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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 2.0/7 | 1.7/6 | 1.6/6 | 1.3/4 | 1.0/3 | 0.6/2 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 1.6/8 | 1.5/6 | 1.9/7 | 0.7/3 | 0.9/4 | 0.6/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 6.950 | 4.698 | 3.838 | 7.138 | 2.284 | 1.387 |
ABC's Wipeout bounced up a bit from last Thursday, topping the night's adults 18-49 ratings and leading ABC to an overall win for the night.
Wipeout's 2.7 adults 18-49 rating was up a tenth (4%) from last Thursday and it was the top rated show on the night. Rookie Blue slipped 10% from its fast affiliate rating last week to a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating, not an unusual drop for a second episode. Boston Med was up a tenth of a point (8%) vs. last week to a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating.
Whatever the reason (commenters have suggested many), there's no doubt that So You Think You Can Dance is hurting. Its 2.0 adults 18-49 rating was down 17% from last week to another (I believe) low for this summer.
I have conflicting information on whether the 100 Questions episode was the finale or not, but I have noted it as such. Finale or not, it was up a tenth to a 0.7 adults 18-49 rating.
via NBC press note:
In Late-Night Metered Markets Thursday night:
- In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 1.7/4 with an encore telecast delayed by Wimbledon coverage; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.7/6; and ABC's "Nightline," 3.1/7; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.5/4.
- In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” 0.7/3 with an encore telecast delayed by Wimbledon coverage; "Late Show," 0.7/3; "Nightline," 1.2/5; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.7/4.
- At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.0/4 in metered-market households with an encore telecast delayed by Wimbledon coverage) trailed CBS's first-run "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.4/5). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, the delayed "Late Night" rebroadcast (0.4/3 in 18-49) tied the on-time, original "Late Late Show" (0.4/3).
- At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.6/3 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters with an encore telecast delayed by Wimbledon coverage.
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (Millions) |
| 8:00 | ABC | Wipeout | 2.5 | 10 | 8.082 |
| FOX | Glee (repeat) | 1.2 | 5 | 3.495 | |
| CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 1.0 | 4 | 6.139 | |
| NBC | Community (repeat) | 0.8 | 3 | 2.230 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.6 | 3 | 1.509 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | Wipeout | 3.0 | 11 | 9.187 |
| FOX | Glee (repeat) | 1.3 | 5 | 3.779 | |
| CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 1.0 | 4 | 6.422 | |
| NBC | 100 Questions (finale) | 0.7 | 3 | 1.891 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.6 | 2 | 1.481 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Rookie Blue | 2.0 | 7 | 7.064 |
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.0 | 7 | 5.598 | |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 1.3 | 4 | 6.971 | |
| NBC | The Office (repeat) | 1.3 | 4 | 2.781 | |
| CW | Moonlight (repeat) | 0.5 | 2 | 1.278 | |
| 9:30 | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.1 | 7 | 5.919 |
| ABC | Rookie Blue | 1.7 | 6 | 6.621 | |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 1.3 | 4 | 6.825 | |
| NBC | 30 Rock (repeat) | 1.0 | 3 | 2.361 | |
| CW | Moonlight (repeat) | 0.5 | 2 | 1.278 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 1.6 | 5 | 8.111 |
| ABC | Boston Med | 1.4 | 4 | 5.520 | |
| NBC | The Office (repeat) | 1.2 | 4 | 2.503 | |
| 10:30 | CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 1.7 | 6 | 8.359 |
| ABC | Boston Med | 1.3 | 4 | 5.223 | |
| NBC | Parks and Recreation (repeat) | 0.8 | 3 | 1.939 |
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Well, amazingly 100 Questions went up a bit. If it's not the finale, NBC would probably be better off pretending it is and putting a repeat of anything in its place…
Off-topic… I'm not sure of the best place to post this, but for any Australians interested in TV ratings I recently wrote a post about the ratings trend of Hey Hey It's Saturday at http://www.cricketmx.com/articles/read/hey-hey-…
(for any US readers curious, Hey Hey It's Saturday is a variety show that ran between 1971 and 1999 and after 2 reunion shows in 2009 which received huge ratings it was brought back this year on a regular basis on Wednesday nights)
Rookie Blue held up fairly well.
If Rookie Blue is down a tenth in finals (since last half hour is a 1.7 doesnt feel like it will be less than that) it's down to a 1.8 from 1.9 last week, .1 drop is hardly terrible for a 2nd week, although since the motif here is that it's a clossal failure, I'm sure it will be deemed as such, hence your misleading headline. All hail USA and their 1.6's right?
Who, exactly, has described Rookie Blue as a colossal failure?
I can't believe Rookie Blue held up so well. After all the horrible reviews I read in the past week (not from critics, from people who actually watched the damn thing) I expected it to drop like a rock.
Funny, CBS didn't try airing a single original thing in the past five weeks, just reruns and almost always finished last. Guess they really have faith in Big Brother. (And why shouldn't they?)
Although I sometimes get mixed up, in these fast affiliate ratings posts my objective is to compare with last week's fast affiliate numbers, and not the final numbers.
I tried to watch Rookie Blue again last night, and the episode was horrid. Simply horrid. I usually don't have this level of dislike for a summer show. Maybe I detest it so much because the writing comes across as being incredibly lazy. At least shows like The Gates and Scoundrels, which also are not very good, are trying harder.
Okay…I don't know if my comment posted or not…dang Disqus. Anyways if it did pardon my double post. 100 Questions is over already? Really? Wow that was fast, seems like it just came on. But then again, I haven't been paying much attention to it either lol
Glad Wipeout is up from its Tuesday airing. Guess Twilight did have some effect on it. Also Rookie Blue is holding pretty well but lets see how it does in 2 week when it wont have a nice lead-in.
Vampire Diaries repeats very well for the CW.
And Big Brother never did such great numbers last summer if I recall. It pulled in about a 2.0 but I do remember it going up to almost a 3.0 with some kind of hype I dont remember since I dont even watch the show.
NBC only ordered six episodes of 100 Questions and last night's episode was the sixth. I actually thought the show was amusing. Not great but not terrible. Something to occupy a half-hour during the summer.
Rookie Blue could be more successful as I thought, if the ratings don't fall. But I am surprised about Wipeout gaining 1.1 million viewers in half an hour. I expected the ratings to fall to 2.3 or 2.4 over the next few episodes.
Actually I completely disagree! We clearly run in different circles the majority of reaction via twitter alone showed lots of people watching the show and loving it. I, personally, enjoy the show and don't hate it. And I don't understand people bent on wanting to see it fail when quite frankly it's not half as bad as a lot of people complain about here. We get so used to feeling self-entitled in thinking OUR views are the only ones that count. The ratings prove the show is holding on for a reason. People are connecting with it and enjoy it. Now is it a show for everyone? No, clearly people like you hate it, but what series doesn't have its haters?
All I'm saying, personally, is that I'm not surprised and I was one of the crazy people who enjoyed watching it.
(don't know if this is posting correctly)
Actually I completely disagree! We clearly run in different circles the majority of reaction via twitter alone showed lots of people watching the show and loving it. I, personally, enjoy the show and don't hate it. And I don't understand people bent on wanting to see it fail when quite frankly it's not half as bad as a lot of people complain about here. We get so used to feeling self-entitled in thinking OUR views are the only ones that count. The ratings prove the show is holding on for a reason. People are connecting with it and enjoy it. Now is it a show for everyone? No, clearly people like you hate it, but what series doesn't have its haters?
All I'm saying, personally, is that I'm not surprised and I was one of the crazy people who enjoyed watching it.
Rookie Blue had terrible dropoff from Wipeout lead-in.
Rookie Blue besides being a terrible name, sounds like some forgettable show from the '70's.
Rookie Blue will sustain continued erosion. It's 930 hour ratings are more reflective with a paltry 1.7 demo which is old people watching this slop.
Another stiff that's like 9 new scripted dramas from ABC for 2009-2010 season that are bombing out with viewers.
1- the forgotten – loser
2- scoundrels – loser
3- the gates – loser
4- happy town – loser
5- V – loser
6- eastwick – loser
7- the deep end – loser
8- rookie blue – loser
9- flashforward – losers
9 new scripted dramas that cost a fortune to produce and in ad campaigns and what does ABC have to show for it…
Not one of these turds will run to syndication or be on long enuff to be sold to
foreign markets. Ancillary income is non existent.
Good job! May as well hire a monkey, works cheaper and couldn't pick anymore losers then this.
shows what you know holly…a new scripted drama gets a good lead-in from wipeout..and it loses the good wipeout demo and audience numbers…by the 930 hour it erodes further to a 1.7…AGAINST RE-RUNS…against no competition. summer or no summer.
I keep being amazed at people who take these things so personally, especially when the show in question only had two showings so far.
If you read my post again, carefully (d.o.n.'t m.i.s.s a s.i.n.g.l.e l.e.t.t.e.r!) you'll see that I never said I hated the show, I just expected it to drop after reading a lot of negative reactions. I personally never watched the show nor am I in any way invested in its success/failure.
Those still aren't bad summer numbers for Rookie Blue. If it can hold at that level, it's well within the realm of possibility that it will get a second summer season.
V has been renewed for a second season, so I'm not sure why you are classifying it as a “loser.” If it got canceled, I could see it falling under that classification, but it didn't.
I hope Rookie blue stay right there and not slip down more and more the next episodes.Because it's one of my favorite shows of the summer.
Rookie Blue is shaping up to be the highest rated new scripted show this summer. There's no a lot of competition for that title, but considering how everything else is faring, Rookie Blue staying close to 2.0 in its second week is considered holding up well.