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Friday Ratings: Tight Race for Few Viewers
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Ratings,
Learning how to spell g-u-e-r-d-o-n was about the most exciting thing that happened to viewers on Friday evening. By night’s end, CBS was a winner in the viewers while NBC was tops in the demos.
8pm
- Ghost Whisperer* (1.4/6 in 18-49) haunted 5.7 million.
- ABC‘s coverage of the Scripps National Spelling Bee (1.1/4) had 4.6 million biting their nails.
- Most Outrageous Moments* (4.4 million, 1.1/5) was off track by 500,000.
- Friday Night Smackdown (3.7 million, 1.1/4) roped in 400,000 more.
- FOX‘s Little Black Book (2.5 million, 0.9/3) saw 1.5 million less than last week’s movie.
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Wednesday Ratings: FOX Dances Over CBS
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, So You Think You Can Dance, Ratings,
While it wasn’t the evening’s stronger performer, last night’s episode of SYTYCD did well enough to get FOX past CBS.
8pm
- So You Think You Can Dance (3.6/10 in 18-49) welcomed 9.3 million to its Wednesday time slot.
- The Price is Right (7.9 million, 1.5/5) rounded up another 200,000.
- Wife Swap (2.1/7) settled in with 5.8 million.
- NBC‘s coverage of the Stanley Cup finals (2.0/6) had 4.6 million cheering.
- Farmer Wants a Wife (1.0/3) averaged 2.8 million over two hours.
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Tuesday Ratings: FOX Wins Without Idol
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, Ratings,
While the show didn’t come close to American Idol-sized numbers, the reintroduction of The Moment of Truth did well enough to help FOX win another Tuesday night.
8pm
- A repeat of NCIS* (9.7 million, 1.8/6 in 18-49) was the most-watched show yesterday.
- The Moment of Truth (3.1/10) returned to 7.3 million viewers.
- Most Outrageous Moments (6.1 million, 1.8/5) improved by 2.1 million.
- According to Jim* (1.8/5) clocked in at 5 million.
- Beauty and the Geek* (0.6/2) trailed far behind at 1.3 million.
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Monday Ratings: American Gladiators Still Weak
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, So You Think You Can Dance, Ratings,
Despite the lack of new episodes, American Gladiators was still fairly unimpressive. Although the program showed improvement, it was overpowered by comedic repeats. In the end, CBS swept the night in both the viewers and the demos.
8pm
- The Big Bang Theory* (6.4 million, 2.0/6 in 18-49) was down a million; How I Met Your Mother* (6.7 million, 2.3/7) scraped off 1.2 million.
- American Gladiators (5.2 million, 1.9/5) picked up another 1.2 million.
- A So You Think You Can Dance* repeat (1.8/5) attracted 4.9 million.
- Approximately 4.7 million lived vicariously through Vacation Swap* (1.5/4).
- Gossip Girl* (1.4 million, 0.6/2) slid by 1.6 million.
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Sunday Ratings: NASCAR Races Past Repeats
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Ratings,
The NASCAR event on FOX easily outmaneuvered the aging competition.
8pm
- FOX‘s sports coverage (2.5/10 in 18-49) averaged 7.5 million viewers between 7-10pm.
- A 2-hour Cold Case* block (1.2/4) took in 6.4 million.
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition* (5.1 million, 1.4/6) plummeted by 6.1 million.
- Dateline (0.8/3) had 4.2 million tuning in.
- Everybody Hates Chris* (916,000, 0.4/1) slipped by nearly 500,000; Aliens in America* (897,000, 0.3/1) was off by 300,000.
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Friday Ratings: Viewers Take a Vacation
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey’s Anatomy, Ratings,
On this 3-day holiday weekend, the viewers - and the networks - decided to take a little time off.
8pm
- Ghost Whisperer* (1.5/5 in 18-49) averaged 5.5 million over two hours.
- Most Outrageous Moments (1.4/6) whipped up 4.9 million.
- FOX‘s Cheaper by the Dozen (4 million, 1.4/5) did 1.2 million better than last week’s airing of Dodgeball.
- A Grey’s Anatomy* block (1.2/5) roped in 3.9 million.
- Friday Night Smackdown (3.3 million, 1.2/4) fell by 700,000.
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Thursday Ratings: ABC Finales End on High Note
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey’s Anatomy, So You Think You Can Dance, Ratings,
Even though Ugly Betty and Grey’s Anatomy have seen better scores for their finales (this year was their lowest ever), both shows got their best post-strike numbers. Grey’s even turned out the highest 18-49 performance for any scripted drama in nearly three months.
8pm
- A 90-minute Deal or No Deal (10.3 million, 2.5/8 in 18-49) was the winner of its hour.
- So You Think You Can Dance? (3.4/10 in 18-49) debuted to 8.6 million.
- Approximately 8.8 million saw Lindsay Lohan torment Ugly Betty (2.8/9).
- The Big Bang Theory* (1.2/4) pulled in 4.3 million for its special Thursday airing; How I Met Your Mother* (4.5 million, 1.5/5) did slightly better.
- Smallville* (2.2 million, 0.7/2) was down 1.6 million from last week.
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Wednesday Ratings: American Idol Slightly Better Than Before
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Lost, Ratings,
Thanks to a night of repeats - oh, and American Idol - FOX easily whipped the competition Wednesday evening.
8pm
- American Idol (31.7 million, 11.4/30 in 18-49) was only up a million from last season. It was also down about 1% in the demos.
- The Price is Right (7.7 million, 1.8/5 in 18-49) improved by 400,000 from last week.
- A block of Law & Order* repeats (1.3/4) settled in at 5.2 million.
- Lost* averaged 3.1 million (1.0/3) over two hours.
- Back-to-back episodes of Farmer Wants a Wife* (0.6/2) was far behind at 1.6 million.
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Tuesday Ratings: Busy Night for Reality Shows
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, Dancing With The Stars, Ratings,
Last night’s Battle of the Davids brought monster-sized numbers to FOX. American Idol‘s final showdown actually improved upon last year’s finale. Meanwhile, Dancing with the Stars drew a lot of interest in the later half of the evening.
8pm
- American Idol (27.1 million, 10.1/28 in 18-49) was up from last year’s 25.3 million.
- NCIS’ two-hour finale (3.4/9) took in a respectable 16.5 million.
- A Dancing with the Stars* recap (8.9 million, 1.9/5) doubled According to Jim‘s numbers.
- Most Outrageous Moments (4 million, 1.4/4) did the same as before.
- A Reaper* repeat (1.8 million, 0.8/2) did 300,000 better than Beauty and the Geek.
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Monday Ratings: Tight Race Between CBS, ABC and FOX
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Dancing With The Stars, House, Ratings,
A night of finales helped CBS place first in both categories last night. Meanwhile, ABC came in a close second with the viewers while FOX narrowly lost out in the demos.
8pm
- Dancing with the Stars (18.8 million, 4.4/12 in 18-49) was up 1/2 million from last week.
- Bones (3.3/10) hit a season high with 10.2 million.
- The Big Bang Theory (7.4 million, 2.7/8) lost 500,000; How I Met Your Mother (7.9 million, 3.2/9) slipped by 1.1 million.
- American Gladiators (4 million, 1.6/4) fell by 900,000.
- Gossip Girl (1.4/4) ended its season with 3 million.
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