Overnight Ratings - Thursday 3/23/06

Last week's and last night's Metered Market Ratings from
The Programming Insider by Marc Berman:

Overnight Ratings - Thursday 3/23/06

Metered Market Ratings

CBS: 9.1 rating/14 share (7.1/11)
NBC: 8.0/12 (8.0/12)
ABC: 7.9/12 (8.6/13)
FOX: 3.5/5 (3.7/6)
UPN: 2.4/4 (2.1/3)
WB: 2.4/4 (2.3/3)

-Percent Change From the Comparable Year-Ago Evening (Thursday 3/24/05):
ABC: +49, WB: +20, CBS: + 7, NBC: NBC: -20, UPN: -35, Fox: -56

(Note: Fox aired the American Idol results show on the year-ago evening).

Fast National Ratings (Live Plus Same Day data).

-Total Viewers:
CBS: 12.50 million (10.78)
ABC: 11.52 (12.36)
NBC: 10.78 (10.62)
FOX: 5.11 (5.29)
WB: 2.90 (2.67)
UPN: 2.77 (2.23)

-Adults 18-49:
NBC: 4.7/12 (4.5/12)
ABC: 4.4/12 (4.7/13)
CBS: 4.3/11 (4.0/11)
FOX: 2.4/6 (2.3/6)
UPN: 1.2/3 (0.9/2)
WB: 1.2/3 (1.1/3)

-Yesterday's Winners:
2006 NCAA Basketball: Regional Semi-Finals - Day 1 (CBS),
American Inventor (ABC)

-Honorable Mention:
Extreme Makeover Home Edition: After the Storm (ABC)

-Still Dominant But Down Significantly:
ER (NBC)

-Yesterday's Losers (Excluding Repeats):
That '70s Show (Fox), The Loop (Fox),
Love, Inc. (UPN), Eve (UPN), Cuts (UPN)

Marc's Note: The NCAA match-ups scored a 7.7/13 from 7-10:01 p.m.,
and a 7.3/13 from 10:01 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Last year's games on the
comparable evening (March 24, 2005) averaged a 6.9/12 from 7-9:30 p.m.,
and a 7.4/12 from 9:30 p.m.-12:15 a.m. based on the overnights.
According to the fast nationals (which are always approximate with any
live sporting evening), NCAA Basketball averaged 12.50 million viewers
with a third-place 4.3/11 among adults 18-49 from 8-11 p.m.

TD Note: With no "CSI" to contend with, the second outing of ABC's
"American Inventor" (8.6/13, 12.99 million) did well with little loss from
last week's debut (9.7/15, 14.15 million). It'll be interesting to see how
it fares opposite a new "CSI" next week.

8PM - CBS - "College Basketball" - 7.7/13 (7.1/11)
ABC - "Extreme Makeover Home Edition: After The Storm" - 7.3/11
("American Inventor", debut, 9.7/15)
NBC - "Will & Grace" - 7.2/11 (7.2/11)
FOX - "That '70s Show" - 3.6/6 (3.8/6)
UPN - "Everybody Hates Chris" (new) - 3.5/5
(repeat, 2.9/5)
WB - "Smallville" (repeat) - 2.6/4 (2.3/4)

8:30PM - NBC - "My Name is Earl" (repeat) - 6.4/10
("Four Kings", 5.2/8)
FOX - "The Loop" - 3.1/5 (3.3/5)
UPN - "Love, Inc." (new) - 2.1/3
(repeat, 1.9/3)

9PM - ABC - "American Inventor" - 8.6/13
(debut, 9.7/15)
NBC - "My Name Is Earl" - 7.6/11 (7.8/12)
FOX - "The O.C." - 3.6/5 (3.8/6)
WB - "Supernatural" (repeat) - 2.3/3 (2.2/3)
UPN - "Eve" (new) - 1.9/3
(repeat, 2.0/3)

9:30PM - NBC - "The Office" (repeat) - 6.7/10
(new, 6.7/10)
UPN - "Cuts" (new) - 1.9/3
(repeat, 1.8/3)

10PM - NBC - "ER" (repeat) - 10.1/16
(new, 10.5/17)
ABC - "Primetime Live" - 7.8/13 (6.4/10)

Shows ranked by Adults 18-49:

NBC - "ER" (repeat) - 5.8/15
NBC - "My Name Is Earl" - 5.2/13
ABC - "American Inventor" - 5.1/13
ABC - "Primetime Live" - 4.5/12
CBS - "College Basketball" - 4.3/11
NBC - "The Office" (repeat) - 4.1/10
NBC - "My Name is Earl" (repeat) - 3.8/10
ABC - "Extreme Makeover Home Edition: After The Storm" - 3.6/10
NBC - "Will & Grace" - 3.4/10
FOX - "That '70s Show" - 2.6/7
FOX - "The O.C." - 2.6/6
FOX - "The Loop" - 2.1/6
UPN - "Everybody Hates Chris" - 1.6/5
WB - "Smallville" (repeat) - 1.3/4
WB - "Supernatural" (repeat) - 1.1/3
UPN - "Love, Inc." - 1.0/3
UPN - "Eve" - 1.0/2
UPN - "Cuts" - 1.0/2

Shows ranked in order of ratings:

NBC - "ER" (repeat) - 10.1/16 (13.63 million)

Obveeus...

Top ranked show for the night...but it was not a repeat.

Diane M...

What do they 'still dominant'? It was only dominant because WAT wasn't

obveeus...

Huh?

showing an episode. Wait 'til next Thursday, and I'm betting WAT will be
back in first place at 10 p.m.

obveeus...

Probably...and NBC certainly didn't help that situation by failing to
get the word out that ER would be showing a new episode. They missed a
golden opportunity to try and capture an audience.

Diane M

Tiny Dancer...

Thanks for the help. My online guide had it listed as a repeat.

obveeus...

I wonder how much ER ratings were hurt by the change from a repeat
episode to a fresh one without notifying viewers? NBC has 'extra'
episodes of lots of shows because of the Olympic coverage. Those extra
episodes should help them gain viewers while other channels are showing
repeats or specialty programming like the NCAAs...but it won't help if
NBC fails to market correctly.

altec3220...

I only realized it was a new episode five minutes before it aired. My
Yahoo! TV listings had it as a repeat so I was ready to switch over to
something else at 10:00 but while I was watching My Name Is Earl the
promo for ER said it was all new. I checked NBC.com and sure enough,
new episode.

Cheers,

TD (aka Rhonda)

I know it's true
Oh, so true
'Cause I saw it on TV
from John Fogerty's "I Saw It On TV"

for a good time call

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ABC - "American Inventor" - 8.6/13 (12.99 million)
ABC - "Primetime Live" - 7.8/13 (10.87 million)
CBS - "College Basketball" - 7.7/13 (12.50 million)
NBC - "My Name Is Earl" - 7.6/11 (11.30 million)
ABC - "Extreme Makeover Home Edition: After The Storm" - 7.3/11 (10.72 million)
NBC - "Will & Grace" - 7.2/11 (8.84 million)
NBC - "The Office" (repeat) - 6.7/10 (8.58 million)
NBC - "My Name is Earl" (repeat) - 6.4/10 (8.71 million)
FOX - "That '70s Show" - 3.6/6 (5.42 million)
FOX - "The O.C." - 3.6/5 (5.34 million)
UPN - "Everybody Hates Chris" - 3.5/5 (4.15 million)
FOX - "The Loop" - 3.1/5 (4.34 million)
WB - "Smallville" (repeat) - 2.6/4 (3.15 million)
WB - "Supernatural" (repeat) - 2.3/3 (2.64 million)
UPN - "Love, Inc." - 2.1/3 (2.40 million)
UPN - "Eve" - 1.9/3 (2.27 million)
UPN - "Cuts" - 1.9/3 (2.27 million)

Cheers,

TD (aka Rhonda)

The carpet's all paid for
God bless the TV
Let's go shoot a hole in the moon
from Elton John's "Roy Rogers"

for a good time call

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