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| Total Viewers (million) | 14.34 | 11.10 | 9.41 | 6.62 | 4.52 | 3.08 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.4/8 | 3.4 | 3.1/8 | 2.9/7 | 1.9/4 | 1.6/4 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 2.1/6 | 2.9 | 2.1/5 | 2.8/7 | 2.0/5 | 2.4/6 |
Additional ratings data about Wednesday night's game five of the World Series from Fox is available here.
First a HUGE disclaimer. ALL the numbers listed here for FOX are almost assuredly wrong, and when I get the better data from Fox, I will try to update with all the correct data (and not just the 8pm-10pm piece). Please also note that last night's World Series game was suspended due to rain in the bottom of the sixth inning with the game tied 2-2. Weather permitting, the game will resume tonight (8:30pm-ish) where it left off in the bottom of the sixth inning with the Philadelphia Phillies batting and the Tampa Bay Rays trying to claw their way back to Tampa. This means the regularly scheduled airing of House and Fringe will not air tonight. Update (9:44am PDT): "Mikey" in the comments says the game will not be resumed tonight and an announcement is coming shortly. I have reasons to trust his sources and will update when I see the announcement....
Update 2: 10:01am. I have updated the Fox numbers in the table above to represent the full, time-adjusted programming from 8:00pm-10:47pm. I did not have share numbers for the demos via those updates. But with that update, Fox ties for the 18-49 demo and wins the 18-34 demo.
Update 3, 10:25am PDT: MLB.com reports that Game 5 will, weather allowing, resume Wednesday night at 8:37pm EDT. House fans rejoice! Fringe fans, the regularly scheduled episode was already going to be a rerun...
Ok, lots of blah blah disclaiming. Another Monday of mixed leadership with ABC having the most viewers on the backs (or heels, as it were) of Dancing with the Stars, and because CBS was in repeats, ABC also had the best 18-49 demographic numbers. Depending on what the real numbers for Fox look like, NBC may have narrowly won the 18-34 demographic (largely on the strength of a waning Heroes still dominating among 18-34 year olds).
CBS, up against the World Series opted for a night of reruns. I am not sure what CBS can really make of a rerun of Gary Unmarried airing in Worst Week's slot. But CBS can make out of it at least this: "Damn, our Monday night reruns performed well." Relative to the other shows, Gary Unmarried performed similarly to Worst Week. Last Week Worst Week had the worst 18-49 and 18-34 demo numbers of the night, and this week Gary Unmarried did. It seems that unless they move Old Christine back to that spot, or wait for Rules of Engagement to run there, that slot is the week link. As it was, Samantha Who? barely beat the Gary Unmarried rerun in the 18-49 demo even facing a repeat. With new episodes, Worst Week had been winning the demo vs. Samantha.
NBC programming "guru" Ben Silverman may see himself as a rock star, but so far under his tenure (he took the post in the spring of 2007) his shows aren't doing so well. He must be greatly disappointed in the numbers for My Own Worst Enemy and I'd guess he's trying to figure out how to give it another shot before scrapping it completely. The best performing show Silverman's added to the lineup since taking over programming seems to be Chuck. Yes, that Chuck. I love Chuck, but you can see the numbers. They aren't as bad as My Own Worst Enemy's numbers, but they are not exactly rock starish.
The CW again claimed Monday night victory with young women. Additional details besides those below for Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill are available here via The CW.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share | 18-34 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 18.02 | 4.0/10 | 2.5/7 |
| FOX | World Series Game 5 (Pregame/Game) | 8.47 | 2.6/7 | 2.3/6 | |
| CBS | The Big Bang Theory (R) | 8.00 | 3.1/8 | 2.1/6 | |
| NBC | Chuck | 6.48 | 2.5/6 | 2.2/6 | |
| UNI | Cuidado con el Angel | 4.87 | 2.0/5 | 2.3/6 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl | 3.02 | 1.6/4 | 2.2/6 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | How I Met Your Mother (R) | 7.33 | 3.0/7 | 2.3/6 |
| 9:00 | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 20.34 | 4.6/11 | 2.7/7 |
| CBS | Two and a Half Men (R) | 11.72 | 3.8/9 | 2.4/6 | |
| FOX | World Series Game 5 Phillies/Rays | 11.57 | 3.6/8 | 3.1/10 | |
| NBC | Heroes | 8.15 | 3.9/9 | 4.2/10 | |
| UNI | Fuego en la Sangre | 5.13 | 2.1/5 | 2.3/6 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill | 3.14 | 1.7/4 | 2.5/6 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Samantha Who? | 11.45 | 3.0/7 | 2.1/5 |
| CBS | Gary Unmarried (R) | 8.59 | 2.9/7 | 1.7/4 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: Miami (R) | 10.41 | 3.0/7 | 1.9/5 |
| ABC | Boston Legal | 9.10 | 2.3/6 | 1.4/4 | |
| NBC | My Own Worst Enemy | 5.25 | 2.3/6 | 2.1/5 | |
| UNI | Cristina | 3.57 | 1.5/4 | 1.5/4 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot. Timeslot demo winners are in bold.
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2008 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. Source Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
Definitions:
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs which are currently in approximately 24.4% of all U.S. TV households. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
For more information see Numbers 101.
Samantha Who just doesn’t seem to be holding up well behind Dancing with the Stars. What happens when that lead in goes away?
Shame about My Own Worst Enemy. It would have been a sure hit…. if it weren’t on NBC!
Conclusion of World Series Game 5 will NOT be tonight. Announcement coming shortly. Try again tomorrow.
Thanks Mikey — I updated the post.
@Susan, in my hurry to get something up, I neglected to add any commentary on the disappointing MOWE numbers. I’ll rectify that now.
When the Dancing with the Stars lead in goes away then ratings for Samantha Who? will lower probably to around 7-9 million. But ABC will not cancel it anytime soon. Samantha Who will be around for a long time just due to the fact that ABC has no other comedies. It seems that Gary Unmarried did OK in the slot. The reairing of the pilot did better than when the Pilot aired the first time and the show may actually do better when it goes back to wednesday.
Sorry to be a pain, but NBC’s Average Viewer figures looks way to high
Mel, November Sweeps this year start in October according to Nielsen. They run from October 30 through November 26 (Thanksgiving eve).
Toony, putting speed first is sometimes a problem for me, I apologize. All of the numbers are right, but the labels are all screwed up. I will fix it now..sorry about that, and please don’t ever feel like a pain for telling us we screwed up — especially when we actually screwed up!
No lead out shows ever hold the unexplicably large audience that “Dancing With the Has-Beens” generates. I think ABC should stick with “Samantha Who?” because it generates over 11 million viewers and the percentage of 18-49 year olds is a little higher than its lead in. With so many shows on the decline, I think that Samantha should be considered a solid performer.
My Own Worst Enemy demo is better than Boston Legal, if MOWE is on CBS or ABC, it will be a hit. NBC will take care of it too.
Yeah here in L.A., they’re still running ads for House and Fringe tonight.
Chinafan, comparing to BL is probably not meaningful since its already planned to end after this season’s 13 episode run. NBC will take care of it? The numbers have gone down with each airing since the premiere. How do you think NBC will take care of it? What better show does it have demo wise that can lead into it?
When Samantha Who? lost its DWTS lead-in last year, it dropped to 6-7 million viewers. Since this year is down from last year, I would expect 5-6 million.
By the Way, Samantha Who? is NOT getting over 11 million viewers right now. These numbers include 2 minutes of DWTS. Once that is taken out in the final numbers it will probably be around 10 million.
chinafan, Boston Legal is a dead show airing. It was brought back for one final year, even with bad numbers, reportedly as a bone to David E. Kelley as part of the deal for Life on Mars.
It’s puzzling – maybe “CIRCUS WITH THE (PRETEND) STARS” is like a major car wreck on an interstate; It appears to be Horrifying, but you can’t take your eyes off this tragedy…but what’s more puzzling is more people tune in as the hours go on?!!?
Loving that Gossip Girl keeps dipping in the viewers. I didn’t think Supernatural would beat it in viewers last week but it did. I feel strongly that it can this week too.
Gossip Girl seems to have shed its viewers and is heading back towards last year’s ratings. *sigh* The CW is such a disappointing network.
Robert, just got word via text msg from mlb.com that Game 5 Of the World Series will be WED night. So House will be new tonight on FOX.
Um, was CSI Miami a repeat? Because if it wasn’t, that number is BY FAR a series low.
“The CW is such a disappointing network.”
They have that one night where they do well.