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| Rating: Adults 18-49 | 3.4/9 | 3.3/9 | 3.0/8 | 2.4/6 | 1.3/4 | 0.9/2 |
| Rating: Adults 18-34 | 2.5/7 | 2.6/8 | 2.3/7 | 2.5/7 | 1.4/4 | 1.3/4 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 15.551 | 12.016 | 7.978 | 6.076 | 3.549 | 1.776 |
ABC's V premiered with a preliminary 5.0 rating for adults 18-49 and averaged 13.9 million viewers, exceeding most expectations of commenters on our site.
Dancing with the Stars received only the slightest boost from V, up 3% in the 18-49 demo from last week. the forgotten was down slightly from last week.
NCIS was hit by the V premiere, down 11% from its last original telecast (10/20) to a 4.2 adults 18-49 rating. As was NCIS:LA, it was down 10% vs. 2 weeks ago to a 3.5 rating. The Good Wife was down 4% to a 2.7 adults 18-49 rating.
NBC's Biggest Loser lost big, down 16% to a 3.1 rating, tieing its lowest original telecast rating this season. The Jay Leno Show up 11% from last Tuesday, tied/slighly edged the forgotten at 10pm.
For the CW, 90210 was on par with its last original episode (2 weeks ago) in adults 18-49 (1.1 rating/3 share) and women 18-34 (2.3 rating/6 share). Melrose Place was up a tenth from its previous original (also 2 weeks ago) in adults 18-49 (.8 rating/2 share), and flat in women 18-34 (1.4/4).
In Late-Night Local People Meters Tuesday night:
- Conan O'Brien (1.0/5 in 18-49 in local people meters) defeated CBS's Late Show (0.8/4) in Nielsen's 24 local markets with People Meters.
- At 12:35 a.m., Jimmy Fallon (0.6/4 in 18-49 in local people meters) topped CBS's Late Late Show (0.5/3).
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00 | ABC | V (series premiere) | 4.9 | 13 | 13.764 |
| CBS | NCIS | 4.0 | 11 | 19.044 | |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.0 | 8 | 8.406 | |
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.4 | 7 | 6.360 | |
| CW | 90210 | 1.1 | 3 | 2.121 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | V (series premiere) | 5.1 | 13 | 14.128 |
| CBS | NCIS | 4.3 | 11 | 19.741 | |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.2 | 8 | 8.645 | |
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.4 | 6 | 6.427 | |
| CW | 90210 | 1.0 | 3 | 2.016 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles | 3.6 | 9 | 15.536 |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.6 | 9 | 9.300 | |
| ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 3.1 | 8 | 14.102 | |
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.5 | 6 | 5.955 | |
| CW | Melrose Place | 0.8 | 2 | 1.590 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.9 | 10 | 9.743 |
| CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles | 3.4 | 9 | 14.492 | |
| ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 3.1 | 8 | 14.863 | |
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.4 | 6 | 5.562 | |
| CW | Melrose Place | 0.7 | 2 | 1.376 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | The Good Wife | 2.7 | 7 | 12.452 |
| ABC | the forgotten | 2.1 | 6 | 8.299 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 2.1 | 6 | 6.129 | |
| 10:30 | CBS | The Good Wife | 2.6 | 8 | 12.043 |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.9 | 6 | 5.642 | |
| ABC | the forgotten | 1.8 | 5 | 6.940 |
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Definitions:
*Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs which are currently in approximately 24.4% of all U.S. TV households. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
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HOLY CRAP!!!! NICEEEEE!!!
Daaaaaaaaaaamn
i knewi it would be huge
yes, that’s a good news 5.0
i’m so glad
holy crap o.0.
Thank god. Amazing first episode too. I’m praying it doesn’t fall too much, this can become something extraordinary.
Wow! I was totally off!
I never get these predictions right. It is so hard to tell these days what is going to be a hit & what is not.
This is higher then what Flashforward premired at, correct?
Um, wow!
Best premiere in several years for ABC I bet. When was the last time a show had a better premiere for them? Back in ’04 with Lost/Desperate Housewives?
wow ………. wicket start for the show ………. i’m just watching it and will post later ……..
OMG!!! OMG!!!! OMG!!!! I hope V’s numbers for huge
Hm…
I wonder who will be the first to eat crow if V performs even moderately as well as the premiere.
Also, cue Joss’s Biggest Fan to talk about Morena Baccarin’s huge premiere numbers.
My prediction of 12.85 million, 4.7 A18-49 was very close
@Chucksmom, yes these numbers are significantly larger than what FF premiered to.
And V was going head-to-head with the most watched show on TV as well.
think they’ll cancel the hiatus now?
Damn, I thought 3.5 tops, but 5? A great first episode too.
A 5.0 and 13.9 million viewers. EXACTLY like I predicted!!!!
Awesome! It’s really great to see a sci-fi show get decent ratings on a main network! Especially one that I’m really interested in! I had a sinking feeling this would flop, but I’m so happy that I was wrong.
It’s a really great show, and to see so many of my favorite tv actors on this show is awesome.
ABC’s strongest series premiere since Ugly Betty in 2006.
OMFG! Fantastic premiere!
That’s amazing. I mean, if it continues, it could be the next big hit.
Even Lost isn’t getting this numbers.