09x09~The Fury in the Jury Ratings

@maskedscheduler: #BONES had 5,131,000 viewers last night. Thanx for watching Winner soon

A loss of 2 mil since Monday, lower than I expected, but I want to see where we sit in the demo and the full Friday chart before panicking...

@TVMoJoe: BONES averaged a 1.2 A18-49 in its Friday debut. Second in timeslot, behind only Undercover Boss.

So not a winner in the demo. Damn it. This can't be good...

you know, I dont know a LOT about ratings but I cant help it..I really dont like the number I just saw..Bones doesnt deserve this..but I'll try to stay optimistic :-)

@DLoIndustries: Here are last Friday's numbers. I'm only a pencil monkey, but for scripted 8pm on Friday, it looks like we did good http://t.co/CyOt5qzbQ7


I appreciate Dean's optimism, but that doesn't look good to me, especially considering how expensive Bones is to produce. It feels like Fox made a gamble that isn't going to pay off.

@DLoIndustries: Translation by "@GaudeP #Bones dropped in its Friday premiere, but improved on FOX's prior average @ 8pm Fridays by +28% in Total Viewers."

@DLoIndustries: Again, I'm a mere pencil monkey but +3s & +7s mean something these days Let's C who watches over the weekend. #Bones http://t.co/mefMgodvn4

@TheCancelBear: BONES ratings go low on Friday, but the bear's not catching it this season http://t.co/rODrg2xB4B

@GaudeP: But we need the rest of our #Bones fans to tune in on Fridays...Or at least watch on DVR over the wknd! Let's get these #s up together!

I'm upset.... Hope the DVR ratings kick in with good numbers.

I think that once things get more established and settled, maybe we will be ok? Maybe if we can gain 5.5-6 mil viewers and bring the demo up to around 1.5. It's gonna be hard though, this was not the time of year to make the switch, should have waited until January. New episode next week, and then off a week, 1 episode Dec 6, then winter hiatus? That is going to be extremely hard for average viewers to find. I hope we can regain the audience come January.
Still seems pretty likely for a season 10, but with these numbers I'm doubtful for anything past that....

^I agree. I think it will go up. The move was handled horribly by Fox in terms of promotion and the whole shuffling kerfuffle. And even at 1.2 it is not that far off Fox's average...on a Friday where lower ratings are more acceptable. Their total viewers are still pretty high too. Be interesting to see what the rise is in L+3. But I bet there are some schedulers at Fox with some serious explaining to do...especially if Almost Human's debut is as lukewarm as the reviews are.

It will be interesting to see what happens if Almost Human doesn't perform at least as well as Bones did in a brutal time slot. Do they keep things as is? Or do they do another shuffle? If Bones doesn't improve, do they leave it there to die off after S10, or do they move it back to Monday and try to regain some of it's loss? Will AH/The Following perform as well as the Bones/Sleepy Hollow block? Bones is not proving itself to be a lead in show, so what happens to Raising Hope and Enlisted? Poor Enlisted is probably going to be DOA as it is. What about the rest of Fox's dismal schedule? If Bones doesn't improve it doesn't leave them with much.... I'd hate to be on Fox's payroll right about now.

@TheCancelBear: Even having done this for years, the panic among BONES fans surprises the bear, take an extra Valium, the show is completely safe

Good to know, but I'm still concerned for the future.

MI_Bonesgirl wrote:

I think that once things get more established and settled, maybe we will be ok?  Maybe if we can gain 5.5-6 mil viewers and bring the demo up to around 1.5.  It's gonna be hard though, this was not the time of year to make the switch, should have waited until January.  New episode next week, and then off a week, 1 episode Dec 6, then winter hiatus?  That is going to be extremely hard for average viewers to find.  I hope we can regain the audience come January.
Still seems pretty likely for a season 10, but with these numbers I'm doubtful for anything past that....

I agree.   To tell you the truth I forgot that the move was this week after getting a new episode on Monday.  I only found out when I saw it popup on my DVR recoded programs late last night.

recoveredbonesaddict wrote:

MI_Bonesgirl wrote:

I think that once things get more established and settled, maybe we will be ok?  Maybe if we can gain 5.5-6 mil viewers and bring the demo up to around 1.5.  It's gonna be hard though, this was not the time of year to make the switch, should have waited until January.  New episode next week, and then off a week, 1 episode Dec 6, then winter hiatus?  That is going to be extremely hard for average viewers to find.  I hope we can regain the audience come January.
Still seems pretty likely for a season 10, but with these numbers I'm doubtful for anything past that....

I agree.   To tell you the truth I forgot that the move was this week after getting a new episode this week.  I only found out when I saw it popup on my DVR recoded programs late last night.

I know.. I think a lot of people thought Bones was a rerun because there was an episode on Monday. What the hell is going on at Fox?

Sunday Finals... No change in demo or viewers

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/11/18/friday-final-ratings-hawaii-five-0-undercover-boss-grimm-last-man-standing-the-carrie-diaries-the-neighbors-adjusted-down/216297/

Linda Geraghty ‏@geraghtyvl
@GaudeP Was just wondering when you will have the DVR+3 ratings for #Bones? Curious, especially after #Bones move 2 Fridays.

Gaude Paez Morose ‏@GaudeP
@geraghtyvl Should have them tomorrow for last week's episode.

@DLoIndustries: "@TVMoJoe ‏ Per @Fox, BONES up to a 1.9 A18-49 in L+3 this week. That's up 58% from same-day ratings." http://t.co/DJ3D0T9XrD

Ok, L+3 ratings are great...maybe more people will watch live if they are aware of the change now?

MI_Bonesgirl wrote:

@DLoIndustries: "@TVMoJoe  ‏ Per @Fox, BONES up to a 1.9 A18-49 in L+3 this week. That's up 58% from same-day ratings." http://t.co/DJ3D0T9XrD

Ok, L+3 ratings are great...maybe more people will watch live if they are aware of the change now?

That's what I was thinking..