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| Total Viewers (million) | 8.36 | 5.60 | 4.60 | 3.89 | 1.52 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 2.9/9 | 1.7/5 | 1.3/4 | 1.4/4 | 0.6/2 |
CBS easily won the night with the NCAA Basketball averaging 8.36 million viewers and a 2.9 rating with adults 18-49. Please keep in mind that coverage of live events is especially subject to change in the final numbers.
Predictions of Dollhouse getting crushed did not come to pass. The much-anticipated sixth episode finally arrived and performed similarly to last week when it had 4.3 million and a 1.6 rating with 18-49s. Last night it had 4.13 million and a 1.5/5 (rating/share) with adults 18-49. It doesn't look like either the basketball or the the Battlestar Galactica finale (and we probably won't see its numbers until Tuesday the BSG season finale averaged 2.4 million viewers, the most since the season 2.5 premiere) had much of an impact on Dollhouse.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles actually added viewers from last week when it averaged 3.5 million and a 1.2/4 with adults 18-40 to 3.65 million and a 1.3/5 last night.
Previous Friday night overnight reports are available for comparisons.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament 8p-11p | 8.36 | 2.9/9 |
| ABC | Wife Swap | 4.85 | 1.6/6 | |
| NBC | Howie Do It | 3.89 | 1.0/4 | |
| FOX | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | 3.65 | 1.3/5 | |
| CW | Everybody Hates Chris | 1.59 | 0.6/2 | |
| 8:30 | CW | The Game | 1.66 | 0.7/2 |
| 9:00 | ABC | Supernanny | 5.34 | 1.6/5 |
| FOX | Dollhouse | 4.13 | 1.5/5 | |
| NBC | Friday Night Lights | 3.84 | 1.2/4 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model (R) | 1.42 | 0.6/2 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | 20/20 | 6.63 | 1.8/6 |
| NBC | Dateline | 6.07 | 1.7/6 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot.
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. Source Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
Definitions:
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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.
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So much for rating juggernaut BSG hitting Dollhouse this week.
Do I get to say I told you so now?
people will spin the numbers of Dollhouse in 3….2…1
I’m an FNL fan and normally watch on widescreen. Last night I saw it standard 4×3. Why does NBC not letterbox it like every other drama they have?? You could see NOTHING 4×3 cropped. If I were a first-time viewer, I woulda tuned right out.
Not too shabby. After last night, Dollhouse is starting to get REALLY good now.
How is 4.13 million viewers better than last week?
I didn’t say it was better. I said it was similar. I said TSCC was higher, because it was
It kind of is better though. Dollhouse did better than FNL this week.
I hate how each time the Friday ratings are posted it is seems all that is talked about is T:SCC and Dollhouse. There is other things in the ratings to talk about then these two loser shows.
Gee, isn’t 8.36 million viewers less than CBS normally gets on Friday?
RJ, like?
RJ, if you want to talk about something else then why not do it, instead of adding to the discussion you are complaining about?
“Gee, isn’t 8.36 million viewers less than CBS normally gets on Friday?”
The demo is up though.
Andrew, but a 2.9 demo is far more than they usually get. And that’s what matters.
How is 4.13 million viewers more impressive than last week?
And don’t think that photo went overlooked.
Damn you Cleveland State!
can everybody against the show shut up and download the episode 6 ”man on the street”? now u’ll be satisfied about the plot and understand what ‘dollhouse’ really is. i think the show is going to improve its rating next week without BSG and flashpoint, next episode looks amazing!!!!!!!!!
I don’t think NCAA would have really made much difference to Dollhouse’s figures.
The much heralded Episode 6 was pretty good though, and I’d be curious to know if word-of-mouth leads to higher ratings next week. If the show continues in the spirit of Episode 6, then I’m going to be one unhappy bunny when Fox announces the show’s inevitable cancellation.
T:SCC was surprisingly good too, perhaps if we’d had episodes like that most of the year the show would have lived to see Season 3. I cannot for the life of me figure out how the makers of T:SCC managed to screw it up this badly.
Y total viewers are meaningless.
Regardless of that no one has said it was in anyway, shape or form more impressive.
Awesome — woo hoo!! Dollhouse is doing just fine. And with the DVR it hits 5 mil. So yeah too bad for all you haters.
wow…
your telling me that FOX, the successful network that it is is gonna renew a 4.13/1.5 show, and NBC, the mess that it is, wont renew a show with 6.1/2.0?
sorry guys but I just cant see fox renewing dollhouse