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Sunday Ratings: ABC Finales Lead Competition
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, The Office, Ratings,
Despite a good turnout for the Country Music Awards, Desperate Housewives was easily the night’s most-watched program. The finale gave ABC a win in both the viewers and demos.
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- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (11.2 million, 3.8/11 in 18-49) took a 900,000 hit.
- The Simpsons finale (6.1 million, 2.9/9) picked up 100,000.
- King of the Hill (5.4 million, 2.6/7) grew by 400,000.
- Everybody Hates Chris (1.4 million, 0.5/2) tacked on another 200,000.
- Aliens in America (1.2 million, 0.5/1) retained most of its lead-in.
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Friday Ratings: CBS Finales Close on a Win
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Ratings,
CBS’ usually strong lineup racked up another weekend win. The network placed first in both the viewers and the demos with ABC right behind in second.
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- Ghost Whisperer (2.0/8 in 18-49) ended its season with 8.4 million.
- America’s Funniest Home Videos (1.7/6) had 6.8 million laughing.
- Friday Night Smackdown (4 million, 1.2/4) was down a smidge.
- FOX‘s airing of Dodgeball (2.8 million, 1.2/4) was down 600,000 compared to last week’s movie.
- A repeat of American Gladiators* (0.9/3) only had 2.5 million fired up.
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Thursday Ratings: NBC Finales End On Good Note
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Ratings,
A full slate of finales gave NBC a boost in the ratings. The network was third with the viewers but second in the demos.
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- Ugly Betty (8.5 million, 2.7/8 in 18-49) gained a 1/2 million from last week.
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (8.3 million, 2.2/7) scored 600,000 more.
- A CSI* repeat (1.7/5) kicked off the night with 7.8 million.
- My Name is Earl (7.1 million, 3.0/9) tacked on another million.
- Smallville (3.8 million, 1.7/5) was down 200,000.
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Wednesday Ratings: Another Win for Fox
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, American Idol, Ratings,
All eyes were on American Idol‘s elimination show last night. Curiosity once again helped the program win back viewers lost in recent weeks.
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- The Price is Right (7.3 million, 1.4/4 in 18-49) narrowly won its hour.
- Deal or No Deal (7.1 million, 1.8/5) was down a notch.
- ’‘Til Death (5.9 million, 2.2/7) and Back to You (6.9 million, 2.5/7) both did about the same.
- Wife Swap (6.4 million, 2.5/7) slipped by 600,000.
- Approximately 4.6 million saw Whitney Thompson crowned America’s Next Top Model (2.3/7).
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Tuesday Ratings: FOX Sees Improvement
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Food & Home, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Hell’s Kitchen, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Ratings,
Although FOX has ruled Tuesday for quite some time, the network’s lineup has seen its ups and downs. This week, both American Idol and Hell’s Kitchen rebounded from recent ratings dips.
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- American Idol (24 million, 8.6/24 in 18-49) grew by 2.8 million.
- NCIS (14.7 million, 3.0/9) improved by 900,000.
- According to Jim (1.4/4) settled in with 4.4 million.
- Most Outrageous Moments (4 million, 1.2/3) had a 200,000 decrease.
- Beauty and the Geek (1.5 million, 0.7/2) was down a notch.
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Monday Ratings: Weak Premiere for American Gladiators
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Dancing With The Stars, House, Medium, The Bachelor, Ratings,
Why NBC chose to bring back American Gladiators at this time is beyond me. Had the show debuted after the latest round of finales, it might have fared better than fourth place. Meanwhile, ABC was another winner with the viewers while FOX was tops in the demos.
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- Dancing with the Stars (18.3 million, 4.2/11 in 18-49) was the night’s most-watched show.
- Bones (9.4 million, 3.2/9) grew by 1.3 million.
- Britney Spears helped draw 700,000 more to How I Met Your Mother (9 million, 3.8/9); The Big Bang Theory (7.9 million, 2.9/9) tacked on another 300,000.
- The American Gladiators debut (4.9 million, 1.9/5) did about 1/2 as well as Deal or No Deal.
- Approximately 2.6 million tuned in to hear Serena’s big secret on Gossip Girl (1.2/3).
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Sunday Ratings: Survivor Outplays ABC
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Guy, Survivor, The Office, Ratings,
Last night’s three-hour Survivor finale helped CBS make a dent in ABC’s long streak. The Eye network took a win in the viewers and narrowly took the demos as well.
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- Approximately 13 million saw Parvati Shallow win Survivor: Micronesia (4.4/12 in 18-49).
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (11.9 million, 4.0/11) nailed down another 450,000.
- The Simpsons (6 million, 2.9/9) was down a few notches; King of the Hill (5 million, 2.5/7) took a 700,000 hit.
- Everybody Hates Chris (1.2 million, 0.5/1) did the same as last week; Aliens in America (1.1 million, 0.4/1) was up slightly.
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Friday Ratings: CBS Wins Despite Falling Numbers
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Ratings,
Despite smaller numbers across the board, CBS managed to hang on for its third week in a row.
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- Ghost Whisperer (8.7 million, 2.1/8 in 18-49) easily topped the hour.
- ABC‘s TV’s All-Time Funniest special (1.6/6) had 6.5 million reminiscing.
- Most Outrageous Moments* (4.2 million, 1.2/5) saw 800,000 tune out.
- Friday Night Smackdown (4.1 million, 1.3/5) took in another 200,000.
- FOX‘s Man of the House (3.4 million, 1.1/4) did just as well as last week’s movie.
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Thursday Ratings: CBS Almost Sweeps the Evening
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Kids, Music, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, My Name Is Earl, Scrubs, Survivor, The Office, Ratings,
CBS was almost a double victor last night. The network had the largest number of viewers and came narrowly close to passing ABC in the demos.
8pm
- Approximately 12.7 million saw another shocker on Survivor: Micronesia (4.1/12 in 18-49).
- Ugly Betty (8 million, 2.4/7) was up 100,000.
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (7.7 million, 1.9/6) fell by 600,000.
- My Name is Earl (6.1 million, 2.6/8) stumbled by 700,000.
- Scrubs (2.5/7) ended its season with 5.4 million.
- Smallville (4 million, 1.5/5) grew by 400,000.
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Wednesday Ratings: FOX Produces Another Win
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Games, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, America’s Next Top Model, American Idol, Ratings,
Yesterday was basically a repeat of last week’s numbers. CBS placed behind FOX in both the viewers and the demos.
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- The Price is Right (7.6 million, 1.8/5 in 18-49) grew by 300,000.
- Deal of No Deal (7.2 million, 1.9/5) dipped by 700,000.
- Wife Swap (7 million, 2.5/8) picked up another 1 million.
- ’‘Til Death (6 million, 1.9/6) had a 500,000 upswing; Back to You (6.9 million, 2.0/6) remained about the same.
- America’s Next Top Model (4 million, 2.0/6) sent 200,000 packing.
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