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| Total Viewers (million) | 12.030 | 5.980 | 5.853 | 5.679 | 4.285 | 1.263 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.3/9 | 1.8/5 | 2.2/6 | 1.9/5 | 1.6/4 | 0.5/1 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 2.0/6 | 1.4/4 | 2.0/6 | 1.6/5 | 1.7/5 | 0.6/2 |
While to no one's surprise, CBS dominated the night from 9-11 and overall had the most average viewers and adults 18-49, Fox's Secret Millionaire was the surprise of the night, winning both demos from 8-9 and improving its demos noticeably from last week when it faced off against Rudolph.
After 9 it was all CBS, with both Criminal Minds doubling and CSI:NY coming close to doubling the viewership of the #2 shows in the hours. Their demo performance wasn't quite as dominating, but it was close.
With Jay Leno taking 5 hours of prime time next fall, Life's 1.8 rating in the 18-49 demo is nowhere near good enough to keep it around as NBC will have a big knife out this spring to pare down to 10 programmed hours from Monday-Friday. Sadly, and I write this as a fan, Law & Order's uptick last week may have been an aberration as it settled back badly this week.
Sorry for the short comments today, we're dealing with a combination of hardware failure and schedule squeeze this AM.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers Live+SD (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share | 18-34 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | New Advs of Old Christine | 8.251 | 2.2/7 | 1.3/4 |
| FOX | Secret Millionaire | 7.186 | 2.8/8 | 2.5/8 | |
| NBC | Little Spirit: Christmas In New York | 5.103 | 1.4/4 | 1.1/4 | |
| ABC | Pushing Daisies | 4.956 | 1.6/5 | 1.4/4 | |
| UNI | Cuidado on el Angel | 4.728 | 1.7/5 | 1.9/6 | |
| CW | Stylista (repeat) | 1.205 | 0.4/1 | 0.5/2 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Gary Unmarried | 8.026 | 2.4/7 | 1.4/5 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Criminal Minds | 14.705 | 3.9/10 | 2.3/7 |
| ABC | Private Practice | 6.585 | 2.4/6 | 2.1/6 | |
| NBC | Life | 5.459 | 1.8/5 | 1.4/4 | |
| UNI | Fuego en la Sangre | 4.785 | 1.8/5 | 1.9/5 | |
| FOX | Bones (repeat) | 4.521 | 1.6/4 | 1.4/4 | |
| CW | Stylista | 1.321 | 0.6/1 | 0.6/1 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI:NY | 13.248 | 3.6/10 | 2.3/7 |
| NBC | Law & Order | 7.469 | 2.2/6 | 1.6/4 | |
| ABC | Dirty Sexy Money | 5.224 | 1.8/5 | 1.3/4 | |
| UNI | Don Francisco Presenta | 3.343 | 1.3/3 | 1.3/4 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot. Timeslot demo winners are in bold.
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I have to say I’m surprised at Secret Millionaire’s success.
Has anyone else noticed the ratings wasteland that Wednesday night’s are becoming? Think about it
Pushing Daisies-Canned
Dirty Sexy Money-Canned
Private Practice-Needs an uptick
Life-Doomed
Law and Order-Doomed
Gary Unmarried-Doomed
New Adventures of Old Christine-In Hot Water
So in the exception of UNI, it looks like a bad place to be ratings-wise.
But, we’ll get American Idol and Lost midseason and the place will come alive. So why so bad-looking now?
EDIT
Put Christine down for “Doomed” as well.
Good news for Chuck fans, the whole Wednesday night lineup for NBC looks it’s going to be dumped. L&O probably will head to USA network next season.
Law & Order: SVU on Wednesday at 9pm while Chuck moves in 8pm.
WHY THE HELL DIDN’T ABC TRY PUSHING DAISIES IN A DIFF TIME SLOT OR ON A DIFF DAY
ITS VIEWERS HAS INCREASED EVERY WEEK
NOV 19TH-4.86 MILLION 1.8/5
NOV 26TH-4.45 MILLION 1.2/4
DEC 3RD-4.91 MILLION 1.5/4
DEC 10TH-4.96 MILLION 1.6/5
ABC SHOULD BE DOOMED
THEY KILLED DAISIES NOT THE RATINGS
^^ gotta love opinions
Shuffling Pushing Daisies around won’t make it any better. The 8-9 month writer’s strike hiatus is the thing that killed it. Out of state, out of mind.
The whole wendesday night is just dead. PD is in such a horrible day. If PD gets canned, they all should get canned. But who am i talking to here? Those monkeys who run ABC is not gonna hear me.
I love Life
It’s too bad that this show is overlooked. I can already hear the DVD critic saying, “This high quality, little watched procedural about a Zen-practicing, revenge-seeking lawman stars the brilliant Damian Lewis, gains new life (no pun intended) on DVD”.
Maybe NBC should throw in the towel. It’s seems to be the network viewers flee like a rabid skunk.
All you Daisy fans……Did you ever consider the show just sucked!!!!????
Whoa! Daisey does not suck. I haven’t seen any of season 2′s episode (will watch on DVD), but it is a good quality show. It is just too different for everyone’s taste.
considering we’re fans of the show, no, pushing daisies didn’t suck.
Clearly not many agree with you, or the show would have been a hit instead of quickly fading into oblivion.
“We’re” ? This isn’t a PD fansite.
Well Im happy to see Daisies finally beat NBS’s crappy specials and Old Christine in demos. About time! And yet Christin is still on the air, and Daisies gets the ax…I don’t get TV.
Oh yeah. TV is full off those crappy doctors and reality series…THEY ROCK but Daises SUCKS with its 30 nominations and emmy wins. Its your opinion but You have no right to say that with all PD fans being here. Be respectful!
nobody said this was a PD fansite. i was just speaking on behalf of the fans.
Its your opinion but You have no right to say that
That is the PD-fan mindset in print, right there.
Do we really have to have this Pushing Daisies discussion every week? It gained viewers? From a starting point of a 1.2 demo? Are you kidding me? Are we really laughing at ATJ’s ratings each week and then turn around and praise Daisies for going from 4.5 million viewers to 4.55?
As for the quality, it doesn’t outright suck, at least not what little I saw of it, but why must you always pretend it’s just too awesome for the dumb American public. Apparently Moonlight, Jericho, Drive and Pushing Daisies are in their own league of awesome that nobody can even bear to look at.
I loved Jericho and I’ll cry for Life, but damn does that attitude annoy me.
http://www.thepiemaker.com
ALL PD FANS lets get over there and shove it up them ABC BASTARDS
idizzle: Apparently Moonlight, Jericho, Drive and Pushing Daisies are in their own league of awesome that nobody can even bear to look at.
You forgot the Greatest Show Ever ™, Veronica Mars.
I even WATCH Pushing Daisies, but I want it cancelled just so these people will go away.