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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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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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