Thursday Ratings: Past Life Plunges to Its Death
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Grey’s Anatomy, Survivor, Ratings,
Wondering why Past Life was just canceled after only three episodes? Look at last night’s numbers. The program - which started with an 8.3 million debut - lost 5 million in just two weeks.
8pm
- Approximately 25.3 million (7.1/19 in 18-49) watched Wednesday’s coverage of the Vancouver Olympics.
- Survivor (11.9 million, 3.9/11) saw 2.2 million leave the island.
- Bones* (5.7 million, 1.6/4) gave up 2.4 million.
- The Deep End (4.3 million, 1.1/3) slipped by 1.4 million.
- The Vampire Diaries* (0.7/2) sucked in 1.7 million.
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Wednesday Ratings: Idol’s Win Streak Ends
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Ratings,
As Avatar recently proved—some records are made to be broken. Last night, American Idol tasted something it hadn’t sampled in some time: defeat. For the first time in six years, the reality show was beaten its own time slot.
8pm
- Vancouver Olympics coverage (8.9/23 in 18-49) had 29.3 million Americans cheering through the night.
- Human Target (7.1 million, 2.1/6) gave up 1.8 million.
- Modern Family* (5.1 million, 1.7/5) and The Middle* (4.7 million, 1.7/5) tied in the demos.
- The New Adventures of Old Christine* (1.3/4) raked in 4.9 million.
- Gary Unmarried* (1.4/4) rounded up 4.4 million.
- Life Unexpected* (1.3 million, 0.6/2) slipped by 300,000.
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Tuesday Ratings: Idol Wins the Gold Medal
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Specials, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Lost, Ratings,
High-flying snowboard action on NBC couldn’t keep the singing voices at FOX quiet. Last night’s American Idol managed to beat the Winter Olympics coverage at its own ratings game.
8pm
- Approximately 23.6 million watched the nail-biting drama on American Idol (9.1/22 in 18-49).
- Winter Olympics coverage (5.4/14 in 18-49) pulled in 20.4 million.
- NCIS* (2.3/6) scored 11.6 million.
- Lost* (1.5/4) recapped 4.2 million
- 90210* (900,000, 0.4/1) did about the same.
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Monday Ratings: Bachelor Stands Tall Against Olympics
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Sports, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, 24, House, Ratings,
Monday’s sports competition had very little effect on The Bachelor‘s strong season. Last night, the reality show showed only a slight dip in the viewers while remaining practically even with the previous week’s demos.
8pm
- Coverage of the Winter Olympics (7.2/18 in 18-49) drummed up 25.5 million spectators.
- The Bachelor (11.5 million, 4.0/10) was off by 800,000.
- House* (2.2/6) turned in 6.8 million.
- How I Met Your Mother* (2.2/6) registered 5.8 million.
- Accidentally on Purpose* (2.0/5) nailed down 5.5 million.
- One Tree Hill (1.9 million, 0.9/2) lost 300,000.
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Thursday Ratings: Survivor a Hero for CBS
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, 30 Rock, Grey’s Anatomy, Survivor, The Office, Ratings,
Did you see the moment when Sugar ran topless down the beach on Survivor? If you didn’t, you were one of the few. The two-hour premiere of the Heroes vs. Villains edition attracted 14.1 million fans and helped put a ding into Grey’s Anatomy‘s numbers.
8pm
- Approximately 14.1 million watched the two-hour debut of Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains (4.5/12 in 18-49).
- Bones* (2.1/6) dug up 8.1 million.
- The Deep End (5.7 million, 1.5/4) picked up 600,000 more.
- Community (5.2 million, 2.3/7) remained steady.
- Parks and Recreation (5 million, 2.3/6) was up a tick.
- The Vampire Diaries (3.6 million, 1.5/4) lost 400,000.
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Wednesday Ratings: ABC Feels Some Love
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids, Music, Prime Time, Reality, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Ratings,
ABC might not have been the winner last night, but Modern Family and The Middle did their best to help. Despite competition from American Idol‘s Group Night, Family reached another series high in the demos. Meanwhile, Middle - with help from Charlie Brown - hit a high of its own.
8pm
- Human Target (8.9 million, 2.5/7 in 18-49) pinpointed another 1.1 million.
- The New Adventures of Old Christine (2.3/7) returned to 8.3 million.
- The Middle (8.2 million, 3.0/8) added on 900,000.
- Gary Unmarried (2.4/7) pulled in 7.7 million.
- A Charlie Brown Valentine (2.5/7) entertained 7.5 million.
- Life Unexpected* (1.6 million, 0.8/2) improved by 200,000.
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Tuesday Ratings: Past Life Can’t Pass Competition
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Music, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Talk Shows, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, American Idol, Lost, Ratings,
Last night’s premiere of Past Life did what few post-Idol debuts have done before: Disappoint. Despite a huge lead-in, the series opener came in fourth in its hour in both the viewers and the demos.
8pm
- Approximately 27.9 million saw Ellen DeGeneres’ first day on American Idol (10.1/26 in 18-49).
- NCIS (19.8 million, 4.1/11) picked up 700,000.
- The Biggest Loser (3.5/9) averaged 8.9 million over two hours.
- Lost* (1.7/4) helped 4.9 million get caught up.
- 90210* (0.4/1) scraped up 910,000.
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Monday Ratings: Post-Game Boost for Big Bang
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Talk Shows, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, 24, Heroes, House, Ratings,
Did viewers simply forget to change the channel? Yesterday’s programming slate on CBS appeared to have benefitted nicely from Sunday night’s game. Although Monday’s comedies are typically strong, several shows saw their best numbers in quite some time.
8pm
- House (13.5 million, 5.1/13 in 18-49) slid by 700,000.
- The Bachelor (12.3 million, 4.1/10) reached season highs.
- How I Met Your Mother (3.8/10) kicked off the night with 10.1 million.
- Accidentally on Purpose (3.4/8) scored 9.2 million.
- Chuck (2.2/6) was good for 6.6 million.
- One Tree Hill (1.1/2) turned in 2.2 million
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Sunday Ratings: Super Bowl, Undercover Boss Break TV Records
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Prime Time, Reality, Specials, Sports, CBS, Ratings,
The score may have been close for most of Super Bowl XLIV, but the game’s ratings were the best thing on TV…by far.
Last night’s battle between the Indianapolis Colts at the New Orleans Saints had 106.48 million Bud Light-swilling, Doritos-chomping sports fans glued to their TV sets. That number represents the largest viewing audience for any event in U.S. television history.
The previous record was established by the series finale of M*A*S*H. That 1983 event totaled a whopping 105.97 viewers.
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Friday Ratings: Big Showing for Smallville
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, Reality, Sci-Fi/Horror, Talk Shows, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, House, Medium, Ratings,
Fridays might not have been good to Dollhouse or Ugly Betty, but that doesn’t mean the night is like totally bad. Smallville‘s recent two-hour event brought in the program’s best numbers of the season.
8pm
- Ghost Whisperer (2.2/6 in 18-49) pulled in 8.8 million.
- Law & Order: SVU* (1.1/3) cuffed 5.6 million.
- Supernanny (1.5/5) scolded 5.4 million.
- House* (1.3/4) rounded up 3.9 million.
- Smallville (1.2/4) scored 2.8 million.
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