Note: Any prior rating results are based on the final nationals. Also, since the level of DVR penetration has increased from 9 percent in early 2006-07 to approximately 20 percent at present, the overall results may be negatively impacted.
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Note: Due to a night populated with holiday induced repeats, there is no listing of winners or losers. Ho! Ho! Ho!
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-Ratings Breakdown: CBS finished first in every half-hour on this final Thursday of December with its repeat combination of CSI: NY (Viewers: 9.57 million; A18-49: 2.1 rating/7 share), CSI (Viewers: 10.76 million, A18-49: 2.6/ 7) and Without a Trace (Viewers: 10.50 million, A18-49: 2.6/ 8). That’s a lot of encore crime solving in one evening!
Second overall in both categories was Fox care of theatrical Ice Age at 6.18 million viewers and a 2.1/ 6 among adults 18-49 from 8-10 p.m. Next was a night of repeats on ABC -- Ugly Betty (Viewers: #4, 4.48 million; A18-49: #4, 1.2/ 4), Grey’s Anatomy (Viewers: #3, 6.06 million; A18-49: #3, 2.0/ 6) and Private Practice (Viewers: #2, 4.71 million; A18-49: #2, 1.7/ 5). Like its parent show, serialized Private Practice does not play well in repeats.
A night of repeats on NBC -- My Name is Earl (Viewers: #3, 507 million; A18-49: #3, 1.8/ 6), 30 Rock (Viewers: #4, 4.15 million; A18-49: #3, 1.7/ 5), The Office (Viewers: #4, 3.90 million; A18-49: #3t, 1.9/ 5), Scrubs (Viewers: #4, 3.23 million; A18-49: #4, 1.6/ 5) and ER (Viewers: #3, 3.08 million; A18-49: #3, 1.2/ 4) -- was barely visible. And the CW capped off the evening with a repeat of Smallville (Viewers: #5, 2.15 million; A18-49: #5, 0.8/ 2) and 9 p.m. special The Family Television Awards (Viewers: #5, 1.15 million; A18-49: #5, 0.4/ 1). Sadly, nothing seems to be working on the CW these days.
Goodness gracious, The CW's four day average in this week 14 is 1.315 million viewers and 0.5 A18-49. MyNetworkTV will surely be competitive with that when their viewer sums are toted.
CBS did better than expected, ABC didn't do as badly as I feared, and NBC did about what I thought they would, though I would have expected a stronger number from ER, even in encore (to be surpassed by Private Practice by 1.7 million in viewers in 0.5 in demo does not bode well for a 15th season renewal).
FOX's Ice Age movie did surprisingly well. I think FOX and MyNetworkTV have a wise programming mix during low HUT holiday periods by loading up their skeds with theatrical films instead of running their series repeats during the times when nobodys watching. And these films, even if encores, do surprisingly well.
Originally posted by joliesse: Fox is doing pretty good this week with all their movies. And next week they have 1 movie and 3 nights of college football.
An that will be the beginning of the domination by Fox this Winter/Spring.
I was somewhat surprised at the numbers ICE AGE got. Better than I thought for this time of year for an older, non holiday movie.
Originally posted by Marc Berman: A night of repeats on NBC -- My Name is Earl (Viewers: #3, 507 million; A18-49: #3, 1.8/ 6), 30 Rock (Viewers: #4, 4.15 million; A18-49: #3, 1.7/ 5), The Office (Viewers: #4, 3.90 million; A18-49: #3t, 1.9/ 5)
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong (and I might be), but I believe this is the first time "30 Rock" scored more viewers than the thing that airs after it. Maybe this will finally shut up all the people who keep saying it should be cancelled. Yeah, because NBC is really going to can a second-year show they own 100% of, which brings them nothing but positive press, and which won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series -- especially with all the oodles and oodles of hits they have.
Granted, its retention out of "My Name Is Earl's" 507 million viewers was a wee bit poor.
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-- "Better Off Ted," Wednesdays at some time or another at some point or another in the near future. Because we can't all live in mansions and not ever work like the people on "Modern Family."
Originally posted by Marc Berman: Ugly Betty (Viewers: #4, 4.48 million; A18-49: #4, 1.2/ 4), Grey’s Anatomy (Viewers: #3, 6.06 million; A18-49: #3, 2.0/ 6) and Private Practice (Viewers: #2, 4.71 million; A18-49: #2, 1.7/ 5). Like its parent show, serialized Private Practice does not play well in repeats.
A night of repeats on NBC -- My Name is Earl (Viewers: #3, 507 million; A18-49: #3, 1.8/ 6), 30 Rock (Viewers: #4, 4.15 million; A18-49: #3, 1.7/ 5), The Office (Viewers: #4, 3.90 million; A18-49: #3t, 1.9/ 5), Scrubs (Viewers: #4, 3.23 million; A18-49: #4, 1.6/ 5) and ER (Viewers: #3, 3.08 million; A18-49: #3, 1.2/ 4) -- was barely visible.
Marc, I want to thank you for posting these over the holiday season, and its true ABC and NBC doesn't do well in repeats but what can you expect..It's a repeat.....
