Overnight Ratings - Thursday 4/20/06

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

Last night's Fast Nationals from Zap2it.com:

Last night's preliminary nationals (adults 18-49 and total viewers)
from Rick Kissell at Variety:

Note: Ratings information is taken from fast national data, which
includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary
and subject to change.

Overnight Ratings - Thursday 4/20/06

Fast National Ratings

CBS: 11.1 rating/18 share (12.8/21)
ABC: 4.9/8 (5.2/8)
NBC: 4.0/7 (5.0/8)
FOX: 3.2/5 (3.0/5)
WB: 2.4/4 (3.0/5)
UPN: 1.8/3 (1.9/3)

-Total Viewers:
CBS: 17.2 million
ABC: 7.3
NBC: 6
FOX: 4.7
WB: 3.9
UPN: 2.7

-Adults 18-49:
CBS: 5.3/15
NBC: 2.6/7
ABC: 2.4/7
FOX: 2.2/7
WB: 1.8/5
UPN: 1.1/3

Rick's Note: At ABC, "Commander in Chief" (2.1/6 in 18-49, 7.7 million
viewers overall) declined more than 10% from its mediocre time-period
premiere one week earlier -- lagging in demos both "Without a Trace"
(5/14, 16.7 million) and a repeat "ER" on NBC (2.5/7, 6.2 million)

8PM - CBS - "Survivor: Panama - Exile Island" - 9.7/16 (9.2/16)
ABC - "American Inventor" - 4.0/7 (4.6/8)
NBC - "Will & Grace" (repeat) - (no data)
(new, 5.0/9)
FOX - "That '70s Show" (2 eps, repeat) - 2.8/5
(new, 2.9/5; "The Loop", 2.4/4)
WB - "Smallville" - 2.6/5 (3.1/5)
UPN - "Everybody Hates Chris" - (no data) (2.7/5)

8:30PM - NBC - "My Name is Earl" (repeat) - (no data) (4.9/8)
UPN - "Love, Inc." - (no data) (1.7/3)

9PM - CBS - "CSI" (repeat) - 12.3/20
(new, 16.0/25)
ABC - "American Inventor" - 5.5/9 (5.1/8)
NBC - "My Name Is Earl" (repeat) - 4.9/8 (5.4/8)
FOX - "The O.C." - 3.6/6 (3.3/5)
WB - "Supernatural" - (no data) (2.8/4)
UPN - "Eve" - (no data) (1.7/3)

9:30PM - NBC - "The Office" (repeat) - 3.9/6 (4.4/7)
UPN - "Cuts" - (no data) (1.6/2)

10PM - CBS - "Without A Trace" - 11.5/19 (13.2/21)
ABC - "Commander in Chief" - 5.2/9 (6.0/10)
NBC - "ER" (repeat) - 4.2/7 (5.1/8)

Shows ranked by Adults 18-49 (where available):

CBS - "Survivor: Panama - Exile Island" - 5.4/17
CBS - "CSI" (repeat) - 5.4/15
CBS - "Without A Trace" - 5/14
NBC - "My Name is Earl" (repeat) (9PM) - 3.3/9
ABC - "American Inventor" (9PM) - 3.2/9
NBC - "The Office" (repeat) - 3/8
NBC - "ER" (repeat) - 2.5/7
FOX - "The OC" - 2.5/7
ABC - "Commander in Chief" - 2.1/6

Steven L....

Unless ABC is trying to keep Commander-in-Chief on the air as some kind
of political statement (Hillary promo), C-in-C won't be renewed with
these kinds of numbers. It was never that popular with the 18-49's, but
2.1/6 may be its worst showing ever for that demo.

Taylor...

There's just nowhere to put it to get decent numbers. It'll never pull
in decent numbers. Blame the bonehead who decided to axe the first guy
in charge of it and bring in Bochco. There was a delay in scripts and
even when Bochco delivered, people found they didn't like his take on
it. Should the show never have been tinkered w/, we'll never know how it
would have done. Thanks, Stephen.

Shows ranked in order of ratings (viewer totals where available):

CBS - "CSI" (repeat) - 12.3/20 (18.7 million)
CBS - "Without A Trace" - 11.5/19 (16.7 million)

Jack Bauer's Spunky Sidekick, Ian J. Ball...

Was this a new episode? 'Cos, if so, it's *down*, even considering the
"CSI" rerun as a lead-in.

(Maybe everyone else has caught on that this show's running on fumes...)

CBS - "Survivor: Panama - Exile Island" - 9.7/16 (16.3 million)
ABC - "American Inventor" (9PM) - 5.5/9 (8.4 million)
ABC - "Commander in Chief" - 5.2/9 (7.7 million)
NBC - "My Name Is Earl" (repeat) (9PM) - 4.9/8 (7.7 million)
NBC - "ER" (repeat) - 4.2/7 (6.2 million)

Jack Bauer's Spunky Sidekick, Ian J. Ball...

Beating a "ER" rerun? That's good.

Only 7.7 million viewers? That's bad. Real bad.

ABC - "American Inventor" (8PM) - 4.0/7
NBC - "The Office" (repeat) - 3.9/6 (6.1 million)
FOX - "The O.C." - 3.6/6 (7.7 million)

Jack Bauer's Spunky Sidekick, Ian J. Ball...

This is a typo, right? - It should be 4.7 mil, or 5.7 mil, yes?

'Cos otherwise "The O.C.'s" ratings nearly doubled over last week, and
I'm just not buying that.

FOX - "That '70s Show" (2 eps, repeat) - 2.8/5
WB - "Smallville" - 2.6/5

Jack Bauer's Spunky Sidekick, Ian J. Ball...

And, once again, thanks for those WBN viewership numbers Variety & Zap!1
[sigh]

NBC - "My Name is Earl" (repeat) (8:30PM) - (no data)
NBC - "Will & Grace" (repeat) - (no data)
UPN - "Everybody Hates Chris" - (no data)
WB - "Supernatural" - (no data)
UPN - "Love, Inc." - (no data)
UPN - "Eve" - (no data)
UPN - "Cuts" - (no data)

Cheers,

TD (aka Rhonda)

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
from Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"

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