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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.4/10 | 2.8/8 | 2.4/7 | 2.3/7 | 1.6/5 | 1.3/4 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 2.0/7 | 2.5/8 | 2.6/9 | 1.8/6 | 1.7/6 | 1.5/5 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 13.595 | 7.753 | 5.071 | 7.352 | 3.778 | 2.887 |
Free of the NFL Draft, most broadcast primetime shows enjoyed a recovery from last Thursday on the first night of May sweeps, as Survivor again lead a CBS ratings win on the night. ABC's Flash Forward didn't join in the rebound though, falling 6% from last week to a 1.5 adults 18-49 rating, and was again beaten in that rating by the CW's Vampire Diaries.
CBS recovered across the board although not to brag worthy levels in the later hours, as Survivor was up 11% vs. last week to a 4.0 adults 18-49 rating, and was the top rated show of the night. CSI was up 7% to a 3.0 rating, and The Mentalist was up 7% to a 3.2 rating.
After the dip from Flash Forward, ABC was in recovery mode as well, Grey's Anatomy was up 9% to a 3.8 rating vs. its last original on 4/1. Private Practice was up 15% to a 3.0 rating from its last regular timeslot original on 4/1.
Coming off several season lows from last week, NBC's trends were mostly up, although its absolute numbers in many cases were still weak. Community rose 25% from last week to a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating, and Parks & Recreation matched it at a 2.0 rating, flat vs. its last original episode on 3/25. The Office was up 13% from last week's season low to a 3.6 rating, and 30 Rock increased 16% from last week to a 2.9 rating. The Marriage Ref recovered by 5% vs. last weeks series low to a 2.0 rating.
Fox didn't join in the overall updraft on Thursday, as Bones' 2.5 adults 18-49 rating was even with last week, and Fringe fell 5% to a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating.
Although beating Flash Forward again, the CW's Vampire Diaries was flat vs. last week in adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), and women 18-34 (2.4 rating). After hitting season highs last week, Supernatural was even with last week's preliminary number of a 1.5 women 18-34 rating.
via NBC press note:
In Late-Night Metered Markets Thursday night:
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (3.1/8 in metered-market households) tied CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" (3.1/8) and topped ABC's combination of "Nightline (3.1/7) and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (1.4/5) in Nielsen's 56 metered markets.
- In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” 1.1/5; "Late Show," 0.8/4; "Nightline," 1.0/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.4/2.
- At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.5/5 in metered-market households) tied CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.5/5). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.6/4 in 18-49) out-delivered "Late Late Show" (0.5/3).
- At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.9/4 in metered-market households with an encore telecast 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 (Millions) |
| 8:00 | CBS | Survivor: Heroes v. Villians | 3.8 | 13 | 11.977 |
| FOX | Bones | 2.4 | 8 | 8.691 | |
| NBC | Community | 2.0 | 7 | 4.589 | |
| ABC | FlashForward | 1.6 | 5 | 5.389 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries | 1.6 | 5 | 3.455 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Survivor: Heroes v. Villians | 4.2 | 13 | 13.159 |
| FOX | Bones | 2.7 | 8 | 9.582 | |
| NBC | Parks & Recreation | 2.0 | 6 | 4.266 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries | 1.6 | 5 | 3.339 | |
| ABC | FlashForward | 1.5 | 5 | 4.882 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 3.6 | 10 | 10.005 |
| NBC | The Office | 3.6 | 11 | 7.089 | |
| CBS | CSI | 2.9 | 8 | 13.170 | |
| FOX | Fringe | 2.1 | 6 | 5.849 | |
| CW | Supernatural | 1.1 | 3 | 2.450 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Grey's Anatomy | 4.0 | 11 | 10.634 |
| CBS | CSI | 3.1 | 9 | 13.883 | |
| NBC | 30 Rock | 2.9 | 8 | 5.690 | |
| FOX | Fringe | 1.9 | 5 | 5.288 | |
| CW | Supernatural | 1.1 | 3 | 2.304 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | The Mentalist | 3.3 | 10 | 14.837 |
| ABC | Private Practice | 3.0 | 9 | 7.927 | |
| NBC | The Marriage Ref | 2.0 | 6 | 4.492 | |
| 10:30 | CBS | The Mentalist | 3.1 | 9 | 14.545 |
| ABC | Private Practice | 2.9 | 9 | 7.678 | |
| NBC | The Marriage Ref | 1.9 | 6 | 4.299 |
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Glad to see Grey's and everything else still has some life. Anybody who doesn't watch The Mentalist is missing out on THE best lead on television, bar none. Simon Baker is absolutely brilliant.
Considering Fringe's ratings lately, think you might need a “renewal too soon” post there as well?
Seems to be dropping again.
Edit: First post?! Wow…
Considering Fringe's ratings lately, think you might need a “renewal too soon” post there as well?
Seems to be dropping again.
Edit: First post?! Wow…
FF got beaten by TVP in demo in the half hour again.But FF doubled the number.Meh,maybe many non A18-34 demo watch FF.
in wanna see Vampire Diaries back in the 4 million mark
Grey's has become monotonous and directionless IMO. Last night's episode seemed like a little improvement, but that could just be because they've been off the air for a month. The ratings are nice, though… Finally.
Private Practice was absolutely amazing, although at this point I can't imagine who's getting killed off in two weeks. It would just seem so random… One of the actors really had to get out of their contract, huh? Oh-kay… I hope the episode will round up to 3.0 in the finals.
30 Rock doesn't make any sense anymore but it's still entertaining except for Tracy Morgan who is the dumbest person on broadcast TV. The guy can't enunciate even the simplest of sentences. Parks was great although I wish they'd break up the zero chemistry duo Mark and Ann. And how bad is situation on NBC when I see 2.0 for Parks and consider it a success…
Ditto on the Marriage Ref. I think that the novelty has worn off and its downhill from here.
Seriously Why did FOX renew fringe? Those numbers are horrible
The last Original airing of Private Practice was last week Bill not 4/1. Nice to see everything up though, what a relief!
Since Grey's was up, maybe DH will be up too. I really hope so. Cause' the final three episodes of DH are not to be missed, especially the final, which has TONS of things happening in it.
I can gurantee that NBC will not put the Marriage Ref on Thursday nights in the Fall. The Office is the only show on NBC that really gets a fairly decent rating on Thursday nights on NBC–but even that is a far cry from the classic “must-see” NBC sitcoms of the 80's and 90's. Does the Marriage Ref really do much better than Leno did on Thursdays?
Sorry, the PP comparison to 4/1 should have noted last *regular timeslot* original episode. Fixed.
Survivor is having a great season!!
This sudden uptick in the ratings reminds me, I've been meaning to ask you, do you know why virtually all shows have their season highs in December, in that one lone episode after the Thanksgiving break (usually the last episode before the Christmas break)?
NBC Thursday is in big trouble if Steve Carell quits The Office and forces the show to end, because based on last night's ratings, neither Community, Parks or the Marriage Ref are anywhere CLOSE to picking up the slack. All 3 shows got 2.0 ratings with new episodes. Really bad.
Nice to see that “Bones” added a million viewers at the half-hour mark.
I believe that 2.0 for Fringe is a new episode season low, am checking.
Why are people surprised by Fringe's ratings? Here's the handy rule:
Was The Office a new episode? Then Fringe ends up somewhere between 2.0 and 2.2.
Was The Office a repeat? Then Fringe jumps up to 2.5-2.6.
(Note: CSI repeats may bump up Fringe by .1 or so.)
Simply put, Fox desperately needs to move Fringe next season, or somehow hope The Office is canceled, because the numbers aren't changing.
And it's fairer to say “Fox wasn't affected by Draft” last week, rather than docking points for not rising this week.
Community and Parks back up to a 2.0… but look how low the total viewers are. They should be embarking on massive promotional campaigns for those shows, if not now, then ahead of next season.
If Community and Parks were able to get up to 6 or 7 million viewers then they would have very healthy demo numbers.
@ Bill, ah Yeah that's true, I forgot that it was swapped with Grey's timeslot.