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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.3/10 | 2.4/7 | 1.7/5 | 1.5/4 | 1.4/4 | 0.5/1 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 3.4/11 | 2.0/6 | 1.2/4 | 0.8/3 | 1.5/5 | 0.5/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 8.70 | 7.17 | 4.75 | 6.80 | 3.73 | 1.26 |
FOX won the night with So You Think You Can Dance, and ABC got some mileage out of Wipeout. No write up today, but the half hourly data is below.
You can see TV ratings from past Wednesday overnight reports here.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Share | 18-34 Rating/Share | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.9/10 | 2.9/11 | 7.89 |
| ABC | Wipeout | 2.3/8 | 1.8/7 | 7.52 | |
| NBC | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here | 1.5/5 | 1.1/4 | 4.48 | |
| CBS | The New Adventures of Old Christine (R) | 1.0/4 | 0.7/3 | 4.26 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model (R) | 0.5/2 | 0.5/2 | 1.33 | |
| 8:30 | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 3.1/10 | 3.2/11 | 8.43 |
| ABC | Wipeout | 2.8/9 | 2.3/8 | 8.58 | |
| NBC | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here | 1.8/6 | 1.3/5 | 4.74 | |
| CBS | Gary Unamarried (R) | 1.0/3 | 0.6/2 | 4.14 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model (R) | 0.5/2 | 0.5/2 | 1.35 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 3.5/10 | 3.7/12 | 9.26 |
| ABC | Wipeout | 3.2/9 | 2.7/8 | 8.68 | |
| NBC | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here | 1.8/5 | 1.4/5 | 4.63 | |
| CBS | Criminal Minds (R) | 1.5/4 | 0.8/2 | 7.71 | |
| CW | Hitched or Ditched (R) | 0.4/1 | 0.5/2 | 1.12 | |
| 9:30 | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 3.6/10 | 3.7/11 | 9.21 |
| ABC | Wipeout | 3.4/9 | 3.0/9 | 8.92 | |
| NBC | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here | 2.0/6 | 1.6/5 | 5.00 | |
| CBS | Criminal Minds (R) | 1.8/5 | 0.8/2 | 8.73 | |
| CW | Hitched or Ditched (R) | 0.5/1 | 0.6/2 | 1.25 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: NY (R) | 1.7/5 | 1.0/3 | 7.96 |
| ABC | The Unusuals | 1.6/4 | 1.3/4 | 5.01 | |
| NBC | Law & Order (R) | 1.4/4 | 1.0/3 | 4.73 | |
| 10:30 | CBS | CSI: NY (R) | 1.7/5 | 1.1/3 | 8.01 |
| NBC | Law & Order (R) | 1.4/4 | 1.0/3 | 4.90 | |
| ABC | The Unusuals | 1.3/4 | 1.0/3 | 4.32 |
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Shows are sorted by Adults 18-49 rating in each time slot.
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So You Think You Can Dance had some great dancing last night and we got reacquainted with some of the dancers who were not featured as much in the previous shows. Unfortunately when the dancing is great Mary screams a lot but I guess that is one of the reasons people tune in.
Yeah the dancing was stunningly great last night.
i really have no clue who should go.
Look at Wipeout go! It increased its demo every half-hour over two hours. It has such great word of mouth potential with all the crazy stuff that happens. Not to mention John Henson is just awesome – liked him since his Talk Soup days; commentary is just great. Glad to see they’re doing some new things in season 2 too.
It’s a shame this is going to get cancelled once someone actually dies or gets seriously hurt. Great summer show though. Next to Hell’s Kitchen this is the only “reality” show I’ve ever enjoyed.
I wonder if NBC is happy with those Celebrity numbers. I have a feeling the numbers will go even lower with Holly Montag replacing her more well-known sister and Spencer Pratt.
I’m growing increasingly interested in what So You Think You Can Dance and whether it can continue to pull those 18-34′s, which are really pretty fantastic. You also have to wonder how long it is before ABC consider moving Wipeout to the fall/winter schedule, especially given how everything else on their schedule is bombing right now.
And its really quite sad that The Unusuals can’t win even against all repeat competition and a lead-in that was more than a point bigger than everything else’s lead-in.
None of these shows broke 10 million viewers? Seems to be a trend this summer…
Unusuals did alot better with Wipeout as a lead in as opposed to The Goode Family or Surviving Subrbia
Yeah, but it still barely beat a Law & Order rerun.
And it’s numbers fell by 20% over the hour, this follows what I did, I only watched the first half hour then decided to wash the dishes (not a compliment to the show).
SYTYCD is a great Summertime show! Good dancing! Mary Murphy’s screaming bugs the hell outta me, but her insight, when she’s not blabbing about the “hot tamale train,” is on point! Can’t stand Nigel or his blindingly white Hollywood capped teeth!
Whatever Wipeout is – I assume its a reality/gameshow, it is standing toe to toe with the 18-49 SYTYCD ratings. Looks like a summer hit for ABC. As per the recent discussions about reality TV, it clearly is kicking the stuffing out of almost all the pricey scripted shows on the nets, at least in the 18-49 category.
wipeout is fun and all, but doesn’t it feel like it should be on cable? Ah well, its a hit so who am i to argue?
Although I like wipeout, I have to question its ability to hold its audience over a long time, granted America’s funniest home videos lasted years on the strenght of guys getting hit in the crotch.
i just got Showtime and whaced Nurse Jackie and i liked it better than reatilty crap
WIPEOUT RULES!!!! i too am also wondering if abc will decide to put it on the fall/winter sched. they should do a c or d-list wipeout, i’d love to see some ov those annoying people faceplant tha big ballz and get whacked by tha sucker punch!! VIVA LAS PELOTAS GRANDES!!!
Tv is dead to me this summer except for Burn Notice.
SYTYCD was great last night. This is the first year its held my attention this long. I have always like it, just always would forget it was on. Not doing tha this year!
I was all ready to watch SYTYCD but then a terrible storm decided to make an appearance. So when the satellite was up all we got was storm coverage. I only got to see the last 2 dances. *sigh*
But I love the show, even with Mary’s screaming.
Wipeout is the best show on the summer TV Sked. I too would like to see a celeb wipeout, what would be quite funny!!
It seems as though Wednesday night overall among the big 4 is doing the best compared to regular season numbers.
FOX: Dance is doing better in both demos than what FOX was getting last Fall, and while it is certainly no American Idol, they are great for summer numbers.
ABC: Wipeout is stronger (vastly) in both demos than anything that ABC has had on Wednesdays all season except for Lost. And that second hour of Wipeout (in Lost’s slot) did 70% of Lost’s numbers… during summer.
NBC: As mediocre as I’m A Celebrity’s ratings have become, it is still on par with the mostly-more-expensive fare that aired here during the regular season (Knight Rider, Chopping Block, Life, and various L&O repeats). L&O doesn’t compare particularly well at 10pm since its repeats now, but the night as a whole is steady vs regular season.
CBS: As the only net that is simply rerunning their exact regular season schedule, CBS is not surprisingly feeling the biggest summer hit on Wednesdays. That being said, considering they are cheap reruns, the results are certainly not horrible (well… that comedy block actually…
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