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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 1.8/6 | 1.7/5 | 1.7/5 | 1.6/5 | 0.9/3 | 0.5/2 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 1.3/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.3/5 | 1.9/7 | 0.7/3 | 0.5/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 7.577 | 4.919 | 6.417 | 3.847 | 2.237 | 1.374 |
The 12th season premiere of CBS' Big Brother returned up 4% in the adults 18-49 ratings vs. last summer's premiere to lead CBS to the ratings win on Thursday night.
The battle of summer reality is now fully joined, and Big Brother's 2.4 adults 18-49 rating, up 4% from last summer's premiere (2.3), shows that it's ready to jump into the fight.
The entire ABC lineup was on a slippery Wipeout-like ratings slide last night. Wipeout itself slipped 14% from last week to a 2.4 adults 18-49 rating. Rookie Blue was down 11% to a 1.6 rating, and ABC News' Boston Medical fell 15% to a 1.1 rating.
Fox's So You Think You Can Dance was even with last Thursday's 2.1 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," 2.6/6; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.6/6 with an encore; and ABC's "Nightline," 2.9/7; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.3/4 with an encore.
- In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” 1.0/5; "Late Show," 0.7/3 with an encore; "Nightline," 1.1/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.6/3 with an encore.
- At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.2/4 in metered-market households with an encore) trailed CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.3/4 with an encore). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.6/3 in 18-49 with an encore) topped "Late Late Show" (0.3/2 with an encore).
- At 1:35 a.m., Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.7/3 in metered-market households with an encore 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 | Big Brother (premiere) | 2.4 | 9 | 7.456 |
| ABC | Wipeout | 2.2 | 8 | 7.445 | |
| FOX | Glee (repeat) | 1.2 | 4 | 3.759 | |
| NBC | Community (repeat) | 0.8 | 3 | 2.641 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.6 | 2 | 1.518 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | Wipeout | 2.6 | 9 | 8.270 |
| CBS | Big Brother (premiere) | 2.5 | 8 | 7.237 | |
| FOX | Glee (repeat) | 1.3 | 4 | 3.999 | |
| NBC | Community (repeat) | 0.7 | 2 | 2.068 | |
| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.6 | 2 | 1.518 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 1.9 | 6 | 5.701 |
| ABC | Rookie Blue | 1.7 | 5 | 6.616 | |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 1.3 | 4 | 6.414 | |
| NBC | Community (repeat) | 0.9 | 3 | 2.155 | |
| CW | Moonlight (repeat) | 0.5 | 2 | 1.263 | |
| 9:30 | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance | 2.2 | 6 | 6.216 |
| CBS | CSI (repeat) | 1.5 | 4 | 7.235 | |
| ABC | Rookie Blue | 1.5 | 4 | 6.150 | |
| NBC | Community (repeat) | 1.0 | 3 | 2.309 | |
| CW | Moonlight (repeat) | 0.5 | 1 | 1.197 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 1.6 | 5 | 8.421 |
| ABC | Boston Med | 1.2 | 4 | 5.101 | |
| NBC | Community (repeat) | 1.1 | 3 | 2.229 | |
| 10:30 | CBS | The Mentalist (repeat) | 1.6 | 5 | 8.699 |
| ABC | Boston Med | 1.1 | 4 | 4.921 | |
| NBC | Community (repeat) | 0.9 | 3 | 2.019 |
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Nothing to say – just wanted to be first LOL
Was hoping to see Community numbers build a bit. I appreciate NBC attempting to give the show extra exposure over the Summer.
Pity about Rookie Blue and Boston Med's ratings; both are actually pretty decent.
Big Brother was amazing last night, I hope the ratings will be as good as last year.
How is Dr. Who doing, watched it on BBC. Does it do better on the SyFy channel? Should have a special tab for Sci-Fi. Know their not to many of them. I’m sick of hearing about this reality crap, don’t have to watch it. WIth all reality crap I sure miss the old days. This is for the old school sci-fi fans around 40 Buck Rogers 1978. My first introduction to Sci-fi. I’m not a fan of CGI or computer animation, I just watched the latest Superman movie, it looked lazy and sloppy. I know that there are people think this is bad. Models make it look more realistic. Back in the day when I actually look forward to watching TV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoF0a32DhLw&NR=1
Dr. Who is currently running on BBC America here in the USA. I think we are near or at the end of the season.
I have a lot of tolerance (and enthusiasm) for unscripted competition shows, but I do draw the line at Big Brother. I'm constantly amazed that it continues to perform well. I'm not sure of the appeal. The Thursday 8:00 time slot still seems to be gold for CBS reality shows. I hope Survivor's move to Wed in the fall works out well.
Reality shows are cheap ass shows, as long as people continue to watch them, they will continue make them. And the networks love it. Thanks for the memory sure needed that. I loved that time, that was back when you actually had to watch the programs when they were on. My favorites back then were Incredible Hulk and Dukes of Hazard, They had to schedule sports around the show in the south, VCR's weren't even out yet. I wish the put Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman out on DVD. I've got Buck Rogers on DVD.
Well…I told you Rookie Blue was a super stiff..I dont care if its the summer..it is a new scripted drama going against repeats…the economy sucks…people dont have money to go out like they did…broadcast network viewership should be up compared to past summers…
Rookie Blue's “true” numbers are at the 930 hour when it doesnt have the benefit of its lead-in…and it lost out to a repeat CSI, …the CSI repeat had 1.1 million viewers..incredible
and the 1.5 demo for Rookie Blue is terrible..its old old old….
…the premise for Rookie Blue sucked…the name of the show Rookie Blue really sucks…
that's 9 failed scripted dramas for ABC in one season….9…
Pretty good for So You Think You Can Dance results show since, pretty much, anyone who has been watching knew how it would turn out.
My favorites too GOOD NEWS Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman are coming out on DVD in 2011 I just goggled it. I hope they never remake those again.
http://comicsnexus.insidepulse.com/2010/05/27/s…
Considering the 9 PM hour was the toughest hour, thanks to LeBron 'Prima Donna” James, those ratings aren't bad for Rookie Blue.
Mutant did ABC or Rookie Blue do something to hurt you? Seriously. You seem to harbor an intense dislike of the show/network that borders on the disturbing.
It's just tv honey, relax.
I was wondering who'd fill in the first “LeBron killed Rookie Blue ratings” bingo square.
Not so much that as I wanted to take a shot at LeBron, haha.
ABC's Seriosity Summer has really paid off with these third-place wins.
What was this? Community night?
Well can't watch BB without Showtime After Dark so another skipped season for me.
Rookie Blue holding up better than I expected this summer. I can definitely see it coming back next summer for sure. Missy Peregrym doing a great job in her role.
Another reason why Community should've never comeback for a second season with those mediocre ratings and terrible repeat numbers. Time to clean house on NBC Thursdays next year.
BB did well
I'm glad it did. Such a good show IMO 
What do you mean no Showtime After Dark cause I watched Big Brother after dark. It was Showtime 2 by the way. Did you mean you don't have Showtime 2?