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| Rating: Adults 18-49 | 6.7/18 | 3.4/9 | 2.4/6 | 1.4/4 | 1.0/3 | 0.3/1 |
| Rating: Adults 18-34 | 5.7/17 | 2.9/9 | 1.6/5 | 1.5/5 | 0.9/3 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 17.611 | 8.701 | 11.995 | 3.607 | 3.106 | 0.748 |
American Idol outperformed its second Tuesday airing from last season and, as expected, lead Fox to a big ratings win on the night. Biggest Loser soared in its second hour (free of American Idol) to a 25% overall increase from last week.
American Idol's 9.9 adults 18-49 rating was 9% above its comparable second Tuesday last season (1/20/09) and it boosted a repeat of the Human Target pilot to a 3.4 rating, up 17% from its premiere. Conflicting reports on whether there was an Idol overrun into the 9pm hour that would effect the Human Target final ratings.
The adults 18-49 ratings for the first three airings of American Idol are down just 3% from the first three airings last year. That's a relatively smaller loss than I had anticipated.
NBC's Biggest Loser was up 25% vs. last week to a 4.1 rating. That increase was heavily weighted to its second hour though. The first hour increased ~11% and the second increased ~40%. The Jay Leno Show got its customary bump from Loser, and maybe a bit of controversy, up 11% from last week.
In the 9pm hour, Scrubs (up 16% to a 1.4 rating) and Better Off Ted (up 30% to a 1.3 rating) ratings were somewhat less gruesome than in the recent past.
In Late-Night Local People Meters Tuesday night:
Conan O'Brien (1.9 rating /8 share in 18-49 in local people meters) out-delivered CBS's LATE SHOW (0.7 rating /3 share) in Nielsen's 25 local markets with People Meters.
At 12:35 a.m., Jimmy Fallon (0.8 rating /5 share in 18-49 in local people meters) topped CBS's LATE LATE SHOW (0.4 rating /3 share).
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol | 9.1 | 25 | 24.242 |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.4 | 9 | 8.654 | |
| CBS | NCIS (repeat) | 2.5 | 7 | 13.778 | |
| ABC | Scrubs (repeat) | 0.8 | 2 | 2.691 | |
| CW | 90210 (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.964 | |
| 8:30 | FOX | American Idol | 10.8 | 28 | 27.865 |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.4 | 9 | 8.433 | |
| CBS | NCIS (repeat) | 2.6 | 7 | 14.351 | |
| ABC | Better Off Ted (repeat) | 0.6 | 2 | 2.000 | |
| CW | 90210 (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.720 | |
| 9:00 | NBC | The Biggest Loser | 4.6 | 12 | 11.037 |
| FOX | Human Target (repeat) | 4.1 | 11 | 10.846 | |
| CBS | NCIS: LA (repeat) | 2.5 | 7 | 12.400 | |
| ABC | Scrubs | 1.4 | 4 | 3.335 | |
| CW | Melrose Place (repeat) | 0.2 | 1 | 0.665 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | The Biggest Loser | 4.8 | 12 | 11.488 |
| FOX | Human Target (repeat) | 2.7 | 7 | 7.491 | |
| CBS | NCIS: LA (repeat) | 2.5 | 7 | 12.270 | |
| ABC | Better Off Ted | 1.3 | 3 | 3.241 | |
| CW | Melrose Place (repeat) | 0.2 | 1 | 0.643 | |
| 10:00 | NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 2.3 | 6 | 6.602 |
| CBS | The Good Wife (repeat) | 2.1 | 6 | 9.916 | |
| ABC | the forgotten (repeat) | 1.1 | 3 | 3.689 | |
| 10:30 | CBS | The Good Wife (repeat) | 2.0 | 6 | 9.254 |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.8 | 5 | 5.995 | |
| ABC | the forgotten (repeat) | 1.0 | 3 | 3.683 |
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*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.
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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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