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| Rating: Adults 18-49 | 3.1/9 | 2.2/6 | 1.4/4 | 1.4/4 | 0.8/2 | 0.4/1 |
| Rating: Adults 18-34 | 2.9/10 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.3/4 | 0.4/1 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 8.739 | 7.259 | 3.432 | 4.220 | 3.229 | 0.866 |
The finale of The Bachelorette was easily the highest demo rated show on Monday night, lifting ABC to the nightly win with an overall 3.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demo. There was more good news for the Mouse as the second outing of Dating in the Dark held steady from its premiere rating.
Last night's Bachelorette finale averaged a 3.4 rating for adults 18-49. That matched the show's 2008 summer finale rating. Quite an accomplishment in today's broadcast environment.
Dating in the Dark's 2.5 demo rating was identical to last week's premiere, which is good news for ABC. Although this week's half hours were split 2.7 and 2.3, so there may be erosion in the future.
NBC was the only other broadcaster to go with new shows last night and they got crushed. Great American Road Trip continued to sputter along with just a 1.o demo rating. The second, and final!, episode of The Wanted might just be the least wanted NBC new episode ever with just a 0.5 demo rating. I will see what my historical information yields. Update: How could I forget how dreadfully Kings has done!
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Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | 18-34 Rating | 18-34 Share | Viewers (million) |
| 8:00 | ABC | The Bachelorette (finale) | 3.0 | 10 | 2.8 | 10 | 8.850 |
| CBS | How I Met Your Mother (repeat) | 1.7 | 6 | 1.3 | 5 | 5.172 | |
| FOX | House (repeat) | 1.4 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 4.207 | |
| NBC | Great American Road Trip | 1.0 | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 3.562 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.959 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Rules of Engagement (repeat) | 1.8 | 6 | 1.3 | 4 | 5.210 |
| 9:00 | ABC | The Bachelorette (finale) | 3.9 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 11.007 |
| CBS | Two and a Half Men (repeat) | 2.6 | 7 | 1.7 | 5 | 8.932 | |
| FOX | Lie To Me (repeat) | 1.4 | 4 | 1.2 | 4 | 4.233 | |
| NBC | The Wanted (finale) | 0.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 2.174 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.773 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory (repeat) | 2.7 | 7 | 1.6 | 5 | 8.264 |
| 10:00 | ABC | Dating in the Dark | 2.5 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 6.360 |
| CBS | CSI:Miami (repeat) | 2.0 | 6 | 1.5 | 5 | 7.988 | |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.0 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 3.952 |
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You said Tuesday night, dont u mean monday night?
ABC is repeating last nights Bachelorette tonight from 8-10 then at 10 the After the Final Rose. Superstars finale will be next Tuesday at 8. Also Better Off Ted’s final 2 season 1 episodes will be on back to back on Tuesday August 11th at 9 after Millionaire, which is actually not a bad idea. Hopefully Millionaire does good to help Better Off Ted.
Also I figured Dating in the Dark would do better because I knew the Bachelorette would do really good last night but it stayed exactly the same. Hope it can maintain good numbers since the Bachelorette is over.
^ I think Dating in the Dark will be steady next week also, it’s two hours long.
“Although this week’s half hours were split 2.7 and 2.3″
Not that large of a drop. Without The Bachelorette, I’m guessing Dating in the Dark will get a 1.6-1.8 demo. That demo would be good enough for another summer renewal I’m guessing. If ABC wanted to, they could bring both The Bachelorette and Dating in the Dark back next year. After all, Dating in the Dark is doing better than Here Come the Newlyweds.
The Big Bang Theory beats Two and a Half Men in the 18-49 demo for the first time.
Next year they need to get a better looking bachelorette. ABC is also the only network that I can see that doesn’t have any “On Demand” things from Comcast. What’s up with that?
Good night for ABC. I was surprised Jillian got over ten million viewers. She wasn’t exactly the classiest gal they’ve ever had on the show.
Dating in the dark will probably lose some viewers but it is a show that u get hooked on and a show that does not matter if u miss an episode
The Big Bang Theory has to be one of my favorite shows and it did better than two and a half men in the ratings and in some cases doing better in the summer than the fall
Did Gossip Girls go up from last week???????????
LOL @ the Wanted!!!
oh yea u forgot to post Gossip Girl ratings.
rob, of course I did! Fixed.
OMG! How could I have forgotten Gossip Girl?! Fixed.
haha not like the ratings were any good anyway but wow it beat NBC’s the Wanted in 18-34 rating.
I would just like to bring a point from previous discussions: It’s pretty clear that NBC would KILL to have a show like Burn Notice, Royal Pains, etc., that brings in 6+ million viewers. And that number would likely go up on broadcast, especially with a strong promotional push.
Oh man I gotta say…as ashamed as I am to admit it…I kind of enjoy Dating in the Dark. I dunno what it is. It’s probably going to be my new guilty pleasure show…
Actually, Bill,several new episodes of Kings got a .4 or lower in the demo but they were on Saturday nights.
Woah, Lie to Me got the same 18-49 rating and more viewers than House against steeper competition.
Thedemonhog, they both got 4.2 million viewers. That’s basically the same amount plus 9 is just a straight up stronger timeslot even with tougher comp, and house is on a bit of a rerun overexposure on cable but still this is great news for fox. It means season 2 should be stronger than season 1. Why doesn’t nbc repeat any of their shows to grab viewers for the fall. Its not like repeats of chuck could do much worse than the original programming tonight.
dude… lighten up on olbermann… he’s been on vacation and it’s not an election year. that post is so silly. if it makes sense then why don’t we just compare the attendance and ratings of a pre season nhl game with the stanley cup finals?
Kings had way worse ratings than “The Wanted” did in viewers and 18-49.