Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, September 25, 2006 September 26, 2006 1:01 pm
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Good start for Heroes on NBC, but CBS still able to take the win. Audience Runs Away from Premiere of Runaway.
CBS No Longer On Top In Weekly Broadcast News September 25, 2006 5:36 pm
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Much was made of Katie Couric coming to CBS for the evening news, and most assumed the move would put CBS on top of the evening news ratings hunt.
The first broadcast of CBS Evening News with Katie Couric averaged 13.59M viewers, but ever since then ratings have been dropping (the 2nd broadcast lost 22%) and NBC’s Nightly News with Brian Williams has now passed her for first place in weekly ratings.
Here are the ratings for the week of September 18th to the 22nd:
NBC – Nightly News with Brian Williams
- 5.7/12 HH Rating
- 2.1 A25-54 Rating
- 8,182,000 Viewers
CBS – Evening News with Katie Couric
- 5.5/11 HH Rating
- 2.1 A25-54 Rating
- 7,690,000 Viewers
ABC – World News with Charles Gibson
- 5.4/11 HH Rating
- 2.1 A25-54 Rating
- 7,580,000 Viewers
Source: NBC Universal Press Release
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, September 24, 2006 September 25, 2006 1:17 pm
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Though slipping from last season’s premiere, the ‘Housewives’ put away the competition on Sunday night, leading ABC to a win in HH and A18-49.

Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, September 23, 2006 September 25, 2006 12:37 pm
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College Football reigns supreme on first official Saturday of the new Fall season.

Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, September 22, 2006 September 23, 2006 9:43 pm
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CBS takes the win in Households, while NBC settles for a second place and a first place in the key A18-49 demo on a competitive night between the top 3 nets.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, September 21, 2006 September 22, 2006 12:49 pm
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The Battle Between “Grey’s Anatomy” and “CSI” got off to a great start on Thursday, as both shows did well, but Grey’s comes out ahead to lead ABC to a rare Thursday night win over CBS.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, September 20, 2006 September 21, 2006 1:56 pm
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On the strength of it’s core crime dramas, CBS leads the way in a tight race between it and ABC. Two new premieres have opposite results as “Jericho” premieres well while “Kidnapped” gets off to a sluggish start. Next cycle of America’s Next Top Model officially launches ‘The CW’ to good results, leading the night in A18-34.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, September 19, 2006 September 20, 2006 3:45 pm
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Dancing with The Stars delivers in total audience, but the strong performance of House in A18-49 makes for a very competive Tuesday night.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, September 18, 2006 September 19, 2006 2:00 pm
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Premieres of “Deal or No Deal” and “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip”, hold off Comedy block and “CSI: Miami” on CBS for the win on this first night of Fall competition.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, September 17, 2006 September 18, 2006 12:45 pm
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NBC finished first for the evening with a 10.1/16 HH rating and a 6.2 A18-49 rating.
CBS followed in second place with a 7.5/12 HH rating and a 3.7 A18-49 rating.
ABC finished in third place with a 5.7/9 HH rating and a 3.1 A18-49 rating.
FOX followed in fourth for the evening delivering a 4.3/7 HH rating, though it finished ahead of ABC in A18-49 scoring a 3.3 in that key demo.
And lastly, soon to be ‘The CW’ network The WB delivered a 1.0/2 HH rating and a 0.6 A18-49 rating .
It’s significant to note that this Sunday was the last night of broadcasting for The WB.
The ratings for all the programs that aired last night are viewable below in chart form (click to enlarge):
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, September 16, 2006 September 18, 2006 12:30 pm
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FOX finished first for the evening with a 4.0/8 HH rating and a 2.0 A18-49 rating.
CBS followed in second place with a 3.6/7 HH rating and a 2.1 A18-49 rating.
NBC finished in third place with a 3.6/7 HH rating and a 1.7 A18-49 rating.
ABC followed in fourth for the evening delivering a 3.1/6 HH rating and a 1.6 A18-49 rating.
The ratings for all the programs that aired last night are viewable below in chart form (click to enlarge):
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, September 15, 2006 September 16, 2006 9:39 pm
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With the time slot premiere of “Men In Trees” and a new edition of “20/20”, ABC won the evening on Friday night.
myNetworkTV Off To A Slow Start In Opening Week September 16, 2006 8:00 pm
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Pretty much the only good news MNTV can lay claim to is that it beat UPN in households and in the key A18-49 demo, albeit not by much.
According to data released by Nielsen Media Research, MNTV programming averaged roughly 1M viewers nightly for the week of September 4th (excluding Labor Day).
Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, September 14, 2006 September 15, 2006 3:30 pm
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While down some from last season’s premiere, it doesn’t appear that the controversy surrounding “Survivor’s” new twists affected ratings much.
Reality show off a little less than 5% from its last season premiere as it leads CBS to an easy Thursday night win.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, September 13, 2006 September 14, 2006 1:30 pm
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Improving upon last season’s first results show, “Stars” helps bring ABC the win in households, but a series of “Sneak Peak” episodes and a Jimmy Kimmel special fail to give the alphabet the win in A18-49.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, September 12, 2006 September 13, 2006 8:00 pm
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The return of “Dancing with the Stars” scored big with ABC, improving upon its series premiere last season in both households and A18-49.
Though the return of fan favorite “Stars” caused a dip in ratings for “House”, the good old doctor still managed to offer tough competition in the 8PM time slot winning the battle over the coveted A18-49 demo.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, September 11, 2006 September 11, 2006 8:00 pm
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Building on its audience from the preceding evening, the ABC network’s “The Path to 9/11” helped propel the alphabet to an easy win.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, September 10, 2006 September 11, 2006 6:15 pm
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As expected, NBC rolled past the competition Sunday night en route to a touchdown with its NFL football coverage.
The match-up between little brother Eli and big brother Peyton improved upon NBC’s Thursday night coverage and scored higher than the comparable game from last season’s ABC contest.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Saturday, September 09, 2006 September 11, 2006 6:00 pm
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ABC had no problem defeating the competition with their College Football presentation of #1 Ohio State vs. #2 Texas.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, September 08, 2006 September 11, 2006 5:45 pm
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In a night filled mostly with repeats, ABC led the evening with its combination of ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ sandwiched between two hours of ’20/20′.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, September 07, 2006 September 8, 2006 7:00 pm
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NBC’s first regular season presentation of ‘NFL Sunday Night Football’ bows strongly for the Peacock.

The return of the National Football League to NBC out-shined new FOX premieres to help bring NBC the win for the evening in both total households and adults 18-49. A record (for Thursday night season openers) 19.3 million viewers watched the game.