In the early metered market household ratings CBS won the night(remember, not only are these numbers subject to change, they *always* change even by the time the fast nationals arrive).
House had an 8.2/13 (household rating/share), up a bit from last week’s same metered market results of 7.8/13. The Mentalist, while demo challenged somewhat has pulled good overall numbers and got a 10.6/17, up from last week’s early metered market number of 10.2/15.
Fringe also bounced up from last week’s 6.3/9 to a 6.7/10
The Dancing With the Stars Results Show had an 11.7/18, the night’s highest rated show followed by NCIS on CBS with a 11.1/17.
The Biggest Loser averaged a 4.8/7 from 8pm-10p, up slightly versus last week’s 4.7/7.
At 10pm, holding the trend of being up versus last week was Law & Order:SVU with a 7.5/12, last week it had a 6.7/11 in this same early slice but still placed second to Without a Trace at 9.6/15. L&O will surely fare better in the demos than WAT.
CW fans, 90210 also fared better than last week with a 2.6/4, up from last week’s 2.4/4. This is still the problem night for the CW’s Monday through Wednesday quest to attract younger females, Privileged scored a 1.8/3, only up just barely from last week’s 1.7/2. Up is up, but that’s probably not enough to get the CW excited about their floundering Tuesday nights.
It seems that there were just more people watching broadcast network television last night than the week before. Not a huge surprise, the season is kicking into new shows every night and the days are growing shorter…
I think Priviliged should be cancelled:@
Hopefully 90210 can continue the season without big drops, i really like it.
I’m surprised that Fringe still is losing 25% of the House lead-in, especially with Fox’s “limited commercial interruptions” and heavy promotion for Fringe. It’s got to be quality problems. I know when I watch the show, I just see it as being a bad knockoff of the X-Files and very gory. Last night’s episode further confirms that, as evidenced by:
The true believer vs. skeptic dynamic growing between Walter Bishop and Peter Bishop (i.e. Mulder and Scully);
The mysterious man who seems to know everything (the bald “Observer” vs. the X-Files’ cigarette-smoking man);
Shadowy government conspiracies
….and the like.
Uh reverse that statement buddy. 90210 is crap. Privileged outshines that…obscenity in the writing and quality department by miles.
Outlander, just drop the X Files ripoff talk please. Its so tiring that people constantly keep coming up with it, man, X Files has been off air for years, maybe you should be glad that there’s a show in the same genre finally.
besides Fringe’s ratings are amazing, currently Fox’s second best, especially the 18-49 demo is impressive… 25% dropoff isnt that bad.
i’m gonna wait for the final numbers before I make a comment…don’t want to look like stupid.
I agree with Tim on Fringe
Outlander,
I think the the 35-50 demo of House is switching over to The Mentalist, while the 18-34 group is staying with Fringe. That’s my guess. I don’t think the two FOX shows are demo compatible.
Anyway, I’m a House/Mentalist girl myself (I fall in the 35-50 demo).
I tried to watch Fringe, but find Mentalist to top it in quality.
At least Fringe isn’t bleeding–not yet, anyway.
Mentalist–wow! Breakout hit of the season?
Glad to see The Mentalist is hanging in there ok. Not bad really since I thought for sure it would get the chop. I enjoy it anyway. I absolutly dispise Fringe more and more. The comparisions to The X Files are getting old by now but are still valid I think. Only difference is The X Files was a good show where Fringe…not so much…
I do get sick of the X-Files comparisons. They are very repetitive. Probably a bit valid, but shouldn’t a show for the old fans to watch be good? I really don’t know why people find it so fun to go and bash a show instead of just NOT WATCHING IT. It’s what I do with Gossip Girl.
On the subject of ratings, I’m still surprised about House’s ratings. I thought it was a more popular show than that. Online watchers, maybe?
Rose, although House was a top 20 show last season for average viewers, its huge value comes from the fact that it was the #4 show for adults 18-49. Among that age demo, the only shows that were more popular last season were American Idol and Desperate Housewives.
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/29/final-2007-8-season-top-tv-shows-for-adults-18-49/3943
And advertisers to adults 18-49 pay the bills at the broadcast networks.