| Scoreboard for Thurs. May 15, 2008 |  |
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| Total Viewers (million) | 13.36 | 11.68 | 7.87 | 7.49 | 3.34 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.4/9 | 4.5/12 | 3.5/9 | 2.3/6 | 1.5/4 |
A satisfying two hour block of television for me last night between Supernatural's season finale and LOST. Great acting from the little kid who played the body Lilith took over on Supernatural. She seemed to nail creepy evil sweetness. There was a lot going on with the LOST episode..whew. I love Hurley's parents for the comedic relief - and it's no surprise his dad is funny, he's played by Cheech Marin, but Lillian Hurst who plays Hurley's mother Carmen Reyes may be the funnier parent. "Jesus Christ is not a weapon!"
Supernatural couldn't quite hit three million viewers with 2.93m tuning in, though that was 400,000 more than last week. LOST had 11.43 million and a 5.0/14 in the demo, up slightly from last week's 11.28m and a 4.9/13.
But in the 9pm hour Grey's Anatomy and CSI were down again, albeit only slightly versus last week, but big-time versus last year. Last night CSI drew 17.73m and a 4.7/12, and Grey's 15.18 and a 5.9/15. They're still the most dominant shows on Thursday and all at the same time The Office was getting a 4.1/10 in the demo as well. But last year in the comparable week, CSI had 20.45m and a 6.2/16 in the demo. The Grey's crew is even more wistful for the old days - last year it had a 22.57 million viewers and a 9.1/23. Seven million plus and 35% down in the demo. And DVR will make up for some of that, but unless TWICE as many people watch on DVR over the next six days as normally do, DVR isn't going to make up for it all.
FOX's game shows perform like they should air on Fridays, not Thursdays, and starting in the fall that's where they'll be. FOX is having a good year, but to be beaten out by NBC in the demo at this point must sting a little. NBC had a 3.0 or better in every hour (even ER!) and My Name is Earl won the 8pm-9pm hour. ABC, CBS and NBC all had a 3.0 or better in the demo in the 10pm hour (led by LOST's 5.0). NBC wound up beating CBS in the demo, but CBS aired a repeat at 8pm.
As many of these shows had their season finales last night, summer begins next week on many of the networks. On NBC next week it's an hour and a half of Deal or No Deal followed by the premiere of Last Comic Standing. CBS will air repeats of the Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, CSI and Without a Trace. On ABC Ugly Betty has its season finale followed by the two hour Grey's Anatomy season finale and FOX has the season premiere of So You Think You Can Dance. The two hour LOST finale airs on 5/29.
Thursday night's details:
| Time | Network | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | CSI (Repeat) | 7.81 | 1.8/5 |
| FOX | Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader | 8.32 | 2.2/7 | |
| ABC | Ugly Betty | 8.47 | 2.7/8 | |
| NBC | My Name is Earl | 7.13 | 3.0/9 | |
| CW | Smallville | 3.76 | 1.7/5 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | CSI | 17.73 | 4.7/12 |
| FOX | Dont Forget the Lyrics | 6.66 | 2.3/6 | |
| ABC | Greys Anatomy | 15.18 | 5.9/15 | |
| NBC | The Office | 8.07 | 4.1/10 | |
| CW | Supernatural | 2.93 | 1.2/3 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | Without a Trace | 14.54 | 3.6/10 |
| ABC | LOST | 11.4 | 5.0/14 | |
| NBC | ER | 8.39 | 3.3/9 |
Nielsen Ratings Source: Nielsen Media Research. Full night's results available via Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
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Well, goodbye Michael Rosenbaum’s Lex Luthor from Smallville. I hope the show can keep it’s awesomeness with him gone from the cast.
Also, Are you smarter than a 5th grader=dumbest show ever made!
Well, goodbye Michael Rosenbaum’s Lex Luthor from Smallville. I hope the show can keep it’s awesomeness with him gone from the cast.
Also, Are you smarter than a 5th grader=dumbest show ever made!
Elyk988 that comment makes you the dumbest person ever made.
o.k troll, thanks for that immature comeback. If you actually like that show, and are above the age of 12, you have problems.
All I can say about last night is: Supernatural owns my soul.
i dont understand y 15 million viewers and winning the demo for the night is trouble for shonda? its obviously cuz of the strike, and it will go up next week cuz of the 2 hour season finale. so… maybe im missing something?
Yes, you’re missing the seven million fewer viewers this year vs last year and the 35% drop in the demo. Do you think all seven million will come back for the season finale? Relative to OTHER shows, Grey’s still does great. Relative to itself, however, it’s slipping. What does this mean? It likely means that for next season, the show will not be able to generate as much advertising revenue as this year. And in numbers land, that spells trouble.
Yes, you’re missing the seven million fewer viewers this year vs last year and the 35% drop in the demo. Do you think all seven million will come back for the season finale? Relative to OTHER shows, Grey’s still does great. Relative to itself, however, it’s slipping. What does this mean? It likely means that for next season, the show will not be able to generate as much advertising revenue as this year. And in numbers land, that spells trouble.
Must say that Supernatural was really good last night. (Made up for the ghostfacers episode.) Very creepy, yeah! Wish the numbers were a little higher. Maybe next season.
LOST has always gotten a great 18-49 age rating! Awesome.
I guess CBS shouldn’t have run that CSI repeat. Unbelievable that they lost out to NBC in the demo with almost twice the viewers. Ouch.
I guess CBS shouldn’t have run that CSI repeat. Unbelievable that they lost out to NBC in the demo with almost twice the viewers. Ouch.
I’m glad Earl did pretty good in the demo. I wonder if NBC kicked off their night with The Office, if it would be better for all of their comedies. I think that The Office can do even better with less competition at 8:00.
I’m glad Earl did pretty good in the demo. I wonder if NBC kicked off their night with The Office, if it would be better for all of their comedies. I think that The Office can do even better with less competition at 8:00.
There are some amazing anomalies among many of last night’s shows when you compare total viewers to the 18/49 demo.
Like 15 to 20% more viewers but 15-20% lower demo numbers. That is a full 33% (and more) swing over what would be mathematically indicated.
And.. for season finales, Earl and Office both had to disappoint.
There are some amazing anomalies among many of last night’s shows when you compare total viewers to the 18/49 demo.
Like 15 to 20% more viewers but 15-20% lower demo numbers. That is a full 33% (and more) swing over what would be mathematically indicated.
And.. for season finales, Earl and Office both had to disappoint.
JonV — if that sort of thing only happened once or twice, I’d call it an amazing anomaly, but especially with regard to ABC shows doing much worse in overall viewers versus CBS shows and yet winning the demo handily, it happens ALL the time.
So often, that there’s absolutely nothing anomalous about it at this point. The Office improved 14% in the demo week over week, and Earl over 15%. I’m not sure NBC would have hoped for much more going against new eps of Grey’s and CSI. I seriously doubt they’re disappointed.
JonV — if that sort of thing only happened once or twice, I’d call it an amazing anomaly, but especially with regard to ABC shows doing much worse in overall viewers versus CBS shows and yet winning the demo handily, it happens ALL the time.
So often, that there’s absolutely nothing anomalous about it at this point. The Office improved 14% in the demo week over week, and Earl over 15%. I’m not sure NBC would have hoped for much more going against new eps of Grey’s and CSI. I seriously doubt they’re disappointed.
Supernatural good? It’s the season ender, they always deliver round that time, no disapointments here. Can’t wait to see what happens next season!
Supernatural good? It’s the season ender, they always deliver round that time, no disapointments here. Can’t wait to see what happens next season!