TV Ratings: Supernatural CBS splits with ABC, NBC on Christmas
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Christmas is a time for sharing -- CBS' ghostly lineup had to share Christmas Day night with NBC and ABC.CBS won the overall Christmas ratings war, coming in at 4.5 million, 2.8/6 households. NBC was second at 4.3 million, 2.4/5 and ABC was a close third at 3.8 million, 2.2/4. FOX finished in fourth place at 2.5 million, 1.5/3 and the CW brought up the rear with 919K, 0.6/1.
However, NBC's Christmas programming and ABC's "Pirates of the Caribbean" took the 18-49 demo with a 1.3 share each. CBS was third with 1.0, FOX fourth with 0.7 and the CW last with 0.3.
A Christmas hour-by-hour breakdown:
8 p.m.
NBC: "A Very Gilly Christmas" rerun (4.7 million, 2.6/5)
ABC: "Pirates of the Caribbean" (4.4 million, 2.4/5)
CBS: "Ghost Whisperer" rerun (3.8 million viewers, 2.4/5 households)
FOX: "Til Death" (2.5 million, 1.4/3)
The CW: "Smallville" rerun (999K, 0.7/1)
18-49 leader: "A Very Gilly Christmas" (1.4)
9 p.m.
CBS: "Medium" rerun (4.5 million, 2.8/6)
NBC: "A Very Gilly Christmas" rerun (4.5 million, 2.5/5)
ABC: "Pirates of the Caribbean" (3.4 million, 2.0/4)
FOX: "Til Death" (2.6 million, 1.5/3)
The CW: "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" rerun (839K, 0.5/1)
18-49 leader: "A Very Gilly Christmas" (1.4)
10 p.m.
CBS: "Numb3rs" rerun (5.3 million, 3.2/7)
NBC: "The Jay Leno Show" rerun (3.7 million, 2.2/5)
ABC: "Pirates of the Caribbean" (3.6 million, 2.1/4)
18-49 leader: "Pirates of the Caribbean" (1.6)
UPDATE: "Til Death" was mistakenly credited as a rerun. The error has been corrected.
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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Supernatural was on Thursday night, not Friday. Perhaps change the title.
OK Dollhouse fans, how come Til Death runoff on Christmas Day received more viewership than Dollhouse, with all its internet hype? I'm not badmouthing the show, but why?
Till Death was all original last night. Good to see that its legions of fans turned out for its first new episodes after a months long hiatus.
Shawn, maybe you perhaps you should learn how to read. Is the word Supernatural in quotes? It's not the show title, dumbass. It's CBS' supernatural Friday lineup (Ghost Whisperer, Medium).
Also, "Supernatura' the show is on the CW.
I guess reading comprehension and deductive reasoning aren't big skills wherever you're from.
I am not sure all 4 episodes of 'Til Death (yes, 4 episodes, not 2 like listed here) were new. The first 3 were, but the 4th episode was a repeat (I know I have seen that episode aired before, it was the episode where Eddie first meets Kenny).
Jeez Claire, peel yourself off the ceiling--it's the Christmas season, show a little compassion!
Why doesn't CBS every promote Numb3rs with Ghost Whisperer and Medium. It always wins it's time slot and the show is better then the other two.
TJ Spkye said: ``I am not sure all 4 episodes of 'Til Death were new. The first 3 were, but the 4th episode was a repeat (I know I have seen that episode aired before, it was the episode where Eddie first meets Kenny).''
Check out http://epguides.com/TilDeath/
According to that list, all four were new. However, the last one (you mentioned) was produced for early last season but not previously shown, so it's story line would seem old.
It looks like there were quite a number of eps which have been produced (even going back to 2nd season) but never aired.
Hmmmmm. Looks like the site has *just* been updated. In the few minutes between when I first looked it up, and just now checked back, a number of eps have been moved from "NEVER AIRED" in earlier seasons to upcoming for this 4th season.
On the other hand, David, "Til Death" is notorious for truncated seasons. Just because some Fox programming executive is imagining that these already-filmed half-hours are going to air sometime in the first half of 2010 doesn't necessarily mean anything. I guarantee that neither "Idol" nor "24" are going to be bumped to accomodate them.
There's an interesting story behind the continued existence of "Til Death" on the Fox slate. Perhaps someday we'll get to hear it.