Overnight Ratings - Tuesday 4/18/06

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 - Tuesday 4/18/06

David...

Lots of preemptions in NY city last night. "Veronica Mars" for
basketball and "Boston Legal" (and maybe ABC's 9 o'clock shows as
well) for a special report.

Fast National Ratings

FOX: 15.1 rating/23 share (16.0/24)
CBS: 8.9/14 (8.8/13)
ABC: 4.4/7 (6.4/10)
NBC: 3.9/6 (4.3/7)
WB: 2.2/3 (3.0/4)
UPN: 1.5/2 (1.9/3)

-Total Viewers:
FOX: 25.4 million (25.00)
CBS: 14.0 (12.51)
ABC: 6.4 (9.76)
NBC: 5.7 (5.67)
WB: 3.2 (3.23)
UPN: 2.2 (2.08)

-Adults 18-49:
FOX: 10.0/26 (10.0/27)
CBS: 3.7/10 (3.3/9)
NBC: 2.3/6 (2.2/6)
ABC: 2.1/5 (3.2/8)
WB: 1.5/4 (1.3/3)
UPN: 1.0/3 (0.9/2)

8PM - FOX - "American Idol" - 16.2/26 (17.6/27)
CBS - "NCIS" (new) - 9.9/16
(repeat, 7.9/12)
ABC - "According To Jim" (repeat) - (no data)
("It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown", repeat, 4.0/6)
WB - "Gilmore Girls" - 2.9/5 (3.9/6)
NBC - "Celebrity Cooking Showdown" - 2.4/4
("Most Outrageous TV Moments", 3.4/5;
"Scrubs", repeat, 2.8/4)
UPN - "America's Next Top Model" (repeat) - (no data) (2.1/3)

8:30PM - ABC - "Hope & Faith" - (no data) (3.4/5)

9PM - FOX - "House" - 14.0/21 (14.5/21)
CBS - "The Unit" - 9.6/14 (9.2/13)
ABC - "Hope & Faith" - 3.9/6
("The Ten Commandments", Part 2, 7.7/12)
NBC - "Scrubs" - 3.6/5 (4.5/7)
WB - "Pepper Dennis" - (no data) (2.1/3)
UPN - "Veronica Mars" - (no data) (1.7/2)

9:30PM - ABC - "Less Than Perfect" (season premiere) - 3.4/5
("The Ten Commandments", Part 2, 7.7/12)
NBC - "Teachers" - 3.0/4 (4.0/6)

10PM - CBS - "Criminal Minds" (repeat) - 7.2/12
("CSI", repeat, 9.2/15)
ABC - "Boston Legal" - 6.3/10
("The Ten Commandments", Part 2, 7.7/12)
NBC - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (repeat) - 6.0/10
("Conviction", 5.6/9)

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

FOX - "American Idol" - 11.0/31
FOX - "House" - 9.1/22
CBS - "The Unit" - 4.3/10
CBS - "NCIS" - 3.6/10
ABC - "Boston Legal" - 2.7/7
NBC - "Celebrity Cooking Showdown" - 1.1/3

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

FOX - "American Idol" - 16.2/26 (27.5 million)
FOX - "House" - 14.0/21 (23.3 million)

altec3220...

Impressive. House is really holding its own after AI.

CBS - "NCIS" - 9.9/16 (15.6 million)
CBS - "The Unit" - 9.6/14 (15.4 million)
CBS - "Criminal Minds" (repeat) - 7.2/12
ABC - "Boston Legal" - 6.3/10 (9.3 million)
NBC - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (repeat) - 6.0/10
ABC - "Hope & Faith" (9PM) - 3.9/6
NBC - "Scrubs" - 3.6/5
ABC - "Less Than Perfect" (season premiere) - 3.4/5
NBC - "Teachers" - 3.0/4
WB - "Gilmore Girls" - 2.9/5
NBC - "Celebrity Cooking Showdown" - 2.4/4 (3.4 million)
ABC - "According To Jim" (repeat) - (no data)
ABC - "Hope & Faith" (8:30PM) - (no data)
UPN - "America's Next Top Model" (repeat) - (no data)
WB - "Pepper Dennis" - (no data)
UPN - "Veronica Mars" - (no data)

Cheers,

TD (aka Rhonda)

Less reading, more TV.
Dr. Gregory House from "House"

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