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A similar reunion for Carol Burnett stunned the industry with its high ratings last November 9 when they present television movies about kidnap victim Smart (CBS) and former POW Lynch (NBC) at exactly the same time
Fox is airing an "American Idol" holiday special on Nov Instead, the network hopes to draw viewers with its original programming, with twists like Bob Newhart on "ER TV 'Sweeps' Give Networks Second Chance
Oct 29, 4:01 PM EST
If Ronald Reagan, Jessica Lynch, Elizabeth Smart, Britney Spears and Andy Griffith can't save the television networks this season, maybe nothing can
"The November sweeps can't get here a minute too soon, given the lackluster performance of much of the networks' programming this season," said Ed Martin, programming editor for The Myers Report, a media economy newsletter
ABC is slowly rebuilding with family-pleasing comedies, but its schedule contains enough holes that November is packed with special events
The comedy, "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" returns with its first post-John Ritter episode and â€â€? perhaps inevitably â€â€? Regis Philbin appears on Kelly Ripa's "Hope & Faith Two shows heavily promoted on baseball â€â€? "Joe Millionaire" and "Skin" â€â€? badly tanked in their first two weeks and the network's new Friday night is already D The season opening felt like a false start "What's with all this dead air?"
After methodically boosting its appeal among younger viewers, traditionally older-skewing CBS has been hurt more than any other network by a puzzling viewership decline among young people, particularly men Networks have grumbled that it's the fault of the messenger, Nielsen Media Research
The November "sweeps" get under way Thursday, offering the major broadcast networks a chance to start again "
Baseball did so well for Fox that the network topped the prime-time ratings race for three weeks in a row â€â€? the first time that's ever happened
"It's hard to figure out what's going on when you have the World Series and baseball postseason going so well combined with the fact that there's been nothing major coming out of the networks to get your attention," he said
Because nobody has started strongly, it's one of the most important sweeps in years, said Steve Sternberg, an analyst for the media buying firm Magna Global USA "
NBC has suffered this season because some old reliables, like "Friends," have lost popularity "
Sternberg suggests they look in the mirror instead While waiting for baseball to end, Fox kept most of its new shows on the shelf, and they're only now starting
There are ominous signs, though, that baseball won't help the rest of its lineup
It's one of Sternberg's pet peeves: networks programming as much to hurt rivals as to build audiences for themselves
The network's four-hour miniseries, "The Reagans," set for Nov Networks concentrate much of their best programming in these months Many are generated by the news division: Diane Sawyer interviews Lynch and Spears, Barbara Walters talks to Martha Stewart, Peter Jennings investigates the Kennedy assassination and Elizabeth Vargas explores the life of Jesus Christ 16 and 18, already has fans of the former president nervous about how he will be portrayed
CBS and NBC engage in one of the most unusual, and perhaps destructive, ratings battles on Nov Although "Frasier" has rebounded in quality, if not in ratings, Martin said many of the critics he's talked to across the country are surprised at how the quality of writing has slipped for many returning shows on all networks A conservative group has called for an advertiser boycott Few of the new programs appeal to young men, he said 25, and bringing special guests to some of its regular shows, like Ellen DeGeneres on "Bernie Mac" and Liza Minnelli on "Arrested Development 11 "Nothing has caught on and the only hope now is some terrific sweeps programming to turn the lights back on and get people interested in television
It doesn't help that actor James Brolin (outspoken liberal Barbra Streisand's husband) is cast as Ronald Reagan A
"People are scratching their heads," he said
In further nostalgic appeals, CBS airs a three-hour 75th anniversary special on Sunday and welcome Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts and Jim Nabors back to Mayberry for a reunion special Nov O
ABC, CBS, NBC, the WB and UPN â€â€? five of the six biggest networks â€â€? have lost audience this season compared to 2002 and, what is more important, lost the younger viewers that advertisers crave
Besides the Lynch movie and music specials with Justin Timberlake and Shania Twain on Thanksgiving week, NBC is relatively stunt-free
The one gainer is Fox, due entirely to a stellar baseball postseason
CBS, like NBC probably hurt the most by baseball's strength, is cutting the highest profile over the next month "
Sweeps are the industry name for the three separate months during the season when ratings are monitored closely to set local advertising rates
