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| Total Viewers (million) | 8.13 | 5.53 | 4.46 | 4.03 | 1.04 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 1.7/6 | 1.7/5 | 1.3/4 | 1.5/5 | 0.4/1 |
Last night's Dollhouse drew 4.2 million and 1.7/7, down from last week when it drew 4.7 million and a 2.0 rating with adults 18-49, and notably this was against repeats on the CBS lineup. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles did not drop too much from last week, averaging 3.8 million and a 1.3 rating with 18-49s, but last week it was already very low.
Note Marc Berman reports 1.4/5 as the 18-49 demo rating share for TSCC. Hibberd reported a 1.3/5 earlier -- I've gone with Berman's number in the table below, I'm using Hibberd's number because it makes more sense as far as the night's averages for FOX. I won't see the actual report until Monday, I'm not sure which is the right number, but either way it's bad! Though as Bill notes in the comments, not so bad that it would likely get yanked before finishing its run.
Despite the repeats, CBS won the night both overall and with 18-49s and ABC was in second. NBC was third among viewers and fourth among 18-49s, and it was the opposite for FOX which was fourth overall and third among 18-49 year olds.
Show data table now included. Here are last Friday's overnight numbers.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | Ghost Whisperer (R) | 8.35 | 1.9/6 |
| ABC | Wife Swap (R) | 4.09 | 1.4/4 | |
| NBC | Howie Do It | 3.97 | 1.1/4 | |
| FOX | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | 3.84 | 1.3/5 | |
| CW | Everybody Hates Chris | 1.42 | 0.5/2 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | Howie Do It (R) | 3.82 | 1.2/4 |
| CW | The Game | 1.18 | 0.5/2 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Flashpoint (R) | 8.06 | 1.7/5 |
| ABC | Supernanny | 5.25 | 1.8/6 | |
| FOX | Dollhouse | 4.22 | 1.7/5 | |
| NBC | Friday Night Lights | 3.93 | 1.4/4 | |
| CW | 13: Fear is Real | 0.79 | 0.4/1 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | Numb3rs(R) | 7.99 | 1.7/5 |
| ABC | 20/20 | 7.27 | 2.0/6 | |
| NBC | Dateline | 5.57 | 1.6/5 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot.
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. Source Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
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.
Dollhouse actually held up better than I was expecting, considering the WOM it seemed to be getting. Nick C. claims that it is still good for a second season at 1.7 (at least I think that’s what he said) so we’ll see if it can keep this up.
No… TSCC! I going to cry…
Is this a joke Julia? Maybe CW would renew a show with those numbers. It’s time to face reality brutal as it is
Julia, please stop editing the post now, so I can update it!
DH numbers are similar to those for Don’t Forget The Lyrics, but the game show is cheaper to produce.
I’m not! It wouldn’t let me in. Just make sure to change it to Friday.
Robert, I’m just going by what Nick said.
NOOOO!!!!!! DOLLHOUSE IS AN AMAZING SHOW please no
I think a demo 1.3 is within the “keep it on for the rest of the season” range for TSCC.
TSCC is definitely over after season 2, but will we even see all the episodes? On the DVD sure, but on Fox?
I’m very sad about this, but I can accept the reality that these numbers are simply bad.
Thats not bad considering Dollhouse is on Fridays but for the people who did miss it, you didn’t watch an amazing episode but when you watch it online you will know why you should keep watching Dollhouse !
I feel bad for Joss Whedon. The guy has the worst luck ever and can’t get a break. He’s a brillant guy and has a hardcore fanbase but his shows never last.
at least TSCC didnt drop. i was expecting 3 million. at least it was closer to 4.
Don’t you mean friday ratings?
ohhhhhh.
I actually thought that Dollhouse was much better last night, and I liked it. I really hoped that people would give the show more of a chance instead of just watching one episode and giving up hope.
Wait, this is fabulous news about Dollhouse. Some of you are just looking at it the wrong way. This means that it will cancelled soon, and then Joss Whedon can do something—-anything—-else. I can’t wait for whatever he does next. You may think I am being facetious, but I am a huge fan of his, and I am bummed this show blows. This quicker it is cancelled, the quicker he moves on to something that cannot help but be significantly better.
Stop watching Dollhouse now!!! Free Joss Whedon!!!
Excuse me now while I go watch my Firefly DVDs.
Joss is a overrated crap
except Firefly (which i liked) all his other shows are Below average and are meant for teenage audience who dream about vampires falling in love and stuff LOL
Plain stupid
I thought Dollhuse last night was really good. It was Much better than the pilot. I hope it builds on it’s audience in the next couple weeks. From what I read ,the show gets much better in quality from here on out.
How ironic is it that T:SCC does a episode about a funeral, and the ratings last night put the final nail in the coffin for the show? lol
Bye Bye Dollhouse
i would never understand what is so much to like in Whedon’s shows ???
Buffy – Tried to watch it..but felt like watching a Low budget B movie with Horrible acting
Firefly – Good… but not good enuf