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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 6.3/16 | 3.3/9 | 3.2/8 | 2.1/5 | 1.8/5 | 1.0/3 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 5.0/14 | 2.1/6 | 2.6/7 | 1.7/5 | 1.9/5 | 1.1/3 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 16.975 | 15.504 | 8.376 | 8.377 | 4.482 | 2.209 |
As expected, American Idol driven Fox dominated the night, its 6.3 rating for adults 18-49 nearly doubling that of the nearest competition. The return of Fringe seemed to be about at the level of its last new episode in early February. CBS nipped NBC for second overall in the 18-49 demo for the night with a 3.3 rating. ABC's Tuesday woes continued, as the second episode of Cupid fell to a cancel worthy 1.8 demo rating.
American Idol's first hour was down 0.6 demo ratings points from last week. NCIS gained two ticks in the 18-49 demo. Reaper, now with a "Help Wanted, Producer" sign out, dropped a tick in the 18-49 demo and two in the 18-34 demo.
It's hard to directly compare last night's Fringe with its last outing on February 10, but looking just at the second half hour of each night (which was all Fringe), it was just about even. Dancing with the Stars picked up a bit from last week in the 18-49 demo, but Biggest Loser and Mentalist were down. CW's 90210 was about even.
Cupid's second outing was dismal, pulling just a 1.8 18-49 demo rating. We've had some retentionista boosting of the show recently in our comments. In my best Edward G. Robinson (Ten Commandments) voice, "Where's your retention now?". The show's doomed. Law & Order: SVU and Without A Trace were both down from last week.
You can see past Tuesday overnight TV ratings reports here.
Full details:
| 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | 18-34 Rating | 18-34 Share | Viewers Live+SD (000) | |||
| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol | 7.9 | 21 | 6.3 | 19 | 21.987 |
| CBS | NCIS | 3.6 | 10 | 2.1 | 6 | 17.554 | |
| NBC | Biggest Loser: Couples | 2.6 | 7 | 2.1 | 6 | 7.004 | |
| UNI | Cuidado con el Angel | 1.8 | 5 | 1.9 | 6 | 4.669 | |
| ABC | Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown | 1.3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 4.565 | |
| CW | Reaper | 0.9 | 2 | 0.8 | 3 | 2.284 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | American Idol (:09) / Fringe (:21) | 5.5 | 14 | 4.3 | 12 | 14.343 |
| NBC | Biggest Loser: Couples | 3.7 | 9 | 2.9 | 8 | 9.040 | |
| CBS | The Mentalist | 3.6 | 9 | 2.3 | 6 | 16.754 | |
| ABC | Dancing with the Stars: Results | 3.3 | 8 | 2.5 | 7 | 14.343 | |
| UNI | Mañana Es Para Siempre | 2.1 | 5 | 2.3 | 6 | 5.191 | |
| CW | 90210 | 1.1 | 3 | 1.4 | 4 | 2.135 | |
| 9:30 | FOX | Fringe | 3.8 | 9 | 2.9 | 8 | 9.582 |
| 10:00 | NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 3.2 | 9 | 2.7 | 8 | 9.084 |
| CBS | Without A Trace | 2.7 | 7 | 1.7 | 5 | 12.204 | |
| ABC | Cupid | 1.8 | 5 | 1.5 | 4 | 6.224 | |
| UNI | Aqui y Ahora | 1.4 | 4 | 1.6 | 5 | 3.588 |
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DWTS goes up. Cupid goes down. What do the retentionistas say now?
Or I could read the last paragraph of prose before commenting.
Awesome episode of Fringe last night. I’m surprised its numbers were stable after that ridiculously long hiatus.
Marc Berman reports that there was an 8-minute overrun of AI at 9pm.
I think the retentionistas say what we’ve always have been saying: Cancel Cupid.
American Idol’s overrun last night was horrible!
And I hope The CW cancels 90210 fast! What The CW is doing with such a great iconic TV franchise like 90210 is so horrible to see!
WOW fringe stinks considering it had 21 million lead in. Good thing 2 as it is a awful show.
Andrea, he’s (Berman) off by a minute, or an hour. There was an 8 minute overrun of Fringe into 10pm, but nine minutes of Idol into 9pm. Idol= 8p-9:09, Fringe=9:09-10:08
Andrea, and so do I, read the table.
Wow, seems like Fringe didn’t loose any viewers at all… I think it’s the highest rated episode since the beginning of the series. I don’t remember seeing demos that high. Fox is probably really proud. I hope they won’t continue to play with the show like this anymore…
Reaper is still beating 90210 in viewers. That,s a shame it won’t come back for a 3rd season.
Matt, tell that to the comments saying Cupid is in a better position than Castle.
Matt, not all the retentionistas!
So why did ABC get rid of “Boston Legal”?
Andrea: The 9:30 block (which was all Fringe) was 3.8 just like their last airing; Gorman’s analysis is accurate.
Fringe did well considering it’s been on hiatus for ages, I expect it will do 9-10m next week unless Idol overruns again but I think this show is dead cert for a renewal.
The Mentalist was slighly down but NCIS seems to pulls in great ratings against Idol with only 4m between them although the demo is a different story. Cupid is dead and Charlie Brown performed awfully.
wow.. BL got a 1.1 bump in the demos between hrs 1 and two..
djm, a big second hour jump in BL numbers is fairly typical for the show.
dear robert, bill, or etc
Im just wondering how “rescue me” did last night. I understand if you dont have the numbers because it wasnt on basic cable. Im just wondering because it was the season premier, off for over a year, and heavily promoted. I know its not in danger of cancelation but Im still curious how it did after such a long layoff. Thank you for your time and consideration and I apologize in advance for requesting numbers for a show not on basic cable.
matt
matt, we don’t get overnight cable numbers unless a press release touts them. Check back next Tuesday when we get cable numbers for the week.
I think they shouldn’t even have tried again with Cupid. The original was a dud years ago and the new version is boring and predictable, too. The pilot was almost the same script as the original failure! Even if ABC liked the idea, they should have hired people to try an approach that differed from the original dismal failure. I like some of the cast in the new Cupid but not the show itself.
Matt, Rescue Me was on basic cable. But those ratings are not available on a daily basis. If it did well, there will be a press release about it.