Source: SciFi Wire
SCI FI’s new original series Eureka garnered the network’s highest-ever ratings for a series telecast in its history. The July 18 two-hour premiere got a 3.2 household rating, or 4 million viewers. That included 1.9 million aged 25-54 and 1.7 million aged 18-49.
Eureka was the number-one cable program on July 18 in household ratings, total viewers and in the 25-54 and 18-49 demographics.
Eureka was also the highest-rated and most-watched premiere telecast of a cable original series in Tuesday prime time this year.
Eureka is executive produced by Andrew Cosby and Jaime Paglia and stars Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Jordan Hinson, Debrah Farentino and Ed Quinn. It airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
(The pilot episode will rerun this Friday, July 21, 2006 at 7PM ET).
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Don’t forget to tune in and download Slice of SciFi Show #067 to be able to find out who won the Slice of SciFi/The SciFi Channel Eureka Giveaway Contest along with each entry’s winning scientific project.
chiefted says
If you haven’t had a chance to see this it is going to be repeated a couple of times. Sorry don’t have the dates/times right here.
Now having said that it will be repeated…go watch this show! SciFi may have found the clue that good writing/good stories will get you viewers! (I won’t start the wrestling rant which is where SciFi has lost its mind).
It’s a combination of X-Files with, from what I have read, what it must have been like to live in Los Alamos when that wasn’t on the map and it was a “company town” all be it a government company town.
Greatest line from the show so far.
U.S. Marshall “Who are you Einstien”
Eleven year old kid “No. I’m an Openhiemer”
Yes physics humor folks.
Mark in St. Louis says
chiefted,
I think the next line by the kid was something like “The Einsteins on the next street”, or something similar.
And I agree: best line of the show.
Michael says
Quality, original programming that is in line with the identity of the SciFi network sets a record……Hallelujah!
Now can we please get rid of wrasslin’?
Keith L. Dick says
Definately my new Favorite show on SciFi… Very well done…
***Now can we please get rid of wrasslin’?***
My thoughts exactly…
fred says
I thought Eureka was good and look forward to seeing more of it. The show that really impressed me was Dead Like Me. I remember it being on HBO or Showtime. Today I bought the season one and two dvds, and watched the first seven shows straight in a row.
Carl says
I have to admit, I was expecting another “boa vs python” flick, but was surprised how pleasing the show was. I don’t think we have another BSG, but it has potential to be a SG1. I allready put a season pass on my Tivo, 🙂
Kurt says
If anyone missed the pilot, they’ve got it availabe online at http://www.scifi.com/pulse
Michael says
And if also airs again this evening before Stargate kicks of…
tllgrrl says
fred Says:
July 21st, 2006 at 7:50 am
I thought Eureka was good and look forward to seeing more of it. The show that really impressed me was Dead Like Me. I remember it being on HBO or Showtime. Today I bought the season one and two dvds, and watched the first seven shows straight in a row.
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Last night I was watching Sci-Fi and…what? Did I see an ad for “Dead Like Me”?? Yaaaaay!!!! I just recently added it to my Netflix queue.
And they’re also going to be running the unfortunately canceled “Night Stalker” as well. Though I got the Complete Series DVD set, I’m happy to see that ALL of the episodes will be shown.
It was a very good show. Too good, apparently, for network TV.
By the way, if you go to Scifi’s website and go to the Schedule page, you can enter the name of a show and get all of the airdates and times for first runs and the repeats.
fred says
Finished watching the first season of Dead Like Me, which had a nice treat at the end. Last show had Jewel Straite aka Kaylee as a hot goth chick.
This show is a lot like falling in love with a dead person.