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| Adults 18-49: Rating/Share | 4.8/14 | 2.4/7 | 2.2/6 | 1.5/4 | 1.2/3 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 4.5/14 | 1.6/5 | 2.4/8 | 0.9/3 | 1.4/4 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 11.442 | 7.362 | 4.696 | 9.070 | 3.140 |
The Lost series finale easily helped ABC to the easy win Sunday, but the 5.8 adults 18-49 rating was not far above the 5.5 rating of this season's premiere and scarcely what many fans were expecting.
The overall Lost finale numbers for 9-11:30pm were a 5.8 adults 18-49 rating and 13.5 million average viewers. (Update: the 11-11:30 half hour just added to the table below) Those were the best numbers for a Lost finale since 2007. The Lost - Final Journey clip show averaged a 4.0 adults 18-49 rating from 7-9pm.
While lacking the Internet buzz of the Lost finale, the season finale of Celebrity Apprentice was up 48% vs. last week, scoring a 3.4 adults 18-49 rating, that's also up 10% vs. last season's finale, and the best ratings of the three Celebrity Apprentice finales to air on a Sunday. Earlier in the night, Dateline NBC scored a 1.1 adults 18-49 rating, and Minute To Win It had a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating.
The season finale of The Simpsons may have suffered vs. the Lost clip show as it fell 14% vs. last week to a 2.5 adults 18-49 rating. The Cleveland Show finale didn't fare any better, down 15% vs. last week to a 2.3 rating. Against both the Lost and Celebrity Apprentice finales, the one hour Family Guy finale tumbled too, down 18% vs. last week to a 3.1 rating. At 7pm, 'Til Death had but a 0.8 rating.
On CBS, the Brooks & Dunn: The Last Rodeo special averaged a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating.
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 7:00 | ABC | Lost - The Final Journey (special) | 3.8 | 13 | 9.393 |
| CBS | 60 Minutes | 1.0 | 3 | 8.829 | |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.0 | 4 | 4.992 | |
| FOX | Til Death | 0.8 | 3 | 2.166 | |
| 7:30 | ABC | Lost - The Final Journey (special) | 3.6 | 12 | 8.904 |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.2 | 4 | 5.377 | |
| FOX | The Simpsons (repeat) | 1.2 | 4 | 2.850 | |
| CBS | 60 Minutes | 1.1 | 4 | 9.888 | |
| 8:00 | ABC | Lost - The Final Journey (special) | 4.1 | 12 | 10.094 |
| FOX | The Simpsons (finale) | 2.5 | 8 | 5.739 | |
| NBC | Minute To Win It | 1.5 | 4 | 5.010 | |
| CBS | Brooks & Dunn - The Last Rodeo | 1.4 | 4 | 8.798 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | Lost - The Final Journey (special) | 4.6 | 13 | 10.994 |
| FOX | The Cleveland Show (finale) | 2.3 | 7 | 4.908 | |
| NBC | Minute To Win It | 1.9 | 5 | 6.268 | |
| CBS | Brooks & Dunn - The Last Rodeo | 1.7 | 5 | 9.733 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Lost (series finale) | 5.6 | 15 | 13.094 |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice (finale) | 3.0 | 8 | 8.403 | |
| FOX | Family Guy (finale) | 3.0 | 8 | 6.125 | |
| CBS | Brooks & Dunn - The Last Rodeo | 2.0 | 5 | 10.802 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | Lost (series finale) | 5.6 | 14 | 12.910 |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice (finale) | 3.2 | 8 | 8.778 | |
| FOX | Family Guy (finale) | 3.2 | 8 | 6.385 | |
| CBS | Brooks & Dunn - The Last Rodeo | 2.1 | 5 | 10.999 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | Lost (series finale) | 5.6 | 14 | 13.063 |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice (finale) | 3.6 | 9 | 9.757 | |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 1.3 | 3 | 6.749 | |
| 10:30 | ABC | Lost (series finale) | 5.7 | 15 | 13.087 |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice (finale) | 3.7 | 10 | 10.312 | |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 1.3 | 3 | 6.759 | |
| 11:00 | ABC | Lost (series finale) | 6.4 | 19 | 15.31 |
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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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