NEW YORK -- Not so many people wanted to be fired and few seemed to want to be a Hilton in Tuesday night's primetime. CBS's Fire Me ... Please and NBC's I Want to Be a Hilton finished behind a repeat of Fox's House (7.7 million, 2.8 rating/8 share in the adults 18-49 demographic) in the 9 p.m. hour, according to preliminary ratings data released Wednesday by Nielsen Media Research. A strong second half pushed Fire Me to second place in the hour (6.6 million, 2.6/7) in both categories, although between 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. the show had been beaten in total viewers and the demographic by ABC's According to Jim repeat (6.3 million, 2.4/7). Yet Fire Me was able to overtake a repeat of Rodney, which sank to 5.4 million viewers and a 2.0/6 in the demo. Hilton on the other hand, struggled throughout the hour, finishing with a 4.8 million total viewers and a 1.9/6 in the demo.
Ballroom dancing, basketball and Brad Pitt proved a winning combination for ABC, which topped the week ending June 12 among adults 18-49. CBS' marathon of Two and a Half Men repeats and reruns of the network's signature crime dramas led the network to a weekly win in total viewers. Meanwhile, it was a rough week all around for launching new series, with Fox's The Inside, ABC's The Scholar and CBS' The Cut opening to weak numbers and only CBS' Fire Me ... Please showing some traction with young viewers. ABC's Dancing With the Stars (15.1 million viewers, 4.8 rating/14 share) was the No. 1 program for the week in total viewers and adults 18-49, according to Nielsen Media Research.
- 6/14/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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