GSN Ratings May 28-June 3rd

[Lingofan97]

Ratings recap

Besides the basic Harvey and Foxworthy dominating, just a couple more highlights/observations about this week in ratings.

Weekdays
*Harvey gets an outstanding 438K average at 5:30pm, I only expect it to do better at 6pm
*Chain Reaction still dominates at 3:30pm, and does alright in the new 11:30am slot
*Catch 21 pulls big numbers, and curious to see how it does at 4pm
*Dawson obviously bombs at 8am, Match Game did much better
*The new episodes of Baggage did very well for recent new episodes status

Late nights
*Harvey grows in the 11pm hour with 269K and 348K averages for each half hour
*Baggage at midnight gets an average of 252K, very impressive but has done better other weeks
*An audience from Family Feud to Lingo drops at 1:30am; I really think Lingo should stay in daytime, but should be dropped at 1:30am with its low ratings

Weekends
*Saturday's Newlywed Game block does fair, with 272K averages. The 3pm hour did ok, but the 4pm hour had 338K and 340K numbers. Maybe Pyramid (Osmond) can be tried at 3pm on Saturdays
*Password Plus at 9am gets 105K and 127K, better then Jeopardy!
*Deal or No Deal's best slot of the week is after 5th Grader at Midnight, with 266K (this is usual)
*1 vs 100's last episode gets 167K at noon and 156K at 1am.
*The Sunday afternoon block of Family Feud: Karn: 320K, 329K O'Hurley: 240K, 238K Harvey: 337K, 356K

[CaseyAbell]

From the original thread on ratings for this week...

And I can probably guess what we'll see individually; Harvey and Foxworthy rule.

Right you are, sir! It's ridiculous, in fact. 5th Grader and Harvey Feud get 23 of the top 25 slots. Only Karn interrupts their duopoly, barely. Unbelievable. Now you know why Harvey Feud has taken over the network, and why Foxworthy is getting the Bible gig.

By the way, I checked the prime time and total day averages from Douglas' numbers. 299K/240K, just as previously reported by TVNewser and listed in the original ratings thread. Nice to get some independent confirmation.

All in all, a decent week for GSN. Sixty-two shows cracked the magic 300K mark.

[Lingofan97]

All in all, a good week for GSN. Sixty-one shows cracked the magic 300K mark.

That's really good now for GSN. I remember a couple months ago the 300K mark was only in the top ten. It wasn't a hot week for 5th Grader, DWTS was crashing things, and we didn't have Harvey Feud yet. We do have several shows under 100,000 views, mainly Dawson Feud

[CaseyAbell]

To correct myself: it's 62 shows cracking the 300K barrier. And 42 of them are various versions of Feud. Tell that to the folks who complain about overuse. You gotta use your top-rated shows a lot. Just like every other cable network.

I remember a couple months ago the 300K mark was only in the top ten.

It's never been quite that bad. GSN couldn't get total day averages in the 200Ks if only nine or ten shows did better than 300K. There have been weeks when only twenty or so shows made it over 300K. Like April 2-8 when only 18 shows got over the mark, and GSN did a 208K total day average.

[pzimm7778]

First off, as I said a couple of weeks ago I'm not putting much of any stock in the ratings for the shows that were moved the week. Harvey, yes. 5th grader, yes. Match Game, yes. Some of these others that moved to new times with no notice, no. I'm not going to worry about Jeopardy or Dawsons Feud for a couple of weeks.

And to the idea of multiple morning episodes of Password anything, Match Game, etc. NO!

[Lingofan97]

To correct myself: it's 62 shows cracking the 300K barrier. And 42 of them are various versions of Feud. Tell that to the folks who complain about overuse. You gotta use your top-rated shows a lot. Just like every other cable network.

As long as Family Feud keeps doing well, I don't care it is takes up the whole top 30 slots for the week, or close to it. At least it's not Dancing with the Stars which had 25 hours of airtime at first, then reduced to 10 hours by April.

GSN is now advertising Catch 21 at 4pm. This is the first week GSN is airing Catch 21 at this time. I'll be curious to see in ratings next week how the daily three-hour block of Harvey Feud did, two hours of it being Harvey Feud. Then the week after that (this week), the new Catch 21 block

[CarShark]

I still don't understand what these Vertivision blocks are doing for GSN. They gorge on ratings on Wednesdays and Sundays, and starve Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Wouldn't it just be better to air one hour of Harvey Feud at 9:00 every weekday? It can't be good to be this dependent on one show, especially just one version of that show. Besides, it's just a waste without it leading into an Original. Casey used to talk about the Howie Hammock. What I want to know is, "Where's the Harvey Hammock?" We're going to get nearly two more months of ratings like these leading into these impotent marathons before Beat the Chefs and Bible Challenge can benefit.

[Lingofan97]

Wouldn't it just be better to air one hour of Harvey Feud at 9:00 every weekday?

GSN could live on block scheduling, if they just change it up a little bit. I think some Baggage mixed in with The Newlywed Game could do well on Tuesday nights, and who knows what they could do on Thursdays. On Fridays, GSN could just add other classics in there too, at least in the 7pm and 10pm hours where $25,000 Pyramid performs weak.

Mondays are doing a little better at least. I'll be curious to see how the block scheduling numbers do after Harvey Feud as a lead-in

[dare2be]

On Fridays, GSN could just add other classics in there too, at least in the 7pm and 10pm hours where $25,000 Pyramid performs weak.

Plus, there is at least some room for other classics, as the 7-9pm episodes are repeated again at 10pm. No wonder the 10pm Friday hour performs weak, since it's just a repeat of the 7pm hour.

[Lingofan97]

Plus, there is at least some room for other classics, as the 7-9pm episodes are repeated again at 10pm. No wonder the 10pm Friday hour performs weak, since it's just a repeat of the 7pm hour.

You mean the 7-8pm hour repeats at 10pm. GSN should just air another classic at 10pm, or something else

[billycw]

GSN could live on block scheduling, if they just change it up a little bit. I think some Baggage mixed in with The Newlywed Game could do well on Tuesday nights, and who knows what they could do on Thursdays. On Fridays, GSN could just add other classics in there too, at least in the 7pm and 10pm hours where $25,000 Pyramid performs weak.

Mondays are doing a little better at least. I'll be curious to see how the block scheduling numbers do after Harvey Feud as a lead-in

Think the blocks are a few months away from being terminated. This type of prime time programming only lasts for so long before it hinders the overall ratings.If Harvey is doing THAT well, can't see why GSN wouldn't use it ( like DOND, other Ghosts from the recent pasts) as much as possible. Lead-ins only help for so long if the following shows are either weak or slowing down.
However, other stations have used DAYTIME blocks for quite a few years now with decent ratings. Think GSN would be better off doing something like 1-5 PM blocks instead of prime time....if they still wanted the block schedule. In fact, weekends would be better than weekdays.

[pzimm7778]

Think the blocks are a few months away from being terminated. This type of prime time programming only lasts for so long before it hinders the overall ratings.If Harvey is doing THAT well, can't see why GSN wouldn't use it ( like DOND, other Ghosts from the recent pasts) as much as possible. Lead-ins only help for so long if the following shows are either weak or slowing down.
However, other stations have used DAYTIME blocks for quite a few years now with decent ratings. Think GSN would be better off doing something like 1-5 PM blocks instead of prime time....if they still wanted the block schedule. In fact, weekends would be better than weekdays.

Along with their originals I wouldnt be surprised to see Harveys Feud on M-F for an hour or two in primetime. I think it's overkill. I think it's bad looking down the line at the long term impact on ratings. But I can see them doing it.

[Lingofan97]

Think the blocks are a few months away from being terminated. This type of prime time programming only lasts for so long before it hinders the overall ratings.If Harvey is doing THAT well, can't see why GSN wouldn't use it ( like DOND, other Ghosts from the recent pasts) as much as possible. Lead-ins only help for so long if the following shows are either weak or slowing down.
However, other stations have used DAYTIME blocks for quite a few years now with decent ratings. Think GSN would be better off doing something like 1-5 PM blocks instead of prime time....if they still wanted the block schedule. In fact, weekends would be better than weekdays.

GSN is simply learning not to overuse Harvey Feud, so it stays fresh basically forever, and it can since it has upcoming seasons to film, then for GSN to lease. That's the good thing about Family Feud for GSN right now. DOND didn't have new seasons to lease and GSN wore that out up until 2011.

[phimat37]

Because O'Hurley never was anywhere near as hot as Harvey is right now. No offense, of course.

Sorry to bump this thread but I just want to ask this though.

What made Richard Karn "hot"? You didn't say he was but, Karn has aired more than any version before Harvey came along if I recall. I don't see what made Karn so big. Heck, It's basically the same set as Louie Anderson's version, from what I saw of his version on YouTube. If Karn got his airtime on the network, O'Hurley should also, because Karn used to air a lot. Not so much anymore though.

[pzimm7778]

Sorry to bump this thread but I just want to ask this though.

What made Richard Karn "hot"?

I'm a Shandi guy myself. Never really thought of anyone named Richard in that category.