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| Rating: Adults 18-49 | 6.4/16 | 5.1/13 | 3.5/9 | 3.0/8 | 1.5/4 | 0.3/1 |
| Rating: Adults 18-34 | 5.5/15 | 5.0/14 | 2.4/7 | 2.2/6 | 1.7/5 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 16.855 | 11.366 | 16.063 | 7.941 | 3.863 | 0.767 |
The final season premiere of Lost was up in the adults 18-49 ratings from last season's premiere, while American Idol stayed strong and helped Fox win the night. CBS's lineup and NBC's Biggest Loser held up reasonably well under the Idol + Lost competition.
Lost's 5.6 adults 18-49 rating from 9-11pm was up 10% from last year's 5.1 rating. (although ABC is reporting last year's premiere at a 5.0 rating, which would make the increase 12%) That's quite an accomplishment in today's broadcast television environment and bodes well for this season's results. It was also ABC's best two hour ratings for a series since 11/27/07.
American Idol's 8.9 rating at 8pm was down just 1% from last Tuesday, and since there was an overrun into the 9pm hour is somewhat likely to increase in the final ratings. Idol haters can continue to lament, it's down just 5% in the 18-49 ratings so far this season from last season to date. Following Idol, Kitchen Nightmares posted its largest ever 3.9 adults 18-49 rating, although with the Idol overrun, that's likely to be adjusted downward in the finals.
CBS held up pretty well during the Lostapalooza. NCIS was up 8% from last week to a 4.3 rating, while NCIS:LA was down 3% to a 3.6 rating. The Good Wife took the biggest hit, down 13% from its last original episode to a 2.6 rating.
NBC's Biggest Loser likely benefited more from not being against Idol, than against its head to head with Lost, as it was down just 3% from last week to a 3.7 rating from 9-11pm.
In Late-Night Local People Meters Monday night:
- Conan O'Brien (1.0/4 in 18-49 in local people meters with an encore telecast) trailed CBS's first-run Late Show (1.1/5) in Nielsen's 25 local markets with People Meters.
- At 12:35 a.m., Jimmy Fallon (0.5/3 in 18-49 in local people meters ) tied CBS's Late Late Show (0.5/3 with an encore telecast).
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol | 8.4 | 22 | 23.359 |
| CBS | NCIS | 4.1 | 11 | 18.538 | |
| ABC | Lost (clips) | 4.0 | 11 | 9.980 | |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser (repeat) | 1.6 | 4 | 5.062 | |
| CW | 90210 (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.994 | |
| 8:30 | FOX | American Idol | 9.3 | 23 | 25.525 |
| CBS | NCIS | 4.4 | 11 | 19.675 | |
| ABC | Lost (clips) | 4.2 | 11 | 9.873 | |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser (repeat) | 1.6 | 4 | 4.893 | |
| CW | 90210 (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.752 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Lost (season premiere) | 5.7 | 14 | 12.614 |
| FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | 4.2 | 10 | 10.317 | |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.7 | 9 | 9.472 | |
| CBS | NCIS: LA | 3.6 | 9 | 16.627 | |
| CW | Melrose Place (repeat) | 0.2 | 1 | 0.650 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Lost (season premiere) | 5.6 | 14 | 12.225 |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.7 | 9 | 9.648 | |
| CBS | NCIS: LA | 3.6 | 9 | 16.100 | |
| FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | 3.6 | 9 | 8.221 | |
| CW | Melrose Place (repeat) | 0.2 | 1 | 0.672 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | Lost (season premiere) | 5.4 | 14 | 11.563 |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.7 | 9 | 9.352 | |
| CBS | The Good Wife | 2.7 | 7 | 13.017 | |
| 10:30 | ABC | Lost (season premiere) | 5.6 | 15 | 11.944 |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.7 | 10 | 9.218 | |
| CBS | The Good Wife | 2.5 | 6 | 12.423 |
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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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Damn!
My prediction in the other article was
“12.7 million and 5.4 18-49 average for both.”
Wow, well done Lost, incredible. Seems to have knocked The Biggest Loser and The Good Wife somewhat.
GO GO GO LOST!
MAKE YOUR SEASON FINALE A BOMB
#1 scripted show for the week ?
I do recall some people expecting 17 million viewers for Lost with 6.0 demo.
It really makes me wonder what the CW is doing. Repeats and repeats every Tuesday.
Really good result for Lost! Excellent figures for 18-49! Well done!
Go Lost.
Poor “Good Wife.” I predict a Friday banishment next fall, possibly in the current numb3rs slot.
Strong premiere for Lost!
well the good wife was up against competition for the first time ever
I love the good wifeeeeee
Great Tuesday numbers overall for ABC!
Usually, once we get the Final rating for (Live+SD), Lost could even have a little more higher on the ratings and viewers side.
The Biggest Loser held up nicely against Lost, but DAMN Kitchen Nightmares! I know it had a hell of a lead-in, but I didn’t expect a high 3 up against Loser and Lost.
And what morons tuned out in the third half-hour of Lost, then came back for the final half hour? Does this boggle anyone else’s mind?
Good numbers for NCIS:LA against Lost!
Good Wife is probably bound for Sunday, not Friday. In any case, I doubt it will stay where it is, especially with Criminal Minds 2 needing a slot.
As far as Lost goes – not being in AI’s way helps! Of course, with Little Genius dead, Lost won’t get many AI free airings – though I think Lost will eventually win handily vs. Glee (Glee will get heavily DVRed, I imagine).
ABC Love? On this board??
SHOCKING!!
Yeah! CBS in third place! Down with CBS!
Interesting night for a Tuesday. Biggest Loser looks like it might do well starting at 9, it’s 10pm numbers will go up when it’s not against Lost.
the biggest loser held steady ugh
tuesdays feel like theyre getting overly crowded for some reason
As for ratings, well, I doubt it’s a stretch to say that I think they will be up about 7%-10% overall from last year. Final year, heavy PR push, lots of buzz.
No, I didn’t give specific numbers. Yes, I used a range. I still don’t care, I was pretty close to the bull’s eye for a change.
Have a nice day and, Lost Fans… enjoy the rest of the ride!