courtesy of MediaLife:
CBS may be regretting that decision to schedule three episodes of “Rock Star” per week right now.
Yesterday’s premiere of the new reality show averaged only a 2.4 adults 18-49, according to Nielsen overnights. The show struggled opposite Fox’s moderate hit “Hell’s Kitchen” in the 9 p.m. timeslot, where “Kitchen” averaged a 3.2.
“Kitchen” even finished ahead among total viewers with 6.5 million, while “Rock Star” averaged just 5.6 million.
Now CBS is stuck with Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday competition and results episodes of what looks to be yet another reality clunker, albeit a highly pedigreed one. The show is produced by “Survivor’s” Mark Burnett.
“Rock Star” performed worse than two other CBS reality premieres this summer. “Big Brother” averaged a 3.4 last week and “Fire Me, Please” debuted with a 3.3 last month.
It did perform better than the debut of the network’s “The Cut,” which averaged a 2.1.
The show, with surprisingly winning host Dave Navarro, showed 15 contestants competing to become the new lead singer for popular '80s band INXS.
After one contestant messed up her lyrics and another mangled Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," the latter got the first boot. But viewers will get to vote on some future ejections.
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I wasn't too sure about the first episode of Hell's Kitchen that I watched. The contestants seemed like dumbasses and the chef (Gordon Ramsey) was an over-the-top prick.
BUT...when a customer came to the kitchen to complain that they hadn't been served and Ramsey literally told him to go fuck himself...well that's when Hell's Kitchen got a Season Pass on my Tivo.
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