OFFICIAL STUDIO DEBUTS ON MON 5/14/12Alexandra Daddario, Christa B. Allen, Maggie Gracie on My Sister Katie (ICE, 8p) (GUESTS)
Daniel Radcliffe, Kevin Bacon, Shane West,
Heather Locklear, Peyton List on The Deception Point (EBC, 8p) (REGULARS)
Margarita Levieva on Just Eve (ROD, 8:00p) (GUEST)
Emmanuelle Chriqui, Danielle Panabaker on Paige & Joe (ICE, 8:30p) (GUESTS)
Jim Jones,
Priscilla Martin on Cellmates (ROD, 8:30p) (GUESTS)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Odette Yustman on Ally (ICE, 9:00p) (GUESTS)
Kelly Monaco, Adrian Grenier, Eliza Dushku, Jerry Ferrera on The Daughters of Brooklyn (ROD, 9:00p) (GUESTS)
Jermaine "J. Cole" Cole, Sally Kellerman on Bachelor in Trouble (ICE, 9:30p) (GUESTS)
Vanessa Anne Hudgens on The Sweathogs (ROD, 9:30p) (GUEST)
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Paige Van Buren, Meghan Markle, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jessica Parker Kennedy on Actors (ICE, 10:00p) (GUESTS)
Mackenzie Rosman, Elisha Cuthbert, Frankie Beckham,
Natalie Portman on Toronto's Friends (ICE, 10:30p) (GUESTS)
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Darin Brooks on Wild Taxi (ROD, 10:30p) (GUESTS)
Note: Please PM the days when your stars debut in your studio as I want to make this regular feature for the next couple of weeks.
A mini-reunion with Saved By the Bell actresses Tiffani-Amber Thiessen and Elizabeth Berkley show up on Actors (ICE)NITRO GOES OLD SCHOOL ON MONDAY WITH A SURPRISE SAVED BY THE BELL MINI-REUNION
PARAMOUNT PRETTY LINEUP ROLLS PAST 20 MILLION VIEWERS
TORONTO'S FRIENDS REACHES 25 MILLION VIEWERS
NEWCOMERS CONTRIBUTE TO RATINGS UPLIFTS ON ICE, ROD, & UNO
TEEN COUNTRY SINGER SCOTTY MCCREERY TAKES ADVANTAGE OF NITRO WAR UPDATE
TCC'S INDEPENDENCE LOOKS DONE & EBC'S DEMIOS WARRIORSAs mentioned back on Saturday these Paramount Pretty comedies are starting to put up some scary numbers dominating everything in sight. The reach of the Paramount Pretty comedies has now reached 30 million viewers for the entire night which includes late night hit PM America. The live factor is a direct result in these comedies success, the fact that viewers have that unpredictability factor is an amazing experience for viewers who have no idea what to expect throughout the night.
SURPRISE TACTICS ON LIVE TELECASTS = RATINGS!One of the tactics that ICE did which was clever with their tapings at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Monday night was they had an unplanned mini-Saved By the Bell reunion with their newcomer Tiffani-Amber Thiessen meeting up with Elizabeth Berkley from My Two Headstrong Daughters show up unexpectedly on Actors. That surprise was able to boost up Toronto's Friends which had a huge surge in the ratings reaching 25 million viewers at 10:30pm. It was hinted on Twitter and on various news sites that a surprise was going to happen one of the six Paramount Pretty comedies and that brought in about 4-5 million extra viewers.
It's these type of tactics that make ICE the smartest network in NITRO right now b/c they know exactly how to boost up viewership. Next week the Paramount Pretty comedies according to ICE sources will be in Chicago on UNO's home turf at the United Center. What's clever about what ICE does is that their able to get sold out crowds in large arenas which makes for an electric atmosphere that's not carried through by the other NITRO networks right now but it will be more than likely next season as other networks will look to boost their comedies by duplicating ICE's success with these Paramount Pretty comedies this season.
Now very briefly lets go over the rest of the networks Monday night happens and we start with second place network DV which has seen and a huge upsurge lately in the ratings with their Monday dramas led by Killer Night which is putting up some major numbers. Leighton Meester continues to be one of NITRO's top draws right now. If it wasn't for Actors and Toronto's Friends then Killer Night would've likely cleared more than 20 million viewers instead they got 19 million viewers.
ROD was in third place and George Lopez who made his debut on Monday as their head man in charge of their comedy division made a huge splash as George helped Just Eve moved to Mondays and doubled up on episodes for Cellmates for the night and that helped lift all of their comedies compared to how Diff'rent Strokes and Gimme a Break! which struggled last week. ROD has new sitcoms Men Having Fun and Hot Girls coming up the Thursday.
SBC continues to do well with the NITRO War Update and had their best Monday of the entire season so far Scotty McCreery was able to keep most of its lead-in audience with the return of his popular variety show. Viewers got a chance to see SBC's newest acquisitions live on SBC Stars After Dark.
The story of the night belongs to UNO and their huge debut performance from The Deception Point which scored 13.5 million viewers leading off their Monday lineup. The Deception Point could be this network's biggest hit moving forward for the rest of the season. The sampling was decent for Amerigo Vespucci but it looks like NITRO didn't care too much for the man who America was named after.
MRA got a jump for Top Talent as that show seems to be getting some of the viewers it lost earlier in the season back. Viewers have gotten tired of Independence and it clearly showed in the ratings but luckily Jail Time gained a lot of viewers off it to keep their 2-hour comedy block in decent shape.
EBC continues to struggle badly as Demios Warriors got under 2 million viewers behind Thanks for Flying. EBC may need a complete overhaul on this entire night in order to compete on what is already a difficult night to program.
