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Fox wins first night of season: 'Heroes' falls, 'Big Bang' leads CBS (Leno last)
The Live Feed ^ | 09/21/09 | James Hibberds

Posted on 09/22/2009 3:09:17 PM PDT by OldDeckHand

High ratings drama Monday night with a deluge of broadcast network premieres:

>> Fox won the opening night of the fall season for the first time in the network's history. The network aired the two-hour return of "House" (16.5 million viewers, 6.5 preliminary adults 18-49 rating), the medical drama climbing 14% from last year while most of its competitors declined.

>> CBS placed second in the key adult demo with its comedy block and "CSI: Miami" (13.7 million, 4.3). "Miami" was down 17%, though still beat ABC and NBC at 10 p.m. combined. "Big Bang Theory" (12.8 million, 4.6), however, managed to rank as the network's highest-rated show last night. "Big Bang" was in its new time period after "Two and a Half Men" (13.6 million, 4.4) and grew 28% from last year to hit a series high. Leading off the night, "How I Met Your Mother" (9.2 million, 3.5) was off only a tenth from "Big Bang" in the slot last year. New comedy "Accidentally on Purpose" (9 million, 3.2) lost less than 10% of its lead-in and did fairly well considering the intense competition.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: abc; cbs; fox; foxtv; leno; topten
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Jay's tanking. Maybe NBC will can him, and then ABC can put him back at 11:30, to destroy Letterman once again.

It will be interesting if Jay gets a bump from Limbaugh later this week.

1 posted on 09/22/2009 3:09:18 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

Wish they’re rebroadcast “House.” The show was riddled with weather warnings here, and I missed important scenes.


2 posted on 09/22/2009 3:11:51 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: OldDeckHand
Watched CSI Miami and Big Bang last night.

But tonight is the BIG night for us Mature Ladies.....Mark Harmon and Crew.

I just set my clocks in case I fall asleep and a friend will call me in case the clocks go dead!!!

3 posted on 09/22/2009 3:12:04 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Jedidah

It will probably be on hulu.com after a while.


4 posted on 09/22/2009 3:18:37 PM PDT by Mr. Jazzy ("I AM JIM THOMPSON!!!")
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To: OldDeckHand
What day is Rush on?
5 posted on 09/22/2009 3:19:18 PM PDT by ocr1 (commies love conrete)
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I think Rush said he's going to be on two nights. He's definitely going to be on this Thursday. And, he might be on Friday, or one day next week when he races on Jay's Eco Challenge course.

Rush said he's taping both on Thursday, IIRC.

6 posted on 09/22/2009 3:22:31 PM PDT by OldDeckHand (No Socialized Medicine, No Way, No How, No Time)
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To: Sacajaweau

Did you see that NCIS will start another show NCIS las Angeles starring LL Cool J ??

I dont think I will be watching that one. It sounds like the liberal edition of a great show.Not interested.


7 posted on 09/22/2009 3:23:51 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: OldDeckHand

Leno has a year run guaranteed.


8 posted on 09/22/2009 3:25:50 PM PDT by AceMineral (Offically unapproved of since 1973)
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Well, I saw the intro for it last season on NCIS. It didn’t strike me as liberal at the time. I’ll give it a chance.


9 posted on 09/22/2009 3:27:05 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Jedidah

Spoiler alert! You really didn’t miss a lot. House detoxed. Almost got a patient killed—again. Took his depression meds, and in his weakened state, let a thirty-something woman have her way with him in a love scene that wasn’t bad. She moves to Phoenix and breaks his heart—again because the Paxil, or something else, give House the energy to feel. (I don’t think it really does that but this is television) the energy to feel. He gets to practice again but the preview indicates that Huddy is restricting permission. The real medical science series begins next week and I can’t wait!


10 posted on 09/22/2009 3:28:37 PM PDT by Havisham
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NBC has said they are keeping Jay as long as he stays at 1.5 or better. That keeps him from losing money for them.


11 posted on 09/22/2009 3:30:15 PM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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To: OldDeckHand

Watched “Miami”, have ABC’s “Castle” on DVR. I like that one. Nathan Fillion (Captain Malcom Reynolds - Firefly) is not too politically correct.


12 posted on 09/22/2009 3:33:55 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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"NBC has said they are keeping Jay as long as he stays at 1.5 or better. That keeps him from losing money for them."

It's a dilemma choosing who to root for here. Jay's probably the least liberal of the late-night hosts, but he's still pretty darn liberal. It is kind of nice that he's on at 10:00, putting many Hollywood actors, writers and production people out of work. It's also a nice way for Jay to get even with the writers who made his life miserable during the strike.

On the other hand, if 1.5 is the break-even mark, Leno's probably going to be able to score a consistent 4 or 5 share, which puts profits into the hands of the enemy - MSNBC.

13 posted on 09/22/2009 3:37:17 PM PDT by OldDeckHand (No Socialized Medicine, No Way, No How, No Time)
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The “Heroes” season premiere was last night?

One of my favorite shows, and although not actively looking for when the new season would start I was starting to wonder why I hadn’t seen any promos for it yet.

Sounds like a victim of VERY bad marketing by NBC to me.


14 posted on 09/22/2009 3:41:54 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: OldDeckHand

I have heard that if Jay Leno tanks, its BAD NEWS for NBC, which is exactly why I don’t watch him. I’d love to see NBC finally fall.


15 posted on 09/22/2009 3:42:44 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Jedidah

I was wondering if it it would be worthwhile to create a blog dedicated to the moral “drop-outs” of each House episode. I like the show, but some things are dangerous in it.

Last night we saw a son pull the plug on his dad since House said “no brain left”. We saw House at first resist an adulterous affair with a married woman, but then indulge it. We saw House’s therapist treat without consideration for moral hazard. I guess that “moral sanity” is out of fashion. We saw a two-hour commercial for psycho-active drugs.

The biggest moral hazard of all? That was the assimilation of House into the amoral Borg, the big happy club, as a a requisite of his rehab. How Marxist.


16 posted on 09/22/2009 3:43:29 PM PDT by bvw
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To: Venturer

Will probably watch NCIS LA. It’s pretty good writing and I’m sure the two shows will interact.


17 posted on 09/22/2009 3:51:01 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: OldDeckHand

I still miss Junkyard Wars.


18 posted on 09/22/2009 3:53:24 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tanknetter

You just must not have been watching NBC the last month. They’ve had at least one Heroes promo every hour for a long time, and promos on related properties like Syfy.


19 posted on 09/22/2009 3:55:25 PM PDT by discostu (When I'm walking a dark road I am a man who walks alone)
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To: OldDeckHand

I don’t have any such problems. I want Jay to go and go quickly. Maybe that way a truly good show like Friday Night Lights would get a fair shake and be in a steady good time slot. As it stands now I have to wait until the summer to see it. I’m very bitter at this decision.


20 posted on 09/22/2009 3:57:34 PM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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