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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 2.9/8 | 2.9/8 | 2.7/7 | 2.4/6 | 1.4/4 | 0.8/2 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 2.6/8 | 1.9/6 | 2.2/6 | 2.7/8 | 1.6/5 | 0.8/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 8.768 | 11.117 | 8.395 | 5.649 | 3.716 | 1.949 |
Just before it begins an extended hiatus, ABC's Flash Forward fell to a series low 2.2 (Update: adjusted to a 2.1 in the final ratings) rating for adults 18-49. On the flipside, Fringe hit a season high its highest rating since its season premier with 2.5 adults 18-49 rating. ABC tied repeat heavy CBS for the nightly 18-49 ratings crown. Note that the NFL Network Jets/Bills game was carried on ABC in the Buffalo market and CW in New York, so those results are subject to more than typical revisions, likely downward.
Fringe fans have reason to celebrate, absent the competition from Grey's Anatomy and a new CSI, it had its highest rating since the season premiere, up 25% from last week. Bones was also up 7% from its last regular telecast on 11/19.
While Flash Forward crashed to a series low, the 2 hour Private Practice was up 3% from its regular 1 hour telecast on 11/19 to a 3.2 adults 18-49 rating.
Compared to their last regular telecasts on 11/19, the early NBC line up was all up. Community up 10%, Parks & Recreation up 5%, The Office up 11% and 30 Rock up 7%. Only The Jay Leno Show was down, 6%, tying its lowest Thursday rating ever.
CBS' Survivor: Samoa was up a tenth of a ratings point from its 11/19 telecast (and, not surprisingly up 26% from its Thanksgiving telecast).
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (Millions) |
| 8:00 | CBS | Survivor: Samoa | 3.9 | 11 | 12.753 |
| FOX | Bones | 2.9 | 8 | 9.931 | |
| ABC | FlashForward | 2.2 | 6 | 7.289 | |
| NBC | Community | 2.2 | 6 | 5.378 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.8 | 2 | 1.988 | |
| 8:30 | NBC | Parks and Recreation | 2.1 | 6 | 4.834 |
| 9:00 | NBC | The Office | 4.1 | 11 | 8.055 |
| ABC | Private Practice | 3.1 | 8 | 9.269 | |
| FOX | Fringe | 2.5 | 6 | 6.859 | |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 2.3 | 6 | 9.883 | |
| CW | Supernatural (repeat) | 0.8 | 2 | 1.910 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | 30 Rock | 3.0 | 8 | 6.170 |
| 10:00 | ABC | Private Practice | 3.4 | 9 | 9.748 |
| CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 2.6 | 7 | 10.717 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.5 | 4 | 4.728 |
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I hate when I invest all this time in shows and they get cancelled.
So long, FlashForward.
im not surprised FF sucks. ABC should just axe it now.
I’m kinda worried how Private Practice did last night now…
The hiatus will not save FF, RIP
Yesterday’s FF episode was THE episode I had waited for all along, the one and only good episode that would make me care about FF. I guess it is to late. 2.2 is quite bad, I don’t think FF is going to make it to the future…
Bill, the twitter feed for this post directed from the previous week’s ratings, FYI
Erik says:
December 4, 2009 at 8:40 am
I hate when I invest all this time in shows and they get cancelled
Co-sign i kinda like flashforward but i really hate these hiatus’s
It was a really good episode, one of the bests since the Pilot. But its really saddening to see a show go down like this, I’m hoping it makes it for a possible season 2. But I’ll be fine if it only has one season, I’m hoping though they find out the entire mystery by the end of this season.
Please don’t says it’s dead just yet
^ directed *to*
Tragic numbers for FlashForward
Relived to see Private Practice did quite well.
Whoa….”Community” had the same score as FF?!
NICE!
See….FF is a one-season premise. Should I still catch-up on it? I’m not sure I should bother yet. But at least I have months to do so.
Relieved, I mean.
Mark my words, The Vampire Diaries will beat Flashforward and the NBC comedies in January.
Being against CBS repeats helped Fringe I guess, up to a 2.5. I guess this proves that the show could do way better on a different night. Will next week episode be against Grey’s repeats as well?
Private Practice did good last night! Can u fix the chart? The shows are all out of order.
Fringe picked up when not up against Grey’s Anatomy. Expect the number to go down when up against Greys again.
Nice to see Private Practice holding it’s 3.0 and up ratings without Greys although ratings are down when it has Grey as lead-in.
The two hour Private Practice did well, I’m impressed. 30 Rock settling to the 3.0, nice to see that. Bones is inching closer to 3
Community and Parks are consistent with those kind of numbers. Fringe rebounded a to 2.5. Truly sad for FlashForward
Yeah private practice did pretty well. Especially the increase in ratings the second hour! Too bad for ff. They messed up huge. Fringes numbers r pretty good…alot better than I expected
It probably doesn’t matter all that much but FF was preempted by a football game in my area (the Buffalo area). I know we’re probably not a big market but still. Last nights ep won’t show here until 1:06am tonight…yep 1:06. Just thought I’d throw that out there.