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| Total Viewers (million) | 13.64 | 6.47 | 5.51 | 4.94 | 4.29 | 1.39 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 4.3/11 | 2.6/7 | 2.1/5 | 1.5/4 | 1.7/4 | 0.6/1 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 3.2/9 | 2.5/7 | 1.8/5 | 1.2/3 | 1.8/5 | 0.7/2 |
CBS dominated the night with it's 8pm-10pm comedy block and CSI: Miami. Averaging 13.64 million viewers, CBS nearly doubled its closest competition for the night, NBC. CBS also easily took the 18-34 and 18-49 year old demographics. Update: all four CBS comedies hit season or series highs.
The CW aired repeats and ABC went with I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown and two hours of 20/20.
Meanwhile over at NBC, Chuck improved by over half a million viewers over last week's overnight report and there was a small improvement with the 18-49 demographic as well. I went to see if "savechuck.com" was available and it redirects to a site that rents mansions in Mexico. WTF?! Damn you, Fulcrum...
With 7.78 million Heroes was flat week over week with almost exactly the same numbers as last week's overnight report though it was down slightly among 18-34 year olds. The volume 3 finale did not pick up any additional viewers, but I guess the good news is it didn't really lose any either.
Both The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother cleared 11 million viewers and had over a 4.0 among 18-49 year olds. It's very impressive how well CBS' 8pm-9pm block has come along.
Fox ran the mid-season finale of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles which also had numbers almost identical to last week's. TSCC pulled in 5.29 million average viewers and a 2.0/5 among 18-49 year olds. Both slight improvements versus last week. Prison Break improved more, adding over 300,000 viewers vs. last week to average 5.74 million.
Data table w/show detail now added below.
Last Monday's overnight report.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share | 18-34 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 11.42 | 4.2/11 | 3.5/10 |
| NBC | Chuck | 7.56 | 2.6/7 | 2.2/6 | |
| ABC | I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (R) | 7.45 | 2.3/6 | 1.9/5 | |
| FOX | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | 5.29 | 2.0/5 | 1.6/5 | |
| UNI | Cuidado con el Angel | 4.77 | 1.8/5 | 2.1/6 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl (R) | 1.62 | 0.7/2 | 0.9/2 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | How I Met Your Mother | 11.44 | 4.6/11 | 4.2/11 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Two and a Half Men | 17.93 | 5.6/13 | 3.8/10 |
| NBC | Heroes | 7.78 | 3.6/8 | 3.8/10 | |
| FOX | Prison Break | 5.74 | 2.3/5 | 2.1/5 | |
| UNI | Fuego en la Sangre | 4.85 | 1.9/4 | 2.1/5 | |
| ABC | 20/20 | 3.96 | 1.2/3 | 0.9/2 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill (R) | 1.17 | 0.5/1 | 0.6/1 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | Worst Week | 12.12 | 3.6/9 | 2.6/7 |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: Miami | 14.46 | 3.9/10 | 2.6/7 |
| NBC | My Own Worst Enemy | 4.08 | 1.7/4 | 1.7/4 | |
| ABC | 20/20 | 3.41 | 1.2/3 | 0.9/2 | |
| UNI | Cristina | 3.24 | 1.3/3 | 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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YAY CHUCK!
Are the numbers for Two and a half men correct?
I mean 17M is a bit too much.
BTW I’m very happy for the sitcom block on CBS. My only wish would be that CBS switched Gary Unmarried or Christine from Wednesdays to Worst week’s slot.
go chuck!!!!!
ABC needs to step up and give better shows geeze.
Yes Chuck!!!! Watch out Heroes were catching up..lol..hahahaha
Unfortunately, I think that the viewers that Heroes lost are either gone for good or are watching the show via some other medium. The finale last night was good; not great, but good. It tied up some loose ends while leaving some intriguing questions for the next arc. Hopefully, the extended hiatus won’t cause the show to lose any more viewers.
I don’t know who told abc that those silly high school musical crap works on Modays please.
Worst Week with over 12 million! Has it been picked up for a full season yet?
Yay for Chuck best ratings all season. Boo to NBC for taking it off the air for 6 weeks.
Glad to see so much of the Buy More last night. Chuck is a fun show to watch. Bet CBS is glad they stuck with HIMYM. That show always seemed to be on the bubble. These types of shows could really be money makers in sindication and DVD sales given enough time to catch on.
If Two and a half Men can clear 15 million with a repeat and considering that yesterday was the Emilio Estevez episode (this means something to us over 25, okay?), I wouldn’t doubt the numbers actually.
Yay for Chuck!
Nothing suprising either way about T:SCC’s numbers.
Chuck is certainly catching up with Heroes total audience, but not in the demo.
Yesterday night’s episode of Chuck was absolutely OFF-DA-HOOK!!! One of the best episodes of the series. There was twists and turns and one killer ending (no pun intended). I laughed my a$$ off when I saw Emmett plugging Buy More in the TV interview after escaping the hostage crisis. You also gotta love the homage to Family Matters – having Carl Winslow play Big Mike’s Cousin.
It nice to see Chuck improve but how in the heck did BBT manage to pull 4.2 in the demos?
The numbers for Two and a Half Men are correct or at least, there was no data entry error on my part. The numbers are corroborated between independent data sources.
Throw a Shoe, it wasn’t an homage to Family Matters, but to his role in Die Hard (Al Powell). Definitely a huge throwback though!
Both Big Bang and Chuck were tremendous last night!
“I have Leonard Nimoy’s DNA?!!”
Hilarious!
without competition cbs achieve season highs between 8 to 10 pm i think.
worst week should be replace by a better sitcom. rules of engagement or crhistine do better.
Worst week really milks that lead in. It should be moved to Wednesday and they should give Gary a shot at 9:30. I’d like to see CBS expand their sitcom offering to a full 2 hours on Wednesday next fall. They’re really good at building successful sitcoms. Look at how the ratings for BBT and HIMYM have improved over last year. Obviously they would keep 2.5 men in its slot and they could move BBT or HIMYM(now established hits with an audience that’ll follow) to the wed. at 9 slot to anchor the new hour.
I thought Two and Half Men was awesome, nice to Charlie’s brother Emilio again. I turned off Heroes along time ago. Chuck keeps getting better and better, your comment about Fulcrum made me laugh. I hope it doesn’t get cancelled either.