TV Ratings (Thursday 9th December)

[Jax]

-Total Viewers:
CBS: 12.43 million, ABC: 10.83, Fox: 7.02, NBC: 5.69, CW: 2.71

-Adults 18-49:
CBS: 2.9 rating/8 share, ABC: 2.7/8, NBC: 2.6/7, Fox: 2.1/6, CW: 1.0/3

CBS

The Big Bang Theory - 12.13 million & 3.8/12

$#*! My Dad Says - 9.50 million & 2.7/8

CSI - 13.40 million & 2.9/8

The Mentalist - 13.35 million & 2.4/7

ABC

Shrek the Hall (repeat)- 6.94 million & 1.8/6

Prep and lancing - 7.46 million & 2.1/6

Barbara Walters Specials: Oprah the Next Chapter - 13.15 million & 2.9/8

Barbara Walters Presents The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2010 - 12.15 million & 3.2/9

FOX

Bones - 8.76 million & 2.3/7

Fringe - 5.27 million & 1.9/5

NBC

Community - 4.74 million & 2.0/6

30 Rock - 5.24 million & 2.2/6

The Office (1 hour) - 7.59 million & 3.8/10

The Apprentice (season finale) - 4.50 million & 1.8/5

CW

The Vampire Diaries - 3.12 million & 1.3/4

Nikita - 2.31 million & 0.8/2

Won't be around for rest of night so will post some of my thoughts...

Fringe dipped by nearly 400,000 viewers and 0.1 in the last 30 mins, a worrying sign. Friday Nights will be a struggle due to a horrible lead in more than anything...Kitchen Nightmares like Hell Kitchen gets a small viewing audience but with an above average demo...that demo will not be around on friday nights.

Bones should do fine in the 9pm slot simply because of Idol being there but don't expect it the younger skewing show to boost the odler skewing drama by much.

$#*! My Dad Says is not going to survive past this season because its the wrong theme of a show for a TBBT lead out. I say it would of done a better job on mondays at 8pm and a better pilot would of helped too.

Why NBC felt the need to break up the solid Office/30 Rock parntership is beyond me and now instead of one hit, one solid and 2 flops they have 1 hit and 3 flops.

Nikita was never going to appeal to younger viewers and CW should move TVD to 9pm in midseason to avoid IDOL...Why let your only scripted get hit and it will drop against Idol.

 

[Starbreaker]

Barbara Walters should just have specials every night.

 

[bigdaddy]

Barbara Walters should just have specials every night.

I can't believe the demo is so high! She's a crazy bitchy old lady, really, she has lost any respect she ever had and now is just a "get off my lawn" feeling to her.

I also like how Wednesday was the 10th and Thursday is the 9th. Very scary!

 

[Jax]

I also like how Wednesday was the 10th and Thursday is the 9th. Very scary!

Dam time loops

 

[mswood]

Finals for Fringe 1.7.

Oh and here's a nice little comparison when Smallville moved to Fridays it had 1.7 for its average adults 18-49 in the fall, on Friday's it in the fall it managed a 1.1 average.

 

[mswood]

Nikita doesn't appeal to older viewers either. In comparing the last four originals of all shows on the CW, its adult 18-49 average is 9th out of ten shows, with Lux being the only show to average worse. Its adult 25-54 average is 5th out of 10 shows on the CW. When its strongest demo performance is only middle of the pack, sorry but the show should be cancelled, but with the state the CW is in, probably not.