With almost all Fox shows pre-empted by baseball, Gossip Girl, Smallville and FlashForward all increased their adults 18-49 Live+SD ratings by 33% in their Live+7 ratings which measure DVR viewing through seven days after airdate for the week of October 26 – November 1, 2009. As is typical, the highest rated shows overall had the greatest absolute ratings increases, as Grey’s Anatomy gained 1.4 adults 18-49 ratings points between its Live+SD and Live+7 periods.

Interestingly, with Fox shows off the schedule, the range of relative increases among the top 25 shows was quite narrow, from 19% for #25 Law & Order to the 33% for the top 3.

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I’m sure the fact that the October 23 episode of Dollhouse increased its adults 18-49 ratings 57% from Live+SD to Live+7 will be batted back and forth across the ‘net, but it still only reached a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating (compare that to the 1.1 Live+SD rating for a 2 hour a 1.2 preliminary Live+SD rating for the 9pm hour of a House repeat on 10/30, and the timeslot competition below). Dollhouse fans are on a viewing hiatus, courtesy of Fox wanting to do better on Fridays during the November sweeps, so there will be plenty of time for discussion before there are any more Dollhouse ratings to report.

By comparison, the other shows in the Friday 9pm timeslot that week (October 19-25) had the following Live+7 ratings: Medium (2.5), Ugly Betty (1.6), Dateline NBC (1.8), Smallville (1.4).

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