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| Adults 18-49: Rating/Share | 4.3/11 | 4.1/11 | 3.2/8 | 2.2/6 | 1.7/4 | 1.2/3 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 4.0/11 | 2.9/8 | 2.0/6 | 1.9/5 | 1.8/5 | 1.7/5 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 11.08 | 11.73 | 14.30 | 6.13 | 4.22 | 2.47 |
Fox won the night with adults 18-49, and ABC won with viewers. CBS was in second place both with viewers and adults 18-49.
The premiere of Trauma was not so good for NBC with only a 2.3/6 rating/share with adults 18-49. House was tops for the night with a 5.7/15, followed by The Big Bang Theory and its 5.1/12.
Trauma did worse than Heroes (2.5/6) with adults 18-49, and it was Heroes' lowest-ever 18-49 rating for an original episode.
Retentionistas will have a field day with the premiere of Lie To Me, which only pulled a 2.9/7 adults 18-49 rating/share out of House.
The Big Bang Theory is now overshadowing Two and a Half Men in 18-49 (5.1 vs. 4.7) but Men held a narrow edge with total viewers (13.64 vs. 13.02). TBBT also had a healthy lead over Men with adults 18-34 (3.6 vs. 2.9) Here are the CBS blurbs about TBBT:
At 9:30PM, The Big Bang Theory was first in adults 25-54 (6.0/13), adults 18-49 (5.1/12), adults 18-34 (3.6/12) and second in both households (7.8/12) and viewers (13.02m). The Big Bang Theory was up +3% in adults 25-54 (from 5.8/12), +9% in adults 18-49 (from 4.7/11), +20% in adults 18-34 (from 3.0/08) and added +60,000 viewers (from 12.96m) from last week's premiere.
This was The Big Bang Theory's best delivery in viewers, adults 25-54, adults 18-49 and adults 18-34. This is the second straight broadcast The Big Bang Theory posted series highs in viewers, adults 25-54 and adults 18-49. The Big Bang Theory built on its Two and a Half Men lead-in by +4% in adults 25-54, +9% in adults 18-49 and +24% in adults 18-34.
The good news for Castle fans is it again beat The Jay Leno Show (2.3 vs. 1.8), but some Dancing with the Stars overrun is probably included, which would be stripped out in the finals. As it stands, Castle had a 2.5/6 with adults 18-49 from 10-10:30p, and a 2.1/6 from 10:30-11p.
Since it's been a crazy day for us, I'm posting in "Holly's" comments from the comment section:
CBS did well. AOP dropped slightly from last week, but no more than would be expected from a premiere (maybe less, since it only lost 0.1 in the demo). TBBT hit another high and actually beats Men in the demo. Looks like CBS made a good choice in moving that to 9:30. Miami didn’t lose much from last week either, so all in all, a very good Monday for them.
House took the expected fall from last week, but still did really well. It’s still slightly above what it was doing last fall. I don’t think FOX is breaking out the champagne for Lie To Me’s performance, but they can’t be upset about it either. If it can stay close to a 3.0, it will be just fine regardless of what House gets.
ABC might not be as happy. Dancing is down quite a bit from last year. It’s still OK, but not nearly as strong as it had been. Castle stayed steady from last week, so no complaints there.
NBC…well…ouch. Heroes can’t pull a 3 and is probably more of a liability than an asset. I suppose Trauma premiered about as well as could be expected given the state of NBC, but it was still bad.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | FOX | House | 5.7/15 | 14.44 |
| CBS | How I Met Your Mother | 3.6/10 | 8.73 | |
| ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 3.5/9 | 16.52 | |
| NBC | Heroes | 2.5/6 | 5.82 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill | 1.2/3 | 2.61 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Accidentally on Purpose | 3.1/8 | 8.07 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Two and a Half Men | 4.7/11 | 13.64 |
| ABC | Dancing With the Stars | 3.8/9 | 16.82 | |
| FOX | Lie To Me (season premiere) | 2.9/7 | 7.72 | |
| NBC | Trauma (season premiere) | 2.3/6 | 6.93 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl | 1.2/3 | 2.33 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 5.1/12 | 13.02 |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: Miami | 4.1/11 | 13.46 |
| ABC | Castle | 2.3/6 | 9.56 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.8/5 | 5.64 |
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Trauma was really, really, REALLY bad…..it’s certainly going to plummet next week, that’s for sure.
Argh! I’m desperately waiting to see how Castle did this week, such a fun episode!
For those who are not retentionistas, Lie to Me was a nice improvement on the timeslot from last year. Prison Break was at 2.0 in the overnights on 9/29/09.
I’m not usually happy to see a show to bad, but yay for Trauma!! I was forced to watch the damn stupid promo every time I went to the theater.
The wait is killing me, i will have to get a beer earlier then usual to calm down lol
^I think Lie to Me did fairly well for it’s premiere (up from what it got airing Wednesdays at 8), but you do have to acknowledge that House’s lead-in support for Lie To Me was a lot better than what Prison Break got out of TSCC. I don’t think retention percentages mean a whole lot, but a strong lead-in does help a show’s numbers.
NBC is the new Friday night death slot. Heh.
“Retentionistas will have a field day with the premiere of Lie to Me, which only pulled a 2.9/7 adults 18-49 rating/share out of House.”– Retentionistas would be right. LTM should be pulling better numbers for a premiere with House as a lead-out.
Full data table now posted above. Castle had huge drops on the half hour (2.5->2.1 and 10.399 million > 8.73 million
Castle was great fun this week! I loved it! Trama sucked. I wonder why NBC even allowed the dhow to go to be produced.
Castle had huge drops on the half hour (2.5->2.1 and 10.399 million > 8.73 million
Probably due to a Dancing overrun.
Actually, it was the same last week with Castle, too. 2.5 first half hour, 2.1 second half hour..
Trauma was definitely one of the worst written shows I’ve ever seen. Mercy, while still mediocre, was miles better. I hope that one survives over Trauma… a lot.
That can’t be good for Trauma to premiere lower than Heroes (whose numbers aren’t as horrible as your “early” article made me think).
If you don’t want to look at lead-ins/retention, well Lie to Me & Fringe are both well down from their avg seasonal #’s from last year.
And if you do, both shows lose signif audience from their current lead-ins.
PAS, a 2.5 is plenty horrible for Heroes, but at least a good % of its viewers are 18-49. 2.3 for Trauma is…worse.
Ahh, Castle holding steady but I was hoping it had improved on last week.
Way to go OTH!
the big band theory did amazing in the demo
Regardless of the whole retention debate, a 2.9 would have been below average based on Fox’s 18-49 average from last week, might not be this week so probably ok and FOX definitely will want to give the show several weeks to try and settle in and find an audience so I don’t think it’s in any danger.
Nice fact there Julia, but wasn’t Prison Break airing after Terminator, not House or am I wrong about that?? I never understood why Fox didn’t leave Lie airing after Idol so it would have had awhile to try and find its audience. I guess better late than never though, airing after House hopefully will help the show stand on its own.
True, Holly. But if Fox claims to be happy with Fringe because the timeslot has shown growth, I imagine they will feel the same way about Lie to Me. Still too early to know for sure how the season will go for either of them, though.