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| Total Viewers (million) | 24.32 | 5.69 | 3.87 | 3.78 | .80 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 8.1/23 | 1.4/4 | 1.2/3 | 1.3/4 | 0.3/1 |
Did you predict NBC would once again crush the competition? Of course you did. Duh! But although the numbers are sliding a little bit as predicted, NBC still had ten million more viewers than CBS, ABC, Fox and the CW combined.
That’s still a pretty healthy beat down. People love the Olympics more than dogs, at least when it comes to watching them on TV as CBS Greatest American Dog pulled in 5.12 million and a 1.3/4 (rating/share) among 18-49 year olds.
There’s very little else to say about the night, so I’ll spare you the prose. And instead contemplate the end of the TV universe for the Stargate franchise on SciFi.
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | Greatest American Dog | 5.12 | 1.3/4 |
| NBC | Olympics 8p-11p | 24.32 | 8.1/23 | |
| ABC | Wife Swap (R ) | 3.55 | 1.4/4 | |
| CW | America’s Next Top Model (R ) | 0.98 | 0.3/1 | |
| FOX | Bones (R) | 4.74 | 1.4/4 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Criminal Minds (R) | 5.89 | 1.6/4 |
| ABC | Supernanny (R ) | 3.72 | 1.3/3 | |
| CW | Pussycat Dolls Presents: Girlicious (R) | 0.62 | 0.3/1 | |
| FOX | Terminator: TSCC (R) | 3.01 | 1.1/3 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | Primetime: Crime | 4.07 | 1.4/4 |
| CBS | CSI: NY (Repeat) | 6.06 | 1.5/5 | |
| Half Hourly Olympic Data | ||||
| 8:00 | NBC | Olympics | 18.24 | 5.5/18 |
| 8:30 | NBC | 22.00 | 6.9/21 | |
| 9:00 | NBC | 26.18 | 8.5/23 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | 25.65 | 8.5/22 | |
| 10:00 | NBC | 29.92 | 10.6/29 | |
| 10:30 | NBC | 23.98 | 8.4/24 |
Nielsen Ratings Source: Nielsen Media Research. Source Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
Definitions:
Overnights: Local metered-market ratings service of Nielsen Station Index (NSI) in which household ratings and shares are provided to clients the morning following the day or evening of telecast.
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
LIVE+SD: The number that watched a program either while it was broadcast OR watched via DVR on the same day [through 3AM the next day] the program was broadcast.
For more information see Numbers 101.
I'm going to take your bait, Robert. Why do you think SCIFI cancelled Stargate Atlantis? It earned the same ratings it did last season, and while the press release and commentary talks about “better” ratings for Eureka, that begs the question of what would happen if Atlantis were moved from Friday nights to another night.
Makes me wonder if the recent management turnover at SCIFI isn't going to curtail SCIFI's original programming budget. (Limiting SCIFI to wrestling, “ghost hunters,” Star Trek reruns, and those God-awful Saturday night slasher films.)
I'm amazed to see Terminator eeked out a better audience here than earlier in the week. I think this was the night of the gold medal women's beach volleyball match. I figured all other TV viewing would CEASE while that game was on.