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TV ratings: FOX does a victory 'Dance' Wednesday
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Fast National ratings for Wednesday, June 2, 2010The Wednesday debut of "So You Think You Can Dance" didn't pull huge ratings, but they were strong enough to give FOX a win for the night. Night two of "America's Got Talent," meanwhile, fell off some from its premiere Tuesday.
FOX led the night with 7.3 million viewers and a 4.5 rating/8 share in households, holding off CBS (7.1 million, 4.7/8) for the win. NBC was not far behind with 6.7 million viewers and a 4.2/7. ABC (4 million, 2.7/5) took fourth, and The CW trailed with 1.2 million viewers and a 0.8/1.
The adults 18-49 title also went to FOX, which was the only network to break the 2.0 barrier on the night, finishing at 2.8. NBC finished second with a 1.9, followed by CBS at 1.6. ABC averaged 1.2 in the demo and The CW 0.5.
Wednesday's hourly numbers:
8 p.m.
FOX: "So You Think You Can Dance" (7.6 million viewers, 4.6/8 households)
ABC: "The Middle" reruns - two episodes (5 million, 3.3/6)
CBS: "How I Met Your Mother" rerun (4.5 million, 3.1/6)/"Rules of Engagement" rerun (4.6 million, 3.1/6)
NBC: "Losing It with Jillian" rerun (3.55 million, 2.3/4)
The CW: "America's Next Top Model" rerun (1.3 million, 0.9/2)
18-49 leader: "So You Think You Can Dance" (2.8)
9 p.m.
NBC: "America's Got Talent" (10.1 million, 6.0/10)
CBS: "Criminal Minds" rerun (8.1 million, 5.3/9)
FOX: "So You Think You Can Dance" (7.1 million, 4.3/7)
ABC: "Modern Family" rerun (4.9 million, 3.2/5)/"Cougar Town" rerun (3.7 million, 2.5/4)
The CW: "America's Next Top Model" rerun (1.1 million, 0.7/1)
18-49 leader: "America's Got Talent" and "SYTYCD" tied at 2.8
10 p.m.
CBS: "CSI: NY" rerun (8.6 million, 5.8/10)
NBC: "Law & Order: SVU" rerun (6.4 million, 4.2/7)
ABC: "Happy Town" (2.8 million, 2.0/3)
18-49 leader: "Law & Order: SVU" (1.9)
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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I think the salient piece of data is how close to winning CBS came with a lineup of re-runs.
It's a tribute, not just to the shrewdness of CBS' show picks, but to the weakness of the new programming.
At NBC America's got talent got better ratings than most of the NBC network last season. Again, that's a good news - really bad news thing.
CBS is for old people.
Is Rena one of Les Moonves' mistress? Give it a rest you stank hag!
She has taken over this site. We all have stop with the comments since she is so rude and nasty about everything.
I agree w/you Donna. She apparently works for the network and anyone who disagrees with her or says what they like gets hit hard by her. Heaven forbid we dislike any show on her network she likes.
I agree w/you Donna. She apparently works for the network and anyone who disagrees with her or says what they like gets hit hard by her. Heaven forbid we dislike any show on her network she likes.
Plus she think the 18 to 49 yo ad friendly demo is not important. LOL... Poor Thing, Sad!
Oh this ugly thing, is a Cat?!?... She wishes, she is so fug, not sure why Preta would even post this botoxed Cat's pic on this site.
I wish Cat Deeley would go away as well. She's getting more annoying than both Rena and ****/Donna combined.
I agree with Rena, just look at the numbers. CBS reruns do well in the summer. ABC's biggest curse with reruns - dramas anyway - most are serialized and serials never repeat well. CBS dramas are self-contained.