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| Rating: Adults 18-49 | 2.3/7 | 1.5/4 | 1.4/4 | 1.3/4 | 1.3/4 | 0.4/1 |
| Rating: Adults 18-34 | 1.5/5 | 1.4/4 | 1.6/5 | 1.1/4 | 1.0/3 | 0.4/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 7.23 | 4.43 | 3.45 | 3.72 | 5.02 | .86 |
For the third consecutive week, a repeat of The Big Bang Theory was the night’s most-watched program with adults 18-49 (2.8/8 rating/share, 8.32M viewers) edging out a repeat of Two and a Half Men which was the night’s most-watched program overall (2.7/8, 9.30M). Earlier in the night CBS aired an hour of How I Met Your Mother reruns (2.1/7, 5.71M) and closed the night out at 10pm with a repeat CSI: Miami (1.9/5, 7.16M).
Second place FOX ran repeats of House (1.6/5, 4.62M) and Lie To Me (1.4/4, 4.23M).
NBC had the season (and probably series) finale of Great American Road Trip came in third at 8pm (1.4/4, 4.79M), a repurposed from USA airing of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1.1/3, 4.49M) and Dateline NBC (1.4/4, 5.8M).
ABC went with a repeat of Dating in the Dark (1.1/4, 3.47M), the season (and perhaps series) finale of Dating in the Dark (1.7/5m 4.18M) and a repeat of Castle (1.0/3, 3.52M). Dating in the Dating had a pretty good run while it had The Bachelorette as a lead-in, but didn’t do so well without it. On The other hand, the 1.7/5 was ABC’s best performance for the night and considering how bad ABC has done this summer, a 1.7 rating with adults 18-49 probably looks pretty good.
CW ran reruns of One Tree Hill (0.4/1, .95M) and Gossip Girl (0.3/1, .78M).
You can see TV ratings from other recent Overnight ratings reports here.
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All numbers are Live+SD.
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Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs which are currently in approximately 24.4% of all U.S. TV households. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
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With the Dating in the Dark finale last night, we recently had an interview with a contestant. She talks about what really happens on the show… Interesting talk.
http://tvdonewright.com/2009/08/exclusive-dating-in-the-dark-contestant-sheds-light-on-reality-tv-experience/
No grid or anything. This is confusing know.
I think Dating in the Dark is coming back.
Thats definitely not the series finale of Dating in the Dark. ABC will definitely bring it back next year.
QUOTE: This is confusing know. END QUOTE
How is reading the numbers confusing?
I hope they bring Dating in the Dark back. Good for BBT 3 weeks in a row!
Indeed. TBBT is the one to watch in a little over four weeks time.
Since the table is history, I like this format of R/S, Total after each show.
And True Blood beat everything but CBS.
Oops, I see this is Monday night.
I watched Secret Life at 7:00pm, then Gossip Girl at 8:00pm, and lastly Castle at 9:00pm.
I recorded Make It or Break It and watched it late last night.
I really miss the old way you did the ratings, in which each show within an hour was compared. It gave me the information I was looking for fast and easy to understand.
This way you tell me which network did best but then I have to translate everything into by each hour (8 pm, 9 pm, 10 pm) to figure out what it means and how shows compare.
I vote to bring back the table.
Kate: I should probably include this link as boilerplate text for a while:
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/07/one-more-site-change-inspired-by-nielsen/
I’m so happy for The Big Bang Theory! Although its not comparable to the success of True Blood and Burn Notice but for me the success of the reruns TBBT and The Mentalist is one of the best stories this summer season. I’m excited for Fall, I’m hoping for 10+ million viewers every week and they continue to beat 2.5 Men in the demo!
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You do realize TBBT averaged 10.14 million viewers an episode last year right? It exploded from December through like March, then cooled down again, but it still averaged 10 mil for the season. You should be hoping for like 12-13 million viewers an episode.
Yup, I know it averaged 10+ million last season but what I was hoping is that it will at least have 10+ million the lowest possible rating for every episode next season. Of course I want it to be higher and I think it could, I’m just preventing setting myself with too much expectation
I think BBT will hit 12-15 million with 2 1/2 men as a leadin.maybe a 4.0 demo 2 maybe thats askin 2 much lol. im so glad its doing so well normally shows i like are axed.
I just hope How I met Your Mothers numbers improve this season. I hear it was in talks to be cancelled or something. Hopefully they will win an Emmy (doubt it) and that will help bring up some numbers. It’s seriously a great show