The table below is all of the NCIS airings on USA Network for the week ending November 1, 2009.  14 of the top 50 most-watched shows on ad supported basic cable that week were NCIS.   NCIS reruns accounted for 6 out of the top 50 primetime broadcasts on ad-supported basic cable with adults 18-49.  The Monday (October 26) 8pm airing narrowly edged out the Friday 10pm first-run airing of White Collar with adults 18-49 (1.634 million vs. 1.629 million) even though that airing of White Collar had more absolute viewing (5.075 million).

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Scoreboard
Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	7.87	7.00	5.90	4.00	1.96
Total Viewers (million)	1.8/6	1.6/5	1.8/6	1.2/4	0.9/3

20/20 hit a season high with adults 18-49 and had its best 18-34 demo numbers in three years as an ABC News 20/20 featuring an exclusive interview with music superstar Rihanna by Diane Sawyer, revealing publicly for the first time what happened last February with singer and ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. 8.2 million watched and the show had a 2.7/9 rating/share with adults 18-49.  It had a 2.3/9 with adults 18-34, 20/20’s best since 12/1/06.

FOX reruns continued to outperform the original schedule of Brothers, Til Death and Dollhouse which averaged a .8 adults 18-49 rating in their last outing.  Last night FOX averaged a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating between 8pm-10pm so the House and Bones reruns are still doing about 50 percent better.

I’m still waiting for the full details, sorry, but I do know Smallville had 2.76 million viewers and a 1.2/4 rating/share with adults 18-49.   Here are some more details via our friends at the CW:

Smallville won the 8-9pm hour among adults 18-34 (1.3/4), men 18-34 (1.5/7) and men 18-49 (1.5/5-tie).

Smallville again climbed to a new season high in adults 18-34 (1.3/5), adults 18-49 (1.2/4), men 18-49 (1.5/5) and total viewers (2.76mil).  This also marks our best performance here in these demos in over a year (Sept. 08).

Smallville was up vs last week by 8% in adults 18-34, 7% in men 18-34, 9% in adults 18-49, 15% in men 18-49, and 14% in total viewers.

At 8pm, Ghost Whisperer and Law & Order tied with a 1.8/6 rating share with adults 18-49.  At 9pm  another Law & Order edged out Medium (1.9 vs. 1.8).  Probably a little fist-pumping going on at NBC, but so far, no press release.  At 10pm ABC (see above) easily led Numb3rs on CBS (1.8/6).

Full details:

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Reader MikeS has once again graciously updated his 8pm Cable News ratings charts.

Long Term Trend of O’Reilly vs. Olbermann vs. Campbell Brown TV Ratings:

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CNN’s fourth place primetime finish during Tuesday’s off year election could perhaps be explained away because “nobody cared about it, but the Ft. Hood murders yesterday were the kind of big event that would typically send casual news viewers flocking to CNN. However, as the Ft. Hood news was unfolding, CNN found itself in a distant second place in the ratings.

Here’s a 3pm-12am time period slice of the data we don’t normally see:

3PM-12AM
FNC: 3,039,000 in P2+ (837,000 in 25-54)
CNN: 1,576,000 in P2+ (471,000 in 25-54)
MSNBC: 820,000 in P2+ (248,000 in 25-54)
HLN: 428,000 in P2+ (177,000 in 25-54)

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Vampire Diaries was down a touch with 18-49 in the finals, but a lot of shows were up a tenth or two.

Via “Travis Yanan” (any editorial below is his!)

Flashforward
- 8.570 million viewers
- 5.5/9 HH
- 2.6/7 A18-49

Grey’s Anatomy (61 minutes)
- 13.951 million viewers
- 9.1/14 HH
- 5.1/13 A18-49

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Scoreboard
Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	3.7/10	3.5/9	2.4/7	2.4/7	2.1/6	1.6/4
Rating/Share: Adults 18-34	3.5/10	2.2/7	2.7/8	2.5/7	1.7/5	1.9/5
Total Viewers (million)	10.426	14.404	5.617	5.650	6.707	3.460

ABC edged CBS for the overall adults 18-49 ratings on Thursday night, but FlashForward continued to slip in the ratings. After a two week layoff, Fringe dropped sharply to a 1.7 rating.

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Source: Soap Opera Network

Numbers are based on Live+Same Day ratings

Total Viewers
1. Y&R 5,002,000 (-52,000/+298,000)
2. B&B 3,277,000 (+36,000/-67,000)
3. DAYS 2,959,000 (-43,000/+252,000)
4. GH 2,728,000 (+163,000/-181,000)
5. AMC 2,722,000 (+52,000/+141,000)
6. OLTL 2,520,000 (+28,000/-121,000)
7. ATWT 2,507,000 (+60,000/+37,000)

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Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for November 4, 2009

P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,428,000 viewers
CNN – 413,000 viewers
MSNBC –336,000 viewers
CNBC – 214,000 viewers
HLN –321,000 viewers

P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,635,000 viewers
CNN – 550,000 viewers
MSNBC –759,000 viewers
CNBC – 173,000 viewers
HLN –536,000 viewers

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