Prime-Time Ratings:
Tuesday 3/06/07

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

-Total Viewers:
Fox: 26.17 million, CBS: 9.57, NBC: 7.62, ABC: 6.12, CW: 4.17

-Adults 18-49:
Fox: 10.3 rating/26 share, NBC: 2.3/ 6, CBS: 2.2/ 6, CW: 1.9/ 5, ABC: 1.8/ 5

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-Yesterday’s Winners:
American Idol (Fox), House (Fox), Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (CW)

-Yesterday’s Losers (excluding repeats):
Dateline (NBC)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
Fox, of course, led the Tuesday troops courtesy of American Idol (Viewers: 27.80 million; A18-49: 10.9 rating/29 share) and House (Viewers: 24.53 million; A18-49: 9.6/24), which beat the competition combined by 26 percent among adults 18-49, but there was also positive news to be found at The CW.

The debut of The CW’s Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll lifted the 9 p.m. hour to an improved 3.90 million viewers and a 1.7/ 4 among adults 18-49, with retention out of lead-in Gilmore Girls (Viewers: #5, 4.44 million; A18-49: #4, 2.0/ 5) of a solid 88 percent in total viewers and 85 percent in the demo. Pussycat Dolls delivered The CW’s best performance to-date in the Tuesday 9 p.m. hour in the two aforementioned categories, plus adults 18-34 (2.0/ 6 – tie), women 18-34 (3.1/ 8), women 18-49 (2.4/ 5), teens (2.7/ 8) and female teens (4.3/13), with growth out of Gilmore Girls of 29 percent and 26 percent, respectively, in the two teen demos. Pussycat Dolls also built from recent occupant Veronica Mars by double-digit across-the-board percentages. Combined with Gilmore Girls, The CW scored its highest rated Tuesday in women 18-34 (3.4/ 9), with a second-place finish from 8-10 p.m. among adults 18-34 (2.2/ 6), women 18-34, women 18-49 (2.6/ 6), teens (2.4/ 7) and female teens (3.9/11). You have to hand it to PH – the man does his job!

As for American Idol, weren’t the male contestants -- all of them -- truly awful last night?

Over at CBS, a repeat of NCIS got some mileage at 8 p.m. with a second-place 12.47 million viewers and a 2.6/ 7 among adults 18-49. That led into a repeat of The Unit at 9 p.m. (Viewers: #2, 7.67 million; A18-49: #4, 1.8/ 4), followed by 48 Hours Mystery at a second-place finish in both total viewers (8.56 million) and adults 18-49 (2.4/ 7) at 10 p.m. NBC’s Dateline opened the evening with a typically lackluster 6.61 million viewers (#3) and a 2.2/ 6 among adults 18-49 at 8 p.m. (#3), followed by repeats of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Viewers: #3, 7.12 million; A18-49: #3, 2.0/ 5) and Law & Order: SVU (Viewers: #1, 9.12 million; A18-49: #1, 2.8/ 8) from 9-11 p.m.

ABC also had nothing to crow about last night, care of a repeat of veteran America’s Funniest Home Videos (Viewers: #4, 5.80 million; A18-49: #4, 1.7/ 4), Primetime: The Outsiders (Viewers: #4, 6.75 million; A18-49: #2, 2.2/ 6), and a repeat of Boston Legal (Viewers: #3, 5.81 million; A18-49: #3, 1.5/ 4). Worth noting for Prime Live: The Outsiders was growth out of the AFHV second-run of 29 percent among adults 18-49.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

I doubt the Pussycats Dolls' success will last long.

BL's numbers are just awful. I think it may be curtins for the series.

RIP VM

BL was a rerun

Grey's News...
Welcome a new McDreamy. "Wings" veteran Tim Daly is set to guest star in the "enhanced" two-hour episode of ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," designed to serve as a springboard for a potential spinoff from the hit medical drama.
Paul Adelstein (Fox's "Prison Break") also has been cast as a guest star in that episode with an eye to appear in the potential spinoff series headlined by Kate Walsh.
The two join previously cast Taye Diggs.

The story line for the two-hour episode, being written by "Grey's" creator/executive producer Shonda Rhimes, is being kept under wraps, but it is understood that it will feature popular "Grey's" character Addison Montgomery-Shepherd (Walsh) on the verge of leaving Seattle Grace, a scenario that will be triggered if ABC goes with the spinoff for next season.
Details on the characters in the potential spinoff also are being kept secret, but according to the breakdown, Daly's character is described as "handsome, sincere, like a McDreamy."
It was not clear what character Adelstein would play. The breakdown also includes a female psychiatrist and a female fertility specialist.
Daly most recently starred in ABC's critically praised drama "The Nine."

Wow...hats off to the CW! I really thought the PD competition would have flopped. Hopefully it does okay without all new GG episodes, as a lead-in in the coming weeks.

But that was a huge improvement over Veronica Mars....congrats, CW! That's your first successful series premiere!

The Pussycat Dolls was an entertaining show. I will be interested to see if the sampling translates into these numbers next week. I think it will maintain most of its audience this week.

I thought the men on American Idol were awful last night. I don't think any of them have "IT" in terms of becoming the next American Idol. I would be shocked if the Top 5 weren't all women with the exception of maybe the beat boxer. But that is only because he is current, cute and has that quasi-Justin Timblerlake vibe going on. Let's hope the women bring it tonight. Too bad the producers cannot decide to keep 8 girls and only 4 guys. The contracts are probably already in place though.

Wow, ABC behind the CW in the demo again. What a joke of a network ABC has turned into.

Heck no...Boston Legal isn't going anywhere. Although I'm sure the high paychecks for James Spader and ESPECIALLY Candice Bergen and William Shattner don't make BL a gold mine. But the show does do well among people who have high incomes - some of whom are lawyers - ago figure!!! That's something to care about, especially when new eps can still pull around 10 million.

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:
BL's numbers are just awful. I think it may be curtins for the series.

Totally off-topic here, but I know that we have a lot of Brothers & Sisters fans. Here's an account of the B&S panel at the Paley festival. (I had no idea that the actor who plays Kevin has to work to cover a Welsh accent!)

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/rant.aspx?id=20070306

Is there always such a big drop between NCIS and The Unit? I would expect an increase in viewers given that Idol ends at 9. Maybe NCIS will be a goner?

i thought it increased viewers in the second half hour.

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Originally posted by Ginger:
I doubt the Pussycats Dolls' success will last long.

I am interviewing Ken Olin for an upcoming Mr. TV column on B&S this afternoon.

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Originally posted by SW:
Totally off-topic here, but I know that we have a lot of Brothers & Sisters fans. Here's an account of the B&S panel at the Paley festival. (I had no idea that the actor who plays Kevin has to work to cover a Welsh accent!)

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/rant.aspx?id=20070306

tick tock.....bye bye Veronica!

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Originally posted by tknowzbest:
Wow...hats off to the CW! I really thought the PD competition would have flopped. Hopefully it does okay without all new GG episodes, as a lead-in in the coming weeks.

But that was a huge improvement over Veronica Mars....congrats, CW! That's your first successful series premiere!