-Yesterday’s Winners: NCIS (CBS), V (ABC), The Biggest Loser (NBC), Dancing With the Stars (ABC), NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS), The Good Wife (CBS)
-Disappointing: So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)
-Yesterday’s Losers: 90210 (CW), Melrose Place (CW), The Jay Leno Show (NBC)
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Note: Any prior rating results are based on the final nationals. Since the level of DVR penetration has increased from 27 percent at this same point last year to approximately 33 percent at present, the overall results may be negatively impacted.
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-Ratings Breakdown: CBS remains the network to beat on Tuesday, with a first-place finish in total viewers and adults 18-49 as a result of blockbuster NCIS (Viewers: #1, 20.19 million; A18-49: #1, 4.2/11), spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles (Viewers: #1, 16.19 million; A18-49: #2, 3.7/ 9) and legal drama The Good Wife (Viewers: #1, 12.89 million; A18-49: #1, 2.7/ 7), which performs similarly to past occupant Judging Amy.
In week two news, ABC’s V was still on the map, finishing second at 8 p.m. behind CBS’ aforementioned NCIS with 10.56 million viewers and a 3.7/10 in the demo. But compared to its week-ago debut (Viewers: 14.30 million; A18-49: 5.2/14), that was a loss of 3.74 million viewers and 29 percent among adults 18-49. Next was ABC was the live Dancing With the Stars Results Show (Viewers: #2, 15.53 million; A18-49: #3, 3.4/ 9 at 9 p.m.), followed by 10 p.m. special In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Bright Lights. Big Stars. All Access Nashville at 9.57 million viewers and a 2.4/ 7 in the demo – second in both categories – at 10 p.m.
In the battle of the two-hour reality/competitions, NBC’s The Biggest Loser averaged a solid 9.58 million viewers and a 3.7/10 among adults 18-49 from 8-10 p.m., building in every half hour and beating Fox’s competing So You Think You Can Dance (Viewers: #4, 5.72 million; A18-49: #4, 2.3/ 6) by a hefty 3.86 million viewers and 61 percent in the demo. Here are the half-hour breakdowns:
The Biggest Loser (NBC) 8:00 p.m. – Viewers: 8.77 million (#3), A18-49: 3.1/ 9 (#3) 8:30 p.m. – Viewers: 9.25 million (#3), A18-49: 3.5/ 9 (#3) 9:00 p.m. – Viewers: 9.78 million (#3), A18-49: 3.9/10 (#1) 9:30 p.m. – Viewers: 10.52 million (#3), A18-49: 4.3/11 (#1)
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) 8:00 p.m. – Viewers: 6.11 million (#4), A18-49: 2.3/ 6 (#4) 8:30 p.m. – Viewers: 6.17 million (#4), A18-49: 2.4/ 6 (#4) 9:00 p.m. – Viewers: 5.49 million (#4), A18-49: 2.4/ 6 (#4) 9:30 p.m. – Viewers: 5.10 million (#4), A18-49: 2.3/ 6 (#4)
Also on NBC, of course, was The Jay Leno Show, which finished third (as usual), with 5.73 million viewers and a 1.9/ 5 among adults 18-49 at 10 p.m. Comparably, that put retention out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of The Biggest Loser of just 54 percent in total viewers and 44 percent in the demo.
The CW capped off this second Tuesday in November with its last-place combination of dramas 90210 (Viewers: 2.21 million; A18-49: 1.2/ 3) and Melrose Place (Viewers: 1.31 million; A18-49: 0.7/ 2). Coming up next week on Melrose: the return of Heather Locklear as bitchy Amanda Woodward. But it is too late for Locklear to “save” this remake?
The Forgotten wasnt on last night. It was a CMA special with Robin Roberts. You might want to change that as this did much better in the 18-49 demo than the Forgotten has been doing.
The Forgotten wasnt on last night. It was a CMA special with Robin Roberts. You might want to change that as this did much better in the 18-49 demo than the Forgotten has been doing.
80210 is the living proof that changing the showrunner might be a good thing. It seems a completely new show. The first season was pure rubbish, the second one is must see TV for me
Congrats Marc for correctly predicting V's drop. If I recall correctly, you wrote 25% and it was 29%.
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But compared to its week-ago debut (Viewers: 14.30 million; A18-49: 5.2/14), that was a loss of 3.74 million viewers and 29 percent among adults 18-49.
ABC Sees Strong Turnouts for V, DWTS and Robin Roberts
Top line points for ABC last night, ahead of the regular press release...
Tuesday Night (8-11pm): ABC earned second place on Tuesday to CBS in both Total Viewers (11.9 million) and Adults 18-49 (3.2/8)
ABC's Tuesday results were up over the same night last November Sweep by 4% in viewers and by 28% in Adults 18-49 (11.4 million and 2.5/6 on 11/11/08).
V (8-9pm): ABC freshman V earned second place in the 8 o'clock hour to CBS' top-performer NCIS in Total Viewers (10.6 million) and Adults 18-49 (3.7/10), beating NBC and Fox time-slot regulars by strong margins. From 8-9pm, ABC's newcomer V outdelivered NBC's Biggest Loser by 1.6 million viewers and by 12% in Adults 18-49 (9.0 million and 3.3/9) and Fox's So You Think You Can Dance by 4.5 million viewers and by 61% in Adults 18-49 (6.1 million and 2.3/6). The ABC drama won the hour in Men 18-34 (3.0/10) and Men 18-49 (4.1/12), ranking as Tuesday's #1 TV show for the 2nd week in a row in both key Men demos.
Versus the year-ago November Sweep night, V improved the hour year-to-year for ABC by an enormous 76% in Adults 18-49 (2.1/5 on 11/11/08).
DWTS the Results (9-10pm): Tuesday's most-watched unscripted TV show, ABC's Dancing with the Stars the Results outdrew NBC's Biggest Loser in direct competition during 9 o'clock hour by 5.3 million viewers (15.5 million vs. 10.2 million). In addition, the ABC dance competition dominated Fox's dance program in the hour, beating the second hour of So You Think You Can Dance by a best-yet 10.2 million viewers (15.5 million vs. 5.3 million) and by 48% in Adults 18-49 (3.4/9 vs. 2.3/6).
Growing its young adult numbers for the 2nd straight week, DWTS Results hit season-highs with Total Viewers and Adults18-49.
In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts (10-11pm): An ABC News Special, In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts, took a strong second in the 10 o'clock hour to CBS' Good Wife, beating NBC's Jay Leno by 3.9 million viewers (9.6 million vs. 5.7 million) and by 26% in Adults 18-49 (2.4/7 vs. 1.9/5)representing ABC's widest-ever-advantage over Leno in the hour in viewers and young adults. The special finished #1 in its hour with Adults 18-34 and Women 18-34. In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Bright Lights. Big Stars. All Access Nashville" took viewers into the private lives of country music's biggest stars. The special featured Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw and Martina McBride.
In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts drew ABC's biggest audience in the hour this season and the Net's highest Adult 18-49 number in 7 weeks (since 9/22/09).
I think ABC expected the drop. However, what concerns me is scheduling in March. Tuesdays at 8 PM against Idol is not going to work. They really need to move it out of Idol's path, establish a timeslot for it and be patient, promote it's return from hiatus, and let the audience come to them.
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Originally posted by Lost_Dom: Sad to see V dip so much, it's doing almost identical to Bionic Woman. I just hope it doesn't end up with the same fate.
It ended with a good cliffhanger, so hopeuflly that'll make the people who watched come back again next week.
Originally posted by WlcmZapataTexas: I think ABC expected the drop. However, what concerns me is scheduling in March. Tuesdays at 8 PM against Idol is not going to work. They really need to move it out of Idol's path, establish a timeslot for it and be patient, promote it's return from hiatus, and let the audience come to them.
Is there really much of a ratings difference between NCIS and American Idol?
Good catch on those ABC 10pm ratings, I thought that Forgotten number was a bit high.
I think Marc's comparison ratings comparison of TGW to Judging Amy was interesting. I hadn't thought about that. As far as the two shows, I didn't care much for Amy personally but it had several facets to it that made for some longevity. TGW is more narrow, banking heavily on JM, who has an interesting and compelling presence but in my view is not setting the world on fire in this show with her acting.
But 7 weeks in or so and after some early leakage this modest aud is apparently staying with it.
Unless there was half hour leakage for V, I'm going to hold off until next week on thinking about this much. I'm in the camp that says the premiere was inflated with an unusual number of tire kickers although there certainly was plenty to reject in the premiere. Sorry about the play on words with inflated and tire kickers. Just happened
Posted in last nite's forum that I thought this ep was competent and pushed the ball forward enough. What I like is it is more or less action and not alot of analysis and existential nonsense, which has been the principal problem of FlashForward.
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V's dip was about what I expected in viewers, but sharper in demo (I thought it would get at least a 4.) ABC promoted the hell out of the premiere... so despite all the positive response, you're going to have people with no interest in that type of show who tuned into the premiere out of curiosity, but won't stick with it.
Still... per MediaLife, the show did not dip from the first to the second half hour - which is a promising sign for the future.
I have it on my DVR, but haven't watched it yet. How was the quality compared to the pilot? (which I thought was terrific.)
I'd say so. Especially in the demos. The main concern though is the fact that I'm betting American Idol and V is going to pull the exact same audience. NCIS is older skewing than V so I don't see as much of a cross over.
I guess there's a thought of programming it there and see if V can take down American Idol. But ABC has something with V. Why risk it in a move that could completely kill their show when they have a Wednesday at 8 PM and 10 PM that is completely struggling and Thursday at 8 PM that is underperforming? I'm not sure it's worth the risk.
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Originally posted by askmike1:
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Originally posted by WlcmZapataTexas: I think ABC expected the drop. However, what concerns me is scheduling in March. Tuesdays at 8 PM against Idol is not going to work. They really need to move it out of Idol's path, establish a timeslot for it and be patient, promote it's return from hiatus, and let the audience come to them.
Is there really much of a ratings difference between NCIS and American Idol?
