Ratings: CBS' Wins Friday Despite 'Ex List' Falter - The networ...

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Mike wrote:

Ghost Whisperer's ratings are not down!!!
They are exactly the same and slightly overperforming.
The show's highest ratings were during the first season 10 million + it even reached 11 million at times.
Numbers - however is down.
the Ex-list doesn't belong and Moonlight was not great either.

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eydie wrote:

yes, house was about to be cancelled. a site called "tv by the numbers" will confirm that "bones" was on the chopping block as well. hugh laurie even made a comment thanking a.i. for saving it on craig ferguson. ghost whisperers numbers ARE down. Moonlight WAS great and the ex list sucks. i have spoken, end of story.

alex wrote:

No offence to Raeser or CBS, but I hope they cancel exlist soon and start showing reruns of Moonlight. I missed the last episoded and my friend said I missed 'a lot'.

Maureen wrote:

I agree that CBS will never admit their error in cancelling Moonlight. With the growth in production of movies, books, and TV shows about vampires, it was very shortsighted of CBS. Some are calling 2008 the "Year of the Vampire" in the entertainment industry. CBS had a jumpstart on the genre, but, decided to go with some show that Nina Tassler was pitched in a conversation over the phone. These were her words in an interview about the fall schedule. And it's not even an original show - just a knockoff of a successful Israeli comedy.
This show is doing so poorly right out of the gate, that there is a promotion to send flowers to an ex on "Ex Day" which is next week. It seems like CBS is already starting the heavy promotion for a lost cause. It's a pity that they didn't try harder to promote Moonlight, a show that actually HAD a fanbase. That's what really stinks about the whole thing. And, yes, I'm still pretty riled up about it.
I know that the big nets won't care. Afterall, I am only one lowly viewer from their coveted demographic. But,I have a TV ban for ALL CBS shows for the forseable future. I ain't watchin' squat on The Eye - just because they made me feel like I didn't matter. Most of my viewing leans toward the cable networks, anyway. But I took a chance on CBS last year. I won't make that mistake again.

Dan wrote:

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Ghost Whisperer is doing fine and I have a feeling that Numbe3rs is only drastically down because it's lead in The Ex List is dragging it down. It seems that CBS has yet to find the right show to air between Ghost Whisperer and Numb3rs.

Gavin wrote:

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Bones was on the bubble for renewal. But given the state of Fox's schedule at that time, nobody ever seriously expected it to be canceled.
And there's a difference between American Idol making House a hit and American Idol saving Fox. Fox was never at any point contemplating canceling House.
And Eydie, "Moonlight" was CBS' lowest rated drama. Period. Why would a network keep its lowest rated drama? Why would a network keep its lowest rated drama when it also canceled multiple shows with larger audiences. In the case of Shark, CBS canceled a show that had several million more viewers and had proven its ability to switch time slots with at least a limited amount of success.
From a business point of view, CBS had *NO* reason to keep "Moonlight." There isn't any justification that "Moonlight" fans can give for why, from a practical point of view, CBS should have kept its lowest rated drama on the air without any sign of audience growth. LOWEST RATED DRAMA (and I'm not counting stuff they'd already canceled like "Viva Laughlin").
It's a blind taste-test: If I told you that you have a network averaging 10.4 million viewers per week and that on one night that network airs shows averaging 8.7 million, 7.5 million and 9.17 million. If you wanted to strengthen that night, what would you do?
You're making sentimental arguments and arguments based on semi-facts. CBS removed a low-rated show from a high-rated schedule. PERIOD. That they replaced it with a WORSE show and a LOWER-RATED show is a different thing entirely.