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| Total Viewers (million) | 8.31 | 5.64 | 4.04 | 3.12 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 1.7/6 | 1.9/7 | 1.1/4 | 0.8/3 |
There’s no surprise that FOX still won the 18-49 demographic for the evening with the crusty time-weathered Cops and America’s Most Wanted, and 48 Hours Mystery having a good night isn’t a surprise, but decent numbers out of a Without a Trace repeat on a Saturday night, did surprise me a little bit. For the hour, WAT averaged 9.14 million and a 1.8/5 in the demo, only about 10% worse than a new episode of Flashpoint on Friday.
This is the best Saturday 9pm performance excluding 48 Hours Mystery and sporting events that I can remember. A couple of weeks ago, WAT aired on a Saturday at 8pm, and only averaged 4.96M and an .08/3 with adults 18-49.
Ratings for previous Saturday nights.
Full details:
| Time | Network | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | CSI(R) | 6.40 | 1.1/4 |
| FOX | Cops | 5.57 | 1.9/7 | |
| ABC | America’s Funniest Home Videos (R) | 4.00 | 1.0/3 | |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice (R) | 3.09 | 0.9 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | CSI(R) | 7.49 | 1.3/4 |
| FOX | Cops (R) | 5.69 | 2.0/7 | |
| ABC | America’s funniest Home Videos (R) | 5.05 | 1.3/4 | |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice (R) | 3.18 | 1.0/3 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Without a Trace (R) | 8.84 | 1.7/5 |
| FOX | America’s Most Wanted | 5.65 | 2.0/7 | |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice (R) | 3.55 | 1.1/3 | |
| ABC | Brothers & Sisters (R) | 2.27 | 0.6/2 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | Without a Trace (R) | 9.43 | 1.8/6 |
| FOX | America’s Most Wanted | 5.65 | 1.9/6 | |
| NBC | Celebrity Apprentice (R) | 3.90 | 1.3/4 | |
| ABC | Brothers & Sisters (R) | 2.01 | 0.5/2 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | 48 Hours Mystery | 8.42 | 2.0/7 |
| NBC | Law & Order (R) | 4.84 | 1.2/4 | |
| ABC | Brothers & Sisters (R) | 2.62 | 0.7/2 | |
| 10:30 | CBS | 48 Hours Mystery | 9.27 | 2.4/8 |
| NBC | Law & Order (R) | 5.67 | 1.4/5 | |
| ABC | Brothers & Sisters (R) | 2.75 | 0.7/2 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot.
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. Source Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
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cbs and fox actually had decent numbers. ouch for the 2 hr repeats of apprentice and b&s.
Assuming that last section should be labelled 10:30, all three networks saw increases from 10:00 to 10:30.
yes, the label should’ve been (and now is,thanks!) 10:30.
that law and order rerun got better numbers than the latest TSCC episode on friday….. I’m just saying…
More importantly, Jared, the Cops repeat got better numbers. Everything on FOX did better than both TSCC and Dollhouse.
Regarding Without A Trace, it looks like CBS aired a rerun of the 2-part CSI/WAT crossover from last season. That might account for the higher than normal ratings.
They also had a 48-hours “mini-mystery” during the commercial breaks of the 2 shows as well, so that could have added to the boost.
Fantastic viewership for CBS.
Jon’s right, CBS ran the CSI/WAT crossover. My dad’s DVR recorded both since he likes watching the shows even in reruns. Yeah…
hmmm maybe NBC should consider showing L&O UK on saturdays of CBS can get ratings like that on a Saturday!
Josh, Dick Wolf feels the same way. It’s almost as if you actually read the quoted bits of the article in the post you commented on just before this!
I live in the Uk and Law and Order UK isn’t very good, it’s predictable. I have watched the first 2 episodes and the 3rd airs tonight, I don’t think it would be an easy show for an American audience to grasp.
julia, i did read the post
I think L&O:UK is good, but iv never seen the US version! It cant be that hard for Americans to grasp?
The problem, as far as I can tell, isn’t the concept (since that’s exactly the same) but that Americans will apparently struggle with the differences between British law and US law and I say that because as far as I can tell that’s the only difference between the two shows, except the casts.
I suspect that Law & Order: UK will end up on USA (at best) rather than NBC unless NBC wants to fill a hole over the summer.
It was nice too see a Grissom double episode rerun since he left the show…