The TV Zone

All that press! All that hype! All that EVERYTHING!!!

You'd think people would tune in just to see what all the hyperventilating was about, and they did.

A total of 4.9 million watched the two-hour premiere last night, which is a good number, but not a great number - and I wouldn't be shocked, shocked, if the launch of "Model" tonight hits four million plus too.

Another factoid to keep in mind: Nearly 8 MILLION tuned in to Steven Bochco's much much MUCH less hyped "Raising the Bar" on TNT. How un-hyped was that show? I do believe Your's Truly was the only one who wrote anything on it when Bochco was first working on it, and was also the only one who actually gave it a good review. (Pretty much the entire critical community held its nose.) But I digress,,,

Why didn't "90210" do better? Beats me. I've given up trying to figure this stuff out...

But "90210" did very well among the viewers CW wanted for this; here are the relevant quotes/numbers from the hot-off-the-presses release:

The show was "the highest rated telecast of any scripted show EVER for The CW among adults 18-34 (3.0/9), women 18-34 (4.3/12), adults 18-49 (2.6/7) and women 18-49 (3.6/9), according to preliminary live plus same day Nielsen ratings for Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Encore of 90210 debut airs tomorrow, Sept. 4 (8:00-10:00p.m. ET)

"On the strength of the two-hour 90210, The CW was the #1 network on Tuesday night in all key demographics, including adults 18-34 (3.0/9), women 18-34 (4.3/12), men 18-34 (1.8/6), adults 18-49 (2.6/7), women 18-49 (3.6/9), persons 12-34 (2.7/8), females 12-34 (3.7/11), teens (1.7/6), female teens (2.1/7).