As long as CBS is happy
CBS WINS THE WEEK IN VIEWERS, ADULTS 18-49 AND ADULTS 25-54
CBS Places First in Viewers on 5 Nights; Leads in Key Demos on 4 Nights
THE AMAZING RACE (8:30-9:30PM) was up +10% in households (6.6/10 from 6.0/09), +13% in adults 25-54 (4.4/09 from 3.9/09), +6% in adults 18-49 (3.4/08 from 3.2/08) and added +960,000 viewers (11.00m from 10.04m, +10%) compared to last week's season premiere. CBS top programs of the week: #2 NCIS (an average of 17.47m viewers), #3 60 MINUTES (16.65m), #6 THE MENTALIST (15.48m), #7 CSI: NY (14.88m), #8 CRIMINAL MINDS (14.78m), #9 CSI: MIAMI (14.35m), #11 TWO AND A HALF MEN (13.58m), #12 SURVIVOR: GABON (13.08m), #15 WITHOUT A TRACE (12.61m), #17 COLD CASE (11.10m),
#18 THE AMAZING RACE (11.00m), #26 THE UNIT (9.46m), #27 GHOST WHISPERER (P) (9.45m) and #28 WORST WEEK (8.96m).
Prime averages are based on the following hours of rated broadcasts in Week #2:
CBS: 20.5 hours
NBC: 20 hours
ABC: 20.5 hours
FOX: 14 hours
(Editor's Note: CBS has not yet premiered the highly rated CSI which is included in year ago averages. CSI premieres Thursday, Oct. 9)
NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME
Week #2 of 2008-09 Season (ending: 10/05/08)
2008-09 2007-08
HOUSEHOLDS
Rtg Sh Rtg Sh Chg
CBS 7.0 12 7.3 12 -4%
NBC 5.0 8 5.8 10 -14%
ABC 6.0 10 7.1 12 -15%
FOX 4.0 6 4.3 7 -7%
VIEWERS
(000) (000) Chg
CBS 11,082 11,418 -3%
NBC 7,834 9,235 -15%
ABC 9,226 10,794 -15%
FOX 6,447 7,024 -8%
A25-54
Rtg Sh Rtg Sh Chg
CBS 4.1 10 4.2 11 -2%
NBC 3.2 8 4.0 10 -20%
ABC 3.3 8 4.2 11 -21%
FOX 2.7 7 2.8 7 -4%
A18-49
Rtg Sh Rtg Sh Chg
CBS 3.2 9 3.3 9 -3%
NBC 2.8 8 3.6 10 -22%
ABC 2.8 8 3.6 10 -22%
FOX 2.5 7 2.7 7 -7%
A18-34
Rtg Sh Rtg Sh Chg
CBS 2.1 7 2.4 7 -13%
NBC 2.3 7 3.1 10 -26%
ABC 2.1 7 2.9 9 -28%
FOX 2.4 8 2.7 8 -11%
National Nielsen Rank for Demographic: PER2+ for 9/29/2008 - 10/5/2008
Persons 2+ (000)
1. Dancing With The Stars ABC 18883
2. NCIS CBS 17470
3. 60 MINUTES CBS 16648
4. Desperate Housewives ABC 15685
5. Dancing With The Stars Results (P) ABC 15491
6. MENTALIST, THE CBS 15484
7. CSI: NY CBS 14878
8. CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 14780
9. CSI: MIAMI CBS 14345
10. NBC Sunday Nigh Football Steelers vs Jaguars NBC 14207
11. TWO AND A HALF MEN CBS 13577
12. SURVIVOR: GABON CBS 13076
13. House FOX 12978
14. America's Got Talent-Wednesday NBC 12693
15. WITHOUT A TRACE CBS 12611
16. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition-8P ABC 11832
17. COLD CASE CBS 11095
18. AMAZING RACE 13 CBS 1099919. Law And Order: SVU NBC 10391
20. Brothers & Sisters ABC 10326
National Nielsen Rank for Demographic: A25-54 for 9/29/2008 - 10/5/2008
Adults 25-54 Rating
1. Desperate Housewives ABC 6.7
2. NBC Sunday Nigh Football Steelers vs Jaguars NBC 6.1
2. TWO AND A HALF MEN CBS 6.1
4. House FOX 6.0
5. Dancing With The Stars ABC 5.9
6. SURVIVOR: GABON CBS 5.6
7. CSI: NY CBS 5.4
7. CSI: MIAMI CBS 5.4
7. CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 5.4
10. 60 MINUTES CBS 5.3
11. MENTALIST, THE CBS 5.1
12. NCIS CBS 5.0
13. Dancing With The Stars Result (P) ABC 4.8
14. Fringe FOX 4.7
15. Heroes NBC 4.6
16. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition-8P ABC 4.4
16. AMAZING RACE 13 CBS 4.418. Law And Order: SVU NBC 4.3
18. HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER CBS 4.3
18. Brothers & Sisters ABC 4.3
18. America's Got Talent-Wednesday NBC 4.3