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TV ratings: 'NCIS,' 'Biggest Loser' sack Orange Bowl Tuesday
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Fast National ratings for Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2009FOX's coverage of the Orange Bowl was thrown for a loss Tuesday night as original programming on CBS and NBC -- the return of "NCIS" and the premiere of a new "Biggest Loser" -- led the night.
CBS was far and away the night's overall winner with 17.7 million viewers and a 10.9 rating/17 share in households. NBC (9.92 million, 6.0/9) edged FOX (9.87 million, 6.2/10) for second. ABC was a distant fourth with just 3.5 million viewers and a 2.3/4, while The CW's repeats (865,000, 0.6/1) trailed.
NBC scored the best adults 18-49 rating at 3.8, just ahead of CBS' 3.7. FOX took third with a 3.2. ABC averaged 1.3 and The CW 0.4.
Tuesday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: "NCIS" (21.3 million viewers, 12.9/20 households)
NBC: "The Biggest Loser: Couples" premiere (11 million, 6.6/10)
FOX: Orange Bowl - Iowa-Georgia Tech (8.9 million, 5.6/9)
ABC: "Scrubs" (3.9 million, 2.6/4)/"Better Off Ted" (3 million, 1.9/3)
The CW: "90210" rerun (948,000, 0.6/1)
18-49 leader: "NCIS" (4.4)
9 p.m.
CBS: "NCIS: Los Angeles" (18 million, 10.9/17)
NBC: "The Biggest Loser: Couples" premiere (12.4 million, 7.3/11)
FOX: Orange Bowl (10.6 million, 6.6/10)
ABC: "Scrubs" (3 million, 2.0/3)/"Better Off Ted" (2.6 million, 1.7/3)
The CW: "Melrose Place" rerun (781,000, 0.5/1)
18-49 leader: "The Biggest Loser: Couples" (5.0)
10 p.m.
CBS: "The Good Wife" (13.8 million, 9.0/15)
NBC: "The Jay Leno Show" (6.4 million, 4.2/7)
ABC: "The Forgotten" (4.4 million, 2.9/5)
18-49 leader: "The Good Wife" (3.0)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change, especially in the case of live telecasts. Source: The Nielsen Company.
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ABC please just cancel 'Scrubs'! I used to love this show but clearly NO ONE is interested in it any longer. I can't believe they took this back over 'Samantha Who?'. You have 3 new solid comedies with 'The Middle', 'CougarTown' and 'Modern Family' so just announce this as 'Scrubs' FINAL SEASON and get some pilots in development ASAP!
And folks...please STOP watching these CSI type shows! If you keep chewing the cud thats all they'll give us!
Sadly my money is NCSI besting American Idol as the #1 show this season.
NCIS ratings are growing almost as fast as the Ntl debt. Glad to see Good Wife also picked up a couple mill extra viewers.
Biggest Loser grew a bit too, but people will quickly tire of it starting next week when 50% of the show is repetitive video from the first episode and continues that way through the end.
ABC is such an also-ran these days relying on crap dancing shows, scripted pathetic dating shows and the overated Gray's Anatomy
ABC please cancel "scrubs"
the lead actress is so annoying she doesn't have the charisma to carry the show...
and
move "better off ted" to wednesday is a really funny show who deserves better time slot...hmmm maybe wed at 8 pm???
Better Off Ted is a great show.
Please watch Better Off Ted!! It's a great show! Hilarious!! Give it a chance!
I'll agree about The Good Wife. Never was a fan of Julianne M and year in/year out she shows up on a show that is "critically acclaimed, best new show blah blah blah". You cannot dispute what America wants on TV. If the shows on CBS are of such low quality, why do they destroy the competition? You can claim that America is either stupid or brain-dead. However, Heroes was supposed to be this building block for NBC. When the show screwed the pooch and quality disappeared. . . so did the people watching it. I an just as CSI'd out as most of America. Strangely enough, most of the CBS reruns do better than first-run shows on other networks. Have you given NCIS a chance? I didn't chime in until season 3. USA caught me up on the old episodes and I can tell you I know why America thinks this is the best show. . . it just plain is, writing, directing, witty dialogue, etc.
Last night's Better Off Ted -- where the Veridian employees had to work the ridiculous long hours -- was the funniest yet, which is saying a lot because this show is consistently a riot. I agree with whoever suggested moving it to Wednesday. It's way funnier than the Middle.
Can't for the life of me get the appeal of 'The Biggest Loser'. I suppose it must be all that scale drama: really keeps you on the edge of your seat. Why don't we just tax the heck out of junk food,solve our health care issues and move on?
The reason people aren't watching Better Off Ted is NOT because it's a bad show.
The reason people aren't watching Better Off Ted is because morons don't get it.
Unfortunately, morons make up the majority of the population. Just look at the vast popularity of the CSI franchise for proof of that.
Here's a pathetic, hopeless last dash to get people wake up out of their stupors:
Forensic scientists don't solve crimes, and they don't interview suspects. They HELP solve crimes, and DETECTIVES interview suspects. That is why I never bought into the CSI crappernaut FROM DAY ONE.
Wake up America, try to at least pretend you have a brain.
I'm so happy that 'The Good Wife ' is doing so well....I Love that show!!