Criminal Minds ratings for episode 6.02

Final ratings:

source: @TravisYanan tvbythenumbers

Modern Family (31 minutes)
- 11.918 million viewers
- 7.2/12 HH
- 4.6/13 A18-49

Cougar Town (29 minutes)
- 6.967 million viewers
- 4.5/7 HH
- 2.8/8 A18-49


Criminal Minds
- 14.567 million viewers
- 8.9/14 HH
- 3.6/10 A18-49


Law & Order: SVU
- 9.477 million viewers
- 6.0/10 HH
- 2.8/8 A18-49

Hell’s Kitchen (9pm)
- 6.592 million viewers
- 3.8/6 HH
- 3.0/8 A18-49


Good numbers for Criminal Minds. the projected numbers are even better:

CBS RESEARCH LIVE PLUS 7-DAY PROJECTIONS

Estimated Increases in Viewers and Adults 18-49 Versus Live Plus

Same Day Fast Affiliate Results

Total Total

Viewer Lift Live +7 A18-49 Lift Live +7

Survivor: Nicaragua +1.49m 13.65m +0.7 4.1

Criminal Minds +2.39m 16.80m +0.9 4.5

The Defenders +1.34m 11.72m +0.4 2.9

Almost 17.00 million viewers and a 4.7 in the demo are pretty amazing!

Ratings for the week of ending on Sept 26

Primetime Broadcast Adults 18-49 viewing for the week ending September 26, 2010:
Rank Show 18-49 Rating 18-49 Viewers
1 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NBC 7.3 9,643
2 GLEE P FOX 5.6 7,341
3 GREY’S ANATOMY P ABC 5.4 7,124
4 SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK NBC 5.2 6,877
5 MODERN FAMILY P ABC 5.1 6,709
6 DANCING WITH THE STARS P ABC 5.1 6,660
7 TWO AND A HALF MEN P CBS 4.9 6,410
8 BIG BANG THEORY, THE P CBS 4.9 6,398
9 FAMILY GUY P FOX 4.5 5,930
10 OFFICE P NBC 4.4 5,744
11 DANCING W/STARS RESULTS P ABC 4.4 5,726
12 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES P ABC 4.3 5,597
13 HOUSE P FOX 4.2 5,539
14 FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 NBC 4.1 5,338
15 SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA P CBS 4.0 5,312
16 NCIS P CBS 4.0 5,295
17 $#*! MY DAD SAYS P CBS 4.0 5,246
18 CRIMINAL MINDS P CBS 4.0 5,202
19 MIKE & MOLLY P CBS 3.9 5,182
20 HAWAII FIVE-0 P CBS 3.9 5,160
21 UNDERCOVER BOSS P CBS 3.8 4,952
22 AMAZING RACE 17 P CBS 3.8 4,945
23 SIMPSONS P FOX 3.7 4,872
24 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER P CBS 3.6 4,748
25 EVENT P NBC 3.6 4,743

source: tvbythenumbers

NBC: had 5 shows only two were scripted.

FOX: had 4 shows but all were scripted.

When it comes to demo average CBS was at the top with a 3.2, followed by ABC and NBC tied with a 2.8 and FOX had a 2.6.

Of the 11 shows CBS had in the top 25, 8 were scripted shows. ABC had 3 scripted shows, NBC had 2 and FOX had four scripted shows. All this tells us that ABC still have a few performing scripted shows but out of the 3 scripted two are aging shows. NBC does rely alot on unscripted shows and none of their drama are hits or even close to be a hit, only The Event barely made the top 25. FOX could only rely on scripted shows and only one was a drama. of all of FOX shows.

Of all the Networks, only CBS could brag that some of their new shows made the top 25, 3 of them did, Sh%t my dad says, Mike and Molly and Hawaii 5-0. Only NBC got to place a rookie, The Event, in the top 25!

FOX and ABC may have had heavy hitters with Glee(5.6) and ABC with Grey ( 5.4), Modern Family ( 5.1) and Dancing with the Stars (5.1) and NBC was on the map with Football (7.3, 5.1), CBS still manage to finished first because as any baseball fans knows, a more even lineup is much better than having just one or two heavy hitters.

Primetime Broadcast Network Total viewing (all ages) for

the week ending September 26, 2010:

# Viewers share

1 DANCING WITH THE STARS P ABC 21,294 13.5/20
2 NCIS P CBS 19,409 11.7/19
3 DANCING W/STARS RESULTS P ABC 18,518 11.6/18
4 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NBC 18,147 11.3/19
5 NCIS: LOS ANGELES P CBS 15,757 9.7/15
6 MENTALIST, THE P CBS 15,503 9.6/17
7 CSI P CBS 14,688 9.0/14
8 TWO AND A HALF MEN P CBS 14,625 8.9/13
9 60 MINUTES P CBS 14,410 9.0/15
10 GREY’S ANATOMY P ABC 14,321 9.0/14
11 HAWAII FIVE-0 P CBS 14,199 8.9/15
12 CRIMINAL MINDS P CBS 14,132 8.6/14
13 BIG BANG THEORY, THE P CBS 14,039 8.4/14
14 SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK NBC 13,855 8.5/14
15 NCIS: LOS ANGELES 10P SP(S) S CBS 13,595 8.5/15
16 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES P ABC 13,056 8.1/12
17 BLUE BLOODS P CBS 13,013 8.1/15
18 MODERN FAMILY P ABC 12,673 7.4/12
19 SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA P CBS 12,587 7.0/12
20 $#*! MY DAD SAYS P CBS 12,582 7.5/12
21 GLEE P FOX 12,452 6.9/11
22 MIKE & MOLLY P CBS 12,227 7.6/11
23 DEFENDERS, THE P CBS 12,174 7.7/14
24 DANCING W/STARS RESULT SP(S) S ABC 12,151 7.9/13
25 UNDERCOVER BOSS P CBS 11,544 7.0/12

source: tvbythenumbers


CBS: had 16 shows out of 25!
ABC: had 6 out 25.
NBC: had 2 out 25.
FOX: had 1 out of 25!

CBS average was 12.50 millions, ABC had a 9,50, NBC had a 8.15 and FOX had a shameful 6.51!

CBS had 12 scripted shows, ABC had 3, NBC had none and FOX had 1. From this we can see that part from CBS, all the networks seems to be out of touch with what the viewers want to watch. ABC and FOX may have some demo ratings success in Glee, Grey's, Modern Family but its overall ratings is very low.

As for my favorite show Criminal Minds it did pretty well with a 14.132 millions viewers and a 4.0 demo. Pretty good for a show in its six season! Those rating didn't include the 7 days viewers
projection:



CBS RESEARCH LIVE PLUS 7-DAY PROJECTIONS

Estimated Increases in Viewers and Adults 18-49 Versus

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Total - Total Viewer Lift - Live +7 - A18-49 Lift Live +7

Criminal Minds 1.71m 15.79m +0.7 4.7

Criminal Minds video interview with Thomas Gibson and Joe Mantegna

Happy that we will get more of Hotch with his son :) Hotch is the most interesting character on Criminal Mindsé

Criminal Minds Episode review for 6.01

Finally Criminal Minds was back!

So how was that season 6 premiere? Let’s get this out of the way now, as a season premiere we have had much better with the season 4 and 5 premieres. In season 4 we had the 'whose SUV blew up?!' and in season 5 we had 'did the Reaper killed Hotch?!' Those episodes had suspense. "The Longest Night" didn't as we knew Morgan lived. As a viewer to get excited at a CM season opener, I need to care all summer about what will happen to either a team member or the team. One can argue that here CM was aiming at the viewers wondering all summer what impact Detective Spicer's murder, the aunt’s rape and the kidnapping of Spicer's daughter would have on Morgan. That is a fine goal but that does not have the same impact as 'was Reid the one blown to pieces?!' I guess what I am saying is as I am not a Morgan fan, whatever happen to him had less of an importance to me than what happens to Hotch or what would happen to Prentiss or Reid or even Rossi! Personal preferences aside, let’s have a look at the episode.

The story. Billy Flynn has been killing for almost all his life, leaving in his wake a trail of dead bodies and orphaned kids. That is until he decided for some strange reason he needed a side kick. He goes after Detective Spicer whose parents he had killed years ago. He kills Spicer, rapes his sister who later dies from her injuries, and then kidnaps Spicer 8 year old daughter. The BAU has to catch Flynn before he kills again or kills Ellie Spicer.

As a story this one suffered not from the case, but from how some of the characters were written.
First, Ellie was not believable as an 8 year old. She was reacting more like a 12 year old or older. Also, after witnessing her aunt being raped and beaten, a FBI agent get beaten, and her dad being murdered, I would have expected her to be in shell shock. Instead she gets all
smart and provokes Flynn at every chance. Why didn't Flynn kill her then? She, like Morgan, does not fear Flynn and Flynn will kill those who fear him. Also, the Ellie character didn't work on another level, the actress was often smirking, and not a reaction I would expect a child this young to have.

Second, Hotch was a bit out of character especially when dealing with Morgan. Isn't Hotch the Unit Chief now? If so, knowing how affected Morgan was by the case, just seeing Morgan snap at Garcia should have been a BIG warning sign for Hotch. Hotchr should have kept Morgan either off the case or at least at the police station. Why would Hotch even let Morgan go into the house to confront an UNSUB who the profile predicted would do a suicide by cop? Hotch knew what would happen and should have sent someone else with a cooler head into that house. Maybe they would have had to shoot Flynn but at least it wouldn't look like an execution! Really Morgan, 9 rounds at close range when the guy had no body armor? A big overkill.

Third, didn’t like the way Morgan did manipulate Hotch so he (Hotch) would let Morgan go into the house to kill Flynn. Saying how they did support Hotch in the Foyet case was a cheap shot aimed at making Hotch feel guilty. It worked, Hotch, against his better judgment did let Morgan go, alone, into the house. If the writer’s, Ed Bernero, goal was to show us that Hotch is human and can be manipulated through his emotions and to show us that Morgan is not above manipulating people, even those he is supposed to have trust and respect, to get his revenge over a serial killer who had the better on him, then bravo, that goal was attained. But know this Ed, now I do not view Morgan as well as I use to and his actions reinforce my belief that he was never a good Unit Chief and could never be one.

Those were points were what I didn't like about the episode but I like lots of things about it so let’s have a look:

First, Love how JJ battled with the bureaucracy! Poor JJ, her job can be so frustrating at times! Her talk to Flynn over the radio was poignant and well acted by AJ Cook. Sure CM went with the mother angle, again, for JJ but in this instance it was clear that with Flynn 'guilt' (if any serial killer can feel any) was the only thing that would have worked.

Second, Tim Curry! I mean when you cast Mr. Curry as a serial killer you cannot go wrong! He played Billy Flynn just perfectly. Flynn was creepy, not really scary just the way I would have imagined. Third, Despite Morgan being an ass I like that he lost it to a point he snapped at Garcia. He might be the action hero on CM but even action heroes have their bad days. Four, loved the music, Leonard Cohen and Tim Curry somehow fit.

So, even if Ellie was not a great character, I sure hope the writers will not use her too much in the upcoming episodes (see the TVGuide article about the season premiere), even if Hotch was way out of character, I still like the episode and will give it a 7 out 10.