With the new TV season almost upon us, I will talk about the tv ratngs. I will look at the total viewers and the demographic especially the 18-49 years old. I will concentrate at shows that I watch on networks tv(CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX).
To clarify things, the total viewers are reported by all the news media but when it comes to renewing tv show the measurement that matter are the demographics. The demographic or demo, are the 18-49, 18-34 and 25-54. Depending on which networks a show is on, some of those demo are more important than others.
One of my favorite site that do report tv ratings is tvbythenumbers and today they posted what they call the 'renew/cancel, index. It is base on networks average in the 18-49 demo and what shows average versus their netwrok. According to this index, any shows doing under 0.90 are in danger of cancelation. tvbythenumbers posted today a list with all shows on broadcast networks for the season 2009-2010. Lets have a look at this index:
Note: no tv reality, sports or special event( ex: The Oscars) shows.
Show Index
Dollhouse (F), (P) 0.29
Til Death (Sunday) (S) 0.32
Eastwick 0.36
Better Off Ted 0.39
Miami Medical (F) 0.42
Scrubs (P) 0.46
Past Life 0.47
Melrose Place (P) 0.50
Friday Night Lights (T) 0.51
The Deep End 0.52
Happy Town 0.53
Ugly Betty (Wed) (S), (P) 0.54
the forgotten 0.56
FlashForward (P) 0.58
Ghost Whisperer (F), (S) 0.58
Medium (F), (P) 0.59
Law & Order (F), (P) 0.60
Mercy (P) 0.60
New Adventures of Old Christine (S) 0.60
Trauma (P) 0.61
Numb3rs (F), (P) 0.64
Gary Unmarried 0.66
Sons of Tucson 0.72
90210 (P) 0.72
Law & Order (Monday), (P) 0.75
Cold Case (P) 0.77
Human Target (Wed only) 0.81
V 0.83
Heroes (P) 0.85
Accidentally On Purpose (Wed) (P) 0.86
The Middle 0.87
Fringe 0.87
The Good Wife (P) 0.88
Community 0.89
Parks & Recreation (P) 0.89
Life Unexpected (P) 0.91
Smallville (F), (P) 0.92
Chuck 0.95
Brothers & Sisters (S), (P) 0.95
Gossip Girl (P) 0.95
The Cleveland Show (P) 0.96
Romantically Challenged 0.96
American Dad (P) 0.97
CSI:NY (P) 0.98
Rules of Engagement 0.98
One Tree Hill (P) 1.00
Cougar Town (P) 1.01
Castle (P) 1.03
24 1.04
CSI (P) 1.04
Bones (P) 1.05
The Mentalist 1.08
Parenthood (P) 1.10
NCIS: Los Angeles (P) 1.10
Private Practice (P) 1.12
CSI: Miami (P) 1.12
The Simpsons (P) 1.12
Supernatural (S), (P) 1.14
30 Rock (P) 1.16
How I Met Your Mother (S) 1.17
Criminal Minds (P) 1.18
Law & Order: SVU (P) 1.20
Family Guy (P) 1.25
NCIS (P) 1.28
Modern Family 1.40
Desperate Housewives (P) 1.41
Grey’s Anatomy (P) 1.48
Lost 1.55
Vampire Diaries (P) 1.55
The Office (P) 1.58
House 1.62
Two And A Half Men 1.77
Big Bang Theory 1.80
Glee (P) 1.90
What this list tells us is that among the scripted shows Glee is the youngest skewing show closely followed by The Big Bang Theory. What this list doesn't tell us is that shows like Modern Family do have an advantage over a show like Criminal Minds as MF rating cover only the first half hour of the 9h00 to 10h00PM slot. When a show like American Idol hit the airwave then CM gets to compete with AI when AI is at its most lethal, that is the second half hour when the name of the eliminated contestant is reveal.
That said, lets look at every networks the top five performers:
CBS: The Big Bang Theory,Two and Half Men,NCIS,Criminal Minds,How I meet Your Mother
FOX: Glee, House,Family Guy, The Simpsons, Bones
ABC: Lost,Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewife, Modern Family, Private Practice
NBC: The Office, Law & Order SVU, 30 rock,Parenthood, Chuck.
Source:
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/09/07/new-improved-the-renew-cancel-index-returns-in-a-week/62310
