Topic: The Amazing Race 17 Ratings Thread

[Coutzy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_17#Australian_Ratings

TAR ratings in Australia. "I hate Chinese Food" airs tomorrow.

#    Airdate        Episode                                                                   Viewers       Rank
                                                                                                              (millions)      (Week)
1    09/30/10    "They Don't Call It The Amazing Race For Nothin!"     0.787      #59
2    10/07/10    "A Kiss Saves the Day"                                                    0.795      #44
3    10/14/10    "In Phil We Trust"                                                            0.773      #48
4    10/21/10    "We Should Have Brought Gloves and Butt Pads"            0.802      #52
5    10/28/10    "Tastes Like a Million Dollars"                                            0.849      #55
6    11/04/10    "Run, Babushka, Run"                                                    0.772      #62
7    11/11/10    "I Want to Be in the Circus, That's Where I Belong"    0.904      #45
8    11/18/10    "Ali Baba in a Suit"                                                            0.667      #71
9    11/25/10    "There's a Lot of Nuts and Bullets"                                    0.797      #49

As far as the numbers go, TAR does decently. It is considered the most popular reality show in the country (Or was before MasterChef hit.) It was only at Season 15 that the Seven Network started fast tracking the episodes, usually we would be months behind, but as of now we are only 3 days behind. Also noteworth is the major timeslot change that occured recently. During season 12 (Which aired almost a year after it did in the US) TAR would begin at 10:30 on a Thursday night, and would be put together as a double episode, ending at 12:30 AM. The show now airs at 8:30 PM, as singles mostly. (Unfortunately, I can't compare ratings from those seasons, because they aren't/weren't made available.)


I will update this post for the new episodes as they come.

[theschnauzers]

There is only one mention in this week's weekly ratings press release from CBS:
(link)

Top CBS programs of the week: #3 NCIS 9PM SPECIAL (R) (S) (an average of 15.05m viewers), #5 60 MINUTES (12.46m), #6 SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA (12.26m), #7 RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (R) (S) (12.20m), #10 TWO AND A HALF MEN (R) (11.38m), #12 BLUE BLOODS (11.32m), #15 CSI: MIAMI (10.66m), #16 UNDERCOVER BOSS (10.50m), #17 THE AMAZING RACE 17 (10.34m), #18 CSI: NY (10.13m), #19 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (R) (9.76m), #21 THE MENTALIST (R) (9.39m), #24 CRIMINAL MINDS (R) (9.09m), #26 VICTORIA'S SECRET FASHION SHOW (S) (8.96m), #27 THE BIG BANG THEORY (R) (8.90m) and #29 MIKE & MOLLY (R) (8.82m).

[theschnauzers]

This week, we do get the preliminary overnights, even with the 26 minute NFL overrun in a CBS press release:

12.13.2010
    NAT AND KAT CROSS THE FINISH LINE WITH THE BEST RATINGS FOR "THE AMAZING RACE" SINCE OCTOBER

"Undercover Boss" Posts Week-to-Week Gains in Viewers and Key Demos

 

"60 Minutes" Places First in Viewers and Posts Its Highest Adult 25-54

Rating Since 2008

 

            The season finale of THE AMAZING RACE 17 delivered its best ratings in key measures since October as Nat and Kat crossed the finish line as the first all-female team to win the Race, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Sunday, Dec. 12.

 

Note: Due to live sports programming on CBS (26 minutes of late-running football), ratings and time period rankings are tentative and subject to change.

 

At 7:30 PM, 60 MINUTES was first in households (10.5/16) and viewers (17.15m); it was second in both adults 25-54 (5.1/13) and adults 18-49 (4.0/11).  If the ratings hold, 60 MINUTES posted its best delivery in adults 25-54 since Dec. 14, 2008, and its best in adults 18-49 since Jan. 17, 2010.

 

From 8:30-9:30 PM, the season finale of THE AMAZING RACE 17 was second in households (6.8/10), viewers (11.71m) and adults 25-54 (4.4/10) and averaged a 3.5/08 in adults 18-49.  If the ratings hold, THE AMAZING RACE 17 posted its best households and viewers performances since Oct. 10, 2010, its best adults 25-54 since Oct. 24, 2010, and its best adults 18-49 since Oct. 17, 2010.

 

From 9:30-10:30 PM, UNDERCOVER BOSS (6.6/10, 10.96m) averaged a 3.8/09 in adults 25-54 and 3.0/08 in adults 18-49.  Compared to last week, UNDERCOVER BOSS was up +6% in households (from 6.2/09), +3% in adults 25-54 (from 3.7/08), +11% in adults 18-49 (from 2.7/06) and added +460,000 viewers (from 10.50m, +4%).

 

From 10:30-11:30 PM, CSI: MIAMI delivered a 5.9/11 with 9.46m viewers, 3.0/08 in adults 25-54 and 2.2/06 in adults 18-49.

 

For the night, CBS was second in households (8.5/13), viewers (14.18m), adults 25-54 (4.8/11) and adults 18-49 (3.8/10).

 

Updated Sunday ratings will be available tomorrow.

[mswood]

Finals

TAR
12.12 million viewers. 7,000 less then survivor
3.7 adults 18-49. Here we beat survivor

we were 11th most watched show this weekand even better the tenth highest demo

while we started much stronger then last fall we did end up with a wosre season average

this year
10.939 million viewers
3.3 in adults

last year
11.132 million viewers
3.375 adults 18-49

[Jobby]

I'll take 12million! It's considerably good for a show in its 17th season!

We only did 0.2 million worst than last fall! It's still good news!

[theschnauzers]

There have been some very high interest NFL games this year on Sunday nights, and that does make a different for some weeks.

The key is the weekly rankings which puts the total audience into a context. So much of the overall audience also watch cable programming on Sunday nights so we may be seeing some effect of the increasing fragmentation of the audience.

[mswood]

I'll take 12million! It's considerably good for a show in its 17th season!

We only did 0.2 million worst than last fall! It's still good news!

It isn't bad news, and its considerable higher then two years ago, season 13.

With most shows losing ground year to year, and year after year, it really isn't a bad thing. 

And the really nice thing is that why we did marginally worst, Undercover Boss is down seriously, and now is doing worse week to week then TAR is, meaning TAR is back being CBS number one show in adults 18-49.