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| Rating: Adults 18-49 | 5.2/14 | 3.1/8 | 2.7/7 | 2.0/5 | 1.3/3 | 1.0/3 |
| Rating: Adults 18-34 | 4.1/12 | 2.1/6 | 3.0/9 | 1.5/4 | 1.4/4 | 1.1/3 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 16.85 | 11.27 | 6.45 | 6.72 | 3.49 | 2.20 |
The 43rd annual CMA Awards dominated the night for ABC leading it to victory in all the major advertising demographics averaging a 5.2/14 (rating/share) with adults 18-49 and 16.85 million viewers. It was the most-watched CMA Awards since 2005, and the biggest audience for an ABC Wednesday (excluding sports) since 9/21/05. It was also ABC's best Wednesday night with adults 18-49 (excluding sports) since 11/17/07.
Taylor Swift collected multiple awards, including "entertainer of the year" and displayed a good sense of humor about her experiences earlier this year at the MTV VMA Awards.
"I want to thank every single person here tonight for not running up on stage during this speech," Swift said as she accepted the award for best female vocalist.
Glee returned from its baseball-induced hiatus as strong as ever (whether Julia is watching or not) to a 3.3 adults 18-49 rating. Glee tied for second for the hour with Criminal Minds with adults 18-49.
The CMA Awards hit So You Think You Can Dance harder than Glee. SYTYCD dropped to a 2.1 rating with adults 18-49, down from a 2.6 in its last Wednesday performance (10/21).
Is Gary Unmarried showing signs of life or did people who wanted a sitcom but not the CMA Awards tune in? It turned in a 2.5/6 rating/share with adults 18-49 at 8:30 - the show's best performance with adults 18-49 since 11/19/08. At 10pm on CBS, CSI: NY with the second part of the CSI trilogy turned in its best performance since the season premiere with a 3.7/10 rating/share with adults 18-49.
Over on NBC, Law & Order: SVU matched its season best with adults 18-49 with a 2.8 adults 18-49 rating and the second largest overall viewers of the season (8.1 million).
In Late-Night Local People Meters Wednesday night:
- Conan O'Brien (1.0/4 in 18-49 in local people meters) tied CBS's LATE SHOW (1.0/4) in Nielsen's 24 local markets with People Meters.
- At 12:35 a.m., Jimmy Fallon (0.5/3 in 18-49 in local people meters) trailed CBS's LATE LATE SHOW (0.6/4).
Full Details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | ABC | 43rd Annual CMA Awards | 5.0/14 | 16.96 |
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.1/6 | 5.55 | |
| CBS | New Adventures of Old Christine | 2.2/6 | 7.57 | |
| NBC | Mercy | 1.8/5 | 6.76 | |
| CW | America's Next Top Model | 1.5/4 | 3.19 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Gary Unmarried | 2.5/6 | 7.70 |
| 9:00 | ABC | 43rd Annual CMA Awards | 5.5/14 | 17.74 |
| CBS | Criminal Minds | 3.3/8 | 12.26 | |
| FOX | Glee | 3.3/8 | 7.35 | |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU | 2.8/7 | 8.81 | |
| CW | Vampire Diaries (R) | 0.5/1 | 1.22 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | 43rd Annual CMA Awards | 5.0/13 | 15.85 |
| CBS | CSI: NY | 3.7/10 | 13.93 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.4/4 | 4.60 |
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Yay for Glee.
It was the absolute best episode of the season, and I’m glad a lot of people got to watch it. I expect talks of Emmies.
Wow, a 52 rating. Don’t see those everyday. =p
Ouch, Mercy’s in trouble.
The CMA did very well but CBS held up well although Criminal Minds was down but CSI: NY made up for that and up 1m, looks like the crossover has a postive effect and bodes well for CSI.
They should just give the Emmy to Glee’s Jane Lynch right now.
I thought Glee might be hit worse by the CMA Awards but it did well. The same can’t really be said for SYTYCD which looks pretty low.
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Glee was amazing last night.
“Ouch, Mercy’s in trouble.”
Err, that’s a given, the only chance it has of making it into March is if Parenthood never gets off the ground – the chances of it getting into next year are about 1%.
9PM results are kind of odd. SVU/Glee/CM are all up or static, but CMA is way up over MF/CT’s ratings. CMA audience doesn’t normally watch broadcast TV?
Guessing GU is simply lack of The Middle. Makes you wonder how it will fare vs. AI/UB (probably) come Spring.
Who is that pressing her face against Swifts left breast and grabbing the one on the right? Or is that just some kind of “Country Music” thing with the ladies?
I was worried Glee would share a lot of audience with the CMAs. I guess not though. Good episode, Jane Lynch was fantastic.
Anyone know what Jay Leno is averaging now-adays?
Wow, CSI’s crossover is big. Tonight I’m guessing it’ll be the #2 show of the night, vs. last week when it was…5th, I think?
Love Taylor. First female nominated for EOTY since 2000 and youngest winner ever. She also has the most hit singles as lead artist this decade with 19. And the top album of the year.
Top Model’s performance is the 2nd most impressive in its hour.
Will SVU not get back to a 3 at all this year?
Interestingly, Glee this week is ahead of Cleveland’s last episode.
Last night was a poor tv night, nothing on – Glee was about it but the show entirely lost itself. It’s like when Roseanne went all dramatic towards the end – you’re a comedy! Act like one! I don’t need feel-good moments for the handicapable and special – I want some good, old-fashioned making fun of people. #fail
KHL What do you mean by “these days?”
Over the last 10 days he averaged a 1.46 in the demo. And 4.79 viewers. I dunno if that helps.
Almost delivering his 1.5 that he promised to advertisers.
Although Leno was up a tick from last Wednesday (when Fox aired game 6), his show, outside of Tuesdays, now seem consitently at or below 1.5.
I assume he’ll take a couple of weeks off late in December, but I wonder when we’ll see him at or below 1.0.
Who’s Jay Leno?
I’m wondering, why is the 18-49 demo more important than the 18-34?
What’s sad is that if Gary Unmarried was on NBC it would be one of their higher rated shows.
Glee’s becoming a real consistently solid performer. It’s stayed pretty much even all season, hasn’t it?
How likely is it that SYTYCD will be on next fall? It hasn’t done great but I can’t imagine their expectations were all that high to begin with.