Johnnysbros--please never start a sentence with honestly again.

We already know how much cheaper this show is--so ABC will probably see it as a win, regardless, but...

Edited September 27, 201114 yr by EricMontreal22

And lets not forget that AMC ended on a cliffhanger...you just know there are viewers who tuned in on Monday to see if Erica got shot.

They are comparing one episode against one week of AMC.

These numbers can and WILL go down.

And lets not forget that AMC ended on a cliffhanger...you just know there are viewers who tuned in on Monday to see if Erica got shot.

I would love if we could find out how many disgruntled viewers did tune in looking for AMC...

Let's see how they're doing 6 months from now, then let's talk

But OLTL did beat them in both total viewers and 18 to 49 (and GH beat them in 18-49)if you compare yesterday to OLTL's ratings last week (that's my spin).

Buh bye GH. First CBS did it and now ABC has shown that you can replace the expensive soaps with cheaper programming and get about the same number of viewers.

I think it's fair to say that some of the people watching The Chew were AMC fans looking for the resolution of Friday. We'll see what happens in a few weeks. That said, I know Symon has been promoting the hell out of The Chew and his fans tuned in to support him. I assume the same is true for other chef fans and foodies. Like it or not, food shows are popular. There's a bunch of new food shows every season while there's one less soap every year.

I was home sick today so I watched a little bit of The Chew. I liked a couple of the recipes. I watched ten minutes then turned back to an episode of L&O: CI. That doesn't change the fact that I miss my Hubbards.

The View only premiered with 1.9 million viewers? Wow never knew that.

Yea it was the 1st episode and ABC hyped the hell out of it in daytime and primetime. Let's see what happens.

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ABC is spinning the numbers by saying this "exceeded AMC’s 2010/11 season average in total viewers." Get that last slam in, ABC. Classy!

It's stupid as f!ck because there were tons of single episodes of AMC over the last few months that exceeded its average for the season. I can't get over them trying to use the ratings for ONE episode as some kind of massive achievement. GET OUT.

LOL it doesn't surprise me AMS, they seem pretty desperate for this to be a hit. This stinks of desperation on their parts and I freaking love it!!

It was trending on Twitter yesterday but when I clicked on it, I didn't see a positive comment the comments were extremely negative and they were not from jilted AMC fans either. Though I have to laugh when people come up with a conspiracy that ABC is lying about the numbers, that is giving WAY to much credit to ABC.

Edited September 27, 201114 yr by jcar03

It's one episode.

This is so true, but such a statement cuts both ways. It is obnoxious how Frons and his bosses are gloating about the huge success of The Chew after just one episode. However, it is equally as wrong for disgruntled AMC fans to trash the The Chew (as a piece of $hit that is going to fail) after just one show. (Though I admit I am a hypocrite on this matter because this is exactly how I felt after watching the first episode of Passions. Yet, just because I am a hypocrite does not mean I am wrong on this.) Even worse, it seems as if most soap fans (and not just AMC fans) have been trashing The Chew even before the first episode aired. (And this was never the case on how I regarded Passions prior to its premiere.)

And while the first episode of The Chew had many flaws (from an objective standpoint), it is far from the worst television show ever. Just off the top of my head, I can easily name ten television shows (listed in alphabetical order) that are far worse than the first episode of The Chew:

Baby Bob

Barney and Friends

Countdown with Keith Olbermann

Joey

Manimal

Passions

Port Charles

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

Teletubbies

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Edited September 27, 201114 yr by Max

Yet they seemingly ignore OLTL's ratings surge LOL!!!