Thread: 'V' prevails in primetime ratings

Sci-fi show tops night over 'NCIS' franchise

By RICK KISSELL

"V" has landed, and its initial Nielsens are out of this world.ABC's well-reviewed alien skein, a reimagining of the 1980s miniseries, bowed Tuesday to the best numbers for a new 8 p.m. drama since "Lost" in 2004.

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Unfortunately it was still only #4 for the night, behind NCIS, NCIS:LA, and Dancing With the Stars.

Hopefully Audience attrition doesn't kill it in the next few weeks, now that the curiosity factor is gone.


http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings.aspx?id=tuesday

Here are the highlights of the 11 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night:

CBS (15.55 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.4, #1) narrowly took home top honors on Tuesday thanks to new episodes of: "NCIS" (19.39 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 4.2, #2),
"NCIS: Los Angeles" (15.02 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 3.5, #3) and
"The Good Wife" (12.25 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 2.7, #6).

ABC (12.02 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 3.3, #2) then snagged a competitive second place with the premiere of:
"V" (13.95 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 5.0, #1) followed by new episodes of
"Dancing With the Stars" (14.48 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 3.1, #5) and
"The Forgotten" (7.62 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 2.0, #T8).

Originally Posted by Derwin0

Unfortunately it was still only #4 for the night, behind NCIS, NCIS:LA, and Dancing With the Stars.

Hopefully Audience attrition doesn't kill it in the next few weeks, now that the curiosity factor is gone.

It was #1 in 18-49...the key ad demo that is the Holy Grail.

Audience erosion hit big time in week 2. V lost 24% of it's audience from week 1.


Ratings | TheFutonCritic.com - The Web's Best Television Resource

CBS
"NCIS" (20.19 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 4.2, #1),
"NCIS: Los Angeles" (16.19 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 3.7, #T2)
"The Good Wife" (12.89 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 2.7, #6).

ABC
"V" (10.56 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 3.7, #T2)
"Dancing With the Stars" (15.53 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 3.4, #5)
"In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts" (9.57 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 2.4, #7).

NBC
"The Biggest Loser" (9.58 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 3.7, #T2)
"The Jay Leno Show" (5.73 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.9, #9)

FOX
"So You Think You Can Dance" (5.72 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 2.3, #8).

CW
"90210" (2.21 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 1.2, #10)
"Melrose Place" (1.31 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.7, #11)

Originally Posted by Derwin0

Audience erosion hit big time in week 2. V lost 24% of it's audience from week 1.


Ratings | TheFutonCritic.com - The Web's Best Television Resource

10 million viewers is still pretty solid (beating out "Biggest Loser"). If it stays in that vicinity tonight and next week, it would definitely ensure ABC brings it back in the spring, especially with all the promos they can run during Lost, and the ability to catch the first four episodes online at ABC.com.

Looks like V stabilized it's ratings at 9.5 million (losing 1 million from last week). Those numbers should keep it around, but hopefully the long break doesn't ruin it when it comes back (ala Invasion & Jericho).

CBS (15.93 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.4, #1)
"NCIS" (20.24 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 4.1, #1)
"NCIS: Los Angeles" (14.81 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 3.4, #3)
"The Good Wife" (12.73 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 2.6, #7).

ABC (10.93 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.7, #3)
"V" (9.26 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 3.1, #5)
"Dancing With the Stars" (15.86 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 3.2, #4)
"The Forgotten" (7.69 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.9, #10).

NBC (8.28 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 3.0, #2)
"Merry Madagascar" (8.96 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 2.9, #6)
"The Biggest Loser" (9.53 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 3.7, #2)
"The Jay Leno Show" (6.07 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 2.0, #9).

FOX (5.98 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 2.4, #4)
"So You Think You Can Dance" (5.98 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 2.4, #8).

The CW (1.94 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.9, #5)
"90210" (2.14 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.1, #11)
"Melrose Place" (1.54 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.8, #12)

Yes this happens everytime. The show builds momentum and then a long break and everyone forgets the show and gets out of the habit of watching= death of V.

Scifiwire has put V on Deathwatch.


V deathwatch: ratings drop another 18% | SCI FI Wire

Wow, looks like ABC's V is definitely in trouble.
Last night's third episode saw ratings and audience drop significantly again, down 18 percent to 9.3 million (3.1 rating among adults 18-49), according to The Hollywood Reporter's
Live Feed blog

.
That after a precipitous
29 percent drop

in week two from the blockbuster premiere.
We're going to go out on a limb and say that the lizard aliens won't be on Earth for very long. Remember, ABC is airing only four episodes now (the last one airs next week) and was planning on returning to the air next spring with the final episodes of season one.
We don't know, but we've always thought this was ABC's way of not committing to the production of the show before they had a good sense of which way the audience would go; as the production was slated to start up again next month or so, we're thinking they'll just go ahead and pull the plug once the four eps have aired.
It's kinda too bad. The show was starting to grow on us, and we love the actors and the franchise. And we were eager to see how a
change behind the scenes


was going to affect the direction of the show.