{"id":1648,"date":"2015-02-20T18:10:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T18:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2015-02-20T18:10:38","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T18:10:38","slug":"the-odd-couple-3-the-premiere-part-1-a-look-at-the-early-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/2015\/02\/20\/the-odd-couple-3-the-premiere-part-1-a-look-at-the-early-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Odd Couple 3: The Premiere Part 1: A look at the Early Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CBS revamp of the 1970s classic sitcom <em>The Odd Couple <\/em>premiered last night and its newest incarnation came in more with a whimper than with a bang. Sandwiched between CBS hits, <em>The Big Bang Theory <\/em>and the series finale of <em>Two and a Half Men<\/em>, it did well ratings wise, but the viewership is sure to drop off as the weeks go by. Looking at the preliminary Nielsen numbers, CBS dominated and so did <em>The Odd Couple<\/em> which served as a hammock for CBS\u2019 8-10 pm comedy lineup. Looking at the key 18-49 demographic, the night started off with <em>The Big Bang Theory <\/em>which notched a 4.4 rating with a 15 share and had 17.4 million viewers. At 8:30 the premiere of <em>The Odd Couple<\/em> garnered a 3.1 rating, a 10 share and 13.57 million viewers. Sitcom night on CBS ended at 9 pm with the hour-long season finale of <em>Two and a Half Men<\/em>, which got a 3.1 rating, a 9 share and had 13.20 million viewers. The ratings for CBS slipped further with Thursday night\u2019s concluding show, <em>Elementary<\/em>, which aired at 10pm and received a 1.5 rating, a 5 share and had 8.05 million viewers. On the whole, CBS won the night with 12.206 million viewers; its closest competitor, ABC had 8.813 million viewers. Critical reviews have been mixed and it will be interesting to see if the numbers for <em>The Odd Couple <\/em>will hold up and if it\u2019s time slot will keep it on the air long enough to connect with viewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CBS revamp of the 1970s classic sitcom The Odd Couple premiered last night and its newest incarnation came in more with a whimper than with a bang. Sandwiched between CBS hits, The Big Bang Theory and the series finale &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/2015\/02\/20\/the-odd-couple-3-the-premiere-part-1-a-look-at-the-early-numbers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":449,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[377],"tags":[92,226,224,385,388],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/449"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1649,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions\/1649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}