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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 6.2/16 | 3.6/10 | 3.2/9 | 2.0/6 | 1.5/4 | 0.9/2 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 4.8/15 | 2.9/9 | 2.1/7 | 1.5/5 | 1.6/5 | 1.1/3 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 16.538 | 9.252 | 14.906 | 7.825 | 3.863 | 1.892 |
Tuesday ratings have become boringly predictable. Fox wins with American Idol and Fringe. NBC finishes a solid second with Law & Order: SVU. CBS is a credible third, while ABC gets crushed. The finale of Better off Ted drew a pitiful 1.2 18-49 demo rating. Call the undertaker.
Fox's numbers again for the night were nearly identical to the previous Tuesday's TV ratings, but American Idol was up a few ticks in each demo, while Fringe was nearly identical slipped a few. Let the "Fringe is or isn't a hit" nitpicking begin! Those involved in the show don't care about your silly arguments, Fringe has already been renewed for a full season.
Everybody else was very close to last Tuesday's numbers as well. NBC was down a couple ticks overall, no Hilary Duff on Law & Order: SVU perhaps. CBS was identical overall for the night. ABC was up a tick in 18-34, and wishes TV viewing could just skip directly from Monday night to Wednesday. Their awful Tuesday's cannot end soon enough. The CW was up a tick in each demo vs. last Tuesday.
It's likely that the numbers for the first half hours of Fringe and Cupid have a few minutes of viewership from Idol and Dancing in them. Those will be removed in the final numbers.
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 | 8.1 | 23 | 6.1 | 19 | 22.638 |
| CBS | NCIS | 3.4 | 9 | 2.3 | 7 | 16.276 | |
| NBC | Biggest Loser: Couples | 3.0 | 9 | 2.5 | 8 | 8.053 | |
| ABC | Scrubs | 1.5 | 4 | 1.5 | 5 | 3.830 | |
| UNI | Cuidado con el Angel | 1.4 | 4 | 1.5 | 5 | 3.772 | |
| CW | Reaper | 0.8 | 2 | 0.9 | 3 | 1.900 | |
| 8:00 | ABC | Better Off Ted (finale) | 1.2 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.217 |
| 9:00 | FOX | Fringe | 4.3 | 11 | 3.5 | 10 | 10.438 |
| NBC | Biggest Loser: Couples | 4.0 | 10 | 3.2 | 9 | 9.912 | |
| CBS | The Mentalist | 3.6 | 9 | 2.5 | 7 | 16.508 | |
| ABC | Dancing with the Stars: Results | 3.1 | 8 | 2.0 | 6 | 14.270 | |
| UNI | Mañana Es Para Siempre | 1.9 | 5 | 2.1 | 6 | 4.665 | |
| CW | 90210 | 1.0 | 2 | 1.4 | 4 | 1.885 | |
| 10:00 | NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 3.7 | 10 | 2.9 | 9 | 9.791 |
| CBS | Without A Trace | 2.6 | 7 | 1.6 | 5 | 11.933 | |
| ABC | Cupid | 1.7 | 5 | 1.3 | 4 | 5.682 | |
| UNI | Aqui y Ahora | 1.3 | 4 | 1.2 | 4 | 3.151 |
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RIP scrubs.
Poor Ted. Saw some potential in that show. Guess it would be a miracle for the 2nd season to happen.
well i watched when Hilary (one L by the way) was on SVU and did not watch this week and i know im not the only one
To be fair to Better Off Ted, it aired on a tuesday after being bumped by Obama’s speech by a week.
looks like Fringe was a 3.8 in the finals.
True. Samantha Who? had it worse though. First week back, it was up against Idol. The second week, it was against an ER finale. By their third week, it was hard for the show to recover in ratings.
Still, Ted had a really unfair timeslot for their finale.
Damn, too bad Better Off Ted is gonna get the Ax. What is it with ABC canceling really funny sitcoms? Scrubs, Better Off Ted, and last year with Carpool (or something along those lines). That carpool show was freakin’ halarious!
Forgive my babbling mood, but it is what it is today. I try if in TV mode to find one show maybe an hour I can stand. Often, Scrubs in syndication has fit the bill. Give it up – w/o it, you may well not have had Arressted Dev, Office, 30 Rock. If the sitcom comes back from the ” dead,” and I think it has a chance, like a positive domino effect, it will be partly because of Scrubs. Oh, yeah, its funny how the mainstream entertainment media hails Mentalist as a big hit, and I suppose it is, but its 18-49 numbers are just in the middle of the pack.
Scrubs will not be brought back at these ratings points…and after watching the finale i am glad…it was a tremendous end to the series
Bravo to Bill Lawrence and crew
I don’t like that final Fringe number, 3.8. That’s a hell of a slip from 4.3! Can that be correct?
Given that this week’s episode was excellent, and the finale is next week, I suspect crappy Neilsen data.
I’d be expecting better figures after all that delay from Nielsen, especially for the Sunday data. I’m glad that Castle figures went up though, even if it was after DWTS.
Why is reaper getting cancelled? It gets better ratings than 90210 despite being up against american idol. But loses alot in the demos to idol. It is also ok in the Renew/Cancel index.
Who are the extra viewers it gets over 90210, are they -18 or 49+
It’s a shame Scrubs was so low. I watched the finale and I really though it was a great way for the show to say goodbye. It’s definitely better than the way NBC bid it farewell!
And yes I know this isn’t the Finale’s ratings but I don’t see the numbers for that being much better
and wednesday????????
RSH, It depends on how much Idol overrun there was. If the early numbers include 3-4 minutes of Idol, than a 0.5 drop isn’t all that odd. That happens to all the 10 pm ABC shows since they plan a 2 minute overrun every night (well, except Friday and Saturday).
Another good program canned no doubt. Better off Ted could of been the best comedy around, but people just don’t get different. They like stupid, but funny as I watch it, comedy’s like Two and a Half Men. These type of shows will never stick around. Surprised Arrested Development last three seasons.
David, I’m not saying I agree with the CW’s exclusive focus on women 18-34, but it is what it is.
By that measure, 90210′s (2.0 rating women 18-34) is kicking Reaper’s ass (0.8 rating women 18-34).
Wednesday ratings will be out on Friday morning this week.
Nath I think NBC is the only network that can pull off something like Better Off Ted. ABC tried it but I don’t think that kind of Comedy fits with ABC’s brand.