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'Heroes,' 'Chuck' hit lows; 'Beauty' finishes solid
Chuck vs. the series low
CBS was in repeats. The CW was in repeats. ABC aired the "Women Tell All" special episode of "The Bachelor." And yet despite mostly weakened competition, NBC's "Chuck" and "Heroes" generated their lowest ratings ever.
"Chuck" (6.5 million viewers, 2.2 preliminary adults 18-49 rating and 6 share) dipped a tenth in the adult demo from last week. "Heroes" (6.9 million, 3.3/8) was down 8% from its previously established settling point. Both shows placed last in their hours among the major broadcast networks.
Does this latest drop mean anything for the shows' futures? Tough to say. NBC has so little that's competitive right now ("Biggest Loser," late-night), and is making such radical moves in some ways (Jay Leno going to 10 p.m.), yet seems almost paralyzed in others (what's airing on Wednesday nights again?). You can pretend to be an NBC executive standing in front of advertisers at the May upfronts, and make an argument for the return, or the demise, of "Chuck" and "Heroes" next fall, and neither speech would seem all too far fetched. At 10 p.m., "Medium" (8.5 million, 2.7/7) looked at its falling lead in, shrugged, and went back to its usual rating.
If anybody benefited from NBC's slight drop, it was Fox, enjoying a slight gain while once again winning the night in the demo and total viewers. "House" (14.6 million, 5.4/14) climbed a couple tenths, plus "24" (11.6 million, 3.7/9) was up a peg
ABC was second for the evening with a special episode of "The Bachelor" (11 million, 3.7/9), which was up 61% over last year's "Women Tell All" and was the third-most-watched "Tell All" in the history of the "Bachelor" franchise. The finale of "True Beauty" (7.5 million, 3.2/9) was up slightly from last week despite a much-reduced lead in and won its hour -- strengthening its chance of a second season. In third place, CBS showed off by tying NBC with its repeats.
Well that stinks! Chuck is such a good show, I can't understand why it isn't doing better. I bet it does better
with DVR ratings or on line views. Putting House opposite didn't help but I never watch House so it didn't
bother me. Chuck is just different enough and slapstick enough that I would have thought it would do well
in the timeslots that they used to use for the half hour comedies. I think this is another show that the strike
and too much time off have hurt. These long hiatuses are killing shows. They just get on a role and then
their gone for 6 weeks. Who in the world ever thought that was a good idea?
There are a lot of folks, like my mom, who would love chuck, but are to zombified by "The Bachelor" to do anything else. Sad, very sad.
I absolutely abhor reality shows. I never watch any of them, not even AI. Reality shows embarrass me.
I can't stand to see people making fools of themselves, they just make me cringe.