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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 2.9/9 | 2.1/7 | 2.1/7 | 1.3/4 | 1.3/4 | 0.4/1 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 3.0/11 | 1.7/6 | 1.4/5 | 1.4/5 | 0.8/3 | 0.4/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 7.464 | 6.044 | 7.676 | 3.266 | 6.059 | 0.935 |
Head to head at 9pm, NBC’s America’s Got Talent trumped Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance? in the adults 18-49 demo 3.3 to 3.0, but the competition’s lack of bench strength on Wednesday again gave the nightly demo win to Fox.
This Wednesday looked a lot like last week, with a tight race at 8pm between So You Think You Can Dance? and Wipeout, and another at 9pm between Dance and Talent. But the fact that Fox fills the entire night with Dance, and the competition’s got only a single competitive hour once again allowed Fox to win the night in the adults 18-49 demo.
At 10pm, Primetime: Crime jumped 42% in the demo vs. last week’s premiere. Better crimes? or was it the Michael Jackson effect? And while The Philanthropist was down 0.1 rating point to a 1.4 in the 18-49 demo from last week, it may have found its floor (somewhere in the sub-basement) for the summer.
You can see TV ratings from other recent Overnight ratings reports here.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | 18-34 Rating | 18-34 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00 | FOX | So You Think You Can Dance? | 2.8 | 10 | 2.9 | 11 | 7.251 |
| ABC | Wipeout | 2.8 | 10 | 2.3 | 9 | 8.071 | |
| NBC | America’s Got Talent (repeat) | 1.6 | 6 | 1.0 | 4 | 6.198 | |
| CBS | New Adventures of Old Christine (repeat) | 1.0 | 4 | 0.6 | 2 | 4.083 | |
| CW | America’s Next Top Model (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.945 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Gary Unmarried (repeat) | 1.1 | 4 | 0.7 | 3 | 3.972 |
| 9:00 | NBC | America’s Got Talent | 3.3 | 10 | 2.2 | 7 | 11.691 |
| FOX | So You Think You Can Dance? | 3.0 | 9 | 3.1 | 10 | 7.678 | |
| ABC | I Survived A Japanese Game Show | 1.5 | 5 | 1.4 | 5 | 4.092 | |
| CBS | Criminal Minds (repeat) | 1.5 | 4 | 0.7 | 2 | 6.977 | |
| CW | America’s Next Top Model (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.924 | |
| 10:00 | ABC | Primetime: Crime | 2.0 | 6 | 1.5 | 5 | 5.969 |
| CBS | CSI: NY (repeat) | 1.5 | 5 | 0.9 | 3 | 7.171 | |
| NBC | The Philanthropist | 1.4 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 5.140 |
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Shows are sorted by Adults 18-49 rating in each time slot.
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Nothing good on last night.
Wipeout Couples got .2 more for 18-49 than last week. I watched it and it wasn’t that much different than usual.
wow ABC is having a pretty good week. came in 1st on monday, and 2nd on tuesday and wednesday. wipeout beat so you think you can dance in viewers but they do that every week
but so you think you can dance did way better than Talent in viewers 18-34.
Wipeout couples was great. They were lucky in that they got that moose pair which made for some funny jokes and really entertaining commentary from the Johns.
ABC should move Wipeout to 9:00 and JGS to 8:00 solely because of ratings. Wipeout is a very competitive show (an ideal fall show for ABC) and would perform well @ 9:00. I think JGS would get similar numbers @ 8:00 to what its already receiving @ 9:00. I’m very surprised that Primetime: Crime won the 10:00 hour, on the other hand.
ABCHasProblems, i dont see ur logic why ABC should do that. the ratings for Wipeout will probably decrease if it was on at 9.
And Primetime: Crime is better than the Philanthropist.
Wipeout is a pretty entertaining show. The commentators help to make it even more entertaining. I’ve followed Japanese Game Show since it started. It is mildly entertaining. I kind of channel surf between the actual games. The behind the scenes interviews are a snooze and only one or 2 of the contestants are interesting. Judge Bob is the best part of the show.
Reality TV wins big. Good thing I’m not trying to break in as a narrative TV writer… AW, CRAP!
I tried to watch Wipeout. It’s okay, but mostly it makes me miss American Gladiators.
Last night’s episode of The Philanthropist was kind of boring compared to the first two. I think Never Campbell was the problem. Her character is incredibly dull. I expect the ratings will sink lower next week.
Ouch! The Philanthropists’ ratings are painful!
Wipeout is a good show. I’m glad it garnered a small amount of viewership this week with their Couples special.
It should be this for ABC:
8:00 – Wipeout (R)
9:00 – Wipeout (N)
10:00 – Primetime (N)
Sure the 8pm hour will be weaker, but the 9pm hour will increase, thus helping 10pm increase. With Wipeout at 8pm, its only helping 8pm.
R=Repeat
N=New
I still don’t get why NBC insists on keeping America’s Got Talent as a one-hour show rather than a two-hour show.
“Wait, wait, then Conan won’t be able to make jokes about us being fourth anymore!”
Watched “I Survived a Japanese Game Show” with my wife on DVR last night. It’s pretty much awesome, and filled with win. Love it.
RJ dont you think it nwould work out way better like this.
ABC on Wednesday night.
8 pm I survived a Japenese game show (N)
9 pm Wipeout (N) even though it is going against (america’s got talent it will stilld o good.)
10 pm Primetime Specials (N) it probably, and hoepfully gain wiews, with wipeout being its lead in.
Why do people call shows like Wipeout, ISAJGS or Talent (or even Idol) reality TV when these are all competitions – straight continuations of the game/quiz/talent shows of the past. To me, reality TV is a different genre, as exemplified by Real World XYZ, Jon & Kate (and 90% of TLC), Idiot Housewives of Wherever, all the celebrity “following” shows (Osbornes, Hogans, Simmons’ etc.). I’ll admit there is a crossover where the talent shows spend more time focusing on the background or current lives of their contestants (e.g. UK Big Brother with its saturation coverage), but still – reality filler to a televised competition. By this definition, there is hardly any “Reality” on the broadcast nets.
No one calls Documentaries (an endangered species on US TV – if you discount those based on the flapping heads of puffed up “anchors”) Reality TV – even if they are the closest thing short of the PBS Newshour to actual reality on the boob tube.
Overall, I guess my point is that making a virtual dichotomy out of “Scripted vs. Reality” is pointless and counter-productive in understanding the trends in programming and viewership.
PS I love all kinds of scripted shows but also Wipeout – ironically, when they hit the balls/mud/water – that is pretty real (give or take the sound-effects) unlike most so called “Reality TV”