While Tuesday's America's Got Talent again topped the week's broadcast primetime adults 18-49 ratings, the race got a bit more interesting as the 9pm hour of the 2 hour premiere of Hell's Kitchen fell just short at #2. The two airings of So You Think You Can Dance were tied for #3 and the 8pm hour of the Hell's Kitchen premiere was tied for #5 as Fox took 4 of the top 8 spots. ABC's three summer standouts, The Bachelorette, Dating In The Dark and Wipeout all made the top 20.
The only new CBS shows in the top 20 were the 3 airings of Big Brother, but its repeats did just fine for themselves taking 7 of the top 20 spots.
I'm still dealing with data source problems. Note that the first chart contains age demo RATINGS not VIEWERSHIP, the second chart includes average viewership. Please continue to excuse the terrible formatting.
Nielsen Top Twenty Show Ratings for adults 18-49 for the week ending July 26, 2009:Rank, Show, (P) = Premiere, (R)= Repeat, (S)=Special, Net, Adults 18-49 Rating
1. America's Got Talent-Tuesday NBC 3.4
2. Hell's Kitchen Special-7/21 9PM (S) FOX 3.3
3. So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday FOX 2.9
3. So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday FOX 2.9
5. The Big Bang Theory (R) CBS 2.8
5. Hell's Kitchen (P) FOX 2.8
5. Two and a Half Men (R) CBS 2.8
5. The Bachelorette ABC 2.8
9. America Got Talent-Wednesday 9PM NBC 2.5
10. Dating In The Dark (P) ABC 2.4
10. Wipeout ABC 2.4
12. America Got Talent-Tuesday 8PM (R) NBC 2.1
12. BIG BROTHER 11-THURSDAY CBS 2.1
14. BIG BROTHER 11-SUNDAY CBS 2.0
14. BIG BROTHER 11-TUESDAY CBS 2.0
14. CSI: MIAMI (R) CBS 2.0
14. Law And Order: SVU (R) NBC 2.0
14. THE Mentalist (R) CBS 2.0
19. NCIS (R) CBS 1.8
20. Rules of Engagement (R) CBS 1.7
20. How I Met Your Mother (R) CBS 1.7
20. Cops 2 FOX 1.7
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Each Adults 18-49 rating point equals 1.32 million viewers
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Nielsen Top Twenty Shows among all viewers for the week ending July 26, 2009:
Rank, Show, (P) = Premiere, (R)= Repeat, (S)=Special, Net, Persons 2+ (000)
1. America's Got Talent-Tuesday NBC 13,748
2. America Got Talent-Wednesday 9PM NBC 11,256
3. NCIS (R) CBS 9,721
4. THE Mentalist (R) CBS 9,611
5. Two and a Half Men (R) CBS 9,312
6. The Big Bang Theory (R) CBS 8,795
7. CSI: MIAMI (R) CBS 8,521
8. So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday FOX 8,417
9. America Got Talent-Tuesday 8PM (R) NBC 8,268
10. The Bachelorette ABC 8,038
11. CSI (R) CBS 7,808
12. Law And Order: SVU (R) NBC 7,486
13. So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday FOX 7,360
14. 60 Minutes (R) CBS 7,338
15. CSI: NY (R) CBS 7,292
16. Hell's Kitchen Special-7/21 9PM (S) FOX 6,948
17. Criminal Minds (R) CBS 6,535
18. Wipeout ABC 6,427
19. BIG BROTHER 11-THURSDAY CBS 6,394
20. Dating In The Dark (P) ABC 6,149
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Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
All numbers are Live + SD (live, plus same day DVR viewing)
Reality and repeats rule the summer.
These shows come and go, they are empty and easy to follow so every idiot channel surfing can tune in. I like shows with following like Dollhouse and Fringe!
so fat america loves dancing, cooking, and dating shows yay.
Have you stopped listing the ratings in this category. This hasn’t been updated in two weeks? Just checking.
Thanks
Rusty, some data source issues that will definitely be resolved one way or the other before the fall season starts. For now (summer) not that many people read these posts. But I will see what I can do…
Thanks,…I appreciate it.