'Fringe' makes ratings leap

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Dying Changes Everything - Review Soon!
Published 9/17/2008 by Randi at Watching House
... “House” (14.4 million, 5.5/16) helped fuel “Fringe” but was down 29% from last year’s premiere and was the lowest-rated Tuesday original of the drama since 2005. Should be noted, however, that last year’s opener was at 9 p.m. and during the official broadcast premiere week, so it had a better launch period. So not a great start, but it makes sense as to why the start wasn’t so great. What do you think of this? Source

"House" powers "Fringe" ratings
Published 9/17/2008 by Joel Brown at TV with MeeVee
... What a difference a lead-in makes. Ratings for last week's 90-minute premiere of Fox's "Fringe" were good but not great, with the show drawing less than 10 million viewers. But last night, Fox's "House" returned with a season-premiere episode, and as TV Week reports, that bumped up the numbers for "Fringe" considerably. "House" drew 14.4 million viewers, and 13.4 million of them stayed around for an hourlong "Fringe," up a whopping 68 percent from last week. The only problem for Fox? "House" was down 29 percent from ...

Good News, Bad News: TRUE BLOOD, MOONLIGHT & FRINGE
Published 9/17/2008 by theTVaddict at the TV addict
... Good News: The second episode of FRINGE was up an astounding 68% from the show’s tepidly received season premiere. Bad News: We’re pretty sure a test pattern would do well following an episode of HOUSE. [Source] ...

The More You Know: It’s always sunny in Tifauxland
Published 9/18/2008 by John at TiFaux
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia premieres tonight at 10. Stream a Windows Media interview with the guys right here Oh snap! Catch Kath & Kim as well as a bunch of other NBC shows early on Hulu, iTunes, … Stephen Colbert is getting a Christmas Special Steve Irwin’s 4 year old son may get his own show People are watching Fringe… now that it’s following House Watch the season 3 premiere of Dexter 2 weeks early Bizzaro Jerry will make an appearance on Old ...

Fringe - Episode 1.02 - The Same Old Story - Ratings
Published 9/18/2008 by DarkUFO (noreply@blogger.com) at Spoiler TV
... adult demo rating from its new lead-in -- the debut of Fox's returning hit medical drama “House.” According to Fox, the "Fringe" spike is the largest ratings jump a new series has made from Week 1 to 2 on any broadcast network in more than a decade. That gain comes despite some increased competition from NBC, whose latest installment of "The Biggest Loser" (7.9 million, 3.2/9) premiered slightly better than last season’s debut. Source: The Live Feed ...