Prime-Time Ratings:
Sunday 1/13/08

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

-Total Viewers:
Fox: 21.86 million, CBS: 13.16, ABC: 10.79, NBC: 4.75, CW: 1.03

-Adults 18-49:
Fox: 9.0 rating/21 share, ABC: 3.9/ 9, CBS: 3.1/ 7, NBC: 1.4/ 3, CW: 0.4/ 1

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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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-Yesterday’s Winners:
NFL Playoffs (Fox), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fox), The Amazing Race (CBS), Comanche Moon, part one (CBS), Family Guy (Fox)

-Honorable Mention:
Brothers & Sisters (ABC)

-Yesterday’s Losers (Excluding Repeats):
Dateline (NBC), Golden Globe Awards Conference (NBC)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
Led by the prime-time portion of the Giants versus the Cowboys on the NFL Playoffs (which was beneficial to the series-premiere of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Fox steamrolled past the Sunday competition. The NFL Playoffs averaged an approximate 37.27 million viewers and a 14.5 rating/36 share among adults 18-49 from 7-8 p.m., leading into the debut of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles at a hefty 18.29 million viewers and a 7.6/18 in the demo from 8-9 p.m. Needless to say, Fox dominated from 7-9 p.m. Next was Family Guy at an above-average 11.50 million viewers (#3) and a first-place 5.6/12 among adults 18-49 at 9 p.m., followed by American Dad at 8.56 million viewers (#3) and a 4.1/ 9 in the demo (#2) at 9:30 p.m.

Part one of miniseries Comanche Moon was amply sampled on CBS, with 15.75 million viewers and a 3.3/ 8 among adults 18-49 from 9-11 p.m. Take a look at the half-hour breakdown:

Comanche Moon (CBS)
9:00 p.m. Viewers: 17.08 million (#1), A18-49: 3.6/ 8 (#3)
9:30 p.m. Viewers: 16.13 million (#1), A18-49: 3.4/ 8 (#3)
10:00 p.m. Viewers: 15.10 million (#1), A18-49: 3.2/ 8 (#2)
10:30 p.m. Viewers: 14.71 million (#1), A18-49: 3.1/ 8 (#2)

Earlier in the evening on CBS was veteran 60 Minutes (Viewers: #2, 9.49 million; A18-49: #3, 1.9/ 5) and The Amazing Race 12 (Viewers: #2, 11.63 million; A18-49: #3, 3.8/ 9) from 7-9 p.m. Worth noting for The Amazing Race was growth of 2.14 million viewers and 100 percent in the demo out of 60 Minutes.

Minus Desperate Housewives, which has no original episodes left due to the current writers strike, ABC had a below-average Sunday. Take a look:

ABC/Sunday
7:00 p.m. - America’s Funniest Home Videos
Viewers: 7.65 million (#3), A18-49: 2.2/ 6 (#2)

8:00 p.m. – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Viewers: 10.75 million (#3), A18-49: 3.8/ 9 (#2)

9:00 p.m. – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Viewers: 13.93 million (#2), A18-49: 5.6/13 (#1)

10:00 p.m. Brothers & Sisters
Viewers: 10.92 million (#2), A18-49: 4.2/11 (#1)

Mirroring The People’s Choice Awards on CBS last week, there was no interested in a magazine style presentation of The 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards on NBC. A two-hour edition of Dateline (themed Going for Gold and profiling the nominees) was stalled at the 7-9 p.m. gate, with mere 4.41 million viewers (#4) and a 1.1/ 3 among adults 18-49 (#4). That led into the live announcements of the winners by Access Hollywood stars Billy Bush and Nancy O’Dell at an also fourth-place 5.83 million viewers and a 1.7/ 4 among adults 18-49 from 9-10 p.m. Too bad Billy Bush didn’t have time to comb his hair or prepare for the banter before the telecast. Yeesh!

Capping off the evening for NBC was a repeat of American Gladiators at a third-place 4.34 million viewers and a 1.9/ 4 among adults 18-49 at 10 p.m. NBC is expected to make an announcement of an extended episode order for American Gladiators at any moment.

Last, and very least, was the CW’s repeat line-up of CW Now (Viewers: 652,000; A18-49: 0.2/ 1), Aliens in America (Viewers: 656,000; A18-49: 0.2/ 1), and two episodes of One Tree Hill (Viewers: 1.21 million; A18-49: 0.4/ 1 from 8-10 p.m.).

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Great numbers for SCC.

Marc, can you post the half hour breakdowns for SCC please?

Thanks!

Wow! TAR's rating was pretty damn good, and it had NO football overrun benefit.

SCC's rating is just spectacular. Let's see how it holds up tonight.

It's pretty bad that a REPEAT of American Gladiators overtook the Golden Globes announcement in the demo.

Those Brothers & Sisters numbers are pretty bad, huh? Without DH?

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Last, and very least, was the CW’s repeat line-up of CW Now (Viewers: 652,000; A18-49: 0.2/ 1), Aliens in America (Viewers: 656,000; A18-49: 0.2/ 1),

Looks like the CW Now has competition for the the worst performing show on the net.

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Originally posted by nyctvdramaqueen:
Those Brothers & Sisters numbers are pretty bad, huh? Without DH?

I don't think so -- it's only down by about a million from the roughly 12 million it gets with new episodes after new DH...

Well - it's good for the Gladiators at least. 3 Cheers on their sure-to-be renewal!

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Originally posted by TAYLORJNG:
It's pretty bad that a REPEAT of American Gladiators overtook the Golden Globes announcement in the demo.

Is there any way we can get a half hour breakdown for TAR?

I wonder if Family Guy's rating will be lower in the finals as SCC ran until 9:02.

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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles at a hefty 18.29 million viewers and a 7.6/18 in the demo

Now the question is, How many will return tonight?

Take at guess because its today's Daily Game Highlighted Show.

Amazing numbers for SCC; we have to wait for the final numbers, but this is probably the most watched pilot this tv year.

Of course the second episode isn't likely to do much better than 10m viewers.

Actually I thought it did fairly well considering no DH. I think it held on to a greater percentage of EMHE's viewers as well (78%). If I'm not mistaken it usually struggles to retain 70% of DH's lead-in.
Obviously 60 minutes was negatively impacted by the end of the football game and since the game ended just before 8, AR might have benefited.

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Originally posted by nyctvdramaqueen:
Those Brothers & Sisters numbers are pretty bad, huh? Without DH?

Great numbers for SCC. Even if we see a significant decline, it could settle in to some decent numbers for Fox on Mondays.

Comanche Moon posted nice numbers for CBS as well. Good for them... I don't really have a lot of interest in it - but it was nice to see an actual miniseries on television again (and to have decent ratings, to boot).

Those aren't bad numbers for ABC, given the competition. EM:HM did quite well at 9pm, and without its typical new episode of DH to precede it, I actually thought B&S did nicely, esp. in the demo.

Now NBC... completely different story. Their up and down week certainly ended with a thud. Zucker's negotiating of the Globes, and the resulting disaster that was last night has been completely hammered by the press this morning. It isn't pretty. Let's see how many hours of DonD and AG they add over the next several weeks to save face...

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:

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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles at a hefty 18.29 million viewers and a 7.6/18 in the demo

Now the question is, How many will return tonight?

Part of the answer is seeing the half-hour breakdown for Sunday's premiere. If the drop-off was less than 20%, it'll be a good sign for tonight as well. I personally only watched about 10 minutes worth -- I found it too derivative and similar to T3 -- Rise of the machines...

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Originally posted by TAYLORJNG:
Wow! TAR's rating was pretty damn good, and it had NO football overrun benefit.

I am so proud that "Amazing Race" held its audience against "Terminator." After the debacle of a CBS reality slate announced today, the network needs TAR #13 as soon as possible.

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Originally posted by a-mad:
Great numbers for SCC. Even if we see a significant decline, it could settle in to some decent numbers for Fox on Mondays.

Comanche Moon posted nice numbers for CBS as well. Good for them... I don't really have a lot of interest in it - but it was nice to see an actual miniseries on television again (and to have decent ratings, to boot).

Those aren't bad numbers for ABC, given the competition. EM:HM did quite well at 9pm, and without its typical new episode of DH to precede it, I actually thought B&S did nicely, esp. in the demo.

Now NBC... completely different story. Their up and down week certainly ended with a thud. Zucker's negotiating of the Globes, and the resulting disaster that was last night has been completely hammered by the press this morning. It isn't pretty. Let's see how many hours of DonD and AG they add over the next several weeks to save face...

As bad as that was, it could be even worse for ABc's Oscar's if the strike isn't settled. They have $80 million riding on that event, and a ceremony like last night would absolutely ruin them: Advantage: 110% to the writer's guild. They have all the leverage...