM

It is a funny show and Matthew is obviously very talented. With Cougar Town, Episodes and now Mr Sunshine the FRIENDS curse is now over hurray!

Chocolate Moose · 04-29-2011, 01:50 PM

Can’t believe that people actually watch and like this show. Ewwww

02-10-2011, 02:28 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	'Mr Sunshine' Is The Highest Rated ABC Scripted Mid Season Replacement in 4 Years! Fox easily won Wednesday night with American Idol. But the hour-long installment was down 8 percent week-to-week. Nevertheless, with an 8.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 23.6 million viewers over all, Idol was easily the top-rated show of the night and outperformed the combined four-network competition in the 8 p.m. hour by nearly 70 percent. This is the final week of auditions for Idol, with “Hollywood Week” set to begin next week. Historically, the audition installments trend down – as the novelty of awful and delusional contestants wears off – and tends to pick back up once finalists are chosen. ABC was second for the night with strong tune-in for Modern Family (5.0, 13 million) at 9 p.m., which gave new Matthew Perry comedy Mr. Sunshine (his big return to primetime) a strong lead-in for a 3.7 rating and 10.6 million viewers overall. That was enough to give ABC a win in the 9 p.m. hour (4.4, 11.8 million) beating out a new installment of CBS’ Criminal Minds (3.7, 14.3 million), which was up 16 percent compared to its last original on Jan. 26. Mr. Sunshine bested last fall’s premiere of Cougar Town by 9 percent and also marked ABC’s highest-rated scripted midseason bow in nearly four years. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...e-debuts-98025
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Rosslover Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 21, 2005 Posts: 431	It is a funny show and Matthew is obviously very talented. With Cougar Town, Episodes and now Mr Sunshine the FRIENDS curse is now over hurray!
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Chocolate Moose Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 21, 2007 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 4,891	Can’t believe that people actually watch and like this show. Ewwww
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02-10-2011, 04:00 PM	#2
ryan423 Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 15, 2007 Posts: 1,829	So glad, but clearly, they a realistic view on how the show WILL do. I loved the pilot... Studo 60 in a sporting arena!

02-15-2011, 11:28 PM	#3
RowdyRaider01 Bender's #2 Fan First Time Poster Join Date: Feb 15, 2011 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 1	Any sitcom that can leave me laughing without using a laugh track is TRULY a funny show. Congrats to those at ABC and here's to new episodes. Do keep this momentum going!