Commander-in-chief

An appearance by President Barack Obama, a first for a sitting president, delivered the highest Tonight Show rating in metered market households since the program’s tribute to Johnny Carson in Jan. 2005. The Tonight Show delivered an 11.2/26 rating Thursday, tying the Carson tribute and improving upon its season average by 187%. The last time The Tonight Show drew a higher metered market rating was May, 1998, following the Seinfeld series finale, when it drew a 12.4.

The show was the fourth highest rated metered market household rating in the 16 years Leno has been hosting the program. The only nights topping it were Leno’s first night hosting in May, 1992, the night of the Cheers finale in May, 1993 and the night of the Seinfeld finale.

It seems that when CBS has no CSI, Grey's Anatomy gets better numbers but...this week Grey's Anatomy couldn't improve too much. And they sooo far away of the 27 million viewers they got some seasons ago... Anyway, it's a great succes (the best show in demos for ABC) and I guess we'll see more of Seattle Grace for some years.

Scoreboard
Total Viewers (million)	10.649	9.416	8.873	7.492	4.390	3.217
Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	3.5/10	3.5/10	3.1/9	3.0/8	1.8/5	1.3/4
Rating/Share: Adults 18-34	3.1/10	3.1/10	2.6/8	2.6/8	1.9/6	1.3/4

Net	Show	Viewers Live+SD (000)	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	18-34 Rating	18-34 Share
FOX	Bones	9,405	2.8	9	2.2	8
CBS	NCAA Basketball	9,360	3.2	10	3.1	11
ABC	Ugly Betty	7,282	1.9	6	1.7	6
NBC	My Name is Earl	6,417	2.4	8	1.8	6
UNI	Cuidado con el Ángel	4,124	1.5	5	1.6	6
CW	Smallville	3,116	1.3	4	1.4	5
FOX	Bones	10,983	3.2	9	2.6	8
CBS	NCAA Basketball	10,193	3.6	11	3.2	11
ABC	Ugly Betty	7,827	2.2	6	2.0	7
NBC	The Office (repeat)	4,644	2.0	6	1.8	6
UNI	Cuidado con el Ángel	4,627	1.8	5	1.9	6
CW	Smallville	3,462	1.5	4	1.6	5
ABC	Grey’s Anatomy	14,056	4.8	12	4.4	13
CBS	NCAA Basketball	11,070	4.0	10	3.4	10
NBC	The Office	7,953	3.9	10	4.4	12
FOX	Hell’s Kitchen	7,348	3.1	8	2.8	8
UNI	Mañana Es para Siempre	4,951	2.0	5	2.2	6
CW	Supernatural	3,359	1.3	3	1.3	4
ABC	Grey’s Anatomy	14,666	5.1	13	4.6	13
CBS	NCAA Basketball	9,441	3.5	9	3.1	9
FOX	Hell’s Kitchen	7,756	3.5	9	3.1	9
NBC	30 Rock	7,018	3.2	8	3.1	9
UNI	Mañana Es para Siempre	5,058	2.2	5	2.3	6
CW	Supernatural	2,930	1.1	3	1.1	3
ABC	Private Practice	10,796	3.9	10	3.4	10
NBC	E.R.	9,276	3.3	9	2.3	7
CBS	NCAA Basketball	8,632	3.4	9	3.1	9
UNI	Rosa de Guadalupe	3,723	1.5	4	1.7	5
NBC	E.R.	9,644	3.3	9	2.4	7
ABC	Private Practice	9,268	3.3	9	2.8	9
CBS	NCAA Basketball	7,798	3.2	9	2.9	9
UNI	Rosa de Guadalupe	3,857	1.5	4	1.7	6

Last Thursday's results, here.

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