Home Cool News Coaxial Reviews Zone Chat Contact Us Sign in

RIVERS Helps Drag CBS Past ABC To Last Place!! SIMPSONS Rises!! MacFarlane Cartoons Plummet!! Sunday Ratings!!

I am – Hercules!!

“Three Rivers,” essentially the last of the autumn broadcast premieres, arrived in dead last place last night. The 18-49 numbers (last week in parentheses):

6.2 (5.6) Chargers at Steelers
4.9 (5.2) Family Guy
4.9 (4.5) Desperate Housewives
4.3 (4.2) The Simpsons
4.2 (4.9) The Cleveland Show
3.5 (3.6) American Dad
3.4 (3.1) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
3.2 (3.0) Brothers & Sisters
2.8 (3.2) The Amazing Race
2.3 (3.3) 60 Minutes
2.2 (1.9) Cold Case
2.2 (----) America’s Funniest Home Videos
2.0 (----) Three Rivers

* The biggest drops on Sunday were on CBS, with “60 Minutes” (which didn't have a football overrun as its lead-in this week) down a miserable 28% and “Amazing Race” down 18%. ("Rivers" fell a staggering 29% from its "Amazing" lead-in.)

* Also way down was “The Cleveland Show,” which fell 14%. Lead-in “Family Guy” fell 6%. “The Simpsons” was the only Fox cartoon to rise its second Sunday of the season.

* ABC rebounded slightly following a horrifying slide into fourth place last week. “Desperate Housewives,” down a crazy 37% last week from its 2008 premiere, was up a meager 4% from that low. “Brothers & Sisters,” down 35% last week from its 2008 premiere, was 7% up from last week. “Extreme Makeover” scored best: though down 16% last week from its 2008 premiere, it was up 10% from last week. The “Home Videos” season premiere was down 15% from its 2008 premiere.

James Hibberd’s analysis is here.


Follow Herc on Twitter!!


Now!!
$10.49 Blu-ray
Beetlejuice!!






Next Month!!

AddThis Social Bookmark Button
Click for previous story Talk Back More on this story Click for next story

User login

Reader Talkback

Numbers are Meaningless
by Karuma
Oct 5th, 2009
03:20:22 PM
Herc needs a dictionary re. "plummet"
by Tall_Boy66
Oct 5th, 2009
03:30:27 PM
Good Lord
by DanielPlainviewOnVacationInBos ton
Oct 5th, 2009
03:30:36 PM
Herc and his numbers
by Djamdjean
Oct 5th, 2009
03:37:28 PM
headline double meaning?
by nostairway
Oct 5th, 2009
03:39:45 PM
Karuma
by ChildOfMen
Oct 5th, 2009
03:44:12 PM
After watching the second episode of The Cleveland Show
by Big Jim
Oct 5th, 2009
03:48:11 PM
Movr Amazing Race to a new night
by lockesbrokenleg
Oct 5th, 2009
03:50:32 PM
%14 drop is not huge
by Alientoast
Oct 5th, 2009
03:51:59 PM
So I just watched SMALLVILLE 9.02 and wow...
by YackBacker
Oct 5th, 2009
04:13:27 PM
@Djamdjean
by Incomplete Gamer
Oct 5th, 2009
04:15:03 PM
These ratings posts are great
by HalJordanSuperstar
Oct 5th, 2009
04:19:09 PM
I am wondering....
by Jamie McBain
Oct 5th, 2009
04:19:55 PM
3 rivers is about organ donations
by Eyegore
Oct 5th, 2009
04:23:30 PM
Simpsons was an improvement
by barnaby jones
Oct 5th, 2009
04:28:58 PM
The Cleveland Show
by PowerRing
Oct 5th, 2009
04:29:42 PM
People Aren't Watching Less TV, The Audience is Still the Same..
by fedrich519
Oct 5th, 2009
04:44:03 PM
illegal downloading.
by PowerRing
Oct 5th, 2009
04:46:48 PM
Wow PowerRing...
by Hairy Nutsack
Oct 5th, 2009
04:50:20 PM
Much like Family Guy's figures, I plummeted today!
by CHRISTIAN_BALE_TRASHED_MY_LIGH TS
Oct 5th, 2009
04:50:35 PM
LMAO sorry PowerRing...
by Hairy Nutsack
Oct 5th, 2009
04:51:54 PM
@ Hairy Nutsack
by PowerRing
Oct 5th, 2009
04:52:55 PM
One improvement I'm noticing for The Simpsons
by Castlemonster
Oct 5th, 2009
05:03:32 PM
And Cleveland...
by Castlemonster
Oct 5th, 2009
05:08:54 PM
Ugh. These stories sadden me.
by D.Vader
Oct 5th, 2009
05:12:25 PM
Now that Cleveland's gone......
by thelordofhell
Oct 5th, 2009
05:16:40 PM
Wow
by BizarroJerry
Oct 5th, 2009
05:20:11 PM
It thought it was better (Cleveland Show)...
by CaptainBass
Oct 5th, 2009
05:26:05 PM
Clevland Show is too Amos and Andy for me.
by The_Maltese_Vulcan
Oct 5th, 2009
05:30:31 PM
I get about 70% of my TV from the internet nowadays
by YackBacker
Oct 5th, 2009
05:30:52 PM
Numbers are not meaningless...
by Hugh G Rekshun
Oct 5th, 2009
05:38:40 PM
Rekshun, it matters if the nets keep cancelling good shows
by YackBacker
Oct 5th, 2009
05:46:23 PM
Pittsburgh beat Cleveland? what a shock!
by funnyhat
Oct 5th, 2009
05:49:01 PM
Cleveland, Simpsons, Family Guy, all were meh last night
by FeralAngel
Oct 5th, 2009
05:59:52 PM
I just assumed I'd be adding Clevland Show to my lineup
by _Maltheus_
Oct 5th, 2009
06:08:38 PM
Actually watched the Cleveland Show last night
by FlurryOfChocolateGlazedKrispyK remeDonuts
Oct 5th, 2009
06:08:58 PM
American Dad usually even has a plot
by FlurryOfChocolateGlazedKrispyK remeDonuts
Oct 5th, 2009
06:10:45 PM
Herc, what about Cable?
by Somerichs
Oct 5th, 2009
06:24:59 PM
The Numbers Do Count
by RaRoMo
Oct 5th, 2009
06:41:17 PM
Cleveland jr.
by Harold-Sherbort
Oct 5th, 2009
06:42:50 PM
Networks do count DVR and ITunes
by Mr. Profit
Oct 5th, 2009
06:49:49 PM
Hercules doing a cut and paste job. NICE!
by LordEnigma
Oct 5th, 2009
06:51:51 PM
And Fox's Animation Domination is up in total viewers...
by Mr. Profit
Oct 5th, 2009
06:54:29 PM
Cleveland Show already has a 2nd Season
by TheSecondQuest
Oct 5th, 2009
06:55:55 PM
Men Lie. Women Lie. Numbers DON'T
by Disney_Retcond_my_STD
Oct 5th, 2009
07:02:03 PM
CABLE ratings are dominated by WWE RAW
by Disney_Retcond_my_STD
Oct 5th, 2009
07:03:35 PM
FlurryOfChocolateGlazedKrispy Kre meDonuts
by PowerRing
Oct 5th, 2009
07:07:21 PM
Geena Davis is under my desk right now.
by Fareal
Oct 5th, 2009
07:26:57 PM
Family Guy
by Mr. Profit
Oct 5th, 2009
08:01:54 PM
Why are all networks run by fucking retards?...
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Oct 5th, 2009
08:31:12 PM
Schindler's List Joke was going a bit far
by drewlicious
Oct 5th, 2009
08:38:07 PM
So this is Bonnie Hammer, head of NBC?
by YackBacker
Oct 5th, 2009
08:54:30 PM
Nah, you're mistaken...
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Oct 5th, 2009
08:58:13 PM
Bonnie Hammer is running NBC Cable Entertainment
by Mr. Profit
Oct 5th, 2009
09:19:02 PM
OK, Bonnie gets a thumbs up if she's responsible for USA
by YackBacker
Oct 5th, 2009
09:33:11 PM
The Cleveland Show is Family Guy Lite
by beane2099
Oct 5th, 2009
09:45:27 PM
Herc saying MacFarlane's ratings plummeted means one thing
by Osiris3657
Oct 5th, 2009
10:02:43 PM
Halle Berry "joke" on Cleveland Show
by Nasty In The Pasty
Oct 5th, 2009
10:10:49 PM
Early Family Guy did suck
by Homer Sexual
Oct 5th, 2009
10:15:24 PM
Who the hell keeps hiring Christian Slater?
by lockesbrokenleg
Oct 5th, 2009
10:21:01 PM
Cleveland Jr as washroom door turned the show from meh to blah f
by tangcameo
Oct 5th, 2009
10:30:47 PM
What if we're Canadian beane2009?
by tangcameo
Oct 5th, 2009
10:32:39 PM
Did you know that monday night raw had more viewers than
by supercowbell5THECOWBELLHASSPOK EN
Oct 5th, 2009
10:53:38 PM
I didn't catch The Cleveland show...
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Oct 5th, 2009
11:36:24 PM
YackBacker Re: "Who would you Fuck in that picture"
by Xiphos_2
Oct 6th, 2009
12:30:15 AM
poodle's asshole, definitely
by juice willis
Oct 6th, 2009
02:15:39 AM
It ain't about reach anymore...
by dj_bollocks
Oct 6th, 2009
06:37:20 AM
Is it too early for SOUTH PARK talkback?
by onezeroone
Oct 6th, 2009
06:49:34 AM
Superman not killing...
by BizarroJerry
Oct 6th, 2009
08:24:28 AM
Just evidence that the ratings system has failed
by Narcissus
Oct 6th, 2009
08:40:23 AM
Illegally dowwnloaded?
by Narcissus
Oct 6th, 2009
08:49:23 AM
Loved the SUPER FRIENDS opening to FAMILY GUY
by SpyGuy
Oct 6th, 2009
09:09:21 AM
The FG Super Friends opening
by Nasty In The Pasty
Oct 6th, 2009
10:22:42 AM
Cleveland Show Is Unwatchable
by Partyslammer
Oct 6th, 2009
11:12:59 AM
The FG Super Friends opening
by Series7
Oct 6th, 2009
11:33:37 AM
On the other hand Seth Rogan
by Series7
Oct 6th, 2009
11:34:54 AM
Herc, please leave you biases out of the headlines
by JacksParasites
Oct 6th, 2009
11:43:57 AM
Xiphos_2, that's what I'm talkin' bout!!!
by YackBacker
Oct 6th, 2009
01:31:28 PM
So far, SIMPSONS is improved this season
by YackBacker
Oct 6th, 2009
01:33:17 PM
Series7- It is a running gag with the titles
by TheSecondQuest
Oct 6th, 2009
11:30:53 PM
I clicked on the post hoping...
by we_pray_for_mad_skillz
Oct 7th, 2009
09:13:30 AM

Quick Talkback

Please login to post talkback.