Eli Stone

 CA I’m not sure taking it to the point of “Look, Cupid did better than Eli Stone!” (which ABC canceled) is helpful, but if I was a PR spinmeister I’d likely be fired on my first day. Leaping from its lead-in by (+9.9 million viewers and +222% in Adults ...

By Robert Seidman I’m not saying it’s reasonable to compare a niche web site with no marketing budget to a television show on broadcast television.  Of course it isn’t.  I am just trying to illustrate the scale.  It took us almost 13,000 hours to reach less total viewers, often, for less than one minute, than Ch...

By Robert Seidman I’d have hoped she’d learned her lesson after Pushing Daisies and Eli Stone, but nope.    I like Kristin’s blog, but I’m really against that sort of fandering.  I’d love to see Friday Night Lights come back.  That’d be great (and I did talk to Stacey Oristano who plays Mindy Collette today - th...

By Robert Seidman What case is that?  The case  when it’s a one hour scripted show and the show’s average ratings among 18-49 year olds are way below the average 18-49 ratings for the entire network.   Here are some fairly recent examples of shows that during this very television season, that we accurately p...

By Robert Seidman TV Week reports: ABC took heat from critics and loyal fans for the abrupt endings to its well-regarded dramas “Eli Stone” and “Dirty Sexy Money” last year. By giving “Mars” a chance to complete its mission, the network is hoping to avoid any similar “controversy.”

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 CA Versus the Net’s performance in the hour on the same night last year (2/21/08) with an original “Eli Stone,” “Private Practice” improved the time period for ABC by 4.2 million viewers (11.4 million vs. 7.2 million) and by 76% in Adults 18-49 (4.4/12 vs ...

 CA - Jan 22, 2009 ABC’s now cancelled Eli Stone had the highest share of it’s overall viewing by DVR with 25.6% of all viewing by DVR. Rounding out the top 10 for highest ...

By Robert Seidman It seems very, very unlikely that NBC would tinker much with its Thursday schedule or its Tuesday schedule (which will seemingly be two hours of The Biggest Loser plus Jay Leno) which leaves only Monday or Wednesday for Chuck.  If I am NBC I would want to air Chuck at 8pm, and that’s still a ver...

By Bill Gorman The Highest-Rated Network for the 4th Straight Year in the Upscale Breaks, ABC Airs 5 of the Top 15 TV Series with Affluent Viewers, Placing the Top 2 Programs ABC’s Scripted Series Stand Among the Biggest Gainers in DVR Playback This Fall

By Robert Seidman On a day when the Dow Jones averaged dropped another 444 points, and the S&P fell to its lowest levels since 1997, not to mention Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money all getting axed by ABC, I figured a smile would do us all some good. Even if you’re not a sports fan, you’ll likel...

They’re both (along with Brothers & Sisters) produced by Greg Berlanti. We hear ABC is very found of Eli Stone and it would seem (judging by participation) that Berlanti is more enamored as well. So if there’s any sort of “pick one” ...

I suspect Eli will be done this year too, unless ABC wants to make one last attempt at becoming the latest network to achieve a “far-from-overnight success story.” That’s a really big risk to take on Eli Stone, which is already starting ...

By Robert Seidman Strictly from the ratings (not opining on quality, or anything else at all but the numbers) I still can’t see ABC keeping Pushing Daisies or Dirty Sexy Money around (or Eli Stone for that matter) for a full season.   I think it doubtful ABC will take a page out of NBC’s book, but anything is pos...

Led by NCIS and the Mentalists, CBS easily took the most viewers, beating out ABC. But third place Fox easily won both the 18-49 and 18-34 year old demographics anyway. Meanwhile, things didn't seem to improve any for Eli Stone [...]

By Robert Seidman It was a lot like last Tuesday, in general.  last Tuesday NCIS had a 10.8/17 (household ratings/share) and wound up setting series records for viewing.  Last night it had 10.6/16.  The Mentalist was down a smidge too, from 10.2/15 to a 9.9/15, and Without a Trace dipped from a an 8.4/13 to a 8.3/12.

By Robert Seidman The Futon Critic article predicts official announcements from ABC sometime next week. Tuesdays 8:00/7:00c - “Border Security USA” (New Series) 9:00/8:00c - “According to Jim” (New Season) 9:30/8:30c - “According to Jim” (New Season) 10:00/9:00c - “Eli Stone”

By Robert Seidman Keeping it just seems wacky to me, but I understand that perhaps I just do not understand. Because seriously, I don’t. If you’re a major shareholder of Disney stock and ABC keeps Eli Stone, would you do me a favor as a major investor in Disney and please ask them why they are investing your money...

By Robert Seidman Since the only show on last night that anyone is probably concerned about is Eli Stone, first, the good news: it seems to have stopped the bleeding. Last night’s Eli Stone pulled a 5.1/9, identical to the early metered market numbers for October 28, but down from October 21 when it had a 6.3/10. A...

By Robert Seidman NBC crafted what I’m sure it thought was a very creative solution to the problem at the time: do twelve part story arcs that start and end within twelve episodes.  That way, if it’s off the air for a couple of months, it will come back with a brand new story arc. 

By Bill Gorman It’s getting to be that time of the season when TV networks announce their mid-season January schedules. Don’t look for Lipstick Jungle, Pushing Daisies, Eli Stone or Dirty Sexy Money to be on those schedules. If you’d been watching our Renew / Cancel Index you would know they’re likely t...

By Bill Gorman Although in its most recent airing last Monday, Samantha Who? only beat a *rerun* of Gary Unmarried by a whisker in the 18-49 demo, ABC has plenty of other problems on its hands with the 2008-9 sophomore class to worry about something that minor. That same deep midseason bench will likely al...

By Robert Seidman Eli Stone drew a 5.2/9 (household rating/share) in Nielsen’s early metered market numbers. Last week in the early metered market numbers drew a 6.3/10. But to give you an idea of how worthless these early numbers can sometimes be, last week in the final numbers Eli wound up with a 5.4/9. We’ll hav...

By Bill Gorman Via ABC press release: “Eli Stone” (10:00-11:00 p.m.) The sophomore season premiere of “Eli Stone” drew the show’s largest audience (8.8 million) for a regular telecast since February (since 2/07/08) and highest Adults 18-49 rating (2.2/6) since March (since 3/20/08).