Ratings

[The Incredible Hulk]

From K-Site:

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]DVR Ratings: Smallville Picks Up More Viewers
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]New "Live+7" Neilsen ratings are now being released revealing how many viewers are digitally recording their shows and saving to watch them later. Smallville benefited greatly from DVR use, with over 800,000 extra viewers tuning in to see the show's season premiere.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The viewer bump also helped lift Smallville up to #70 for the week, from #76 where it sat without DVR taken into account. Considering the very competitive timeslot, this is good news for the show, and if the DVR trend continues, it would put every episode of Season Seven at over five million viewers.[/FONT]​

 

[Pickle-El]

Glad to see both Smallville and The Office doing so well.....Damn.

 

[Tempest19]

Awesome. I really want them to do that DVR thing with SN because chances are it'll be bumped up ALOT too.

 

[RakuMon]

Whoa. Smallville is definitely on the uptick this season!

Prime-Time Ratings:
Thursday 10/1807

The following results are based on the fast affiliate ratings (Live Plus Same Day data)

-Total Viewers:
CBS: 14.52 million, Fox: 12.25, ABC: 11.89, NBC: 8.43, CW: 4.06

-Adults 18-49:
ABC: 4.5 rating/12 share, CBS: 4.4/12, NBC: 3.7/10, Fox: 3.6/10, CW: 4.06

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-Yesterday’s Winners:
Survivor (CBS), CSI (CBS), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)

-Yesterday’s Losers:
My Name Is Earl (NBC), 30 Rock (NBC), Viva Laughlin (CBS), Big Shots (ABC)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was yet another night of mixed leadership on this fourth Thursday of the 2007-08 season, with CBS the most-watched network and ABC No. 1 among key adults 18-49 (one-tenth of a rating point ahead of CBS, which could have been considerably higher had it not been for the DOA preview of Viva Laughlin). Second in total viewers, but fourth among adults 18-49 was game five of the American League Championship Series on Fox, while NBC finished fourth in total viewers and third in the demo. The CW, of course, was last.

CBS’ Survivor: China opened the evening on a winning note, with 13.92 million viewers and a 4.5 rating/13 share among adults 18-49 from 8-9 p.m. Second was the Indians/Red Sox match-up on Fox (Viewers: 10.85 million; A18-49: 3.1/ 9 from 8-9 p.m., including the pre-game), followed by ABC’s rapidly declining Ugly Betty at 9.67 million viewers (#1) and a 3.1/ 9 among adults 18-49 (#2t). Comparably, Ugly Betty was down from one year earlier (Viewers: 13.17 million, A18-49: 4.4/12) by a hefty 3.50 million viewers and 30 percent in the demo. Just how long, after all, can the frumpy gimmick last?

Also in the 8 p.m. hour were NBC comedies NBC’s My Name is Earl (Viewers: #4, 7.26 million; A18-49: #3t, 2.7/ 8) and 30 Rock (Viewers: #4, 6.27 million; A18-49: #4, 2.6/ 7), and the CW’s Smallville (Viewers: #5, 5.06 million; A18-49: #5, 2.0/ 6). While I tried to give the NBC comedies the benefit of the doubt, it’s off the loser’s list for both.

Overall, game five of the American League Championship Baseball Series on Fox averaged an approximate 12.81 million viewers and a 3.8 rating/10 share among adults 18-49 from 8:30-11 p.m. Keep in mind that fast affiliate results for any live sporting event are always approximate.

CBS’ veteran CSI and Grey’s Anatomy on ABC shared leadership in the 9 p.m. hour as follows:

Thursday 9 p.m.
CSI (CBS)
Viewers: 20.80 million (#1), A18-49: 6.4/15 (#2)

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Viewers: 17.67 million (#2), A18-49: 7.1/17 (#1)

Also airing from 9-10 p.m. was another hour-long edition of NBC’s The Office (Viewers: #4, 8.50 million; A18-49: #3, 4.4/11), which built from lead-in 30 Rock by 69 percent among adults 18-49, and the CW’s Supernatural (Viewers: #5, 3.06 million; A18-49: #5, 1.3/ 3). Retention for Supernatural out of Smallville last night was 60 percent in total viewers and 65 percent among adults 18-49.

In series-premiere news, there is no singing in the halls of CBS today with musical drama Viva Laughlin previewing fourth in both total viewers (8.83 million) and adults 18-49 (2.4/ 7) at 10 p.m. Comparably, retention for Viva Laughlin out of CSI was just 42 percent in total viewers and 37 percent among adults 18-49. The year-ago time period occupant, Shark, averaged a considerably higher 13.71 million viewers and a 4.2/11 in the demo on Oct. 19, 2006. More concerning was a loss of 2.64 million viewers (10.15 to 7.51 million) and 31 percent among adults 18-49 (2.9/ 7 to 2.0/ 6) at 10 p.m. Do not expect much this Sunday when Viva Laughlin debuts in its regularly scheduled 8 p.m. time period (out of 60 Minutes). Why CBS, why?

Also airing at 10 p.m. was NBC’s veteran ER (Viewers: #2, 10.01 million; A18-49: #2, 4.0/11) and week four of ABC’s not-so Big Shots (Viewers: #4, 8.34 million; A18-49: #3, 3.3/ 9). Big Shots also took a hit at 10:30 p.m., falling by 2.0 million viewers (9.34 to 7.34 million) and 22 percent among adults 18-49 (3.7/10 to 2.9/ 8).

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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[triplet]

Whoa. Smallville is definitely on the uptick this season!

Prime-Time Ratings:
Thursday 10/1807

The following results are based on the fast affiliate ratings (Live Plus Same Day data)

-Total Viewers:
CBS: 14.52 million, Fox: 12.25, ABC: 11.89, NBC: 8.43, CW: 4.06

-Adults 18-49:
ABC: 4.5 rating/12 share, CBS: 4.4/12, NBC: 3.7/10, Fox: 3.6/10, CW: 4.06

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-Yesterday’s Winners:
Survivor (CBS), CSI (CBS), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)

-Yesterday’s Losers:
My Name Is Earl (NBC), 30 Rock (NBC), Viva Laughlin (CBS), Big Shots (ABC)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was yet another night of mixed leadership on this fourth Thursday of the 2007-08 season, with CBS the most-watched network and ABC No. 1 among key adults 18-49 (one-tenth of a rating point ahead of CBS, which could have been considerably higher had it not been for the DOA preview of Viva Laughlin). Second in total viewers, but fourth among adults 18-49 was game five of the American League Championship Series on Fox, while NBC finished fourth in total viewers and third in the demo. The CW, of course, was last.

CBS’ Survivor: China opened the evening on a winning note, with 13.92 million viewers and a 4.5 rating/13 share among adults 18-49 from 8-9 p.m. Second was the Indians/Red Sox match-up on Fox (Viewers: 10.85 million; A18-49: 3.1/ 9 from 8-9 p.m., including the pre-game), followed by ABC’s rapidly declining Ugly Betty at 9.67 million viewers (#1) and a 3.1/ 9 among adults 18-49 (#2t). Comparably, Ugly Betty was down from one year earlier (Viewers: 13.17 million, A18-49: 4.4/12) by a hefty 3.50 million viewers and 30 percent in the demo. Just how long, after all, can the frumpy gimmick last?

Also in the 8 p.m. hour were NBC comedies NBC’s My Name is Earl (Viewers: #4, 7.26 million; A18-49: #3t, 2.7/ 8) and 30 Rock (Viewers: #4, 6.27 million; A18-49: #4, 2.6/ 7), and the CW’s Smallville (Viewers: #5, 5.06 million; A18-49: #5, 2.0/ 6). While I tried to give the NBC comedies the benefit of the doubt, it’s off the loser’s list for both.

Overall, game five of the American League Championship Baseball Series on Fox averaged an approximate 12.81 million viewers and a 3.8 rating/10 share among adults 18-49 from 8:30-11 p.m. Keep in mind that fast affiliate results for any live sporting event are always approximate.

CBS’ veteran CSI and Grey’s Anatomy on ABC shared leadership in the 9 p.m. hour as follows:

Thursday 9 p.m.
CSI (CBS)
Viewers: 20.80 million (#1), A18-49: 6.4/15 (#2)

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
Viewers: 17.67 million (#2), A18-49: 7.1/17 (#1)

Also airing from 9-10 p.m. was another hour-long edition of NBC’s The Office (Viewers: #4, 8.50 million; A18-49: #3, 4.4/11), which built from lead-in 30 Rock by 69 percent among adults 18-49, and the CW’s Supernatural (Viewers: #5, 3.06 million; A18-49: #5, 1.3/ 3). Retention for Supernatural out of Smallville last night was 60 percent in total viewers and 65 percent among adults 18-49.

In series-premiere news, there is no singing in the halls of CBS today with musical drama Viva Laughlin previewing fourth in both total viewers (8.83 million) and adults 18-49 (2.4/ 7) at 10 p.m. Comparably, retention for Viva Laughlin out of CSI was just 42 percent in total viewers and 37 percent among adults 18-49. The year-ago time period occupant, Shark, averaged a considerably higher 13.71 million viewers and a 4.2/11 in the demo on Oct. 19, 2006. More concerning was a loss of 2.64 million viewers (10.15 to 7.51 million) and 31 percent among adults 18-49 (2.9/ 7 to 2.0/ 6) at 10 p.m. Do not expect much this Sunday when Viva Laughlin debuts in its regularly scheduled 8 p.m. time period (out of 60 Minutes). Why CBS, why?

Also airing at 10 p.m. was NBC’s veteran ER (Viewers: #2, 10.01 million; A18-49: #2, 4.0/11) and week four of ABC’s not-so Big Shots (Viewers: #4, 8.34 million; A18-49: #3, 3.3/ 9). Big Shots also took a hit at 10:30 p.m., falling by 2.0 million viewers (9.34 to 7.34 million) and 22 percent among adults 18-49 (3.7/10 to 2.9/ 8).

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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Aw...

Poor DeKnight.

He's now exec producing Viva Laughlin, he shoulda gone with that Vampire skein he'd said he had also been looking at before he took that...

I'm sorry it's not looking good for the SPN boys.



Although, I guess they're doing pretty good considering the competition.

 

[OobeDoobBenubi]

I'm sorry it's not looking good for the SPN boys.

If Supernatural gets cancelled for some teen drama next year Im going to be pissed. We all know what happened to the vampire show that tried to take Angels place after that tried to air

 

[Syncos]

I'm sorry it's not looking good for the SPN boys.

That's a damned shame, considering how bang on, Supernaturals been lately. Last night's episode was amazing.

 

[Migu-EL]

That's a damned shame, considering how bang on, Supernaturals been lately. Last night's episode was amazing.

Yeah, I only got to see the first half and from what I saw it seemed to be on it's way towards being a great epi. I'll have to finish watching the last half today.

 

[triplet]

Yeah, I only got to see the first half and from what I saw it seemed to be on it's way towards being a great epi. I'll have to finish watching the last half today.

It was pretty damn funny...

 

[Captivated]

That's a damned shame, considering how bang on, Supernatural's been lately. Last nights episode was amazing.

We have REALLY been loving Supernatural so far this season! If you aren't watching you should try it.

That show started growing on me just last year and now I can't miss it either... Which is real convenient since I have the DVD recorder on for Smallville.

The only gripe I had last night was the stereotypical depiction of the "Christian" as being a psycho nut. Not that there's not a "loony-tune" in every section of society, but I'm REEEALLY fed up with the media ALWAYS portraying Christians as either evil or stupid. Nothing could be further from the truth and it just reveals a prevalent prejudice that's getting on my last nerve.

 

[Cmill216]

Supernatural's ratings were down from last week's but still up from the season premiere's. I just think no one was diggin' the rabbit's foot promos.

 

[Syncos]

We have REALLY been loving Supernatural so far this season! If you aren't watching you should try it.

That show started growing on me just last year and now I can't miss it either... Which is real convenient since I have the DVD recorder on for Smallville.

The only gripe I had last night was the stereotypical depiction of the "Christian" as being a psycho nut. Not that there's not a "loony-tune" in every section of society, but I'm REEEALLY fed up with the media ALWAYS portraying Christians as either evil or stupid. Nothing could be further from the truth and it just reveals a prevalent prejudice that's getting on my last nerve.

Well, It's been established that Sam is a Christian, and he may not be normal, but he's not crazy. Hell, they had a whole religion episode, where even Dean was questioning his ways. As far as this episode goes, It almost stands to reason, where if you're in that kind of line of work, and you see evil things tearing good people apart daily, you're either going to lose faith, or you're going to go a little nutty. I can't justify the media, but at least I can see where this is coming from.

 

[AgentPat]

More on DVR ratings increases:
http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1671999,00.html

Excerpt:

The CW Network saw the largest primetime viewership increases (on a percentage basis) of any network in women 18-34 for the week of 9/24/07 once DVR playback was included, according to Nielsen Live Plus Seven Day ratings.

The premiere of Smallville saw increases of 24% in women 18-34 (2.14rtg v. 1.73rtg), 27% more adults 18-34 (2.24rtg v. 1.77rtg) in Live+7 DVR viewing compared to those who only watched live.

 

[TWistim]

Yep! I bet anything we get an 8th season. I just hope it kicks a$$!

 

[RakuMon]

Prime-Time Ratings:
Thursday 10/25/07

The following results are based on the fast affiliate ratings (Live Plus Same Day data)

-Total Viewers:
Fox: 15.64 million, CBS: 13.89, ABC: 11.96, NBC: 8.17, CW: 3.88

-Adults 18-49:
Fox: 4.8 rating/14 share, ABC: 4.6/10, CBS: 3.9/12, NBC: 3.8/ 7, CW: 1.1/ 2

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-Yesterday’s Winners:
World Series, Game 2 (Fox), Survivor: China (CBS), CSI R (CBS), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), Without a Trace (CBS)

-Honorable Mention:
The Office (NBC)

-Yesterday’s Losers:
30 Rock (NBC), Scrubs (NBC), Big Shots (ABC)

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Note: Any year-ago comparisons are based on final national ratings data.

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-Ratings Breakdown:
Mirroring the year-ago evening, Fox scored a rare Thursday victory care of the ongoing Baseball World Series. Game two of the Colorado/Boston match-up (including the pre-game) averaged an approximate 15.64 million viewers and a 4.8 rating/14 share among adults 18-49 in prime-time. Keep in mind, of course, that fast affiliate results for any live sporting event are always approximate. One year earlier, game four of the Detroit vs. St. Louis World Series match-up averaged 16.11 million viewers and a 5.1/15 in the demo on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006.

CBS and ABC shared the No. 2 and 3 spots, respectively, with CBS second in total viewers and ABC second among adults 18-49. CBS’ Survivor: China opened the evening on a winning note, with a healthy 14.16 million viewers and a 4.4/12 among adults 18-49. That led into a repeat of CSI (Viewers: #2, 14.76 million; A18-49: #3, 3.8/12), followed by Without a Trace at 12.75 million viewers (#2) and a 3.3/12 (#2t) in the demo at 10 p.m. ABC aired its regularly scheduled line-up of Ugly Betty (Viewers: #3, 9.84 million; A18-49: #4, 3.2/ 9), Grey’s Anatomy (Viewers: #1, 17.95 million; A18-49: #1, 7.3/15) and Big Shots (Viewers: #4, 8.08 million; A18-49: #3t, 3.3/ 7). Retention for failing Big Shots out of Grey’s Anatomy was just 45 percent in both total viewers and adults 18-49. And the loss of audience for Big Shots at 10:30 p.m. was a hefty 2.10 million viewers (9.13 to 7.03 million) and 26 percent among adults 18-49 (3.8/ 7 to 2.8/ 7). Tick, tock…the cancellation clock is ticking.

NBC finished fourth overall in both total viewers and adults 18-49 with its line-up of My Name is Earl (Viewers: #4, 8.23 million; A18-49: #3, 3.6/ 7), 30 Rock (Viewers: #4, 6.53 million; A18-49: #4, 3.1/ 5), The Office (Viewers: #4, 8.98 million; A18-49: #3, 4.7/ 7), the season-premiere of Scrubs (Viewers: #4, 7.03 million; A18-49: #4, 3.8/ 6), and veteran ER (Viewers: #3, 9.12 million; A18-49: #2, 3.7/ 8). Noticeable declines for both 30 Rock and Scrubs out of their lead-ins was enough to land both in the listing of losers.

The CW’s Smallville (Viewers: #5, 4.50 million; A18-49: #5, 1.8/ 4) and Supernatural (Viewers: #5, 3.27 million; A18-49: 1.3/ 3) were at typical Thursday levels.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data


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[The Incredible Hulk]

World Series took up a lot of viewers. Boston and Denver are pretty big markets. Hoepfully they'll get the DVR bump up again.

 

[AgentPat]

World Series took up a lot of viewers. Boston and Denver are pretty big markets. Hoepfully they'll get the DVR bump up again.

I'm sure they will, but I also believe Dean Cain was a big part of the reason for last week's higher ratings. If the World Series goes seven games (and it's not looking good for the National League), then I *think* the seventh game will air next Thursday. Otherwise, the ratings should tick up a bit, especially since CW is actually promoting that episode.

 

[Cmill216]

No Kara = Low Ratings?

 

[AgentPat]

No Kara = Low Ratings?

It doesn't work that way. 'Shippers make the same mistake too. If anything, you'd have a better case arguing who was on the show last week as being influential to ratings this week.

Somebody over at TWOP summed it up rather well. Don't let the site it was posted on cloud the point made. This is solid and I couldn't have written it any better:

Ratings for a particular episode don't say anything about the popularity--let alone the quality--of that particular episode. People choose to watch a show before it airs. If they don't like it, they may not watch next week. Individual episodes of a TV show are not like movies or books. They are basically one-shot deals, sprung on an unsuspecting public.

Sure, it's possible to find out stuff about a show before it airs. But people who are invested enough in a TV series to hunt up online spoilers are probably going to watch the show regardless... I mean, who are we kidding? If only to log on and complain about it. As far as the general public goes, the decision whether or not to watch a particular episode is based on past experience with the series. Or there not being a game that night.

If an episode gets more face time in TV Guide or EW because there's something special about the story or casting (reference Justice and Cure), then that could easily give it a little bump in the ratings, and we've seen that happen. As much as we all enjoyed Action, there was nothing "special" about it AFA the general audience was concerned, and the ep didn't get any special face time. Kara being in the episode or not wasn't something the general public would have known until after the episode was over, and at that point, it's too late to influence the ratings.

 

[avidreader]

Well now this is good news. From Ksite.

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Action" Ratings: 4.64 Million, Still Strong In Key Demographics
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]With 4.64 million viewers, the Smallville episode "Action" was down from the previous week, but actually scored very highly in key demographics.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The show won the 8PM hour and ranked #2 for the evening overall, behind only the World Series, in the Teens and Male Teens demographics. In fact, it was Smallville's best performance in the Male Teens demographic since February 2006 (which we would assume was for the "Cyborg" episode).[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hey CW, we're waiting for that Season 8 order now...[/FONT]​

 

[Billy Batson]

To chime in on the Supernatural chat, I think the WB should pair up Reaper and Supernatural on the same night.

I wonder do the new rating system account for multiple repeated viewing.
I watch Thursday episode seven times, can’t get enough of the Clana midair catch scene.

 

[Mig-El]

If Smallville is ending this year, at least it's ending on a great ratings run.

 

[Cmill216]

To chime in on the Supernatural chat, I think the WB should pair up Reaper and Supernatural on the same night.

I wonder do the new rating system account for multiple repeated viewing.
I watch Thursday episode seven times, can’t get enough of the Clana midair catch scene.

Supernatural's ratings (IMO) have nothing to do with its lead-in or quality. Smallville's tone, in fact, is a lot closer to Supernatural's tone than Reaper's (a straight up comedy).

The problem is simply the time slot. You can't expect the best numbers the world has to offer when you're going against CSI and Grey's Anatomy every night.

 

[Billy Batson]

Supernatural's ratings (IMO) have nothing to do with its lead-in or quality. Smallville's tone, in fact, is a lot closer to Supernatural's tone than Reaper's (a straight up comedy).

The problem is simply the time slot. You can't expect the best numbers the world has to offer when you're going against CSI and Grey's Anatomy every night.

I disagree Reaper the perfect lead-in or follow up to Supernatural, Charm would've been an even better fit. Roswell would have been the perfect follow up to Smallville, although I prefer the Flash or Aquaman.

 

[Cmill216]

I disagree Reaper is the perfect lead-in or follow up to Supernatural, Charm would've been an even better fit.

Charmed? Yes. Definitely.

But I don't know about Reaper. I love that show to death, but it's too lighthearted in comparison to SPN. I think the reason the current pairing has worked as long as it has is because Supernatural has a comic book feel to it (irony being that it now has a comic book).