'Terminator' crushes competition
Golden Globes special attracts few
By JOSEF ADALIAN

Hasta la smash hit, baby: Fox’s Sunday debut of “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” scored the best opening night demo ratings of any new show in three years, while NBC’s not-so-lustruous Golden Globes special barely registered with auds.

Boosted by strong marketing and a big NFL playoffs lead-in, the Warner Bros. TV-produced “Terminator” notched an eye-popping 7.6 rating/18 share among adults 18-49 and delivered around 18.3 million viewers with its one-hour bow Sunday at 8, according to prelim Nielsen national data. Socko perf demonstrated the value of scripted series at a time when network execs--trying to spin their ability to survive sans scribes--- have been tubthumping strong ratings for reality shows.

By contrast, the WGA and SAG-boycotted Golden Globes announcement special on NBC settled for an abysmal 1.7/4 in the demo and 5.8 million viewers. That’s even fewer viewers than last-week’s star-less “People’s Choice Awards” on CBS, though the Globes special did a hair better in the demo.

Globes finished a distant fourth in the 9 p.m. hour, outdrawing only the CW. The one-hour special even dipped at the half-hour mark, indicating auds didn’t even want to stick around to see who won best picture--or maybe realized they could find out the winners faster by tuning to E!, which aired the half-hour official Globes press conference live.

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Ya, I watched that last night, not too shabby but didn't 'pull me in' either. I caught the Globe awards on LKL on a repeat on CNN, at least this was watchable, short and sweet.