Ratings Review: A GIFTED MAN

A GIFTED MAN was CBS' 2001 feel good drama. It is almost "required" that CBS has at least one of these programs on their schedule each season.

It was an uphill battle for A GIFTED MAN. Scheduled for 8:00pm Fridays, you knew it would struggle to get ratings, especially in the 18-49 demographic. Getting any viewers were not a problem. It averaged between 8-9 million each week. to survice a second season, it needed those demo ratings closer to a 2.0 than a 1.0. The numbers did pick up when they had a short run at 9:00pm, but they were still less than former occupant CSI: NY, which usually received a demo rating in the 1.8 to 2.0 range.

After a run of THE GHOST WHISPERER, JOAN OF ARCADIA and TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL, the concept of talking/seeing spirits had finally run its course. THE GIFTED MAN should not have made it to the schedule, at least as a "From the Beyond" drama. It should have been a straight medical drama. An Anti-HOUSE medical drama.

Fridays, 8:00pm (CBS)

Date       Viewers(M)    A18-49
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09.23.11      9.45        1.4  (Series Premiere)
09.30.11      8.18        1.2
10.07.11      7.52        1.2
10.14.11      7.71        1.2
10.21.11      8.67        1.2
10.28.11      5.83        1.0 (R)
11.04.11      8.55        1.2
11.11.11      8.25        1.2
11.18.11      8.24        1.3
11.25.11      Preempted by Xmas Specials
12.02.11      8.01        1.3
12.09.11      Preempted by Xmas Specials
12.16.11      5.11        0.8 (R)
12.23.11      5.57        0.7 (R)
12.30.11      6.24        1.0 (R)
01.06.12      8.38        1.5
01.13.12      8.76        1.3
01.20.12      6.91        1.0 (R)
01.27.12      6.60        1.0 (R)
02.03.12      8.41        1.3
02.10.12      8.78        1.3
02.17.12      9.54        1.5 (9pm)
02.24.12      9.05        1.3 (9pm)
03.02.12      9.70        1.5 (9pm)