The Ratings Report for Monday October 23rd

Well, the ratings have come down for last night, and some good news for fans of Studio 60 and Heroes. But, we'll get there in due time. Let's open this off with the overall network ratings. CBS came in first with an 8.8/13 for an average of 12 million viewers over the night as they claimed the #1 show of the night with CSI: Miami. NBC would come in second with a 7.8/12 to come in at an average of eleven million, but they would win the crucial 18-49 demo thanks to the best showing of Heroes yet. Next would be ABC who came in with a 5.0/8 for an average of seven million viewers of the night. Then would come Fox who came in with a 4.7/7 for roughly 6.5 million viewers throughout the night. In last place would be the CW netlet with with a 1.9/3 for roughly 2.5 million viewers.

Now, we're going to take a brief moment to look at the 18-49 demo. As I said yesterday and today, this demo is the most important demo for the networks due to the fact that it helps set your advertising rates. However, the numers to figure out the 18-49 viewers is different then the overall viewer, and takes longer to figure out. I just haven't had the time to do that yet because I don't have anything to base them off to make sure I'm getting them in an accurate field yet. But, that'll come in due time. As I said before, NBC won the 18-49 demo with a 4.6 while CBS trailed closely with a 4.5. ABC would place third with a 2.9 while Fox got a 2.6. CW came in last with a 1.2.

Now to break down the hours. Starting with the 8PM hour, NBC would win the hour thanks to Deal or No Deal with a 9.7/15 for roughly 14 million viewers watching the popular game show. Then CBS would take second thanks to the tag team of The Class with a 5.5/8 for 8 million viewers while How I Met Your Mother gets a 6.4/10 for 9.7 million viewers. Up next we've got Fox with Prison Break bringing in a 5.3/8 for about 7.5 million viewers. ABC would take fourth with a Wife Swap repeat that brought in 5.0/8 for about eight million viewers. CW would bring up the rear with Everybody Loves Chris getting a 2.1/3 for a little over two million viewers while All of Us gets a 2.0/3 to bring in slighly less then Everybody Loves Chris.

Moving on to the 9PM hour, the sitcoms would rule the hour as CBS claimed first place with Two and a Half Men getting a 9.8/14 for thirteen million viewers while The Adventures of Old Christine would pull down a 8.1/12 for eleven million viewers. Heroes would come in second with an 8.6/12 for 14 million viewers. Now, the reason behind the fact that Heroes came in second is that the average of households was higher for CBS which gave them the first place honors even though Heroes had more viewers. Also, as you can see this is not an exact science as according to TVGuide, Heroes is getting 14.2 million viewers even though it had an 8.6/12 rating. One day, this will make sense to everyone, I promise. Next, you get ABC in third with a 5.8/9 for eight million viewers with the newest installment of The Bachelor and Fox coming in fourth with Justice bringing in a 4.2/8 for 6.2 million viewers. Finally, the CW's Girlfriends got a 1.8/3 for just two million viewers while The Game got a 1.7/3 for about 1.9-2.0 million viewers.

Finally, the 10PM hour saw CBS take #1 again with CSI: Miami getting a 11.5/19 for 18 million viewers, maybe 17.8 or 17.9. Meanwhile, NBC took back #2 after last week they were #3 in this time slot with Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip taking a 5.1/8 with 7.5 million viewers as the slide seems to have slowed down. In last place is What About Brian which brought in a 4.4/7 rating for six million viewers, dropping 2.3 million from last week.

That concludes our ratings report. Still to come for today will be a What to Watch tonight feature, a thoughts on last night TV feature, and my thoughts on the 24 Season Six Trailer. Tomorrow, after the ratings report I'll bring you a look at the remaining freshman shows and my thoughts on if they'll be cancelled or kept for good for the remainder of the season.

Thanks.

The Pulse