Primetime Ratings for Thursday, December 11th, 2008 (Source)

Time    Net   Show                 Viewers 2+      A18-49     A18-34
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8:00    CBS   Survivor: Gabon       13.24          4.1/11     2.4/7 
        NBC   My Name is Earl        6.62          2.7/8      2.5/8            
        FOX   Secret Millionaire     5.39          2.0/5      1.9/6 
        ABC   Ugly Betty (R)         5.37          1.5/4      1.3/4
        CW    Smallville (R)         2.54          0.9/3      1.0/3  

8:30    NBC   Kath & Kim             5.33          2.4/7      2.4/7

9:00    CBS   CSI                   20.61          5.8/14     3.3/9 
        NBC   The Office             8.79          4.8/12     5.4/15 
        ABC   Grey’s Anatomy (R)     6.41          2.1/5      1.9/5 
        FOX   5th Grader             4.60          1.2/3      1.1/3 
        CW    Supernatural (R)       1.95          0.8/2      0.8/2 

9:30    NBC   30 Rock                7.47          3.8/9      4.0/11

10:00   CBS   Eleventh Hour         13.43          3.8/10     2.3/7 
        NBC   ER                     8.92          3.5/9      2.9/6 
        ABC   Private Practice (R)   4.49          1.5/4      1.4/4 

Thanks TVfan300!

The Grey's repeat pulled 2.1 in the demo,
compared to 2.7 and 2.8 for repeats of NCIS and The Mentalist, on Tuesday.

Are these the actual ratings? If so, what a weird night it was - CBS definitely benefited from ABC being in repeats. Survivor was up over a million from the previous week (and on par with last season), while CSI was up 3 million, and even Eleventh Hour was up 3 million. Very nice night for them.

ABC doesn't repeat well, and NBC hasd their usual night.

FOX - what a disaster they were, though. How could they not benefit from ABC being in repeats? Secret Millionaire was way off from the Wednesday airings, and 5th Grader - what happened there? Maybe FOX was better off leaving 5th Grader on Fridays. I guess the people expecting to watch Kitchen Nightmares tuned in, while no one else did.

I blame it on the little promotion, though. 9pm is probably too late for 5th Grader, and a lot of people probably didn't know both were on last night.

This day in history:

Thursday 12/13/07:

ABC:
8:00pm Ugly Betty (R): 4.97 million viewers, 1.4 A 18-49
9:00pm Grey's Anatomy (R): 7.18, 2.6
10:00pm Private Practice (R): 4.75, 1.7

CBS:
8:00pm Survivor: 14.47, 4.5
9:00pm CSI: 19.79, 6.1
10:00pm Without a Trace: 15.13, 4.0

NBC:
8:00pm The Office (R, 1 hour): 5.87, 2.7
9:00pm 30 Rock: 5.58, 2.8
9:30pm SNL Christmas (R, special): 5.72, 2.7

Fox:
8:00pm Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?: 8.97, 2.5
9:00pm Don't Forget the Lyrics!: 7.53, 2.7

The CW:
8:00pm Smallville: 3.84, 1.5
9:00pm Supernatural: 3.20, 1.2

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Thursday 12/14/06:

ABC:
8:00pm Ugly Betty (R): 8.13, 2.5
9:00pm Grey's Anatomy (R): 10.04, 3.7
10:00pm Men in Trees (R): 6.47, 2.4

CBS:
8:00pm Survivor: 14.51, 5.0
9:00pm CSI (R): 15.08, 4.3
10:00pm Shark (R): 10.15, 2.8

NBC:
8:00pm The Office (1 hour): 8.48, 3.9
9:00pm Scrubs: 7.78, 3.8
9:30pm 30 Rock: 5.96, 2.9
10:00pm ER (R): 7.59, 3.0

Fox:
8:00pm 'Til Death: 4.77, 2.0
8:30pm The War at Home: 4.25, 1.8
9:00pm The OC: 4.29, 2.0

The CW:
8:00pm Smallville (R): 3.14, 1.2
9:00pm Supernatural (R): 2.13, 0.8

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Thursday 12/15/05:

ABC:
8:00pm The Santa Claus (movie): 10.26, 3.5
10:00pm Primetime Live: 6.32, 1.9

CBS:
8:00pm Two and a Half Men (R): 9.76, 2.8
8:30pm How I Met Your Mother (R): 8.51, 2.8
9:00pm CSI (R): 17.68, 5.9
10:00pm Without a Trace (R): 15.06, 4.8

NBC:
8:00pm Joey (1 hour): 8.00, 3.4
9:00pm The Apprentice (season finale, 2 hours): 12.85, 5.7

Fox:
8:00pm The OC: 6.22, 2.8
9:00pm Reunion (series finale): 3.60, 1.7

UPN:
8:00pm Everybody Hates Chris: 4.79, 1.8
8:30pm Love, Inc.: 2.93, 1.1
9:00pm Eve: 2.70, 1.0
9:30pm Cuts: 2.62, 1.0

The WB:
8:00pm Smallville (R, 2 hours): 3.88, 1.5

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Thursday 12/16/04:

ABC:
8:00pm A Charlie Brown Christmas (R, special): 8.74, 2.7
9:00pm Life as We Know it: 3.69, 1.3
10:00pm Primetime Thursday: 5.66, 1.7

NBC:
8:00pm The Apprentice (season finale, 3 hours): 16.38, 7.8

Fox:
8:00pm The OC: 6.26, 2.7
9:00pm North Shore: 3.80, 1.6

UPN:
8:00pm WWE Smackdown!: 5.04, 1.7

The WB:
8:00pm Crossroads (movie): 2.20, 0.8

The major story is how bad FOX did. SM really fell in the ratings. It went from having great Wednesday ratings to terrible Thursday ratings. AYSTA5thG did worse on Thursday than Fridays. 1.2 demo? Looking at this performance, I don't think AYSTA5thG is going to be a Thursday option.

UB doesn't repeat well at all. 1.5 in the demos? PP didn't do much better. Grey's could barely get a 2.0 demo in repeats.

NBC took advantage of ABC being in repeats and got slightly better ratings.

CBS also benefitted as all three shows had very strong numbers, especially Eleventh Hour.

CW didn't get much out of repeats.

Thanks for posting tvfan.

Certainly an impressive win by CSI, but frankly I expected a little better with the introduction of Lawrence Fishburne and GA in repeats. Still, it was a good episode and I think Fishburne will fit in well. The real test, however, will be after Petersen leaves in January.
I have really been trying to like Eleventh Hour, but it is becoming laughable. The last 2 episodes have been beyond ridiculous. With sci-fi shows like Fringe I can suspend reality and go with the flow; but this show takes itself way too seriously. I can't imagine 13 million people will ever return to watch this show. It just shows what a good lead-in can do.

Surprised that Grey's repeat pulled a 2.1 beating 'Millionarie'.

Wheres Marc?

CBS Leading in Week 12; MyNetworkTV Cruising Along to a 2.4 Million Viewer Week

After four nights of Week 12, CBS leads in A18-49 with a 3.60 average. NBC is second with a 2.88 average in A18-49, with FOX third with 2.50, ABC with 2.05, Univision fifth with 1.68, MyNetworkTV sixth with 0.80 and The CW last with 0.76.

In viewers, CBS is way-out in front with an average 13,028,000 viewers, while NBC is second, ABC third, FOX fourth, Univision fifth, MyNetwork sixth (with a 2,288,000 viewer average) and The CW dead last.

Based on trends evident after four days and programming this weekend ('WWE Smackdown' tonight, and the broadcast premiere of 'Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties' tomorrow night), MyNetworkTV is on its way to a record-breaking week, and is expected to finish Week 12 averaging 1.4HH/2%, 0.8 in A18-49, and 2,400,000 million viewers.

Furthermore, if The CW was not experiencing such significant year-over-year erosion, this year the 7-net broadcasters would have had six straight nights of year-over-year gains in viewers and demos.

Week 12, First Four Nights (3 Finals, 1 FASTnat)
# Network A18-49 (%YOY) Millions of Viewers (%YOY)
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1. CBS 3.60  (+4%) 13.028  (+8%)
2. NBC 2.88  (-2%)  7.423 (-19%)
3. FOX 2.50  (+5%)  6.685  (-3%)
4. ABC 2.05  (-3%)  6.750  (+9%)
5. UNI 1.68 (+24%)  4.391 (+34%) 
6. MNT 0.80 (+94%)  2.288 (+47%)
7. CW  0.76 (-40%)  1.771 (-39%) 

YOY = Year-Over-Year increase/decrease to same week last year.

Year-Over-Year 7-Network Demo/Viewer Growth(+)/Erosion(-)
Night A18-49 +/- Viewers +/-
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Week 12:
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Monday:    A: +10% V:  +4%
Tuesday:   A: +14% V: +11%
Wednesday: A:  -9% V:  -9%
Thursday:  A:  -5% V:  -3%
  

FOX was definitely disappointing last night - but, I'm sure people tuned in expecting to see Kitchen Nightmares, so I really don't blame the low ratings on the shows. I think if 5th Grader and Lyrics were airing there from the start, they'd be much stronger than they were last night.

Looking back at the day in history, I bet NBC misses the gold old days of The Apprentice. NBC never should have moved it out of Thursdays to begin with. They would have rathered the low-rated 30 Rock/Scrubs in the slot instead. Too bad NBC couldn't have brought it back to Thursdays at 9pm this midseason - it would be a better choice than airing it Sundays for 2 hours every week.

Stevie Wonder is in talks to become the first blind contestant on "Dancing With the Stars,"

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Originally posted by Julie:
Are these the actual ratings?

These are the fast national ratings that Marc usually posts.

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Originally posted by Walter:
Wheres Marc?

Marc is dealing with a family emergency.

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Originally posted by Walter:
Wheres Marc?

Marc was not available to post today.

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Originally posted by Cobo:
Thanks TVfan300!

The Grey's repeat pulled 2.1 in the demo,
compared to 2.7 and 2.8 for repeats of NCIS and The Mentalist, on Tuesday.

You're welcome!