Saturday, August 28, 2021

Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending September 4, 2005

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the 50th week of the 2004-05 television broadcast season; most reruns are excluded from the list. Final household (HH) ratings, 18-49 ratings, and viewership (in millions) are provided in the first chartThe second chart includes data for cable programs that aired this week.

Broadcast ratings:
ShowNetHH
Rating
18-49
Rating
Viewers
(millions)
DATELINE-WEDNBC8.2/133.7/1012.181
60 MINUTESCBS7.7/162.1/811.348
DATELINE-FRINBC7.3/133.4/1110.718
PRISON BREAKFOX6.8/114.6/1210.514
IN THE PATH OF KATRINAABC6.4/113.5/109.339
NFL PRESEASON: RAMS/LIONS-MONABC5.8/93.2/98.630
NASCAR RACING-SUNNBC5.2/103.0/108.45
KATRINA'S FURYCBS5.7/102.5/88.283
BIG BROTHER-TUECBS5.5/93.5/98.247
20/20ABC5.7/102.6/88.112
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCEFOX4.9/82.9/97.94
PRIMETIME THURSDAYABC4.8/82.3/66.83
ROCK STAR-TUECBS4.3/73.2/96.67
BIG BROTHER-THUCBS4.5/82.5/86.33
ROCK STAR-WEDCBS4.2/72.8/86.32
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE PRESHOWFOX3.8/72.0/75.87
DATELINE-THUNBC4.2/72.3/65.87
60 MINUTES IICBS3.8/71.5/65.48
BIG BROTHER-SATCBS3.4/71.9/74.94
AMERICA'S MOST WANTEDFOX3.2/61.8/64.88
TOMMY LEE GOES TO COLLEGENBC3.2/52.0/54.81
COLL FTBL: NOTRE DAME/PITT-SATABC3.2/61.3/54.45
WWE SMACKDOWNUPN2.7/41.5/44.13
MEET MISTER MOMNBC2.7/51.2/43.57
NASCAR RACING-SATNBC2.2/40.9/33.41
MY KIND OF TOWNABC2.2/41.1/33.28
THE CUTCBS2.2/40.9/33.04
R U THE GIRLUPN1.9/31.2/42.81

Cable ratings: heavily dominated by Hurricane Katrina coverage
ShowNETViewers
(millions)
THE CLOSERTNT5.770
WWE ENTERTAINMENTSPIKE5.174
THE OREILLY FACTORFOXNC5.151
HANNITY & COLMESFOXNC5.038
FOX NEWS LIVEFOXNC4.999
HANNITY & COLMESFOXNC4.963
ON THE RECORD W/GRETAFOXNC4.950
HANNITY & COLMESFOXNC4.943
THE OREILLY FACTORFOXNC4.934
THE OREILLY FACTORFOXNC4.875
ON THE RECORD W/GRETAFOXNC4.586
FOX NEWS LIVEFOXNC4.463
STUDIO B W/S.SMITHFOXNC4.336
BUSH-FEMA DIR-FRIFOXNC4.233
FOX NEWS LIVEFOXNC4.216
PREMIUM CABLE
ROMEHBO3.034
ENTOURAGEHBO2.143
SHARK TALEHBO2.104
SEX INSPCTRS: RL SX INTERHBO1.096
CATHOUSE: THE SERIESHBO0.970
THE COMEBACKHBO0.920

-Viewership data not available for:
  • Wildfire (ABC Family)
  • Weeds (Showtime)
  • Rescue Me (FX)
  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX)
  • Over There (FX)
  • Wanted (TNT)

Cable 18-49:
ShowNET18-49
(000s)
WWE Entertainment        SPK2649
Real World XVI           MTV2417
WWE Entertainment        SPK2268
Forrest Gump             TNT2174
Forrest Gump             TNT2039
Forrest Gump             TNT2002
The Closer              TNT1994
Hannity & Colmes         FOXN1912
On The Record W/Greta    FOXN1837
Forrest Gump             TNT1793

-Real World XVI (MTV) - 1.9 adults 18-49 rating
-The Closer (TNT) - 1.5 rating

Weekly Top Kids Ratings:
not available this week


Source: Nielsen Media Research via The Los Angeles Times, CBS Press Express, Media Life Magazine, Variety, TV Tango, and Marc Berman's Programming Insider (MediaWeek)

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