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Title: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on September 28, 2012, 07:04:00 PM: Just maybe what the reviews have been saying is true - maybe Jonny Lee Miller really does have a hit on his hands because Elementary debuted big:

10 p.m:
CBS: "Elementary" premiere (13.3 million, 8.4/14)
ABC: "Scandal" premiere (7 million, 4.7/8)
NBC: "Rock Center with Brian Williams" (4.2 million, 2.9/5)

18-49 leader: "Elementary" (3.1)
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on September 30, 2012, 12:33:09 AM: For anyone who might have missed the show, I just noticed that CBS is rerunning it tonight at 9pm ET.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on October 06, 2012, 06:45:58 PM: It's still looking like Elementary could be a hit because -

10 p.m.
CBS: "Elementary" (11.2 million, 7.2/12)
ABC: "Scandal" (6.8 million, 4.8/8)
NBC: "Rock Center with Brian Williams" (3.4 million, 2.4/4)

18-49 leader: "Elementary" (2.6)

- even though it lost 2.1 million viewers in the Fast Overnight ratings, it's pretty par for the course for every new show to lose some viewers who simply tune in to sample the premiere, its viewership is still far and away the highest in the time period, and it retained its leadership in the all-important 18-49 demo.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: madscntst on October 15, 2012, 10:03:28 PM: Who's watching this show? I am really enjoying it and hope it succeeds. It's fun to be able to hear Jonny Lee using his natural accent, as I've mainly known him before this for his roles in DS and Dexter. I think there have been some complaints that the show was "stealing" too much from the British series, Sherlock, which is also set in modern day (which I caught up on last summer and really liked, too). But I think there is room for both, especially since most Americans are more likely to see Elementary than Sherlock. Good luck, Jonny!
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: dom on October 15, 2012, 11:14:34 PM: I was looking forward to it's premier since the teasers started showing up on TV, but missed the first two weeks. But I was able to catch them On Demand, and I really like the show. Nothing extra special about it but I like the Holmes character as portrayed by JLM. I had no idea that JLM played Roger in the 2012 DS movie so that made it all the more fun and interesting to watch for me. I really, really like JLM. My only problem so far has been catching all the dialogue. I had to do a bit rewinding to re-listen to words I couldn't make out. I don't know if it's the TV I was watching it on (not mine and it did have sound quality issues) or a sound problem with the show or even perhaps his accent. Most likely, it's my hearing that's going.

I plan on watching all season. I thought JLM as Roger was fantastic and so is his Holmes. Big fan here.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on October 19, 2012, 05:36:37 PM: Elementary held pretty steady for its third ep, retaining its sizable viewership lead over the competition and its lead in the 18-49 demo despite extra competition from the baseball playoffs:

10 p.m:
CBS: "Elementary" (10.8 million, 6.9/11)
ABC: "Scandal" (6.4 million, 4.5/7)
FOX: NLCS Game 4 (5.7 million, 3.6/6)
NBC: "Rock Center with Brian Williams" (3.45 million, 2.4/4)

18-49 leader: "Elementary" (2.3)

I haven't even had the chance to watch anything beyond the premiere. But hopefully I'll get the chance to catch up at some point over the weekend.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Josette on October 20, 2012, 06:22:04 AM: It's interesting that Dom mentioned having trouble hearing parts of it. I mentioned that after the first episode. There seem to be lots of times when they almost mumble and speak very quickly and softly, so that I miss a lot of the dialogue. Other than that, I like it.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on October 21, 2012, 07:15:49 PM: I did indeed catch up last night, and I think that the 3rd ep was my favorite so far, not only because the mystery seemed to be better plotted, but because the relationship between Holmes and Watson was becoming deeper and more interesting. It's definitely going to fun to see their relationship progress over the season.

And I know the people having a hard time sometimes understanding the dialogue aren't alone because some of my friends have said the exact same thing. Oddly, though, I haven't had any problems understanding. Maybe it's that years of watching all sorts of British imports on PBS has tuned my ears for all sorts of British accents. Or maybe because I'm part English, being able to understand is just ingrained in my DNA. [hall2_grin] However, what I always tell my friends is that closed captioning can be their friend, too. [hall2_wink] And the nice thing about some TVs and DVRs is that all you have to do is mute them for the closed captioning to automatically come up. So, if you're lucky enough to have that option in your setup, and if you have trouble understanding under any circumstances, all you have to do is rewind, mute, read, unmute. A few of my friends have said that they wished they'd thought of checking the closed captioning but it didn't even occur to them, so that's why I pass it along here. [hall2_smiley]
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on October 23, 2012, 08:26:26 PM: CBS Orders More Vegas and Elementary (http://www.tvguide.com/News/CBS-Vegas-Elementary-Full-Season-1054992.aspx)

A full season order. Yay! [clap] [thumb]
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: dom on October 23, 2012, 10:38:12 PM: Good for Jonny, good for us.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Gothick on October 23, 2012, 11:41:14 PM: A friend who has been watching this faithfully reported last week that the episode began with a scene of JLM with his shirt off and she said that the sight was a fine ravishment for the eyes (I am paraphrasing).

I realize that nobody here watches television to gratify their lustful urges for male pulchritude--apart from myself, of course--so I am simply reporting this as a "by the way" bit of factoidiana.

G.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on October 23, 2012, 11:52:36 PM: And perhaps someone, someone who still has all three aired eps on his DVR, could provide a screen capture of JLM in all his HD glory from that scene. Well, that is, when said someone has a chance. [hall2_wink]
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Gothick on October 24, 2012, 12:04:05 AM: That would be extremely kind of someone. Someone who has fed Gothique's desire to drool and pander to the glories of the male physique in the past. Someone who always takes Gothique's tacky remarks about nipples, shoulder blades and other ... appendages with sterling good humor. Someone who has a kind, generous, giving heart.

G.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on October 24, 2012, 04:44:42 PM: It's interesting that according to this article:

'Elementary' and 'Vegas' picked up for full seasons by CBS (http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/10/elementary-and-vegas-picked-up-for-full-seasons-by-cbs.html)

Elementary has been averaging 14.3 million viewers, making it the second most successful new show this season in viewership (the first is Vegas with 14.9 million), and it's the second most successful in the 18-49 demo with a 3.5 average rating (the first is Revolution). Both those figures are higher than what we've been seeing is the Fast Overnight ratings figures, so apparently the show is doing even better than we thought once the complete ratings figures are calibrated.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: madscntst on October 24, 2012, 05:25:59 PM: I just caught up with the last episode, and am really enjoying this show so far. I'm so glad it's been picked up for a full season! I'm sorry I don't have it DVR'd- I streamed it from cbs.com. Perhaps you could take a screen shot from the streaming video? The shirtless scene is the first scene- btw I enjoyed it too ;) [hall2_smiley]

Jonny Lee is a doll- it really is too bad that he didn't get a bit of a larger role in DS :(
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on October 24, 2012, 06:25:07 PM: Here you are (from every conceivable angle from which JLM was shot):

(http://www.dsboards.com/images/Elementary_2012_10_18-1.jpg)
Click here (http://www.dsboards.com/images/Elementary_2012_10_18-1.jpg) for a 1920X1080 version.

(http://www.dsboards.com/images/Elementary_2012_10_18-2.jpg)
Click here (http://www.dsboards.com/images/Elementary_2012_10_18-2.jpg) for a 1920X1080 version.

(http://www.dsboards.com/images/Elementary_2012_10_18-3.jpg)
Click here (http://www.dsboards.com/images/Elementary_2012_10_18-3.jpg) for a 1920X1080 version.

(http://www.dsboards.com/images/Elementary_2012_10_18-4.jpg)
Click here (http://www.dsboards.com/images/Elementary_2012_10_18-4.jpg) for a 1920X1080 version.

(http://www.dsboards.com/images/Elementary_2012_10_18-5.jpg)
Click here (http://www.dsboards.com/images/Elementary_2012_10_18-5.jpg) for a 1920X1080 version.

(http://www.dsboards.com/images/Elementary_2012_10_18-6.jpg)
Click here (http://www.dsboards.com/images/Elementary_2012_10_18-6.jpg) for a 1920X1080 version.

JLM was similarly shirtless in the pilot. When I get the chance I'll see if I can get something interesting from that as well. [hall2_wink]
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Gothick on October 24, 2012, 10:28:46 PM: Dear Gawd! *FAINTS*

Thank you, Misterissimo Darling!! I am off to Seattle tomorrow for a few days so won't be around till Tues. to ooh and ahh over any other postings....

G.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: madscntst on October 25, 2012, 03:05:44 PM: These were awesome, thanks MB! However, JLM's back is quite nice, as well. I wonder what 26.2 means?? I hope we can post thumbnails here, because I think my screen cap is too big to embed:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/MadScntst/ZnonJD/men/th_elementary.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/MadScntst/ZnonJD/men/elementary.jpg)

(awesome- it worked!)
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: patrickm on October 25, 2012, 03:25:24 PM: Actually, I happy for the flip side - I'm loving Vegas - my new favorite show.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on October 25, 2012, 05:40:16 PM: I thought about including a screen capture of JLM's back but wasn't sure if anyone would want that. Next time I'll know. [hall2_wink]

And like you, madscntst, I also wonder what the 26.2 means. Is it JLM's own tattoo, or is it significant to Holmes? [hall2_huh]

(And, madscntst, I'm so glad that posting a smaller version of your screen capture to link to the bigger version worked so well for you! [thumbleft])
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on October 26, 2012, 05:51:55 PM: The latest Fast Overnights:

10 p.m:
CBS: "Elementary" (10.2 million, 6.7/11)
ABC: "Scandal" (6.3 million, 4.4/7)
NBC: "Rock Center with Brian Williams" (4.3 million, 2.9/5)

18-49 leader: "Elementary" (2.3)
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on October 28, 2012, 04:37:09 AM: Now we know where Elementary is getting all those extra viewers:

DVR ratings: 'Revolution' reigns supreme in Week 2, but how are other new shows doing? (http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/10/dvr-ratings-revolution-reigns-supreme-in-week-2-but-how-are-other-new-shows-doing.html)
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: dom on October 28, 2012, 06:09:45 AM: I always wondered if DVR recordings were counted as viewership.

Still waiting for the Adonis shots. <wink>

Oops! I mean, THANX!!!, for the Adonis shots. <thumbs up>
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Heather on October 28, 2012, 11:55:02 AM: My husband and I LOVE this show!

p.s. Thanks for the screenshots, MB. I appreciate them too. [hall_wink]
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on November 02, 2012, 05:07:16 PM: For the first time Elementary was not the leader in its time period when it came to viewership and the 18-49 demo:

10 p.m:
ABC: "CMA Awards" (13.9 million, 8.8/14)
CBS: "Elementary" (10.5 million, 6.7/11)
NBC: "Rock Center with Brian Williams" (4.8 million 3.3/5)

18-49 leader: "CMA Awards" (4.0)

Though the CMA Awards is a once a year special - and even despite it being on opposite Elementary, Elementary gained back 300,000 viewers over the previous week's Fast Overnights even though the CMA Awards' viewership was more than twice what Scandal's viewership normally is. Apparently Elementary's viewership is loyal. [hall2_wink]

It'll be interesting to see if things still play out the same way when all the ratings are factored in. Though they probably will.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: dom on November 02, 2012, 05:48:57 PM: I missed it last night - our cable went out again for a short period. Thank goodness it is available on ON Demand. So many of my faves aren't.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on November 02, 2012, 06:10:13 PM: If your Internet connection is fast enough that it doesn't pause too often, the ep is also available on the CBS Web site for free:

Elementary Full Episodes (http://www.cbs.com/shows/elementary/video/)

I haven't watched last night's ep yet, either - but that's because I was out and didn't get home until after it was over. But it's waiting for me on my DVR. [hall2_smiley]
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: dom on November 02, 2012, 06:16:41 PM: My computer isn't able to do that, but thanks for the tip, MB. I'm sure it will help others who can utilize it.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on November 06, 2012, 12:18:51 AM: 'Elementary' will air after the Super Bowl on CBS (http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/11/elementary-will-air-after-the-super-bowl-on-cbs.html)
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Gothick on November 06, 2012, 12:25:38 AM: Holy Hekate, LOOK at those shoulders! (jaw dropping at Cathy's snapshot of JLM's nude back) THAT will get you through the straits of doldrum on a Saturday night!

joyously, Gothy
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: madscntst on November 06, 2012, 04:18:16 PM: Quote from: Gothick on November 06, 2012, 12:25:38 AM
Holy Hekate, LOOK at those shoulders! (jaw dropping at Cathy's snapshot of JLM's nude back) THAT will get you through the straits of doldrum on a Saturday night!

Happy to be of service! [hall2_grin] And here's hoping for more shirtless scenes to come! [hall2_wink]
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on November 08, 2012, 05:45:17 PM: Fall TV Popularity Contest: And the Winner Is... (http://www.tvguide.com/News/Fall-TV-Popularity-Contest-Winner-1055680.aspx)
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: dom on November 08, 2012, 06:09:43 PM: I love polls, lol. Thanx for posting this link, MB.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on November 09, 2012, 08:17:14 PM: Elementary gained back 200,000 more realtime viewers, three tenths of a rating point, and its place as the 18-49 leader:

10 p.m:
CBS: "Elementary" (10.7 million, 7.0/12)
ABC: "Scandal" (6.1 million, 4.1/7)
NBC: "Rock Center with Brian Williams" (4.4 million, 2.9/5)

18-49 leader: "Elementary" (2.2)
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: dom on November 10, 2012, 12:12:56 AM: And the real winner is....

I wonder if a lot of those 200,000 viewers regained had no power to be able to watch TV the previous Thursday?

I'm still lovin' the show - no complaints here - I guess I am getting used to the accent, lol..
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on November 16, 2012, 09:12:32 PM: Elementary Scoop: When Will We Meet Irene Adler? (http://www.tvguide.com/News/Elementary-Irene-Adler-Doherty-1056345.aspx)

And Elementary is holding its own nicely:

10 p.m:
CBS: "Elementary" (10.7 million, 6.9/12)
ABC: "Scandal" (6.1 million, 4.3/7)
NBC: "Rock Center with Brian Williams" (4 million, 2.7/4)

18-49 leader: "Elementary" (2.3)
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: dom on November 16, 2012, 09:18:39 PM: So far/so good -- 'numbers' and 'viewing' wise. It's still more 'crime solving' than 'soap opera'.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on November 30, 2012, 02:09:15 AM: Elementary: What Happens When Watson's Job Ends?
Plus: When will we meet Moriarty? Get the scoop from executive producer Rob Doherty (http://www.tvguide.com/News/Elementary-Spoilers-Rob-Doherty-1056977.aspx)

I haven't even watched the November 15th ep yet. I definitely need to catch up so I can watch tonight's.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on November 30, 2012, 08:41:30 PM: Still doing well in the Fast Overnights:

10 p.m:
CBS: "Elementary" (10.4 million, 6.7/11)
ABC: "Scandal" (6.7 million, 4.6/8)
NBC: "Rock Center with Brian Williams" (3.4 million, 2.5/4)

18-49 leader: "Elementary" and "Scandal" tied at 2.2

(And Scandal gained back some of its audience, which is nice to see because I enjoy that show too.)
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: dom on November 30, 2012, 09:10:11 PM: Yeah, I still get excited on Thursdays anticipating ELEMENTARY. Thanx for that link, BTW, I enjoyed reading all the articles therein. I am so glad they are taking this show seriously and moving in a direction I approve of, even if it's a spoiler of sorts to know what is not going to happen.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on December 07, 2012, 07:13:48 PM: For the first time this season Scandal came out on top in the Fast Overnights 18-49 demo -

10 p.m:
CBS: "Elementary" (10.9 million, 7.0/12)
ABC: "Scandal" (7.4 million, 5.0/8)
NBC: "Rock Center with Brian Williams" (3.6 million, 2.5/4)

18-49 leader: "Scandal" (2.5)

- which is interesting considering that Elementary's viewership and rating was higher than last week. Though given the demos Elementary normally pulls in, it couldn't have been too far behind. And truthfully it's not really a surprise that Scandal did so well because they pulled their own version of a "Who Shot JR?" ep, and that pushed the show to not just a season high but a series high in both viewers and adults 18-49.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Midnite on December 13, 2012, 09:02:17 AM: JLM will be on CBS' The Talk this afternoon.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on December 13, 2012, 04:19:06 PM: Thanks for the heads up, Midnite - I've programmed it into my DVR. [santa_smiley]
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on December 13, 2012, 08:40:42 PM: Very nice segment and well worth watching. [santa_smiley]
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on December 14, 2012, 08:37:09 PM: "With an assassination attempt against the president on "Scandal", fans are clamoring for more -- and once again, the show hit series highs in viewers and adults 18-49":

10 p.m:
CBS: "Elementary" (10.6 million, 6.9/11)
ABC: "Scandal" (7.8 million, 5.1/8)
NBC: "Rock Center with Brian Williams" (3.4 million, 2.4/4)

18-49 leader: "Scandal" (2.7)

However, I also read that "ELEMENTARY was first in households (6.9/11), viewers (10.63m) and adults 25-54 (3.2/08)". So apparently Scandal skews younger than Elementary does - though I'm not surprised by that - especially considering that practically everything on CBS skews older than the shows on the other networks.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: dom on December 14, 2012, 09:35:12 PM: As always, MB, thanx for the updates.

I missed last week's (well, it was on TV but in a small room full of talking people so...) but caught last night's. Still lovin' it. I wished I had seen JLM on "The Talk". Maybe I can catch it on YT. I will probably watch last weeks On Demand tonight.

BTW, lately, on the original series, via our Watching Project, Louie Edmond's UR has been reminding me of JLM's UR because of the turtlenecks.
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on December 15, 2012, 07:01:40 PM: Midseason report card: Which new Fall 2012 TV series are making the grade? - 'Elementary' (http://www.zap2it.com/news/pictures/zap-midseason-report-card-which-new-fall-2012-tv-series-are-making-the-grade-pictures,0,2484012.photogallery?index=5)

And actually, it's closer to 13-14 million viewers once the DVR+7 viewership in factored in. [santa_smiley]

And we should only be so lucky that the show lasts for 150 eps and beyond. [santa_wink]
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on December 18, 2012, 06:40:27 PM: The Best Performances of 2012 - Jonny Lee Miller, Elementary (http://www.tvguide.com/special/best-of-year-2012/PhotoGallery/Best-Performances-2012-1057203/1057275)
Title: Re: Jonny Lee Miller's Elementary May Be A Hit
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on December 30, 2012, 05:49:38 AM: Best of 2012: TVGuide.com Users' Favorite Actors - 9. Jonny Lee Milller, Elementary (http://www.tvguide.com/special/best-of-year-2012/PhotoGallery/2012-Best-Actor-1058348/1058351)