Fast National ratings for Monday, May 24, 2010
The final performances on "Dancing With the Stars" and the premiere of a new "Bachelorette" gave ABC an overall ratings win Monday, while CBS' comedy finales scored the demographic prize.
Elsewhere, the series finale of "24" didn't get much of a bump over previous weeks, while the end of "Law & Order" was up a little bit over recent performances. New "Bachelorette" Ali Fedotowsky debuted to ratings in line with last spring's debut.
ABC scored 12.5 million viewers and an 8.3 rating/13 share in households for the night, holding off CBS (11.9 million, 7.3/12) for the top spot. FOX (8.85 million, 5.2/8) finished third. NBC's 5.9 million viewers and 3.7/6 were good for fourth. The CW, which had a night of reruns, managed only 734,000 viewers and a 0.5/1.
CBS led the adults 18-49 demo with a 3.9 rating. ABC took second at 3.2, followed by FOX at 2.7. NBC drew a 1.9 and The CW a meager 0.3.
Monday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
ABC: "Dancing With the Stars" (19.1 million viewers, 12.5/20 households)
FOX: "24" series finale (8.4 million, 5.0/8)
CBS: "How I Met Your Mother" season finale (8.2 million, 5.0/8)/"Rules of Engagement" season finale (8.2 million, 5.0/8)
NBC: "Chuck" season finale (5 million, 3.0/5)
The CW: "Gossip Girl" rerun (898,000, 0.6/1)
18-49 leader: "Dancing With the Stars" (4.0)
9 p.m.
CBS: "Two and a Half Men" season finale (15.4 million, 9.4/15)/"The Big Bang Theory" season finale (14.8 million, 8.9/14)
ABC: "The Bachelorette" season premiere (9.9 million, 6.7/10)
FOX: "24" series finale (9.3 million, 5.4/8)
NBC: "Chuck" season finale (5.2 million, 3.1/5)
The CW: "One Tree Hill" rerun (570,000, 0.4/1)
18-49 leader: "The Big Bang Theory" (5.2)
10 p.m.
CBS: "CSI: Miami" season finale (12.4 million, 7.8/13)
ABC: "The Bachelorette" season premiere (8.4 million, 5.7/10)
NBC: "Law & Order" series finale (7.6 million, 5.0/8)
18-49 leader: "CSI: Miami" (3.3)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Source: The Nielsen Company.
The final performances on "Dancing With the Stars" and the premiere of a new "Bachelorette" gave ABC an overall ratings win Monday, while CBS' comedy finales scored the demographic prize.
Elsewhere, the series finale of "24" didn't get much of a bump over previous weeks, while the end of "Law & Order" was up a little bit over recent performances. New "Bachelorette" Ali Fedotowsky debuted to ratings in line with last spring's debut.
ABC scored 12.5 million viewers and an 8.3 rating/13 share in households for the night, holding off CBS (11.9 million, 7.3/12) for the top spot. FOX (8.85 million, 5.2/8) finished third. NBC's 5.9 million viewers and 3.7/6 were good for fourth. The CW, which had a night of reruns, managed only 734,000 viewers and a 0.5/1.
CBS led the adults 18-49 demo with a 3.9 rating. ABC took second at 3.2, followed by FOX at 2.7. NBC drew a 1.9 and The CW a meager 0.3.
Monday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
ABC: "Dancing With the Stars" (19.1 million viewers, 12.5/20 households)
FOX: "24" series finale (8.4 million, 5.0/8)
CBS: "How I Met Your Mother" season finale (8.2 million, 5.0/8)/"Rules of Engagement" season finale (8.2 million, 5.0/8)
NBC: "Chuck" season finale (5 million, 3.0/5)
The CW: "Gossip Girl" rerun (898,000, 0.6/1)
18-49 leader: "Dancing With the Stars" (4.0)
9 p.m.
CBS: "Two and a Half Men" season finale (15.4 million, 9.4/15)/"The Big Bang Theory" season finale (14.8 million, 8.9/14)
ABC: "The Bachelorette" season premiere (9.9 million, 6.7/10)
FOX: "24" series finale (9.3 million, 5.4/8)
NBC: "Chuck" season finale (5.2 million, 3.1/5)
The CW: "One Tree Hill" rerun (570,000, 0.4/1)
18-49 leader: "The Big Bang Theory" (5.2)
10 p.m.
CBS: "CSI: Miami" season finale (12.4 million, 7.8/13)
ABC: "The Bachelorette" season premiere (8.4 million, 5.7/10)
NBC: "Law & Order" series finale (7.6 million, 5.0/8)
18-49 leader: "CSI: Miami" (3.3)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Source: The Nielsen Company.
Fast National ratings for Sunday, May 23, 2010
The highly anticipated series finale of "Lost" paid off in more ways than one. It gave ABC an easy victory on Sunday in both households and demo for both "The Final Journey" lead-in (9.8 million, 5.5 rating/10 share) and then the "The End," the finale itself (13.5 million, 7.5/13). Over on NBC, the finale of "The Celebrity Apprentice," which Bret Michael was able to attend, finished strong in its second hour.
ABC averaged 11.4 million viewers and a 6.4 rating/11 share for the night, followed by CBS with 9.1 million and a 5.8/10, NBC (7.4 million, 4.6/8) and FOX 4.7 million, 2.7/5.
Among adults 18-49, the "Lost" programming also won ABC first with a strong 4.8 rating. Next came NBC, 2.4, FOX, 2.2 and then CBS, 1.5.
Sunday hour by hour:
7 p.m.
CBS: "60 Minutes" (9.4 million viewers, 6.1/11 households)
ABC: "Lost: The Final Journey" (9.1 million, 5.2/10)
NBC: "Dateline NBC" (5.2 million, 3.5/7)
FOX: "'Til Death" (2.2 million, 1.3/3), "The Simpsons" rerun (2.9 million, 1.7/3)
18-49 leader: "Lost: The Final Journey" (3.7)
8 p.m.
ABC: "Lost: The Final Journey" (10.5 million, 5.9/10)
CBS: "ACM Presents Brooks & Dunn: The Last Rodeo" (9.7 million, 5.9/10)
NBC: "Minute to Win It" (5.6 million, 3.5/6)
FOX: "The Simpsons" (5.7 million, 3.2/6), "The Cleveland Show" (4.9 million, 2.9/5)
18-49 leader: "Lost: The Final Journey" (4.3)
9 p.m.
ABC: "Lost" finale (13 million, 7.2/11)
CBS: "ACM Presents Brooks & Dunn: The Last Rodeo" (10.9 million, 6.7/11)
NBC: "The Celebrity Apprentice" finale (8.6 million, 5.3/8)
FOX: "Family Guy" two episodes (6.3 million, 3.6/6)
The highly anticipated series finale of "Lost" paid off in more ways than one. It gave ABC an easy victory on Sunday in both households and demo for both "The Final Journey" lead-in (9.8 million, 5.5 rating/10 share) and then the "The End," the finale itself (13.5 million, 7.5/13). Over on NBC, the finale of "The Celebrity Apprentice," which Bret Michael was able to attend, finished strong in its second hour.
ABC averaged 11.4 million viewers and a 6.4 rating/11 share for the night, followed by CBS with 9.1 million and a 5.8/10, NBC (7.4 million, 4.6/8) and FOX 4.7 million, 2.7/5.
Among adults 18-49, the "Lost" programming also won ABC first with a strong 4.8 rating. Next came NBC, 2.4, FOX, 2.2 and then CBS, 1.5.
Sunday hour by hour:
7 p.m.
CBS: "60 Minutes" (9.4 million viewers, 6.1/11 households)
ABC: "Lost: The Final Journey" (9.1 million, 5.2/10)
NBC: "Dateline NBC" (5.2 million, 3.5/7)
FOX: "'Til Death" (2.2 million, 1.3/3), "The Simpsons" rerun (2.9 million, 1.7/3)
18-49 leader: "Lost: The Final Journey" (3.7)
8 p.m.
ABC: "Lost: The Final Journey" (10.5 million, 5.9/10)
CBS: "ACM Presents Brooks & Dunn: The Last Rodeo" (9.7 million, 5.9/10)
NBC: "Minute to Win It" (5.6 million, 3.5/6)
FOX: "The Simpsons" (5.7 million, 3.2/6), "The Cleveland Show" (4.9 million, 2.9/5)
18-49 leader: "Lost: The Final Journey" (4.3)
9 p.m.
ABC: "Lost" finale (13 million, 7.2/11)
CBS: "ACM Presents Brooks & Dunn: The Last Rodeo" (10.9 million, 6.7/11)
NBC: "The Celebrity Apprentice" finale (8.6 million, 5.3/8)
FOX: "Family Guy" two episodes (6.3 million, 3.6/6)
lost certainly was the winner, but in all fairness, Law and Order went against much better competiton, not to mention, it wasnt really billed as a "series" finale, as they are still trying to find a way to bring it back for another year, and if they cant, have already said, there will be a 2 hour movie next season, to wrap it up properly......last night's episode, which was VERY GOOD, was in NO WAY a series wrap, it was just a season wrap up....we got no insight as to where everyone would go, and how they would depart...it was simply the end of the current season
Nielsen overnight ratings for Monday, May 24, 2010:
Time Net Show 18-49 Rating/Share Viewers (Millons)
8:00
ABC Dancing With the Stars 4.0/12 19.08
CBS How I Met Your Mother (Season Finale) 3.5/11 8.18
FOX 24 (Season/Series Finale) 2.6/8 8.39
NBC Chuck (Season Finale) 1.7/5 4.96
CW Gossip Girl (R) 0.4/1 0.90
8:30 CBS Rules of Engagement (Season Finale) 3.3/9 8.23
9:00
CBS Two and a Half Men (Season Finale) 5.0/13 15.37
ABC The Bachelorette (Season Premiere) 2.9/8 9.94
FOX 24 (Season/Series Finale) 2.9/7 9.31
NBC Chuck (Season Finale) 1.8/5 5.16
CW One Tree Hill (R) 0.2/1 0.57
9:30 CBS The Big Bang Theory (Season Finale) 5.2/13 14.78
10:00
CBS CSI: Miami (Season Finale) 3.3/9 12.39
ABC The Bachelorette (Season Premiere) 2.8/8 8.43
NBC Law & Order (Series Finale?) 1.9/5 7.60
Time Net Show 18-49 Rating/Share Viewers (Millons)
8:00
ABC Dancing With the Stars 4.0/12 19.08
CBS How I Met Your Mother (Season Finale) 3.5/11 8.18
FOX 24 (Season/Series Finale) 2.6/8 8.39
NBC Chuck (Season Finale) 1.7/5 4.96
CW Gossip Girl (R) 0.4/1 0.90
8:30 CBS Rules of Engagement (Season Finale) 3.3/9 8.23
9:00
CBS Two and a Half Men (Season Finale) 5.0/13 15.37
ABC The Bachelorette (Season Premiere) 2.9/8 9.94
FOX 24 (Season/Series Finale) 2.9/7 9.31
NBC Chuck (Season Finale) 1.8/5 5.16
CW One Tree Hill (R) 0.2/1 0.57
9:30 CBS The Big Bang Theory (Season Finale) 5.2/13 14.78
10:00
CBS CSI: Miami (Season Finale) 3.3/9 12.39
ABC The Bachelorette (Season Premiere) 2.8/8 8.43
NBC Law & Order (Series Finale?) 1.9/5 7.60
