Wednes-tie ratings

It seems FOX has find a good lineup for Wednesdays and very stable. Both Glee and So You Think You Can Dance (why can't they name the shows shorter, like Glee!) repeated ratings in A18-49. ABC's comedies on the other hand slipped from last week. I'm interested in seeing how Cougar Town performs because although I liked the first episode, I didn't enjoy too much the second and I'm afraid that the ratings will down as well as the quality of the show...
I'm curious how The CW will understand Melrose Place ratings. Would they understand them as 1.3 adding repetitions 0.5 plus original runs 0.8? Or maybe they'll see them as a bad 0.8 on the original runs and an even worse 0.5 on repetitions...We'll have to keep watching (the ratings....and the show).

Scoreboard
Rating: Adults 18-49	2.8/8	2.8/8	2.3/6	2.0/6	1.3/4	1.0/3
Rating: Adults 18-34	2.9/9	1.7/5	1.9/6	1.7/5	1.6/5	1.2/4
Total Viewers (million)	6.74	10.89	6.72	7.06	3.51	2.18

Time	Net	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (Millons)
8:00	FOX	So You Think You Can Dance	2.5/7	6.18
	CBS	New Adventures of Old Christine	2.0/6	7.27
	NBC	Mercy	1.8/5	7.29
	ABC	Hank	1.6/5	6.72
	CW	America’s Next Top Model	1.5/5	3.29
8:30	ABC	The Middle	2.1/6	6.78
	CBS	Gary Unmarried	2.2/6	7.17
9:00	CBS	Criminal Minds	3.5/9	13.49
	ABC	Modern Family	3.2/9	8.46
	FOX	Glee	3.2/8	7.30
	NBC	Law & Order: SVU	2.6/7	8.14
	CW	Melrose Place (R)	0.5/1	1.08
9:30	ABC	Cougar Town	3.1/8	7.80
10:00	CBS	CSI: NY	2.9/8	11.96
	ABC	Eastwick	1.8/5	5.28
	NBC	The Jay Leno Show	1.7/5	5.74

Source: Nielsen ratings.
Thanks to: TV by the Numbers

Last Wednesday results, here.

Glee-lliant!

Yesterday night basically everything dropped 10% (even Mercy), except Cougar Town (4.3 -> 3.6) and Eastwick (3.0 -> 2.4), which dropped ~20% in the demo. I hope Cougar Town doesn't keep falling next week because first episode looked entertaining. On the other hand, Glee was back above 7M! Exactly 7.324 million viewers, 4.4/7 HH, 3.2/9 A18-49, 3.6/11 A18-34, 5.1/15 W18-34. That was Glee's best numbers since September 9 premiere! I'm glad for that!

Scoreboard
Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	3.0/8	3.0/8	2.8/8	2.2/6	1.6/4	1.0/3
Rating/Share: Adults 18-34	3.3/10	1.9/6	2.2/7	1.9/6	1.7/5	1.2/4
Total Viewers (million)	6.99	11.20	8.22	7.08	3.98	2.19

Time	Net	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (Millons)
8:00	FOX	So You Think You Can Dance	2.7/8	6.66
	ABC	Hank (series premiere)	2.2/7	8.46
	NBC	Mercy	2.1/6	7.35
	CBS	New Adventures of Old Christine	2.0/6	7.20
	CW	America’s Next Top Model	1.5/5	3.31
8:30	ABC	The Middle (series premiere)	2.5/7	8.60
	CBS	Gary Unmarried	2.3/7	7.08
9:00	ABC	Modern Family	3.7/10	9.91
	CBS	Criminal Minds	3.6/10	13.60
	FOX	Glee	3.2/9	7.32
	NBC	Law & Order: SVU	2.5/7	7.90
	CW	Melrose Place (R)	0.5/1	1.08
9:30	ABC	Cougar Town	3.6/9	9.14
10:00	CBS	CSI: NY	3.2/9	12.87
	ABC	Eastwick	2.4/7	6.62
	NBC	The Jay Leno Show	1.9/5	5.99

Last Wednesday ratings, here.
Source: Nielsen Ratings
Thanks to: TV by the Numbers

We live in a Cougar Town

Competitive night the one we live yesterday. ABC and CBS tied in 18-49 ratings while FOX won 18-34 ratings. Great numbers for ABC comedies. They had, although less viewers, better ratings than DWTS. I'm glad to see that show are being this healthy this season (at least for now) because I thought numbers this year were going to be horrible. Glee keeps having a good result in he demos and it's confirmed as the first FOX hit of the season (maybe only one?). Can't wait to see tonight numbers. Flashforward promises to have very good numbers but, how will Grey's anatomy and CSI come back? Thursdays promise to give us much to talk about, as well and Wednesdays, an, oh! Tuesdays, or Mondays, etc...

Scoreboard
Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	3.5/10	3.5/10	2.8/8	2.3/6	1.7/5	0.9/2
Rating/Share: Adults 18-34	2.6/8	2.5/8	3.2/10	1.8/5	1.8/6	1.1/3
Total Viewers (million)	11.858	12.504	6.112	7.678	4.174	1.965

Time	Net	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers Live+SD (million)
8:00	ABC	Dancing With the Stars	3.2	10	14.961
	FOX	So You Think You Can Dance? (premiere)	2.5	8	5.600
	NBC	Mercy (series premiere)	2.3	7	8.248
	CBS	The New Adventures of Old Christine (premiere)	2.3	7	7.683
	CW	America’s Next Top Model	1.3	4	2.844
8:30	CBS	Gary Unmarried (premiere)	2.4	7	7.373
9:00	ABC	Modern Family (series premiere)	4.3	12	12.736
	CBS	Criminal Minds (premiere)	4.2	11	15.417
	FOX	Glee	3.0	8	6.624
	NBC	Law & Order: SVU (premiere)	2.5	7	8.358
	CW	The Beautiful Life: TBL	0.5	1	1.086
9:30	ABC	Cougar Town (series premiere)	4.3	11	11.438
10:00	CBS	CSI:NY (premiere)	4.0	11	14.568
	ABC	Eastwick (series premiere)	3.0	8	8.526
	NBC	The Jay Leno Show	2.0	5	6.430

Speechless

I'm speechless. I've just finished watching Idol finale and for me (as Randy would say) that was the best Idol finale ever! The ratings for FOX were exceptional. Incredible 40 million viewers for the last 7 minutes. Just amazing. And the rest of the networks couldn't do anything against Idol. CBS was the only one that was not that much affected but it seems all America was watching Idol finale because Univision got the third position in the demos (yes, before NBC and ABC too!). I loved to read this article. Focus on Mike Darnell words at the end. Unbelievable O_O

Even though the overall audience is declining, “American Idol” appears to be in little danger of losing its crown as the top-rated television series. In the 2003-4 season, the first in which “Idol” was the top-rated prime-time series, its lead over the second place show was about 7 percent. That margin has grown every year since and this year is 66 percent.

Mike Darnell, the president of alternative entertainment for Fox, who oversees “Idol” and other reality shows for the network, said that “Idol” could lose 12 percent of its audience every season and still be among the top 10 shows on television in 2016 — even if every other show on television maintained all of its current audience.

Now the results :)

Scoreboard
Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	10.0	2.8/8	1.4/4	1.3/4	1.2/3	0.4/1
Rating/Share: Adults 18-34	7.6	1.7/5	1.4/4	0.9/3	1.0/3	0.4/1
Total Viewers (million)	28.84	11.06	3.52	5.32	3.42	1.27

Time	Net	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	18-34 Rating/Share	Viewers (Millons)
8:00	FOX	American Idol Finale (8pm-10:07)	10.00	7.6	28.84
	CBS	New Adventures of Old Christine (Finale)	1.6/5	1.0/4	5.65
	NBC	Law & Order: CI	1.1/3	0.6/2	4.96
	ABC	Movie: Pirates of the Carribean (Dead Man..)	1.0/3	1.0/3	3.42
	CW	Movie: Take the Lead	0.4/1	0.4/2	1.24
8:30	CBS	Gary Unmarried (Finale)	1.7/5	1.0/3	5.55
9:00	CBS	Criminal Minds (Finale)	3.1/8	1.9/6	12.40
	ABC	Movie: Pirates of the Carribean (Dead Man..)	1.2/3	1.1/3	3.27
	NBC	Law & Order: SVU (R)	1.0/3	0.7/2	4.30
	CW	Movie: Take the Lead	0.5/1	0.5/2	1.30
10:00	CBS	Criminal Minds (Finale)	3.9/10	2.2/7	15.17
	NBC	Law & Order	1.9/5	1.4/4	6.70
	ABC	Movie: Pirates of the Carribean (Dead Man..)	1.3/3	1.2/3	3.58
	8:00	American Idol Finale	7.80	6	23.22
	8:30	American Idol Finale	8.90	6.6	26.53
	9:00	American Idol Finale	10.50	7.8	30.13
	9:30	American Idol Finale	11.70	9	32.85
	10:00-10:07	American Idol Finale	14.90	11.8	40.10

Source: TV by the numbers