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TV ratings: 'Criminal Minds,' 'CSI: NY' roll Wednesday
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Fast National ratings for Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009The end-of-the-year ratings blahs continued pretty much across the board Wednesday, but CBS got pretty good numbers from reruns its crime dramas in winning the night.
Far less solid: An original "Eastwick" on ABC, which a rerun of "The Jay Leno Show" at 10 p.m.
CBS led the night with 9.2 million viewers and a 6.1 rating/10 share in households. ABC (4.1 million, 2.7/4) finished a distant second. NBC's 3.8 million viewers and 2.7/5 were good enough for third, beating FOX (3.5 million, 2.2/4). The CW (1 million, 0.7/1) trailed.
CBS also led the adults 18-49 demographic with a 2.1 rating. NBC took second at 1.4, and ABC and FOX tied for third at 1.2. The CW drew a 0.4.
Wednesday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: "The New Adventures of Old Christine" rerun (6 million viewers, 3.9/7 households)/"Gary Unmarried" rerun (5.6 million, 3.5/6)
ABC: Special - "Happy New Year, Charlie Brown" (5.2 million, 3.1/5)/"The Middle" rerun (4.3 million, 2.7/5)
NBC: "The Office" reruns - two episodes (3.6 million, 2.3/4)
FOX: "Glee" rerun (3.4 million, 2.2/4)
The CW: "One Tree Hill" rerun (1.2 million, 0.8/1)
18-49 leader: "Old Christine" (1.6)
9 p.m.
CBS: "Criminal Minds" rerun (11 million, 7.0/12)
ABC: "Modern Family" rerun (4.4 million, 2.7/5)/"Cougar Town" rerun (3.8 million, 2.5/4)
FOX: "Glee" rerun (3.6 million, 2.3/4)
NBC: "The Office" reruns - two episodes (3.4 million, 2.1/4)
The CW: "Gossip Girl" rerun (826,000, 0.6/1)
18-49 leader: "Criminal Minds" (2.4)
10 p.m.
CBS: "CSI: NY" rerun (10.9 million, 7.0/12)
NBC: "The Jay Leno Show" rerun (4.4 million, 2.7/5)
ABC: "Eastwick" (3.3 million, 2.2/4)
18-49 leader: "CSI: NY:" (2.3)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Source: The Nielsen Company.
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Those are hit comedies are ABC?
I thought ABC told us that Eastwick was going to be this big hit and a great show. I guess it's just another ABC lie.
Not bad for a Leno rerun, considering the time of year and the numbers he usually brings in.
TIM - enough with the links/advertising. We don't care!!!!!
I toured the WB Studio Lot right before Eastwick premiered and saw many of the Eastwick storefronts, fountain, etc. I kept thinking to myself: "Why would anyone want to watch a TV-series update of the 1987 film?" That same night, I went and watched a taping of the second episode of Hank, about a month before the show premiered. It was pretty obvious even then that the show was going to tank, even with David Koechner propping it up as Grady Funk. When the episode actually aired, the actress playing Grady Funk's wife was replaced with another actress. She was far from what was wrong with that episode. With the exception of the "Grady Funk Express" rollcoaster gag (which was mostly edited out of the actual airing), the show wasn't funny at all. At least 90% of the horrid laugh track can be attributed to the nutjob that was sitting next to me that had been to three different tapings of the pilot (which should have been a sign in itself that failure was imminent). I swear that he laughed after every spoken sentence of the episode. WB is a great television studio, but I'm surprised that Eastwick and Hank managed to get greenlit by WB and picked up by ABC.
it is good to see leno doing soo good in 6 months i think leno will be the #1 show in the USA
11 Days untill the return of CHUCK !!! you can feel the excitment begin to build...
11 Days until the return of CHUCK !!! you can feel the *excrement* begin to build....
LOOK OUT BELOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year!!!