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| Total Viewers (million) | 9.259 | 6.385 | 5.475 | 4.676 | 3.925 | 1.213 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 1.8/5 | 1.6/5 | 1.9/6 | 1.5/5 | 1.4/4 | 0.5/1 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 1.1/4 | 1.2/4 | 1.6/5 | 1.1/4 | 1.5/5 | 0.5/2 |
On a night of repeats and holiday specials, CBS topped the average viewer chart and Fox won both age demos, but the 42 year old How the Grinch Stole Christmas showed it still had the magic, topping the adults 18-49 demo for the night.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers Live+SD (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/ Share | 18-34 Rating/ Share |
| 8:00 | FOX | House (repeat) | 6.682 | 2.2/7 | 1.8/7 |
| ABC | How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) | 6.539 | 2.3/7 | 1.8/6 | |
| CBS | A Home for the Holidays | 6.466 | 1.2/4 | 0.6/2 | |
| NBC | Law & Order (repeat) | 6.145 | 1.3/4 | 0.8/3 | |
| UNI | Cuidado con el Angel | 4.306 | 1.5/5 | 1.7/6 | |
| CW | 90210 (repeat) | 1.190 | 0.5/1 | 0.5/2 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | NCIS (repeat) | 10.551 | 2.1/6 | 1.3/4 |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU (repeat) | 6.044 | 1.6/5 | 1.2/4 | |
| ABC | Rediscovered | 4.618 | 1.4/4 | 0.8/3 | |
| UNI | Fuego en la Sangre | 4.484 | 1.7/5 | 1.9/6 | |
| FOX | Fringe (repeat) | 4.268 | 1.5/4 | 1.3/4 | |
| CW | Privileged (repeat) | 1.236 | 0.5/1 | 0.5/2 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 10.760 | 2.1/6 | 1.4/5 |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU (repeat) | 6.966 | 2.0/6 | 1.6/5 | |
| UNI | Aqui y Ahora | 2.985 | 1.0/3 | 1.0/3 | |
| ABC | ABC's The List | 2.873 | 0.9/3 | 0.6/2 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot. Timeslot demo winners are in bold.
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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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Grinch was the only holiday special that did anything at all; all those other ones bombed. What the hell were Rediscovered and The List?
On CBS, I think this is the 2nd time The Mentalist beat NCIS this year. I wonder how longer before it completely overtakes NCIS?
OMG! Privileged more than 90210?
Awesome!!
OMG Privileged beat 90210 by 42,000! OMG OMG OMG
GO Grinchy!
Best christmas special EVER!
Yay Privileged!
Do networks cancel show if the rerun ratings are not as high?
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Do networks cancel shows if the ratings for the reruns are not as high? I swear, Fringe still gets low numbers even if the Mentalist isn’t airing. what is everybody’s problem with this show besides the lame x-files/lost/alias comparisions?
I don’t havea problem with fringe and I don’t compare it. It’s just plain bad with bad lead actors. I want my lost hours back!
tim, nobody is forcing you to watch this show, asshole.
playe,
1) No, networks don’t cancel shows because they repeat badly. If they did, Grey’s Anatomy would have been canceled a long time ago. Good repeat value (or syndication value) can keep a bubble show alive, but if a show gets good ratings for first-run episodes, bad repeat numbers won’t kill it.
2) You asked why people didn’t like Fringe. If you didn’t want an answer, you shouldn’t have asked the question.
I don’t know if rerun ratings ever get looked at too much or not. I don’t really see any point to do so, but like I said I don’t know.
As for Fringe. Well, I’m not going to bad mouth it too much as it seems name calling becomes the game, but I will say I’m not a fan. I’m not just a hater for the sake of hating it either. I gave it a 3 week chance and I though it was terrible. Episode 2 was the worst. The lead actress might have been a bad choice; not really relateable or likeable. Josh Jackson is good but seems only for comic releif. John Nobel is wasted I think, he’s the only bright spot for the whole show. Also the subject matter is a bit of a bore and so the rest of the show seems to be filled up with shock value effects. We’ve seen it before.
I also have to respond to the comment about the comparisions to other shows. I don’t see much to link it to LOST or Alias but in the case of The X Files it is VERY true. Call me an “asshole” if you will, but it’s pretty clear to see the similarities. I’m not going to say that makes Fringe a bad show because The X Files was an amazing show. But it’s just a fact that many of the ideas seem to be of the same thread. The only saving grace that Fringe has is that it left out the alien arc that was part of many episodes of The X Files.
I do think it’s been picked up for a full season, so the ratings I don’t think mean too much at this time. Personally I will not be watching and as playe so rightly pointed out, nobody is forcing me to.
Andrea you do realize that they were both in repeats and in different time slots so I wouldnt read too much into The Mentalist beating NCIS…NCIS was number one last week with over 19.93 Million viewers when it was a new episode…
Well merry Christmas to you too playe. I don’t think your parents would be proud posting such comments on Christmas Eve. Shame on you. I don’t like it, you asked, I answered.
All the posters above already mentioned it’s bad qualities so I won’t add anymore.
As for FRINGE’s ratings the really important part is its key demo (Ages 18-49 / 18-34) during first run episodes – its very high. Its the same reason HEROES is not going away any time soon, even though it too has overall viewership around 8 million for a new episode.
I have mixed feeling about FRINGE – its definitely gotten better in the last several episodes and ended the Fall run on a cliffhanger. It all depends on what MASSIVE DYNAMIC is really up to and why. The last episode was the best by far. Its definitely one of those cult shows – like LOST and HEROES. It better than shows like MENTALIST – yet another crime solving show. NCIS is ok, but it too has been done before over and over and over again – just a military version of CSI/Law & Order.
FRINGE has elements of X-FILES and LOST. Both shows had shadowy organizations doing experiments on ordinary people – dealing with things like theoretical science and genetic manipulation. Its fairly easy to link LOST and FRINGE, if JJ really wanted to. All they need to do is reveal MASSIVE DYNAMIC is linked to the HANSO FOUNDATION and Whitmore’s company and that the results of the Dharma Initiative are the basis for what MASSIVE DYNAMIC is doing. Considering he is behind both shows, it could be done. Will it? Probably not. But one never knows when dealing with JJ Abrhams. Heck you could even toss CLOVERFIELD into the mix as what will eventually happens as a result of all their Frankenstein experiments in the future.
Name Required, Lost and Fringe are on two different networks. They’re not about to cross promote or crossover. Abrams may be for that (though my understanding is he has next to nothing to do with Lost) but the nets would never allow it.
oh please, Lost is better than 99.99% on TV.. there’s no comparison between Fringe (X-Files burnoff) and the worldwide sensation of Lost.