The TV Ratings and Cancelation Thread

[Far Dareis Mai]

I predict The office will jump at least one spot next week.

[Emperor]

Viewers 18-49 (previous week in parentheses):

 

1.8 (2.0) Medium

1.7 (2.2) Ghost Whisperer

1.7 (1.5) Dateline

1.6 (1.7) Numbers

1.6 (2.3) 20/20

1.5 (1.5) The Jay Leno Show

1.2 (1.3) Law & Order

1.0 (----) The Forgotten ®

1.0 (1.4) FlashForward ®

0.9 (1.0) Smallville

0.8 (1.0) Brothers

0.8 (----) ‘Til Death

0.8 (1.0) Dollhouse

0.5 (0.5) America’s Next Top Model ®

 

* Friday ratings have fallen into an abyss. The only series posting gains from last Friday is “Dateline.”

 

* “Dollhouse,” down 41% last week from its February premiere in the Fox Friday Death Slot, fell another 20% this week.

 

* “Smallville,” down 45% last week from its 2008 premiere, fell another 18% this week.

 

* “Law & Order,” down 41% last week from its 2008 premiere, fell further also.

 

* Glenn Gordon Caron’s new-to-CBS “Medium,” while now drawing only a fraction of its old non-Friday NBC audience, nonetheless emerged as Friday’s top-rated show, building on its fellow psychic-drama lead-in, "The Ghost Whisperer."

 

* Boosted perhaps by the bigger audience for lead-in “Dateline,” “Leno” on Friday matched its lowest rating ever, which makes it look almost heroic against the rest of the night.

[Emperor]

Sunday Ratings...

 

“Three Rivers,” essentially the last of the autumn broadcast premieres, arrived in dead last place last night. The 18-49 numbers (last week in parentheses):

 

6.2 (5.6) Chargers at Steelers

4.9 (5.2) Family Guy

4.9 (4.5) Desperate Housewives

4.3 (4.2) The Simpsons

4.2 (4.9) The Cleveland Show

3.5 (3.6) American Dad

3.4 (3.1) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

3.2 (3.0) Brothers & Sisters

2.8 (3.2) The Amazing Race

2.3 (3.3) 60 Minutes

2.2 (1.9) Cold Case

2.2 (----) America’s Funniest Home Videos

2.0 (----) Three Rivers

 

* The biggest drops on Sunday were on CBS, with “60 Minutes” (which didn't have a football overrun as its lead-in this week) down a miserable 28% and “Amazing Race” down 18%. ("Rivers" fell a staggering 29% from its "Amazing" lead-in.)

 

* Also way down was “The Cleveland Show,” which fell 14%. Lead-in “Family Guy” fell 6%. “The Simpsons” was the only Fox cartoon to rise its second Sunday of the season.

 

* ABC rebounded slightly following a horrifying slide into fourth place last week. “Desperate Housewives,” down a crazy 37% last week from its 2008 premiere, was up a meager 4% from that low. “Brothers & Sisters,” down 35% last week from its 2008 premiere, was 7% up from last week. “Extreme Makeover” scored best: though down 16% last week from its 2008 premiere, it was up 10% from last week. The “Home Videos” season premiere was down 15% from its 2008 premiere.

 

 

[Far Dareis Mai]

Sports count?!?!?!? THEY COUNT?!?!?!?!

[Emperor]

When they kick ratings ass they do.  You should see the cable ratings... it is like this...

 

Monday Night Football... WWE Raw... WWE Raw... Monk. 

 

Wait let me get em...

 

Rank Shows NET DAY Time Households (000) Viewers Live+SD (000)

1 NFL REGULAR SEASON L (COLTS/DOLPHINS) ESPN MONDAY 8:30 PM 10,849 14,710

2 WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW) USA MONDAY 10:00 PM 3,566 5,264

3 WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW) USA MONDAY 9:00 PM 3,257 4,762

4 MONK USA FRIDAY 9:00 PM 3,274 4,741

5 COLL FTBALL-THUR NIGHT L (MISSISSIPPI/SOUTH CAROLINA) ESPN THURSDAY 7:30 PM 3,614 4,717

6 ICARLY NICK SATURDAY 8:00 PM 3,218 4,656

7 MEET THE ROBINSONS DSNY FRIDAY 9:00 PM 3,067 4,552

8 SONNY WITH A CHANCE DSNY SUNDAY 8:00 PM 3,151 4,168

9 SPONGEBOB NICK SATURDAY 9:30 AM 3,195 4,094

10 MEET THE ROBINSONS DSNY SATURDAY 12:00 PM 2,746 4,075

11 SPORTSCENTER: L ESPN MONDAY 11:36 PM 3,145 3,992

12 SUITE LIFE ON DECK DSNY FRIDAY 8:30 PM 2,874 3,991

13 PHINEAS AND FERB DSNY FRIDAY 8:00 PM 2,697 3,883

14 NCIS USA MONDAY 8:00 PM 2,695 3,703

15 PSYCH USA FRIDAY 10:00 PM 2,509 3,694

16 SPONGEBOB NICK SATURDAY 9:00 AM 2,912 3,686

17 NCIS USA WEDNESDAY 8:00 PM 2,836 3,673

18 PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR NICK SATURDAY 10:00 AM 2,871 3,658

19 COLL FTBL-SAT PRIME L (FLORIDA/KENTUCKY) ESPN2 SATURDAY 5:56 PM 2,551 3,643

20 MONSTERS VS ALIENS SPEC. NICK SATURDAY 10:30 AM 2,889 3,622

21 HAPPY FEET DSNY SATURDAY 8:45 PM 2,486 3,622

22 TRUE JACKSON, VP NICK SATURDAY 8:30 PM 2,600 3,608

23 ICARLY NICK SUNDAY 7:00 PM 2,625 3,603

24 SPONGEBOB NICK SATURDAY 11:30 AM 2,566 3,590

25 ICARLY NICK SATURDAY 7:30 PM 2,570 3,587

 

[Emperor]

No more Monday premieres! The 18-49 rankings (prior weeks in parentheses):

 

MONDAY PRIMETIME:

5.1 (5.7) (6.5) House

4.5 (5.1) (4.6) Big Bang Theory

4.3 (4.7) (4.4) Two and a Half Men

4.0 (3.6) (4.1) Dancing With The Stars

3.9 (4.1) (4.3) CSI: Miami

3.4 (3.6) (3.5) How I Met Your Mother

3.0 (2.9) (----) Lie To Me

3.0 (2.3) (2.3) Castle

2.8 (3.1) (3.2) Accidentally On Purpose

2.3 (2.3) (2.7) Heroes

1.8 (2.3) (----) Trauma

1.4 (1.8) (1.8) The Jay Leno Show

1.1 (1.2) (1.1) Gossip Girl

1.0 (1.2) (1.2) One Tree Hill

 

MONDAY LATE NIGHT:

1.3 The Late Show With David Letterman

0.8 The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien

0.7 The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson

0.5 Jimmy Kimmel Live

0.5 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

 

* “Letterman” apparently benefited from an alleged real-life blackmail attempt and visits from Steve Martin and Martin Short; it crushed “Conan.”

 

* Primetime’s “Leno” fell to its lowest rating on any night to date, now only a tenth of a point ahead of “Letterman’s” late-night show in 18-49.

 

* ABC’s Nathan Fillion hourlong “Castle” posted a BIG (36%) gain at 10 p.m. as timeslot competitors “Leno” and “CSI Miami” gave up ground. (The Hollywood Reporter suggests however that the ABC overnight figures may have been inflated by pre-emptions at ABC's Milwaukee and Minneapolis affiliates that allowed them to broadcast ESPN's Monday night Vikings-Packers game.)

 

* In this football-enhanced TV environment ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” ascended while “House,” CBS’ comedies, NBC’s dramas and The CW’s young-adult dramas all declined against it.

 

* “Lie To Me,” which plummeted 44% last week from its January premiere, was the only non-ABC show to post an increase over its prior Monday.

 

 

[Emperor]

Show list that you should be worried about being canned soon...

 

 

1 Three Rivers CBS

2 The Forgotten ABC

3 Dollhouse FOX

4 Trauma NBC

5 Mercy NBC

6 Castle ABC

7 Melrose Place CW

8 Brothers FOX

9 Hank ABC

10 Parks & Rec NBC

 

[Emperor]

First it was FOX's "Glee" and "The Cleveland Show", now CBS has given full season orders to "NCIS: Los Angeles" and "The Good Wife" which have become the two highest rating new Fall dramas of the season.

 

Ranked second among all primetime programs behind only its predecessor, "NCIS: Los Angeles" is averaging 17.47 million viewers and a 4.1/11 rating in adults 18-49. 'Wife', starring Julianna Marguiles, is averaging 13.70 million viewers and a 3.0/8 rating in adults 18-49. The show consistently wins its time period in all key measures each week.

 

On the whole networks are giving their new shows a little bit of breathing room to flourish it seems with only one outright cancellation so far ("The Beautiful Life"). New shows also looking likely to get full season orders are "The Vampire Diaries", "Modern Family, "Cougar Town" and "FlashForward".

 

More on the fence are several of the new sitcoms including "Hank," "The Middle" and "Community" which all need a few more weeks to play out but are looking likely to get the full season order.

 

Shows that definitely need to pick up viewership or face the axe soon include "Accidentally on Purpose," "Brothers", "Eastwick," "The Forgotten," "Melrose Place", and reality series "Shark Tank".

 

The most notable trend this season is that viewers don't want any more medical dramas with all three new hospital-themed shows "Mercy," "Three Rivers" and "Trauma" premiering to dismal numbers and unlikely to last more than a few weeks each. Existing medical hits "House" and "Grey's Anatomy" however have improved on drops from last year.

 

Several pre-existing shows aren't going too well with "Castle," "Cold Case," "Dollhouse," "Fringe," "Gary Unmarried," "Heroes," "Law & Order," "New Adventures of Old Christine," "Parks & Recreation," "Smallville" and "Til Death" all losing decent sized shares of their audience and have dropped to their lowest ratings yet. Renewals beyond this season look highly uncertain, and in some cases they may not last out the current season.

 

Other pre-existing shows however are holding steady or improving on their numbers meaning they'll not just last until May but are pretty certain to be be back next season. These include "90210," "American Dad," "The Big Bang Theory," "Bones," "Criminal Minds," all three "CSI" shows, "Desperate Housewives," "Family Guy," "Ghost Whisperer," "Gossip Girl," "How I Met Your Mother," "Law & Order: SVU," "Lie to Me," "Medium," "The Mentalist," "Numbers," "The Office," "One Tree Hill," "Private Practice," "The Simpsons," "Supernatural" and "Two And A Half Men".

 

"30 Rock" and "Ugly Betty" don't return until next week.

[Emperor]

Canadian-produced drama "Flashpoint", HBO comedy "Bored to Death" and Showtime's sexcapade-driven comedy "Californication" have all scored renewals says the trades.

 

CBS' "Flashpoint" follows a tactical team that serves as a Swiss Army Knife for fixing anything that goes wrong from bombs to gang violence. Averaging 9.6 million viewers last season, CBS has ordered 13 more episodes which will air later this season.

 

HBO's "Bored to Death", starring Jason Schwartzman as a mentally blocked writer-turned-private investigator and co-starring Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis, scored the renewal just three episodes into its first season run. The single-camera comedy pulled in 1.1 million viewers on Sunday, more than doubling its previous week's audience. Thanks to various repeat airings, the show's pilot episode has pulled in an estimated 4.1 million viewers.

 

The David Duchovny-led "Californication" just began its third season and premiered to series-high numbers of 821,000 viewers, up 60% on last year's season premiere. Thus a fourth season order of 13 episodes was a given.

[Emperor]

NBC has cancelled both “Southland” and plans to air “Southland” on Fridays this autumn.

 

From The Hollywood Reporter:

 

While "Southland" enjoyed support among NBC brass last season, after screening the finished episodes from the upcoming second season, the show's content was deemed too dark and gritty for broadcast TV, especially for 9 p.m. Additionally, a high-end drama like "Southland" is certainly far more expensive than newsmagazine "Dateline" for low-trafficked Friday night.

 

 

Six unaired second-season episodes are in the can. NBC is currently airing repeats of “Law & Order SVU” Saturdays at 10 p.m.

 

 

[Emperor]

FOX and CBS tied with adults 18-49 for the night, with FOX having a commanding lead with adults 18-34 viewers on the strength of the So You Think You Can Dance and Glee lineup.  Both shows had identical 18-49 ratings as last week (though I believe Glee edged up a tick last week in the final numbers).

 

CBS led in total viewers for the night by a wide margin and its 8pm comedy lineup of The New Adventures of Old Christine and Gary Unmarried bested the ABC lineup of Hank and The Middle.  Hank sunk to a 1.6/5 a 27% drop from last week when it premiered with a 2.2 rating.  The drop for The Middle was not as steep at only 16% to a 2.1 where Gary Unmarried edged it out with a 2.2.

 

CBS Criminal Minds was the night’s most-watched show (13.49 million) and had the best adults 18-49 rating of the night with a 3.5, down only a tick from last night.  But all was not rosy for CBS as CSI: NY’s 2.9 adults 18-49 rating at 10pm matched a series-low for a new episode.

 

NBC’s Mercy dropped below a 2.0 rating to a 1.8,  but Law & Order: SVU with a 2.6 was up a tick from last week.

 

The ABC comedies from 9-10p also slipped noticeably from last week, Modern Family from a 3.7 to a 3.2, and Cougar Town from a 3.6 to a 3.1.  Eastwick dropped from last week’s 2.4 adults 18-49 rating to last night’s 1.8.

 

Castle fans best hope currently seems to be rooting against the forgotten and Eastwick and will be sure to note the poor performance of those other ABC 10pm shows that can’t even creep over a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating like Castle can!

 

The Major League Baseball divisional series playoff games began last night on TBS with two separate game (Twins/Yankees and Cardinals/Dodgers) airing during portions of primetime.

 

In the Late Night Wars, Conan & Letterman tied with adults 18-49 (1.0 rating) in Nielsen’s 24 local market with people meters, and Conan won with adults 18-34 (0.8 vs. 0.5)

 

Full Details:

 

Time Net Show 18-49 Rating/Share Viewers (Millons)

   

8:00

FOX So You Think You Can Dance 2.5/7 6.18

CBS New Adventures of Old Christine 2.0/6 7.27

NBC Mercy 1.8/5 7.29

ABC Hank  1.6/5 6.72

CW America’s Next Top Model 1.5/5 3.29

   

8:30

ABC The Middle 2.1/6 6.78

CBS Gary Unmarried 2.2/6 7.17

   

9:00

CBS Criminal Minds 3.5/9 13.49

ABC Modern Family 3.2/9 8.46

FOX Glee 3.2/8 7.30

NBC Law & Order: SVU 2.6/7 8.14

CW Melrose Place ® 0.5/1 1.08

   

9:30 ABC Cougar Town 3.1/8 7.80

   

10:00

CBS CSI: NY 2.9/8 11.96

ABC Eastwick 1.8/5 5.28

NBC The Jay Leno Show 1.7/5 5.74

[Emperor]

Friday viewers 18-49 (overnights for previous weeks in parentheses):

 

2.1 (1.7) (2.2) The Ghost Whisperer

1.9 (1.8) (2.0) Medium

1.6 (1.6) (1.7) Numbers

1.5 (1.2) (1.3) Law & Order

1.5 (1.7) (1.5) Dateline

1.5 (1.6) (2.3) 20/20

1.4 (1.5) (1.5) The Jay Leno Show

1.0 (0.8) (1.0) Dollhouse

0.9 (----) (1.5) Modern Family ®

0.9 (----) (----) The Middle ®

0.9 (0.9) (1.0) Smallville

0.8 (1.0) (1.4) FlashForward ®

0.8 (0.8) (----) ‘Til Death

0.8 (0.8) (1.0) Brothers

0.5 (0.5) (0.5) America’s Next Top Model ®

 

* While lead-ins “Brothers” and “’Til Death” remain in the ratings toilet, “Dollhouse” rose 11% to match its season premiere in the Fox Friday Death Slot. “Dollhouse” also rose from fourth place to third in its timeslot thanks to falling numbers from ABC’s repeats.

 

* “Leno” again matched its series low. Will NBC blink if it falls to 1.3?

 

* “Smallville” remains super-weak. The CW had to back up the Brinks truck to get thirtysomething Tom Welling to play Superboy again this season, so I wouldn’t expect much of a future for the Boy of Steel.

 

* CBS’ psychic dramas “Ghost Whisperer” and “Medium” again swapped the night’s number-one and number-two positions.

 

* "Law & Order," still garnering a fraction of its former numbers, nonetheless hit its season high.

 

* CBS’ decision to pick up a third season of “Flashpoint” bodes ill for the pricier “Numbers.”

 

 

[Almearafan]

Anybody notice that Southland got dropped...VERY upset about this.  Hoping it gets picked up by another channel.

 

[Emperor]

Yeah I posted about it in my ramblings when it happened.  They do plan to air the episodes... probably on Sunday nights at 2am or something.

[Emperor]

Sunday Numbers...

 

The 18-49 overnights (prior weeks in parentheses):

 

5.5 (6.2) (5.6) Indianapolis vs. Tennessee

4.5 (4.9) (5.2) Family Guy

4.4 (4.9) (4.5) Desperate Housewives

3.8 (4.2) (4.9) The Cleveland Show

3.7 (2.3) (3.3) 60 Minutes

3.6 (4.3) (4.2) The Simpsons

3.4 (3.5) (3.6) American Dad

3.1 (2.8) (3.2) The Amazing Race

3.0 (3.4) (3.1) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

2.9 (3.2) (3.0) Brothers & Sisters

2.2 (2.2) (----) America’s Funniest Home Videos

1.9 (2.0) (----) Three Rivers

1.7 (2.2) (1.9) Cold Case

1.1 (----) (----) Brothers

 

* NBC’s football, Fox’s animated sitcoms and ABC’s dramedies all hit season lows. (Recall that the 2009 premieres of "Desperate Housewives" and "Brothers & Sisters" already fell 37% and 35% respectively from their 2008 premieres; both shows are now below even those levels.)

 

* “60 Minutes” got a big boost from CBS’ football overrun, but ratings momentum drained away by the time the network’s “Three Rivers” and “Cold Case” rolled around; both dramas hit season lows.

 

* Fox snuck a new episode of “Brothers” in at 7 p.m. (TV Guide told us to expect a “Cleveland” repeat) and, in its first airing outside the Fox Friday Death Slot, the Strahan sitcom hit its (very low) best number ever.

 

[Emperor]

The 18-49 overnights (prior weeks in parentheses):

 

5.0 (5.1) (5.7) (6.5) House

4.8 (4.5) (5.1) (4.6) Big Bang Theory

4.6 (4.3) (4.7) (4.4) Two and a Half Men

4.0 (3.9) (4.1) (4.3) CSI: Miami

3.5 (4.0) (3.6) (4.1) Dancing With The Stars

3.5 (3.4) (3.6) (3.5) How I Met Your Mother

3.0 (2.8) (3.1) (3.2) Accidentally On Purpose

2.8 (3.0) (2.9) (----) Lie To Me

2.4 (3.0) (2.3) (2.3) Castle

2.4 (2.3) (2.3) (2.7) Heroes

1.8 (1.8) (2.3) (----) Trauma

1.5 (1.4) (1.8) (1.8) The Jay Leno Show

1.2 (1.0) (1.2) (1.2) One Tree Hill

1.2 (1.1) (1.2) (1.1) Gossip Girl

 

* “Big Bang Theory” is suddenly dang close to overtaking “House” as Monday’s top show. All five CBS shows were up; both Fox dramas were down.

 

* The lesbian-kiss episode of “Heroes” gave the superhero drama a rare uptick. “Leno” climbed slightly too but NBC remains mired in fourth place.

 

* ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” hit its season low; “Castle” dipped back to “Heroes” level but still remains north of its season-premiere number.

 

 

[Krakalakachkn]

Crap, I keep forgetting Castle is on.  I need to watch that.

 

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if Big Bang overtook the number one spot.  It's popular and getting ever more popular.

[Liathiana]

I love Castle, I love him hard! >.> I usually watch on Hulu though.

 

I have a question, how do they come up with these numbers? Would me actually making the effort to watch it on tv at the appropriate time actually do anything?

[Emperor]

No it doesn't really matter how you watch.

 

Neilson randomly selects households to place special boxes in their homes.  It basically keeps track of everything you watch.  You also have to journal and the like.  I keep hoping one day I become a neilson home.  So really it is polling what people watch (kind of like political polls). 

 

I really wanted be a neilson house but you can't seem to bribe those guys....

[Emperor]

18-49 overnights (prior weeks in parentheses):

 

4.4 (4.3) (4.6) (4.8) NCIS

3.8 (3.3) (3.1) (3.2) Hell’s Kitchen

3.5 (3.6) (4.1) (4.4) NCIS Los Angeles

3.4 (3.7) (3.6) (3.1) The Biggest Loser

2.8 (2.6) (2.6) (3.5) Dancing With The Stars

2.7 (2.9) (3.1) (3.1) The Good Wife

2.0 (1.9) (2.0) (2.6) The Forgotten

1.8 (2.1) (2.3) (2.5) The Jay Leno Show

1.6 (1.5) (1.5) (----) Shark Tank

1.2 (1.2) (1.2) (1.0) 90210

0.7 (0.9) (0.8) (0.8) Melrose Place

(----) (2.5) (2.4) (----) So You Think You Can Dance

 

* The “Hell’s Kitchen” finale won Tuesday night for Fox, which this morning picked up an eighth edition of the reality show and ordered a Dec. 15 “Cook Along” special starring Gordon Ramsay. Baseball takes over next week.

 

* “NCIS” moved up for the first time this fall, but “NCIS Los Angeles” didn’t follow, scoring its lowest 18-49 number to date. “The Good Wife” hit a new low as well, though it still beat weak timeslot competition “Forgotten” and “Leno.” Both “Wife” and “NCISLA” just got “back-nine” orders that will take both series to the end of the season.

 

* The CW’s “Melrose Place” hit a new series low. Original recipe stars Daphne Zuniga, 46, and Heather Locklear, 48, will guest in coming weeks, hoping to bring the numbers that Laura Leighton and Thomas Calabro could not.

 

* Tuesday has been the strongest night for “The Jay Leno Show,” but it just hit a Tuesday-edition low. NBC is hopeful Leno’s prospects will improve in December, when its timeslot competitors go into repeats, but NBC affiliates are growing plenty angry with the big decreases they’re seeing in their post-Leno local newscasts and the NBC late-night line-up.

 

 

[Liathiana]

No it doesn't really matter how you watch.

 

Neilson randomly selects households to place special boxes in their homes.  It basically keeps track of everything you watch.  You also have to journal and the like.  I keep hoping one day I become a neilson home.  So really it is polling what people watch (kind of like political polls). 

 

I really wanted be a neilson house but you can't seem to bribe those guys....

 

My Grandparents were selected two years ago? I don't think they did it though. Sadness!

[Emperor]

CRAZY!  They are the reason our favorite shows get canned....

[Emperor]

Monday 18-49 Finals (prior weeks in parentheses; now including first-run cable!):

 

5.5 (5.4) (9.0) (6.6) (5.9) Monday Night Football

5.3 (4.8) (4.7) (5.3) (4.7) Big Bang Theory

4.8 (4.6) (4.4) (4.8) (4.5) Two and a Half Men

4.4 (5.0) (5.4) (5.8) (6.7) House

3.9 (4.0) (3.9) (4.1) (4.3) CSI: Miami

3.6 (3.5) (3.5) (3.7) (4.1) Dancing With The Stars

3.4 (3.5) (3.4) (3.6) (3.6) How I Met Your Mother

3.3 (3.0) (2.8) (3.1) (3.3) Accidentally On Purpose

2.9 (2.8) (3.1) (2.9) (----) Lie To Me

2.5 (2.4) (2.4) (2.5) (2.8) Heroes

2.4 (2.4) (2.2) (2.2) (2.3) Castle

2.2 (----) (----) (----) (----) ALCS Baseball

1.8 (1.6) (----) (----) (----) NLCS Baseball

1.8 (1.8) (1.7) (2.2) (----) Trauma

1.7 (1.6) (1.6) (1.6) (1.7) WWE Raw (9pm)

1.6 (1.7) (1.7) (1.7) (2.0) WWE Raw (10pm)

1.4 (1.5) (1.5) (1.7) (1.8) The Jay Leno Show

1.1 (1.2) (1.1) (1.2) (1.0) Gossip Girl

1.0 (1.2) (1.1) (1.1) (1.1) One Tree Hill

0.8 (1.1) (0.8) (----) (----) Jon & Kate Plus 8

0.7 (----) (----) (----) (----) Little People, Big World

0.5 (----) (----) (----) (----) Million Dollar Listing

0.3 (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) Greek

0.2 (0.2) (0.2) (0.3) (0.3) Lincoln Heights

 

* !!!!! “House,” delayed 43 minutes by baseball, was overtaken for the first time by “Big Bang Theory,” which is (for the moment at least) America’s top rated show in 18-49. That means it even beat last week’s scores for “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Desperate Housewives” and “NCIS.”

 

* Jenna Elfman sitcom “Accidentally on Purpose” now looks like more like a hit, matching its best number to date and nearly matching “How I Met Your Mother” in 18-49. We’ll see if this keeps up the next time “House” starts on time.

 

* “Leno” hit its all-time Monday low at 1.4. (The show on Friday hit a 1.2, its lowest score on any night to date.) While NBC is hopeful ratings will improve when rival hourlongs go into repeats, it’ll be interesting to see what happens when Leno’s lead-ins go to repeats as well.

 

* ABC’s “Castle” isn’t setting Monday nights afire, but is doing well enough to pull on Tuesday a “back nine” order that will keep its lights on until May.

 

 

[Emperor]

Tuesday 18-49 finals (now with first-run cable!):

 

4.7 (4.5) (4.3) (4.6) (4.8) NCIS

3.9 (3.5) (3.6) (4.1) (4.4) NCIS Los Angeles

3.9 (3.5) (3.7) (3.6) (3.1) The Biggest Loser

3.4 (2.9) (2.6) (2.6) (3.5) Dancing With The Stars

3.4 (----) (----) (----) (----) ALCS Baseball

2.8 (2.8) (2.9) (3.1) (3.1) The Good Wife

2.0 (1.8) (2.0) (1.9) (1.9) Sons of Anarchy

1.9 (2.0) (1.9) (2.0) (2.6) The Forgotten

1.8 (1.8) (2.1) (2.3) (2.5) The Jay Leno Show

1.8 (1.6) (1.5) (1.5) (----) Shark Tank

1.1 (1.1) (1.2) (1.2) (1.0) 90210

1.1 (1.0) (1.4) (1.5) (----) The Hills

0.9 (----) (----) (----) (----) Dirty Jobs

0.8 (0.7) (0.9) (1.3) (----) The City

0.7 (0.7) (0.9) (0.8) (0.8) Melrose Place

0.6 (0.6) (0.5) (0.6) (0.7) Flipping Out

(----) (3.8) (3.3) (3.1) (3.5) Hell’s Kitchen

(----) (----) (2.5) (2.4) (----) So You Think You Can Dance

 

* Cable’s “Sons of Anarchy” beat “The Jay Leno Show” for the first time in 18-49, pushing NBC’s 10 p.m. hour into fifth place behind Fox’s playoffs, “The Good Wife,” the FX biker drama and ABC’s aptly-titled “Forgotten.”

 

* This is the second time “Forgotten” has been beaten by “Anarchy” in 18-49 this season.

 

* With baseball replacing reality on Fox Tuesday, NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” hit its best numbers of the season. Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” returns to Tuesdays next week.

 

* “Melrose Place,” The CW’s lowest-rated show now that “The Beautiful Life” is gone, just got an order for five more episodes Tuesday, even though original recipe “Melrose” star Daphne Zuniga’s appearance failed to reverse its decline in 18-49.

 

* “Melrose Place” continues to pull a lower 18-49 number than Tuesday cable fare like “Anarchy” and MTV’s “The Hills” and “The City.”

 

* With “Hell’s Kitchen” and “So You Think You Can Dance” off Tuesday, “Dancing With The Stars” got a huge boost that allowed it to beat Fox’s playoff game by a wide margin in total viewers.

 

* Bottom-feeding “Shark Tank’s” season finale garnered the show’s best Tuesday number, bringing it into an 18-49 tie with “Leno.”

 

 

 

 

[Emperor]

And here is Wednesday ratings...

 

The 18-49 ratings; prior weeks in parentheses (now with cable!):

 

3.8 (3.8) (3.6) (3.8) (4.4) Criminal Minds

3.4 (3.6) (3.4) (3.8) (4.2) Modern Family

3.3 (3.4) (3.3) (3.3) (3.1) Glee

3.1 (3.3) (3.2) (3.8) (4.4) Cougar Town

3.0 (3.2) (2.9) (3.3) (4.0) CSI: NY

2.8 (2.6) (2.6) (2.5) (2.5) Law & Order: SVU

2.6 (2.8) (2.5) (2.7) (2.5) So You Think You Can Dance

2.6 (----) (----) (----) (----) NLCS Baseball

2.2 (2.3) (2.2) (2.2) (2.3) Gary Unmarried

2.0 (2.2) (1.9) (1.9) (2.2) Old Christine

2.0 (2.1) (2.1) (2.6) (----) The Middle

1.9 (1.9) (1.8) (2.1) (2.3) Mercy

1.6 (1.7) (1.8) (2.3) (3.0) Eastwick

1.6 (1.6) (1.6) (3.1) (1.8) The Ultimate Fighter

1.5 (1.6) (1.6) (2.1) (----) Hank

1.5 (1.8) (1.7) (1.9) (2.0) The Jay Leno Show

1.5 (1.4) (1.5) (----) (1.5) Top Chef

1.4 (1.4) (1.5) (1.5) (1.3) America’s Next Top Model

1.4 (1.3) (1.3) (1.2) (1.2) Ghost Hunters

1.4 (1.3) (1.3) (----) (----) South Park

1.2 (1.4) (----) (----) (----) Nip/Tuck

1.0 (1.2) (0.9) (----) (----) Mythbusters

0.9 (0.9) (1.0) (1.0) (----) Destination Truth

0.9 (1.0) (1.3) (1.0) (----) Real World Challenge

0.6 (0.6) (0.8) (----) (----) Secret Girlfriend

0.5 (0.3) (0.4) (0.5) (----) Melrose Place ®

0.4 (1.1) (----) (----) (----) College Football

 

* “SVU” is still fourth in its timeslot but hit a season high of 2.8 in 18-49, making it look like more of a contender as ABC timeslot competition “Modern Family” and “Cougar Town” continue to dip.

 

* “SVU” was the only big-four show to post an 18-49 gain Wednesday night.

 

* Even though lead-in “SVU” keeps climbing, “Leno” hit its all-time Wednesday low.

 

* “Leno” tied with “Hank” with the lowest 18-49 score on the big-four networks (though “Hank” drew more overall viewers overall).