Thursday Ratings: Bright Future for FlashForward
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Talk Shows, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey’s Anatomy, Saturday Night Live, Survivor, The Office, Ratings,
A mysterious new program (FlashForward), a tragic storyline (Grey’s Anatomy) and a slumping series (CSI) combined to give ABC wins in both the viewers and demos this Thursday.
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- FlashForward (12.4 million, 4.1/12 in 18-49) was the first series since April 2004 to beat Survivor at its game.
- Survivor: Samoa (11.9 million, 3.7/11) picked up 400,000.
- Bones (8.8 million, 2.8/7) was down 2.2 million from last week.
- SNL Weekend Update Thursday (4.7 million, 1.8/5) tied Parks and Recreation (4.2 million, 1.8/5) in the demos.
- The Vampire Diaries (3.8 million, 1.7/5) remained steady.
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Thursday Ratings: Leno, Vampire Take Hits
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey’s Anatomy, Saturday Night Live, Survivor, The Office, Ratings,
Increased competition resulted in interesting results for yesterday’s programs. For the first time in days, The Jay Leno Show saw numbers under 10 million. Meanwhile, The Vampire Diaries - last Thursday’s record breaker - came packed with a little less bite. At the end of the evening, CBS was on top with the viewers while FOX was first in the demos.
8pm
- The premiere of Survivor: Samoa (11.5 million, 3.5/11 in 18-49) had the smallest audience in Survivor debut history.
- Approximately 11 million watched the debut of Bones (3.0/9).
- SNL Weekend Update Thursday (2.0/7) got 5.7 million warmed up for the night; Parks and Recreation (2.1/6) followed with 5 million.
- The first hour of Grey’s Anatomy* (1.2/4) picked up 4.3 million.
- The Vampire Diaries (3.8 million, 1.6/5) lost 1 million since last Thursday.
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