Prime-Time Metered Market Thursday Ratings:
Fox Leads; Four Networks Down Year-to-Year
Thursday 5/05/11
Note: The overnight data now includes DVR playback until 3 a.m. local time. One year earlier it was based on Live data only. All times are ET/PT.
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Rtg/Shr
Fox 10.4/17
CBS 7.4/12
ABC 5.6/ 9
NBC 2.9/ 5
CW 1.9/ 3
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-Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening (Thursday, May 6, 2010):
Fox: +96, ABC: - 8, CW: -10, CBS: -17, NBC: -22
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-Yesterday's Winners:
American Idol (Fox), The Big Bang Theory (CBS), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
-Yesterday's Losers:
Community (NBC), Rules of Engagement (CBS), Wipeout (ABC), 30 Rock (NBC), Outsourced (NBC), Nikita (CW)
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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was another easy Thursday victory for the home of American Idol, Fox, which bested distant second-place CBS by 5.0 overnight household rating points. Next was ABC, which like CBS is losing steam as a result of aging hit series, followed by NBC and The CW. Week one results for NBC’s The Office minus Steve Carell were typical at a fourth-place 4.6 rating/ 7 share in the overnights at 9 p.m.
As always, American Idol stood well above anything else last night, with the live results show at a 13.8/23 from 8-9 p.m. So long, Jacob Lusk. Next on Fox was just renewed crime solver Bones, which tied tired CSI on CBS for second (behind Grey’s Anatomy on ABC) with a 7.0/11. Comparably, retention for Bones out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of Idol (14.9/24) was lacking at 47 percent. The only show on Fox over the years that had respectable retention out of American Idol was House.
Over at CBS, The Big Bang Theory was on the 8 p.m. map, with a second-place 7.5/13 in the overnights. But the problem remains relocated Rules of Engagement, which dipped to a 5.2/ 8 at 8:30 p.m. (#2) -- 31 percent below Sheldon, Leonard and company. With former occupant $#*! My Dad Says a long-shot for renewal, CBS will have to address this time period next fall. At 9 p.m., aforementioned CSI (#2: 7.0/11 at 9 p.m. -- down 20 percent from one year earlier) led into The Mentalist with a dominant 9.0/15 at 10 p.m. Comparably, that built by the 9:30 p.m. portion of CSI (7.2/11) by 25 percent. Although the common assumption is The Mentalist will move up to 9 p.m. on Thursday next season, anything is possible.
ABC kicked-off the evening with Wipeout at a lackluster third-place 3.4/ 5 at 8 p.m., followed by dominant Grey’s Anatomy (#1: 7.9/13 -- down four percent from one year earlier) and spin-off Private Practice (#2: 5.6/ 9) from 9-11 p.m.
Moving the fourth-place NBC, the positive news was consistency for aforementioned The Office (#4: 4.6/ 7 at 9 p.m.), which built by 142 percent from its repeat telecast lead-in (#4: 1.5, 1.9/ 3 at 8:30 p.m.). That encore telecast replaced recently axed The Paul Reiser Show. The Office, no doubt, will resonate among key adults 18-49. But the rest of the evening on NBC is lacking. Community, which should not be anchoring the evening next season, finished a distant fourth with a 2.4/ 4 at 8 p.m. At 9:30 p.m., Parks & Recreation (#4: 3.4/ 5) slipped by 26 percent from The Office, leading into the season-finale of 30 Rock (#3: 3.0/ 5) and expected-to-be canceled Outsourced (#3: 2.3/ 4) from 10-11 p.m. If NBC is wise, it will trim back its Thursday sitcom block to two-hours next season.
Last, and very least, was The CW’s combination of The Vampire Diaries (#5: 2.3/ 4), its most-watched series, and Nikita (#5: 1.4/ 2), which is waiting word on a potential renewal. With retention of just 61 percent out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of The Vampire Diaries, The CW would be wise to just let Nikita go.
Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat)
Source: pifeedback
I don't get why the ratings of Nikita keep dropping. Thursday's episode was amazing, the show just keeps getting better. :( I'd be so bummed if it didn't come back for season 2.
ReplyDeleteThere is no way Nikita is getting cancelled! The CW already have three slots to fill (Hellcats, Smallville and Life Unexpected). It might get an order of 13 episodes but IT HAS TO COME BACK!
ReplyDeleteThere is no way Nikita is getting cancelled! The CW already have three slots to fill (Hellcats, Smallville and Life Unexpected). It might get an order of 13 episodes but IT HAS TO COME BACK!
ReplyDeleteNikita is my fave show! they have to renew it! its not like any other show! maybe the Cw should give it the attention to promote it more like its other shows...i'm so fed up of these teen drama with there predictable same storylines. RENEW NIKITA! X
ReplyDeleteThe Mentalist will not move up to 9pm anytime soon. The only way that's gonna happen is if CSI is cancelled, also something I don't see happening. There aren't many shows that are secure for the foreseeable future and that perform as well as The Mentalist does at 10pm and they are gonna keep it there instead of risking it at a new timeslot, but I think they should move it up.
ReplyDeleteHow dare they suggest Nikita be let go? I hate objective people...
ReplyDeleteI don't think CSI (Las Vegas) will be cancelled, maybe removed but not cancelled: CSI is still the series taht people in the world watch the most ! so I don't think CBS will risk to lose the veteran CSI
ReplyDeleteHowever I think CSI NY is in danger, and will be cancelled (in my opinion)
Yeah, Nikita is fantastic! The only reason the audience might drop could be the fact that in a few episodes they gave more importance to Alex than to Nikita. Everything happens to Alex and never with Nikita. People started to watch the show because of the Nikita. They should give more credit to her.(
ReplyDeleteAnd I totally desagree when they sad they should let Nikita GO. Please there's a lot of tv shows that they gave a second season and because of that, the audience increases, because people get curious why this tv show got another season and start to watch, but like I said before they have to give more importance to Nikita's character
ReplyDeleteThere s something i can t understand.How come The mentalist always surpasses 14 millions viewers,butt fall behind show inferior in the 18-49 rating?
ReplyDeleteIt means that more people over 49 watch it.
ReplyDeleteoh come on , NIKITA is one of the best shows of 2010 , this show really has everything , and no one is watching it because it's underated ............. i hate this :(
ReplyDeleteThan 10-11 millions over 50 watch the show?????????????
ReplyDeleteNo, that is not the number of people, it's the rating/% of people.
ReplyDeleteYou read about the ratings here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_ratings
Nikita keep dropping is nothing to do with Alex.
ReplyDeleteThe episodes that focus on Nikita... many ratings fall in those too. Just check the ratings from first to last episode broadcast until now
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But noticed that
ratings began
dropping
heavily
since Michael and Nikita were together too fast
yes, CSI is an established show worldwide and often listed in the most watched shows in the world which means millions of dollars in syndication for every new episode they make... Thats why I said that I don't see CBS cancelling CSI...
ReplyDeleteIt ratings of network shows were directly proportional to the quality of the shows, then, things would have been so different....
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm pretty confident Nikita will be renewed for another full season...
ReplyDeleteThe CW would be asinine to let Nikita go. The show actually rose 33% to gain a 0.8 18-49 rating. If the network lets this brilliant show go (its best IMO aside from TVD, Smallville (which is ending) and SPN), then I'm DONE with this network - for GOOD. Not even TVD could keep me tuning in. I'll just download the episodes from iTunes and won't even bother tuning into this crapfest of a network.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I think Nikita is safe. Life Unexpected was already canceled, Smallville is ending and Hellcats is pretty much a goner. The network can't afford to lost three slots and premiere three new pilots in the fall. They don't have that kind of cash.
ReplyDeleteSame here. Whoever runs the promo department over at the CW needs to be replaced STAT.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, there's so much crap on television these days that gets renewed year after year. But, quality shows are always in danger. It pisses me the hell off.
ReplyDeletegood job bones!
ReplyDeleteNikita is the best show on the CW, everything else sucks. They would be stupid to let Nikita go.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree more! I have not enjoyed the last episodes since they got together. I used to anticipate watching the next week's episode... now I watch whenever I have extra time and nothing else to watch. Bringing Michael and Nikita together changed the dynamic of the series in a very bad way.
ReplyDeleteThey could bring them together,,,, but as in a lot of great shows as Nikita is one of them, if not the best one..... they can always tear them apart..... creating a good plot to do that. So them can be enemies again.
ReplyDeleteI'm with YOU!!!
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree more.
ReplyDeletefuck you CW if you let NIKITA GO! who ever wrote this is a stupid moron!!
ReplyDeleteyeah, they're crazy if they let NIKITA Go...... and couldn't agree more with the fact that who wrote that is a moron!!!
ReplyDeleteWould be wise to let it go? No way sure you dude. And the stupid Nielsen Media break-down. GG, 90210, OTH, Hellcats get the worse ratings than this yet they (exception Hellcats) are so quick to be renewed and praised for their repititive unimaginative teen drama. I honestly wish Nikita belonged to a better network.
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