Primetime TV Ratings - Part III (2008-09 Season)

[nateman]

Thursday 05/21/09

-CSI (R) (CBS) 9.64m
-So You Think You Can Dance? (FOX) 8.77m
-Flashpoint (R) (CBS) 7.49m
-NCIS (R) (CBS) 7.37m
-Southland (season finale) (NBC) 6.39m
-Ugly Betty (ABC) 6.14m
-Ugly Betty (season finale) (ABC) 6.12m
-Grey's Anatomy (R) (ABC) 3.61m
-My Name is Earl (R) (NBC) 3.32m
-The Office (R) (NBC) 3.28m
-30 Rock (R) (NBC) 3.19m
-30 Rock (R) (NBC) 2.79m
-Smallville (R) (CW) 1.42m
-Supernatural (R) (CW) 1.29m

[nateman]

Friday 05/22/09

-Numb3rs (R) (CBS) 6.40m
-Flashpoint (R) (CBS) 6.32m
-Ghost Whisperer (R) (CBS) 5.79m
-20/20 (ABC) 4.47m
-Dateline (NBC) 3.86m
-Wife Swap (R) (ABC) 3.42m
-House (R) (FOX) 2.98m
-Don't Forget the Lyrics (season premiere) (FOX) 2.94m
-Supernanny (R) (ABC) 2.50m
-Howie Do It (R) (NBC) 2.42m
-Everybody Hates Chris (R) (CW) 1.24m
-The Game (R) (CW) 1.24m
-The Game (R) (CW) 1.10m
-Everybody Hates Chris (R) (CW) 1.09m

[nateman]

Saturday 05/23/09

-NBA Playoffs: Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals (Los Angeles vs. Denver) (ABC) 6.13m
-48 Hours Mystery (CBS) 5.12m
-Law & Order (R) (NBC) 4.30m
-Cops (R) (FOX) 3.84m
-America's Most Wanted (FOX) 3.79m
-Harper's Island (CBS) 3.76m
-Cops (R) (FOX) 3.19m
-Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R) (NBC) 2.95m
-Southland (R) (NBC) 2.80m
-Ghost Whisperer (R) (CBS) 2.71m

[nateman]

Sunday 05/24/05

-60 Minutes (CBS) 7.84m
-Cold Case (R) (CBS) 6.43m
-Million Dollar Password (R) (CBS) 5.16m
-The Unit (R) (CBS) 5.06m
-Miniseries: Diamonds (Part One) (ABC) 4.66m
-Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (R) (ABC) 4.42m
-America's Funniest Home Videos (R) (ABC) 4.35m
-The Last Templar (R) (NBC) 4.07m
-Dateline (NBC) 4.05m
-NASCAR (FOX) 2.91m
-Love is All There Is (R) (CW) 882,000
-Jericho (R) (CW) 606,000


Monday 05/25/09

-Two and a Half Men (R) (CBS) 9.23m
-CSI: Miami (R) (CBS) 7.76m
-Medium (NBC) 7.75m
-Rules of Engagement (R) (CBS) 7.26m
-Dateline (NBC) 7.14m
-The Big Bang Theory (R) (CBS) 6.02m
-The Bachelorette (ABC) 6.01m
-Bones (R) (FOX) 5.45m
-How I Met Your Mother (R) (CBS) 5.35m
-Here Come the Newlyweds (season premiere) (ABC) 4.98m
-House (R) (FOX) 4.68m
-One Tree Hill (2 repeat episodes) (CW) 1.21m

[nateman]

Tuesday 05/26/09

-The Mentalist (R) (CBS) 12.32m
-NCIS (R) (CBS) 12.23m
-Without a Trace (R) (CBS) 9.57m
-TV's 50 Funniest Phrases (NBC) 6.61m
-Law & Order: SVU (R) (NBC) 6.40m
-Mental (series premiere) (FOX) 5.80m
-House (R) (FOX) 4.23m
-According to Jim (2 episodes) (ABC) 3.74m
-Diamonds (Part Two) (ABC) 3.12m
-Reaper (season finale) (CW) 2.22m
-Hitched or Ditched (series premiere) (CW) 1.46m

[nateman]

Wednesday 05/27/09

-George Strait - ACM Artist of the Decade All Star (CBS) 10.06m
-Criminal Minds (R) (CBS) 8.80m
-Wipeout (season premiere) (ABC) 8.64m
-So You Think You Can Dance (FOX) 8.58m
-Law & Order: SVU (R) (NBC) 6.68m
-Law & Order (R) (NBC) 6.47m
-Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R) (NBC) 5.11m
-The Goode Family (series premiere) (ABC) 3.93m
-The Unusuals (ABC) 3.91m
-Surviving Suburbia (ABC) 2.83m
-America's Next Top Model (R) (CW) 1.23m
-Hitched or Ditched (R) (CW) 1.11m

[nateman]

Thursday 05/28/09

-CSI (R) (CBS) 9.94m
-Without a Trace (R) (CBS) 9.72m
-NCIS (R) (CBS) 9.56m
-So You Think You Can Dance (FOX) 9.10m
-The 2009 Scripp's National Spelling Bee (ABC) 5.48m
-Grey's Anatomy (R) (ABC) 5.37m
-The Office (2 repeat episodes) (NBC) 3.59m
-My Name is Earl (R) (NBC) 3.50m
-The Office (R) (NBC) 3.25m
-30 Rock (R) (NBC) 3.09m
-30 Rock (R) (NBC) 3.09m
-Smallville (R) (CW) 1.42m
-Supernatural (R) (CW) 1.39m

[nateman]

Friday 05/29/09

-Walk the Line (R) (CBS) 6.49m
-Dateline (NBC) 5.75m
-20/20 (ABC) 4.62m
-Wife Swap (R) (ABC) 3.78m
-Don't Forget the Lyrics (FOX) 3.44m
-Un-Broke: What You Need to Know About Money (ABC) 3.33m
-Mental (R) (FOX) 2.74m
-Howie Do It (2 repeat episodes) (NBC) 2.52m
-Hair Show (R) (CW) 1.19m

[nateman]

Saturday 05/30/09

-48 Hours Mystery (R) (CBS) 5.95m
-America's Most Wanted (FOX) 4.63m
-The Stanley Cup Finals (NBC) 4.51m
-Harper's Island (CBS) 3.85m
-Numb3rs (R) (CBS) 3.51m
-Cops (1 repeat episode, 1 new episode) (FOX) 3.47m
-Wipeout (R) (ABC) 3.23m
-Pushing Daisies (ABC) 2.35m
-Here Come the Newlyweds (R) (ABC) 2.23m

[nateman]

Sunday 05/31/09

-60 Minutes (CBS) 8.66m
-Cold Case (R) (CBS) 7.57m
-Million Dollar Password (CBS) 6.88m
-The Unit (R) (CBS) 5.66m
-Stanley Cup Finals (NBC) 5.33m
-America's Funniest Home Videos (R) (ABC) 5.31m
-Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (R) (ABC) 4.89m
-Dateline (NBC) 4.05m
-Family Guy (R) (FOX) 3.60m
-The Simpsons (R) (FOX) 3.20m
-American Dad (R) (FOX) 3.20m
-King of the Hill (R) (FOX) 2.90m
-Brothers & Sisters (R) (ABC) 2.86m
-Desperate Housewives (R) (ABC) 2.73m
-American Dad (R) (FOX) 1.80m
-King of the Hill (R) (FOX) 1.60m
-Desperately Seeking Susan (R) (CW) 974,000
-Jericho (R) (CW) 569,000

[nateman]

Monday 05/01/09

-Two and a Half Men (R) (CBS) 9.98m
-CSI: Miami (R) (CBS) 8.58m
-Rules of Engagement (R) (CBS) 8.43m
-Medium (season finale) (NBC) 7.38m
-The Big Bang Theory (R) (CBS) 6.99m
-I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (season premiere) (NBC) 6.35m
-The Bachelorette (ABC) 6.34m
-How I Met Your Mother (R) (CBS) 6.15m
-Bones (R) (FOX) 6.10m
-House (R) (FOX) 6.02m
-Here Come the Newlyweds (ABC) 5.02m
-Gossip Girl (R) (CW) 1.03m
-One Tree Hill (R) (CW) 753,000

[nateman]

Tuesday 05/02/09

-Law & Order: SVU (season finale) (NBC) 11.34m
-NCIS (R) (CBS) 11.13m
-The Mentalist (R) (CBS) 10.83m
-Inside the Obama White House, Part 1 (NBC) 9.12m
-48 Hours Mystery (CBS) 7.79m
-I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (NBC) 5.50m
-Mental (FOX) 5.04m
-According to Jim (2 episodes, 2nd episode series finale) (ABC) 4.10m
-House (R) (FOX) 4.07m
-ABC News Special: Earth 2100 (ABC) 3.64m
-Hitched or Ditched (CW) 1.74m
-Hitched or Ditched (R) (CW) 1.59m


Wednesday 05/03/09

-Inside the Obama White House, Part 2 (NBC) 8.97m
-Law & Order (season finale) (NBC) 8.79m
-So You Think You Can Dance (FOX) 8.76m
-Criminal Minds (R) (CBS) 8.61m
-Wipeout (ABC) 8.37m
-CSI: NY (R) (CBS) 7.70m
-I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (NBC) 4.79m
-The New Adventures of Old Christine (R) (CBS) 4.71m
-Gary Unmarried (R) (CBS) 4.58m
-The Goodie Family (ABC) 3.17m
-The Unusuals (ABC) 2.94m
-The Goodie Family (ABC) 2.16m
-America's Next Top Model (R) (CW) 1.11m
-Hitched or Ditched (R) (CW) 934,000

[nateman]

Thursday 05/04/09

-The NBA Finals: Orlando Magic vs. Los Angeles Lakers - Game 1 (ABC) 10.47m
-The Mentalist (R) (CBS) 8.55m
-So You Think You Can Dance (FOX) 8.20m
-CSI (R) (CBS) 7.67m
-Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) 7.53m
-NBA Countdown (ABC) 7.03m
-Bones (R) (FOX) 6.14m
-The Big Bang Theory (R) (CBS) 5.82m
-The Listener (NBC) 5.34m
-The Listener (series premiere) (NBC) 5.25m
-The New Adventures of Old Christine (R) (CBS) 5.22m
-I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (NBC) 5.17m
-Smallville (R) (CW) 1.38m
-Supernatural (R) (CW) 1.23m

[Superman07]

Nothing on cable shows? I'm curious how the Burn Notice premier did.

[nateman]

Originally Posted by Superman07

Nothing on cable shows? I'm curious how the Burn Notice premier did.

I'll try my best to find that out for you.

[DJariya]

Regarding Burn Notice and Royal Pains:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...8e1be5a6bba4e3

In its new 9 p.m. slot, "Burn Notice" logged its best season premiere numbers with the third-season opener drawing 6 million viewers, 2.5 million of them in the 18-49 demographic. That is up 11% in total viewers and up 7% in adults 18-49 from the show's second season debut and only a fraction lower than the series high of 6.1 million (2.7 million in 18-49) netted by the second-season finale in March.

In adults 18-49, "Burn Notice" outperformed two of its broadcast competitors, the repeat of "CSI" on CBS and the premiere of "The Listener" on NBC.

Following at 10 p.m., "Royal Pains," held to the bulk of its lead-in to end up with 5.6 million viewers, 2.3 million in adults 18-49.

"Royal Pains," which stars Mark Feuerstein as a doctor to the rich, was USA's most-watched series debut since "Psych" set a record in July 2006 with 6.1 million viewers, airing behind another network hit, "Monk."

Those are some damn good numbers for both.

[RichC2]

Funny how well USA does while NBC continues to struggle.

[DJariya]

Originally Posted by RichC2

Funny how well USA does while NBC continues to struggle.

Well they are part of the same company. It's hard to compare cable to broadcast because the production budgets and Ad revenue are much lower on cable. Hence 5-6M viewers for Burn Notice and others like it are considered awesome numbers.

[nateman]

Friday 06/05/09

-Dateline (NBC) 6.13m
-Numb3rs (R) (CBS) 5.78m
-Inside the Obama White House (R) (NBC) 5.59m
-Flashpoint (R) (CBS) 5.53m
-Ghost Whisperer (R) (CBS) 5.42m
-20/20 (ABC) 4.83m
-Don't Forget the Lyrics (FOX) 3.55m
-Wife Swap (R) (ABC) 3.08m
-Mental (R) (FOX) 2.77m
-Samantha Who? (2 repeat episodes) (ABC) 2.32m
-The Game (R) (CW) 1.10m
-Privileged (R) (CW) 1.07m
-Everybody Hates Chris (R) (CW) 888,000

[nateman]

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/06/06...ry-night/20201

Conan Watch: The Tonight Show wins Conan's first week, but unsurprisingly ratings dropped every night

O’Brien’s “Tonight” premiere garnered a massive 7.1 overnight metered-market household rating, then dropped 30% on Tuesday (5.0), slipped 14% on Wednesday (4.3), went down 12% on Thursday (3.8) and fell 8% on Friday (3.5).

While Conan’s debut was the highest-rated Monday episode of the veteran franchise in four years, last night was the lowest-rated Friday episode of “Tonight” in six months.

Yet the latest rating could also be a sign the O’Brien’s out-of-the-gate decline is slowing and competitors were likewise down by a similar percentage when comparing Thursday to Friday.

Also, the first week of O’Brien’s “Tonight” has averaged a 4.7 rating in the summer — 21% higher than Jay Leno’s second quarter average with the show. Several clips from “Tonight” have also received heavy online viral play, including one with Barack Obama endorsing the host that received considerable coverage.

“Tonight” likewise beat CBS’ “Late Show,” by a 62% margin this week. The gap between O’Brien and Letterman narrowed nearly each night, however, with the CBS program pulling a 2.7 on Friday.

[JB7]

Wow! People are still watching Privileged in reruns even though its canceled?

[RichC2]

Originally Posted by DJariya

Well they are part of the same company. It's hard to compare cable to broadcast because the production budgets and Ad revenue are much lower on cable. Hence 5-6M viewers for Burn Notice and others like it are considered awesome numbers.

Which is exactly why I said what I said NBC continues to go down the drain while one of their cable siblings is essentially on top of the ratings game. (I couldn't be happier either, as I think USA is the most consistent at putting out fun shows.)

[nateman]

Saturday 06/06/09

-48 Hours Mystery (R) (CBS) 6.78m
-America's Most Wanted (FOX) 4.76m
-Stanley Cup Finals (NBC) 4.28m
-Wipeout (R) (ABC) 3.73m
-Harper's Island (CBS) 3.61m
-Cops (1 repeat episode, 1 new episode) (FOX) 3.38m
-Pushing Daisies (ABC) 2.29m
-Here Come the Newlyweds (R) (ABC) 2.27m
-The New Adventures of Old Christine (R) (CBS) 2.21m
-Worst Week (CBS) 1.91m

[mrpayroll]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090610/...nielsens/print

List of top 15 cable shows in Nielsen ratings
By The Associated Press The Associated Press

1 hr 16 mins ago

Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of June 1-7. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:

1. "Jon & Kate Plus 8" (Monday, 9:30 p.m.), TLC, 4.24 million homes, 5.94 million viewers.

2. "Burn Notice" (Thursday, 9 p.m.), USA, 4.17 million homes, 5.99 million viewers.

3. "Royal Pains" (Thursday, 10 p.m.), USA, 4.11 million homes, 5.56 million viewers.

4. "Jon & Kate Plus 8" (Monday, 9 p.m.), TLC, 3.92 million homes, 5.46 million viewers.

5. Auto Racing: NASCAR-Poconos (Sunday, 1:59 p.m.), TNT, 3.89 million homes, 5.48 million viewers.

6. "NASCAR Post Race Show" (Sunday, 6:02 p.m.), TNT, 3.71 million homes, 5.34 million viewers.

7. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 3.56 million homes, 5.05 million viewers.

8. "WWE Raw" (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.17 million homes, 4.53 million viewers.

9. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Monday, 5 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.15 million homes, 3.96 million viewers.

10. "NCIS" (Monday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.11 million homes, 3.92 million viewers.

11. "NCIS" (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), USA, 3.1 million homes, 4.04 million viewers.

12. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Tuesday, 5 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.06 million homes, 4.06 million viewers.

13. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (Sunday, 9 p.m.), USA, 3.036 million homes, 4.01 million viewers.

14. "SpongeBob SquarePants" (Saturday, 9:30 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.035 million homes, 3.74 million viewers.

15. "Penguins of Madagascar" (Saturday, 10 a.m.), Nickelodeon, 3.033 million homes, 3.89 million viewers.

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TLC is owned by Discovery Communications Inc. Nickelodeon is owned by Viacom Inc. USA is owned by General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal. TNT is owned by Time Warner Inc.

It's been awhile since I posted one of these.

It's interesting how popular Jon & Kate are. Never seen the show and don't plan to.

And it looks like the Burn Notice / Royal Pains paring is working really good.

Chris

[nateman]

^^^

Thanks for posting this.