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| Total Viewers (million) | 18.19 | 11.07 | 9.83 | 7.16 | 1.76 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 7.1/19 | 2.4/6 | 2.5/7 | 2.3/6 | 0.8/2 |
FOX easily won the evening both in total viewers and the 18.49 demographic as American Idol rebounded from season lows last Tuesday. CBS cam in a distant second, both in viewers and in the 18-49, followed closely by ABC.
No hourly data today, and I'm not making a data table of half hourly data, although it's fairly interesting. Most interesting to me was probably Hell's Kitchen which including two minutes of Idol overrun had 14.01m and a 6.0/15 in the demo for its first 30 minutes and 10.80m and a 5.0/12 in its second half hour.
Both Idol and Dancing with the Stars were the reverse of Hell's Kitchen, growing viewers in the second half hour. Idol had 22.24m and a 8.0/24 the first 30 minutes and 25.69m and 9.3/25 the second half hour. One out of four 18-49 year olds watching TV that half hour had their eyes on American Idol. DWTS had 15.45m and a 3.6/9 the first half hour and 17.79m and 4.3/11 in the demo the second half hour. I suppose some will blame that on lead-in According to Jim, but my guess is more people tune in towards the end to see who gets voted off. That wasn't the case with Hell's Kitchen but it still beat DWTS handily in the demo. HK (including two minutes of Idol) averaged a 5.5 in the demo, while DWTS averaged a 4.0.
NBC won the 10pm hour with the season finale of Law & Order: SVU and it also increased as time went on. 10.83m tuned in at 10pm with a 3.5/9 in the demo, and 11.81m watched the second half hour with a 4.0/11. Overall SVU averaged a 3.8 in the demo vs. a 2.1 for Women's Murder Club and a 2.1 for a rerun of Criminal Minds. I've seen many fans upset at the demise of WMC, but if it's season (and series) finale couldn't beat a rerun of Criminal Minds in the demo, it's hard to fault ABC on the choice.
For all the half hourly data, check out this post on Marc Berman's site courtesy of Travis Yanan. Perhaps Marc was at the CW's party last night and is dragging a little bit today!
Our friend Michael Learmonth at Silicon Alley Insider has a post up titled CBS To Online Fans: Stop Bothering Us! It may rankle a few Moonlight fans (or thousands of them) but he's right: CBS will not soon resurrect a show based on passionate online fans and because CW is managed by CBS, even though Sunday night's have been resold, Learmonth reports that CBS Entertainment chief Nina Tassler says it's not happening. Send your blood and garlic Michael's way, not mine...
Im sure Michael Learmonth is going to get an ear full from Jericho and Moonlight fans. Of course hes just reporting what CBS’s Tassler told him.
No hourly data? Yikes! Im going into withdrawals !!! Need more data !!!
Im sure Michael Learmonth is going to get an ear full from Jericho and Moonlight fans. Of course hes just reporting what CBS’s Tassler told him.
No hourly data? Yikes! Im going into withdrawals !!! Need more data !!!
I always view the half-hourly data as twice as much data for the same price. It’s a bargain!
I always view the half-hourly data as twice as much data for the same price. It’s a bargain!
Robert – You may have gotten your ‘AlphaBetWorks mixed up. WMC did beat CI last night with a 2.3 to 2.1. ABC vs. CBS at 10pm (but that includes the 2-minute blee-over from DWTS.
WMC should have stayed on Fridays where new eps consistently won the time slot, pre-strike.
Robert – You may have gotten your ‘AlphaBetWorks mixed up. WMC did beat CI last night with a 2.3 to 2.1. ABC vs. CBS at 10pm (but that includes the 2-minute blee-over from DWTS.
WMC should have stayed on Fridays where new eps consistently won the time slot, pre-strike.
JonV, I was only focusing on 18-49 ratings and taking the average for the full hour (including overrun). WMC dipped significantly in the second half hour and wound up tied in the demo for the full hour. But you can check out Media Life Daily, if you don’t trust my basic math skills…
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Overnights_50/Sweeter_tune_for_Fox_s_American_Idol.asp
JonV, I was only focusing on 18-49 ratings and taking the average for the full hour (including overrun). WMC dipped significantly in the second half hour and wound up tied in the demo for the full hour. But you can check out Media Life Daily, if you don’t trust my basic math skills…
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Overnights_50/Sweeter_tune_for_Fox_s_American_Idol.asp
All I have to say is, wow to CBS for canceling Shark, which was averaging 10.7 million viewers. Who cares about it’s demo! When will the networks realize that new crime/court dramas are heavily favored, and Law and Order & Boston Legal are going down in ratings and are probably gonna end soon. We need new, fresh court dramas. CBS has just lost me as a viewer.
All I have to say is, wow to CBS for canceling Shark, which was averaging 10.7 million viewers. Who cares about it’s demo! When will the networks realize that new crime/court dramas are heavily favored, and Law and Order & Boston Legal are going down in ratings and are probably gonna end soon. We need new, fresh court dramas. CBS has just lost me as a viewer.
American idol makes tuesday boring
Went with the link to Berman’s numbers in your story (figgered there would be revisions). Saw where Univision is beating NBC and the CW in some slots. Is UV affiliated with one of the majors ?
Shark and WMC both canceled but Eli Stone got renewed… guess I’m lucky to catch one out of three the way these networks are lopping off heads.
Fortunately for all of us, According to Jim is still going strong…lol.
Went with the link to Berman’s numbers in your story (figgered there would be revisions). Saw where Univision is beating NBC and the CW in some slots. Is UV affiliated with one of the majors ?
Shark and WMC both canceled but Eli Stone got renewed… guess I’m lucky to catch one out of three the way these networks are lopping off heads.
Fortunately for all of us, According to Jim is still going strong…lol.
Jon, Univision is an independent public company that owns/runs Univision (broadcast TV),TeleFutura (broadcast TV), Galavisión (cable TV), plus radio stations.
You’ve got to be reading my season to date and weekly network ratings posts more often, Univision is beating CW by 50% across the board this season and on a weekly basis has often been the #2 network for adults 18-34.
Jon, Univision is an independent public company that owns/runs Univision (broadcast TV),TeleFutura (broadcast TV), Galavisión (cable TV), plus radio stations.
You’ve got to be reading my season to date and weekly network ratings posts more often, Univision is beating CW by 50% across the board this season and on a weekly basis has often been the #2 network for adults 18-34.
Boston Legal’s only 4 years old
Boston Legal’s only 4 years old
What happened to the usual listing of how the shows did by time slot?? That was the best !!!
What happened to the usual listing of how the shows did by time slot?? That was the best !!!