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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.6/10 | 2.6/8 | 1.5/4 | 1.3/4 | 1.0/3 | 0.8/2 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 2.3/7 | 2.5/8 | 1.2/4 | 1.4/5 | 0.9/3 | 0.9/3 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 14.567 | 6.904 | 5.399 | 3.479 | 3.685 | 1.873 |
Lead by the penultimate episode of Survivor: Samoa, and against reduced original broadcast competition, CBS dominated the ratings on Thursday.
Note: Fox affiliates were scheduled to carry the Colts/Jaguars game locally in the Indianapolis and Jacksonville (although it may have been blacked out in Jax, there was no blackout) markets. Those ratings will be removed from these numbers in the final ratings, so the preliminary numbers for Fox shows are subject to more than the typical revisions, likely downwards.
Even though it was universally down vs. last week, CBS' all new line up was way too much for the reduced competition. Survivor: Samoa was down 7% to a 3.9 adults 18-49 rating. CSI fell 10% to a 3.5 rating, and The Mentalist slipped 3% to a 3.5 rating.
NBC's SNL: A Very Gilly Christmas did surprisingly (to me) well, averaging a 3.1 rating from 8-10pm. That's identical to NBC's 8-10pm average last Thursday. And since it's 3.6 rating at 9:30 was better than the typical 30 Rock rating, it may have provided the boost that propelled The Jay Leno Show up 6% from last Thursday to a 1.7 rating. Another tough morning for the "Leno Ragers".
And I rarely comment on repeat performance, but it's interesting that Vampire Diaries repeats were quite competitive with both Grey's Anatomy and Fringe repeats, and better than the average new Melrose Place episode.
In Late-Night Local People Meters Thursday night:
- Conan O'Brien (1.2/5 in 18-49 in local people meters) topped CBS's Late Show (1.0/4) in Nielsen's 24 local markets with People Meters.
- At 12:35 a.m., Jimmy Fallon (0.8/5 in 18-49 in local people meters) tied CBS's Late Late Show (0.6/4).
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (Millions) |
| 8:00 | CBS | Survivor:Samoa | 3.8 | 12 | 12.220 |
| NBC | SNL: A Very Gilly Christmas | 2.9 | 9 | 7.734 | |
| FOX | Bones (repeat) | 1.7 | 5 | 6.445 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (repeat) | 0.9 | 3 | 3.991 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.8 | 3 | 1.888 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Survivor:Samoa | 4.0 | 12 | 12.674 |
| NBC | SNL: A Very Gilly Christmas | 3.1 | 9 | 7.933 | |
| FOX | Bones (repeat) | 1.9 | 6 | 7.295 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (repeat) | 0.9 | 3 | 3.785 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.8 | 2 | 1.873 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | CSI | 3.4 | 10 | 15.072 |
| NBC | SNL: A Very Gilly Christmas | 3.2 | 9 | 7.865 | |
| FOX | Fringe (repeat) | 1.3 | 4 | 4.179 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (repeat) | 1.2 | 3 | 4.024 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.9 | 2 | 1.891 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | CSI | 3.5 | 10 | 16.000 |
| NBC | SNL: A Very Gilly Christmas | 3.2 | 9 | 7.497 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (repeat) | 1.3 | 3 | 4.099 | |
| FOX | Fringe (repeat) | 1.1 | 3 | 3.677 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.8 | 2 | 1.841 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | The Mentalist | 3.6 | 10 | 16.092 |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.9 | 5 | 5.624 | |
| ABC | Private Practice (repeat) | 1.0 | 3 | 3.185 | |
| 10:30 | CBS | The Mentalist | 3.4 | 10 | 15.341 |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.5 | 4 | 4.771 | |
| ABC | Private Practice (repeat) | 0.9 | 3 | 3.027 |
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Survivor wins again.And 4 million for a Anatomy repeat?
SNL did do pretty well. Followed by a big drop for Leno!
I would also guess some kind of game aired on the CW because those repeat #s for VD are high.
I cant wait for ABC Thursday to have new episodes. These repeats #s are horrific!
Look at that drop on Leno. How sad!!
Wow SNL’s special did great! I’m pretty impressed by those numbers. Survivor is really doing well too, I can’t wait to see what the ratings will look like for the Sunday finale.
You gotta wonder how CSI and The Mentalist fail to get a boost by running against reruns. In The Mentalist’s case, the later timeslot, evidenced by the high DVR numbers, is highly responsible, but still, it’s essentially the same numbers the shows are getting against GA and PP originals.
rob, no information as yet on any CW sports pre-emptions, but will update as I see anything.
Those are some impressive numbers for the SNL special. I wonder if Weekend Update Thursday will get similar results when it resumes?
Lately Leno has been beating ABC at 9pm in reruns (and even some original programs). CBS is still in originals and we’ll see how that goes next week, I expect CBS will win but the ? is by how much?
GA 8pm repeat did worse than FlashFoward repeat last week, but still not enough to make ABC regret replacing FF repeat.
How telling is it that the Fringe Repeat beat the Greys repeat for the first 1/2 hour and then lost views in the 2nd half hours.
Says to me that some people gave Fringe a try and then switched back to the Grey’s repeat.
Being a Fringe fan (not enough to watch a repeat) I hope it does better on Jan 11 following House.
What is going to replace Survivor on CBS?
Great ratings for the Mentalist, love the show!
Hey Bill Gorman,
When will CBS release their mid-season schedule?…AND also for ABC’s mid-season?…The Final Question; Post Super-Bowl>>>Still the strong Favorite Survivor 20 that is most still likely to get thye coveted spot?…
Mike, your conclusion that Fringe watchers switched to Grey’s is unsupported by the facts. 50+% of the adults 18-49 last night were *not* watching ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the CW. Those Fringe watchers could have gone many other places, those Grey’s watchers could have come from many other places.
The Jacksonville Fox affiliate carried the game? That surprises me because I thought Jaguar home games were getting blacked out
John, Robert’s been given broad dates for the CBS announcements, which effectively amount to “soon”.
Jared, you are correct that there was a blackout threat, not sure if it happened or not. Will edit that into the post.
Guessing the new sketches helped SNL. That is a huge improvement and a clear sign of what NBC needs to do starting next year with their Thursday block. Maybe a Thursday Night Live for a half or full hour should be in the works. TNL could be huge. Already got the abbreviated name. LOL!
CBS’ combo of CSI and The Mentalist are hanging around that 15 million viewer mark but I do feel that CBS should’ve never touched The Mentalist.
The Jacksonville Fox affiliate carried the game? That surprises me because I thought Jaguar home games were getting blacked out —— It didn’t get blacked out because the game was sold out. It was Jacksonville’s first sell out of the year.
lol @ CSI’s numbers.
CBS- Criminally Bad Stuff
Critical Breakdown of the Senses
Crappy Broadcasting for Seniors