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Ratings: 'NCIS' and 'NCIS: Los Angeles' draw a crowd for CBS
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Fast National ratings for Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011The mid-season premieres of CBS's "NCIS" and "NCIS: Los Angeles" proved to be stellar performers once again, bringing CBS to the lead by a wide margin on an otherwise soft Tuesday night. ABC's "V" and NBC's "The Biggest Loser" dipped after last week's premieres, but managed to retain most of their audiences.
CBS led the overall race Tuesday with 17.3 million viewers and a 10.5 rating/16 share in households. NBC (7.6 million, 4.7/7) came in second, finishing comfortably ahead of ABC (5.4 million, 3.4/5). FOX came in fourth with 4.9 million viewers and a 3.1/5. A night of repeats on The CW drew 937,000 viewers and a 0.6/1.
CBS scored a 3.5 rating in the adults 18-49 demo to lead the pack. NBC had a 2.8, followed by FOX at 1.7, ABC at 1.5, and CW at only 0.4.
Tuesday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
CBS: "NCIS" (21.9 million viewers, 12.9/20 households)
NBC: "The Biggest Loser: Couples" (8.3 million, 5.1/8)
ABC: "No Ordinary Family" (5.4 million, 3.3/5)
FOX: "Glee" rerun (4.6 million, 3.0/5)
The CW: "One Tree Hill" rerun (1 million, 0.7/1)
18-49 leader: "NCIS" (4.5)
9 p.m.
CBS: "NCIS: Los Angeles" (18.0 million, 10.7/16)
NBC: "The Biggest Loser: Couples" (9.0 million, 5.4/8)
ABC: "V" (5.7 million, 3.3/5)
FOX: "Million Dollar Money Drop" (5.1 million, 3.1/5)
The CW: "Life Unexpected" rerun (904,000, 0.5/1)
18-49 leader: "NCIS: LA" (3.7)
10 p.m.
CBS: "The Good Wife" (12.2 million, 7.8/13)
NBC: "Parenthood" (5.6 million, 3.6/6)
ABC: "Detroit 1-8-7" (5.2 million, 3.4/6)
18-49 leader: "The Good Wife" (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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goodbye v,burn off episodes saturday night
I have always been i fan of NCIS since the preview ep in JAG. NCIS LA thought i could not get into. It is slowly getting better and better. I really enjoyed last nights.
Man, what happened to V? Early on, it had such high ratings.
goodbye detroit-1-8-7 burn off remaining episodes saturday nights like V
Can't wait for GLEE post Super Bowl episode but the NCIS' been there done that.
V was again ABCs number one show, what a great fun quality show is V,with Anna deserving a Golden Globe this year.
Facts:
With its mid-season Tuesday drama line-up, ABC continued to deliver substantial year-to-year gains on the evening, surging over the year-ago night (1/12/10) by 2.4 million viewers and by 50% in Adults 18-49.
In the 8pm hour against established original competition on both CBS (NCIS) and NBC (The Biggest Loser: Couples), ABC’s No Ordinary Family improved its time period by impressive margins in Total Viewers (+135%) and Adults 18-49 (+88%) over the same night last year.
Building on its lead-in among viewers (+7%) and young adults (+27%) against CBS’ original NCIS: LA and the second hour of NBC’s 2-hour The Biggest Loser: Couples, ABC’s V defeated Fox’s Million Dollar Money Drop in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49. Despite increased competition in the hour this week from a first-run airing of CBS’ NCIS: LA, ABC’s V showed strong retention of its week-ago season opener in Total Viewers (88%) and Adults 18-49 (90%).
ABC’s freshman Detroit 1-8-7 grew its 10 o’clock time slot year to year for the Net by 1.0 million viewers, from the same night last year with original drama programming.
I find NOF and V very exciting. Don't know why more people don't watch it. Depressed to see such low ratings for them. But I'll be happier tonight with the 2 hour comedy block.
M E O W= trying to (for some reason)to defend "V" and "Detroit" but at the end of the day-who cares?
me o w with no spelling errors= cut and paste
Yes, Larry the cable guy,i got this from tvbythenumbers, that is why I have it under facts.
seriously, go watch your goodwive and parenthood, boring shows, unlike the great V and action packed no ordinary family.