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| Adults 18-49: Rating/Share | 3.9/11 | 3.8/11 | 2.9/8 | 2.1/6 | 1.4/4 | 0.5/1 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 2.5/8 | 2.7/9 | 2.3/7 | 2.4/8 | 1.5/5 | 0.5/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 15.862 | 16.646 | 7.586 | 5.422 | 3.699 | 1.009 |
Donny Osmond's win on the finale of Dancing with the Stars elevated ABC to a razor thin ratings victory over CBS on Tuesday. While V held steady vs. last week with a 3.1 rating.
NCIS:LA up 26% from last week, had its highest adults 18-49 rating (4.3) since its season premiere, while NCIS was up 7% from last week, and the top rated show for the night with a 4.4 adults 18-49 rating. The Good Wife rose 8% from last week to a 2.8 adults 18-49 rating.
Freed of the ratings albatross that is the forgotten, the 2 hour Dancing with the Stars finale secured the nightly ratings win for ABC, although Dancing's adults 18-49 4.3 rating was down 16% from its Fall 2008 finale episode.
NBC's Biggest Loser was down 5% from last week to a 3.5 rating, while The Jay Leno Show was flat with a 1.9 rating.
The CW was in repeats.
In Late-Night Local People Meters Tuesday night:
- Conan O'Brien (1.1/5 in 18-49 in local people meters) defeated CBS's Late Show (0.9/4) in Nielsen's 24 local markets with People Meters.
- At 12:35 a.m., Jimmy Fallon (0.6/3 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 | CBS | NCIS | 4.2 | 12 | 19.496 |
| ABC | V | 3.0 | 9 | 9.149 | |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.0 | 9 | 8.204 | |
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.2 | 7 | 5.945 | |
| CW | 90210 (repeat) | 0.6 | 2 | 1.342 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | NCIS | 4.6 | 13 | 21.035 |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.4 | 10 | 9.100 | |
| ABC | V | 3.2 | 9 | 9.259 | |
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.3 | 6 | 6.007 | |
| CW | 90210 (repeat) | 0.5 | 1 | 1.060 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles | 4.2 | 11 | 17.142 |
| ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 3.9 | 11 | 17.509 | |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.5 | 9 | 8.702 | |
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.1 | 6 | 5.046 | |
| CW | Melrose Place (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.866 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles | 4.4 | 11 | 17.212 |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 4.0 | 11 | 9.626 | |
| ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 3.9 | 10 | 18.215 | |
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 1.9 | 5 | 4.691 | |
| CW | Melrose Place (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.766 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 4.6 | 13 | 20.531 |
| CBS | The Good Wife | 2.9 | 8 | 12.730 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 2.0 | 6 | 5.212 | |
| 10:30 | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 4.7 | 13 | 20.510 |
| CBS | The Good Wife | 2.7 | 8 | 12.262 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.8 | 5 | 4.670 |
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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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Well done V!
Knew ABC would win with the Dancing finale. V now looks good for renewal as long as it stays at 3.0 when it returns in March.
Where’s the breakdown?
Congratz to NCIS:LA and V!!
It’s good to see V go on hiatus on a steady if not high note and since ABC hasn’t touted it as a “quiet success” perhaps it will do well when it returns in March.
Slightly off topic, the Scrubs promo during V last night was hilarious. Nothing is more frightening than Dr. Dorian projected on the belly of a starship!
Well, the Biggest Loser looks like it held in quite well despite the increased competition – although SYTYCD definitely took it on the chin, approaching Leno-esque numbers.
Not surprised on V since it’s the finale for the fall and I think a lot of people think it’s the finale for the show. More people typically tune in for a show’s finale.
90210/Melrose Place repeats arent that bad!
I didn’t know how small 18-49 rating of NCIS is. Who watches it – teens or adults 49+?
is it possible that V could return earlier?
I thought V was very good last night – it really found its feet
Ep 1 was okay, 2 and 3 were dreadful – but last night the tone, pace, style all seemed to work
Glad the ratings have stabilized!
Good V. Sadly, it doesn’t have a story to last past two seasons.
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Was a good episode of V imho. Shame about the long break.
The good wife I think will continue to plummet however.
GO V!
Nice to see 90210 doing better than Gossip Girls viewer wise, in repeats.
Happy for V and the Good Wife. Both shows had fantastic episodes last night!
“Not surprised on V since it’s the finale for the fall and I think a lot of people think it’s the finale for the show. More people typically tune in for a show’s finale.”
My thoughts exactly, Carol. The true test will be to see how V fares when it returns. The first episode back will probably be solid enough, but whether it stabilizes after that or continues its downward trend will be critical to its future.
On a non-ratings note, I’m still a little bummed Kelly Osbourne didn’t win DWTS. She really grew on me during the season. Not ashamed to say that my wife and I helped push ABC over the top last night.
Woe with CBS/ABC…
Nice for V but I suspect NCIS:LA’s rise had a lot more to do with a heavily promoted crossover than it did with the show itself. If anything I’d think it’s a bad sign that the audience because this means the audience is actually walking away from the show most nights.
Though I guess it really doesn’t matter since it’s in no danger of being cancelled anyway.
Leo i dont think it is possible for it to return sooner than march as not sure when they start shooting the remaining episodes.