ABC's Lost was scheduled to run from 9:00-10:02pm Eastern, and V from 10:02-11:00pm, while Fox's American Idol ran until 9:04 Eastern time and Glee ran from 9:04pm-10:04pm. There is a greater than usual likelihood that all four of those shows will have their ratings adjusted in the final ratings available later today.
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| Adults 18-49: Rating/Share | 6.0/16 | 3.2/9 | 2.8/8 | 1.7/5 | 1.3/4 | 0.4/1 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 5.4/16 | 2.4/7 | 2.2/7 | 1.0/3 | 1.3/4 | 0.4/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 16.321 | 8.031 | 9.610 | 9.231 | 3.339 | 0.914 |
Fox's Tuesday steamroller of American Idol and Glee had a bit less steam this week, but still flattened the competition in the adults 18-49 ratings on the night.
American Idol's 6.7 adults 18-49 rating was down 8% from last week's preliminary number, but an upward adjustment is likely in the final ratings. Glee's preliminary 5.4 adults 18-49 rating was down 4% from last week, but with a likely adjustment its hard to draw firm conclusions.
ABC's Dancing with the Stars results show fell another 11% vs. last Tuesday to a 2.4 adults 18-49 rating, its lowest rated results show ever. Lost fell 8% to a 3.6 rating, its lowest rated original episode ever, although that may be adjusted upwards. V recovered 4% to a was flat with a 2.3 rating (vs. last week), but that's likely to be adjusted downwards because of the Lost overrun.
NBC's just renewed Parenthood likely took advantage of the Good Wife repeat competition once again to rise 16% vs. last week to a 2.9 adults 18-49 rating. From 8-10pm The Biggest Loser's 3.3 adults 18-49 rating was even with last week.
Late Night ratings via NBC press note:
In Late-Night Metered Markets Tuesday night:
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (3.0/8 in metered-market households) out-rated CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" (2.6/7) and ABC's combination of "Nightline (2.6/6) and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (1.4/4) in Nielsen's 56 metered markets.
- In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” (1.0/5) ranked #1 among the major networks in the time period over "Late Show" (0.7/3), "Nightline" (1.0/4) and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (0.6/3).
- At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.3/5 in metered-market households with an encore telecast) topped CBS's first-run "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.2/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.6/4 in 18-49 with an encore telecast) defeated "Late Late Show" (0.4/2).
- At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.8/3 in metered-market households and a 0.4/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol | 6.3 | 19 | 18.050 |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 2.7 | 8 | 7.037 | |
| ABC | Dancing with the Stars Results | 2.1 | 7 | 12.483 | |
| CBS | NCIS (repeat) | 1.6 | 5 | 9.604 | |
| CW | 90210 (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.984 | |
| 8:30 | FOX | American Idol | 7.2 | 20 | 20.222 |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.1 | 9 | 7.580 | |
| ABC | Dancing with the Stars Results | 2.7 | 7 | 14.411 | |
| CBS | NCIS (repeat) | 1.8 | 5 | 10.070 | |
| CW | 90210 (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.854 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | Glee | 5.7 | 15 | 14.804 |
| ABC | Lost | 3.6 | 9 | 9.531 | |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.6 | 9 | 9.238 | |
| CBS | NCIS: LA (repeat) | 1.9 | 5 | 10.239 | |
| CW | Life Unexpected (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.893 | |
| 9:30 | FOX | Glee | 5.0 | 12 | 12.207 |
| NBC | The Biggest Loser | 3.9 | 10 | 9.882 | |
| ABC | Lost | 3.7 | 9 | 9.172 | |
| CBS | NCIS: LA (repeat) | 2.0 | 5 | 10.103 | |
| CW | Life Unexpected (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.925 | |
| 10:00 | NBC | Parenthood | 3.0 | 8 | 7.368 |
| ABC | V (10:02 start) | 2.5 | 7 | 6.417 | |
| CBS | The Good Wife (repeat) | 1.5 | 4 | 7.871 | |
| 10:30 | NBC | Parenthood | 2.8 | 8 | 7.079 |
| ABC | V | 2.2 | 6 | 5.648 | |
| CBS | The Good Wife (repeat) | 1.3 | 4 | 7.500 |
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Fantastic numbers for Glee yet again, probably still sky high in W18-49. I'm sure Madonna fans were happy with the episode beause she herself liked it, but if you're not a fan it would have seemed like an hour-long promotion. Glee started at 9:03 in the east so the final numbers will be different for both it and Idol.
I was hoping Lost would be able to beat Big Bang's repeat yesterday… not to be. They'll be third scripted show for the week.
Where did Parenthood's 2.9 come from? Very impressive renewal boost since that's the best demo since the pilot.
You have V 0.1 above James Hibberd's numbers…interesting, it may have actually recovered a bit instead of remained flat.
NBC has to be pleased right now. Parenthood's initial drop was worrying, but it seems to be thriving at least with the potential to become a solid player.
Fox's win is no surprise.
V is up slightly, but I'm not sure anything can be made of that. This could be a change in trend or just a sligh stall… we'll see next week.
Interested to see how much V is adjusted down in the finals. Considering the frantic finish to last night's Lost, I'm betting on a .2 drop once the overrun is stripped out of V's number. But still, it might be leveling off, and if so, it MIGHT be able to save itself. Depends on whether or not ABC execs will be factoring in its much bigger early episode numbers. Strip out the numbers of just the first two episodes, and it's sitting at about 1.00 on the Renew/Cancel Index already. Focus on just the numbers since its return four weeks ago (which I suspect ABC is more worried about), and it's now right at 0.90. It really needs to gain ground to be safe. Maybe it already did a little of that this week, but we won't be sure until Mr. Yanan has his say.
Even with the expected adjustment, looks like “V” stayed above a 2 in the demo, and the overall viewership may have edged up slightly. I know it means less, but I'd like to see the overall numbers at least top 6m.
I'm not used to seeing American Idol under 20 million
Then again I'm not used to seeing the horrible singing that is featured on the show. I've only watched a handful of times this season
Congrats to Glee! and im happy about Parenthood. love both shows
So what does NBC do with Parenthood?
Do they leave it at 10pm after The Biggest Loser because they don't want to mess with what is turning out to be a good thing for them? Or do they move it to an earlier time slot on another night where there is potentially more people watching television but without the lead-in The Biggest Loser would provide?
NCIS: LA beat the mothership!
Yes, indeed. That initial 2.4 for Glee was a misread/typo on my part. It was a 2.3 rating.
Nice news for Parenthood, although it looks like it benefitted from no Glee as well. I could definitely see there being a minor crossover with young women.
NCIS: LA… Wowwwwww!!!
Its lead in 1.6-1.8 while NCIS: LA is 1.9-2.0
I really wonder when the next new episode come, how is it going to do? I am really into the show and I am really excited to see the next episode.
Don't mess with any sucess. It's been a long time for NBC to develop a popular 1 hour drama.
Like Yes says … “Leave It”.
I'll bet Glee is adjusted down in the finals too.. since the Idol run-over. Still great numbers though! I'm pleased as I love that show.
For V, you mean.
That initial 2.4 for Glee was a misread/typo on my part. It was a 2.3 rating.
Assume you meant V rather than Glee there, Bill.
So it was flat vs. last week. Wonder if the final number will be flat from last week as well (2.2). If it drops 0.2, as I'm pulling out of my butt…er…postulating that it will, then it will be an overall loss compared to last week. Slower drain than before, but a drain nonetheless. We'll just have to wait and see. Oh, it's like waiting for Christmas morning, only I'm the Grinch.
Actually, I'd expect Glee to go up a thick, since it started a minute earlier than scheduled, and finished 1 minute earlier.
It's lead in was also against Idol, where it was not. Plus 9PM generally has a slightly larger audiance than 8PM.
Not sure how Lost is doing matters now. This is the last season.
That's how it was advertised, but in a reprise of last year's issue, “Idol” actually ended up running long. It didn't go off the air until about 9:03.