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| Total Viewers (million) | 10.41 | 9.35 | 7.32 | 4.09 | 1.68 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 4.0/11 | 3.6/11 | 1.9/6 | 1.7/5 | 0.6/2 |
OK, so they’re not American Idol style numbers, but LOST averaged almost a 5.0 in the 18-49 year old demographic for the two hour finale. I joined the 12.2 million viewers LOST averaged for the 2 hours who waited to see just who was in the coffin! As I wrote earlier, I really enjoyed the episode but didn’t find it quite as amazing as some of the blogsphere.
Other than FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance, which drew in almost 9.4 million and averaged a 3.6/11 in the 18-49 demo for the two hour airing, there’s not much to say. Everything else was repeats except for Last Comic Standing on NBC, and that performed worse than the repeats on CBS.
Making matters worse, LOST won’t be back for months and months as it will again debut mid-season.
USA is premieres In Plain Sight this Sunday night at 10pm and you can see some of my thoughts on it here.
If you haven’t entered our Law & Order: Criminal Intent contest, check it out if you’re interested in winning some free DVD box sets and a t-shirt.
Did I say it’s going to be a long wait for LOST yet? Update: here’s a look at the numbers for all of LOST’s season premieres and finales (other than the season 1 premiere I was able to dig up all the numbers).
Will CW’s Dawn Ostroff still have her job by day’s end? They say bad news is always announced on Fridays.
Thursday night’s details:
| Time | Network | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory (R ) | 4.84 | 1.4/5 |
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance 8p-10p | 9.35 | 3.6/11 | |
| ABC | LOST (R ) | 6.83 | 2.1/7 | |
| NBC | The Office (R ) | 3.51 | 1.2/4 | |
| CW | Smallville (R ) | 1.86 | 0.7/2 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | How I Met Your Mother (R ) | 4.87 | 1.5/5 |
| NBC | Last Comic Standing 8:30p-10:30p | 4.37 | 1.8/5 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | CSI (R ) | 8.70 | 2.1/6 |
| ABC | LOST 9p-11p | 12.20 | 4.9/14 | |
| CW | Supernatural (R ) | 1.51 | 0.5/1 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | Without a Trace (R ) | 8.42 | 2.1/6 |
| 10:30 | NBC | The Office (R ) | 3.57 | 1.6/4 |
| Half-hourly data for LOST’s Season Finale | ||||
| 9:00 | ABC | LOST | 11.73 | 4.5/13 |
| 9:30 | ABC | LOST | 12.04 | 4.7/12 |
| 10:00 | ABC | LOST | 12.32 | 5.0/13 |
| 10:30 | ABC | LOST | 12.69 | 5.3/15 |
Nielsen Ratings Source: Nielsen Media Research. Full night’s results available via Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
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The Nhl had more avg viewers for Wed on NBC than Thurs avg. Also 18-49 demo was a good chunk of their overnight ratings. The last hour of the game = CSI 2.1, and the NHL game = CBS Thurs avg of 1.9
Lost's premiere episode did a 6.8/20 in adults 18-49.
This is the archive from my old website (it's still up, but I haven't touched it in years)
http://justtvratings.tollfreepage.com/ratingsin...
I have the weekly ratings lists going back to Feb 2000. The weekly list is only really accurate from 2003 onwards (the top half is good, the bottom, figured out from PR releases and household ratings)
I mean that post-2004 is accurate. That's when I found ABC medianet
LOST's loss in viewers more comes down to intelligence. 23 million people needed instant gratification… 12 – 14 million viewers were SMART enough to stick around ! Guess what !!! Sticking around gives the GENUIS' 32 more hours of the MOST thought provoking entertainment !