Jan 14, 2008 by Brian Gallagher

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Demolishes The Competition

Even without Arnold, the Terminator franchise is most certainly back.

According to Variety, the premiere episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles scored the highest opening-night ratings of any new show in three years. The show nabbed an outstanding 7.6 rating/18 share amongst the 18-49 adult demographic, and scored 18.3 million viewers for the show's debut, according to the Nielsen ratings service. The scripted show's success only accentuates the need for scripted programming while the networks try to make due with reality programming during the writers' strike.

Speaking of the strike, it conversely affected another program this week as well. NBC's hour-long telecast of the Golden Globes annoucement was trounced in the ratings with a 1.7/4 in demographic and drawing just 5.8 million viewers. The announcement special came in lieu of the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild both boycotting the normal two-hour telecast.


Sources: Variety

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Comments (9)

  1. YotaruVegeta

    I liked The Sarah Connor Chronicles more than Bionic Woman last year. They are keeping with the continuity of not only Part 2, but Part 3 and Summer Glau is not only good to look at, but a cool terminator.

    It's not as cheesy as I would have expected it to be, but how many seasons can it possibly last for? How long are they going to run from one terminator?

    Or will it be multiple terminators?

    4 years agoby @yotaruvegetaFlag

  2. The Kwisatz Haderach

    nicely put err2005, couldnt have said it better myself.

    4 years agoby @the-kwisatz-haderachFlag

  3. Err

    i just had an at-length conversation about this show with a coworker, weighing the pros (robots and violence) and the cons (corny one-liners and over the top story lines) and i decided, hey f*ck it, compared to the other garbage playing on broadcast tv right now this show is like an oasis in the desert.

    4 years agoby @err2005Flag

  4. raw_bhl

    not too sure about this, saw the pilot and wasn't exactly rivited. gonna wait till the series is finished then download them in bulk. same for bionic woman, didn't think that was too great either

    4 years agoby @raw-bhlFlag

  5. MaViNx

    I thought it sucked and wont watch it again. Bad acting meets bad writting.

    4 years agoby @mavinxFlag

  6. AnnoyingFilmCritic

    Good so far...going to watch part two now where they go to Skynet.

    4 years agoby @annoyingfilmcriticFlag

  7. ed_wood

    Thought it was really good. Hopefully I'm saying that five episodes from now.

    4 years agoby @ed-woodFlag

  8. T.Clark

    I saw the first episode last night, and it was awesome. Looking forward to the second one tonight. I'm surprised it's good with writer's strike going on.

    4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  9. brew1701

    it was actually pretty good, hopefully it can stay good

    4 years agoby @brew1701Flag

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