After 2 weeks of the broadcast primetime season (through October 4, 2009) CBS, ABC and Fox can all claim a little glory. ABC and Fox are tied on top the adults 18-49 demo just ahead of CBS, while CBS edged ABC in the adults 25-54 demo. Fox stretched its lead over ABC to stay ahead in the adults 18-34 demo. CBS stretched its lead over ABC in average viewership.
Sadly, we will no longer be having a Tiny Network Showdown! since MyNetworkTV ratings averages are no longer being reported by Nielsen, since they are no longer classed as a network but are now a “programming service”.
You can see past week's broadcast network primetime season to date average TV ratings results here.
Each rating point is a percentage of the US TV population in that demographic group and equals: 2.90 million viewers, 1.32 million adults 18-49, 0.68 million adults 18-34 and 1.24 million adults 25-54.
Note that the chart includes RATINGS not VIEWERSHIP as was typical in our weekly network ratings posts prior to July, 2009.
Nielsen TV Ratings Data: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
Bill, do you guys have this data broken out between scripted/non-scripted for each network? I’m curious to see the network demo averages for scripted shows.
FrankJ, no we don’t have a scripted/unscripted breakdown. Sorry.
Now if only NBC has something to crow about besides NFL Football ratings.
The Biggest Loser beat NCIS in the demo last night..crow-worthy?
Good to see the Crappy Watching network is where it belongs, on the bottom. All the network seems to show for the most part is who’s boinking who, bimbos, and other collective no-talents(don’t get me started on the worst one of all, America’s Next Flop Model)