Please note, these are the live+7 (live viewing plus a week's worth of DVR viewing) numbers for the week ending February 1, however, for whatever reason there is no data for either the Super Bowl, or for the episode of The Office that aired after the Super Bowl. If we had it we'd share, but unfortunately we don't.
For the week, American Idol had the most absolute DVR viewing with 4.85 million DVR viewers for the Tuesday airing and Lost had the greatest share of overall viewing that came from DVR. 25.4% of Lost's viewers watched it on DVR, but almost half of that DVR viewing occurred the same night that it aired.
There were a lot of repeats in broadcast that week, and remember this is now almost three weeks old (and is 3 weeks old for some of the shows in this list) so if your show isn't there and normally is, it might have been a repeat that week.
Largest DVR Audiences for Broadcast TV Shows, January 26- February 1, 2009:
| Rank | Shows | Net | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | # Viewers (LIVE) (000) | # Viewers (LIVE+SD) (000)2 | # Viewers (LIVE+7) (000) | DVR Viewers | % of all viewing via DVR | % of SD DVR viewing |
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY | FOX | 22,247 | 25,567 | 27,096 | 4,849 | 17.9% | 68.5% | |
| 2 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 24,536 | 27,385 | 29,134 | 4,598 | 15.8% | 62.0% | |
| 3 | HOUSE | FOX | 13,448 | 15,748 | 17,875 | 4,427 | 24.8% | 52.0% | |
| 4 | CSI | CBS | 18,909 | 20,199 | 22,265 | 3,356 | 15.1% | 38.4% | |
| 5 | LOST | ABC | 9,701 | 11,294 | 13,009 | 3,308 | 25.4% | 48.2% | |
| 6 | 24 | FOX | 10,626 | 12,267 | 13,833 | 3,207 | 23.2% | 51.2% | |
| 7 | FRINGE | FOX | 10,377 | 11,666 | 13,562 | 3,185 | 23.5% | 40.5% | |
| 8 | NCIS | CBS | 17,752 | 19,211 | 20,682 | 2,930 | 14.2% | 49.8% | |
| 9 | PRIVATE PRACTICE | ABC | 7,135 | 7,755 | 9,235 | 2,100 | 22.7% | 29.5% | |
| 10 | HELL'S KITCHEN | FOX | P | 9,923 | 10,870 | 11,777 | 1,854 | 15.7% | 51.1% |
| 11 | BIGGEST LOSER 7 | NBC | 10,054 | 11,087 | 11,764 | 1,710 | 14.5% | 60.4% | |
| 12 | Lie To Me | FOX | 11,391 | 12,227 | 13,057 | 1,666 | 12.8% | 50.2% | |
| 13 | ELEVENTH HOUR | CBS | 12,297 | 12,755 | 13,796 | 1,499 | 10.9% | 30.6% | |
| 14 | WITHOUT A TRACE | CBS | 12,716 | 13,011 | 14,186 | 1,470 | 10.4% | 20.1% | |
| 15 | LAW AND ORDER | NBC | 8,523 | 8,991 | 9,977 | 1,454 | 14.6% | 32.2% | |
| 16 | BACHELOR, THE | ABC | 9,692 | 10,571 | 11,052 | 1,360 | 12.3% | 64.6% | |
| 17 | LIFE ON MARS | ABC | P | 5,879 | 6,239 | 7,144 | 1,265 | 17.7% | 28.5% |
| 18 | SCRUBS-TU 9:30PM | ABC | 4,563 | 5,001 | 5,800 | 1,237 | 21.3% | 35.4% | |
| 19 | Smallville | CW | 3,730 | 4,263 | 4,938 | 1,208 | 24.5% | 44.1% | |
| 20 | SCRUBS-TU 9PM | ABC | 4,662 | 5,090 | 5,836 | 1,174 | 20.1% | 36.5% |
Greatest % Of DVR Viewing for Broadcast TV Shows, January 26- February 1, 2009:
| Rank | Shows | Net | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | # Viewers (LIVE) (000) | # Viewers (LIVE+SD) (000)2 | # Viewers (LIVE+7) (000) | DVR Viewers | % of all viewing via DVR | % of SD DVR viewing |
| 1 | LOST | ABC | 9,701 | 11,294 | 13,009 | 3,308 | 25.4% | 48.2% | |
| 2 | HOUSE | FOX | 13,448 | 15,748 | 17,875 | 4,427 | 24.8% | 52.0% | |
| 3 | Smallville | CW | 3,730 | 4,263 | 4,938 | 1,208 | 24.5% | 44.1% | |
| 4 | FRINGE | FOX | 10,377 | 11,666 | 13,562 | 3,185 | 23.5% | 40.5% | |
| 5 | 24 | FOX | 10,626 | 12,267 | 13,833 | 3,207 | 23.2% | 51.2% | |
| 6 | PRIVATE PRACTICE | ABC | 7,135 | 7,755 | 9,235 | 2,100 | 22.7% | 29.5% | |
| 7 | FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS | NBC | 3,634 | 4,028 | 4,694 | 1,060 | 22.6% | 37.2% | |
| 8 | SCRUBS-TU 9:30PM | ABC | 4,563 | 5,001 | 5,800 | 1,237 | 21.3% | 35.4% | |
| 9 | SCRUBS-TU 9PM | ABC | 4,662 | 5,090 | 5,836 | 1,174 | 20.1% | 36.5% | |
| 10 | SUPERNATURAL | CW | 3,267 | 3,598 | 4,084 | 817 | 20.0% | 40.5% | |
| 11 | AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY | FOX | 22,247 | 25,567 | 27,096 | 4,849 | 17.9% | 68.5% | |
| 12 | GAME, THE | CW | 1,708 | 1,835 | 2,080 | 372 | 17.9% | 34.1% | |
| 13 | LIFE ON MARS | ABC | P | 5,879 | 6,239 | 7,144 | 1,265 | 17.7% | 28.5% |
| 14 | KNIGHT RIDER | NBC | 5,745 | 6,261 | 6,901 | 1,156 | 16.8% | 44.6% | |
| 15 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 24,536 | 27,385 | 29,134 | 4,598 | 15.8% | 62.0% | |
| 16 | HELL'S KITCHEN | FOX | P | 9,923 | 10,870 | 11,777 | 1,854 | 15.7% | 51.1% |
| 17 | CSI | CBS | 18,909 | 20,199 | 22,265 | 3,356 | 15.1% | 38.4% | |
| 18 | 13 - FEAR IS REAL | CW | 815 | 879 | 958 | 143 | 14.9% | 44.8% | |
| 19 | LAW AND ORDER | NBC | 8,523 | 8,991 | 9,977 | 1,454 | 14.6% | 32.2% | |
| 20 | BIGGEST LOSER 7 | NBC | 10,054 | 11,087 | 11,764 | 1,710 | 14.5% | 60.4% |
This is not the ‘Lost’ premiere. That was already posted in the January 19-25.
…post.
took it out of the headline, thanks.
where’s Heroes? Don’t tell me it lost it’s DVR following.
its, sorry bad grammar on my part.
oops, it’s for week ending feb 1st, maybe I should actually read the article sometimes
trust me, i’m the last person to get on anyone about its vs. it’s typos :-p
to johnthemon,
Heroes premiered February 2nd. This chart is through February 1st, Heroes Volume Premiere DVR data will be posted next week
Damn 24 is pretty damn high. Counting DVR numbers, this season looks like its gonna be the highest rated
Ant this season is not going to be 24 highest rated: season five got like 13.78mil.
I said in terms of DVR numbers the viewers jump up to 13m so counting all the DVR viewers, it is around that mark
Will you be getting info. for “The Office” at a later date?
Matt, very doubtful.