Preliminary National Ratings for Wednesday, January 30, 2008.

ABC:
8:00pm Wife Swap
9:00pm Lost (R)

CBS:
8:00pm The New Adventures of Old Christine (R)
8:30pm The New Adventures of Old Christine (R)
9:00pm Criminal Minds (R)
10:00pm CSI: NY (R)

NBC:
8:00pm Deal or No Deal (R)
9:00pm Law & Order: CI (R)
10:00pm Law & Order

Fox:
8:00pm American Idol
9:00pm Moment of Truth

CW:
8:00pm Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants
9:00pm One Tree Hill (R)

TIME   NET       HH   A18-49     Viewers  A18-34

8-11   ABC    5.0/8    3.0/8   7,620,000
8-11   CBS    4.7/7    1.9/5   6,990,000
8-11   NBC   6.7/10    2.6/7   9,951,000
8-10   FOX  12.4/19   8.9/22  21,600,000
8-10    CW    0.9/1    0.5/1   1,167,000   0.5/2

8:00   ABC    3.9/6    2.2/6   5,731,000
8:00   CBS    3.4/5    1.4/4   5,040,000
8:00   NBC    5.8/9    2.1/6   8,812,000
8:00   FOX  13.7/22   9.3/25  23,938,000
8:00    CW    1.1/2    0.6/2   1,531,000   0.7/2

8:30   ABC    3.9/6    2.3/6   5,845,000
8:30   CBS    3.3/5    1.4/4   4,842,000
8:30   NBC   7.0/10    2.7/7  10,854,000
8:30   FOX  15.1/23  10.5/26  26,720,000
8:30    CW    0.9/1    0.5/1   1,264,000   0.6/2

9:00   ABC    5.6/8    3.3/8   8,657,000
9:00   CBS    5.7/9    2.2/5   8,578,000
9:00   NBC    5.8/9    2.2/5   8,803,000
9:00   FOX  10.9/16   8.1/20  18,799,000
9:00    CW    0.8/1    0.4/1     962,000   0.5/1

9:30   ABC    5.5/8    3.3/8   8,488,000
9:30   CBS    6.0/9    2.3/6   8,947,000
9:30   NBC    6.1/9    2.4/6   8,996,000
9:30   FOX   9.9/15   7.6/19  16,944,000
9:30    CW    0.7/1    0.3/1     911,000   0.4/1

10:00  ABC    5.5/9    3.4/9   8,469,000
10:00  CBS    4.9/8    1.9/5   7,098,000
10:00  NBC   7.7/12    3.2/8  11,192,000

10:30  ABC    5.5/9    3.4/9   8,532,000
10:30  CBS    5.1/9    2.0/6   7,435,000
10:30  NBC   7.6/13    3.1/9  11,050,000

Moment of Truth will likely decline in the finals, as Idol ran until 9:01pm.

I *think* that's a good result for the Lost rerun (it's certainly a stable one throughout two hours of varying competition). But I'm not sure, given it's a battle of last-minute scheduling versus 8 months of being off the air and hype. Clearly tonight's clip show and original episode will be higher rated.

Thanks for minding the store while Mark is away

It would be interesting to see how MOMENT would do away from IDOL.

I didn't know part of LOST's premier was a clip show tonight.

Anyone predicting a HUGE drop off for ELI STONE when it follows LOST tonight? The show sounds like takes the riffs from PUSHING DASIES and VIVA MCLAUGHLIN and grafts it onto a legal show...how could it not fail?

Gossip Girl repeats better than One Tree Hill

Yeah, the 8pm hour is a clip show, then there's a original episode from 9-10:02pm (according to my FauxVo).

Obviously Moment is not ready to be away from Idol yet, though (IIRC) it only has one more post-Idol airing. 5th Grader help up much better last season in its secong post-Idol airing (though that was the next day, and only for half an hour... so perhaps tough to compare so simplistically).

I know that Eli Stone has been reshot and has a couple recast characters since the original pilot. I know the ads have played up a sense of whimsy and fantasy like that of Pushing Daisies, but I don't believe it's nearly that inventive. It really is a lot like Ally McBeal (though I don't think that Eli is as divisive a character as Ally... and you know where all of the hallucinations are coming from). Not sure where the Viva Laughlin comparisons are coming from... just because it has George Michael singing in the pilot doesn't make it a musical, does it (and it's not like the show is keeping him on retainer for the entire series a la Ally's Vonda Shepard).

All that said, I don't see a ton of crossover from Lost to Eli Stone. ABC may be thinking that Eli will appeal to men more than women since it has a male lead, and thus Lost is the best lead-in they have int heir arsenal... but Lost is probably just the best lead-in left to ABC at the moment. As with any post-Lost show, there's gonna be a ton of drop-off. It's just not a show that the viewers stick around after.

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Originally posted by A.C.:
Thanks for minding the store while Mark is away

It would be interesting to see how MOMENT would do away from IDOL.

I didn't know part of LOST's premier was a clip show tonight.

Anyone predicting a HUGE drop off for ELI STONE when it follows LOST tonight? The show sounds like takes the riffs from PUSHING DASIES and VIVA MCLAUGHLIN and grafts it onto a legal show...how could it not fail?

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DoND really surged in the second half hour.

Lost was flat throughout, but showed considereable demo strength vs. the repeats on other networks.

Moment of Truth had a timeslot runover, so the second half hour is likely closer to the accurate final rating

I haven't seen the pilot, but from the commercials I think Eli Stone will have a broad appeal to a fairly neglected portion of the viewing public. I think it is going to be very popular overall, but I'm not sure about how it will do in the demo.

travisyanan, could you share the overnight number for MNT's "Impossible Escapes" last night at 9 pm, pretty please...

Looks like MOT held pretty decent in it's second week. The true test will be week 3. More erosion and it won't look good for the show.

Must admit AI has been a little boring for the audition round. It seems to be dragging more this year than in the past. Must admit, Paula has been a little screwy but that's why we love her. Can't wait for Hollywood week. Seem to think there's gonna be a lot more drama this time around.

I think the Lost numbers were really great. That show always repeats bad. I think with the lack of new episodes this sweeps, Lost looks like it will be bug numbers. I bet the premiere will get 18-20 mil viewers and probably settle to 15 and beat CSI on a consistent basis, especially in the demo. The time is close when the oldie's realized they watched the same episode 5 times.

Also looking forward to Eli Stone. I think the numbers will be 11-13 million and we'll see after that. It looks like a fun quirky show.

Let the sweeps begin...

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Lost was flat throughout, but showed considereable demo strength vs. the repeats on other networks.

I just noticed... if Lost can keep those repeat numbers up when it airs repeats Thursdays at 8pm, leading into originals at 9pm... it'll be doing better in the demo than Ugly Betty!

AI is droopy!

Even if this is true, doesn't MOT do better than almost anything else has in the Wed post AI slot?

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Originally posted by Obveeus:

Moment of Truth had a timeslot runover, so the second half hour is likely closer to the accurate final rating

Christine off to a weak start.

Kudos to Lost for winning at 10 in the demo.

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Originally posted by A.C.:
It would be interesting to see how MOMENT would do away from IDOL.

It will look like Samantha Who? without DwtS.

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Anyone predicting a HUGE drop off for ELI STONE when it follows LOST tonight?

there will be a smaller dropoff than we usually see in that timeslot. Lost isn't as big a draw as Grey's Anatomy and Eli Stone is more likely to draw viewers than any of the other shows impailed by that timeslot this year.

AI is bleeding. 22.5 million is still excelent but the decline is quick. MOT held good but it doesn't look to be a huge hit now. LOST's repeat didn't do amazing, but that number will be double today. 16-17 million i guess tonight.