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| Total Viewers (million) | 15.76 | 7.68 | 5.42 | 4.99 | 4.34 | 2.25 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 4.6/12 | 3.5/9 | 1.7/4 | 1.6/4 | 1.6/4 | 0.8/2 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 2.7/8 | 3.4/10 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/4 | 1.8/5 | 0.9/3 |
With ABC running all repeats, CBS easily dominated the night in total viewers and CSI recaptured some of its former glory with over twenty million viewers (20.61 million). CBS also easily won the 18-49 year old demographic, but NBC took the 18-34 demo. A good move on CBS' part to intro Laurence Fishburne on a night when there wasn't a new Grey's Anatomy. As a result of the uptick in viewers, and a repeat of Private Practice on ABC, Eleventh Hour hit series highs as well at 10pm.
Fox went back to the well with Secret Millionaire for a consecutive night, and although it didn't perform nearly as well as it did Wednesday night, it performed much better than Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? at 9pm. Though I know Univision is not Fox's competition, 5th Grader was significantly bested by Fuego en la Sangre in the age demographics.
NBC ran with its usual lineup, and the results were pretty typical, though with ABC entirely in rerun mode, NBC was up across the board vs. last week, though not as much or as noticeably as CBS. Still, while The Office had almost twelve million fewer viewers than CSI, it dominated among 18-34 year olds, outrating CSI in that demo by 80% between 9p-9:30p. 30 Rock wasn't as dominate in the younger demo, but still bested CSI by 21% among 18-34 year olds from 9:30p-10p.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share | 18-34 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | Survivor: Gabon | 13.24 | 4.1/11 | 2.4/7 |
| NBC | My Name is Earl | 6.62 | 2.7/8 | 2.5/8 | |
| FOX | Secret Millionaire | 5.39 | 2.0/5 | 1.9/6 | |
| UNI | Cuidado con el Angel | 4.60 | 1.7/5 | 1.9/6 | |
| CW | Smallville (Repeat) | 2.54 | 0.9/3 | 1.0/3 | |
| ABC | Ugly Betty (R) | 5.37 | 1.5/4 | 1.3/4 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | Kath & Kim | 5.33 | 2.4/7 | 2.4/7 |
| 9:00 | CBS | CSI | 20.61 | 5.8/14 | 3.3/9 |
| NBC | The Office | 8.79 | 4.8/12 | 5.4/15 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (R) | 6.41 | 2.1/5 | 1.9/5 | |
| UNI | Fuego en la Sangre | 4.85 | 1.8/5 | 1.9/5 | |
| FOX | Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? | 4.60 | 1.2/3 | 1.1/3 | |
| CW | Supernatural (Repeat) | 1.95 | 0.8/2 | 0.8/2 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | 30 Rock | 7.47 | 3.8/9 | 4.0/11 |
| 10:00 | CBS | Eleventh Hour | 13.43 | 3.8/10 | 2.3/7 |
| NBC | ER | 8.92 | 3.5/9 | 2.9/6 | |
| ABC | Private Practice (R) | 4.49 | 1.5/4 | 1.4/4 | |
| UNI | Rosa de Guadalupe | 3.57 | 1.4/4 | 1.5/4 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot.
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I think the ABC demo numbers are off…way off
Smallville did pretty well for repeat.
Looks as if NBC and the ABC numbers are mixed up. Maybe no expects NBC to come second?
I am so Glad with CSI’S ratings
Laurence Fisburne was amazing last night
sad though because now only 1 episode left with Grissom
and surely Grey’s Anatomy was a repeat with 6.41 million viewers as even though some fans have said its quality has slipped i dont think it will go that though
Toony takes the prize – so many people so quick to spot errors, but only Toony took it to the step of seeing what the “oops” was. I have deleted the cache, so hopefully the correct table shows for everyone
[edit] Jack — Grey’s Anatomy was definitely a repeat.
As for the CW numbers looking somewhat good in repeats, I’m not sure if the Thursday NFL Football game between Chicago and New Orleans didn’t air on the CW in one or both of those markets.
Hey I have a question, is there a reason shows rerun the current season when the have reruns? Are they not allowed to say reshow episodes from way old seasons because of syndication rules or something? Why wouldn’t Greys Anatomy rerun older episodes when, 1. It was watchable back then and 2. Fans might not have watched that episode for awhile so they’d be more likely to tune in. Why show something that they already played just a couple of weeks ago? Makes no sense.
Shows like How I Met Your Mother and 30 Rock should show old shows since to at least a couple million new viewers it would be brand new.
Sarah, my understanding which could be wrong is that current season shows may be rerun a limited number of times at no additional cost. I don’t believe the rules around syndication prohibit the networks from airing older shows, but since they can’t air them for “free”, it may be cost prohibitive.
My understanding* the networks pay production companies for the right to show each episode three times: the original broadcast and two repeats. With one repeat typically shown during the regular season and one during the summer, that uses up all the available showings.
*Something I remember reading once.
I think I’m gonna drop CSI.. I dont like Laurence Fishburne character, I dont know.. I wasnt feeling it.
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks! I figured they had to pay for reruns. It makes sense to rerun the one they’ve already payed for.
It might be different if the shows are done in-house…like FOX could probably air old Simpsons reruns in prime time if they wanted since they have the rights, I believe…but maybe they would have to pay extra to people like Groening or Gracie Films?
I thought CSI was well done last night. I thought the subtle introduction of Mr Fishburne was in keeping with the shows theme. A major “in your face” intro of his character would not have been as interesting. It will be interesting to see how it works out in the future. 20 million plus viewers is a good starting point, but, a high threshold to maintain.
WOW, Secrect Millionaire and Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader did worse than before.
CSI -was awesome !! I am going to truly miss the “Grissom” charachter…but the supporting cast has done a great job becoming more than a supporting cast – I welcome Fishburne to the cast – I can’t wait until January –
CSI just got another year commitment from me – the stories are great – the mystery themes lock me in everytime!
“Follow the evidence”……20+ million is a continued solid hit!
oh yea…the music soundtrack to the last 3 minutes of CSI was “gripping”
Impressive Office demos, especially 18-34, and CSI in 18-49 [I know, it's 'cause of GA rerun]. CSI is way better 18-34 than last week?
Qwerty, last week we didn’t get the 18-34 numbers, but I went back a few weeks and it was right in the same range as this week. (The weeks I checked ranged from 3.1-3.3.)
for being a repeat, Ugly Betty did really good in # of viewers compared to Private Practice and Grey’s Anatomy! Im suprised!
Glad to see 30 Rock holdin up!
How can no one see this but me…
Pushing Daisies has nearly twice the ratings of Smallville.
Pushing Daisies numbers would be a “hit” on the CW.
Pushing Daisies type show is exactly what the programming head honchos want to gear their entire line up towards.
I will be the first to try to rally the troops…let’s send daisy seeds to the CW…
Anyone with me?