Ratings Results for the Week of May 3rd – Dollhouse Goes Out With a Thud

By John J. Joex

Just a quick update this week as there is not too much to comment on with almost half of the ScienceFiction and Fantasy shows having completed their runs at this point (or received the boot to Summer as was the case with Kings ). A two hour Medium airing did about the same as last week despite a tepid lead-in from Deal or No Deal . Fringe continues to do well on Tuesdays, while Reaper and Cupid continue to fade. Lost did okay in the 18-49 demo but continues to see its total viewership dwindle. Supernatural and Smallville pulled about the expected numbers while Dollhouse continued its downward trend and ended its season with a thud. FOX announces its schedule for the Fall 2009 season next week, and Dollhouse will almost assuredly be excluded from it. It’s quite a shame too, because the series has shown a lot of promise, and you know that Whedon had bigger and better things planned for it. In its stead, though, I’m sure we will get another cop show with a twist of reality show.

Ratings Results:

Title Day / Time (EST) Network Rating (Viewers 18-49) Timeslot Rank Total Viewers (Millions) Jericho (R) Sunday / 7 PM CW 0.3 5th 0.81 Chuck Monday / 8 PM NBC Season Completed 4th 6.12 Heroes Monday / 9 PM NBC Season Completed 4th 6.39 Medium Monday / 10 PM NBC 2.2 3rd 7.24 Reaper Tuesday / 8 PM CW 0.8 5th 1.90 Fringe* Tuesday / 9 PM FOX 4.3 1st 10.44 The Mentalist Tuesday / 10 PM CBS 3.6 3rd 16.51 Cupid Tuesday / 10 PM ABC 1.7 3rd 5.68 Knight Rider Wednesday / 8 PM NBC Season Completed n/a n/a Lost Wednesday / 9 PM ABC 4.0 2nd 8.70 Life on Mars Wednesday / 10 PM ABC Season Completed 2nd 5.80 Smallville Thursday / 8 PM CW 1.5 5th 3.40 Supernatural Thursday / 9 PM CW 1.2 5th 2.79 Eleventh Hour Thursday / 10 PM CBS Season Completed 2nd 10.38 Ghost Whisperer Friday / 8 PM CBS 2.2 1st 9.35 The Sarah Connor Chronicles Friday / 8 PM FOX Season Completed n/a n/a Dollhouse Friday / 9 PM FOX 1.0 4th 2.75 Kings Saturday / 8 PM NBC Moved to Summer n/a n/a

Title % Chg from Prior Wk % Chg from Lead-In Cancell- ation Alert Jericho (R) 0.0% n/a n/a Chuck n/a n/a Moderate Heroes n/a n/a Renewed Medium 0.0% 83.3% Moderate Reaper 14.3% n/a Elevated Fringe* 0.0% -46.9% Renewed The Mentalist -2.7% 5.9% Low Cupid -5.6% -45.2% High Knight Rider n/a n/a High Lost 2.6% 90.5% Renewed Life on Mars n/a n/a Cancelled Smallville 0.0% n/a Renewed Supernatural -7.7% -20.0% Renewed Eleventh Hour n/a n/a Moderate Ghost Whisperer -8.3% n/a Low The Sarah Connor Chronicles n/a n/a High Dollhouse -9.1% 11.1% High Kings n/a n/a High *Includes runover from American Idol

The Timeslot Rank , and % Change from Prior Week and Lead-In columns are based on the rating in the 18-49 demographic. The Cancellation Alert column is based on season to date performance and my assessment of how likely the network is to cancel the show. TVbytheNumbers.com also provides their Renew/Cancel Index which tracks the likelihood of cancellation on a weekly basis.

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