Wednesday Ratings: TV Enters a Turkey Coma!

By On 11/24/2011 · 20 Comments · In Ratings, X Factor

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Ratings are in from TVBYTheNumbers:

There were sharp ratings declines all around, thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday. The X Factor results show fell 19% vs. last Thursday’s results show to a series low 2.5 adults 19-49 rating.

It’s hard to analyze numbers that are out of the ordinary. The numbers should improve next week. If they don’t? Rhu rho.

8:00PM

ABC The Middle 2.5 8 9.086
FOX The X Factor 2.5 8 8.507
CBS Survivor: South Pacific (recap) 1.9 6 7.854
NBC Up All Night 1.5 5 4.329
CW America’s Next Top Model -R 0.3 1 0.863

8:30PM

ABC Suburgatory 2.5 8 8.315
NBC Up All Night -R 1.0 3 2.994

9:00PM

ABC Modern Family 4.5 13 12.648
CBS Criminal Minds -R 1.8 5 8.233
FOX Mobbed 1.6 4 4.697
NBC The Biggest Loser special (9-11p) 1.2 3 3.691
CW America’s Next Top Model (recap) 0.4 1 0.992

9:30PM

ABC Happy Endings 2.7 7 7.222

10:00PM ABC Revenge 2.1 6 7.235
CBS CSI -R 1.6 5 7.257

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  • http://www.velvetspark.com Jordan Seltzer

    Its Thanksgiving eve.  I think next week will go way up with basically nothing on TV through the finale.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SYFK77IYLRQIVATQ2MJKSW2J7Y Pam

    Love the headline mj.  LOL  According to these stats, I would say that’s definitely the case.  This week with today starting the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, I think it was expected that ratings would be a little lower than normal.  If the ratings don’t stabilize out next week, (especially where the X-Factor is concerned), then we have a problem here.

  • chessguy99

    Considering the opposing programming, it should have easily taken the time slot. The fact that two fairly popular guest acts couldn’t give the show a clear time slot win, has to be troubling for Fox.

  • Anonymous

    We can call foul next week if ratings don’t improve, but Thanksgiving Eve ratings should always be taken with a grain of salt.
     
    X-Factor Aussie had horrible ratings it’s first and second season (It’s first was in 2005, then the reboot in 2010), however it altered the judging panel and did a few other little changes and became the #1 show on Aussie TV week in and week out.
     
    I think US X-Factor needs to do some clean up next year as well. Kick out Nicole and Steve Jones.

  • Anonymous

    Frankly I think the show is in trouble.  I don’t think that it has captured the hearts of many viewers.  I don’t think the talent is good enough for one.  Watching the clips all I ever think is so and so from idol could have sang that better.  I know I am an idol stan, but also all the bells and whistles of the show make the lack of true talent even more glaring. It was supposed to skew younger, hipper, and edgier, but it seems tacky, which differs from cheesy, it seems forced, and either the mix is always bad, or none of these folk, even the technically better singers can really sing live.  Add to the odd discord on the panel, with the only sane and likable judge being Paula, and you’ve got some serious issues.  Oh yeah, and that lame ass host, makes me want to fish Dunkleman’s resume out of the trash.  I mean damn, for the few seconds I’ve seen him, he’s horrible!  Show needs a serious overhaul.

  • Anonymous

    No more excuses. This show has been losing viewers every week. Some weeks more than others but it is clearly in a downward spiral. 

  • Anonymous

    The ratings for XFactor have not increased in any week have they? At best, they stayed steady from one week to the next. I would definitely expect less people to watch during a holiday, but Tuesday’s rating wasn’t good either. I don’t think the show is in any real danger in terms of getting cancelled (it already got picked up for next season, right?), but I think it’s pretty clear that US viewers aren’t nearly as interested in the show as Simon Cowell boasted and FOX hoped they would be. I don’t expect any big increase in the ratings the rest of the season, to be honest.

  • http://twitter.com/blkeener Brittany Keener

    And I actually tuned in last night to see Kelly “live” on my TV. This was a first.

  • ronaldmascot

    I agree, no more excuses for the X-factor, every week it seems to be something – ‘on a different night’ ‘ratings will go up closer to the finale’- people just aren’t into the show and those who are watching it, some are dropping off not caring anymore.  They picked the wrong talent, none of these performers are exciting and some are quite bad but no one will say it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Li-Wright/100001622678180 Li Wright

    It’s tacky.  The big X logo isn’t going over, neither are the judges.  AI judges and the show are like Ed Sullivan IMO — warm and fuzzy.  You know the format, you know where people are going — “you’re going to Hollywood” — you know the drill once they’re in Hollywood, and the drama oh the drama!  The XF is Europeanized and not very well produced, and the talent is second rate, even though some of them say they had a career at one time.  The only interesting one of the bunch is little Rachel.  She’s a winner.

  • Tess

    FOX is probably having a good laugh at Simon’s expense, right now.  They actually got someone to take one of the worst timeslot segments for a “live” show.  Only a  stupid Brit who doesn’t have the foresight to learn about a country’s culture would schedule their new TV program to run into the World Series, Thanksgiving, and eventually Christmas.  Simon could have started his show earlier, condensed the show for the first season, or negotiated better with FOX for a more consistent time and night.

    The silly man’s overblown ego just didn’t think that something he was bringing to our lonesome TV sets would be impacted by real life and real traditions.  I personally can’t think of a better person to run up against the foibles of holiday TV.

  • Anonymous

    Its Thanksgiving eve.  I think next week will go way up with basically nothing on TVthrough the finale.

    I wouldn’t predict that, since the ratings have been stagnant.  They’ve gone down by small increments, but for the most part the season high was the debut episode.  Nothing has happened, yet, to make people tune in, even if nothing else is on television.

  • Anonymous

    Simon could have started his show earlier, condensed the show for the first season, or negotiated better with FOX for a more consistent time and night.

    Starting earlier would have meant starting before the fall television season began, and that wouldn’t have made a lot of sense.  I doubt that Fox could have gotten advertisers to pony up a lot of money for a show that started before September.  Maybe they could have done a better job of scheduling around the World Series.  They could have taken a page out of the early seasons of AI’s playbook, but scheduling some catch-up and best of the rest episodes, which would have kept the show on a consistent schedule.  But, even if Simon wanted to air the show on different nights, it’s not his decision, and I doubt that Fox would give up the chance to schedule it on Thursdays, when they ask for more money from advertisers.

  • stargazed

    I tried to watch the X Factor but just couldn’t scare up any interest.  I’m already looking forward to the next season of American Idol where they hold back on the glitz and glam and just offer up singers.  I love the simplicity of it all.

    And, good Lord, AI has Steven Tyler!!!  The X Factor cannot possibly top Steven Tyler.

  • Karen C

    I know I am an idol stan, but also all the bells and whistles of the show make the lack of true talent even more glaring. It was supposed to skew younger, hipper, and edgier, but it seems tacky, which differs from cheesy, it seems forced, and either the mix is always bad, or none of these folk, even the technically better singers can really sing live.  Add to the odd discord on the panel, with the only sane and likable judge being Paula, and you’ve got some serious issues.

    I think a big part of the problem is that it’s missing the warmth of Idol.  Part of this is the bells and whistles of the show, and that it seems like performance is looked at more than vocal ability.  I also think that part of the problem is that from the auditions on,  the tone of the show has been how much the contestants need the money, and many spoke about this more than how much they wanted to be in music. Instead of the tone being the contestant loves music and  wants to be the next American Idol, it is the contestant wants to win the 5 million dollars.  And instead of the judges being judges, they all favor their acts, and the discord comes from the judges defending their acts.   And I also don’t like the judges having to send someone home.  It’s almost as bad as the judges save on Idol.

  • http://twitter.com/itsalleternal Craig…

    I think The Voice is the most simplistic show, not American Idol.

  • http://twitter.com/ladymctech ladymctech

    I am with you. I absolutely love little Rachel. I hope she has a future whether she wins this show or not.

  • http://twitter.com/Sassycatz Sassycatz

    I think a big part of the problem is that it’s missing the warmth of Idol.

    I agree. Actually, when the show was introduced here, they were smart to call it “American Idol” rather than the name, “Pop Idol,” which the show was called in the UK. Americans who have watched and embraced the show, and even some who have not, have adopted the title of the show as a title for the winners (i.e., Seacrest’s declaration at the finale, “This is *your* American Idol, Jane Smith!”). So, it actually gives off a vibe of being a part of the award for winning as well as being very patriotic sounding, like Miss America — for good or ill ;-)  As such, it’s insinuated itself into our cultural lexicon, referenced in other media, even when not talking directly about the show. I can’t imagine the same for The X-Factor. It’s not a title; it’s supposedly an indefinable quality that someone just has. To me, it suggests you can’t learn it, have it produced via smoke and mirrors, or be mentored into it. So, why go through weeks of a contest?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_S3ZGXZCUE2YYOS7QV6QSTKM4SA buffynut2001

    Perhaps it is Thanksgiving, but perhaps I am not the only “fan” who has just stopped watching?! I will tune back in for the Finale.

  • Karen C

    Sassycat:

    So, it actually gives off a vibe of being a part of the award for winning as well as being very patriotic sounding, like Miss America — for good or ill ;-)  As such, it’s insinuated itself into our cultural lexicon, referenced in other media, even when not talking directly about the show.

    Exactly, and it also implies character, too. It’s the all American boy or girl next door who can sing well getting a chance to become a recording artist, and maybe becoming a star.

    That’s why I think it lasted so much longer than Pop Idol, which implies pop star, which is more or less like the X Factor, so they didn’t need both shows in the UK. And with the prize of X Factor being so big, and everything so flashy,  it comes across as more of a game than talent competition.

    And you’re right about the X Factor being indefinable, and it seems like they need it right away in order to get through the auditions. But on Idol, we see growth, because whatever the X factor is may or might not be seen once we get to the live shows. 

    X Factor winner implies contest winner.  American Idol winner implies a sort of an American icon.