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Wednesday Ratings: Lie to Me Remains Strong
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Lost, Ratings,
After several weeks, the battle between Lie to Me and Lost remains tight. Last night, a Katie Couric special (yes, another one) helped the FOX series catch its ABC competitor in the demos.
8pm
- American Idol (26.3 million, 9.9/27 in 18-49) gave up 700,000.
- Criminal Minds* (8.5 million, 1.7/5) lost 2.1 million.
- Knight Rider (4.9 million, 1.4/4) saw 1.2 million speed off.
- Lost* (1.7/5) kicked off the evening with 4.8 million.
- Privileged* (920,000. 0.3/1) slipped by 900,000.
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Tuesday Ratings: FOX Delivers One-Two Punch
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Scrubs, Ratings,
What do you get when you throw in an American Idol along with repeats of NCIS and The Mentalist? An easy double-win for FOX.
8pm
- American Idol (26.3 million, 9.9/25 in 18-49) picked up 1.1 million more.
- NCIS* (14.4 million, 2.9/7) was down 4.6 million.
- The Biggest Loser: Couples (10.5 million, 4.0/10) dropped 500,000.
- Homeland Security (5.7 million, 1.6/4) was up a notch.
- 90210 (2.4 million. 1.3/3) improved by 1.3 million.
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Monday Ratings: NBC Improves, But Not By Much
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, 24, Heroes, Medium, Ratings,
Sunday’s commercials may have paid off financially for NBC, but they didn’t help much with the ratings. Despite endless ads for Monday’s programs, the lineup only showed marginal improvement. By night’s end, CBS was on top with the viewers while FOX was first place in the demos.
8pm
- House (14.8 million, 5.5/13 in 18-49) had Monday’s best demos.
- The Bachelor (11 million, 4.1/10) wooed another 400,000.
- The Big Bang Theory (10.8 million, 4.1/10) added on 1.5 million; How I Met Your Mother (10.3 million, 4.2/10) scooped up 2.2 million.
- Chuck (8.4 million, 3.0/7) had its largest audience all season.
- Gossip Girl (2.3 million, 1.1/3) was up 700,000.
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Friday Ratings: ABC Forces a Tie with CBS
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Everybody Hates Chris, House, Ratings,
Okay, so CBS was only airing reruns. And ABC only tied in the demos. (CBS was alone with the viewers.) But when was the last time you could remember any other network making a showing on Fridays?
8pm
- Ghost Whisperer* (8.2 million, 1.9/6) was off by 3.1 million.
- Howie Do It (5.2 million, 1.5/5) gave up 300,000.
- Wife Swap (5.1 million, 1.7/5) picked up 1.2 million.
- A House* (1.4/4) entry pulled in 4.3 million.
- Everybody Hates Chris (1.9 million, 0.8/3) and The Game (1.9 million, 0.8/3) raised similar numbers.
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Thursday Ratings: Idol Interrupts the Evening
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, American Idol, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, The Office, Ratings,
A rare Thursday night episode of American Idol easily dominated the ratings last night. Unfortunately, repeats on ABC and NBC didn’t help.
8pm
- American Idol (9.2/25 in 18-49) pulled in 24.3 million.
- Criminal Minds* (2.0/5) checked in 9 million.
- My Name is Earl* (4.8 million, 1.8/5) was off by 1.7 million.
- Smallville (4.2 million, 1.7/5) added on 400,000.
- Ugly Betty* (4 million, 1.3/4) plunged by 3.5 million.
- Kath & Kim* (3.2 million, 1.4/4) gave up 1.7 million.
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Wednesday Ratings: Katie Couric No Star in Primetime
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Lost, Ratings,
For some reason, CBS chose last night - an American Idol night - to test out a primetime edition of their evening news. Needless to say, the experiment bombed.
8pm
- American Idol (27 million, 10.1/25 in 18-49) picked up 1.1 million.
- Outside of repeats, the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric (6.5 million, 1.2/3) had the worst demos of the night.
- Knight Rider (6.1 million, 1.9/5) grew by 1.1 million.
- Lost* (1.7/4) refreshed 5.3 million.
- The New Adventures of Old Christine* (4.9 million, 1.1/3) fell by 2.4 million.
- Privileged* (1.1 million, 0.4/1) did 300,000 less than 13: Fear is Real.
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Tuesday Ratings: Biggest Loser Grows Despite Idol
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Scrubs, Ratings,
I was always lead to believe that shows airing at the same time as Idol would suffer because of it. Apparently that isn’t the case with The Biggest Loser. Last night, the NBC show actually improved in the face of Simon Cowell.
8pm
- American Idol (25.2 million, 9.6/24 in 18-49) picked up 2.8 million in the post-inauguration week.
- NCIS (19 million, 3.9/10) was up 7.3 million over last week’s repeat.
- The Biggest Loser: Couples (11 million, 4.1/10) beefed up by 8%.
- Homeland Security USA (1.6/4) settled for 5.6 million.
- 90210* (1.1 million, 0.4/1) lost 1.3 million.
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Monday Ratings: The Bachelor Keeps Getting Hotter
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, 24, House, Ratings,
Was it the CBS repeats? Or was it the sight of Jason Mesnick in scrubs? Whatever the reason, The Bachelor continued to pick up steam and reached a new high last night. Meanwhile, House - and FOX - had an easy night with the viewers and the demos.
8pm
- House (15.6 million, 5.9/15 in 18-49) checked in 700,000 more.
- The Bachelor (10.6 million, 3.9/10) had its largest audience of the season.
- The Big Bang Theory* (9.3 million, 3.3/9) fell by 1.8 million; How I Met Your Mother* (8.1 million, 3.1/7) lost 2.7 million.
- Approximately 6.7 million (1.6/4) watched the Superstars of Dance finale.
- Gossip Girl* (1.6 million 0.7/2) shaved off 600,000.
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Sunday Ratings: TV Movies Can’t Topple Staples
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Ratings,
Make no mistake: The Last Templar is no Da Vinci Code. Last night, the first half of NBC’s two-parter was outmatched by a repeat and a reality weeper. CBS’ Hallmark offering only did slightly better. By night’s end, the Eye network was on top with the viewers while ABC was a winner with the demos.
8pm
- Cold Case (13.3 million, 2.6/6 in 18-49) was up 8% from its last original episode.
- A 2-hour Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (11.6 million, 4.0/10) had the best demos of the night.
- Dateline (7.1 million, 1.9/5) was up 1.3 million.
- The Simpsons (2.6/6) averaged 5.5 million over two episodes.
- CW’s airing of Antitrust (0.3/1) registered 770,000.
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Friday Ratings: Ghost Whisperer Alone on Top
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Everybody Hates Chris, Ratings,
You gotta hand it to Jennifer Love Hewitt. Personal troubles won’t keep that girl down. Ghost Whisperer‘s numbers helped give CBS a double-win on Friday night.
8pm
- Ghost Whisperer (11.3 million, 2.8/9 in 18-49) had the evening’s best numbers.
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (6 million, 1.3/4) improved by 400,000.
- Howie Do It (5.5 million, 1.6/6) slipped by 600,000.
- Wife Swap* (3.9 million, 1.4/4) lost 900,000.
- Everybody Hates Chris (0.6/2) and The Game (0.7/2) both pulled in 1.6 million.
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