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| Rating: Adults 18-49 | 3.0/8 | 2.8/8 | 1.8/5 | 1.8/5 | 1.4/4 | 0.4/1 |
| Rating: Adults 18-34 | 3.3/10 | 1.9/6 | 1.4/4 | 1.4/4 | 1.5/5 | 0.5/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 7.25 | 8.42 | 7.54 | 5.46 | 3.89 | 1.09 |
Based on Nielsen Fast National Ratings for Wednesday December 2, 2009
FOX won the night with adults 18-49, 18-34 and CBS had the most viewers.
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer was the night's most-watched program both overall and with adults 18-49. Still it was down 10% versus last year's final numbers for 12/3/08.
Glee hit sesason highs in adults 18-49, and viewers and series highs with adults 18-34. Its 4.3/12 adults 18-34 rating was tops for the night and with women 18-34 it had a 6.0/16 rating/share
Full Details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | CBS | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (R) | 3.8/11 | 10.74 |
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.3/6 | 6.33 | |
| NBC | Christmas in Rockefeller Center | 1.8/5 | 8.78 | |
| ABC | Modern Family (R) | 1.7/5 | 5.97 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl (R) | 0.4/1 | 1.08 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | The Middle | 2.0/6 | 6.40 |
| 9:00 | FOX | Glee | 3.6/9 | 8.17 |
| CBS | Grammy Nominations Concert Live! | 2.3/6 | 6.48 | |
| ABC | Modern Family (R) | 2.3/6 | 6.68 | |
| NBC | Law & Order: SVU (R) | 2.0/5 | 8.29 | |
| CW | Vampire Diaries (R) | 0.5/1 | 1.10 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Cougar Town (R) | 1.8/5 | 5.23 |
| 10:00 | CBS | Criminal Minds (R) | 2.2/6 | 8.03 |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.5/4 | 5.56 | |
| ABC | Eastwick | 1.3/4 | 4.25 |
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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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GLEE at 3.6 That seems pretty good to me. Of course, there wasn’t much competition. And I know from personal life, middle school girls are watching this on the dvr …. over and over and over.
Just yesterday, one poster claimed that Eastwick would rebound from its Thanksgiving showing. It didn’t.
Why do networks keep giving Lindsay Price work? How many shows has she killed? 4 ?
I was kinda thinking “Glee” would break a 4, considering it had zero competition last night (other than that BEP-infested Grammy’s show)
…and I was a little surprised that ABC put in a NEW “The Middle” while the rest of their comedies were in repeats. Still, a 2.0 was pretty good.
I see ABC is continuing to burn Eastwick at the stake; Jay beat it again!
Wow this is amazing news for Glee fans or Gleeks as we like to be called. So proud of the show, it was truely one of the best episodes of the season so far and I can’t wait for the midseason finale next week.
Well done Glee!!
Holy crap, Glee! I realize there wasn’t much competition, but those numbers are phenomenal. I only hope that somewhere, somehow…..Emily24 is seeing this! Congrats, Glee….keep on keeping on.
initially I had posted SERIES highs across the board. But it was only series highs for 18-34 (including even the pilot after Idol). Adults 18-49 and viewers were just “season” highs.
Nice one Glee. And, ‘Really Tired’ – I’m a guy I’ve watched the episodes repeatedly. Just like musical films that seemingly have that bit of extra rewatch value in them than non-musical films, Glee has it.
Wow with Glee… and it seems that some ABC show repeats well (Castle and the comedies)
The Middle held up rather well considering it was the only show in the comedy block with a new episode last night.
I bet the aired a new middle to get it caught up too the other comedies since it was one episode behind the others.
I have to say, I like the board better with the hourly ratings instead of the half-hour breakdowns. Then I don’t have to do averages.
Whatever will Jay do to not be last in the ratings once Eastwick leaves the air? I think Wednesday is currently the only night of the week his show doesn’t tank, but, amusingly, his show only did a 1.5 in the ratings versus Eastwick’s 1.3, so that’s nothing truly noteworthy.
Leno’s learning all about being the dog nearest the sled this season.
To Jayme. I wasn’t trying to insult any adult watching GLEE. lol.
FOX should lead Glee into Bones next year. Only from September-December, before Idol is on.
Considering how well Rudoph does every year, I wonder why they have never commissioned a regular series? The same company, Rankin-Bass, DID produce “The Smokey Bear Show.”
We are in shite state if Glee is considered good TV.
it makes perfect since that Glee hit highs, it had no competition. Nobody cares about grammy nominations, they only care who wins.
I’m super glad that Modern family did pretty good even in reruns.
Glee still got beat by a Rudolph movie. How funny.