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| Total Viewers (million) | 14.09 | 11.88 | 6.10 | 5.30 | 4.47 | 3.01 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.4/8 | 3.9/10 | 2.6/6 | 2.1/5 | 1.7/4 | 1.6/4 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 2.3/6 | 2.5/7 | 2.4/7 | 1.8/5 | 1.8/5 | 2.3/6 |
ABC won the most viewers, but CBS took both the 18-49 and the 18-34 demos. It appears that The Big Bang Theory is getting some end of Daylight Saving Time boost with the rest of the comedy lineup tracking with where it has been this season with original episodes. CSI: Miami, though still impressive for the 10pm hour was down more than 10% among 18-49 year olds vs. its season average for first run episodes.
Chuck beat Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, but that might be the only "good news" for NBC (if coming in third can be good news). Heroes fell to a series low and though NBC is declaring it the "new hit" with Christian Slater in "the role everyone is talking about", My Own Worst Enemy came in last among the big three at 10pm with an anemic 4.25 million and a 1.8/5 among 18-49 year olds. Someday those might be "hit" numbers for a big broadcast net, but today is not that day. Both Fox and NBC lost ground versus a similar Monday three weeks ago (it was the last time every net ran a normal schedule).
Dancing with the Stars still reels in the viewers, it's last half hour it pulled in over 19 million viewers. Samantha Who? benefits in these overnight reports from the fact that there is a minute or two of DWTS results in that half hour which get stripped out in the final numbers. Even factoring that in, it looks on pace to have beaten Worst Week among 18-34 year olds, though Worst Week may eke out the 18-49 victory in the final analysis.
Prison Break improved over TSCC slightly in viewers and in the 18-49 demo, with noticeably better results than TSCC among 18-34 year olds. Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill had very similar numbers, with OTH a bit better in the demos. But I have to tip my cap to the CW, at least for Mondays. Their goal was to build an 18-34 female stronghold Monday through Wednesday, and at least on Mondays they are getting some results. The problem is while Dancing with the Stars doesn't have great numbers among younger viewers relative to its large viewing population, it still hauls in a lot of 18-34 females and so does a waning Heroes.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share | 18-34 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 18.29 | 4.1/10 | 2.9/8 |
| CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 10.01 | 3.9/10 | 2.7/8 | |
| NBC | Chuck | 6.23 | 2.3/6 | 2.0/5 | |
| FOX | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | 5.19 | 2.0/5 | 1.6/4 | |
| UNI | Cuidado con el Angel | 4.52 | 1.7/4 | 1.9/5 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl | 3.01 | 1.5/4 | 2.2/6 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | How I Met Your Mother | 9.71 | 4.1/10 | 3.4/9 |
| 9:00 | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 19.30 | 4.4/10 | 3.0/8 |
| CBS | Two and a Half Men | 14.58 | 4.9/11 | 2.9/7 | |
| NBC | Heroes | 7.83 | 3.6/8 | 3.9/10 | |
| FOX | Prison Break | 5.41 | 2.2/5 | 2.1/5 | |
| UNI | Fuego en la Sangre | 5.12 | 2.0/4 | 2.1/5 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill | 3.01 | 1.6/4 | 2.4/6 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Samantha Who? | 11.03 | 3.0/7 | 2.1/5 |
| CBS | Worst Week | 9.62 | 2.9/7 | 1.7/4 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: Miami | 13.67 | 3.7/10 | 2.3/7 |
| ABC | Boston Legal | 8.83 | 2.3/6 | 1.5/5 | |
| NBC | My Own Worst Enemy | 4.25 | 1.8/5 | 1.5/4 | |
| UNI | Cristina | 3.77 | 1.5/4 | 1.5/4 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot.
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Good news for PB. I still think it would get more viewers in a less than competitive spot and with a lead in like Fringe or House.
Hope Heroes improves. Vol 4 is a given but past that? Doubt there will be a 5
when will DWTS end? I know it’s not a full season show, what will ABC put in it’s place?
Also, I really don’t understand what’s happening to Heroes. It’s still great! Keep watching it people! Also, isn’t Chuck up from it’s last airing?
Has anybody heard any news as to whether or not Prison Break is going to do a full 22-episode season or not? I have heard conflicting reports from different sites and I am very unsure. Also, when the scenes for next weeks episode were shown. The way that they promoted it (“what they have been building up to all season.”), seemed kind of final. If anybody knows, please fill me in, as this is the only show that I look forward to every week.
Big Bang and How I Met Your Mother are both very funny shows. Glad to know they are both doing so well. CBS is now the destination for the must see comedies. Poor NBC is such a disaster these days it’s hard to even remember that this is the network that aired decade defining hits like Cheers, Cosby, Seinfeld and Friends. I keep thinking they’ve hit rock bottom, but then they continue to decline.
No; Heroes is too good to go. God that is such a bad rating; awful. 7.83 is laugable for other channels. Its gonna be like NBC’s 13# highest primtime show now.
ABC will air a spring version of Dancing with the Hasbeens in March. In between they are putting the stupid bachelor in its place.
I still don’t see how PB doesn’t make it to 100 shows. The syndication market and especially ones overseas will let it limp through i believe.
They need to clean house at NBC. Dump most of their shows, and maybe bring back the movie of the week on a night or two. I realize that cable took the movie of the week away years ago, but hell, the ratings can’t get much worse than their current shows. You know what they say. Everything old becomes new again.
Fin and others, Where do you get the idea that Heroes is “in trouble”? Creatively, perhaps, I don’t watch the show. It’s *way* down from its peak and likely very disappointing for NBC, but it’s nowhere near being in any kind of cancellation danger. The total viewership number is meaningless for the future of the show. All that matters is the 18-49 number.
JT, In fact I think ABC has officially renamed it “The Stupid Bachelor”.
I can watch DWTS anytime and I don’t mind it, but sometimes I get really sick of that type of program crushing scripted shows.
3.6 in the demo is way too low for a expensive series like Heroes (4 millions per episode). just wait til 24 comes along, it will drop even more.
PB is confirmed for 22 episodes. Fox confirmed this.
PB is terribly awful they should axe it out already!!
Heroes has dropped alot also wow.
@ Fin, It’s not about the viewers, it’s about the demos. And anyway, The CW, and UNI don’t have any shows getting near that high. FOX does, but they aren’t ones to talk on Monday. CBS and ABC are the only ones who would find the numbers “laughable”.
Cax1 have you yourself seen it or are you going by the critics?
Cool, I await your tutorial on broadcast network show economics, please enlighten us.
Through Nov 2, Heroes was the #12 show for adults 18-49 overall and #3 for 18-49 for NBC. Office was their only scripted show that was better. Heroes is way down, but nowhere near cancellation.
Well atleast chuck is consistant.Also chuck is beating its competion aka terminator which is still sinking.Well i cant wait to see the final numbers.
Travis
NBC’s ratings are pathetic.
i’m afreid that chuck wont’n do any better this year… it won’t get more then 7 milions viewers in this season not even once… but i hope it will get 3rd season… i love that show!