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| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 2.3/6 | 1.6/4 | 1.6/4 | 1.3/4 | 1.3/4 | 0.3/1 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 1.7/6 | 1.7/6 | 1.3/4 | 0.9/3 | 0.9/3 | 0.3/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 4.996 | 3.667 | 5.627 | 5.303 | 4.922 | 0.707 |
Hell's Kitchen tied its summer high 2.9 adults 18-49 rating at 9pm, up 7% vs. last Monday. With it, Fox easily won the broadcast ratings night with adults 18-49, while ABC scored a total viewers victory.
Bachelor Pad rose 5% vs. last Monday to a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating from 8-10p.
The only new show on NBC, a Dateline featuring an interview with Dick Cheney, drew a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating.
NBC numbers are reasonably likely to be adjusted downward due to local market pre-emptions for the Jets-Giants preseason Monday Night Football game (the NBC affiliates in NYC, Albany and Syracuse broadcast The Game). Fox adjustments are far less likely, as its affiliates in Hartford and Binghamton broadcast The Game.
Late-night results are below the primetime data.
Broadcast primetime ratings for Monday, August 29, 2011:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00 | ABC | BACHELOR PAD | 2.0 | 6 | 6.582 |
| FOX | HELL'S KITCHEN - R | 1.6 | 5 | 3.882 | |
| CBS | How I Met Your Mother - R | 1.4 | 4 | 4.272 | |
| NBC | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT 6 - R | 1.2 | 4 | 5.243 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl - R | 0.3 | 1 | 0.891 | |
| 8:30 | ABC | BACHELOR PAD | 1.9 | 6 | 6.172 |
| FOX | HELL'S KITCHEN - R | 1.7 | 5 | 3.750 | |
| CBS | How I Met Your Mother - R | 1.5 | 4 | 4.275 | |
| NBC | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT 6 - R | 1.2 | 3 | 4.973 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl - R | 0.3 | 1 | 0.751 | |
| 9:00 | FOX | HELL'S KITCHEN | 2.8 | 7 | 6.039 |
| ABC | BACHELOR PAD | 2.0 | 5 | 6.278 | |
| CBS | Two and a Half Men - R | 1.5 | 4 | 5.364 | |
| NBC | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT 6 - R | 1.3 | 4 | 5.165 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill - R | 0.3 | 1 | 0.631 | |
| 9:30 | FOX | HELL'S KITCHEN | 2.9 | 7 | 6.315 |
| ABC | BACHELOR PAD | 2.1 | 5 | 6.553 | |
| NBC | AMERICA'S GOT TALENT 6 - R | 1.4 | 3 | 5.141 | |
| CBS | MIKE & Molly - R | 1.3 | 3 | 5.067 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill - R | 0.2 | 1 | 0.557 | |
| 10:00 | NBC | Dateline: NBC | 1.4 | 4 | 5.702 |
| CBS | Hawaii Five-0 - R | 1.1 | 3 | 5.336 | |
| ABC | CASTLE - R | 0.9 | 2 | 4.131 | |
| 10:30 | NBC | Dateline: NBC | 1.4 | 4 | 5.596 |
| CBS | Hawaii Five-0 - R | 1.1 | 3 | 5.218 | |
| ABC | CASTLE - R | 0.8 | 2 | 4.045 |
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via NBC press notes:
In Late-Night Metered Markets Monday night:
Note: Currently available metered-market averages exclude numerous major markets, including New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington and are therefore subject to significant revision.
In Nielsen's 56 metered markets (with several major markets currently excluded), household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.9/8; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.1/5; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 2.8/7; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.1/4 with an encore.
In the 25 markets with Local People Meters (with several major markets currently excluded), adult 18-49 results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” 0.9/4; "Late Show," 0.6/3; "Nightline," 0.8/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.5/3 with an encore.
At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.3/4 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.0/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.6/4 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.3/2).
At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.7/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.3/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
NOTE: All national ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.
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Definitions:
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live football game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
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. 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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