Sunday, August 9, 2020

Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending March 22, 2009

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 26th week of the 2008-09 television broadcast season; most reruns are excluded from the list. Final household, 18-49, and 25-54 ratings are provided, as are final viewership figures (most to three digits)The second chart includes data for cable programs that aired this week, and the third chart had DVR ratings for select broadcast programs.

Broadcast ratings:
ProgramHHA18-49A25-54Viewers
(millions)
246.6/10 3.7/9 4.6/1011.364
20/204.5/8 1.7/5 2.1/66.547
30 ROCK4.4/7 3.2/8 3.5/87.134
48 HOURS4.2/9 2.0/7-6.25
60 MINUTES10.4/17 3.9/11 5.0/1317.042
AMAZING RACE 7.2/11 3.6/9 4.5/1012.420
AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS 4.2/7 1.9/6 2.4/77.120
AMERICA'S MOST WANTED 3.2/6 2.0/6 2.4/75.579
AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL 2.7/5 1.7/5 1.6/43.787
AMERICAN DAD! 3.6/6 2.9/7 2.6/55.835
AMERICAN IDOL TUESDAY 12.3/19 8.1/22 9.8/2321.886
AMERICAN IDOL WEDNESDAY13.7/21 8.7/21 10.5/2323.705
BETTER OFF TED 3.6/6 2.1/6 2.4/65.505
BIGGEST LOSER 5.0/8 3.2/9 3.7/97.993
BONES 6.5/11 3.0/9 3.8/1010.517
BROTHERS & SISTERS 6.8/11 3.4/9 4.2/1010.150
CASTLE 7.4/12 2.9/8 3.8/1010.965
CELEBRITY APPRENTICE 4.7/7 3.0/7 3.6/87.390
CHOPPING BLOCK 2.4/4 1.2/4 1.4/43.399
COLD CASE 7.2/11 2.4/6 3.4/811.411
COPS-8P3.0/6 1.8/7 2.0/74.953
COPS-8:30P3.5/7 2.1/7 2.4/85.766
CRIMINAL MINDS 8.6/13 3.3/8 4.5/1013.741
CSI: MIAMI 8.6/15 3.8/10 4.9/1213.610
CSI: NY 8.2/14 3.3/9 4.3/1112.786
DANCING WITH THE STARS 13.3/20 5.3/14 6.8/1621.224
DANCING WITH THE STARS-RECAP 5.4/9 1.7/5 2.1/57.990
DANCING WITH THE STARS-RESULTS 8.3/13 2.8/7 3.5/812.737
DATELINE FRI4.2/8 1.7/5 2.1/66.149
DATELINE SUN 4.3/8 1.5/5 2.0/66.651
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES 9.2/14 5.0/12 5.9/1314.748
DOLLHOUSE 2.6/5 1.5/5 1.8/54.136
ER 6.2/11 3.2/9 4.1/109.469
EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS 1.1/2 0.6/2 0.7/21.667
EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITON 5.8/9 3.2/9 3.8/99.906
FAMILY GUY 4.4/7 3.7/9 3.3/77.335
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS NBC 2.5/4 1.2/4 1.6/43.850
GARY UNMARRIED 4.6/8 2.2/6 3.0/87.374
GOSSIP GIRL 1.6/2 1.2/3 0.8/22.332
GREY'S ANATOMY 9.8/15 5.0/13 5.8/1314.606
HELL'S KITCHEN 4.5/7 3.3/8 3.7/97.539
HOUSE 7.8/12 4.9/13 5.6/1413.132
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER 5.4/8 3.9/10 4.3/109.290
HOWDIE DO IT 2.5/5 1.0/4 1.3/43.967
KING OF THE HILL 3.3/5 2.6/7 2.6/65.505
KINGS 2.9/5 1.3/3 1.6/44.601
LAW & ORDER 4.8/8 2.1/6 2.7/77.136
LAW & ORDER: SVU 7.2/12 3.5/10 4.2/1110.743
LIE TO ME 6.1/10 3.1/10 4.0/1110.264
LIFE 2.9/4 1.5/4 1.8/44.306
LIFE ON MARS 3.2/5 1.8/5 2.2/64.973
LOST 5.6/9 4.3/11 4.7/109.400
MY NAME IS EARL 4.1/7 2.5/8 2.9/86.430
NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT-THU 7P5.7/10 3.1/10 3.5/108.975
NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT-THU 10P5.0/9 3.1/9 3.3/97.775
NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT-FRI 7P4.5/9 2.4/9 2.6/97.05
NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT-FRI 9:30P5.6/11 3.3/11 3.7/118.904
NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT-SAT 8P6.5/12 3.8/13 4.3/1310.783
NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT-SUN 5P7.3/15 4.0/15 4.4/1511.24
NCIS 9.8/16 3.1/9 4.5/1115.835
OLD CHRISTINE 4.6/8 2.1/7 2.9/87.21
ONE TREE HILL 1.6/2 1.2/3 0.8/22.409
PRIVATE PRACTICE 6.8/12 3.5/9 4.0/109.736
REAPER 1.2/2 0.9/3 0.9/21.963
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT 6.9/10 4.0/10 5.0/1111.418
SCRUBS 3.6/6 2.2/7 2.3/65.621
SMALLVILLE 2.2/4 1.5/5 1.5/43.492
SUPERNANNY 3.5/6 1.6/5 1.8/55.248
SUPERNATURAL 2.1/3 1.4/3 1.4/33.370
THE BIG BANG THEORY 5.7/9 3.7/11 4.4/119.688
THE GAME 1.2/2 0.8/3 0.8/21.813
THE MENTALIST 9.8/15 3.3/8 4.8/1115.491
THE OFFICE 4.9/8 4.0/10 4.1/108.070
THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES 2.3/4 1.3/4 1.5/53.722
THE SIMPSONS 3.6/6 3.0/8 3.0/76.187
THE UNIT 5.2/10 2.1/6-8.137
TWO AND A HALF MEN 8.5/13 4.8/12 5.9/1314.124
UGLY BETTY 5.1/9 2.1/6 2.5/77.417
WHAT WOULD YOU DO? 4.8/8 2.2/6 2.7/77.262
WIFE SWAP 3.2/6 1.6/6 1.8/64.735
WITHOUT A TRACE 7.6/13 2.5/7 3.6/911.872
WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN 2.1/4 1.2/4 1.3/33.38

Cable ratings: 18-49 ratings are provided wherever available
ShowNETViewers
(millions)
18-49
Rating
WWE ENTERTAINMENT (10PM)USA5.3592.1
WWE ENTERTAINMENT (9PM)USA5.2061.9
HANNAH MONTANADISNEY4.538-
NORTHERN LIGHTSLIFETIME4.531-
SPONGEBOBNICK4.277-
SPONGEBOBNICK4.208-
ICARLYNICK3.921-
BACK AT THE BARNYARDNICK3.600-
SUITE LIFE ON DECKDISNEY3.437-
STAR WARS: CLONE WARSTOON3.297-
SOUTH PARKCOMEDY3.2661.8
SONNY WITH A CHANCEDISNEY3.237-
MIGHTY B!NICK3.219-
SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGERABC FAMILY3.117-
PHINEAS AND FERBDISNEY3.056-
WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACEDISNEY2.871-
FAIRLY ODD PARENTSNICK2.830-
USA/JAPANESPN2.784-
FOR THE LOVE OF RAY JVH12.7011.3
BIG LOVEHBO2.731.3
TRUE JACKSON, VPNICK2.691-
GHOST HUNTERSSCI-FI2.6901.2
ANGELS FALLLIFE2.401-
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (2 HRS)SCI-FI2.3641.1
I LOVE MONEY 2VH12.361-
DAILY SHOW-WEDCOMEDY2.264-
JON & KATE PLUS 8TLC2.258-
SAVING GRACETNT2.1230.5
HOUSE OF PAYNE (10PM)TBS2.1050.9
IMPORTANT THINGS-WEDCOMEDY2.0931.1
INTERVENTIONA&E2.057-
HOUSE OF PAYNE (10:30PM)TBS2.0160.9
ECWSCI-FI1.954-
KYLE XYABC FAMILY1.662-
REAL WORLD XXIMTV1.3890.7
BREAKING BADAMC1.1300.4
CHELSEA LATELY-MONE!0.910-
EASTBOUND & DOWNHBO0.904-
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDSHBO0.678-
DAMAGESFX0.6320.2
TRUST ME-10PTNT0.577-
TRUST ME-9PTNT0.541-
UNITED STATES OF TARASHOWTIME0.4560.3
PARTY DOWNSTARZ0.1170.1
  • Viewership data was not available for 
    • Real Housewives of NYC (Bravo)
    • Bad Girls Club (Oxygen)
    • Head Case (Starz)
DVR ratings:
ProgramL+7
18-49
Live Viewers
(millions)
L+SD Viewers
(millions)
L+7 Increase
(millions)
L+7 Viewers
(millions)
244.449.69211.37613.0913.399
30 ROCK4.046.2127.1818.5472.335
AMERICA’S TOP MODEL2.033.2673.7914.3331.066
AMERICAN IDOL-TUE-18.65421.94023.5344.880
AMERICAN IDOL-WED-21.20923.74525.0933.884
BONES3.589.38910.52911.7752.386
CRIMINAL MINDS-12.76913.75115.2682.499
DANCING WITH THE STARS-19.88821.25121.9282.040
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES-13.09314.75616.3203.227
DOLLHOUSE2.033.5914.1425.0661.475
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS1.483.3653.8304.4621.097
GOSSIP GIRL1.421.8202.3342.7880.968
GREY’S ANATOMY6.4612.90814.67317.2494.341
HELL’S KITCHEN3.916.6297.5718.6201.991
HOUSE5.9811.29613.18815.4114.115
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-8.1299.29310.0511.922
LAW AND ORDER:SVU-10.32410.76512.3031.979
LIFE1.843.8014.3045.3601.559
LIFE ON MARS-4.6564.9955.9921.336
LOST5.377.7639.44411.4333.670
NCIS-14.58815.85117.3762.788
ONE TREE HILL1.422.0702.4212.7880.718
PRIVATE PRACTICE4.339.0639.81611.3852.322
REAPER-1.7411.9652.3480.607
SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES1.783.2903.7334.6871.397
SMALLVILLE1.852.8813.4964.0931.212
SUPERNATURAL-3.1083.3883.9400.832
THE BIG BANG THEORY4.168.3569.69110.4782.122
THE MENTALIST-14.29715.49917.4763.179
THE OFFICE5.176.4728.1149.9113.439
TWO AND A HALF MEN-13.12314.12815.3562.233

NCAA Basketball 15-minute breakdowns:
GAMETIMEHH18-49
NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT-THU 7P7:00-7:15 3.9/81.6/7
7:15-7:30 4.2/92.2/9
7:30-7:45 4.9/102.5/10
7:45-8:00 5.2/102.9/11
8:00-8:15 5.4/102.9/10
8:15-8:30 5.8/103.2/11
8:30-8:45 6.0/103.3/11
8:45-9:00 6.4/113.7/11
9:00-9:15 6.7/113.8/11
9:15-9:30 7.2/124.2/12
9:30-9:45 6.5/113.9/11
9:45-9:56 5.9/93.5/9
GAMETIMEHH18-49
NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT-THU 10P9:56-10:00 5.9/93.5/9
10:00-10:15 6.0/103.7/10
10:15-10:30 5.7/103.6/10
10:30-10:45 5.7/103.6/10
10:45-11:00 5.3/93.4/10
11:00-11:15 4.9/93.0/9
11:15-11:30 4.6/92.8/9
11:30-11:45 4.4/92.7/9
11:45-12:00 4.2/92.6/9
12:00-12:15 4.2/92.5/9
12:15-12:17 4.4/102.6/10
GAMETIMEHH18-49
NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT-FRI 7P7:00-7:15 3.2/71.3/6
7:15-7:30 3.3/71.6/7
7:30-7:45 3.7/81.8/8
7:45-8:00 4.1/82.1/9
8:00-8:15 4.7/92.4/10
8:15-8:30 4.7/92.4/10
8:30-8:45 5.0/102.5/10
8:45-9:00 5.1/92.8/10
9:00-9:15 5.5/103.2/11
9:15-9:30 5.6/103.2/11
9:30-9:35 55.6/103.2/10
GAMETIMEHH18-49
NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT-FRI 9:30P9:35-9:45 5.2/92.9/9
9:45-10:00 5.5/103.1/10
10:00-10:15 5.5/103.2/10
10:15-10:30 5.3/103.3/10
10:30-10:45 5.2/93.3/10
10:45-11:00 5.2/93.2/10
11:00-11:15 5.1/103.1/10
11:15-11:30 5.2/103.2/10
11:30-11:45 5.5/113.4/11
11:45-12:00 6.0/133.6/12
12:00-12:15 6.8/154.1/15
12:15-12:25 6.5/154.0/15
GAMETIMEHH18-49
NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT-SAT 5:30P5:39-5:45 5.0/122.9/14
5:45-6:00 5.4/133.0/14
6:00-6:15 6.2/153.5/16
6:15-6:30 6.4/153.5/16
6:30-6:45 6.2/143.5/16
6:45-7:00 6.2/143.5/16
7:00-7:15 7.2/164.0/18
7:15-7:30 7.5/164.1/18
7:30-7:45 7.6/164.1/17
7:45-8:00 8.0/174.4/18
8:00-8:10 7.0/143.9/15
GAMETIMEHH18-49
NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT-SAT 8P8:10-8:15 6.2/133.5/14
8:15-8:30 6.3/133.5/14
8:30-8:45 6.3/123.5/13
8:45-9:00 6.2/123.5/12
9:00-9:15 6.3/123.6/13
9:15-9:30 5.9/113.5/12
9:30-9:45 6.2/113.7/12
9:45-10:00 6.4/123.9/13
10:00-10:15 6.7/124.0/13
10:15-10:30 7.5/144.5/14
10:30-10:38 8.2/155.0/16
GAMETIMEHH18-49
NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT-SUN 5P5:02-5:15 6.1/143.4/14
5:15-5:30 6.2/143.5/14
5:30-5:45 6.5/143.7/15
5:45-6:00 6.4/143.7/15
6:00-6:15 6.3/133.6/14
6:15-6:30 6.5/133.6/14
6:30-6:45 6.7/133.8/14
6:45-7:00 7.1/144.1/15
7:00-7:15 8.7/174.6/16
7:15-7:30 10.2/195.5/18
7:30-7:45 8.8/164.6/15
7:45-7:52 7.6/143.6/12

Source: Nielsen Media Research via TV by the Numbers, Media Life Magazine, Variety, PI Feedback, The Futon Critic, and Radio & Television Business Report

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