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It seems May 8th’s Dollhouse first-season finale “Omega” was indeed too little, too late. The show scored its lowest overnight ratings yet, giving the sci-fi drama a third-place finish in the 9–10pm ET hour, behind CBS’ Canadian crime procedural Flashpoint and NBC’s long-running primetime newsmagazine Dateline.
Overall, Team Whedon & Dushku brought in 2.75 million total viewers and a 1.0 rating/4 share among viewers aged 18–49, which is down an entire rating point and almost two million viewers from the February 13th series premiere “Ghost.” That initial episode attracted 4.72 million viewers and earned a 2.0/6.
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Life sure is a roller coaster when you’re Fox’s The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Dollhouse.
Despite no new episode of CBS’ hit Ghost Whisperer yet again on Friday, April 3 — the third week in a row — both sci-fi series failed to achieve any notable ratings gains. How incredibly frustrating in the case of Terminator, which premiered the fantabulous “Adam Raised a Cain,” the next-to-last episode of its second season and most likely the entire series, although it pains me to note the second reality.
“Adam Raised a Cain” attracted 3.35 million total viewers, down 12 percent from the previous …read more

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Now this is getting fairly interesting. There was still no new episode of CBS’ Ghost Whisperer last Friday, March 27, which only served to make the performance of Fox’s The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Dollhouse all the more noticeable. Not only did my favorite series of the pair — Terminator, of course — experience a slight improvement in total viewers, but the Joss Whedon show had a downturn that put it in a virtual tie with the older show.
Do I sound snide if I say I don’t mind that outcome one bit? I hope not — I …read more

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There was no new episode of CBS’ Ghost Whisperer on March 20 since the network broadcast a March Madness NCAA men’s basketball game instead. Still, even with that stiff competition and the series finale of Sci Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica premiering at 9pm EST, both Dollhouse and The Sarah Connor Chronicles before it managed to perform well in comparison to their previous episode.
While Dollhouse was off a bit in total viewers, drawing 4.13 million on Friday for “Man on the Street” after attracting 4.33 million on March 13, Terminator saw a slight improvement from 3.53 million on that earlier …read more

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Well, it finally looks like all of the cries of woe and agony are starting to have an impact, and let’s hope it lasts much longer than just one week. For the first time since they made their Friday-night debut together back on February 13, both Terminator and Dollhouse experienced an increase in ratings on March 13 equalling 18 percent and 22 percent, respectively. Woot!
I guess one month was the charm. Yet, oddly enough, I found each series’ episode — The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ “Today Is the Day” and Dollhouse’s “True Believer” — on the weaker …read more

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Sorry, my fellow Sarah Connor Chronicles and Dollhouse fans, there’s just no other way to put it. Given the preliminary March 6th primetime ratings, it looks like Fox’s Sci-Fi Friday reboot isn’t booting up either fast or hot enough.
The overnight numbers for both series’ fresh episodes last Friday indicate yet another drop in an already low number of viewers. I guess everybody was getting their action/sci-fi fix from the new graphic-novel flick Watchmen.
The good news is for Ghost Whisperer fans, of course and as always, which held steady ratings-wise with the new episode “Delusions of Grandview.” It …read more

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I’d like to extend a very appreciative “Thank you!” to all the folks out there who have been watching The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Dollhouse each Friday, just not live during the initial broadcast.
The results for DVR viewership in the week after the shows made their Friday debut together on February 13, also called Live+7 DVR, are in, and they indicate that — surprise, surprise — Terminator earned the largest percentage ratings gain among adults for the entire week. As a wonderful result, the show has added a substantial increase of 36 percent more viewers to its previously reported …read more

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The overnight ratings results for “Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep,” the February 27 episode of The Sarah Connor Chronicles, just break my heart, and I’m talking about into tiny little pieces. Not only is the show slipping in total viewers — down from 3.84 million to 3.42 million over the last two episodes — but also among 18–49 year olds, whose numbers have declined from a 1.3/5 for February 20 to a 1.2/4 for last Friday. Waaaahhhh!
I understand, however. Although some folks like me don’t mind introspective fare — more popularly called “slow” — like …read more

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So, how did Fox’s clever pairing of the network’s two female-led, action sci-fi dramas — Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Dollhouse — fare in the ratings during the shows’ first outing together last Friday? Not so swell, unfortunately, as the following numbers demonstrate:
8pm to 9pm EST

Ghost Whisperer (CBS) — 10.35 million total viewers
Wife Swap (ABC) — 4.27 million total viewers
Howie Do It (NBC) — 3.93 million total viewers
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fox) — 3.71 million total viewers
Everybody Hates Chris/The Game (The CW) — 1.45 million total viewers

9pm to 10pm EST

Flashpoint (CBS) — 8.86 million total viewers
Supernanny (ABC) …read more

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