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| Total Viewers (million) | 13.75 | 11.16 | 7.64 | 4.55 | 4.39 | 4.27 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 4.1/10 | 3.9/10 | 3.3/8 | 2.1/5 | 1.8/4 | 1.8/4 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 2.5/7 | 3.6/10 | 3.4/9 | 2.0/5 | 1.9/5 | 1.8/5 |
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CBS took the night in total viewers and in the 18-49 demographic, with ABC and NBC leading among 18-34 year olds. For any who want to compare these numbers with the previous week's overnight, last week's report is here.
The biggest surprise of the night to me may be the improvement week over week for the CW with Smallville and Supernatural. I think we may actually see a second consecutive week with a press release about these shows. Update: there were some changes to the numbers due mostly, we're guessing to the football game airing in the local Denver market, but even still Smallville drew 4.5 million in the final numbers. From the CW:
Smallville hit season highs in adults 18-34 (1.9/6), adults 18-49 (1.9/5) and total viewers (4.5mil). IN FACT, it was the highest rated and most watched episode of the show in nearly a year (since 11/15/07).
Oprah appeared on 30 Rock and while it was a bit lower among 18-49 year olds, it actually increased among 18-34 year olds last night. Last week the show set series records. What's notable is that The Office lost about a million viewers week over week at 9pm, so given that 30 Rock's results seem even more impressive. But Bill Gorman is right to think next week tells the tale. Is it after glow of Fey as Palin? Is it Oprah? No Oprah next week, so we'll find out more.
The 10pm hour was also a bit interesting with Eleventh Hour and ER both losing viewers versus last week while Life on Mars picked some up. LOM wound up with more viewers than ER, though ER won the demo. The bad news for both Eleventh Hour and Life on Mars is that they lose the lead in (and a minute or two of Grey's is surely in the first half hour of LOM and will be stripped out). Life on Mars had 9.51 million viewers the first half hour and 8.324 the second. Eleventh Hour had 11.8 million in the first half hour and then dropped to 10.14 million.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share | 18-34 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | Survivor: Gabon | 12.18 | 3.9/10 | 2.3/7 |
| ABC | Ugly Betty | 8.95 | 2.7/7 | 2.4/7 | |
| NBC | My Name is Earl | 6.62 | 2.6/7 | 2.3/7 | |
| UNI | Cuidado con el Angel | 4.86 | 1.9/5 | 2.1/6 | |
| CW | Smallville | 4.81 | 2.0/5 | 2.1/6 | |
| FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | 4.41 | 2.0/5 | 1.9/5 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | Kath & Kim | 5.57 | 2.4/6 | 2.2/6 |
| 9:00 | CBS | CSI | 18.11 | 5.1/12 | 3.1/8 |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 15.63 | 6.0/14 | 6.1/15 | |
| NBC | The Office | 8.35 | 4.2/10 | 5.2/13 | |
| UNI | Fuego en la Sangre | 5.08 | 2.0/5 | 2.3/6 | |
| FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | 4.69 | 2.3/5 | 2.0/5 | |
| CW | Supernatural | 3.73 | 1.6/4 | 1.5/4 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | 30 Rock | 8.00 | 3.9/9 | 4.6/12 |
| 10:00 | CBS | Eleventh Hour | 10.97 | 3.1/8 | 2.0/6 |
| ABC | Life on Mars | 8.92 | 3.0/8 | 2.2/6 | |
| NBC | ER | 8.64 | 3.3/9 | 2.9/8 | |
| UNI | Rosa de Guadalupe | 3.22 | 1.3/4 | 1.4/4 |
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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Those are fantastic numbers for Smallville, but will they be adjusted down due to the loss of the Denver market?
If the Football game ran on the CW affliate in Denver, and for that matter, Cleveland, the final numbers will be adjusted down to account for that (meaning these numbers would’ve included the football viewing in Denver).
Yay!! smallville!!!
I’m going to be honest here… I teared up a bit during Smallville in the scene where he was talking and reaching for Kara’s hand.
30 Rock will drop back to 6.0 million next week. I don’t understand how The Office fluctuates so much from week to week.
Nice to see Life on Mars settling down, hope it sticks around. Ice Ice Baby too cold too cold.
Smallville did fantastic, Holy crap. That’s amazing, go Smallville!
quick question, if the numbers get adjusted because of Denver, which is the worst case scenario? how much Smallville will drop?
Its a real NIGHTMARE for Kitchen Nightmares when it gets beat by “Cuidado con el Angel” and “Fuego en la Sangre” – whatever the devil they are.
Ramsey is doing more to destroy the restaurant biz than any man alive. After watching an episode like the one I caught in the previews (while channel surfing before ER came on) where there is a restaurant infested with roaches, it will be awhile before I eat out again! Ewwwwwwwwww!!!
Shouldn’t Kitchen Nightmares be under Smallville?
The numbers don’t include the football ratings, because Nielsen automatically filters them out.
I think it is a good move by FOX to move Bones to Thursday, so that the network can compete.
11th Hour actually increased in demo by .2 from last week. I wonder if its numbers are enough to get it a full pick up. (According to Corman’s Index it is.)
Gabriela: Denver is the #18 local market with around 1.5 million television homes, so it’s impossible for me to estimate because we can’t convert that to “viewers”. If a third of the homes were watching the football game, it could be 750,000 or so viewers. Unfortunately we don’t have easy access to what airs when on what local affiliates, and even if we did it would probably be too much work for us to consider keeping up with. We will however see the final adjusted numbers for these shows and post them next tuesday (see the “CW” link in the site navigation).
Way to go Supernatural & Smallville! Nice to see them doing well during sweeps.
Dillan, You are wrong. The overnight numbers here DO include football. The final numbers (usually) released in the afternoon would not include football. The overnight numbers are “how many were watching channel X between 8 and 8:30″. The final numbers are “how many people were watching show Y”, so they are adjusted for overrun and preemptions.
Ladiesman217 — indeed, fixed. Dillan, that doesn’t track with our understanding of the way the fast affiliate numbers are reported. you can see what Nielsen itself says on the subject in the “definitions” section under the table of shows.
“30 Rock will drop back to 6.0 million next week. I don’t understand how The Office fluctuates so much from week to week.”
6 million, definitely not. 7 million, probably. Oprah definitely helped this week, so there will be a fall, but I think it’ll still be good for maybe 80% retention from The Office. Considering the current state of NBC, Network Comedy and award-winning network television, that should be good enough for a fourth season.
Listen, I’m as shocked as everyone else that 30 Rock is doing this well, but are we going to get dire predictions of what it will do next week every week? Why don’t we just wait and see.
I hope ABC sticks with “Life on Mars”. While not spectacular, its ratings have stayed consistent after the premiere week dropoff, even growing a little bit in the last three weeks. Here is what it’s done so far:
Date TV 18-49
9-Oct 11.33 3.80
16-Oct 8.47 2.70
23-Oct 8.06 2.50
30-Oct 8.41 2.70
6-Nov 8.92 3.00
Anyone have a prognosis for this show? I really like it so I’m probably biased, but strictly based on the numbers, what does everyone think?
Hi Adam,
The reason The Office fluctuates so much is because is one of those shows that has a huge increase in DVR viewing. The latest numbers from Nielsen show that it had more than 40% increase. I guess you can’t keep those A18-34 house-bound every Thursday:)