Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, July 18, 2007 July 19, 2007 6:30 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.trackback
Fox and CBS tie for first on the evening among households, but was coomfortably ahead among viewers and more so among adults 18-49.
Fox finished tied for first place on the evening with a 5.0/9 household rating, but was a stronger first place among viewers with 7.82 million and among adults 18-49 with a 3.1/10 rating.
- Last Week:
- Households – 4.8/9 [#t1]
- Viewers – 7.69M [#1]
- Adults 18-49 – 3.1/10 [#1]
- 8:00-9:30 p.m.: So You Think You Can Dance? (5.1/9 HH rating, 7.96M viewers, 3.2/11 A18-49) remained mostly even from last week, growing slightly in all categories, keeping the network in first place for the time period among households, viewers and adults 18-49.
- Week-to-week numbers:
- Households – 4.9/9 to 5.1/9
- Viewers – 7.74M to 7.96M
- Adults 18-49 – 3.1/10 to 3.2/11
- Week-to-week numbers:
- 9:30 p.m.: The second week of Don’t Forget the Lyrics! (4.7/8 HH rating, 7.41M viewers, 2.9/9 A18-49) fell off a bit, losing 870,000 viewers or 11%, 6% among households and 15% among adults 18-49. Despite those decreases, which as you can see was most significant among adults 18-49, the series led the half-hour among adults 18-49.
- Week-to-week numbers (series premiere):
- Households – 5.0/9 to 4.7/8
- Viewers – 8.28M to 7.41M
- Adults 18-49 – 3.4/10 to 2.9/9
- Week-to-week numbers (series premiere):
CBS followed tied for first place on the evening with a 5.0/9 household rating, but was second among viewers with 7.01 million and tied for third among adults 18-49 with a 1.9/6 rating in that demo.
- Last Week:
- Households – 4.8/9 [#t1]
- Viewers – 6.92M [#2]
- Adults 18-49 – 1.9/6 [#3]
- CBS got fairly good numbers from its lineup of series, in some cases leading the hour among viewers. In fact, the repeat of CSI: NY was the evenings most-watched program.
- 8:00 p.m.: Back-to-back repeats of King of Queens (3.4/6 HH rating, 4.77M viewers, 1.6/6 A18-49 rating).
- 9:00 p.m.: A repeat of Criminal Minds (5.5/10 HH rating, 7.61M viewers, 1.8/6 A18-49 rating).
- 10:00 p.m.: And lastly, a repeat of CSI: NY (6.1/10 HH rating, 8.64M viewers, 2.3/6 A18-49 rating).
NBC finished in third place for the evening among viewers with a 4.3/8 household rating and 6.52 million viewers and was second among adults 18-49 with a 2.5/8 rating.
- Last Week:
- Households – 4.0/7 [#3]
- Viewers – 6.41M [#3]
- A18-49 – 2.4/7 [#2]
- 8:00 & 8:30 p.m: A repeat of Most Outrageous Moments (4.0/8 HH rating, 6.08M viewers, 2.0/7 A18-49 rating) continues to rate very well for NBC, with solid overall numbers including among adults 18-49.
- 9:00 p.m.: Last Comic Standing (4.0/7 HH rating, 6.34M viewers, 2.6/8 A18-49 rating) performed weaker in this new timeslot, dropping by 600,000 viewers or 9%, 7% among households and 10% among adults 18-49.
- Week-to-week numbers (10:00 p.m.):
- Households – 4.3/8 to 4.0/7
- Viewers – 6.94M to 6.34M
- Adults 18-49 – 2.9/9 to 2.6/8
- Last week’s numbers (America’s Got Talent – 9:00 p.m.):
- Households – 4.6/8
- Viewers – 7.56M
- Adults 18-49 – 2.6/8
- Week-to-week numbers (10:00 p.m.):
- 10:00 p.m.: Dateline NBC (4.8/8 HH rating, 7.14M viewers, 3.0/10 A18-49 rating) grew slightly from its lead-in among households and viewers, but the real news is in the A18-49 demo, where the show perked up rather significantly to become the hour’s top-rated show among adults 18-49, nearly the evenings top-rated show in the demo.
ABC followed in fourth place on the evening with a 3.8/7 household rating and 5.65 million viewers, but was able to pull out a tie for third place among adults 18-49 with a 1.9/6 rating.
- Last Week:
- Households – 3.6/6 [#4]
- Viewers – 5.45M [#4]
- A18-49 – 1.7/5 [#4]
- 8:00 p.m.: The Next Best Thing: Who Is The Greatest Celebrity Impersonator (4.1/9 HH rating, 7.07M viewers, 2.0/7 A18-49 rating) posted ratings pretty much on par with the week prior, growing slightly among households and viewers, but off ever so slightly among adults 18-49.
- Week-to-week numbers:
- Households – 4.5/8 to 4.8/9
- Viewers – 7.04M to 7.07M
- Adults 18-49 – 2.1/7 to 2.0/7
- Week-to-week numbers:
- 9:00 p.m.: American Inventor (4.1/7 HH rating, 6.10M viewers, 2.2/7 A18-49 rating) was also up very nicely, growing by 390,000 viewers or 7%, 11% among viewers and 10% among adults 18-49.
- Week-to-week numbers:
- Households – 3.7/6 to 4.1/7
- Viewers – 5.71M to 6.10M
- Adults 18-49 – 2.0/6 to 2.2/7
- Week-to-week numbers:
- 10:00 p.m.: Traveler (2.6/5 HH rating, 3.78M viewers, 1.4/4 A18-49 rating), in its season, and perhaps series finale, perked up very slightly from its last episode, growing by 230,000 viewers or 6%, 4% among households and a nice 17% among adults 18-49. But it was easily the networks weak link on the evening. It’s a shame really that ABC left this show to fail during the summer. It’s an enjoyable and well done series. Too bad it
- Week-to-week numbers:
- Households – 2.5/5 to 2.6/5
- Viewers – 3.55M to 3.78M
- Adults 18-49 – 1.2/3 to 1.4/4
- Week-to-week numbers:
The CW finished in fifth place for the evening with a 1.1/2 household rating, 1.55 million viewers and a 0.6/2 rating among adults 18-49.
- Last Week:
- Households – 1.1/2 [#5]
- Viewers – 1.44M [#5]
- Adults 18-49 – 0.6/2 [#5]
- Repeats of ‘Top Model’ were very weakly rated, but at the same time, they were an improvement over the very low-rated episodes new episodes of Hidden Palms and various other repeats.
- 8:00 p.m.: A repeat of America’s Next Top Model (1.0/2 HH rating, 1.56M viewers, 0.6/2 A18-49 rating).
- 9:00 p.m.: Another repeat of America’s Next Top Model (1.0/2 HH rating, 1.54M viewers, 0.6/2 A18-49 rating).
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Note: Network average numbers from the week prior are based on fast national data. Comparison’s from the week prior (or episode-to-episode, etc.) on specific shows are based on final national data. Ratings for the current day are based on fast nationals. (Expect all three scenarios to be the case at all times, unless otherwise noted). The final rating for first-run episodes that aired this evening will be reported the following week. So for example, the final rating for tonights episode of “So You Think You Can Dance?” will be reported in next weeks report for Wednesday, July 25, 2007.
Also keep in mind that because these are fast national ratings, numbers may increase or decrease when the final nationals are released.
Source: Fast/Final National Ratings Data from Nielsen Media Research and PIFeedback
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well shame that taveller failed hoped it would do well why ABC left it for the low rated summer period i will never understand!