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| Rating: Adults 18-49 | 3.8/10 | 3.6/10 | 2.9/8 | 2.2/6 | 1.4/4 | 1.0/3 |
| Rating: Adults 18-34 | 3.3/10 | 2.3/7 | 2.3/7 | 1.5/4 | 1.6/5 | 1.3/4 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 7.962 | 16.159 | 7.917 | 8.800 | 3.569 | 1.890 |
With the finale of Hell's Kitchen delivering a 3.8 adults 18-49 rating (up 19% over its May, 2009 finale), Fox notched its first Tuesday night win of the season.
Fox made a big jump on the night due to the Hell's Kitchen finale, CBS and the CW were stable overall vs. last week, while ABC was up its Tuesdays are still startlingly weak and NBC took the brunt of the losses vs. Fox gains.
ABC was up across the board vs. last Tuesday. Shark Tank was up 7% in the adults 18-49 ratings vs. last week to a 1.6 rating, Dancing with the Stars was up 8% to a 2.8 rating, and the forgotten was up 5% to a 2.0 rating.
For CBS, NCIS was up 2% in the adults 18-49 ratings vs. last Tuesday to a 4.4 rating, while NCIS:LA was down 3% to a 3.5 rating and The Good Wife was down 7% to a 2.7 rating.
Both NBC shows took hits, Biggest Loser was down 8% from last week to a 3.4 rating, and The Jay Leno Show was down 14% to a 1.8 rating, its lowest Tuesday rating this season.
For the CW, 90210 was steady in the 18-49 demo (1.2 rating) and down a tick in women 18-34 (2.3 rating vs. 2.4), and Melrose Place sank to a 0.8 adults 18-49 rating from a 0.9 last week, and was down to a 1.3 rating for women 18-34 from a 1.5 rating last week. Heather Locklear can't arrive soon enough (not that it's likely to do any good).
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00 | CBS | NCIS | 4.4 | 13 | 20.112 |
| FOX | Hell's Kitchen | 3.5 | 10 | 7.426 | |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 2.9 | 8 | 8.139 | |
| ABC | Shark Tank | 1.5 | 4 | 5.265 | |
| CW | 90210 | 1.2 | 3 | 2.399 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | NCIS | 4.5 | 12 | 20.682 |
| FOX | Hell's Kitchen | 3.8 | 10 | 7.955 | |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.2 | 9 | 8.727 | |
| ABC | Shark Tank | 1.7 | 5 | 5.469 | |
| CW | 90210 | 1.2 | 3 | 2.355 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | Hell's Kitchen | 3.9 | 10 | 8.26 |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.7 | 10 | 9.389 | |
| CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles | 3.6 | 9 | 15.849 | |
| ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 2.8 | 7 | 13.008 | |
| CW | Melrose Place | 0.8 | 2 | 1.431 | |
| 9:30 | FOX | Hell's Kitchen | 4.0 | 10 | 8.206 |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.9 | 10 | 9.688 | |
| CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles | 3.4 | 9 | 14.794 | |
| ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 2.9 | 7 | 13.899 | |
| CW | Melrose Place | 0.7 | 2 | 1.375 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | The Good Wife | 2.8 | 8 | 12.995 |
| ABC | the forgotten | 2.1 | 6 | 8.115 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 2.0 | 6 | 6.339 | |
| 10:30 | CBS | The Good Wife | 2.7 | 8 | 12.52 |
| ABC | the forgotten | 2.0 | 6 | 7.042 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.7 | 5 | 5.219 |
No late night results to report because of technical problems.
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The Good Wife continues to drop.
NCIS continues to do wel! Aww 2.7 only for The Good Wife, well it is still the runaway winner on its timeslot. I hope it will go back to 3.0
Did Dancing with the Stars run over into the Forgotten yesterday? Will it go down?
Most likely, Becki.
the forgotten went UP?!
NBC can’t be sweating th 1.8 for Leno, but The Biggest Loser drop is a little bit worrisome, so that show has (somehow) become one of their top programs. Wow, that depressed me to say that fact about Biggest Loser! What happened to you, NBC?
Even though The Good Wife has been picked up for a full season, I don’t think people should count out the possibility that one full season is all it will get. I think this show is another “Eleventh Hour.”
I wouldn’t think that dave would have won after feeling doubtful almost the whole time.
Forgotten’s 2.0 at 10:30 legitimately indicates the show went up. Not enough to keep, but I think it runs through November, mostly uninterrupted.
Loser & NCIS:LA losses were due to increase of HK over SYTYCD from last week.
Good Wife… probably won’t be back next year.
I was watching Hell’s Kitchen.
Funny how CBS claimed Monday for the first time this season and now FOX claims Tuesday for the first time this season. They are switching nights this week!
ABC still far behind in 4th even though up vs last week, Tuesdays are just plain weak for them.
Biggest Loser drop is not a big deal, it is still a solid performer for NBC. Also, some sort of impact would be expected as it went head to head with Hell’s Kitchen for the whole 2 hours. I would think next week it would bounce back some.
Has anyone thought about the potentially big showdown to come in January in terms of total viewers between NCIS and American Idol? With NCIS growing yet again this season, this might be the year that something finally knocks American Idol off its throne, at least with total viewers.
The Biggest Loser drop is not that big of a deal. It’s still among NBC’s best performing shows both in the overall ratings and with the 18-49 year old crowd. Leno down with viewers and demo from last week, but still with 1.8 demo is still considered a “homerun” according to what NBC promised advertisers.
Am I the only one that finds it a bit silly that FOX “won” the night despite the fact that they were beaten from 8-10? Sure, overall averages were higher because of the lower Good Wife Number, but the NCIS duo killed Hell’s Kitchen in viewers, and also beat it in the demo. Hollow victory, at best.
Great news for Hells Kitchen!!!! Nice numbers for NCIS ,wich will probably go to 21 and 4.6 in finals. DWTS is up by almost 2 mil this weak, good for ABC!!! Numbers for NCIS LA and TGW are bad(demos)!!!
sparkx, winning and losing are largely the domain of sites like ours that focus on ratings like sports scores (and TV PR departments). The reality is that all the networks are striving for the best absolute adult demo group ratings they can get, primarily adults 18-49, but the CW wants women 18-34. Average viewership is meaningful only for boasting purposes, advertising is sold against adult demo group ratings.
On the basis of overall ratings, Tuesday has been a very good night for CBS, NBC and Fox this fall, not so much for the CW (relatively), and ABC is just getting thrashed.
Bill, I think what sparkz was referring to was the fact that Fox only programs 2 hours each night, but we weigh it against what the other networks rate over 3 hours.
I get that, about the average viewership, Bill. Just pointing out that every headline I’ve seen about Tuesday ratings has declared FOX the winner. And if you just narrow it down to their broadcast window, they were a very successful second place. Good on them for what they’ve managed to do with Hell’s Kitchen. At the end of the day though, they’re being rewarded for only running two hours of primetime. Or, CBS is being punished for offering that third hour.
Why do people love Hell’s Kitchen so much? I’ve never watched and am just curious.
Hells Kitchen is FOX’s The Biggest Loser. The difference is Loser is NBC’s HIT, while FOX also has Idol, Dance, Glee, Lie To Me, Bones, 24, and House as hits.
Cooking – Its a big Reality hit for them. It started as a little experiment, and its exploded. Nobody else can get a succesful singing competition, and nobody else can get a succesfull cooking competition. (Could it be due to the leads, Cowell and Ramsey?)
FOX has done something right as of lately….
Another thing good about FOX< they have this new strategy. They've learned from the passed, and have seemed to understand every show needs closure. If its a drama, no matter the horrible ratings, the Network will stick by it in order to give eit closuse. This used to not be the case for FOX, and is not the case for other networks, but FOX has learned that they cant air a show and not give it some kind of closure….FANS will revolt.