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Ratings: Heroes Peters Out 15 Percent
This Monday, as a two-hour (!) Dancing with the Stars averaged 20.34 million total viewers:
8 pm/ET
Placing second was Chuck (8.22 million), albeit down a mil from its debut. CBS' Mother (7.88 mil, -400K) and Big Bang (8.58 mil, down a mil) each slipped. Prison Break held steady with 7.22 mil. The CW's Everybody Hates Chris (2.58 mil) was up 140 thou from last fall's premiere, while lead-out Aliens in America (with 2.33 mil) did not at all "terror"-bly, matching All of Us' 2006 opener.
9 pm
CBS' Men (13.4 mil) was on par with last week, but Rules (10.5 million) disengaged some 1.5 mil viewers. Drawing 11.94 mil, Heroes saw 15 percent of its premiere audience fly away. (Is Peter's new storyline using leftover Black Donnellys scripts and sets? I digress.) K-Ville (5.48 mil) KO'd another 680 thou. Girlfriends (2.6 mil) was down 150K from its previous premiere, but The Game (2.99 mil) was up 400,000.
10 pm
CSI: Miami dominated with 14.87 million, followed by The Bachelor (9.57 mil, down 10 percent from its premiere) and Journeyman (8.39 mil, slipping 11 percent).
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Oct 2, 2007 12:14 PM
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As expected, everything was down the second week of the season. Is the CW ever going to find a new hit show (ratings wise)? I hope they do or else Smallville will end up lasting for ten or more seasons.
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Oct 2, 2007 12:51 PM
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Have to say I don't understand the big draw for Dancing. But am kinda sad that Chuck and Heroes were both down. But I guess if they keep up their 18-49 numbers, it shouldn't really matter. Chuck was even better than the pilot.
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Oct 2, 2007 1:22 PM
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*sigh* Chuck and Mother aren't getting the ratings they should.
It's too bad people are ignoring the CW's new shows. Aliens in America is better than that.
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Oct 2, 2007 1:35 PM
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Gettin' a little nervous in regards to HIMYM. Normally the fact that CBS has made the entire series available on iTunes would make me happy but when combined with the ratings numbers it seems more like an ominous sign of bad things to come.
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Oct 2, 2007 1:46 PM
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It seems like almost everything is down in ratings.
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Oct 2, 2007 2:20 PM
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Where are the figures for Monday Night Football? The Patriots were playing and that was what I was watching last night. I would assume that some of the 18-49 crowd were watching the game and taping the shows.
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Oct 2, 2007 2:25 PM
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The problem is there's so much on on Monday that I can't watch it all. I had to miss Everybody Hates Chris b/c of a conflict with Prison Break and (I think) HIMYM. So I'll just catch it online.
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Oct 2, 2007 2:27 PM
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I'm sure Heroes is suffering more because of the Hiro sub-plot. Characters from last season haven't even been seen yet and they're showing us Shogunette?! Talk about jumping the shark.
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Oct 2, 2007 3:00 PM
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"Talk about jumping the shark."
Let's not. It's passe.
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Oct 2, 2007 3:27 PM
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Passe? Don't be posting that on TVGuide.com. You know how much they paid for it?!!
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Oct 2, 2007 3:36 PM
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Where are the figures for Monday Night Football?
That's cable, not network.
I'm sure Heroes is suffering more because of the Hiro sub-plot.
I seriously hope you're joking. That's one of the best things it's got going for it. Hiro is by far the most popular character and centering on him is a good thing.
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Oct 2, 2007 3:39 PM
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Oct 2, 2007 3:39 PM
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I have to agree with Leah. The Hiro subplot is terrific. Especially that end bit, where [spoiler alert!]Kensei apparently dies, then comes back to life when Hiro removes the one arrow. Just like Claire! It raises a whole new set of questions: is Kensei the progenitor of the Heroes? Since he's English, can he have fathered both a Japanese AND an English family? It's the best part of the show.
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Oct 2, 2007 5:06 PM
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Wake me when the Nielsen ratings systems actually gauge the multi-layered viewing habits of the American public, circa 2007.
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Oct 2, 2007 5:13 PM
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