| Scoreboard |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 5.7/15 | 3.1/8 | 2.8/7 | 1.7/5 | 1.6/4 | 0.5/1 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 4.6/13 | 1.8/5 | 3.2/9 | 1.4/4 | 1.6/5 | 0.5/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 16.788 | 13.630 | 5.434 | 5.421 | 3.858 | 1.343 | | | |
Of course Fox topped the adults 18-49 ratings on Thursday night, but
Idol’s timeslot move took its toll on the ratings. CBS was pushed down across the board, interestingly it fared worse in the later hours than at 8pm. While NBC’s “Comedy Night Done Right” exceeded its 2 hour comedy block ratings from the fall.
NBC’s “Comedy Night Done Right” ratings
started better than most of our readers expected,
averaging a 2.8 adults 18-49 rating on the night.
Community’s 2.2 adults 18-49 rating tied its second best mark of the season, up 16% from its last new episode.
Perfect Couples’ 2.1 rating was far better than its December “preview’s” 1.3 rating.
The Office’s 4.5 adults 18-49 rating was a season high, up 22% from its last new episode.
Parks & Recreation returned with a pop, its 3.2 adults 18-49 rating was a series record.
30 Rock’s 2.7 rating at 10pm, was 29% above its last new episode. Its skeptics will feast on the fact that
Outsourced tumbled to a 1.8 adults 18-49 rating, a series low, down 28% from its last new episode.
American Idol’s Thursday premiere scored a 7.8 adults 18-49 rating, that’s down 23% from last season’s second night’s 10.1 rating (on a Wednesday, somewhat apples/oranges). Its 22.6 million viewers was down from last season’s Wednesday start of 26.416 million. Following Idol,
Bones drew a 3.6 adults 18-49 rating. That’s
Bones’ best rating since 1/28/10.
CBS’s
The Big Bang Theory weathered the Idol storm quite well, its 4.2 adults 18-49 rating was down just 5% from its last new episode.
$#*! My Dad Says’ 2.7 rating was a series low, and down 7% vs. its last new episode.
CSI’s 3.1 rating was down 6% from its last new episode, while
The Mentalist’s 2.8 rating was down 10% from its last new episode.
ABC’s
Wipeout’s 2.6 rating, still impressive for reality vs. Idol (and the NBC 8pm comedies), tumbled 28% vs. last week.
Late-night results are below the primetime data.
Overnight ratings for Thursday, January 20, 2011:
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Via NBC press note:
In Late-Night Metered Markets Thursday night:
In Nielsen’s 56 metered markets, household results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” 2.9/7; CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman,” 3.2/8; and ABC’s combo of “Nightline,” 2.9/7; and “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” 1.4/4
In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” 1.1/5; “Late Show,” 0.9/4; “Nightline,” 0.9/4; and “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” 0.5/3.
At 12:35 a.m., “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” (1.4/5 in metered-market households) trailed CBS’s “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” (1.5/5). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, “Late Night” (0.7/4 in 18-49) tied “Late Late Show” (0.5/3).
At 1:35 a.m., Last Call with Carson Daly” averaged a 0.7/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.4/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
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