Overnight Ratings - Thursday 3/16/06

Last week's Metered Market Ratings came from Marc Berman.
Last night's data from The Programming Insider: Friday 3/17/06
By Marc Berman

Overnight Ratings - Thursday 3/16/06

Metered Market Ratings

ABC: 8.6 rating/13 share (5.4/8)
NBC: 8.0/12 (5.4/8)
CBS: 7.1/11 (13.8/21)
FOX: 3.7/6 (11.0/16)
WB: 2.3/3 (2.6/4)
UPN: 2.1/3 (1.7/3)

-Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening (Thursday, March 17, 2005):
ABC: +37, CBS: + 8, NBC: - 2, Fox: -14, WB: -21, UPN: -45

Fast National Ratings:

-Total Viewers:
ABC: 12.36 million (7.24)
CBS: 10.78 (20.96)
NBC: 10.62 (6.93)
FOX: 5.29 (16.92)
WB: 2.67 (3.41)
UPN: 2.23 (2.13)

-Adults 18-49:
ABC: 4.7/13 (2.4/6)
NBC: 4.5/12 (3.0/8)
CBS: 4.0/11 (6.9/18)
FOX: 2.3/6 (7.1/18)
WB: 1.1/3 (1.4/4)
UPN: 0.9/2 (0.8/2)

-Yesterday's Winners:
American Inventor (ABC)

-Honorable Mention:
NCAA College Basketball: First Round, Day One (CBS)

-Dominant but Down:
ER (NBC)

-Yesterday's Losers (excluding repeats):
That '70s Show (Fox), Four Kings (NBC), The Loop (Fox),
The O.C. (Fox), Primetime Live (ABC)

8PM - ABC - "American Inventor" (debut) - 9.7/15
("Bringing Down The House", 5.3/8)
NBC - "Will & Grace" (new) - 7.2/11
(2 eps, repeat/new, 4.5/7)
CBS - "College Basketball" - 7.1/11
("Survivor: Panama - Exile Island", 9.3/14;
"CSI", 17.9/26; "Without A Trace", 14.4/23)
FOX - "That '70s Show" - 3.8/6
("American Idol", 16.4/25)
UPN - "Everybody Hates Chris" (repeat) - 2.9/5 (2.4/4)
WB - "Smallville" (repeat) - 2.3/4 (2.2/3)

Laddy...

You have to wonder why CBS even bothers with the BB. They'd do better with
their regular programming it seems. Are they getting premium ad rates for
the broadcasts?

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

The all important (and elusive) *male demo* is the answer.

8:30PM - NBC - "Four Kings" - 5.2/8
("Will & Grace", 4.5/7)
FOX - "The Loop" - 3.3/5
("American Idol", 16.4/25)
UPN - "Love, Inc." (repeat) - 1.9/3 (1.5/2)

Laddy...

Saw The Loop for the first time. I didn't mind it but it's not a must see
item.

9PM - NBC - "My Name Is Earl" (new) - 7.8/12
(repeat, 6.0/9)
FOX - "The O.C." - 3.8/6 (5.5/8)
WB - "Supernatural" (repeat) - 2.2/3
("Beauty and the Geek", 2.9/4)
UPN - "Eve" (repeat) - 2.0/3 (1.5/2)

Laddy...

I'd guess the fall in the OC was due to baseball but who knows.

9:30PM - NBC - "The Office" (new) - 6.7/10
(repeat, 5.1/8)
UPN - "Cuts" (repeat) - 1.8/3 (1.3/2)

10PM - NBC - "ER" (new) - 10.5/17
(repeat, 6.2/10)
ABC - "Primetime Live" - 6.4/10 (5.5/9)

Laddy...

I watched ER for the first time in a while last evening and found it
wanting. How the mighty have fallen although 10.5 is still pretty good in
the larger sense.

Obveeus...

I'm kind of hoping that a couple weeks of basketball time will allow
everyone to switch over to ER and remember how much better it is than WaT.

Shows ranked by Adults 18-49:

NBC - "ER" - 5.8/15
ABC - "American Inventor" (debut) - 5.4/15
NBC - "My Name Is Earl" - 4.5/12
NBC - "The Office" - 4.2/11
CBS - "College Basketball" - 4.0/11
NBC - "Will & Grace" - 3.7/11
ABC - "Primetime Live" - 3.3/9
NBC - "Four Kings" - 2.9/8
FOX - "That '70s Show" - 2.4/7
FOX - "The O.C." - 2.4/6
FOX - "The Loop" - 2.0/6
UPN - "Everybody Hates Chris" (repeat) - 1.2/3
WB - "Smallville" (repeat) - 1.1/3
WB - "Supernatural" (repeat) - 1.1/3
UPN - "Love, Inc." (repeat) - 0.8/2
UPN - "Eve" (repeat) - 0.8/2
UPN - "Cuts" (repeat) - 0.8/2

Shows ranked in order of ratings:

NBC - "ER" - 10.5/17 (14.06 million)
ABC - "American Inventor" (debut) - 9.7/15 (14.20 million)
NBC - "My Name Is Earl" - 7.8/12 (10.61 million)
NBC - "Will & Grace" - 7.2/11 (9.19 million)
CBS - "College Basketball" - 7.1/11 (10.78 million)
NBC - "The Office" - 6.7/10 (8.90 million)
ABC - "Primetime Live" - 6.4/10 (8.70 million)
NBC - "Four Kings" - 5.2/8 (6.87 million)
FOX - "That '70s Show" - 3.8/6 (5.48 million)
FOX - "The O.C." - 3.8/6 (5.45 million)
FOX - "The Loop" - 3.3/5 (4.78 million)
UPN - "Everybody Hates Chris" (repeat) - 2.9/5 (3.06 million)
WB - "Smallville" (repeat) - 2.3/4 (2.69 million)
WB - "Supernatural" (repeat) - 2.2/3 (2.64 million)
UPN - "Eve" (repeat) - 2.0/3 (1.97 million)
UPN - "Love, Inc." (repeat) - 1.9/3 (1.96 million)
UPN - "Cuts" (repeat) - 1.8/3 (1.93 million)

Cheers,

TD (aka Rhonda)

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