Ratings

[Webhead2006]

nice to hear rating did well for season 8's second half return.

 

[p4poetic]

I'd like to see it reach 5 mill.

 

[SV Fan]

I'd like to see it reach 5 mill.

My Guess is the ratings will take a dip next week, and Power will probably lose even more viewers, but the final Lana episode will probably go up a bit(somewhere close to Bulletproof)

Only way an episode this year breaks 5M will be if this is the last season and the final episode gets enough hype.

 

[RakuMon]

No one posted the "Power" ratings? Smallville did fantastic last week. (Albeit, the rest of the nets were in repeats save for AI, but still, #3 in viewers and #2 in the demos? Hot damn.)

http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/815108681

Prime-Time Ratings:
Thursday 1/29/09

-Total Viewers:
Fox: 17.67 million, CBS: 13.94, ABC: 5.72, NBC: 4.67, CW: 3.88

-Adults 18-49:
Fox: 7.0 rating/18 share, CBS: 3.5/ 9, NBC: 1.9/ 5, ABC: 1.8/ 5, CW: 1.7/ 4

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-Yesterday’s Winners:
American Idol (Fox), CSI (CBS)

-Yesterday’s Losers (excluding repeats)
Nothing…54 percent of last night’s line-up was in repeats.

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-Ratings Breakdown:
Fox rose to a rare Thursday victory, with another edition of American Idol at a healthy 24.27 million viewers and a 9.1 rating/25 share among adults 18-49 from 8-9 p.m. While that is actually below average for Idol, it was a major improvement for Fox in the hour. And it lifted the season-premiere of lead-out Hell’s Kitchen to a second-place finish in both total viewers (11.08 million) and adults 18-49 (4.9/12) at 9 p.m. Once again, American Idol was by far the top-rated show of the evening. Next week, relocated Bones returns to the Thursday anchor spot.

CBS can rest at ease, meanwhile, with William Petersen-less CSI at a still dominant 20.08 million viewers and a 5.4/13 among adults 18-49 at 9 p.m. Earlier in the evening on CBS was a repeat of Criminal Minds at a second-place 9.02 million viewers and a 2.0/ 5 in the demo at 8 p.m. And Eleventh Hour capped off the night for the Eye net with a first-place 12.70 million viewers and a 3.1/ 8 among adults 18-49 at 10 p.m. But retention of just 62 percent in viewers and 56 percent in the demo out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of CSI (Viewers: 20.32 million; A18-49: 5.5/13) keeps it off the winner’s list.

ABC finished third in total viewers and fourth overall among adults 18-49 with its combination of a repeat of Ugly Betty (Viewers: #4, 3.97 million; A18-49: #5, 1.0/ 3), which will be temporarily replaced on March 26 with sitcoms In the Motherhood and Samantha Who?, a repeat of Grey’s Anatomy (Viewers: #3, 5.54 million; A18-49: #4, 1.7/ 4), and an original installment of Private Practice (Viewers: #2, 7.66 million; A18-49: #2, 2.8/ 7). The positive news for Private Practice, of course, was the growth out of the Grey’s Anatomy encore.

A all night of repeats on NBC -- My Name is Earl (Viewers: #3, 4.83 million; A18-49: #3, 1.8/ 5), Kath & Kim (Viewers: #4, 3.29 million; A18-49: #3, 1.4/ 4), The Office (Viewers: #3, 5.80 million; A18-49: #3, 2.7/ 7), 30 Rock (Viewers: #4, 5.04 million; A18-49: #3, 2.2/ 5) and ER (Viewers: #3, 4.54 million; A18-49: #3, 1.7/ 4) -- finished in the distant No. 4 spot overall. And the CW closed the night with the regularly scheduled Smallville (Viewers: #3, 4.18 million; A18-49: #2, 1.7/ 5) and Supernatural (Viewers: #5, 3.57 million; A18-49: #5, 1.6/ 4). Will Smallville be back next season? Stay tuned.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

 

[SV Fan]

The finals actually were slightly higher at 4.21M

 

[Webhead2006]

yea i mentioned it in the power thread that it actually did very well even though the episode itself was a total mess(minus allison directing)

 

[SV Fan]

yea i mentioned it in the power thread that it actually did very well even though the episode itself was a total mess(minus allison directing)

I am curious to see Requiems ratings. I wonder if Bones actually has that big of an effect because it was up against Bulletproof, but Americian Idol was up against Power.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

^ It's all about demos. AI may be a ratings juggernaut but it's target audience doesnt tend to intersect with Smallville's too often. Shows like Lost that have a male-dominated audience would have of an impact ratings wise on Smallville

 

[Prison Mike]

I bet the ratings for tomorrow's episode will plummet.

 

[AgentPat]

I bet the ratings for tomorrow's episode will plummet.

It's either going to go up due to it being Lana's final episode, or it will go down due to competition and dissatisfaction among casual viewers from last week's disappointment. I'm betting on the latter. Last week there wasn't a lot of outside competition.

 

[SV Fan]

It's either going to go up due to it being Lana's final episode, or it will go down due to competition and dissatisfaction among casual viewers from last week's disappointment. I'm betting on the latter. Last week there wasn't a lot of outside competition.

I am going to guess about 4.1M(slightly downward), between all the people who will watch for her Last episode vs all the people who will not watch due to what you say, it'll take a slight hit

 

[Prison Mike]

It's either going to go up due to it being Lana's final episode, or it will go down due to competition and dissatisfaction among casual viewers from last week's disappointment. I'm betting on the latter. Last week there wasn't a lot of outside competition.

I think it will be the latter. People will be so pissed off from last week's episode that they won't tune in for tomorrow's episode.

 

[Webhead2006]

yea i hope it does decently and heck for all we know it could turn out to be a much better episode then power was.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Requiem fast national ratings:

Not great by any stretch, this may be the first time all season they've been under 4 million. Although they only had a .1 falloff in the 18-49 demo from last week which is strange.

http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/447103881

Prime-Time Ratings:
Thursday 2/05/09

-Total Viewers:
ABC: 11.82 million, Fox: 9.22, CBS: 8.63, NBC: 6.70, CW: 3.61

-Adults 18-49:
ABC: 4.5 rating/12 share, Fox: 3.3/ 9, NBC: 2.9/ 8, CBS: 2.2/ 6, CW: 1.5/ 4

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-Yesterday’s Winners:
Bones (Fox), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), Private Practice (ABC)

-Honorable Mention:
The Office (NBC), CSI R (CBS), Hell’s Kitchen (Fox)

-Yesterday’s Losers (excluding repeats):
My Name is Earl (NBC), Kath & Kim (NBC), 30 Rock (NBC)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
Opposite an all-repeat night on CBS, ABC moved into the winner’s circle on this first Thursday in February, with a first-place finish in both total viewers and adults 18-49. Second overall was Fox.

Fox’s recently relocated (and under-appreciated) Bones was first in the 8 p.m. hour, with 10.76 million viewers and a 3.2 rating/9 share among adults 18-49. No matter where the network airs Bones, viewers respond. Next was ABC’s Ugly Betty (Viewers: 7.27 million; A18-49: 2.3/ 7), which has not benefited without CBS’ competing Survivor in the mix (and will be taking a temporary break shortly).

In the battle of the 8-9 p.m. sitcoms, repeats of CBS’ The Big Bang Theory (Viewers: #3, 6.17 million; A18-49: #4, 2.0/ 6) and How I Met Your Mother (Viewers: #3, 5.95 million; A18-49: #3t, 2.0/ 5) actually had more viewers than original episodes of NBC’s My Name is Earl (Viewers: #4, 6.16 million; A18-49: #2, 2.5/ 7) and soon-to-conclude Kath & Kim (Viewers: #4, 4.72 million; A18-49: #3t, 2.0/ 5). As I always say, if you are not watching The Big Bang Theory, you are missing the funniest comedy currently on the air. As for My Name is Earl, NBC needs something stronger to open the evening with.

Capping off the 8-9 p.m. time period was the CW’s still relatively potent Smallville at 3.88 million viewers and a 1.6/ 4 in the demo. For the CW, that is still a positive.

Minus an original episode of CBS’ competing CSI, Grey’s Anatomy on ABC won the 9 p.m. hour, with 15.20 million viewers and a 5.8/14 among adults 18-49. But once upon a time, this soapy medical drama (which featured a cross-over with spin-off Private Practice last night) hovered in the 20-million range.

A repeat of CBS’ CSI was second in the 9-10 p.m. time period in total viewers (11.65 million), but fourth among adults 18-49 (2.7/ 7). Although NBC’s The Office got some mileage with 8.40 million viewers (#3) and a second-place 4.3/11 among adults 18-49, lead-out 30 Rock dipped to 6.33 million viewers (#4) and a 3.0/ 7 in the demo (#3) at 9:30 p.m. That’s enough of a loss from The Office (2.07 million viewers and 30 percent among adults 18-49) to be labeled a “loser.” As much as I have tried to get addicted to 30 Rock, last night’s episode was just plain dumb. Keep that in mind, Emmy voters.

Also airing from 9-10 p.m. was Hell’s Kitchen on Fox (Viewers: #3, 7.68 million; A18-49: #3, 3.5/ 9), which built from lead-in Bones by nine percent in the demo, and the CW’s Supernatural (Viewers: #5, 3.34 million; A18-49: #5, 1.3/ 3), which remains a solid fit out of Smallville.

The Grey’s Anatomy cross-over gave Private Practice a nice lift, with the sophomore drama at a season-high (and dominant) 12.99 million viewers and a 5.3/14 among adults 18-49 at 10 p.m. Comparably, retention out of the second half of lead-in Grey’s Anatomy (Viewers: 15.72 million; A18-49: 6.0/15 at 9:30 p.m.) was a solid 83 percent in total viewers and 88 percent in the demo. Tied for second in the hour were NBC’s soon-to-depart ER (Viewers: #3, 7.30 million; A18-49: #2, 2.7/ 7) and a repeat of CBS’ Eleventh Hour (Viewers: #2, 8.18 million; A18-49: #3, 1.9/ 5). Remember the days when ER would attract 25 million viewers? Times have changed, and not necessarily for the better.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

 

[SV Fan]

Requiem fast national ratings:

Not great by any stretch, this may be the first time all season they've been under 4 million. Although they only had a .1 falloff in the 18-49 demo from last week which is strange.

http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/447103881

As much as I enjoy seeing this rating be sub-4M, I sadly think that's more an indication of going up against Bones then anything else(look at the numbers the previous 2 weeks, Bulletproof up against Bones was sub 4M and Power up against Ai was 4.2M)

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

As much as I enjoy seeing this rating be sub-4M, I sadly think that's more an indication of going up against Bones then anything else(look at the numbers the previous 2 weeks, Bulletproof up against Bones was sub 4M and Power up against Ai was 4.2M)

as someone who calls themselves "SV Fan" why would you derive enjoyment out of the show having lower ratings?

However I do agree somewhat with your premise on Bones. In the 18-49 demo, SV's rating barely budged in the last 3 weeks. There must be a lot of old people who enjoy Bones? Funny, I thought they all watched CBS

 

[SV Fan]

as someone who calls themselves "SV Fan" why would you derive enjoyment out of the show having lower ratings?

I want the producers to see what does and doesn't sell on this show, this Lana arc(mainly last 2 episodes) was ridiculous and did no favors to Clark's character.

However I do agree somewhat with your premise on Bones. In the 18-49 demo, SV's rating barely budged in the last 3 weeks. There must be a lot of old people who enjoy Bones? Funny, I thought they all watched CBS

I am not sure how much a 0.1 demo means in actual viewers but this episode went down roughly 300k people, which for smallville is a large chunk of viewers. If 150k-200k of that is the 18-49, that is good enough for me

 

[mellyM]

I want the producers to see what does and doesn't sell on this show, this Lana arc(mainly last 2 episodes) was ridiculous and did no favors to Clark's character.



I am not sure how much a 0.1 demo means in actual viewers but this episode went down roughly 300k people, which for smallville is a large chunk of viewers. If 150k-200k of that is the 18-49, that is good enough for me

I doubt it has anything to do with Lana, Bones was a repeat last week and it premiered the week before. Its just competition. I doubt the general audience has as much hate for Lana as there is online.

maybe the DVR ratings will be up, not that it matters in terms of ad revenue

 

[Webhead2006]

yea it doesnt seem much of a drop and who knows the final ratings could end up being slightly higher once we get all the numbers in.

 

[SV Fan]

yea it doesnt seem much of a drop and who knows the final ratings could end up being slightly higher once we get all the numbers in.

I am guessing 3.9-3.95M when the finals come out. 250k-300k viewers might not be a big drop, but when the show's average is just belowe 4.2M that is a pretty huge chunk of the audience.

I doubt it has anything to do with Lana, Bones was a repeat last week and it premiered the week before. Its just competition. I doubt the general audience has as much hate for Lana as there is online.

I agree with that, but if Requeim rating went up from Power it would send a bad message to PS3, I am pretty sure they will look at it as the effect of Bones as well.

 

[Webhead2006]

yea their is many factors that come into play.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

I am not sure how much a 0.1 demo means in actual viewers but this episode went down roughly 300k people, which for smallville is a large chunk of viewers. If 150k-200k of that is the 18-49, that is good enough for me

each ratings point is just over a million viewers so a 0.1 change would be just over 100K viewers.

 

[SV Fan]

each ratings point is just over a million viewers so a 0.1 change would be just over 100K viewers.

Are you sure? because when we get intial numbers they come out in a form like 2.7/4, then when we get the viewers in millions it like 4M. I think the first number is the percentage of viewers who are watching TV at that moment tuning into the show.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/0...y-and-private-practice-come-out-to-play/12299

Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.

So while 0.1 might not seem alot it looks to be roughly 150k+ viewers, which in the smallville universe is a descent size decrease.

 

[SV Fan]

http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/447103881/p/5

Final Rating

Smallville
- 3.932 million viewers
- 2.4/4 HH
- 1.6/4 A18-49
- 1.6/5 A18-34
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1329872/

 

[Webhead2006]

nice to see the final number was close to 4mill. Yes a drop from last week's good ratings but still a decent number for smallville and for the cw.