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"Eli Stone": Ratings verdict is mixed
"Lost" stomped all over the competish in its return to ABC's sked on Thursday. "Eli Stone" had a harder time of it in its debut.
The 9 p.m. fourth season premiere seg drew 16.1 million viewers and 6.7 rating/16 share in the adults 18-49 demo, per Nielsen prelims. The 8 p.m. "Lost" clip show did a healthy 13.1 million 4.9/13 in the key demo.
"Lost's" premiere ratings were down from last season's opener (18.8 million, 7.7/19), but we all know last night's numbers will balloon when DVR viewing sources are factored in week after next.
Kind of a mixed bag for the 10 p.m. bow of ABC's dramedy "Eli Stone." The well-reviewed drama about an idealistic lawyer who begins to realize that he's a prophet had a hard time hanging on to "Lost's" coattails. It opened to 11.6 million viewers and 4.2/11 in 18-49. Not great, but not terrible either, and it is an improvement over the perf of "Lost" companion "The Nine" last season.
-- Cynthia Littleton
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I gave Eli Stone a chance, but I'm not sure if I will go back. I think it is the wrong time slot. The audience for Lost is diffrent than that for Eli Stone.
What slot would I put it it? Hard for me to say as the only ABC show I really keep up with is Lost, but perhaps Sunday evenings...better yet, after one of those dance shows. Just not after Lost.
Posted by: ibleedbloo | February 05, 2008 at 12:41 PM