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RATINGS RAT RACE: Charlie Sheen Is A Hit

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 2, 2011 @ 9:29am PSTTags: 20/20 Ratings, ABC Ratings, American Idol, CBS Ratings, CW Ratings, Fox Ratings, NBC Ratings, NCIS, One Tree Hill, Parenthood, Raising Hope, Ratings Rat Race, The Good Wife, TV, TV Ratings, V Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

ABC’s special Charlie Sheen edition of 20/20 (3.3/10 in adults 18-49, 9.5 million viewers) was the top-rated program among adults 18-49 at 10 PM last night. It almost doubled its lead-in, drama V (1.8/5, 5 million, down 5% in 18-49), a rare feat for a program in the DVR-heavy 10 PM hour. This was ABC’s best performance in the slot with an hourlong program in 2 years.

However, Charlie Sheen didn’t seem to hurt CBS, the network he has been attacking for the past few weeks. Against 20/20, CBS’ The Good Wife (2.2/6, 11.3 million) was No.1 in total viewers and up 10% in 18-49 from last week despite a weaker lead-in. However, NBC’s 10 PM dramedy Parenthood (1.9/6, 5 million) got dinged, down 10% from last week.

Like V, all shows airing in the 8 PM and 9 PM hours took a hit from facing Fox’s American Idol, which is airing in an irregular Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday pattern this week. NBC’s The Biggest Loser: Couples (2.4/7) was down 11% for a season low. ABC’s freshman No Ordinary Family (1.2/4, 4.3 million) was down 14% for a series low.  CBS’ NCIS (3.8/11, 19.2 million) was down 14%, NCIS: LA (3.2/9, 15.6 million) was down 18%, tied as a season low.

However, the 8 PM hour offered a sight pretty unheard of in today’s fragmented TV universe – two shows, American Idol and NCIS, drawing audiences of 20 million viewers.

A 90-minute edition of Idol (7.5/21, 21.3 million) towered over the competition in 18-49 and edged NCIS to once again rank as the top program of the night it airs on. Vs. last week’s Wednesday show, Idol was down 5% in the demo. Because of the rule changes this season with only one semi-final round, there is no direct comparison to last season. Vs. the final boys semi-final show last year, Idol was down 9%.

Fox’s freshman Raising Hope (3.4/9, 8.8 million) got a big boost following Idol, up 42% from last week for a series high and a first No.1 demo finish against original competition in the 9:30 PM slot. Fox won the night with an average of 6.5/18 in 18-49 and 18.1 million viewers.

CW’s dramas One Tree Hill (1.0/3 in 18-34) and Hellcats (0.7/2 in 18-34) both held steady, even in the young demo from last week.

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Ratings Rat Race: CBS Regains Friday Edge

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday December 4, 2010 @ 11:27am PSTTags: 20/20 Ratings, A Walk in My Shoes, ABC Ratings, Blue Bloods, CBS Ratings, CSI:NY, CW Ratings, Fox Ratings, Medium, NBC Ratings, Primetime: What would You Do?, Ratings Rat Race, Smallville, TV, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

Here is where we left things off on Friday two weeks ago, heading into the Thanksgiving holiday: CBS was handed its first non-N.1 finish on the night this season by ABC, which edged the eye network by a tenth of … Read More »

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Ratings Rat Race: ABC Tops CBS On Friday; Are Scripted Series On The Night Doomed?

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday November 20, 2010 @ 11:21am PSTTags: 20/20 Ratings, Blue Bloods, CBS Ratings, CSI:NY, NBC Midseason Schedule, NBC Ratings, Primetime: What would You Do?, Ratings Rat Race, School Pride, Suppernanny, TV, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

After gaining on CBS for the past few weeks, ABC topped the eye network last night for its first Friday win among adults 18-49 this season. Kudos to ABC for assembling a solid Friday lineup of Supernanny, Primetime: What Would … Read More »

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Ratings Rat Race: No Bounce For ‘Outlaw’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday October 9, 2010 @ 10:06am PDTTags: 20/20 Ratings, Blue Bloods, CBS Ratings, Dateline Friday, Jimmy Smits, Jimmy Smits Outlaw, Medium, NBC Outlaw, NBC Ratings, Outlaw, Outlaw Low Ratings, Ratings, TV, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

NBC’s Outlaw is a show in a desperate fight for its life, with its production put on a two-week hiatus that will become permanent unless its ratings improve. They didn’t last night as the legal drama starring Jimmy Smits matched its underwhelming 1.0 rating in adults 18-49 from last week and drew 4.2 million viewers, down 11% from last week. What’s worse, they didn’t despite Outlaw‘s lead-in, a two-hour Dateline (1.6/6) spiking 23% from last week and its drama competition in the 10 PM hour, CBS’ Blue Bloods (1.8/6) weakening by 10% in the demo. Hope is fading fast for Outlaw, which could’ve fared differently on another night as its preview behind America’s Got Talent indicated, but appears to have no future Fridays at 10 PM. Read More »

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