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TwitterTV Ratings: CBS' crime, ABC's bear win Thursday
Fast National ratings for Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009Thursday night's ratings continued the pattern of CBS' "CSI" drawing the most viewers, but ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" (featuring an upright roaring bear) taking home the adult 18-49 title.
NBC's "The Office" wedding special for characters Jim and Pam also drew nearly 2 million more viewers than the previous week's airing.
For the night, CBS averaged 13.5 million viewers and an 8.4 rating/14 share in households. ABC took second with 10.8 million viewers and an 7.0/11. FOX (8 million, 4.9/8) was third, followed by NBC (6.3 million, 3.9/6) came in fourth, ahead of The CW (3 million, 1.9/3).
In the coveted adult 18-49 demographic, ABC led with a 4.0 rating, beating out CBS' 3.3. NBC took third with a 2.8, followed by FOX, 2.5, and The CW, 1.4.
Thursday night hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: "Survivor: Samoa" (11.7 million viewers, 7.1/11 households)
FOX: "Bones" (9.9 million, 6.1/10)
ABC: "FlashForward" (9 million, 5.9/9)
NBC: "Community" (5.1 million, 3.5/6)/"Parks and Recreation" (5 million, 3.3/5)
The CW: "The Vampire Diaries" (3.5 million, 2.1/3)
18-49 leader: "Survivor" tied at 3.4
9 p.m.
CBS: "CSI" (14.6 million, 9.1/14)
ABC: "Grey's Anatomy" (13.8 million, 8.9/14)
NBC: "The Office" (9.1 million, 5.2/8)
FOX: "Fringe" (6 million, 3.7/6)
The CW: "Supernatural" (2.5 million, 1.6/2)
18-49 leader: "Grey's Anatomy" (5.3)
10 p.m.
CBS: "The Mentalist" (14.2 million, 9.1/16)
ABC: "Private Practice" (9.5 million, 6.3/11)
NBC: "The Jay Leno Show" (4.8 million, 3.1/5)
18-49 leader: "Private Practice" (3.7)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change.
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ABC is killing it in the 18 to 49 yo demos good for them. Flashforward was great last night, as was Greys and PP. Good to see that viewers have finally discovered PP. CSI is unwatchable now, with the main cast being gone and Meg showing her age and the bad writting wont be long till it gets cancelled or replaced by the boring Mentalist. As for survivor do people still watch that, it like go to the gym and workout than watch grown people trapped on an island, can you say stupid!... Bones like House has lost its appeal, thats what happens when shows run too long and are past their peak. as for Fridge, why watch it when Flashforward is a much better scfi show than that should have been cancelled last season show. NBC is a mess, Leno with such a strong office lead in couldnt even hold to 50% of the 18 to 49 yo demo, his show is so boring it should go on cbs.
Private Practice wasn't the season premiere last night.
Private Practice was not the season premiere. That was last week
Private Practive was not a Premiere, it was the 2nd one for this season. Get your facts write before you post it.
What was Survivor tied with in the 18-49 category?
Was thinking the same thing, what did Survivor tie with???
I first mentioned a couple of weeks back how I thought FlashForward would eventually settle into the 6.0-6.5 range, but now it's just dipped a tad below that. While it could still be considered to be within range, it also could mean that the show might be headed into some ratings trouble if it slips another half-point or so next week. Viewers could be already wearying of the protracted storyline. Meanwhile, there's no discernible difference in the 8 pm hour now that NBC has Community paired with Parks & Recreation, so no upward momentum for either or both shows should be expected. It seems to be the status quo in the 9 pm hour, though a bit down for all shows, except for the special hour-long Office episode which saw it achieve one of its higher ratings, but in all the time the show has been on the air, it rarely has managed to get much past the 5.2 point, indicating that's its maximum draw among viewers. And it looks like The Mentalist, though doing very well in its new slot, is still noticeably a point weaker now than last season.
I wish Adelle and Rita where here, since this story is so incomplete, I want them to give us the real facts. What did Survivor tie with, was PP a season primier again?... Rick should be the one writting the TV stuff, while Hahn writes about Marge Simpson in Playboy...LOL
Joey, before you mock a writer, make sure you know how to write yourself. You meant to type "right", instead of "write".
Same thing goes for MEOW, who didn't realize she typed "tampon or a string", which doesn't make any sense.
Chill out. Relax.
It's rough that all the good shows on tv seem to be shoved into Thursdays. I agree with some of the comments about the Wednesday night lineup that there's an absolute absence of anything worth watching that night. The same is probably true for Friday nights, but that's nothing new.
I've been a fan of The Office since the beginning and I also happen to be a fan of Fringe, and it bothers me that they compete at the same time slot. (I also used to like Grey's Anatomy in the beginning) I really wish FOX didn't move Fringe. At the very least, I wish FOX would chill out with hyping Glee and that media critics would hop off the bandwagon. It's not a good show and it's frustrating to see a show that deserves to be cancelled to be hyped up so much. I would be satisfied if FOX cancelled Glee and moved Fringe to Wednesdays or even back to its original Tuesdays where it could grab back the audience it had last season. The Thursday 9 p.m. slot is just too competitive.
On a Bones related note, looks like Vincent might not make it back after all. :( I had hopes that he would be one of the three rotating interns, but doesn't look like it. On a weirder note, Daisy is coming back next week?