| Scoreboard |  |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.5/9 | 3.0/8 | 2.8/7 | 2.6/7 | 1.7/4 | 0.5/1 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 2.5/7 | 2.0/6 | 2.3/7 | 2.2/6 | 1.7/5 | 0.5/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 14.76 | 9.18 | 9.33 | 6.59 | 4.20 | 1.12 |
PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SERVER ISSUES I HAVE THE COMMENTS TURNED OFF FOR NOW. WE'RE VERY SORRY ABOUT THE SITE OUTAGE. Perhaps its throwing caution to the wind, but I have turned them back on for the overnight post for now.
Also, we're aware Chuck didn't air locally in the Cleveland market last night and was bumped for a special. We don't think that will make very much difference for the national numbers at all, and in these preliminary numbers below, viewers who watched the special would've been counted in Chuck's numbers anyway.
ABC won the night both across the board taking victories in both age demographics and in total viewers. With a lineup of reruns, CBS still managed to come in second with adults 18-49
What about Chuck? Chuck's adults 18-49 numbers were the same as last week, a 2.3 adults 18-49 rating, and in the prior week it averaged a 2.1/5. Up against CBS comedy repeats and Bones (instead of House) last night some were hopeful Chuck would pick up some steam, but there were many who were figuring the numbers wouldn't change much (myself included). Great episode, though!
Heroes had a 3.0 rating with adults 18-49, last week had a 3.2 rating with adults 18-49, rebounding from the previous week's series low when it had a 2.6.
At 10pm, CBS ran a repeat episode of The Mentalist. CBS is also moving NCIS and The Mentalist an hour later tonight and The Mentalist will again air at 10pm. It's enough to give one the idea CBS is really interested in seeing how The Mentalist would do at 10pm. But there's nothing to be made of the rerun's results.
But the repeat on CBS was at least a little good news for Castle fans, it rose to a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating. Last week Castle pulled a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating (before dropping to 1.9 in the final numbers). Figure that due to a minute or two of Dancing with the Stars overrun it could go down a tenth again in the final numbers
The Monday night airing of Bones pulled a 2.5 rating with the 18-49s while 24 pulled a 3.2 rating.
After a two week run of repeats a new Gossip Girl ranked second with women 18-34 (2.7 rating) trailing only Dancing with the Stars and CW was second in that demo for the night.
Surviving Suburbia's 2.6 wasn't far from last week when it had 2.8 rating with adults 18-49.
I'll update this post with data tables soon (before 9:45AM PT) but I wanted to get something up before then...
Previous Monday overnight reports are available for comparison.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Share | 18-34 Rating/Share | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 4.4/12 | 3.3/10 | 19.46 |
| CBS | The Big Bang Theory (Repeat) | 2.8/8 | 1.9/6 | 7.65 | |
| FOX | Bones | 2.5/7 | 2.1/6 | 8.38 | |
| NBC | Chuck | 2.3/6 | 1.9/6 | 6.05 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl | 1.2/3 | 1.7/5 | 2.36 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | How I Met Your Mother (Repeat) | 2.7/7 | 2.0/6 | 6.60 |
| 9:00 | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 5.2/13 | 3.6/10 | 21.93 |
| CBS | Two and a Half Men (Repeat) | 3.9/10 | 2.6/7 | 11.41 | |
| FOX | 24 | 3.2/8 | 2.6/7 | 10.28 | |
| NBC | Heroes | 3.0/7 | 3.1/8 | 6.34 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill | 1.2/3 | 1.6/4 | 2.42 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | Rules of Engagement | 3.8/9 | 2.2/6 | 10.59 |
| ABC | Surviving Suburbia | 2.6/6 | 2.0/5 | 10.86 | |
| 10:00 | NBC | Medium | 2.6/7 | 1.7/5 | 7.36 |
| CBS | The Mentalist (Repeat) | 2.5/7 | 1.7/5 | 9.43 | |
| ABC | Castle | 2.2/6 | 1.7/5 | 8.44 |
Shows are sorted by 18-49 rating in each time slot.
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2009 The Nielsen Company.
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.
I was hoping to see Chuck go up a point or two. Will numbers change with dvr viewing much?
Gahhh, last night was the most epic episode of Chuck ever! Yeah, at least the ratings didn’t go down, but still, I’m disappointed that they didn’t go up at all. :/
i wouldnt count on it…
nuts.
BTW rob, did you mean to have the whole thing bolded?
I was hoping Chuck would go up at least to a 2.4. Maybe DVR numbers can push it up a bit? What was the total viewership?
Ah, that sucks. I’m sure the Chuck haters will be out in force and gloating today. Can’t say the core fans didn’t try.
Yeah, I’m surprised Chuck didn’t go up at all – I’m not sure an episode can get much better than that. Although I guess a good episode could (theoretically) help the next week’s numbers?
More proof that ratings does not equal quality. Chuck is getting really good and deserves better ratings.
What a bummer and such a great episode.
So it’s the series finale next week?
cw demos and viewers are wrong at the top?
I just still can’t believe that 19 MILLION PEOPLE watch Dancing with the Stars. Unbelievable.
Lol Astral Weeks you’re jumping to conclusions. Chuck is in the same 50/50 boat as it was a week ago.
I really don’t see why people are dissapointed or surprised that Chuck didn’t go up. It’s the end of the season. New viewers aren’t going to tune in to see the last couple of episodes of a season, regardless of competition or promotion.
Robert, do you have the half hour data for Chuck and Castle? Also, Chuck creeping up a .1 from last week in the 18-34 demo even with less total viewers, now a 1.9, which beat Medium…any idea if the final numbers will move higher?
Nice to see Castle go up but still not enough to save it.
I agree with Jon L…
Fox really need the House tank on monday’s… Bones and 24 would never get them to victory. DWTS was a litlle bit stronger, without House to stole the demos.
Do anybody know why Fox aired like 3 bones episodes in 6 days? And why monday?
Quality doesnt necessarily mean good ratings? No kidding. What else is new? American Idol is #1. Nuff said.
Of course “quality” means different things to different people. To some CSI is a quality show while Chuck is crap. To others its the opposite, to still others both shows are quality shows and they watch both.
Bottom line is shows need to have enough viewers to justify their budgets and their existence. Quality shows tend to require larger budgets due to higher costs, which is why so many die and cheap reality shows persist.
I think the most notable thing last night is just how well Rules of Engagement held the repeat audience of 2.5 Men.
FrankJ, sorry, can’t help with that right now…
Can anyone tell me if the ratings have anything else in them besides Nielson families? I know at least 15 people who watch Chuck but don’t have a Cable box and have never been a Nielson family. This system seems a bit flawed. Also, notice Chuck went down in ratings once NBC put them on hiatus for 2 months in December and January. That gave other shows a window to hook viewers away. NBC is the worst network on TV!
Robert, you agree with Jon L. about this not affecting Chuck’s chances, but do you agree with him about why it didn’t increase? Because your post yesterday didn’t seem to imply that that would be a reason it wouldn’t increase.