Prime Time Ratings:
Tuesday 4/24/07

The following results are based on the fast national ratings (Live Plus Same Day data)

-Total Viewers:
Fox: 23.48 million, CBS: 10.69, ABC: 10.43, NBC: 5.71, CW: 3.62

-Adults 18-49:
Fox: 9.1 rating/24 share, CBS: 2.8/ 8, ABC: 2.7/ 7, NBC and CW: 1.7/ 4 each

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-Yesterday’s Winners:
American Idol (Fox), Dancing With the Stars (ABC)

-Honorable Mention:
NCIS (CBS), Boston Legal (ABC)

-Going, Going…Down:
Gilmore Girls (CW)

-Yesterday’s Losers (excluding repeats):
George Lopez (ABC), Dateline (NBC)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
Fox, of course, stood well above the Tuesday competitors courtesy of its combination of American Idol and House. Comparably, Fox outdelivered ABC, CBS, NBC and The CW combined by two percent among adults 18-49. CBS held the distant No. 2 spot in total viewers and adults 18-49, while third-place ABC got some mileage out of the live Dancing With the Stars results show. NBC, meanwhile, continued to lag, while The CW tied for the fourth-place spot in the demo.

Fox’s American Idol opened the evening with 25.66 million viewers and a 9.6 rating/27 share among adults 18-49 from 8-9 p.m. Comparably, that bested CBS’ No. 2 NCIS (Viewers: 14.08 million; A18-49: 3.1/ 9) by a hefty 11.58 million viewers and 210 percent among adults 18-49. But year-to-year, the still top-rated reality/competition was down by 3.01 million viewers and 17 percent in the demo (Viewers: 28.67 million; A18-49: 11.5/30 on April 25, 2006). Has the novelty worn off or is this really just a boring season?

Also in the 8 p.m. hour was NBC’s Dateline (Viewers: #3, 4.94 million; A18-49: #5, 1.3/ 4), two episodes of ABC’s on-the-bubble George Lopez (Viewers: #4, 4.76 million; A18-49: #3, avg. 1.6/ 4), and The CW’s Gilmore Girls (Viewers: #5, 3.74 million; A18-49: #4, 1.7/ 5). Comparably, Gilmore Girls on the year-ago evening (on former home the WB) averaged 4.98 million viewers and a 2.2/ 6 in the demo.

Fox’s House kept the winning momentum alive from 9-10 p.m., with 21.29 million viewers and an 8.5/21 among adults 18-49. Second was ABC’s Dancing With the Stars Results Show at solid 16.42 million viewers and a 4.2/10 in the demo. Comparably, that built from the 8:30 p.m. edition of George Lopez (Viewers: #3, 4.99 million; A18-49: #4, 1.6/ 4) by 11.43 million viewers and 162 percent in the demo.

Also in 9 p.m. hour was CBS’ potentially questionable The Unit (Viewers: #3, 9.86 million; A18-49: #3, 2.9/ 7), a repeat of NBC’s on-the-bubble Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Viewers: #4, 4.53 million; A18-49: #5, 1.3/ 3), and the season-finale of Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search For the Next Doll on The CW (Viewers: #5, 3.49 million; A18-49: #4, 1.6/ 4). Comparably, retention for Pussycat Dolls out of Gilmore Girls was worth noting at 93 percent in viewers and 94 percent in the demo.

Opposite repeats, ABC’s Boston Legal scored a rare 10 p.m. victory, with 10.12 million viewers and a 2.5/ 7 among adults 18-49. But retention out of the second half of lead-in Dancing With the Stars (Viewers: 16.96 million; A18-49: 4.3/11 at 9:30 p.m.) of just 60 percent in total viewers and 58 percent among adults 18-49 limits it to “Honorable Mention.” Second in the hour was a repeat of CBS’ Cold Case (Viewers: 8.13 million; A18-49: 2.4/ 7), followed by a repeat of NBC’s Law & Order: SVU (Viewers: 7.67 million; A18-49: 2.3/ 6).

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Nearly 240 people are here at 9 AM to see this...how does that make ya feel?

Good news for Boston Legal!

Is House's omission as a 'winner' an oversight? (If not, it's OK. I hate it when people badger you about winners and losers.)

I heard PCD was picked up agian.Is that true?

so House is a winner? 83% rentention in viewers and 89% in demos.
Sanjaya will be missed!

Given how poorly 'The Unit' has performed this year, I feel that CBS should probably look for another show. While I'm sure they could pull 10 million on first run episodes next year, the bar for them is much higher than that, especially for Tuesday at 9PM.

Have you heard (beyond the Reporter article) any buzz about CBS pilots? Do they have a strong enough crop of shows to risk killing The Unit and trying something new?

I think House is missing from the winner's list!



Trix are for kids. Denny Crane.

There's no need to look at retention rates for a show that scores over 21 million! Just that number alone - and a time period win against DWTS - is a winner in and of itself.

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Originally posted by gomer:
so House is a winner? 83% rentention in viewers and 89% in demos.
Sanjaya will be missed!

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Originally posted by kimends:

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Originally posted by heavennoseven:
I heard PCD was picked up agian.Is that true?

It's true.

Thanks

Wow, look at the smackdown CBS put on ABC in the demo.

Nice to see Boston Legal over 10 million...

I'm still surprised that DWTS didn't help top CBS on one of CBS's most older-skewing nights.

A 4.2 in the demo for DWTS is quite low for a show that scored 16.4 million! Even some of NBC's Thursday comedies can get have gotten over a 5.0 rating this year with barely 10 million.

Yes...that was a total oversight.

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Originally posted by SW:
Is House's omission as a 'winner' an oversight? (If not, it's OK. I hate it when people badger you about winners and losers.)

NBC and CW: 1.7/ 4 each If anybody needs to be smacked it should be NBC - that is just pathetic.

Edited to add: I know NBC was in repeats with the L/o's, but still those are embarrassing numbers.