Betty and Brothers in the ratings

Each ratings point represents 900,000 viewers so 8.8 rating mean 7,920,000 viewers watched BROTHERS & SISTERS and 6,360,000 watched UGLY BETTY making them both well viewed shows which is what advertisers look for in a hit.  Those figures may increase in the future as other shows fail or late comers discover these shows.  Ratings overall have declined for network television as audience abandon them for other interests like the internet and cable televison. Not to mention, videos, movies, and concerts.  Both shows are solidly in the hit range. 

While I appreciate Dennis' hard  work, MEDIAWEEK is only a snapshot of what they call the overnights, It is a fast calculation of what happened last night.  It is something for advertisers  to discuss immediately.  The definitive ratings will be published in the Wednesday morning HOLLYWOOD REPORTER and will often be slightly higher than the overnights as they look at the whole week's ratings of every show and will produce the top ten shows of the week. B&S will likely make the top ten for last week.  But may do it behind sporting events and other special events.  The Emmy Awards had it lowest ratings recently and yet out did many of the other network's regularly scheduled programs. It was, however, not the number one show of the week by a long shot.

By the way who thinks Kevin's devotion to Padre McAllister will not last more than a few weeks, what with the return of Scotty and Eric Winter's being in another series.  The way he goes through boyfriends Kevin needs a sex and love addicts meeting.  But at least it is realistic that he like most successful, good looking gay men would be a serial dater. He is no sexless Will Truman.

given the tepid word of mouth about eric's new series...i think that trip to "malaysia" may be a brief one.

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Really appreciate your clarification of Media Week's ratings. The thing I'm struck by is how, overall, network television viewership continues to decline year over year-- not just these shows but virtually everything. Question, do the Weds Hollywood Reporter numbers factor in later DVR viewing, and is that one reason why they are higher?

Yes, Brothers & Sisters returns. Although Winters is one hot stud, i'm a big time Scotty lover, and so anticipate a Scotty and Kevin reunion.

 Loved the episode last night. Some solid acting all round. Brothers & Sisters is about the only show i'm devoted to on TV.

And the ratings were stella for last night. I was expecting something in the 11-12 million range, so bringing in near 14 million viewers is excellent.

I have to admit that article claiming that the numbers are grim for Betty and good for Survuvir is a bit odd to me. When I glance at the overnights on The Futon Critic, Survivor is down from a year ago (when, IIRC, it was facing its worst-ever ratings) so it's not really on an upswing just losing its audience to a smaller degree than Betty. (Though one factor to consider is that Betty is a show more likely to be viewed on a DVR, while people tend to watch reality shows like Survivor live for the water cooler talk.) Even with the smaller numbers, ABC is way ahead of where it was a couple years ago on Thursday nights, this is the first time it's been strong on Thursday in ages... now they've only got to find a show worthy of the post-Grey's slot.

Now I ain't sayin' he a grave digger

But he ain't uppin' overnight figures

Dig down man, go 'head dig down (I gotta leave)

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