Overnight Ratings - Wednesday 5/24/06

Last night's Metered Market Ratings from Marc Berman:

Last week's Fast Nationals from Zap2it.com:

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

Overnight Ratings - Wednesday 5/24/06

Metered Market Ratings

FOX: 21.5 rating/32 share (11.2/17)
ABC: 9.7/14 (5.9/9)
CBS: 5.0/7 (5.9/9)
NBC: 4.9/7 (8.0/13)
WB: 1.7/3 (1.4/2)
UPN: 1.5/2 (2.6/4)

-Percent Change From the Comparable Year-Ago Evening (Wednesday 5/25/05):
WB: +31, Fox: +13, CBS: - 2, ABC: -16, UPN: -17, NBC: -36

Fast National Ratings (Live Plus Same Day data).

-Total Viewers:
FOX: 35.36 million (18.0)
ABC: 14.51 (9.4)
CBS: 6.62 (10.4)
NBC: 6.40 (12.1)
UPN: 1.73 (3.8)
WB: 1.60 (2.3)

-Adults 18-49:
FOX: 13.8 rating/35 share (6.8/18)
ABC: 6.0/15 (3.7/10)
CBS: 1.9/5 (3.7/10)
NBC: 1.9/5 (3.9/10)
UPN: 0.7/2 (1.8/5)
WB: 0.6/1 (1.0/3)

-Yesterday's Winners:
American Idol (Fox), Lost ABC)

-Yesterday's Losers (excluding repeats):
Movie: Daredevil (WB), Movie: Hair Show (UPN)

Marc's Note: re: FOX's American Idol finale (21.5/32, 35.36 million,
13.8/35 adults):

Comparably, season four of American Idol closed on May 25, 2005
with a 19.0/27 in the overnights, 30.27 million viewers, and a 12.5/31
among adults 18-49. How many successful shows of this caliber can
you think of that actually grew in season five? Take a look at how
American Idol increased in each half-hour:

American Idol (Fox)
8:00 p.m. Overnights: 17.6/28, Viewers: 27.40 million, A18-49: 10.5/32
8:30 p.m. Overnights: 20.7/31, Viewers: 33.02 million, A18-49: 12.8/34
9:00 p.m. Overnights: 22.6/32, Viewers: 38.07 million, A18-49: 14.8/35
9:30 p.m. Overnights: 25.1/35, Viewers: 42.94 million, A18-49: 17.0/38

Re: ABC's Lost finale (11.4/17, 17.57 million, 7.5/17 adults):

Comparably, the season one finale of Lost scored a 13.6/20 in the overnights,
20.71 million viewers, and a 7.8/19 among adults 18-49 from 8-10 p.m. on
May 25, 2005. As a testimonial to network television, American Idol and Lost
combined in the 9 p.m. hour totaled a whopping 56.76 million viewers.

altec3220...

And when you add in the other networks, broadcast television was
reacing some 72.86 million viewers at 9:00PM last night. Still an

Obveeus...

72 million viewers...or 36 million watching one show while taping another?

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impressive medium; it would be all the more impressive if Lost could
have pulled more than twenty million viewers opposite American Idol.

8PM - FOX - "American Idol" (season finale, 2 hr) - 21.5/32
("Bones", season finale, 6.0/10;
"American Idol", results, 16.3/24)
ABC - "Lost" (repeat clips) - 6.1/10
("Alias", 3.9/9)
NBC - "Dateline" - 4.6/7
("Deal or No Deal", 8.9/15)
CBS - "Dr. Phil Primetime Special: Escaping Addiction No.2" - 3.8/6
("The Amazing Race 9", season finale, 2 hr, 5.4/8)
WB - "Daredevil" - 1.7/3
("Final Destination 2", 1.4/2)
UPN - "Hair Show" - 1.5/2
("America's Next Top Model", season finale, 3.8/6;
"Half and Half", repeat, 2 eps, no data)

9PM - ABC - "Lost" (season finale, 2 hr) - 11.4/17
(new, 8.7/13;
"Invasion", season finale, 5.3/9)
NBC - "Law & Order" (2 eps, repeat) - 5.1/7
("Dateline", 6.2/9;
"Law & Order", season finale, 9.0/15)
CBS - "Criminal Minds" (repeat) - 5.0/7
("The Amazing Race 9", season finale, 2 hr, 5.4/8)

10PM - CBS - "CSI: NY" (repeat) - 6.1/9
(season finale, 8.6/14)

Shows ranked by Adults 18-49:

FOX - "American Idol" (season finale, 2 hr) - 13.8/35
ABC - "Lost" (season finale, 2 hr) - 7.5/17
ABC - "Lost" (repeat clips) - 3.2/9
CBS - "CSI: NY" (repeat) - 2.7/6
NBC - "Dateline" - 1.9/5
NBC - "Law & Order" (2 eps, repeat) - 1.9/5
CBS - "Criminal Minds" (repeat) - 1.6/4
CBS - "Dr. Phil Primetime Special: Escaping Addiction No.2" - 1.4/4
UPN - "Hair Show" - 0.7/2
WB - "Daredevil" - 0.6/1

Shows ranked in order of ratings:

FOX - "American Idol" (season finale, 2 hr) - 21.5/32 (35.36 million)
ABC - "Lost" (season finale, 2 hr) - 11.4/17 (17.57 million)
ABC - "Lost" (repeat clips) - 6.1/10 (8.39 million)
CBS - "CSI: NY" (repeat) - 6.1/9 (8.26 million)
NBC - "Law & Order" (2 eps, repeat) - 5.1/7 (6.48 million)
CBS - "Criminal Minds" (repeat) - 5.0/7 (6.29 million)
NBC - "Dateline" - 4.6/7 (6.23 million)
CBS - "Dr. Phil Special: Escaping Addiction No.2" - 3.8/6 (5.32 million)
WB - "Daredevil" - 1.7/3 (1.60 million)
UPN - "Hair Show" - 1.5/2 (1.73 million)

Cheers,

TD (aka Rhonda)

Today I am your champion
I may have won your hearts
But I know the game, you'll forget my name
And I won't be here in another year
If I don't stay on the charts
from Billy Joel's "The Entertainer"

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