[This one slid right by me. The first I ever heard of Eureka was this news item. I am a big sci-fi fan, but almost never watch the Sci-Fi Channel because of their insane commercial load. Guess I'll have to set the DVR so I can skip the commercials and check out the show. If anyone saw it I'd be interested in hearing your comments on the premiere episode.]
Sci Fi Scores With Eureka By Anne Becker Broadcasting & Cable 7/19/2006 7:09:00 PM http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6354845.html Sci Fi Channel's premiere of Eureka ranked as the network's highest-rated series telecast ever with a 3.2 household rating and more than 4 million total viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. The two-hour premiere of the series, about an unknown U.S. town of geniuses, ran at 9 p.m. Tuesday night (July 18). Eureka's ratings are almost in line with the blockbuster numbers posted by Sci Fi's 2002 Steven Spielberg-produced miniseries Taken, which ran over 10 days in two weeks and averaged a 4.1 rating and nearly 5 million viewers. Eureka, Sci Fi's first scripted original series launch since Battlestar Galactica, was the top-rated cable program on Tuesday and beat out broadcast competition including ABC's The One: Making of a Music Star. It averaged 1.7 million viewers 18-49 and 1.9 million 25-54. ================================ George Antunes, Political Science Dept University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204 Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927 antunes at uh dot edu Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _____________________________ MEDIANEWS mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
