{"id":2571,"date":"2009-01-12T19:09:47","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T03:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2009-01-12T19:13:50","modified_gmt":"2009-01-13T03:13:50","slug":"nbcu-sga-finale-ratings-a-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/nbcu-sga-finale-ratings-a-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"NBCU: SGA Finale Ratings a "Triumph""},"content":{"rendered":"

NBCU, parent company of the Sci Fi Channel, has issued a press release<\/a> that boasts a “Triumph on Sci Fi” for the finales of Stargate Atlantis<\/em> and Sanctuary<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\nTRIUMPH ON SCI FI<\/p>\n

New York, NY \u2013 January 12, 2009 \u2013 SCI FI had two of the top ten programs in cable entertainment on Friday, January 9, 2009 with the series finale of Stargate Atlantis<\/em> and the season 1 finale of Sanctuary<\/em>. This led Sci Fi to become the #4 cable entertainment network among Adults 25-54 and #5 among Adults 18-49 in primetime for the evening.<\/p>\n

The series finale of Stargate Atlantis<\/em> entitled “Enemy at the Gate” (9 pm) delivered a 1.5 HH rating with 973,000 Adults 18-49, 1.15 MM Adults 25-54 and 2.02 MM total viewers (P2+). This marks a season high in all key measures and is the best performance for an Atlantis <\/em>episode since the season 4 finale on March 7, 2008. The second half of the Sanctuary <\/em>two-part season finale “Revelations” (10pm) delivered a 1.6 HH rating with 900,000 Adults 18-49, 1.13 MM Adults 25-54 and 2.0 MM total viewers (P2+). This is the best performance for the series since its premiere on October 3, 2008 in total viewers and among Adults 18-49.<\/p>\n

Season program highlights include:<\/p>\n

For its fifth and final season (including all available timeshifting data), Atlantis <\/em>averaged a 1.6 HH rating with 1.06 MM Adults 18-49, 1.24 MM, Adults 25-54 and 2.1 MM total viewers (P2+). Compared to season 4 Atlantis <\/em>is up +14% in HH ratings, +5% in Adults 25-54 and +5% in total viewers (P2+).<\/p>\n

For its full first season (including all available timeshifting data), Sanctuary <\/em>has averaged a 1.8 HH rating with 1.04 MM Adults 18-49, 1.36 MM Adults 25-54 and 2.35 MM total viewers (P2+). This is the best performance for a first-year original scripted series on SCI FI since the 2006 debut of Eureka<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Stargate Atlantis<\/em> and Sanctuary <\/em>were the #9 and #10 cable programs for the day among Adults 25-54. <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congratulations to all those involved with these two programs, but especially to the outgoing Stargate Atlantis<\/em><\/a>, which indeed did “go out on top.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NBCU, parent company of the Sci Fi Channel, has issued a press release that boasts a “Triumph on Sci Fi” for the finales of Stargate Atlantis and Sanctuary: TRIUMPH ON SCI FI New York, NY \u2013 January 12, 2009 \u2013 SCI FI had two of the top ten programs in cable entertainment on Friday, January … Continue reading “NBCU: SGA Finale Ratings a "Triumph"”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atlantis","category-news","category-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2571"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2579,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions\/2579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}