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| Adults 18-49: Rating/Share | 4.4/11 | 4.2/10 | 3.6/9 | 1.8/5 | 1.5/4 | 1.0/2 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 3.2/9 | 3.6/10 | 3.1/9 | 1.4/4 | 1.6/5 | 1.2/3 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 13.34 | 11.86 | 11.38 | 5.11 | 3.76 | 2.11 |
CBS saw a post Super Bowl boost with some season and series highs and it won the night with both overall viewers and adults 18-49. FOX won the night with adults 18-34, with House turning in the night’s best performance with the youthful adult segment.
The Big Bang Theory hit a 6.0 with adults 18-49, its highest rating ever. The 5.7 rating for Two and a Half Men was its best in 3 years — since the last time it aired after the day after the Super Bowl in 2007.
Chuck dropped ~8 percent versus last week and Castle dropped ~17 percent from its last original telecast on January 25.
ABC is playing the “Castle viewers have more money” card in their morning notes, noting:
- Castle also attracts an advertiser-coveted Upscale audience, with an annual median income of $68,000 for its Adult 18-49 audience (among the highest on broadcast television) and pulling in 22% higher ratings than the norm in homes with $100k+ annual income (index of 122).
The Bachelor continued to be strong for ABC, and was basically flat vs. last week with adults 18-49, while seeing season highs with viewers. Both House and 24 on FOX were up slightly from last week with adults 18-49.
Accidentally on Purpose, Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory all saw double-digit percentage gains with adults 18-49 versus last week while How I Met Your Mother and CSI: Miami were up slightly.
One Tree Hill and Life Unexpected were basically flat versus last week, though with viewing so small to begin with an 18-49 drop from a 1.0 to a .9 for Life Unexpected winds up as a 10 percent drop.
It looks like Drew Brees’ appearance with Letterman helped the ratings a bit:
- Conan O’Brien (0.8/3 in 18-49 in local people meters with an encore telecast) trailed CBS’s first-run LATE SHOW (1.3/5) in Nielsen’s 25 local markets with People Meters.
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