Broadcast TV Ratings for The Week of 10/9 to 10/15

CBS takes the win in households, viewers and A25-54, while ABC comes away with the win in A18-34 and A18-49 and the top rated program in all categories (“Grey’s Anatomy”).

CBS was first for the week in households (8.0/13 rating, 8.97 million) and total viewers (4.4/11 rating, 12.57 million), third in A18-34 (2.8/9), third in Adults 18-49 (3.8/10, 4.56M ) and first in Adults 25-54 (4.8/12, 5.9M).

• Last Week’s Numbers:
  • 8.6/14 household rating (9.62 million households) – #1
  • 4.7/12 viewer rating (12.53 million total viewers) – #1
  • 2.8/9 A18-34 rating – #3
  • 4.0/11 A18-49 rating (5.2 million) – #2
  • 5.2/13 A25-54 rating (6.3 million) – #1

• Top program
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
    • 21.85M viewers – (#2)
    • Gained about 340,000 viewers from the week before.
    • Averaging 22.90M viewers (#2) this season.

ABC was third for the week in households (7.3/12 rating, 8.10 million) and total viewers (4.0/10, 11.21 million), first in A18-34 (3.3/10), first in Adults 18-49 (4.0/11, 5.17M ) and second in Adults 25-54 (4.6/11, 5.7M)

• Last Week’s Numbers:
  • 7.5/12 household rating (8.37 million households) – #2
  • 4.1/11 viewer rating (11.25 million viewers) – #2
  • 3.3/10 A18-34 rating – #1
  • 4.0/11 A18-49 rating (5.23 million) – #1
  • 4.6/11 A25-54 rating (5.7 million) – #2

• Top program
  • Grey’s Anatomy
    • 22.88M viewers – (#1)
    • Gained about 80,000 viewers from the week before.
    • Averaging 24.09M viewers (#1) this season

NBC was third for the week in households (6.6/11, 7.38 million) and total viewers (3.6/10, 10.33 million), second in A18-34 (3.1/10), third in Adults 18-49 (3.7/10, 4.84M) and third in Adults 25-54 (4.3/11, 5.2M).

• Last Week’s Numbers:
  • 6.5/11 household rating
  • 9.92 million total viewers
  • 3.0/9 A18-34 rating
  • 3.6/10 A18-49 rating – 4.7M
  • 4.2/11 A25-54 rating – 5.2M

• Top Program
  • “Deal or No Deal (MON)” (last week’s top show for the network was “Sunday Night Football”–that program went from 15.14M (#15) to 12.32M (#26) this past week.
    • 15.41M viewers – (#14)
    • Gained 2.25 million viewers from the week before.
    • Averaging 14.46 million viewers (#20) this season.

FOX was second for the week in households (7.8/13, 8.66 million) total viewers (4.2/11, 11.89M), second in A18-34 (3.1/10), third in Adults 18-49 (3.8/11, 4.94M ), and third in Adults 25-54 (4.4/11, 5.4M).

• Last Week’s Numbers:
  • 5.6/9 household rating (6.23 million households) – #4
  • 2.9/8 viewer rating (7.79 million total viewers) – #4
  • 2.0/7 A18-34 rating – #4
  • 2.5/7 A18-49 rating (3.26 million) – #4
  • 2.9/8 A25-54 rating (3.6 million) – #4

• Top Program
  • “Fox MLB ALCS: Game 2” (last week’s top show for the network was a repeat of “House” (8.89M viewers – #45).
    • 9.87M viewers (#39)
    • Last week, the most highly rated MLB game was Game 1 of the ALDS – 8.36M (#50).

The CW was fifth for the week in households (2.2/3, 2.45 million) total viewers (1.2/3, 3.45 million), fifth in A18-34 (1.7/5), fifth in Adults 18-49 (1.5/4, 1.91M ), and fifth in Adults 25-54 (1.4/3, 1.7M).

• Last Week’s Numbers:
  • 2.3/4 household rating
  • 3.52 million total viewers
  • 1.7/5 A18-34 rating
  • 1.5/4 A18-49 rating – 1.9M
  • 1.4/3 A25-54 rating – 1.7M

• Top Program
  • “America’s Next Top Model”
    • 5.50M viewers – (#71).
    • This is up about 250,000 viewers from the previous week.
    • Averaging 5.30 million viewers (#85) this season.

Source: Final National Numbers data from Nielsen Media Research

Top 10 broadcast TV shows for the week of 10/9/2006 to 10/15/2006 in terms of viewers and A18-49 (click to enlarge)

Total Viewers

Adults 18-49