Initial Ratings for 9/11 Fiction

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 10:39am

I guess Football plays a bit better in the heartland than fiction.

Preliminary overnight ratings:

FOOTBALL RATINGS DOUBLE ABC '911' FUSS FILM... MORE... 15.1 RATING/23 SHARE FOR NBC 'SUNDAY NIGHT' FOOTBALL EASILY BEATS CONTROVERSIAL ABC 'PATH TO 9-11' 8.3 RATING/12 SHARE AND CBS '9-11' DOCUMENTARY 8.2/12... DEVELOPING...
Drudge Reports Ratings

[Magdalene]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 11:04am

I watched the CBS 9/11 (again). While it is sadder, it is a more fitting tribute to those who lost their lives.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 11:06am

There is football on again tonight.

I cannot imagine the ratings getting any better.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 11:17am

actually, ywiw, i predict somewhat better ratings tonight because football was on nbc last night and tonight it's on espn.

[Calvin]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 11:19am

Yeah, papa, but four words: Fresh Prince clip show.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 11:19am

You don't think the scheduled Presidential interruption will deter viewers?

[jimnysf]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 11:21am

"...i predict somewhat better ratings tonight"

I guess that is OK since that is the part that outlines the failings of Bushco. I still won't watch. I saw the CBS documentary last night for the second time. It was a real documentary and it was very powerful.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 11:25am

actually, bway, due to the commercial free nature of the broadcast, i imagine many folks who are watching will see that as a perfect opportunity to take a potty break and nuke some more nachos.

[RobbO]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 11:39am

i thought this article from the link ywiw? provided was very interesting...

NEW YORK (AP) - ABC made several editing changes to the first part of its miniseries "The Path to 9/11" following furious protests by Clinton administration officials that it fabricated scenes about their actions prior to the terrorist attacks.
But the network resisted calls to cancel the $40 million miniseries, airing commercial-free over two nights. Part two is scheduled for Monday, with an interruption for President Bush's address to the nation.
Several scenes were cut or changed from the movie that aired Sunday and finished 20 minutes shy of its three-hour time slot. ABC has called it a dramatization, not a documentary.
abc shows edited 9/11 movie

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 12:27pm

You may be right papa -

We will see.

And I think the documentary on CBS was actually of French origin - I think two french filmakers were just by chance with a firefighter that day when the chaos started.

You can actually buy it on Amazon.
Updated On: 9/11/06 at 12:27 PM

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 12:37pm

I watched the CBS documentary last night for the 2nd time. The two brothers who worked on that didn't just happen to be with those firefighters that particular day, they had been filming them for sometime. The two brothers reuniting in the firehouse after all the destruction, got to me again.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 12:42pm

The CBS documentary was made by 2 French brothers that were actually making a documentary about a rookie fireman and just happened to be there at the time. They took the famous footage of the plane crashing into the first tower. I think they may be Americans now since one of the brothers was shown getting married at the firehouse in 2002. It was a very moving documentary and tough to watch.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 12:44pm

Even though I TIVO'd the show - I just bought the director's version on Amazon.

It is something worth having.

It is something to have and watch once a year.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 12:46pm

The real reason for the failure of the ABC propaganda is that the American people don't want fingerpointing. Too many lives were lost, and the perpetrators were never found. All that happened was a wrongheaded war in which more lives were lost.

The only thing the American people want in terms of remembering those who died on 9/11 is a generosity of spirit and a sense of grace.

That ABC and the producers thought they could strike a ratings bonanza by fingerpointing shows how out-of-touch they are, the same way Bush and Cheney and the Republicans are out-of-touch by politicizing 9/11 and Iraq.

It is morning and America and the people will not be lied to any longer.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 12:48pm

I have had the DVD for several years but it remains in the shrink wrap. Someday I will open it but I don't know when. I wasn't going to watch it last night on CBS but I did. Very tough to watch.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 12:51pm

yeah, it had nothing to do with the fact that last night's game, the "manning bowl", had been hyped almost as much on broadcast television as this had been maligned on the internet.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 12:55pm

papa -

I hate the Raiders, but my mantra tonight - anything but ABC.

So ESPN, even if it is an affiliated company, is looking pretty good for tonight's TV.

And, you are right about the Manning Bowl being hyped.

I do find it interesting that the CBS documentary, which had almost no press and had aired before, pulled almost identical numbers to the ABC fictionalized account.

And, don't forget, tonight's WWE's Monday Night RAW on TNT!

[jimnysf]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 12:56pm

"Prison Break" and "Vanished" on Fox.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 1:02pm

Does anyone know how to obtain a copy of the CBS documentary? I forgot to set my VCR and was out at dinner for one of my friends 21st last night, but really want to watch it, and never got an oppurtunity.

[RobbO]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 1:05pm

agreed. watch prison break!

Updated On: 9/11/06 at 01:05 PM

[jimnysf]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 1:09pm

You can watch it online at CBS.com.
Watch 9/11 Special

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 1:09pm

ywiw, remember last night was katie's first night on 60 minutes. even without her, 60 minutes was averaging a 9.2 this summer so add in a few for her debut (which was hyped throughout the us open among other places) and you've got yer audience right there.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 1:25pm

The thing is, nobody watches network TV anymore, and in general people do not commit to miniseries. It's generally unlikely that people will pick up and watch a miniseries for the second installment without having seen the first.

The low-rated "Road" picture would probably have done better on a premium cable network where it could have been presented as an "event" and shown multiple times. Regular broadcast TV is pretty much a graveyard and there really was no way that this was going to do well.

On another note the 18th season premiere of The Simpsons on Rubert Murdoch's Fox TV pretty much rocked.

[Calvin]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 1:28pm

It was a pretty strong premiere. I love all the Fat Tony episodes. Was it the first time Lunchlady Doris has talked since the death of Doris Grau?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/11/06 at 1:30pm

Does anyone know how to compare the ratings for this miniseries to the ratings for the Judy Garland miniseries?