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| Total Viewers (million) | 14.48 | 10.67 | 7.95 | 4.29 | 3.88 | 3.81 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.9/10 | 3.6/10 | 3.4/9 | 1.7/5 | 1.6/4 | 1.6/4 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 2.2/6 | 3.1/9 | 3.2/10 | 1.8/5 | 1.6/5 | 1.4/4 |
Happy Halloween! For everyone save Fox perhaps. Fox aired a repeat of Kitchen Nightmares followed by an original Kitchen Nightmares and finished dead last (even behind the CW!). I'll spare you the nightmare puns on Halloween. With Kitchen Nightmares, surely Ramsay must now be thinking "SHUT IT DOWN!"
I'm a *huge* Gordon Ramsay fan, but Fox has to face up to that Kitchen Nightmares isn't going to fly on a Thursday. I'm not sure it will fly anywhere on Broadcast TV. While I'm a huge Ramsay fan, I don't really enjoy Kitchen Nightmares. I'm all about the Hell's Kitchen! I'd say Fox should, like CBS with Survivor run two installments of Hell's Kitchen a year instead of Nightmares.
But although Survivor did better than nightmares, at least on a household ratings basis last night was its season low. Then again, so was Eleventh Hour and CSI matched its low for an original episode excluding airings on Thanksgiving.
Only 30 Rock fared "better" than last year. (My Name is Earl tied for its series low for an original), Kath & Kim is headed to the chopping block. The Office was average self (which means it did great in the demos) but with a household rating/share of 4.1/10, we hear last night's season premiere of 30 Rock was its highest rating EVER. Again, I ascribe this to the buzz around Sarah Palin (and Tina Fey as Sarah Palin). We'll have to see if it holds up. More detail from NBC on 30 Rock's (and the rest of the network's night).
Update: I have the data table up, but please note that over the last couple of days our normal source for some of the data (particularly the 18-34 data) has vanished in a supernatural-esque cloud of dark smoke. While there are other ways to skin the cat, it involves a lot more work on my part, which I will consider if the other source doesn't return. The Supernatural cloud of smoke has returned. I've updated the table w/the 18-34 data. Happy Halloween! You can see how things fared last Thursday in the overnights if you're inclined to do such comparisons.
Bonus: the rare CW press release on Smallville and Supernatural.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share | 18-34 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | Survivor: Gabon | 13.14 | 4.2/12 | 2.4/8 |
| ABC | Ugly Betty | 8.55 | 2.6/8 | 2.3/7 | |
| NBC | My Name is Earl | 6.17 | 2.4/7 | 2.0/7 | |
| UNI | Cuidada con el Angel | 4.73 | 1.9/5 | 2.0/7 | |
| CW | Smallville | 4.24 | 1.7/5 | 1.8/6 | |
| FOX | Kitchen Nightmares (R) | 3.64 | 1.5/4 | 1.4/4 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | Kath & Kim | 5.46 | 2.3/6 | 2.1/7 |
| 9:00 | CBS | CSI | 18.64 | 4.7/12 | 2.6/7 |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 15.05 | 5.6/14 | 5.4/14 | |
| NBC | The Office | 9.32 | 4.7/12 | 5.4/15 | |
| UNI | Fuego en la Sangre | 4.92 | 2.0/5 | 2.1/6 | |
| FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | 3.98 | 1.8/4 | 1.5/4 | |
| CW | Supernatural | 3.53 | 1.5/4 | 1.5/4 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | 30 Rock (Season Premiere) | 8.53 | 4.1/10 | 4.4/12 |
| 10:00 | CBS | Eleventh Hour | 11.48 | 2.9/8 | 1.7/5 |
| NBC | ER | 9.12 | 3.4/9 | 2.8/8 | |
| ABC | Life on Mars | 8.41 | 2.7/8 | 1.9/6 | |
| UNI | Rosa de Guadalupe | 3.22 | 1.3/4 | 1.3/4 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot.
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Definitions:
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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.
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Maybe it would help to have Freddy Kruger host Kitchen Nightmares? He’s got those cool knife fingers and good DEAD pan humor.
FOX should be really embarassed. I’m suprised it fared that low. But good for CW – its never fun to be last every outting. Although it doesn’t have as many total viewers, NBC was competive last night in the demo. Here’s to hoping that many people who have never watched 30 Rock last night sampled it and will continue to tune in. It really is a great show.
I just want to thank this site for once again giving us ratings-enthusiasts an alternative to Marc Berman’s generally terrible taste/consideration of how the ratings are.
Those numbers for 30 Rock make me happy.
Also, did The Office beat the first half of CSI in the Demo?! Because the hour average for CSI was 4.7, while The office was at 4.7 also, but CSI usually increases in its second half, which might indicate a second-place finish for The Office in the Demo, which would be nuts.
wow, The Office beat CSI in the demo? that’s a huge loss for CBS!
Jonathan, yes in the 18-49 from 9p-9:30 The Office bested CSI 4.7/12 to 4.6/11. Grey’s won with a 5.2/13. in the 9:30 half hour (and I believe the office went to 9:31, so these numbers will change in the finals) Grey’s had a 5.9/14, CSI a 4.8/12 and 30 Rock a 4.1/10.
My brother is of the opinion that NBC is going to nurture Kath & Kim for a while and hope it turns into the next Office. But he works for ABC, not NBC, so he’s probably wrong.
Where are the Univision numbers?
Andrea, MIA with the 18-34 numbers. Not really MIA, but just significantly more complicated for me to reproduce. Sorry.
Smallville still going strong, it’s up another 20,000 viewers this week, Let’s hope it can make it too the 5 Mil’s by the end of the season.
Hmmm Julia, I think they’d have to flip-flop time slots for 30 Rock to truly nurture it (Earl is sucking as a lead-in so far) and I don’t think they will do that since they moved 30 Rock out of that slot because it was often too “risque” for the the 8pm hour (MILF Island)
FYI to Andrea and others the “cloud of smoke’ referenced above has returned. I will update the table w/18-34 and Univision data.
NBC will definitely be keeping Kath & Kim around for a full season. At least, it looks that way at the moment. It’s certainly not faring much worse than MNIE. As long as it keeps pulling nearly the same demo numbers, it’s down to NBC whether they’ll cancel both Kath & Earl or renew them.
Hilarious that FOX is being thrashed but they actually had the gall to predict going into this Fall that they would be able to drastically cut the Survivor audience. Didn’t happen.
I am so glad that the CW was able to keep up with the competition. Especially at Supernatural. The show certainly gets less attention that it deserves by the CW. Dawn has really been difficult.
And thank you Robert, I can’t wait to see the 18-34 demos.
Sweeps Cometh! I am so ready for the Sweeps-worthy episodes. I know it all about bringing out the A-game for the ad revenue, shamless plugging for the new and shiny episodes, but I have to admit, I’m a Sweeps whore.
All those Kitchen reality shows (and I dispise reality shows anyway) just make me want to never eat out again. Grow my own food. Be a shut-in or something. Yeesh!
Rock on Eleventh Hour! The show is definitely growing on me.
What will happen to 30 Rock after the election, I wonder? *hee!*
the table is now updated w/18-34 and Univision shows. Mel, good point actually last night was the first night of “November” sweeps…
Wow wonder wether 30 Rock will be able to keep this up; MNIE should be cancelled sooner; the first three seasons were respectable in their positions but now MNIS just sucks in the ratings.
Has Fox canned Hole in the Wall or has it just been secretly hidden away somewhere? Don’t know why they thought that would even be slightly competitive with Survivor. Obviously, showing reruns of an already low rated show isn’t going to pull in the viewers either.
The Office comes second in the demos domination; maybe NBC will see a new strength in their previously declining thursday night schedule
Wow, 30 Rock, really impressive! Does anyone think if they moved it back to its 8:30 timeslot (to replace the fading Kath & Kim), it would start competition with Betty? I know this was only the premiere, but if the amount of viewers doesn’t slip too sharply next week, I think it could… It would probably beat it in the demo, at least.
Grey’s is slowly starting to gain on CSI but I don’t see that lasting too long. And My Name Is Earl doesn’t seem to be fairing too well…
It looks like ratings for Life On Mars are flattening out, well, actually they’re up a little. I hope a range between 8-9 million viewers is enough for ABC. The demos aren’t so hot though. I like that preposterous show and I hope ABC likes it enough to keep it around.