CBS and Fox opened the week on another shared leadership note, with repeats on the Eye net finishing first overall in the overnights and total viewers, and week two of original Fox dramas Prison Break and Vanished No. 1 among key adults 18-49. The positive news for Vanished remained solid retention (in the overnights and total viewers) out of sleeper Prison Break. Comparatively, and based on the final nationals, Prison Break opened season two with 9.37 million viewers and a 3.7/12 among adults 18-49 on Monday, Aug. 21. Lead-out Vanished kicked-off with 8.65 million viewers and a 3.0/ 8 among adults 18-49. Based on last night’s similar results, Fox should be satisfied. (Keep in mind, of course, that the competition was predominantly repeats). The only thing that could be concerning, however, was a decline in the second half of Vanished of 430,000 viewers (8.75 to 8.32 million) and 9 percent among adults 18-49 (3.2/ 8 to 2.9/ 7) at 9:30 p.m.
Marc Berman
I am starting to get used to this show now. But what bothers me (and with Gale Harold being an Atlanta native) is there is nothing geographically correct about Vanished’s Atlanta. There are no tunnels in the city, Buckhead has mansions but not like the type the Senator has, the only underground city is under water and the FBI building is in downtown Atlanta where there are no brownstones. Also what kills me is Rebecca Gayheart looks like no reporter at CNN that I have ever seen and she pronounces the cities wrong. Maybe it is just me, but I try to keep it somewhat real.
