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Titolo: [JOEY] Ratings in discesa

WITHOUT FRIENDS, NBC LOSES EVERY HOUR OF THURSDAY NIGHT PRIMETIME TO
CBS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS, AS JOEY FALLS TO SURVIVOR AND
SINKS TO JUST 14.6 MILLION VIEWERS, WHILE CSI OPENS WITH SHEER
DOMINATION
 
 
September 23, 2004: Fast National Ratings from Nielsen Media Research
 
 
      On the first Thursday night of the 2004-2005 television season,
Joey continued to struggle in its third week.  The episode pulled just
14.6 million viewers, a full one million below the least-watched new
Friends episode of all time.  It came away with a 9.4 rating and a 16
share, losing seven percent from last week's rating and marking the
first time in over a decade that a new episode kicking off NBC's
Thursday night lineup has been viewed by less than ten percent of
American households with television sets.
 
      In a pattern that is likely to continue throughout the beginning
of the season, Survivor: Vanuatu, Islands of Fire had no problem
winning the 8:00 hour, beating Joey by two full rating points.  Will &
Grace did manage to build slightly from Joey's lead-in audience for
the second week in a row, which could prompt NBC executives to
consider swapping the two shows' timeslots.  Meanwhile, the season
premiere of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation blew a still-strong episode
of The Apprentice 2 out of the water, pulling over 30 million viewers.
Thanks in part to the lead-in, Without a Trace topped ER, marking the
first time any CBS program has ever bested a first-run episode of the
NBC drama.  Joey finished the night in seventh place, as shown by the
preliminary ratings.
 
1. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: 18.3/28
2. Without a Trace: 13.5/22
3. ER: 12.9/21
4. Survivor: Vanuatu, Islands of Fire: 11.4/19
5. The Apprentice 2: 10.1/16
6. Will & Grace: 9.7/16
7. Joey: 9.4/16
 
      Overall, CBS had a 14.4/23 primetime average, crushing NBC's
10.9/17.  The night also marked the first time in 14 years that CBS
defeated NBC during every hour of primetime on a Thursday night during
the regular television season.  This trend is expected to continue for
much of the season, as the value of Friends to NBC over the past ten
years becomes more and more clear every week.  The first presidential
debate will air on all the networks next Thursday night from 9:00 to
11:00 Eastern.  As a result, NBC moved next week's episode of The
Apprentice 2 to Wed nesday night, but Joey and Will & Grace will still
face off against Survivor: Vanuatu, Islands of Fire in the 8:00 hour.
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 Friends episode of all time.
14.6 mega-telespettatori, per una prima stagione, mica fanno schifo. È
il 7% di ascolti in meno a dover essere preso in considerazione, anche
se (in realtà) dovrebbe essere un mero fatto fisiologico (tutti i fan di
"Friends" che si aspettavano un "Friends 2: The Revenge of Joey" e si
sono visti - ovviamente - delusi).
Confrontarlo con Friends non ha molto senso: quanti ascolti faceva la
prima season di Friends?
Ciao,
 Emmanuele.
-- 
Emmanuele Bassi (Zefram)                 [ 
http://www.emmanuelebassi.net
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prima season di Friends?
facciamo un confronto con i primi tre episodi:
Friends:
01-01 	The Pilot 			14.7/23		21.5 million
01-02	TOW the Sonogram at the End 	14.0/22 	20.2 million
01-03	TOW the Thumb			13.6/22 	19.5 million
 
Joey:
01-01	Pilot				12.1/20		18.55 million
01-02  	1.02				10.1/17		15.37 million
01-03	1.03  				9.4/16		14.6 million
come vedi non e' poco. il confronto pare impietoso vista la partenza
razzo di Friends
-- 
j./You know the most common thing said by guys waiting in line for 
"Star Wars"? - "One, please."  (Jay Leno)
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 razzo di Friends
Ci sarebbe da considerare anche il contesto - ovvero, che trasmettevano
gli altri canali nel 1994?
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In ogni caso, non è per difendere Joey (di cui non ho ancora visto mezzo
episodio, e su cui non posso esprimere giudizi qualitativi), quanto per
capire i toni catastrofisti dei media 'mmeregani.
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anticipato per inserire materiale di facile presa [leggasi soap]
direi più probabile un qualche reality show
-- 
"When I think about evil, whenever I think about the concepts of evil, 
yours is the face that I see. 
I don't have to "watch you", Miss Frost. 
I can smell you."
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