Thursday 11/23/06 ratings

from Marc Berman at mediaweek

Thursday 11/23/06

Note: The following results are based on the fast national ratings
(Live Plus Same Day data)

Overall Averages

-Households:
CBS: 8.2 rating/15 share, ABC: 7.1/13, NBC: 6.9/13, Fox: 4.5/ 8, CW:
0.9/ 2

-Total Viewers:
CBS: 14.05 million, ABC: 12.10, NBC: 12.03, Fox: 7.65, CW: 1.71

-Adults 18-49:
ABC: 4.7 rating/13 share, CBS: 4.2/12, NBC: 4.0/11, Fox: 2.9/ 8, CW:
0.7/ 2

-Thursday’s Winners:
Survivor: Cook Islands (CBS), Deal or No Deal (NBC), Grey’s Anatomy

Obveeus...

It is really starting to look like the bloom is off the rose for Ugly Betty.

Anthony D. Langford...

Anim8rFSK...

Smallville wasn't new last night.

record hunter...

If I had not seen a commercial for a new Betty and Grey's while I was
watching The Nine, I probably would not have thought to even turn on
the TV. I figure it's all football, so why bother?

Haven't the ratings been pretty steady? I think they were down this
week because of the Deal or no Deal special.

Obveeus...

All the ratings were down because of the holiday. However, Ugly Betty took
a bigger hit than Survivor just like CSI took a bigger hit than Grey's
Anatomy. that says something about which shows are 'must see'.

David...

"Survivor" and "Grey's" are both serials so I guess it says that on
holidays people are more likely to skip standalone shows.

Steven L....

Which is the flip side of rerun ratings. Folks are willing to skip a
first-run standalone episode because they're willing to catch up later
with reruns. Not true with serials--when the first-run episode is
aired, it's now or never.

Obveeus...

Ugly Betty is more of a 'stand alone' show than Grey's Anatomy?

David...

I'm going to go with "yes." "Betty" is a comedy first and foremost.

Steven L....

I watch Ugly Betty and it's about two-thirds standalone, one-third
serial. That is, each episode's plot has a definite beginning and a
definite resolution, but often the very end has a teaser to act as a
cliffhanger to introduce the next episode. I can miss an episode of
Ugly Betty and still follow what's going on in subsequent episodes. I
can watch an episode of Ugly Betty out of sequence (say I stream an old
episode from ABC's website) and still understand and enjoy it. Not the
case with true serials like "24."

I don't watch "Grey's Anatomy."

(ABC), CSI (CBS), ER (NBC)

Taylor...

12 mill and Cook Islands is a "winner"? Way to go, Marc Berman.

Anthony D. Langford...

Maybe he meant for Thanksgiving it's a winner? It was down about 3
million from last week and Ugly Betty was down 4 million. With it
being a holiday and DOND had a 2 hour special, I think that impacted
both shows.

-Thursday’s Losers (excluding repeats)
Primetime Live (ABC)