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| Rating: Adults 18-49 | 2.1/6 | 2.0/6 | 1.8/5 | 1.6/4 | 1.4/4 | 0.4/1 |
| Rating: Adults 18-34 | 1.3/4 | 1.7/5 | 1.0/3 | 1.1/4 | 1.4/4 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 7.23 | 5.66 | 7.34 | 5.07 | 3.52 | 1.21 |
Even in repeats, the CBS Monday line up can bring it, as it defeated the new ABC line up of The Bachelorette and the premiere of Here Come The Newlyweds.
ABC's The Bachelorette was down 30% in the 18-49 demo from its premiere last Monday when it followed the Dancing with the Stars finale. The premiere of Here Come The Newlyweds fell 10% in the demo its second half hour, not a good sign.
The only other original scripted show last night, Medium, notched a 2.1 demo rating. Its NBC series finale is next week, then it moves to Friday at 9pm on CBS next fall.
Previous Monday overnight reports are available for comparison.
Full details:
| 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | 18-34 Rating | 18-34 Share | Viewers Live+SD (000) | |||
| 8:00 | CBS | Big Bang Theory (repeat) | 1.9 | 6 | 1.2 | 5 | 6.02 |
| ABC | The Bachelorette | 1.8 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 5.60 | |
| FOX | House (repeat) | 1.5 | 5 | 1.1 | 4 | 4.51 | |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.4 | 4 | 0.8 | 3 | 6.44 | |
| UNI | Cuidado con el Ángel | 1.1 | 3 | 1.1 | 4 | 3.07 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 1.34 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | The Bachelorette | 2.0 | 6 | 1.7 | 6 | 5.83 |
| CBS | How I Met Your Mother (repeat) | 1.8 | 5 | 1.2 | 4 | 5.35 | |
| FOX | House (repeat) | 1.6 | 5 | 1.1 | 4 | 4.86 | |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.6 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 7.36 | |
| UNI | Cuidado con el Ángel | 1.3 | 4 | 1.3 | 5 | 3.47 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 1.29 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Two and a Half Men (repeat) | 2.7 | 7 | 1.5 | 5 | 9.23 |
| ABC | The Bachelorette | 2.1 | 6 | 1.7 | 5 | 6.13 | |
| UNI | Mañana Es Para Siempre | 1.7 | 5 | 1.8 | 5 | 4.02 | |
| FOX | Bones (repeat) | 1.7 | 4 | 1.2 | 3 | 5.60 | |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.7 | 4 | 0.8 | 3 | 7.17 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1.14 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | The Bachelorette | 2.3 | 6 | 1.9 | 6 | 6.47 |
| CBS | Rules of Engagement (repeat) | 2.3 | 6 | 1.3 | 4 | 7.26 | |
| UNI | Mañana Es Para Siempre | 1.8 | 5 | 1.9 | 5 | 4.33 | |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.8 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 7.57 | |
| FOX | Bones (repeat) | 1.7 | 4 | 1.2 | 3 | 5.60 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1.07 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | Here Come The Newlyweds (premiere) | 2.0 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 5.25 |
| NBC | Medium | 2.0 | 5 | 1.2 | 4 | 7.23 | |
| CBS | CSI: Miami (repeat) | 1.9 | 5 | 1.2 | 4 | 7.69 | |
| UNI | Cristina | 1.3 | 3 | 1.3 | 4 | 3.31 | |
| 10:30 | NBC | Medium | 2.1 | 6 | 1.3 | 4 | 7.77 |
| CBS | CSI: Miami (repeat) | 1.9 | 5 | 1.3 | 4 | 7.83 | |
| ABC | Here Come The Newlyweds (premiere) | 1.8 | 5 | 1.5 | 5 | 4.70 | |
| UNI | Cristina | 1.1 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 1.34 |
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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.
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Mondays will not be the same until 24 returns…TV stinks now…blah!
Way to go Medium! Show them NBC their idiots
I am glad ‘Medium’ did well. I am sure it will do even better at CBS.
I wonder if NBC is even going to air any commercials for the show during the week, or try to just kill it before it goes to CBS?
The preview for the finale (after alst night’s ep) looks amazing.
Any info on how “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ did on TLC? I would be quite interested to know, given the huge hype about the show’s premiere and given that last season’s finale was TLC’s highest rated program ever.
Alan, I will keep an eye out for a press release on J&K+8, but we won’t get our cable show data for Monday until next Tuesday.
I’m a bit ambivalent about these Medium numbers. They aren’t exactly stellar, particularly against a repeat of powerhouse CSI Miami and a reality show.
In order for Medium to survive on Friday’s CBS lineup, it needs to do better. Moonlight was axed because it tanked to low 7 (total) and 2+/-. Then again, on the other hand, Medium will face Dollhouse (easy pickings, if we consider the finale’s numbers) and fading Southland (out of similarly fading L&O).
I’m not surprised the new Bachelorette isn’t doing well. She’s terrible: foul-mouthed, not particularly attractive (inside or out), admittedly a skank (last night she said she’s not particularly interested in marriage as much as she is in making out with as many men on the show as possible), and absolutely no backstory of any interest. Plus, they’re trying to tweak the concept by adding elements of other reality shows like The Amazing Race and Fear Factor — and it isn’t working. A big let down from the last Bachelor.
At the conclusion of last night’s “Medium,” NBC ran an ad that said something like “After five seasons, next week: the Medium Finale. Allison DuBois may dream her final dream…ever.”
Someone who’s not obsessed with the show like me could easily think this was it, over and done with. Cutthroat business, this thing called television!
mwa, NBC held off on some of their 10pm season finales to try to help build an audience for Conan’s tonight show. Since the Medium finale is on the night of Conan’s premiere, I think they’ll promote it.
Susan, I think Medium may have a lower threshold for success than Moonlight due its syndication deal.
Did the WB pull the same crap with Buffy after 5X22 “The Gift”, before the show jumped to UPN?
*I meant to type “didn’t”
^They did. They released a picture of Buffy’s grave.
“At the conclusion of last night’s “Medium,” NBC ran an ad that said something like “After five seasons, next week: the Medium Finale. Allison DuBois may dream her final dream…ever.”
Someone who’s not obsessed with the show like me could easily think this was it, over and done with. Cutthroat business, this thing called television! ”
Could just be typical season finale builder … they might have said the same thing if the show was still coming back to the same network next year or canceled.
Although why waste the money promoting the season finale… do the numbers even matter to nbc anymore since the show is leaving te network.
leo, note Jon K’s point about the Conan premiere next Monday which I think is highly explanatory. I’d expect heavy Conan promotion all night during primetime next Monday on NBC.
NBC.com says “On the series finale on NBC” on the Medium page
2.7 and 9.2 million viewers? Two and a Half Men still rules Mondays…
I think ‘Medium’ will do much better on CBS. I predict it getting about 2 million more viewers and the demos staying about the same or a bit higher.
I am not worried about the move in the elast bit. It makes no sense for the show all of a sudden to get higher ratings than it has been on NBC, especially since it is the season finale and not REALLY the series finale.
The preview for the finale looked horribly ominous.
Dennis, actually Two and a Half men is down from last year (when it had 3.3 in the demo)
and The Bachelorette of course will be down without DWTS but is up from last year.
Alan, EW’s Hollywood insider have some numbers. Apparently J+K+8 more than doubled it’s viewership since the finale. Looks like the publicity mill still works….
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/05/jon-kate-plus-8.html
J+K+8 had over 9 million viewers according to hollywoodinsider!!!!