The TV Zone

That's the fast national straight from Fox, while the two-hour movie scored a ...well, let Fox tell you..."4.0/9 among Adults 18-49 and outperformed its last telecast, the finale on 5/21/07 by +3% among Adults 18-49 (vs. 3.9/10) and a big +15% in Total Viewers (12.0 vs. 10.4 Mil.)"

Lot of numbers and what do they all mean? Honestly, I thought "24: Redemption" would do a little bit better, especially with the huge audience blow-in from the Giants/Cards an hour or so earlier, which - doubtless - lead to a pretty sizable crowd for "The OT." ("The OT?" On a reasonably regular basis, one of the best rated programs on TV this fall...)

I'm thinking a few things here:

1.) The Colts/Chargers game on "Sunday Night Football," which I think was tied going into the half, drew millions of likely viewers away from "24."

2.) Fans knew the movie didn't get gang-buster reviews (mine was so-so), and so probably thought - "meh" (to use the old "Simpsons'" word, now consecrated in some official dictionary somewhere...meh.)

3.) Some fans knew it wasn't REALLY "24" but a movie-prequel-tease, and so not part of the regular day anyway, so...

4.) Some fans remembered all the way back to that silly season-ender a year and a half ago, and said, "no way..."

In any event, I'm thinking Fox is just the tiniest bit disappointed - particularly as the American Music Awards show beat it soundly (by one full rating point) in 18-49.