or


[04/24/09 - 01:11 PM]
ABC Wins the Opening Night of the '09 May Sweep in Young Adults and Key Women
ABC spins the numbers for Thursday, April 23.

[via press release from ABC]

Quick Take for Thursday, April 23, 2009 (Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings)

ABC Wins the Opening Night of the '09 May Sweep in Young Adults and Key Women, Finishing No. 1 with Adults 18-49 for the 3rd Straight Year

A Repeat Airing of "Grey's Anatomy" at 8pm Gains 1.0 Million Viewers from Start to Finish, Outdrawing NBC's Original "Parks and Recreation" at 8:30pm

On its First Original Airing in a 4 Weeks, ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" Returns As Thursday's No. 1 TV Show in Adults 18-49, Overshadowing "CSI" by 36%

Winning the 10pm on its Return to Original in Viewers and Young Adults, ABC's "Private Practice" Towers Over NBC's "Southland" and CBS' "Harper's Island"

Thursday Night (8:00-11:00 p.m.)

Despite airing a repeat in the first hour on Thursday, ABC won the opening night of the 2009 May Sweep among young Adults (AD18-34 � 3.0/10 and AD18-49 � 3.2/9) and across each of the key Women demos: W18-34 (4.8/14), W18-49 (5.0/13) and W25-54 (5.4/13). It was ABC's 3rd consecutive year to rank No. 1 on the opening night of the May Sweep in the key young adult sales demo.

"Grey's Anatomy" (8:00-9:00 p.m.)

Gaining 1.0 million viewers from start to finish (4.6 million to 5.6 million), ABC's repeat telecast of "Grey's Anatomy" outdrew NBC's original of "Parks and Recreation" at 8:30 p.m. by 8% (5.6 million vs. 5.2 million). In fact, the replay "Grey's" won the 8:30pm half-hour in Women 18-34 (2.8/9), outrunning CBS' time period veteran "Survivor" (2.6/8).

"Grey's Anatomy" (9:00-10:00 p.m.)

Returning to original for the first time in a month (since 3/26/09), ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" qualified as Thursday's definitive No. 1 TV show in Adults 18-49 (4.9/13). The ABC medical drama overshadowed the 9 o'clock hour, beating CBS' "CSI" by a best-of-season 36% (3.6/9), NBC's original comedies ("The Office"/"30 Rock") by 44% (3.4/9) and Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" by 63% (3.0/8).

� "Grey's" marked its 14th time in its last 15 original telecasts to stand as Thursday's No. 1 regular entertainment show with Adults 18-49, including 8 consecutive original broadcasts.

"Private Practice" (10:00-11:00 p.m.)

On its first original airing in 4 weeks (since 3/26/09), ABC's "Private Practice" won the 10 o'clock hour, dominating original dramas on NBC and CBS in Total Viewers (9.2 million) and Adults 18-49 (3.4/10). In the hour, the ABC drama outdelivered runner-up NBC's "Southland" by 1.2 million viewers and by 36% in Adults 18-49 (8.0 million and 2.5/7), while topping third-place CBS' "Harper's Island" by 1.7 million viewers and by 70% in Adults 18-49 (7.5 million and 2.0/6).

� "Private Practice" finished as the No. 1 entertainment TV show in the hour in Adults 18-49 for the 6th time in its last 7 originals, while standing as the top entertainment broadcast with Adults 18-34 on all 11 original airings in time slot.

A note about increasing DVR penetration and year-to-year rating comparisons: Year-to-year rating comparisons based on the Live + Same Day data stream are distorted by the level of DVR penetration in the Nielsen sample, which has jumped up to 31% currently, from 24% at the same point in 2008. More viewers are watching shows on their own timetables, which may not be reflected in the overnight next day numbers. The only truly valid year-to-year comparison would be one based on the Live + 7 Day metric, once those stats are released by Nielsen.

Source: Nielsen Media Research (Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings), 4/23/09.





  [april 2009]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
   


· 30 ROCK (NBC)
· CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (CBS)
· GREY'S ANATOMY (ABC)
· HARPER'S ISLAND (CBS)
· HELL'S KITCHEN (FOX)
· OFFICE, THE (NBC)
· PARKS & RECREATION (NBC)
· PRIVATE PRACTICE (ABC)
· SOUTHLAND (TNT)
· SURVIVOR (CBS)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[03/15/24 - 09:30 AM]
ABC's "Will Trent" Grows to New Series High in Total Viewers
The series catapulted by +219% among Adults 18-49 (1.15 rating vs. 0.36 rating) after seven days of multiplatform viewing and increased by +4.19 million Total Viewers (9.02 million vs. 4.83 million) over its initial Live+Same Day average.

[03/14/24 - 12:02 PM]
"Tamron Hall" Grows Week to Week by Double Digits in Women 25-54 and 18-49
"Tamron Hall" scored its best performance since May in Women 18-49 and hit an 8-week high in Women 25-54.

[03/14/24 - 11:30 AM]
Season Premiere of ABC's "The Bachelor" Marks Series' Strongest Multiplatform Telecast in Nearly 3 Years
The season premiere shot up more than 5 times over its initial Live+Same Day rating among Adults 18-49, skyrocketing by +432% after 35 days of multiplatform viewing to score its biggest delayed-viewing increase ever.

[03/12/24 - 03:36 PM]
ESPN Platforms Wrap Up Successful Women's College Basketball Regular Season Slate
The 2023-24 regular season averaged 476,000 viewers across games on ESPN and ABC.

[03/12/24 - 09:56 AM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Mar. 4: "Damsel" and "The Gentlemen" Take the Top Spots
"Avatar: The Last Airbender," which was recently renewed for two more seasons, held strong in second place with 9.1M views as the social fandom continues to heat up.

[03/11/24 - 04:30 PM]
Earlier Start Time Propels "The Oscars" on ABC to Hit 4-Year High in Viewers
Starting one hour earlier than usual, the 96th Oscars on ABC drew an average audience of 19.5 million Total Viewers and scored a 3.81 rating among Adults 18-49 based on Fast National Live+Same Day program data.

[03/11/24 - 11:52 AM]
"Rock the Block" Season Premiere Delivers Triple-Digit Ratings Gains for HGTV on Monday, March 4
The episode, which attracted 3.9 million total viewers, posted an impressive 104 percent lift from the prior six-week average and a 66 percent increase over year-ago levels.

[03/08/24 - 01:32 PM]
ABC News' Special Coverage of the 2024 State of the Union Address and Super Tuesday Wins in Total Viewers Among All Broadcast Television
ABC News' coverage of the State of the Union address was up +14% from the prior year in Total Viewers.

[03/07/24 - 08:00 AM]
"BMF" Season Three Premiere Delivers 5.1 Million Multiplatform Viewers for Starz
The third season, which premiered on Friday, March 1, achieved a series high growing season over season by 25%.

[03/06/24 - 02:30 PM]
"Tamron Hall" Hits 4-Week High in Households and Total Viewers
During the week of February 19, "Tamron Hall" improved week to week in Households (+6% - 0.68 vs. 0.64), Total Viewers (+9% - 1.008 million vs. 928,000) and Women 25-54 (+1% - 141,000 vs. 139,000).

[03/06/24 - 09:00 AM]
FX's "Shogun" Premiere Breaks Records with 9 Million Views Globally on Hulu and Disney+
Domestically, "Shogun" is the No. 1 FX premiere on Hulu, just ahead of "The Bear" Season 2, aided by viewership from Hulu on Disney+.

[03/05/24 - 04:30 PM]
ABC's "Abbott Elementary" Catapults More Than 5 Times Over Live+Same Day Among Adults 18-49
"Abbott Elementary" also picked up an additional +3.13 million Total Viewers after three days of cross-platform viewing (5.46 million vs. 2.33 million).

[03/05/24 - 03:31 PM]
ABC's "The Bachelor" Hits Its Strongest Multiplatform Telecast in Nearly 2 Years
"The Bachelor" tripled its initial Live+Same Day rating among Adults 18-49, skyrocketing by +197% after just three days of multiplatform viewing (0.62 rating to 1.84 rating).

[03/05/24 - 09:14 AM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of Feb. 26: "Avatar: The Last Airbender" Holds Onto #1; "Code 8: Part II" Debuts on Top
Cupid kept his hold on the English TV List, with Season 6 of fan-favorite dating experiment "Love Is Blind" claiming #2 (5.1M views) and "One Day," the limited series adapted from David Nicholls' beloved romance novel, taking #3 (4.8M views).

[03/05/24 - 09:09 AM]
CBS Wins Monday Night For Fourth Consecutive Week with #1 Show of the Night, "NCIS"
"NCIS" averaged 6.81 million viewers, retaining nearly 100% of its week ago average.