Eye of the beholder?
Robert Feder in the Chicago Sun Times writes about CNBC’s American Greed getting an additional six episodes ordered (via FTVLive). But what caught my attention was how the show was characterized.
Good news for Bill Kurtis: CNBC has ordered six additional episodes of “American Greed: Scams, Scoundrels and Scandals,” thanks to terrific ratings since its premiere June 21.
Here’s a chart of American Greed’s ranking since the series debut. American Greed comes in 46th in Total Viewers; ahead of most of CNBC’s primetime lineup but behind such venerable CNBC programs as Street Signs, Morning Call, Closing Bell, Kudlow and Company, Squawk on the Street (at 9:30 AM ET), Power Lunch, and The Age of Walmart documentary repeat.
For CNBC those ARE good ratings, considering a lot of their other primetime programming especially struggles in the ratings.
Comment by Anonymous — July 19, 2007 @ 7:15 pm
Off topic, but Bill Kurtis and Lou Dobbs seem to resemble each other in mannerisms, delivery or something!
Comment by Missy — July 19, 2007 @ 8:42 pm
Bill Kurtis has his hands in EVERYTHING. He’s Merve Griffen, Dick Clark and Steven Cannell all rolled into one “show biz money machine.” A great narrator as well. Nobody does it better except maybe A. Scourby back in “the day”.
Comment by Roger C. — July 21, 2007 @ 11:46 am