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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.0/9 | 2.9/8 | 2.5/7 | 1.5/4 | 1.4/4 | 1.3/4 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 2.2/7 | 2.8/9 | 1.5/5 | 1.6/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.1/3 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 9.037 | 7.250 | 9.677 | 3.698 | 3.280 | 4.431 |
With 3 of the 5 broadcast networks airing their regular fall lineups there were ups and downs. NBC can be cheered by the premiere of Community, but the return of Parks & Recreation and The Office were both well down from last season's premieres, while Jay Leno slipped from Wednesday's results. On Fox, Bones opened up over its premiere last season, a rare result, but Fringe was down. CBS's Survivor: Samoa premiere was down sharply.
On the CW, Vampire Diaries was down from its premiere last week 24% to a 1.6 rating for adults 18-49 (from a 2.1), and 26% to a 1.7 rating for adults 18-34 (from a 2.3). That's quite a drop in blood pressure. Supernatural fell 14% to a 1.2 rating for adults 18-49 (from a 1.4), and 13% to a 1.3 rating for adults 18-34 (from a 1.5).
Bones opened up 3% with a 3.0 rating for adults 18-49 vs. last season's (9/10/08) 2.9/9, 8.908 million. Any increase in broadcast television is a rare event. Fringe was down 9% to a 2.9 rating for adults 18-49 vs. last season's 2 hour premiere after House (9/9/08) 3.2/9, 9.047 million. Not a bad result in its new timeslot.
Survivor: Samoa opened down 22% to a 3.5 adults 18-49 rating vs. last season's Gabon premiere (9/25/08) 4.5/11, 12.914 million.
NBC's The Office started off down 18% with a 4.0 18-49 rating vs. (9/25/08) 4.9/11, 9.195 million. Parks & Recreation fared even worse, down 30% to a 2.1 18-49 rating vs. last season's (4/9/09) 3.0/9, 6.77 million. The bright spot for the night was Community which held 93% of Office's 18-49 audience to premiere with a 3.7 rating. The Jay Leno Show fell to a 2.7 adults 18-49 rating, down from the fast affiliate 3.0 18-49 rating on Wednesday.
Hourly show results below:
(A18-49 rating, viewers)
8:00p
CBS: Survivor (3.5, 11.5 million)
FOX: Bones (3.0, 10.097 million)
NBC: Weekend Update (2.0, 5.7 million)
ABC: Grey’s Anatomy (R) (1.2, 4.309 million )
CW: Vampire Diaries (1.6, 3.8 million)
8:30p
NBC: Parks & Recreation (2.1, 5 million)
9:00p
NBC: The Office (4.0, 8.1 million)
FOX: Fringe (2.9, 7.978 million)
CBS: CSI (R) (2.0, 8.8 million )
ABC: Grey’s Anatomy (R) (1.7, 5.55 million)
CW: Supernatural (1.2, 2.800 million)
9:30p
NBC: Community (3.7, 7.680 million)
10pm
NBC: The Jay Leno Show (2.7, 8.524 million)
CBS: The Mentalist (R) (1.9, 8.745 million )
ABC: Private Practice (R) (1.0, 3.43 million )
You can see TV ratings from other recent Overnight ratings reports here.
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| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Share | 18-34 Rating/Share | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | CBS | Big Brother | 2.0/7 | 1.6/7 | 6.40 |
| FOX | Bones (R) | 1.5/5 | 1.3/5 | 5.19 | |
| NBC | 30 Rock (R) | 1.1/4 | 0.9/4 | 3.79 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (R) | 0.9/3 | 0.7/3 | 3.38 | |
| CW | Smallville (R) | 0.6/2 | 0.5/2 | 1.28 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | Parks & Recreation (R) | 1.0/3 | 0.8/3 | 2.97 |
| 9:00 | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.5/8 | 2.4/9 | 7.40 |
| CBS | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (R) | 1.4/4 | 0.8/3 | 7.48 | |
| NBC | The Office (R) | 1.3/4 | 1.2/4 | 3.17 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (R) | 1.0/3 | 0.7/3 | 3.31 | |
| CW | Supernatural (R) | 0.5/2 | 0.6/2 | 1.27 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | 30 Rock (R) | 1.3/4 | 1.1/4 | 3.03 |
| 10:00 | CBS | The Mentalist (R) | 1.8/6 | 1.2/4 | 8.26 |
| NBC | Law & Order (R) | 1.2/4 | 0.7/2 | 4.17 | |
| ABC | Private Practice (R) | 0.7/2 | 0.6/2 | 2.39 |
Such a tough night of TV. I’m not surprised to see so many shows down. My DVR was hurting.
OMG Survivor’s demo is horrible
I’m scared for the show.
What was the actually viewers for the CW? they were left out?
No kidding. I wonder how many people who normally watch Fringe watched The Office instead. It’s a much more popular show for cooler talk the next day and I’m sure Fringe will get more DVR plays than before. I DVR’d both actually since I’m not fully caught up on either show from last season.
Didn’t Fringe premiere on its own last year (2-hour)?
9 million is still pretty good for Fringe. I wouldn’t expect it to get the same number as the series premiere. A lot of people watch series premieres because they are curious but don’t stick around for the rest of the show.
Just a reminder that all the numbers above contain any DVR viewing that happened prior to 3AM Friday.
The Office had a better lead-in last year for its premiere, but that’s a pretty big drop off, especially when not even going up against ABC or CBS’s regular content.
Christian, yes, my mistake. Corrected.
Survivor’s demo are not that horrible it still won its time slot by an okay margin but it is alarming, if FlashForward lives up to the hype they could crushed Survivor. Bones did really well, I’m impressed!
Thursday night is incredibly crowded. I found myself watching two shows live and recording three more on my DVR. I am glad for Community’s strong showing, though, since I’m interested in seeing how it progresses.
I still say that NBC should be happy that Leno increased it’s numbers at 10 from its lead in. That actually is a sign that some people are turning into Jay rather than just staying put after a more popular program (such as earlier this week with “Biggest Loser” and “America Has Talent). I’m surprised at the weaker numbers for “The Office”, though. But the fact that “Community” didn’t show any erosion from “The Office” is a good sign. “Parks and Recreation” should have been cancelled last season.
And I’m happy for Community, hope they could maintain a 3.0 demo. The show has more mass appeal and I could see it doing well
I think Leno’s first week has gone as well as NBC could have reasonably expected.
Yay Bones!
Let’s not forget that “winning” and “losing” are primarily for press release and TV ratings site boasting
What really matters is your absolute level of demo ratings. You’d rather average a 5.0 and come in 3rd, then average a 2.0 and be first.
I guess that’s true, these numbers aren’t so bad for Fringe. Especially considering the haters expected it to tank with no big lead-in like House or American Idol. I’m glad it did as well as it did and I hope it holds up. Again, I didn’t see the episode but early reports are that it was very good.
Bill: One thing I learned with this website is the importance of the demo to a show’s survival. But well its “fun” to see who “won” and “loss” for then sake of competition so for me that’s where the total viewers numbers is important, it is the information that is easily digested for comparing purposes
The true test will be next week for all shows involved, when everything will be new.
What do we expect for FlashForward because it’s a hard one to predict, I’m thinking 12-14m but it could be higher.