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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.3/9 | 3.1/9 | 2.7/8 | 2.6/7 | 1.6/4 | 1.2/3 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 3.1/10 | 1.8/5 | 2.6/8 | 2.0/6 | 1.8/5 | 1.2/4 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 9.19 | 11.01 | 6.73 | 7.54 | 4.06 | 2.91 |
The return of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice helped ABC to a narrow win on a closely contested Thursday night. Newcomers Parks & Recreation, Southland and Harper's Island were all down from last week.
The big shows got hammered last night. Grey's Anatomy, Survivor: Tocantins, and CSI all had or matched their lowest original show 18-49 demo ratings, ever. And The Office had its lowest 18-49 demo rating this season for its regular timeslot.
My Name is Earl was 15% below its original show average this year. Parks and Recreation ratings continued to fall (3.0>2.5>2.3), as did Southland (3.2>3.0>2.5). Hell's Kitchen was well below its season average 18-49 rating of 3.8. And Bones went very low, hitting just a 2.15 18-49 demo rating.
For reference you can check out past Thursday night fast affiliate ratings reports here.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | 18-34 Rating | 18-34 Share | Viewers Live+SD (Millons) |
| 8:00 | CBS | Survivor: Tocantins | 3.2 | 11 | 1.9 | 7 | 10.717 |
| NBC | My Name is Earl | 2.2 | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 5.497 | |
| FOX | Bones | 2.0 | 7 | 1.4 | 5 | 7.724 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (repeat) | 1.3 | 4 | 1.1 | 4 | 4.644 | |
| CW | Smallville | 1.3 | 4 | 1.3 | 5 | 3.011 | |
| UNI | Cuidado con el Angel | 1.3 | 4 | 1.4 | 5 | 3.544 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Survivor: Tocantins | 3.9 | 12 | 2.2 | 7 | 12.047 |
| FOX | Bones | 2.3 | 7 | 1.6 | 5 | 8.720 | |
| NBC | Parks and Recreation | 2.3 | 7 | 2.4 | 8 | 5.235 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (repeat) | 1.7 | 5 | 1.7 | 6 | 5.597 | |
| UNI | Cuidado con el Angel | 1.4 | 4 | 1.6 | 5 | 3.810 | |
| CW | Smallville | 1.3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 3.099 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 4.6 | 12 | 4.5 | 13 | 12.554 |
| NBC | The Office | 3.7 | 10 | 4.0 | 12 | 7.213 | |
| CBS | CSI | 3.5 | 9 | 1.9 | 5 | 14.021 | |
| FOX | Hell's Kitchen | 2.8 | 7 | 2.2 | 6 | 6.615 | |
| UNI | Manana Es para Siempre | 1.7 | 5 | 1.8 | 5 | 4.426 | |
| CW | Supernatural | 1.1 | 3 | 1.1 | 3 | 2.737 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 5.2 | 13 | 4.9 | 14 | 13.881 |
| CBS | CSI | 3.7 | 9 | 2.1 | 6 | 14.881 | |
| FOX | Hell's Kitchen | 3.2 | 8 | 2.5 | 7 | 7.081 | |
| NBC | 30 Rock | 3.1 | 8 | 3.2 | 9 | 6.346 | |
| UNI | Manana Es para Siempre | 1.9 | 5 | 2.1 | 6 | 4.747 | |
| CW | Supernatural | 1.2 | 3 | 1.2 | 3 | 2.777 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | Private Practice | 3.6 | 10 | 3.2 | 10 | 9.748 |
| NBC | Southland | 2.5 | 7 | 2.0 | 6 | 8.083 | |
| CBS | Harper's Island | 2.2 | 6 | 1.4 | 4 | 8.144 | |
| UNI | Mujeres Asesinas (premiere) | 1.7 | 5 | 1.9 | 6 | 4.194 | |
| 10:30 | ABC | Private Practice | 3.1 | 9 | 2.8 | 9 | 8.719 |
| NBC | Southland | 2.4 | 7 | 1.9 | 6 | 7.984 | |
| CBS | Harper's Island | 1.8 | 5 | 1.2 | 4 | 6.809 | |
| UNI | Mujeres Asesinas (premiere) | 1.5 | 4 | 1.6 | 5 | 3.621 |
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Shows are sorted from highest 18-49 rating to lowest in each time slot.
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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 and Numbers 102.
Wow everything seemed to take a big hit. The CW had to have it’s worst Thursday in a long time for new episodes. Even THE OFFICE at 3.7 isn’t that hot.
Oh my goodness, I’m surprised at how much Parks&Rec and Southland dropped! Is NBC forbidden from having a hit show?
When you see shows across the board losing their viewers like that (partially because of the nicer weather), it really makes you appreciate when a show is able to retain or marginally increase the number of viewers week-over-week. I’d point out which show I’m referencing but I’m sure 100 people will fill-in-the-blanks for me.
I thought Southland would hold up a little better than that.
wow, the office beat CSI in adults 18-49 and doubled the 18-34 rating with only half the viewers…again. Awesome.
WOW Southland dropped hard. Maybe NBC will consider renewing both it and Chuck since there’s only a .2 point difference. But that sure sucks for Southland if they can’t rebound from that.
What hits me in the eye first is that PP slipped in the half hour from 3.4 to 3.1 and Southland from whatever to whatever, .1 point. ( Grey’s gained from 4.6 to 5.1, so PP by the time the cows came home lost two whole points from the leadin.) The story is 18-49 viewers leaving the sinking network ship after ten. Obviously, PP and B and S will have inflated ratings against Leno both overall and in the demo, and ABC will be a solid … number three. One cheer and yay chief for that behemoth Disney.
Looks like reality shows are the only broadcast shows that pull the big numbers anymore. That’s unfortunate for the scripted
As predicted, Southland dropped like a rock once it faced competition. Turns out this isn’t as big a hit that NBC was hoping for after all.
Grey’s was back, but its numbers arn’t that strong!
Bad day for southland and NBC in general is not a great idea to keep so many shows on bubble and for so long time people doesnt want to take the risk even with new shows
chuck is in the toughest time slot but it is better than parks and recreation
Bones gained a million viewers at the 8:30 hour?
It’s MUJERES Asesinas, with a J. Good show.
Well, Harper’s Island keeps sinking and CSI can’t get higher than 15 m.
Well, Bones got a million viewers more. That’s nice. It’s a great show.
Again CBS should have repeats of EH instead of HI.
Woah, what’s with Bones? Are people getting ed up with the overabundance of it or are they trying to make Lie to Me look a little better?
Nice job predicting “Parks” and SOUTHLAND as safe new hits. I called this trend last week and this week and it will continue. CHUCK is also picked up for a third season. Ask Nick C how I know that if he even has any inside information.
I tried to watch P&R again last night and it is just not funny. I did not laugh once. As for Southland it is comforting to know that Chuck and Southland are pulling the same Demos when Southland has much less competition to face than Chuck.
But wow Private Practice killed it.
I knew once the shows came back from reruns Southland and P&R would slip. P&R is just not funny. Lets go Chuck! Go to Subway on Monday and watch Chuck.
Anthony, actually the half hour numbers for Chuck may look better than Southland. Someone check my work, but I think Chuck rose from a 2.2 to a 2.5. Not sure about 18-34 demo though, but Chuck averaged 1.9.
I’m not too surprised about P&R. A lot of people said they’d give it another episode or two and if the quality didn’t improve, they’d abandon ship. Apparently that is what is happening. Southland’s drop is definitely more surprising. The show’s tone is obviously much more gritty and serious than most of TV fare. Not sure if that is a detriment or not, but it could be.
wow Everything is down.