*As it turns out "Sarah Palin's Alaska" could very well be a ratings smash every time. After the TLC program dropped significantly in ratings following the premiere (as expected), the numbers were back in the upward direction for the third installment.What explains the gain of half a million viewers over week two? Carter says it could be chalked up to spike in viewer interest, given all of the media buzz over Bristol Palin's appearance in the "Dancing With the Stars" finale. We believe James Hibberd called it correctly when he pointed out that week two's episode took an extra hit from the CMA Awards broadcast on ABC.
What sort of viewer count are we talking about? The show managed to pull in 3.5 million viewers Sunday, which is a healthy increase of 17% over the previous episode.
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If "Alaska" manages to keep this up, the network could be clamoring for more episodes sooner rather than later.
As another recent highly anticipated series, Conan, had a 41% drop from week 1 to week 2, this week’s ratings dip from the premiere’s record-setting ratings of 4.96 million viewers is to be expected. It’s of course difficult to determine everything that affects ratings, but some are speculating that Sunday Night Football and the American Music Awards may have had an impact on the numbers. Find more information about these ratings with this pessimistic slant or with a more evenhanded report.But don't expect the haters on the left, who try to put a negative spin on everything Gov. Palin does, to report how well Alaska is actually doing.
Don’t let pundits fool with you to comparisons to broadcast show. Cable and broadcast viewer ratings are dramatically different from each other. Compared to other cable TV programs, Sarah Palin’s Alaska has more viewers and is considered to be quite successful.
*Sarah Palin's documentary / travelogue / reality / biopic shattered TLC ratings records Sunday night.All of those exploding liberal heads will leave a nasty mess to be cleaned up...
The debut of Sarah Palin's Alaska delivered a whopping 5 million viewers.
The first episode of the eight-part series was the most-watched program launch in TLC's history.
Tuesday night, Fox had her remote from the studio they built for her in Alaska. And instead of the usual urban backdrop of skyscrapers and twinkly nightlights for such remotes, they had daylight, trees and a big body of blue-blue water behind her. I'm serious, it was so strikingly different, that I would not have been surprised to see Morty, The Moose, from "Northern Exposure," come ambling up to the window behind her to give it a good nose bump.Zurawik doesn't credit Gov. Palin for the dominance of Fox News in the ratings, but posits that at least the voters who marked their ballots for Rand Paul in Kentucky came home to watch the governor and coverage of the election on Fox News last night.
At first glance, I thought it was going to be a disaster. But she never sounded better in her new Fox role. She looked relaxed, she made her points, and the distance suggested by the contrast in settings made her seem "small" enough on-screen so that Hannity didn't look like he was about to genuflect or get whiplash from nodding in agreement every time she opened her mouth.
I think this is case where the money was well spent on creating a set to make Palin feel happy and calm. It was a daring idea to let her be herself in a small remote studio in Alaska instead of an high-powered commentator in a blue blazer sitting in a New York studio -- in spite of the conventions of 24/7 cable TV. The Fox News executive who made this call made a good one, and I suspect the ratings are going to continue to reflect that.
Jay Leno had a solid second night back on “The Tonight Show” Tuesday night, thanks in part to a special opening monologue from his lead guest, Sarah Palin.Letterman, whose featured guest Tuesday was Mitt Romney, reached 3.7 million viewers Tuesday, 2.1 million fewer than Leno attracted, and his 1.0 rating in the 18-49 group also trailed Leno's 1.6.
Mr. Leno easily won the late-night ratings competition across the board with 5.8 million viewers and a 1.6 rating among the 18-49 audience that NBC always points to as the main measure of success (because of advertiser preferences for that group.)
The younger-adult rating matched Mr. Leno’s Monday night number, one indication that Ms. Palin helped maintain the tune-in factor from Mr. Leno’s first night back.
Nielsen reports show Wallace's high ratings with 132,000 viewers and a 4.2 Household rating - record-breaking numbers for the show in D.C. In the demographic (25-54), "Fox News Sunday" had 58,000 viewers, beating all three shows -- NBC's "Meet the Press", CBS's "Face the Nation" and ABC's "This Week".A FOX video of the interview is here.
The CBS Television Distribution talk show hit a 7.2 rating/18 share weighted-metered-market average for all telecasts on Monday, Nov. 16. That's up 36% from last year's 5.3/13 time period average.B&C reports that Monday's edition of the program with Sarah Palin was also was the highest rated since the Whitney Houston interview which was this year's Oprah Show season premiere.
