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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 2.1/7 | 1.6/5 | 1.4/5 | 1.3/4 | 0.6/2 | 0.5/2 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 1.8/7 | 0.9/3 | 1.5/6 | 1.0/4 | 0.4/2 | 0.4/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 6.438 | 8.729 | 3.667 | 3.950 | 2.341 | 1.250 |
Fox, boosted by So You Think You Can Dance?, easily won Thursday vs. pitiful competition. While NBC's The Listener may be listening, no one's watching, as it sank to a series low rating.
Even though it was the most watched show of the night, So You Think You Can Dance? was down 12% in the 18-49 demo from last week. NBC's I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here was about even with last week's outing. While, The Listener's 18-49 demo rating fell 29% vs. last week, to a series low.
You can see TV ratings from other recent Overnight ratings reports here.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | 18-34 Rating | 18-34 Share | Viewers Live+SD (Millons) |
| 8:00 | NBC | I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! | 1.7 | 7 | 1.3 | 6 | 4.893 |
| FOX | Bones (repeat) | 1.3 | 5 | 0.9 | 4 | 4.577 | |
| CBS | NCIS (repeat) | 1.3 | 5 | 0.8 | 4 | 7.111 | |
| ABC | Ugly Betty (repeat) | 0.8 | 3 | 0.6 | 3 | 2.899 | |
| CW | Smallville (repeat) | 0.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 1.462 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! | 1.9 | 7 | 1.5 | 6 | 5.072 |
| CBS | NCIS (repeat) | 1.5 | 5 | 0.9 | 3 | 8.111 | |
| FOX | Bones (repeat) | 1.4 | 5 | 1.1 | 4 | 5.138 | |
| ABC | Ugly Betty (repeat) | 0.6 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 2.403 | |
| CW | Smallville (repeat) | 0.5 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 1.307 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.8 | 9 | 2.6 | 9 | 7.802 |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 1.7 | 5 | 1.0 | 4 | 9.360 | |
| NBC | The Office (repeat) | 1.4 | 4 | 1.2 | 4 | 3.326 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (repeat) | 0.6 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 2.220 | |
| CW | Supernatural (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 1.158 | |
| 9:30 | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 3.0 | 9 | 2.7 | 9 | 8.236 |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 1.7 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 9.829 | |
| NBC | 30 Rock (repeat) | 1.1 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 2.769 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (repeat) | 0.6 | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 2.325 | |
| CW | Supernatural (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 1.075 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 1.8 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 9.139 |
| NBC | The Listener | 1.0 | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 3.822 | |
| ABC | Private Practice (repeat) | 0.5 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 2.064 | |
| 10:30 | CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 1.8 | 6 | 1.0 | 3 | 8.823 |
| NBC | The Listener | 0.9 | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 3.818 | |
| ABC | Private Practice (repeat) | 0.5 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 2.135 |
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Shows are sorted from highest 18-49 rating to lowest in each time slot.
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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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Will the networks ever again have a scripted hit in the summer months? Now granted the networks are not taking any chances on any fresh shows (Mental, The Listener, The Philanthropist are shows that have very little expectations). Can the networks ever again promote and succeed with a scripted show during this time period?
Everyday when I look at the numbers I feel more and more strongly that Nielsen information is incorrect. I know its summer, but I really feel like these numbers are underestimated.
and we all know that feelings are fact…
the only question now is whether CW will break 1.5 this summer..
Wow, Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice reruns do horribly.
LOL with ABC.
LMAO @ ABC hitting CW-like levels. Yuck.
The Goode Family is the big summer hit ABC was looking for.
well The Listener’s ratings are on about the same par as the quality
the show is downright horrible, so it’s a mystery that it even gets 1.0 in the demo
Who would guess that ABC is the new CW!!
I hate tv summer..:@
Say what you want about “I’m a Celeb…”, but it’s not a re-run. I’m sick and watching the same episodes that I already saw…It’s starting to get sooo boring. Only that, SYTYCD and The Listener (technically a re-broadcast), was new tonight.
Ugh, no wonder why Summer viewers are so low. Why not test even more new shows?
NBC is the new CW, not ABC. ABC is practically performing NBC-like levels during the regular season. While NBC is performing CW levels during it’s regular season.
NBC is the only network I’m laughing at on the chart.
I always think it is funny that the summer sees such a huge drop in numbers, which I don’t get, almost everyone I know is still wathcin TV. Does cable programming effect network viewership more in the Summer.
It makes me wonder if good shows like Burn Notice, Rescue Me, and Royal Pains would do if placed on network TV?
I will say the the Listener is pretty good for a Canadian produced show. I wonder what kind of numbers it gets up there on CTV?
SGNJ, Because we just get broadcast data on an overnight basis, it’s easy to slip into the trap assuming that’s all that people watch on TV. On average, about 55% of the prime-time audience is watching cable networks. That % watching cable is higher in the summer, but I don’t have the data in a very convenient form to show it.
I watched some of The Listener last night and I thought it was pretty awful, so I agree with MNIS, the ratings match the quality for sure…
When it comes to telepaths on TV, True Blood on HBO Sunday night nearly beat The Listener!
I watched the first twenty minutes of the Listener last night. The sex hook was pleasant enough, but when I realized this guy could read minds and was happy just being a paramedic, and saving women from choking on peanuts and of course righting all wrongs in the justice system, I bailed. The people in the cast were almost embarassingly beautiful, with lots of long lush close-ups, but I think you got to have more to a show than that to get more than a 1.5. I don’t think this new angle – normal people who just happen to have incredible psychic gifts, can please either soap opera fans or fans of the occult. On some level it is disconcerting to think that somebody who can read your mind isn’t clearly and obviously a weirdo.
Couldn’t we just add up the 18-49 shares to see approximately how many people watched broadcast, vs. cable? That’d be 25. Of course, that’s off a bit since there a few broadcast networks that air with tiny ratings.
I wonder if Burn Notice & Royal Pains got the top 18-49 ratings of the night after So You Think.
The last show i enjoyed during the summer was, The OC.
It aired on August. so partially in the summer.
I don’t know if it was a hit, right away.
But i remember all the buzz around it.
I do not care if it is summer or if the super bowl is against me, if I am a network executive, I am ashamed of these numbers.