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| Total Viewers (million) | 17.023 | 12.875 | 10.334 | 9.637 | 2.777 | 1.173 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 4.9/12 | 4.1/10 | 3.5/9 | 3.4/8 | 1.1/3 | 0.4/1 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 3.5/9 | 3.5/9 | 3.1/8 | 2.9/9 | 1.2/3 | 0.5/1 |
While down 26% from it's 2007 numbers, the 66th Golden Globes on NBC was #1 for viewers from 8:30-11pm Sunday night (and, coincidentally, NBC's 30 Rock was the only broadcast TV show to win an award, it took 3), but the Steelers/Chargers NFL Divisonal Game overrun was enough to give the viewership and the adults 18-49 win to CBS. CBS and NBC tied in the 18-34 demo for the night.
The NFL Divisonal Game in which the Steelers became the only home team to win all weekend was the dominant show early and the vagaries of the fast affiliate ratings boosted the first half hour of 60 Minutes as well.
The season premiere of Fox's 24, gone since early 2007, was down ~30% from the 2007 season premiere. It was competitive in the adults 18-49 and 18-34 demos, but but its best showing was 2nd place from 8-8:30. It will be interesting to see its numbers on Monday night vs. its regular competition.
While winning both demos for its hour, with the Globes likely draining female viewers, Desperate Housewives was down 12% from its seasonal average matching its lowest rating ever for an original episode.
Note that because of the NFL game these fast affiliate ratings, particularly CBS's, are likely to be significantly adjusted in the final results, see explanation below, so its hard to comment intelligently on the CBS show numbers until the finals are available.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers Live+SD (Millons) | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | 18-34 Rating | 18-34 Share |
| 7:00 | CBS | NFL: Steelers/Chargers | 30,773 | 10.5 | 28 | 8.1 | 24 |
| ABC | America's Funniest Home Videos | 7,486 | 1.9 | 5 | 1.3 | 4 | |
| NBC | Red Carpet Special | 7,042 | 1.5 | 4 | 1.2 | 4 | |
| FOX | Simpsons (repeat) | 3,084 | 1.3 | 4 | 1.5 | 5 | |
| UNI | Hora Pico | 2,220 | 0.9 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | |
| CW | Jericho (repeat) | 821 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | |
| 7:30 | CBS | NFL: Steelers/Chargers | 28,558 | 9.6 | 24 | 7.2 | 21 |
| ABC | America's Funniest Home Videos | 8,969 | 2.4 | 6 | 1.7 | 5 | |
| NBC | Red Carpet Special | 8,316 | 2.0 | 5 | 1.6 | 5 | |
| FOX | Simpsons (repeat) | 4,670 | 1.9 | 5 | 2.2 | 6 | |
| UNI | Hora Pico | 2,665 | 1.1 | 3 | 1.1 | 3 | |
| CW | Jericho (repeat) | 732 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | |
| 8:00 | CBS | 60 Minutes | 17,119 | 4.7 | 11 | 3.2 | 9 |
| NBC | 66th Golden Globes | 14,109 | 4.4 | 10 | 3.9 | 11 | |
| FOX | 24 (season premiere) | 12,845 | 4.4 | 10 | 3.8 | 10 | |
| ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | 9,601 | 3.1 | 7 | 2.7 | 7 | |
| UNI | Duro Peguro Seguro (movie) | 3,108 | 1.2 | 3 | 1.3 | 4 | |
| CW | Carrie (movie-repeat) | 1,101 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | 66th Golden Globes | 15,185 | 4.9 | 11 | 4.2 | 11 |
| CBS | 60 Minutes | 14,188 | 3.3 | 8 | 2.0 | 5 | |
| FOX | 24 (season premiere) | 12,260 | 4.1 | 9 | 3.4 | 9 | |
| ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | 10,969 | 3.8 | 9 | 3.3 | 9 | |
| UNI | Duro Peguro Seguro (movie) | 3,279 | 1.3 | 3 | 1.4 | 4 | |
| CW | Carrie (movie-repeat) | 1,202 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | |
| 9:00 | NBC | 66th Golden Globes | 14,221 | 4.6 | 10 | 3.9 | 10 |
| ABC | Desperate Housewives | 13,832 | 5.2 | 12 | 4.8 | 12 | |
| CBS | Cold Case | 12,785 | 3.0 | 7 | 2.0 | 5 | |
| FOX | 24 (season premiere) | 12,685 | 4.2 | 9 | 3.4 | 9 | |
| UNI | Duro Peguro Seguro (movie) | 3,225 | 1.3 | 3 | 1.4 | 3 | |
| CW | Carrie (movie-repeat) | 1,450 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.7 | 2 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | 66th Golden Globes | 14,356 | 4.8 | 11 | 4.1 | 10 |
| ABC | Desperate Housewives | 13,678 | 5.2 | 12 | 4.9 | 12 | |
| FOX | 24 (season premiere) | 12,281 | 4.2 | 9 | 3.4 | 8 | |
| CBS | Cold Case | 11,958 | 3.0 | 7 | 2.1 | 5 | |
| UNI | Duro Peguro Seguro (movie) | 3,281 | 1.3 | 3 | 1.4 | 3 | |
| CW | Carrie (movie-repeat) | 1,732 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.8 | 2 | |
| 10:00 | NBC | 66th Golden Globes | 15,405 | 5.3 | 12 | 4.5 | 12 |
| CBS | The Unit | 11,044 | 2.8 | 7 | 2.0 | 5 | |
| ABC | Brothers & Sisters | 9,433 | 3.6 | 9 | 3.2 | 8 | |
| UNI | Quien Tiene la Razon | 2,405 | 0.9 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | |
| 10:30 | NBC | 66th Golden Globes | 14,368 | 4.9 | 13 | 4.2 | 12 |
| CBS | The Unit | 9,762 | 2.5 | 7 | 1.7 | 5 | |
| ABC | Brothers & Sisters | 8,706 | 3.2 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | |
| UNI | Quien Tiene la Razon | 2,034 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot. Timeslot demo winners are in bold.
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Definitions:
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
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.
For more information see Numbers 101.
IMHO, good for Bauer, pretty enough for Golden Globe and fine for CBS Cold case & the unit.
Thats actually pretty good for 24 with the competition it had. Managed to retain most of its audience.
It will be more interesting, to me, to see how 24 does tonight.
Good numbers for 24 with no football lead in. And considering the 18 month layoff and with critics and fans bashing so much of season 6 it barely drew 10 million viewers for its finale but still managed to average 13 million viewers for the season. Hopefully they can keep up the numbers tonight and throughout the season.
Could things get any worse for poor JERICHO? Ouch. Those under 1 million number stick out like a sore thumb. And for CARRIE (an 30 year old movie) to GAIN viewers basically more than doubling JERICHO’s numbers as it went along only adds insult to injury. Why is CW airing Carrie now anyway? Its more of a Halloween type movie. Besides Ive seen that move at least a dozen times. Why doesnt CW air reruns of CSI or NCIS on Sunday nights? Id bet the ratings would be wayyyyyyyy higher than that this.
On to “24″ – it was pretty good except they are basically stealing the plot of DIE HARD 4 and parts of DIE HARD 2 (part with the planes nearly crashing – of course in DH2, the plane did crash). Not very original but the sheer magnificance of Jack Bauer makes it all worth watching. I say Jack Bauer should go back in time to 1865 and stop the Lincoln assassination and when he returns to
the present he finds the Nazi’s running the planet after winning WW II at which point he has to go after Hitler son who is running America. Now THAT would be original.
As for the Globes – who cares, just a bunch of Hollywood types slapping each other on the back for making big $$$$. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz
I hope Desperate Housewives improves soon
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I’m guessing it done so bad last night was because of the Golden Globes?
The following (comment) takes place between 10am and 11am:
Hmmm…actually I thought 24 would of cracked 15.0 forst night out…but in todays TV world…considerably not bad…
I will stick with 24 – not the explosive premiere as previous years but a much better set up of the season…
cant’ wait for tonight…cue the clock…Klinko, klinko, klinko…
When will the DVR numbers for it be available? Be itneresting to see them
(doogh! -stupid spell check) …first night out…
I can never understand how almost every CBS show has so many viewers but such weak demos…
Overall – i think CBS now has some of the best shows…so people turn off their TV on that channel and then when they turn it on…well you get the point…
I was waiting for 24 to come on so i watched the half hour of the GOLDEN GLOBES before Bauer (24) came on and what a bunch of goofs on the awards show—
- now i know why they need scripts for movies…NONE of these people can complete a sentence on their own…!!!
Ant, the DVR data for Sunday 1/11 should be available by 1/26 or 1/27.
Noah, to paraphrase M. Night Shyamalan, “I see old people”.
besides the playoffs – 24 is the first original TV show I’ve watched since the middle of December…
Crap… DH numbers down again…must admit that episode was pretty boring…so hopefully thing will be up next week for the 100th episode. If not…thanks for killing the show with your 9 Seasons bull crap talk Marc Cherry… things were fine before u started that talk..so you will be the death of this show
like the other poster said, the CW should have a crime night on sundays, with repeasts on NCI/CSI’s!
Recorded “24″ so I will be recording tonight’s too. Wonder how many people are doing the same thing? With luck I’ll get to watch them both before next Monday since it is hard to find a two hour block right after work. That might be why the numbers are down and four hours in two days is a big commitment.
Bill just want to get an experts opinion on this..how good is 24s numbers given the competition it had>?
Question that may be obvious – is Name Required that Nick C guy?
Rachel P, lol i think it is