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| Total Viewers (million) | 10.3 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 1.8 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 2.3/7 |
James Hibberd reports that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles dropped to 3.0 million viewers and a 1.0/4 (rating/share) in the 18-49 demographic. Despite whipping the fandoms into a frenzy earlier this week when he gushed over TSCC's DVR numbers, Hibberd is now pronouncing TSCC dead himself.
Dollhouse dropped yet again as well, last night it drew 3.5 million and a 1.5/5. Only a miracle is going to save Dollhouse, but a slightly lesser miracle is necessary than with TSCC, as Dollhouse's 18-49 numbers are 50% better than TSCC's.
I'll update this post with all the Friday night broadcast shows when I see the data. (update: I've updated with some of the additional data below).
Full details:
coming soon, sooner or later (looks like later, but have posted an incomplete table below):
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | Ghost Whisperer | 11.1 | 2.6/9 |
| ABC | Wife Swap | 4.2 | 1.3/5 | |
| NBC | Howie Do It | 4.12 | 1.1/4 | |
| FOX | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | 2.96 | 1.0/4 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model (R) 8p-10p(?) | 1.76 | 0.7/2 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | Howie Do It (R) | 4.09 | 1.2/4 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Flashpoint | 9.8 | 2.0/6 |
| ABC | 20/20 (9pm-11p) | 8.4 | 2.0/6 | |
| NBC | Friday Night Lights | 3.8 | 1.2/4 | |
| FOX | Dollhouse | 3.55 | 1.5/5 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | Numb3rs | 10.0 | 2.3/7 |
| NBC | Dateline | 4.8 | 1.3/4 |
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.
ouch…
Maybe the CW need a hit show. @ 3 mill a night, it sounds like CW material XD
I’m sure these two shows will get another season… HAHAHA
Robert, Dollhouse drew 3.5 in the demo – not overall. As far as I read it.
gossi, The wording is a little odd, but the 3.5 million is overall.
you read it wrong, gossi. 3.5 million viewers and a 1.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
Fox should remove terminator immediatley and put House reruns in it’s slot to at least give Dollhouse a decent chance of survival:(
I do love terminator but Dollhouse is being treated unfairly having it as a lead in:|
gossi, 3.5 million viewers.. in 18-49 is only 1.5
Is it, though? I haven’t seen overall numbers elsewhere. He’s specifically talking about the demo numbers there.
Yeah, 3.5 in demos maybe in Whedon’s dreams. With these numbers i would pull these shows immediately. Those numbers really affect FOX’s overall averages
no, gossi, sorry but he’s not. Just like with Friday Night Lights he means 3.8 million viewers overall and a 1.2/4 in the demographic. 3.5 million 18-49 viewers would’ve meant Dollhouse IMPROVED, not dropped another tenth.
Sorry, I got it wrong.
Dollhouse has lost just over 25% of it’s live audience since launch, then.
It’s 3.5 million viewers, 1.5 in the demo for Dollhouse. Still going down. I know I am going to enjoy seeing the whedonites spin these numbers.
yep, with 18-49s, it has lost 25% of its live plus same day DVR viewers since the premiere.
I wonder myNetworkTV was third last night? (behind CBS/ABC)
Wow, Josh Friedman really should be banned from television for the rest of his life. He drove away too many viewers with his Sarah arc, the show simply cannot recover from that.
The last episode of TSSC was pretty good, in my opinion at least. A shame no one watches it any longer, I think the show will end pretty well.
I like the show(dollhouse) but depending on c3 ratings it could escape cancellation, this is unlikely. If next week it falls further I wouldn’t be surprised if Fox removed both shows.
cool, Would MNTV be third due to Smackdown?
Wow. Surprised Dollhouse’s demo didn’t drop more considering how many viewers it lost. Sad about TSCC. Everyone must have been out seeing Watchmen.
As a Whedonite, I see no way of spinning them. The numbers are bad. I do believe that C3 might look promising and the nice DVR numbers are a (very small) step in the right direction, but Dollhouse needs to start gaining viewers, not losing them. I don’t think it can survive without at least a 1.7 or 1.8 season average in the demo, hoping that commercial viewing is really as good as some people claim it to be. But yeah: We are in need of some miracle here, no doubt about it.
I’m waiting to hear the rest of the numbers. Did the demo suffer altogether? On every network?
Yeah, let’s blame the movies