After 5 weeks of the 2008-9 season through October 26, 2008, CBS has the largest season to date audience with 11.23 million viewers (followed by ABC with 10.04 million), the most adults 25-54 with 5.02 million (again followed by ABC with 4.56 million) and the most adults 18-49 with 4.12 million, edging out ABC with 4.04 million. Fox has the highest average (1.80 million) for adults 18-34 followed closely by the pair of NBC with 1.65 million and ABC with 1.64 million.
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Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2008 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
ABC is skewing older this year.