Posted on 29 September 2007 by Robert Seidman
-Total Viewers:
CBS: 8.82 million, NBC: 8.56, ABC: 5.55, CW: 4.91, Fox: 3.85
-Adults 18-49:
CBS: 3.4 rating/8 share, NBC: 2.2/ 7, CW: 1.6/ 6, ABC: 1.5/ 5, Fox: 1.1/ 4
CW had its best night of the week on the strength of the Gorman household favorite that averaged 4.9m viewers, Friday Night Smackdown! Numb3rs premiere on CBS pulled 9.17m in the 10p slot, but was off last year’s pace when it opened with 11.35m.
Here in the USA, we apparently love, love, love to watch television on Thursdays. Fridays? Not so much.
CBS took the yawner of a night in both total viewers and 18-49, with NBC second in both categories. Marc Berman notes that DVR usage might be the only winner of the night. If he meant that more people watched Thursday’s shows on Friday night, I might agree with him. If he thinks there will be a lot of DVR usage for Friday’s shows, I want some of what he’s smoking.
I’d offer up that given the lackluster night that Tom Selleck’s return to the small screen in NBC’s Las Vegas two hour premiere did OK, averaging 9.1m viewers for the two hours it ran. The season premiere of Ghost Whisperer on CBS averaged 8.7m viewers, but was off over 1.5m viewers from its 2006 premier when it had 10.3m.
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Posted on 28 September 2007 by Robert Seidman
The EYE network takes both total viewers and 18-49 categories on the strength of Survivor and CSI.
-Total Viewers:
CBS: 18.58 million, ABC: 14.36, NBC: 9.37, Fox: 6.37, CW: 3.80
-Adults 18-49:
CBS: 5.8 rating/15 share, ABC: 5.7/15, NBC: 4.3/11, Fox: 1.9/ 5, CW: 1.4/ 4
Thursdays from 9p-10p surely was the most watched hour of broadcast television with CSI raking in 24.9m and Grey’s Anatomy adding another 20.5m. I’ll be interested to see the DVR totals for this night once we finally have them.
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Posted on 27 September 2007 by Robert Seidman
ABC wins the night in both total viewers and 18-49 ratings on the strength of the Dancing with the Stars “Results Show” that had 16.6 million viewers and the premiere of Private Practice which pulled 14.2 million viewers.
CBS came in second on total viewers and NBC took second with the 18-49 crowd. Viewers are already fading away for CBS’ Kid Nation which pulled 7.6 million viewers. Kid Nation’s premier last week pulled 9.4 million viewers but the Tiffany network scores with Criminal Minds’ premier which had 12.7 million viewers.
Gorman isn’t admitting it, but I’m sure he was one of the 13.6 million watching the Bionic Woman over on NBC. [Gorman says: Nope! Too far behind on my recordings of The War]
Not a good night for Fox. Kitchen Nightmares decreased 1.2 million versus the previous week’s premeire. Giving the premiere away on iTunes? Cool for geeks like me, otherwise completely meaningless.
-Total Viewers:
ABC: 13.76 million, CBS: 11.01, NBC: 10.88, Fox: 6.14, CW: 3.70
-Adults 18-49:
ABC: 4.2 rating/11 share, NBC: 4.1/11, CBS: 3.3/ 9, Fox: 2.5/ 7, CW: 1.8/ 5.
Full night’s results available via Marc Berman/Mediaweek. The charts:
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Posted on 26 September 2007 by Robert Seidman
ABC takes the night again on the strength of Dancing With the Stars and my boy Mark Cuban. But Boston Legal was off from last years opening in both the overall and 18-49 categories. Fox comes in second in the totals on the strength of House which was also off from last year’s premiere, but Fox was numero uno with the 18-49 crowd.
-Total Viewers:
ABC: 14.33 million, Fox: 13.19, CBS: 11.84, NBC: 8.46, CW: 3.10
-Adults 18-49:
Fox: 5.4 rating/14 share, ABC and NBC: 3.6/10, CBS: 2.9/ 8, CW: 1.5/ 4
Full night’s results available via Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
Overnight Ratings chart for Adults 18-49:
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Posted on 25 September 2007 by Bill Gorman
Monday, September 24
ABC wins total viewers going away with a Dancing with the Stars / The Bachelor debut night. ABC also takes the 18-49 demo with NBC very close behind on the strength of their Heroes premiere.
Live + Same Day (SD)
-Total Viewers:
ABC: 15.38 million, CBS: 12.17, NBC: 10.96, Fox: 6.72, CW: 1.74
-Adults 18-49:
ABC: 4.7 rating/12 share, NBC: 4.6/11, CBS: 4.2/10, Fox: 2.7/ 7, CW: 0.7/ 2
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Full night’s results available via Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
Overnight Ratings chart for Adults 18-49:
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Posted on 24 September 2007 by Bill Gorman
Sunday, September 23
Against new competition from all except ABC, NBC’s football game and adjunct shows win the night going away for both total viewers and the 18-49 demo. CBS takes second in nightly total viewers with a timeslot #1 debut for the 40th season of 60 Minutes. A football overrun, post game and its regular Sunday night series debuts put Fox comfortably #2 for the demo, and neck and neck with CBS for total viewers. ABC is staying out of the game for now, premiering most of it’s new shows in October. CW’s new opens of CW Now and Online Nation disappoint and the net was an afterthought for the night.
Live+Same Day viewing (SD)
-Total Viewers:
NBC: 14.18 million, CBS: 10.68, Fox: 10.49, ABC: 6.89, CW: 1.35
-Adults 18-49:
NBC: 5.8 rating/15 share, Fox: 4.9/13, CBS: 2.4/ 6, ABC: 2.3/ 6, CW: 0.5/ 1
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Full night’s results available via Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
Overnight Ratings chart for Adults 18-49:
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Posted on 23 September 2007 by Bill Gorman
Saturday, September 22
Fox wins both total viewers and the 18-49 demo with Cops and America’s Most Wanted, but Saturday, effectively abandoned by the broadcast networks yields its typically weak viewer totals.-Total Viewers:
Fox: 5.20 million, CBS: 4.88, NBC: 3.84, ABC: 3.76
-Adults 18-49:
Fox: 1.6 rating/6 share, CBS: 1.3/ 4, ABC: 1.2/ 4, NBC: 0.9/ 3
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Full night’s results available via Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
Overnight Ratings chart for Adults 18-49:
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Posted on 22 September 2007 by Robert Seidman
Friday, September 21
ABC ends the summer season with victories in total viewers and 18-49 on the strength of a rerun of America’s Funniest Home Videos and two back-to-back episodes of 20/20.
A little end of the summer run satisfaction for the CW, which beat out NBC and Fox in both categories.
-Total Viewers:
ABC: 6.08 million, CBS: 5.70, CW: 4.56, NBC: 4.34, Fox: 3.49
-Adults 18-49:
ABC: 1.9 rating/6 share, CBS and CW: 1.4/ 5 each, NBC: 1.2/ 4, Fox: 1.1/ 4
Let the 2007-2008 season begin…
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Full night’s results available via Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
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