Thursday Ratings: X Factor Numbers Drop From Last Week

By On 11/11/2011 · 61 Comments · In Ratings, X Factor

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The ratings are in from TVBytheNumbers

Fox won the night with adults 18-49 and CBS with total viewers. Pending adjustments, Fox’s The X Factor results dropped four tenths from last week to a 3.3 adults 18-49 rating

The X Factor averaged about 10 million viewers for the night.

Wow. Look at those numbers for The Big Bang Theory. Impressive!

8:00
CBS The Big Bang Theory 5.2/15 15.66
FOX The X Factor 3.3/9 10.20
NBC Community 1.5/4 3.47
CW Vampire Diaries 1.4/4 3.33
ABC Charlie’s Angels 1.1/3 5.13

8:30
CBS Rules of Engagement 3.6/9 11.78
NBC Parks & Recreation 1.8/5 3.59

9:00
ABC Grey’s Anatomy 4.0/10 11.17
NBC The Office 3.0/7 5.88
FOX Bones 2.7/7 8.83
CBS Person Of Interest (R) 2.0/5 9.10
CW The Secret Circle 0.8/2 2.16

9:30
NBC Whitney 2.1/5 4.30

10:00
ABC Private Practice 2.9/8 7.67
CBS The Mentalist (R) 1.9/5 10.01
NBC Prime Suspect 1.2/3 4.81

 
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  • Anonymous

    Probably because AI & The Voice stole their thunder. AI Season10 ramped up their production (well, they tried) — tutu dress (S10 trademark), bed, phone booth, flaming piano, drum corp, african dance, chicken dance, contestants-high-on-sugar, tree ormanents (JLo & the rock dude) and The Voice introduced having audiences during the audition process and the judge mentoring. What’s left for X-Factor is Simon’s snarky humor which of course is non-existent anymore. Lucky the acts are more current, the production value is award-show-worthy, and the audiences are spontaneous. Simon, you listened too much to the critics. Perfection is boring. Reminds me of Sing-Off – perfect judges + perfect contestants = *yawn*. C’mon Simon, bring on the jokes! 

  • chessguy99

    The two guest acts did nothing to bring in any viewers. In fact, Willow Smith may have turned off a number of potential viewers. Perhaps we’ll get a rise from next week’s guest Rihanna, the first real star quality act.

  • Anonymous

    The final ratings are out, and the X Factor didn’t increase or decrease.  The Big Bang Theory did go up a tenth of a point. 

  • http://twitter.com/ladymctech ladymctech

    It will be more difficult for contestants on this show to develop and show the audience their friendships/romances/bromances because of the large age differences. Plus the inclusion of groups — when that Glee 2.0 group was around, it added an extra 20 people to the contestant pool. (Sorry … forgot their name already!)

  • Anonymous

    I’ve always thought that “Idol” was smart only doing the show once a year at midseason. Most of the new fall shows have come and gone and people are ready for something new. Otherwise I agree with what everyone has said here. I would add that it might help getting bigger stars to perform on the results shows. Might add some excitement to the first half hour.

    There’s one other problem “X Factor” has had. They had no breakout moment that had people talking about the show during the early episodes that got people thinking they might be missing something, no real You Tube hit to raise interest.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_RHLSUVX3NCPB4OSS5BM7GZIXUE P. Capet

    In the off-season, I hope the producers pay attention to what the public is saying about this show.  On every entertainment site, I’ve seen comments about all the flashing lights and garish effects.  I’ve wanted to watch this show because there’s so much talent here, but I just can’t stand the production values.  I even start to feel sorry for some of the singers, like Drew or Josh, who would be better served just standing alone on a stage and letting their pure voices shine.  Last week, Drew reminded me of that poor girl in Citizen Kane, swallowed up by the stage.  Maybe Cailtin was the lucky one after all.  I’m insulted for the singers and I kinda feel insulted myself by all these crazy lights.  Do they think I don’t have the attention span to just sit through a show that’s ostensibly about music?  Now I understand what Simon Fuller meant when he said that he wanted to keep AI untarnished.  I’m glad now that he stuck to his guns.  PS I love The Big Bang Theory!  May they live long and prosper! :)

  • shell29

    X Factor certainly isn’t “flopping”, but it hasn’t (so far) lived up to the hype and pre-season ratings expectations.  I think Simon was under the mistaken belief that America was just going to flock to X Factor in droves due to the return of Simon & Paula alone.  It just didn’t work out that way.  I think a poster upthread made a fair point regarding scheduling.  As much as I enjoyed The Voice, I seriously doubt they’d be pulling in the ratings they did had the show debuted during the Fall season.  It will be interesting to see whether The Voice (or X Factor for that matter) will have staying power or if the novelty will wear off.  Idol is going into it’s eleventh season-even with the changes at the judges’ panel there’s still the familiarity and comfort level there with audiences.   

    I think that both shows (Idol & X Factor) will be able to co-exist and make TPTB at Fox happy in the long run.  I do think X Factor will need to make some changes in the off-season (i.e. give Steve Jones and Nicole Scherzinger their walking papers).

  • http://twitter.com/KariannHart Kariann Hart

    After faithfully watching all these shows,  I think the BEST judges are on THE SING-OFF!!  It isn’t all about just them. 

  • Karen C

    I agree with a lot of the comments here. I also think that one problem with X factor is it is very glitzy and Vegasy, more like AMT.  Maybe this is what British audiences like more, I have seen the British show, and that type of performance seems to be the most popular.  I think American audiences are looking more for originality and vocal ability, at least on American Idol.  I think American Idol has evolved into something that the British equivelents didn’t.
     
    I think that there is a coldness to the show, from the host, to the glitz, and even the contestants don’t seem to have the camaraderie that they do on American Idol by now.  I think that having more audience voting rounds makes the audience more involved and interested, also.

    I also think that the coldness is from a different tone in the show, which started in the auditions.  On American Idol, the tone is that the contestant wants to be an American Idol, that they have the talent and even some character that America likes.  The contestants are asked why they think they are your next American Idol.  Where on the X Factor, the tone was how much they needed the 5 million dollars.  The contestants spoke about what they would do with the money, how much they needed it. Which I understand people wanting money, but it does create a colder tone, and maybe less likely to draw people in. To the viewer, instead of so and so being MY idol, it is what they are going to get if they win.

    I disagree that being on in the fall has necessarily had that much of an impact on the ratings, because Dancing with the Stars is on both the Fall and SPring and I don’t believe the ratings are effected.   And I think Idol would have strong ratings even in the fall.  I think the problem is that it is a new show building it’s audience. And Idol was originally on in the summer and still able to build up it’s ratings, and really become phenominal in it’s first season.

    I think the key to the shows success is the talent, and if one or more contestants break out as a big star, and this hasn’t really happened yet. And it may very well happen, and I think if it does, it might be Astro or Chris because they are so different that what we normally see on these type of shows.

  • Tera2

    The ratings isnt what Simon predicted obviously.  And it doesnt surprise me it went down.  I didn’t know X-factor format until it started in America – I don’t like how its more focused on judges, and how they pick the songs.  I want to root for contestants who have potential to be stars, not which judge is the best mentor.  And they cut off those who have star potential and X-factors before top 12.  Instead of cutting drastically to 3 each they should have left it at 5 in a category for each judge, so its a top 20, and let people vote from that point.  I think then those like Phillp Lomax, Brennin Hunt, Simone Battle who have the total package, and James Kenney and Tim Cifer who also have potential as recording artists could have had a chance to be voted through — those are the ones who make it look like the show is about x-factor voices or total package to me.  And the show was looking like it could actually deliver on finding stars and x-factors until they cut to top 12.  Now they have all these kids, Rachel, Astro, and Drew who still need time to develop their style or vocally.  I know Justin Bieber is big but not all can be like him – and Justin has the attractive factor going for him, which is part of his success (having looks as well like Phillip, Brennin and Simone is a plus to becoming stars – its showbiz. Phillip has the voice and looks and sound like Michael Buble)

     Also, with the exception of James Kenney the over 30 category is a waste of space and spotlight that could have gone to those that were cut before top 12 that I mentioned earlier.  Lets be realistic most musicians get their break before age 30.  Leroy and Josh seems like nice men, but I’m not gonna root for the 60yr old, and big gruff voice burrito man who should be singing at bars, and that fake Stacey Francis who should be a back up singer.  We are talking about 5 million dollar contract here.  None of them are worth it.  Now they are scrambling to make some look like stars.  Marcus and Melanie are good singers with good voices, but no star quality.  Chris Rene is an average rapper and singer who will make an average CD.  I liked the lead singer of Stereohoggz’s voice and vocals more than Lakoda Rayne’s, but I can see why they kept Lakoda Rayne for the male audience, and because they can be commercial in pop-country.  The girls are decent singers separately, but together they don’t blend well – but country music is very accepting of pretty blondes, even if they aren’t that country sounding.

     Anyway, American Idol has best format, and I like it more than X-factor.  Idol has been a favorite show of mine since season 1. And X-factor and the Voice can’t replace it.  I could care less if “The voice” is cancelled.  X-Factor should get a chance to redeem itself next season, and if it doesn’t I hope they cancel it too.  I dislike “America’s got talent” and don’t watch it.  I only watch the “The sing off” sometimes, but I do think the judges on it are really good.  I don’t mind that X-factor has some back-up dancers, but its too much that it takes focus from the singers sometimes. (I actually liked the last performance of Phillip Lomax and his dancers most because he can sing and perform, even though LA Reid eliminated him unfairly. He was a favorite of mine. I’m more of a Pop/hip-hop/soul/pop-rock fan, but he makes me appreciate jazz) And X-factor needs to let the contestants have a say in songs they do cause they know what fits them.  I dont like song choices on X-factor like I do idol – and good songs is part of the enjoyment of a singing show. Its no surprise X-factor can’t get any where close to idol’s ratings, and it actually fell when it should be improving.  It doesn’t help that they already cut contestants before top 12 that can make it look like they are serious about creating stars.

  • http://twitter.com/KariannHart Kariann Hart

    That’s what I said the other day.  I liked Phillip’s looks and his voice, but obviously L.A. Reid was looking for a Hip Hop/Rapper singer.  I want to enjoy the show, but X-Factor is making it difficult.  At first, I liked him as a mentor – but putting down the other mentors gets old…fast.

    I wonder if some tune in the last 10 minutes just to see who will be competing to stay, and who goes home.

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