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Nielsen Ratings June 1, 2008: Most Watched? Million Dollar Password

Posted on 02 June 2008 by Robert Seidman

Scoreboard for Sun. June 1, 2008 CBS NBC FOX ABC CW
Total Viewers (million) 8.38 6.72 3.97 3.90 .79
Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 1.6/5 1.8/6 1.7/6 1.2/4 0.3/1

The summer doldrums are already here and summer doesn’t officially start for almost three weeks.  No network could pull better than a 1.8 rating in the 18-49 year old demographic.   CBS had the most viewers overall but trailed both FOX and NBC in the demo.

Million Dollar Password was the most-watched show of the evening drawing in 10.69 million viewers and netting a 2.2/6 in the 18-49 demo.  60 minutes drew in 10.04 million with a 1.5/5 in the demo.  A two hour Dateline between 9pm-11pm was the third most watched show of the night with 8.07 million viewers and a 2.1/6 in the  demo.

Sunday night’s details:

Time Net Show Viewers (Millons) 18-49 Rating/Share
7:00 ABC America’s Funniest Home Videos (R ) 4.57 1.3/5
CBS 60 Minutes 10.04 1.5/5
NBC Most Outrageous Moments 7p-9p 5.37 1.5/5
FOX Don’t Forget the Lyrics (R ) 2.79 0.9/3
CW One Tree Hill (R ) 0.53 0.2/1
8:00 ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Ed (R ) 5.02 1.4/5
CBS Million Dollar Password 10.69 2.2/7
NBC Dateline
FOX The Simpsons (R ) 4.53 2.0/7
CW Everybody Hates Chris (R ) 0.92 0.3/1
8:30 FOX King of the Hill (R ) 3.96 1.9/6
CW Aliens in America (R ) 0.88 0.3/1
9:00 ABC Desperate Housewives (R ) 3.31 1.0/3
CBS Cold Case (R ) 7.81 1.5/4
NBC Dateline 9p-11p 8.07 2.1/6
FOX Family Guy (R ) 5.19 2.5/7
CW The Game (R ) 0.92 0.4/1
9:30 FOX American Dad (R ) 4.58 2.3/6
CW Girlfriends (R ) 0.95 0.5/1
10:00 ABC Brothers & Sisters (R ) 2.7 0.9/2
CBS The Unit (R ) 4.98 1.2/3

Nielsen Ratings Source: Nielsen Media Research. Full night’s results available via Marc Berman/Mediaweek.

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2 Responses to “Nielsen Ratings June 1, 2008: Most Watched? Million Dollar Password”

  1. Rob D says:

    Million Dollar Password was really good. I never really liked the original much but the lightning fast pace of this makes it so much better.

  2. Denise, In Plain Sight had 5.25 million viewers last night.(2.3 million 18-49)


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