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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 4.7/13 | 3.4/10 | 2.7/8 | 2.6/8 | 1.3/4 | 0.5/2 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 3.6/12 | 1.9/6 | 2.6/9 | 2.3/8 | 1.5/5 | 0.5/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 13.374 | 15.521 | 5.799 | 7.767 | 3.412 | 1.434 |
American Idol was down 5% in the adults 18-49 ratings vs. last Thursday, but was still more than enough to lift Fox to the Thursday ratings win. The second Thursday of The Marriage Ref lost 21% of its adults 18-49 ratings as NBC fell nearly across the board.
Fox had an overall down night, as American Idol was down 5% from last Thursday to a 6.2 adults 18-49 rating, and Kitchen Nightmares was down 6% to a 3.1 rating. Idol haters update: the show is now down 7% season to date in adults 18-49 ratings.
Except for 30 Rock, NBC's lineup suffered. Lead down by the second Thursday of The Marriage Ref falling 21% from last week to a 2.7 rating, still good for unscripted, and for NBC in general, but when will the bleeding stop? Community was down 17% from last week to a 1.9 rating tieing its season low for an original episode. Parks & Recreation was down 9% to a 2.1 rating. Compared to its special one hour "baby" episode last week, The Office fell 19% to a 3.8 rating. Only 30 Rock was up (4% vs. its last original episode on 2/11) to a 2.9 rating.
ABC was mixed, the original Grey's Anatomy at 9pm was down 3% from last week to a 3.9 adults 18-49 rating, while Private Practice was up 7% to a 2.9 rating. Next Thursday 2 hours of FlashForward starts the night.
CBS was also down early and up late. With Survivor down 5% from last week to a season low 3.6 rating, CBS's best of the night. CSI was down 11% from last week to a 3.3 rating. Possibly feasting on Marriage Ref declines, The Mentalist was up 6% to a 3.4 rating.
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (Millions) |
| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol | 5.7 | 18 | 17.836 |
| CBS | Survivor: Heroes v. Villains | 3.5 | 11 | 12.067 | |
| NBC | Community | 1.9 | 6 | 4.700 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (repeat) | 1.0 | 3 | 4.300 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.6 | 2 | 1.566 | |
| 8:30 | FOX | American Idol | 6.8 | 19 | 20.461 |
| CBS | Survivor: Heroes v. Villains | 3.7 | 10 | 12.167 | |
| NBC | Parks & Recreation | 2.1 | 6 | 4.608 | |
| ABC | Grey's Anatomy (repeat) | 1.2 | 3 | 4.497 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.5 | 1 | 1.361 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 3.8 | 10 | 10.736 |
| NBC | The Office | 3.8 | 11 | 7.505 | |
| FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | 3.3 | 9 | 8.377 | |
| CBS | CSI | 3.2 | 9 | 14.856 | |
| CW | Supernatural (repeat) | 0.5 | 1 | 1.385 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 4.0 | 11 | 11.187 |
| CBS | CSI | 3.5 | 9 | 15.977 | |
| FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | 3.0 | 8 | 6.822 | |
| NBC | 30 Rock | 2.9 | 8 | 5.894 | |
| CW | Supernatural (repeat) | 0.5 | 1 | 1.424 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | The Mentalist | 3.4 | 10 | 16.174 |
| ABC | Private Practice | 3.0 | 9 | 8.294 | |
| NBC | The Marriage Ref | 2.7 | 8 | 6.190 | |
| 10:30 | CBS | The Mentalist | 3.4 | 10 | 15.885 |
| ABC | Private Practice | 2.8 | 8 | 7.590 | |
| NBC | The Marriage Ref | 2.6 | 8 | 5.897 |
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Note: A one minute overrun of Grey's Anatomy into Private Practice was scheduled, that increases the potential that Grey's will see an upward adjustment, and Practice a downward adjustment in the final ratings.
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Nothing really interesting to see here. Survivor held ground against AI which is good to see. The Mentalist was so good last night. I still don't think it's a 10 pm show.
NBC 8-10 did pretty well. And all 4 shows were darn funny.
Ouch for Community. Good for Parks staying above a 2 and building by a couple ticks.
The Office has really struggled this season, this is such a large drop from last week's episode.
Marriage Ref dropped a lot from last week, but it's lead-in half hour was down ~40%… enough retentionista talk, if it can maintain a 2.5 average NBC would be foolish not to renew it as at least a replacement show for 2010-11. The results could certainly be far worse.
And ABC is in last, wow. Grey's isn't doing that well… Soon The Office will be the top show of the hour if Grey's keeps sinking.
Acey The Mentalist which I just started watching recently is my new fave show. Last night was terrific.
I know demos demos demos are important, but honestly NBC needs to come up with shows that bring lots and lots of viewers to the network if they want to rebound. I get people love shows like P&R and Community(I've warmed to this show) 30 Rock and The Office but these are such niche shows, how to they ever expect to attract a larger audience or maybe they just don't care. And I know the Office does incredible in demos considering the number of viewers the show has. I still believe in rebuild mode, eyeballs matter. But call me crazy. It's what Fox finally did and they are now number 1. Beg to believe The Marriage Ref probably sucks but is probably performing adequately for NBC considering it's cheap.
And I know people say AI is dropped but it's still a monster but as is typical in every season, some people got booted who shouldn't have.
The Marriage Ref seems to be getting similar ratings as Parenthood. I wonder how NBC considers their long term prospects with one of them being a scripted drama and the other one a reality show.
Of course ABC is last, they aired a repeat. It's only by one tenth too, anything but a repeat and they would have beat NBC.
The Office is actually having it's best season yet. That can't be said for many comedies on television.
It's far from struggling.
Seems like Community is the lowest it has been in awhile. Parks building by .2 in the demo doesn't happen very often, and even more surprising considering AI was at the half hour. The 9pm slot seems to definitely be getting weaker mostly due to decreases for Greys and CSI. Seeing CSI in fourth for the demo in the first half hour doesn't happen often with new episodes. I know NBC renewed all 4 comedies, but I think next year they need to mix it up a bit, 30 Rock has had the post Office slot long enough, and since they are keeping them Parks or Community should get a slot there.
It baffles me that people continue to watch the Idol results show, talk about suckers. At least for DWTS, they have the pros come out and dance. The Idol results show gives you nothing but ads, bad group singing, more ads, infomercial, and totally contrived annoucement of results. Out of a total of 1 hour, less than 2 minutes is actually devoted to annoucing the result. You can just read the news websites after to get the results(and if you live in the West coast, you'd know the results before the show), without all the contrived anxious anticipation, save yourself an hour to go do something else.
Marriage Ref wasn't bad last week, though a litle silly. I'll give it another week, will watch it on my DVR this week. Can't believe Grey's demo numbers are so low. This show has peaked. It's time for ABC to bring out a new show for that coveted time slot, and move this show to the 10-11pm time slot.
ratings for Greys not so hot.
Yay for The Office, I thought it was great last night, felt like old-school The Office, desk pranks and all. 30 Rock was so stupid. I've tried to like that show many times, never have. Why does it win so many Emmys?
When did Thursdays #'s become so zzzzzz?
I wonder how E! performed since they premiered the new Lady Gaga video on both coasts at the same time.
Is this the first time Parks has beaten Community? Parks had more competition in it's half hour, too.
Is this the first time Parks has beaten Community? Parks had more competition in it's half hour, too.
“Compared to its special 2 hour “baby” episode last week, The Office fell 19% to a 3.8 rating.”
last week was a one hour episode, not two.
Ratings-wise or quality-wise? Because this is a ratings website, and I'm sure 128 was talking about ratings. The Office is not having its best season yet in ratings. As for quality, that's personal opinion. In my opinion, this season is the worst yet, but it's not something that either of us can declare as fact, while ratings can be.
@Gob, Community did worse than 30 Rock in that slot, so I think Parks should get it. 30 Rock will end in it's sixth season (Alec Baldwins contract), as long as its demos stay above 2.3 next year.
HUH? 30 Rock was HYSTERICAL!!!!!!!!! Don't you get self effacing humor??
Does anyone here watch Grey's? This is a show that premiered this season with a 6.7 and was in the 5's through till November. The drops it has seen can only be explained by a real decrease in quality of the writing/acting. Is this the case?