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Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, March 18, 2008 March 19, 2008 3:02 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Broadcast TV Ratings, News, Nielsen TV Ratings, Television.
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ABC’s Dancing With the Stars went up against Fox’s American Idol, with AI, predictably, coming out on top.

The series premiere of Miss Guided on ABC tuned in mixed results. It’s overall audience was fairly solid (just 10,000 viewers shy of 10 million), but it’s retention numbers from its Dancing With the Stars lead-in could have been much better (60% among viewers and 72% among adults 18-49).

Elsehwere on the evening The Biggest Loser on NBC held steady in the face of the increased competition and The CW’s One Tree Hill rebounded nicely from last week’s poor showing, growing by 17% among viewers and 27% among adults 18-49.

Fox finished in first place for the evening with a 15.1/23 household rating/share, 27.00 million viewers and a 10.3/25 rating/share among adults 18-49.

  • Last Week:
    • 16.7/26 HH rating/share [#1]
    • 29.33M viewers [#1]
    • 10.8/28 A18-49 rating/share [#1]
  • 8:00-10:00 p.m.: American Idol (15.1/23 HH rating/share, 27.00M viewers, 10.3/25 A18-49 rating/share).
    • Week-to-week numbers:
      • Households – 16.9/26 to 15.1/23
      • Viewers – 29.88M to 27.00M
      • Adults 18-49 – 11.0/28 to 10.3/25

ABC followed in second place for the evening with a 7.6/12 household rating/share, 11.95 million viewers and a 3.1/8 rating/share among adults 18-49.

  • Last Week:
    • 3.8/6 HH rating/share [#4]
    • 5.72M viewers [#4]
    • 1.8/5 A18-49 rating/share [#t3]
  • 8:00 & 8:30 p.m.: A repeat of the Easter ‘Charlie Brown’ special It’s Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (3.8/6 HH rating/share, 6.32M viewers, 1.9/5 A18-49 rating/share) and an original episode of Just for Laughs (3.1/5 HH rating/share, 5.08M viewers, 1.6/4 A18-49 rating/share).
    • Week-to-week numbers (Just for Laughs – 8:00):
      • Households – 2.9/5 to 3.1/5
      • Viewers – 4.47M to 5.08M
      • Adults 18-49 – 1.1/3 to 1.6/4
  • 9:00 p.m.: Dancing With the Stars (10.7/16 HH rating/share, 16.77M viewers, 4.0/10 A18-49 rating/share).
    • Episode-to-episode numbers (Monday, March 17, 2008)
      • Households – 13.3/21 to 10.7/16
      • Viewers – 21.15M to 16.77M
      • Adults 18-49 – 5.6/15 to 4.0/10
    • Last week’s numbers (According to Jim – seventh season finale – 9:00):
      • Households – 3.2/5
      • Viewers – 4.96M
      • Adults 18-49 – 1.5/4
    • Last week’s numbers (Carpoolers – 9:30):
      • Households – 3.2/5
      • Viewers – 4.89M
      • Adults 18-49 – 1.5/3
  • 10:30 (10:32) p.m.: The series premiere of Miss Guided (6.7/12 HH rating/share, 9.99M viewers, 2.9/8 A18-49 rating/share).
    • Last week’s numbers (Primetime: What Would You Do? – 10:00):
      • Households – 5.1/9
      • Viewers – 7.60M
      • Adults 18-49 – 2.9/8

NBC finished in third place for the evening with a 5.3/8 household rating/share, 7.97 million viewers and a 3.0/8 rating/share among adults 18-49.

  • Last Week:
    • 5.4/9 HH rating/share [#2]
    • 8.23M viewers [#2]
    • 3.0/8 A18-49 rating/share [#2]
  • 8:00 p.m.: The Biggest Loser (5.1/8 HH rating/share, 7.85M viewers, 3.1/8 A18-49 rating/share).
    • Week-to-week numbers:
      • Households – 4.9/8 to 5.1/8
      • Viewers – 7.66M to 7.85M
      • Adults 18-49 – 3.0/8 to 3.1/8
  • 10:00 p.m.: A repeat of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (5.8/10 HH rating/share, 8.22M viewers, 2.9/8 A18-49 rating/share).

CBS followed in fourth place for the evening with a 4.6/7 household rating/share, 7.25 million viewers and a 2.0/5 rating/share among adults 18-49.

  • Last Week:
    • 4.5/7 HH rating/share [#3]
    • 6.81 viewers [#3]
    • 1.8/5 A18-49 rating/share [#t3]
  • 8:00 p.m.: A repeat of NCIS (6.8/11 HH rating/share, 10.50M viewers, 2.0/5 A18-49 rating/share).
  • 9:00 p.m.: Big Brother (3.5/5 HH rating/share, 5.48M viewers, 2.0/5 A18-49 rating/share).
    • Week-to-week numbers:
      • Households – 3.8/6 to 3.5/5
      • Viewers – 5.87M to 5.48M
      • Adults 18-49 – 2.1/5 to 2.0/5
  • 10:00 p.m.: The penultimate episode of the season (or series?) of Jericho (3.5/6 HH rating/share, 5.77M viewers, 2.0/5 A18-49 rating/share).
    • Week-to-week:
      • Households – 3.8/6 to 3.5/6
      • Viewers – 5.84M to 5.77M
      • Adults 18-49 – 1.8/5 to 2.0/5

The CW finished in fifth place for the evening with a 1.6/2 household rating/share, 2.33 million viewers and a 1.1/3 rating/share among adults 18-49.

  • Last Week:
    • 1.6/2 HH rating/share [#5]
    • 2.17M viewers [#5]
    • 1.0/2 A18-49 rating/share [#5]
  • 8:00 p.m.: Beauty and the Geek (1.2/2 HH rating/share, 1.74M viewers, 0.8/2 A18-49 rating/share).
    • Week-to-week numbers:
      • Households – 1.3/2 to 1.2/2
      • Viewers – 1.92M to 1.74M
      • Adults 18-49 – 0.9/2 to 0.8/2
  • 9:00 p.m.: One Tree Hill (2.0/3 HH rating/share, 2.92M viewers, 1.4/3 A18-49 rating/share).
    • Week-to-week numbers:
      • Households – 1.8/3 to 2.0/3
      • Viewers – 2.50M to 2.92M
      • Adults 18-49 -1.1/3 to 1.4/3
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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 “American Idol” will be reported in next weeks report for Tuesday, March 25 2008.

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. Daily ratings figures can be found at PIFeedback and Zap2It.

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