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| Total Viewers (million) | 13.094 | 7.405 | 6.251 | 6.020 | 4.215 | 2.871 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.6/10 | 2.5/7 | 2.2/6 | 2.3/6 | 1.7/5 | 1.3/4 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 2.2/6 | 2.1/6 | 2.1/6 | 1.8/6 | 1.8/5 | 1.7/5 |
CBS swept the audience title along with both adult viewing demographics Wednesday night on the strength of Criminal Minds and CSI:NY. Fox was second down the line (tied with ABC in adults 18-34) as Bones continued to grow all its audience groups. And ABC's Wednesday night line up drifted lower, looking even weaker than its premiere last week.
Bones audience grew 5% from last week and its adult demo ratings did similarly as it increased its margins of victory in all categories and buried the competition from 8-9. Knight Rider fell about 10% from last week. New Adventures of Old Christine increased its audience and gained a tenth in the 18-49 demo, but its 18-34 demo was still startlingly weak. Prognosis: Negative. Pushing Daisies got pushed down even further from its premiere losing 12% of its audience, but maintaining its 18-49 demo at what is a dismal level. America's Next Top Model took only a tiny audience hit, maintained its 18-49 demo, and grew its 18-34 demo a tick.
Gary Unmarried grew its audience and added a tenth to its 18-49 demo. It may have a better chance of survival than Christine, but I wouldn't make long term plans for either.
Starting at 9pm it was all CBS as Criminal Minds began the rout growing its audience to 15.896 million and increasing its 18-49 demo by a big 0.5 rating points. Under the onslaught Private Practice faded, losing 800,000 viewers and a disheartening 0.8 18-49 rating points, but still nipped Criminal Minds for the 18-34 demo in the hour. Til Death drifted a bit lower from last week, further into the "why do they keep that show around" range.
CSI:NY continued the CBS steamroller at 10pm gaining over a million viewers from last week and boosting its demo ratings by a tenth each. Dirty Sexy Money lost over a million viewers and a quarter of its 18-49 demo to complete the humbling night for ABC. Lipstick Jungle fell about a half million viewers but held its 18-49 demo steady in what is still "see ya" territory.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers Live+SD (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/ Share | 18-34 Rating/ Share |
| 8:00 | FOX | Bones | 10.340 | 3.3/10 | 2.9/9 |
| CBS | New Advs of Old Christine | 7.638 | 2.1/7 | 1.1/4 | |
| NBC | Knight Rider | 6.732 | 2.2/7 | 1.8/6 | |
| ABC | Pushing Daisies | 5.551 | 2.0/6 | 1.8/6 | |
| UNI | Cuidado on el Angel | 4.320 | 1.7/5 | 1.9/6 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model | 3.879 | 1.8/5 | 2.2/7 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Gary Unmarried | 7.426 | 2.3/6 | 1.3/4 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Criminal Minds | 15.896 | 4.3/11 | 2.4/7 |
| ABC | Private Practice | 7.257 | 2.5/6 | 2.5/7 | |
| NBC | Biggest Loser: Families | 6.563 | 2.7/7 | 2.2/6 | |
| UNI | Fuego en la Sangre | 4.977 | 2.0/5 | 2.2/6 | |
| FOX | Til Death | 4.970 | 1.8/5 | 1.4/4 | |
| CW | 90210 (repeat) | 1.863 | 0.9/2 | 1.1/3 | |
| 9:30 | FOX | Til Death | 3.972 | 1.4/4 | 1.2/3 |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI:NY | 15.855 | 4.3/12 | 2.9/8 |
| ABC | Dirty Sexy Money | 5.946 | 2.0/5 | 1.9/5 | |
| NBC | Lipstick Jungle | 4.765 | 1.9/5 | 1.6/5 | |
| UNI | Don Francisco Presenta | 3.349 | 1.4/4 | 1.3/4 |
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Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot. Timeslot demo winners are in bold.
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Sigh…bye bye Pushing Daisies. Will Bryan Fuller ever be appreciated for the brilliant television mind he has? Dead Like Me. Wonderfalls. Pushing Daisies. Ah well.
Well, at least Pushing Daises didn’t drop in the demo the way Private Practice did.
ABC is just dead on Wednesdays. PP and DSM both dropped significantly from their lack-luster premeire ratings last week. Next week DSM could loose to LJ in the demo.
On the other hand, the CBS comedies ticked up in viewers and ever-so-slightly in the demo. They aren’t doing great, but I think if they can reach (and sustain) 7.5 million and 2.5 in the demo, CBS will be content.
And, hey, it looks like it actually increased in the 18-34 demo! Yes, the delusion that it might get a back 9 order is still strong.
Those numbers are the lowest so far for those 3 ABC Shows!!!
It’s so sad especially I want those 3 seasons to last at least for 4-5 seasons. Jeez Pushing Daisies is now on its last season, and Dirty Sexy Money is in danger and Private Practice might be cancelled too!!!! Jeez
How stupid are people? How can anyone watch knight rider over pushing daisies??? What can of audience takes a brainless, stupid show like that and not a brilliant, heartwarming show like pushing daisies? People are stupid…
Julia, LOL at least you recognize that it’s a delusion
wow so many shows look like they will be canned this yr. private practice, prison break, terminator pushing daisies and knight rider. the prob is people dont need to watch thses shows on tv anymore what with torrents sites an all. the only show that deserves to stay is terminator.
FOX only has two shows working right now. House and Bones. They really need to get there act together and start chopping some of these stinkers (Prison Break, ‘Til Death, TTSCC)
Kyle, while you may be right about whats working, Fox has never done well in the fall in recent years.
In fact, this year, they’re ahead of last year in two of the three adults demos in the first two weeks of the season.
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/08/broadcast-networks-lose-7-of-viewers-8-of-adults-18-49-this-season/5940
I think Pushing Daisies deserves to stay as well, at least from a quality standpoint if not from a ratings one.
Knight rider is great…keep it on the air. I like shows that take my mind of sadness and world problems we are going through right now.
Darius, unfortunately Pushing Daisies is on ABC, not NBC, so quality doesn’t really count for much.
samantha, Knight Rider is in no danger of getting canceled right now. While it’s probably more of a sad commentary on the state of NBC than an endorsement of the show, KR will probably be in the top 5 scripted shows for NBC this week.
“Darius, unfortunately Pushing Daisies is on ABC, not NBC, so quality doesn’t really count for much.”
I have more faith in ABC to let a show percolate than a lot of other networks. Fox would have already been done with this after few episodes LAST year. It wouldn’t survive on CBS since it actually gets good numbers, and I’ve never seen quality TV on NBC.
Steve, whatever your thoughts on NBC shows, they allow shows with horrible numbers and no chance of growth to hang around due to critical acclaim and awards. (Think 30 Rock and FNL.) If you can come up with one example of ABC doing that, I’ll be willing to actually hope. Right now, at the most, ABC will let PD ride out its 13 episodes.
Sice when crap means quality? PD is awful and thank GOD people relized it
it seems like wednesday’s as a whole are really tilted towards CBS. Even more so than other nights.
How has til’ death escaped Fox’s axe crazy chopping block? I’m in amazement that it’s stayed on this long. I don’t think Private Practice is in too much danger of being cancelled. It topped the 18-49 demo for its hour.
Pushing Daisies is…well Pushing Daisies…tying Knight Rider in the 18-49 is not a big deal…both won’t last another season.
NBC should cancel LJ and put Life back in that spot.
I wonder how the new shows tonight will rate: Kath & Kim (NBC), Life on Mars (ABC), Eleventh Hour (CBS). Also CSI premieres tonight. I know NBC and ABC are looking for some good news…
If FOX does not move Terminator to the spot behind Bones it will be a shame. FOX could easily be second in the demo for the hour instead of second to last.