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| Rating: Adults 18-49 | 6.6/17 | 3.3/9 | 2.3/6 | 1.4/4 | 1.4/4 | 0.5/1 |
| Rating: Adults 18-34 | 5.5/17 | 2.2/7 | 2.0/6 | 1.4/4 | 1.0/3 | 0.5/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 18.57 | 11.85 | 6.05 | 3.60 | 5.35 | 1.26 |
American Idol of course led the night with a 9.8/27 rating/share with adults 18-49 and 26.73 million viewers. The new episode of Human Target performed almost identically to the encore of Human Target pilot the night before. In the 8pm hour Idol was up a few percent vs. last week and flat vs. the same night one year ago. FOX has to be happy about that.
Human Target was down 37% from the premiere of Lie To Me a year ago, but unlike Human Target, Lie To Me's one hour time slot premiere was its actual premiere. This was now the third Human Target telecast of the week, though last night's episode was an original telecast.
Modern Family was up 24% from last week with adults 18-49, and Cougar Town was up 10%. Modern' Family's 4.1 was the best outing since it's premiere on September 23, 2009 and hit series highs with adults 18-34 and women 18-34. Cougar Town had its best adult 18-49/18-34 numbers since September 30, 2009.
Criminal Minds had a big night at 9pm with 4.3 adults 18-49 rating -- up almost 14 percent versus last week.
The Jay Leno Show's 1.2 adults 18-49 rating was down about 20% from last week. You won't have him to kick around at 10pm for much longer. Conan's Tonight Show pulled a 2.0 rating in the local markets with People Meters -- NBC's best performance of the night, including primetime.
Details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol | 9.8/27 | 26.73 |
| CBS | New Adventures of Old Christine | 1.9/6 | 6.46 | |
| ABC | Modern Family (R) | 1.6/5 | 5.08 | |
| NBC | Mercy | 1.4/4 | 5.84 | |
| CW | Life Unexpected (R) | 0.7/2 | 1.72 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Gary Unmarried | 1.9/5 | 6.17 |
| ABC | The Middle (R) | 1.7/4 | 4.70 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Criminal Minds | 4.3/11 | 15.34 |
| ABC | Modern Family | 4.1/11 | 9.79 | |
| FOX | Human Target | 3.4/9 | 10.42 | |
| NBC | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) | 1.4/4 | 5.59 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl (R) | 0.4/1 | 0.81 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Cougar Town | 3.4/9 | 7.55 |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: NY | 3.7/10 | 13.89 |
| ABC | Ugly Betty | 1.6/5 | 4.59 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.2/4 | 4.61 |
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Ah Leno back to his usual ratings.
I’m sure he thought yesterday was going to be the turning point on his pathetic show
Modern Family has fallen to 3rd in timeslot viewership. Perhaps people are finally realizing that it’s storylines have become somewhat repetitive and tired
Excellent night for CM!
I think those Modern Family numbers are incorrect…
Good for Modern Family. Nice repeat #s for Life Unexpected. Idol is still too strong this year!
Who cares about viewership? is #2 behind Criminal Minds and #1 new comedy this year.
“Modern Family has fallen to 3rd in timeslot viewership. Perhaps people are finally realizing that it’s storylines have become somewhat repetitive and tired”
Huh? I see it sitting pretty in 2nd place for it’s timeslot.
Such a wonderful episode of “Ugly Betty”, and yet it’s still getting Friday night ratings? What a shame!
I watched Human Target last night instead of the ABC comedies. I won’t make that mistake again.
Who cares about total viewers? MF came in second in A18-49 and that’s all that matters! It’s really holding up!
the miiddle is repeating pretty well eh
Great repeat number for “Life Unexpected” though. It’s repeat is performing better then a new episode of “Melrose Place”.
John, you are correct. I’d inadvertently posted the whole 9p-10p hour – it’s been corrected but the correct #s were 4.1/11 A18-49, and 9.789m
I find it interesting that a CW repeat of LUX scores half of what a new NBC episode (and almost half of what a new CBS episode) got in the ratings. And it gets this rating against American Idol.
Furthermore, the LUX repeat got higher ratings than the GG repeat that followed it, even though the GG repeat had the advantages of not going up against American Idol and facing off against male skewing shows on Fox and CBS.
Is this kind of performance typical for a pilot repeat of a new show? Anyone know how the repeat did in the W18-34 demo versus its Monday premier?
American Idol still going strong, what a ratings machine that show is. Not a single show that went up against it got higher than a 1.9. Amazing.
Was also surprised with the high ratings for Human Target. It even beat Modern family in overall viewers with over 10 million people watching (I think Modern Family is SO overrated).
can someone tell me why NBC gave mercy its back 9…
Modern Family got a 4.1? Excellent!!!!!!!!
Jenny, no, Ugly Betty’s 1.6 ratings (all 3 weeks now) on Wednesdays are 33% better than the 1.2 it was averaging on Fridays, but just as dreadful, considering the day/timeslot.
note: there were also some rounding errors in the 18-49 data in the first report I saw (and used). Criminal Minds was a 4.3 A18-49, not a 4.4, and Jay Leno was a 1.2, not a 1.3.
There’s no way Fox is content with Human Target’s ratings. No way, no how. 3.4 out of 9.8? Sheesh! I watched the first episode and I have to say that the rather low ratings – with such an amazing lead-in, they are low – are deserved. The show is simply bad.