Record Performance for “Life After People” January 23, 2008 11:27 pm
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The History Channel’s Life After People, a two-hour special which looks at what would happen to planet Earth if the human race were to suddenly disappear, debuted with a record breaking 5.4 million viewers.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, January 22, 2008 January 23, 2008 10:24 pm
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American Idol and a repeat of House carried Fox to another easy Tuesday night win across households, viewers and adults 18-49.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, January 21, 2008 January 22, 2008 2:03 pm
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NBC’s successful reality duo of American Gladiators and Deal or No Deal, the nights most-watched program among adults 18-49 and total audience, propelled the network to a Monday night victory.
Over on Fox, ‘The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ took another step downward, but still performed well among the key A18-49 demo and grew respectably from its lead-in.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, January 20, 2008 January 21, 2008 4:52 pm
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With nearly 50 million viewers (yes, you read that right, 50 million) Fox’s coverage of the NFC Championship Game between the Giants and Packers dominated the television landscape last night.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, January 18, 2008 January 19, 2008 4:30 pm
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CBS remains consistent in first place for the evening, with time period wins throughout the night.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, January 17, 2008 January 18, 2008 4:35 pm
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Stronger than average showing from Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? powers Fox to a first place finish on the evening among adults 18-49.
CBS, however, took the night among households and viewers thanks to strong performances from the nights most-watched program CSI (which was a repeat) and Without a Trace.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, January 16, 2008 January 17, 2008 12:37 pm
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American Idol remained down from its year-ago numbers, but the show was still far and away the strongest for the evening with over 30 million viewers.
Additionally, the series continues to negatively affect its competition, as all four networks (with the exception of NBC which remained a solid second place) experienced significant loss of audience in the 8:00-10:00 time period.
My full analysis of the nights programs follows after the jump.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, January 15, 2008 January 16, 2008 4:30 pm
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The return of American Idol was huge as expected, but the show was actually down a bit from last season’s premiere.
None the less, because of the show, Fox outdrew the combined viewer and A18-49 total of the remaining four networks.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, January 14, 2008 January 15, 2008 1:29 pm
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NBC and CBS held off episode two of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and the return of Prison Break as both networks were a competitive first and second among households and viewers.
Fox though managed a second place finish among adults 18-49 (NBC was first).
In its time series debut, The Sarah Connor Chronicles declined by 45% among viewers and 44% among adults 18-49 from the night prior. That’s certainly a negative, but its overall performance (over 10 million viewers and 3rd place for the night among adults 18-49) was still solid.
NBC won the night thanks to the continued strong performance of American Gladiators and the nights most-watched program in all three categories (Deal or No Deal).
ABC saw its new series Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann perform well in its second week out, with minimal loss from the week prior, but the network was hurt by poor performances from Notes from the Underbelly and October Road.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, January 13, 2008 January 14, 2008 4:30 pm
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Fox Terminated the competition Sunday night, as the final hour of the NFC Divisional Playoff game between the Giants and Cowboys and the series premiere of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles gave the network an easy win.
Meanwhile, the WGA strike affected Golden Globes Press Conference put up very disappointing numbers.
2008 Fox BCS Ratings Summary January 13, 2008 4:02 pm
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Now that the 2008 BCS games have all completed, I figured it would be a good time to take a look at how the series fared this year compared to last year.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, January 11, 2008 January 12, 2008 9:55 pm
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CBS’s returning lineup of Ghost Whisperer (the nights most-watched program among households, viewers and adults 18-49), Moonlight and Numb3rs all combined to propel the network past NBC to take first place for the evening.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, January 10, 2008 January 11, 2008 5:31 pm
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ABC and CBS each returned their powerhouse programs (CSI and Grey’s Anatomy) and both shows performed on par with their most recent airings. Grey’s Anatomy took the household and adults 18-49 win, while CSI came away with the win among total viewers.
Helping CBS secure the household and viewer win for the night was Without a Trace, while ABC stayed just strong enough to take the A18-49 win for the night.
Third place for the night went to Fox, which got strong numbers from Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader.
And lastly, NBC saw so-so numbers for its comedy lineup, Celebrity Apprentice and ER. Despite a weekly decline (obviously inflicted because of the addition of CSI and Grey’s Anatomy to the hour), Celebrity Apprentice showed very solid growth from its lead-in.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, January 9, 2008 January 10, 2008 2:41 pm
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NBC continues its winning streak, as the network manages to hold off CBS, which returned original series’ Criminal Minds and CSI: NY.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, January 8, 2008 January 9, 2008 4:30 pm
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NBC continues to rate incredibly well during the new year, as the network was once again the most-watched for the evening among households, viewers and adults 18-49, with strong numbers from week two of the new season of The Biggest Loser and season-high numbers for the nights most-watched program Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Elsewhere on the evening, CBS’s presentation of The 38th Annual People’s Choice Awards was very negatively affected by the changed format (due to the WGA writers strike) as the program posted series low numbers (off a staggering 56% among viewers and 54% among adults 18-49 from the year prior).
The CW got some good news, as the season five premiere of One Tree Hill got off to a great start (mostly on par with last season’s premiere), giving the network a much needed ratings boost.
ABC meanwhile struggled, dropping to a very weak last place for the evening among adults 18-49, as the network failed to successfully return Carpoolers and According to Jim posted another poor showing after last week’s season premiere. The networks coverage of The 2008 New Hampshire Primary also failed to garner many eyeballs to the network.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, January 7, 2008 January 8, 2008 4:30 pm
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Fox has no trouble taking the evening thanks to the networks broadcast of the BCS National Championship Game, despite the game posting numbers well below last year’s game.
Elsewhere on the evening was the series premiere of Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann on ABC, which had a respectable debut. On NBC, episode two of American Gladiators held on to a solid portion of its series premiere numbers from the night before, and Medium premiered on par with last seasons premiere.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, January 6, 2008 January 7, 2008 4:30 pm
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Thanks to the networks coverage of the AFC Wildcard Playoff matchup between the Tennessee Titans and the San Diego Chargers, CBS came away with an easy victory for the evening.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, January 4, 2008 January 5, 2008 3:30 pm
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NBC holds off ABC and the rest of the nets to take first place for the evening among households, viewers and adults 18-49, mostly on the strength of the season premiere of 1 vs. 100. Returning shows Friday Night Lights and Las Vegas returned with numbers mostly on par with their last newly aired episodes.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, January 3, 2008 January 4, 2008 3:30 pm
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NBC continues to perform well with their season premieres, as the network manages a solid tie for first among households, was just 30,000 viewers away from first among total viewers, and posted a tie for first among adults 18-49.
The solid showing was due to another impressive outing from Deal or No Deal and a much-needed strong premiere for the new season of The Apprentice (The Celebrity Apprentice).
Fox meanwhile tied for first among households, but came out on top among viewers, again just slightly, and was tied for first among adults 18-49 thanks to its Orange Bowl coverage. Good news for the network was slight growth from the year prior for the bowl game.
CBS meanwhile managed to hold their own, despite airing an entire evening of repeats. In fact, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was the nights most-watched program among both households and viewers.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, January 2, 2008 January 3, 2008 4:30 pm
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NBC holds off Fox’s presentation of the Tostitos Fiesta Bowlwhich rated below last season’s airing. NBC was helped by a strong showing from Deal or No Deal and an even stronger showing from the season premiere of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the nights most-watched program.
While NBC took the win among households and viewers, Fox still rated slightly better among adults 18-49, while ABC managed a tie with NBC for second thanks to the networks returning reality lineup of Wife Swap and Supernanny which both posted solidi ncreases from last year’s premiere.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Tuesday, January 1, 2008 January 2, 2008 4:30 pm
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Sugar Bowl gives Fox the win for the evening, but NBC wasn’t too far behind courtesy the season premiere of The Biggest Loser.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Monday, December 31, 2007 January 1, 2008 4:30 pm
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On New Year’s Eve, ABC leads the night among households, viewers and adults 18-49 courtesy the nights most-watched program Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2008.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, December 30, 2007 December 31, 2007 4:30 pm
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Last Sunday of 2007 goes to NBC, thanks to the networks broadcast of NFL Football.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Friday, December 28, 2007 December 29, 2007 10:30 pm
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Overall weak evening results in surprisingly close numbers between all five networks, with just under 1.5 million separating the nights most-watched network (CBS) and the nights least-watched network (CW).
Fox and NBC shared the Adults 18-49 win.
Broadcast TV Ratings for Thursday, December 27, 2007 December 28, 2007 5:30 pm
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A dual dose of CSI repeats (New York and original editions) were strong enough to keep CBS well in front on this Thursday evening. (more…)
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