SpoilerTV - Ratings Analysis - Friday September 24 to Thursday September 30 by Chris Roberts

NOTE: This is the first in a series of posts by Chris Roberts who will be analysing the current ratings for the new TV Season. We hope you enjoy these articles. Please give Chris a warm welcome (DarkUFO)

SpoilerTV - Ratings Analysis - Friday September 24 to Thursday September 30 by Chris Roberts

This begins first address on ratings.This will cover Friday September 24 to Thursday September 30.This Is not to debate quality of shows.Nor Is it to debate the fairness of the Nielson system.

Friday(For disclosure the only show I watch here is Smallville)

ABC
Reruns of Modern Family and Better with You did decently In overall ratings(4.2 and 3.1) but among the 18-49 year old audience both were beaten by Smallville(Modern Family with 1.2 and Better with You with 0.9 VS Smallville's 1.3) Rerun of the Whole Truth did even worse with 2.9 In total viewers and 0.7 among 19-49 audence.20/20 was ABC's best performance with 5.4 Million In total viewers and a 1.5 among 18-49 yearolds.

CBS
Dominates the night.Medium had 6 million viewers and tied Dateline among 18-49 with a 1.4.However Medium should not get cocky.CBS primarily cares about total viewers.Back In 2006 Joan of Arcedia had dropped from 10 million to 8 Million and was canceled.CSI:NY had 10 Million viewers but a 2.0 In 18-49 but remember younger viewers are not a huge part of the CSI audience.Blue Blood got 12 Million and a 2.2.The best showing by a CBS show.Medium was the only CBS not to win It's timeslot among total viewers.

NBC
Datline won the first hour among total viewers with 6.5(But truthfully IS bare win over Medium) while it tied with Medium In the 18-49 yearolds. Dateline NBC had 7.9 among total Viewers and 1.8.Outlaw meanwhile arrived on Friday In seriously trouble it got 5 million barely losing In overall Viewers to 20/20 but got 1.1 In the 18-49 year olds.This is the second worst Network Show that Is not a rerun on Fridays among 18-49 year olds.

FOX
Rerun of Human target got 3-1 In Total viewers and 0.6 among 18-49 year olds.It just barely beat Smallville among total viewers but lost to Smallville among 18-49.Fans of Human Target should be glad they are being moved to another night(Why didn't they do for Firefly or DollHouse) The Good Guys arrived on life support. with 2.9 In total viewers and 0.9 among 19-49 year olds. The worst on Friday among 18-49

CW
Season premiere of the final season of Smallville arrived with 2.9 In total viewers.This Is almost as good as the second half of last season's Smallville:Absolute Justice telefilm.And beat most of CW'S last week shows(Except The vampire Diaries and Nikita) and got a 1.3 among 18-49. Beating Modern Family,Better with You,and Human Target.This Is all with little promotion.Supernatural got 2.8 among total viewers barely losing to the Good Guy and rerun of The Whole truth but beat them among the 18-49 audience

Sunday(I only watch Simpsons)

ABC
Extreme Makeover Edition Is losing some steam with a 7.7 among all viewers tying with the Simpsons but with 2.3 among 18-49 actually was beaten by The Simpsons.Desperate Housewives Is showing it's age with a 12.9 but losing to Family Guy among 18-49 with a 4.2.Brothers and Sisters continues to have problems holding onto Desperate Housewives audience with 9.3 In total viewers and a 2.8 among 18-49

CBS
60 Minutes won the first hour but lose to football and The Simpsons with Younger viewers.The Amazing race came In third In total viewers but last among 18-49 audence.

NBC
Football won the 18-49 audience on Sunday.And only 60 Minutes was able to beat it among all viewers

Fox
The SImpsons proved after 20 years It can still draw viewers with a 7.7 among all viewers tying Extreme Makeover and a 3.7 among 18-49.It among younger viewers actually beat Extreme makeover edition.The Cleveland show held to most of the Simpsons audience with a 6.6 and a 3.1 Family Guy was Fox's biggest sucess with a 8.8 among all viewers and a 4.3 among younger viewers.It actually beat Desperate Housewives and Amazing race among 18-49 year olds!

Monday(I watch How I met Your Mother,The Event and for now Hawaii Five-O)

ABC
Dances with the Stars dominates the night.Hour 1 with 19.4 Million and hour 2 with 22 Million.However Hour 1 with 4 among 18-49 barely beats How I Met Your Mother and hour 2 with 5.2 barely beats 2 and and a Half men.Castle lead the last hour with a 13.5 among all viewers but second among 18-49 with 3.6.Castle will probably decline when Dancing with the stars ends.

CBS
How I met your Mother comes in 3 In it's timeslot with 8.9 among all viewers however It's 3.8 edges out House!Rules of Engagement holds most of How I met Your mother with 8.1 and 3.2.It loses 18-49 to second half of House.Two and a half Men Is CBS'S best Monday show with 13.8 and 4.8. They are glad Charlie Sheen came back.Unfortunately for us Mike and Molly Is holding 2 and a half men's audience for the most part with 11.2 and 3.7 Hawaii Five-O received 12.5 In total viewers and 3.8 among 18-49 yearolds.It lost to Castle among all viewers but barely beat them among 18-49. This may change when Dancing with the Stars ends

NBC
Chuck Is In position Heroes was In last season.It got 5.3 among all viewers but a 1.9 among 18-49.It did only slightly better than 90210 among younger viewers.Chuck Is In danger of not getting a back 9.The Event Is NBC'S best Monday show with 8.9 among total viewers and 2.9 among 18-49.The Event Is improving on Chuck's numbers.Chase Is having trouble holding onto some of The Event viewers but Is doing slightly better than Chuck with 6.5 among all viewers and 2.1 among 18-49 audience.It too Is In danger of not making It to full season.

Fox
House with 9.9 Is the best scripted show In first hour among all Viewers.It's 3.6 showing among 18-49 means How I met your mother had more 18-49 year olds watching It.Lone Star Is canceled So no need to go Into It's bad numbers

CW
90210 has 2.1 and 1.1.Gossip Girl has 1.7 and 1.90210 has already been renewed for next season but Gossip Girl fans have to be concerned about It being back next season.Despite all the promotion of both it can not reach what Smallville and Supernatural do with little promotion.

Tuesday(watch nothing till V returns)

ABC
No Ordinary Family had good premiere with 10.5 and 3.1 beating The Biggest Loser.However with American Idol returning In January they
should not get cocky.Dancing with the stars was the second big show of the night.Detroit 1-8-7 come Ins second In last hour with 9.3 and 2.3.It just barely lost younger audiences to the Good Wife.But like Castle Is Is being helped by Dancing with the Stars.

CBS
NCIS Is big winner of the night with 18 Million but loses 18-49 to glee.NCIS:LA had 16.5 Million In total viewers and 3.7 In younger audience.It
lost to Dancing with the Stars among all viewers but tied time In younger viewers.

NBC
The Biggest Loser Is Losing steam.First Hour finished fourth.Hour 2 tied with Raising hope among all viewers but lost the 18-49 to them. It was able to beat Running Wilde In both categories.Parenthood Is In trouble with 4.8 In total viewers and 2 among 18-49.Parenthood often won the 18-49 or come In second last year.This year It Is coming In third.It does less than Chuck does among viewers and only slightly better among 18-49

Fox
Glee Is Fox's success for the night.It come In second with 13 Million but beat NCIS among 18-49 5.8 to 4.Raising Hope and Running Wild are having trouble holding on to Glee's audience.

CW
One Tree Hill 1.8 and 0.9 and Life Unexpected 1.6 and 0.5.Total examples of the shape CW Is In.One tree Hill does do slightly better overall than Gossip Girl which Is about the only thing It has going for It.Both shows are doing terrible among 18-49 year olds

Wednesday(I watch Nothing)

ABC
The Middle comes In Second In total viewers after Survivor but third among 18-49 year olds.Better with You does slightly worse.Modern Family Is ABC's wednesday night success with second among total viewers with 11.9 but wins 18-49 with 4.5.Despite all the press Cougar Town continues to have trouble holding onto Modern Family's audience with 71 and 2.9.The Whole truth Is on Life support with 3 Million In total viewers and 1.1 among 18-49.

CBS
Survivors wins the first hour.Criminal Minds wins overall viewers In second hour but loses 18-49 year olds to Modern Family.The Defenders tied with Law and Order LA among all viewers but lost to them among 18-49(bad sign If you lose to law and Order among young viewers.This Is largely a older viewing show)

NBC
Undercovers has serious problems.It's 7 Million total viewers and 1.5 among 18-49.Chuck Is getting more younger viewers than It.Plus the more supposedly easy to follow Undercovers can't get the more serial The Event's numbers.Law and Order:SVU Improved on Undercovers with 8.7 among all Viewers and a 2.4(bad sign that law and Order SVU Is doing better than Undercovers among younger viewers.The Event Is doing better than SVU among younger viewers) and Law and Order LA Is now the highest rated law and Order show on TV with 10 Million total viewers and 3 among 18-49. It beats Undercovers and SVU among young viewers and the Monday night shows(although it just barely beats the Event among younger Viewers)

Fox
Hell's Kitchen Is Second In first hour and third In second hour.

CW
America's next top Model Is losing steam with 2.7 In total viewers(Both season premieres of Smallville and Supernatural beat It) and 1.2 among 18-49(Smallville beat it among them.And Supernatural tied with them) Hellcats got 2.2 In total viewers and 1 among 18-49.It keep almost of America's Next top model audience.Hellcats did slightly better than 90210 among all Viewers although 18-49 year olds like 90210 and Slightly better.

Thursday(I watch The Vampire Diaires and Nikita)

ABC
My Generation Is at death's door with 4 Million In total viewers and 1.1 among 18-49(being beaten by Community and the Vampire Diaries) Grey's Antomey Is second In timeslot but wins the 18-49 year olds.Private Practice Is second In last hour but ties the Mentalist among 18-49 audence.

CBS
Dominates In total numbers.CSi loses younger viewers to Grey's anatomy(proving again CBS's core audience Is older viewews)

NBC
Community Is trouble with 4.5 total viewers and 1.5. In 18-49.It gets less total Viewers than Chuck, Undercovers,and Parenthood.It gets less younger viewers than Parenthood and Chuck.and ties undercovers among younger viewers.It also just barely beats the vampire Diaries among Younger viewers.30 Rock comes In second among 18-49 beating Bones(although barely) The Office Is NBC'S best show on Thursday with
7.3 and and 3.7.Outsourced has trouble keeping The Office's viewers.The Apprentice Is NBC'S worst Thursday show 3.6 Total viewers and 1.3 Viewers don't think Trump Is funny anymore saying your fired.

FOX
Bones Is second In the hour with 9.2 total and 2.4 among 18 year olds(30 rock beats It In the second half hour) Fringe Is struggling with 5.5 overall and 1.9 among 18-49(just barely beating Nikita among younger viewers)

CW
The Vampire Diaries 3.2 and 1.5 Nikita got 2.8 and 1.1.The Vampire Diaries Is the network's top show.Among all viewers Nikita Is below Smallville now and tied With Supernatural but ahead of America's Next top Model.America's next top Model does slightly better with Younger viewers.It receives the same younger viewers that 90210 gets and slight ahead of Gossip Girl and Hellcats.


And there you have the first analysis of ratings.Next week we will be able to see how Smallville and Superatural hold up.