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| Rating: Adults 18-49 | 3.9/11 | 3.4/9 | 3.0/8 | 1.6/4 | 1.5/4 | 1.2/3 |
| Rating: Adults 18-34 | 2.7/8 | 2.8/8 | 2.4/7 | 1.6/5 | 1.1/3 | 1.6/5 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 12.16 | 12.18 | 9.24 | 4.16 | 5.39 | 2.43 |
Some delays with seeing all the overnight data for Monday night. But,with Castle and Chuck already renewed for next season, I predict interest in the Monday overnight ratings posts will drop precipitously until the fall anyway.
But here is some 18-49 prose and I'll hopefully get the full show data table up later (now posted, scroll down)...
ABC's Dancing with the Stars final performance show (4.2/12) matched its lowest rated performance show this spring, though still handily bested FOX's 24 the two hour season finale averaged a 3.0/8 among adults 18-49. At 9p, the two-hour premiere of The Bachelorette (3.0/8) improved a tenth over its summer 2008 debut on the same night last year (2.9/7 on 5/19/08).
On CBS, a special Rules of Engagement (2.6/8) was followed by the season finales of How I Met Your Mother (3.7/10) Two and a Half Men (5.2/14) and the regular Rules of Engagement (4.4/11). The CSI: Miami finale drew a 3.8/10
Back-to-back Deal Or No Deal airings drew a 1.2/3 at 8pm and at a 1.5/4 at 9pm. Medium at 10p (1.9/5) delivered its lowest original rating ever...
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 | 4.2/12 | 2.9/9 | 18.66 |
| FOX | 24 (Finale) | 2.9/9 | 2.4/8 | 8.79 | |
| CBS | Rules of Engagement | 2.6/8 | 1.6/6 | 7.49 | |
| NBC | Deal or No Deal | 1.2/4 | 0.9/3 | 4.31 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl (Finale) | 1.1/3 | 1.6/5 | 2.24 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | How I Met Your Mother (Finale) | 3.7/10 | 2.9/9 | 8.69 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Two and a Half Men | 5.2/14 | 3.3/10 | 15.95 |
| ABC | The Bachelorette (Premiere) | 3.1/8 | 2.8/8 | 9.86 | |
| FOX | 24 (Finale) | 3.1/8 | 2.4/7 | 10.06 | |
| NBC | Deal or No Deal | 1.5/4 | 1.1/3 | 5.37 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill | 1.3/3 | 1.7/5 | 2.63 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | Rules of Engagement (Finale) | 4.4/11 | 2.6/7 | 12.81 |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: Miami (Finale) | 3.8/10 | 2.7/8 | 14.02 |
| ABC | The Bachelorette (Premiere) | 2.9/8 | 2.8/8 | 8.02 | |
| NBC | Medium | 1.9/5 | 1.2/4 | 6.50 |
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Shows are sorted by 18-49 rating in each time slot.
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2009 The Nielsen Company.
Definitions:
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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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poor medium
Ouch at the 24 finale – that seems very low.
i don’t understand why cbs don’t like rules of engagement. someone could tell me why?
I think its really because ROE is a very bad show.
CSI Miami did so great. Basketball really did a number on that show that one week where it dropped below 10 million viewers.
Poor for Medium! but with that lead in!!
If CBS put it after Ghost Whispere it would do much better!
ROE is a very bad show is this good retention? ROE is the only with a good retention from TAAHM. in all this years they where playing this show could improved a lot with more stability after half men.
Jesus, with all the promo they get, one would think ‘Gossip Girl’ will have better numbers than ‘One tree hill’…
Guess not. And only 2.24 M viewers for Dawn’s pet… that gotta hurt. :evilsmile:
ouch 24 was low but it was amazing hopes it gets back on its game next season
I meant that CBS would care more about ROE if it were creatively better.
LOL
On a night with high-profile shows CBS had the best adults 18-34 demo with Twoandahalfmen delivering 3.3
I’ll say it again…Two and Half Men is unstoppable! Not to say the show is good (know there are many haters) but i happen to enjoy it after tuning in for the first time just this season.
Too bad to see the 24 number drop like that, but i expect it picks up some steam with the addition of DVR viewing. Twas a great season, especially after the season 6 debacle.
Also, great to see How I build big in the 18-49 demo out of ROE.
I’m wondering if they aired a new episode of Rules of Engagement at 8 and then repeated the same episode at 9:30 which would get better ratings?
with all that episodes available CBS could did better with ROE.
24 has its best season ever and ratings for its final are so-so! I DON”T get it!
chuck
OMG…I just dont get you Americans…Gossip Girl is a show that has almost everything…the characters are likeable…good-looking…the plot is not boring…its actually really moving at times…and you rather watch your telebrities dance for the x-th time…its just sad…and I bet that if it gets under the risk of being cancelled…there will be posts and emails begging for survival…if you dont want to lose a show then watch on TV…its just THAT SIMPLE (the same situation with Chuck)
Numbers are not that suprising for 24. Its been steadily declining the past few weeks. The writers picked a bad time for the 3 worst episodes of the season to be this late in the season and it hurt in the ratings. It did not do well in its first hour during the 2 hour midseason event as well so that was expected for the 1st hour for the finale. But either way, who cares. Its already renewed for another and more than likely last season. I expect it to add about 2 million in DVR viewing. That number has been pretty consistent all season long.
the wednesday episode and last night 8pm episode was very strange to me… not good to the show!
I think it was better air the last two episodes at 9, after a double two and half men repeat at 8 pm, after HIMYM and Two and a Half Men end this season run…
But they didn’t so i’m waiting for next season to see what cbs plans to this sitcom.
Can I just point out that 24 did Heroes like numbers for its finale last night.
Across the two-hours the 18-49 was even with Heroes finale and lower in the 18-34. And just looking at 9PM it was only a tenth higher in the 18-49 and four tenths lower in the 18-34, what the hell happened there? Competition? Lack of House lead-in?
I bet NBC is ready to renew Deal or No Deal after seeing it’s 9:00 numbers. And they’ll put it in Chuck’s timeslot! Bwahahaha
@ Peter Stulrajter
I don’t think Gossip Girl will be a target for cancellation as long as DAWN is in office. Seriously you don’t have to compare Chuck’s situation to Gossip Girl, Chuck never went down to 2.0 demo, as to Gossip it never reached a 2.0 demo. Gossip Girl targets most women, as to Chuck it caters to every individual. If you’d look at the rating, you can’t say that Chuck and Gossip Girl are at par with each other, because honestly if a show, or any kind of show for that matter having a demo such as Gossip Girl it would be canceled in a heart beat. it’s really a plus that it’s on a network who targets female audiences and has a lower cut off for renewal.Ok, another plus that Gossip Girl has is their very attractive cast, but not to under estimate Chuck I’d take Yvonne Strahovski any day over Blake Lively or Leighton Meester. And I totally hated CW after they canceled Veronica Mars so sorry if I had you as a target.