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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 5.8/16 | 3.7/10 | 2.5/7 | 2.3/6 | 1.5/4 | 1.4/4 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 5.6/16 | 2.2/6 | 2.1/6 | 2.4/7 | 1.6/5 | 1.6/5 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 15.33 | 13.97 | 7.33 | 5.26 | 3.77 | 3.22 |
FlashForward off to a good start, Survivor Samoa beaten in viewers for the first time in an eternity, but actually up versus last week despite the FlashForward premiere.
Fringe was down, but the night is definitely still up for FOX, who took third for the first official Thursday of the season.
Those predicting Grey's Anatomy would pull adults 18-49 ratings similar to House -- you were right, and I bow down to you! We'll have to see the final tallies to know whether Grey's or House was top scripted 18-49 show for the week. Either way, Grey's put a whipping on CBS' CSI and The Mentalist in terms of adults 18-49. But next week, The Mentalist will go head-to-head with Private Practice and should fare better.
CSI and Grey's were both down from last year, CSI sharply down from last year's a 7.0/17 with adults 18-49 and 22.9 million viewers. Grey's last year premiered to a 7.4/18 and 18.5 million viewers
Ratings highlights for FlashForward via ABC:
ABC took first place on the opening Thursday of the season in viewers and all key Adults (AD18-34/AD18-49/AD25-54), beating second-place CBS by 1.3 million viewers and by 57% in Adults 18-49. In fact ABC won all 6 half-hours of the evening in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49. It was ABC’s 2nd straight year to lead the season-opening Thursday on both Nielsen measures.
ABC’s series debut of FlashForward won the 8 o'clock hour in viewers and young adults, beating out CBS' time-period veteran Survivor: Samoa by 11% in Adults 18-49. FlashForward gained viewers and young adult audience throughout its telecast.
- Despite its early time period, FlashForward was the #2 TV show of the night in AD18-49, topping both CSI and The Mentalist, and behind only Grey’s Anatomy.
- In Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, FlashForward registered as the biggest drama premiere on any network in the 8 o’clock hour since January 2008 – since Fox’s debut of Sarah Conner Chronicles on 1/13/08, which had the enormous advantage of airing after an ultra-high-rated NFL playoff game on that night (Cowboys-NY Giants).
- In viewers and young adults, it was ABC’s best performance in the time period with regular programming in 20 months – since 1/31/08.
Ok, so it doesn't mention that it was the lowest premiere in Grey's Anatomy history, that said, everything tailed off during last year, and last night's numbers were above the levels Grey's finished last season.
From CBS:
The second season premiere of THE Mentalist on its new night improved the 10:00-11:00 PM year ago time period premiere of ”Eleventh Hour” and the second episode of SURVIVOR: SAMOA increased last week’s deliveries in viewers and demos, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Thursday, Sept. 24.More
From FOX:
- Week two of Bones posted a 2.7/8 among Adults 18-49 and so far this fall is outperforming its Thursday average last season by +7% among Adults 18-49, +10% among Adults 18-34, and +2% among Total Viewers.
- Compared to FOX's Fall'08 time period performance with regular programming, Bones is up +71% among Adults 18-49, +35% among Adults 18-34, and +140% among Total Viewers. Bones ranked No. 3 in the hour among Adults 18-49 and No. 2 in Adults 18-34.
FRINGE:
- Week two of FRINGE posted a 2.3/6 among Adults 18-49. So far this season FRINGE shows substantial gains compared to FOX’s regular programming in the time period last Fall, increasing +37% among Adults 18-49 and +58% in Total Viewers.
- FRINGE ranked No. 4 in the 9p hour among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | ABC | FlashForward (series premiere) | 4.1/12 | 12.41 |
| CBS | Survivor: Samoa | 3.7/11 | 11.87 | |
| FOX | Bones | 2..7/8 | 8.80 | |
| NBC | SNL Weekend Update Thursday | 1.8/5 | 4.66 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries | 1.7/5 | 3.81 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | Parks & Recreation | 1.8/5 | 4.22 |
| 9:00 | FOX | Fringe | 2.3/6 | 5.85 |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (season premiere) | 6.6/17 | 17.06 | |
| CBS | CSI (season premiere) | 4.1/10 | 15.72 | |
| NBC | The Office | 3.8/10 | 7.33 | |
| CW | Supernatural | 1.2/3 | 2.62 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | Community | 2.8/7 | 5.36 |
| 10:00 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy (season premiere) | 6.7/18 | 16.52 |
| CBS | The Mentalist (season premiere) | 3.4/9 | 14.33 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.7/5 | 4.99 |
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 |
And Leno sees his lowest night so far. But he’s still over 1.5.
ABC Must be happy!
I expected lower numbers for Fringe, but that is ridicoulus
Wow Fringe’s demos are terrible. I always wondered whether last year’s strength was due to having House and American Idol as lead-ins. Guess now we know.
I’m sure it has nothing to do with the three shows it’s up against ebas. *rolls eyes*
I think that results for Thursday will tend to even out a bit after premiere week, and Fox cannot have expected Fringe to beat the other 9pm shows.
How did The Office do with 18-34?
Office 4.6 A18-34, second to Grey’s 6.5 A18-34
Ouch. Parks and Rec got a 1.8 and less than 4 and a half million. How much longer is NBC going to keep it on?
Fox really needs to move Fringe- it’s getting creamed.
Jay did bad but not as bad as I thought he’d do.
Wow, Vampire Diaries got 1.7 and the NBC shows got 1.8. Good for them and pretty good total numbers.
I figured that moving The Mentalist from Tuesdays – where it worked SO WELL with NCIS – into a 10:00 slot was a stupid move, but I didn’t think it would result in a series low. That’s really pretty horrendous, if you ask me. Even when it’s up against Private Practice next week it’ll still be down from its peaks last season. Ugh.
Poor NBC though. I mean really, ow. At least the Jam wedding is in two weeks, I guess.
Put a fork in NBC’s 8pm line up. Jay Leno got more viewers than each of those shows and roughly the same 18-49 demo. “The Office” is funnier than ever this season, so it’s sad to see it not performing better. Perhaps in the weeks ahead. It still pulls a nice 18-49 rating. “Community” lost nearly 2 million viewers from “The Office”, so that isn’t a great sign, though it’s 18-49 rating is better than that of SNL-Thursday, P&R & Leno. I actually think “Community” might do better leading in at 8PM than the shows they currently have there.
Fox cannot have expected Fringe to beat the other 9pm shows
True, but were they expecting 2.3 demo? Of course, this might still be an improvement for them over last year, I can’t remember.
NBC’s 8pm Thursday hour is looking like a killing field. Whatever replaces SNL (scheduled to be Community on 10/15) will be crushed along with Parks & Rec
yay grey’s anatomy!
but i feel bad for fringe and the mentalist but i am happy csi is getting worse numbers because i really cannot stand that show.
I was expecting GA annihilating The Mentalist in the demo. That was the whole idea behind the 2 hour premiere. What amazes me, though is that it also had 2.19M total viewers more. I was expecting I tighter race there. That the difference would match the one with CSI.
wow FRINGE sinks but Supernatural keep its numbers!!!
jay leno has already less than 5 mil.viewers!!and is still week NO 2!!!
Yeah, next week should have no premieres but all new shows right? That’ll be the telling week in how things may go down this season. Fringe’s and The Office’s numbers worry me a bit. There’s just too much competition going around and both are taking a hit aside from likely hurting each other. I wonder how both networks will view those numbers as well as Community’s…
Michael, assuming Fox had realistic expectations for Fringe, why would they move it? Where would it go? And what would you put in its place?
There is officially too much competition on Thursdays for NBC’s comedy lineup. Also The Office needs to move to 8pm ASAP so its potential viewers can watch it. Many 18-49s watch Grey’s live and save The Office for online or DVR viewing, if that at all.