Sunday’s Numbers [11.23.2008]
By fred | November 24, 2008
The main event last night was obviously the American Music Awards return of Jack Bauer, and overall it’s a success for Fox ! Sure, if the net won the night it was also thanks to a little football overrun with 17.86 million viewers (6.5 on the demo) at 7.00, but that doesn’t mean Jack failed to come back in great shape — rating-wise at least.
Despite being off the air for a year and a half, 24 scored a very nice 12.60 million viewers and 4.3 on the demo during its first half hour, and overall averaged 12.04 million viewers (4.0 on the demo). While that’s below last season average (13 million, 5.0 on the demo) that remains much better that said season finale (10.2 million, 3.7 on the demo), and needless to say once the show is actually back, it should be doing very well — especially with House as lead-in.
You could see that not everyone was liking the movie, probably due to an incredible lack of action. Either way, the show ended its last half-hour with only 11.77 million viewers and a 3.9 on the demo, so only 800 000 viewers in between — far from a huge drop, so Fox has nothing to worry about, Jack still has plenty of fans (for now).
Elsewhere, Cold Case and The Unit remained stable with 12.07 million and 9.99 million viewers respectively, while the American Music Awards won each of their slot, in viewers as well as in the demo.
All numbers of the night below :
| Sunday, November 23rd | ||
| Show | Network | Viewers (18-49) |
| 8.00 | ||
| American Music Awards | ABC | 12.38 M (5.0) |
| 24: Redemption | Fox | 12.37 M (4.2) |
| Sunday Night Football [8.30-11.00] | NBC | 12.29 M (4.7) |
| Football Night In America | NBC | 11.51 M (4.2) |
| The Amazing Race | CBS | 10.13 M (2.7) |
| Valentine (R) | The CW | 0.64 M (0.2) |
| 9.00 | ||
| American Music Awards | ABC | 13.04 M (5.4) |
| Sunday Night Football [8.30-11.00] | NBC | 12.29 M (4.7) |
| Cold Case | CBS | 12.07 M (2.7) |
| 24: Redemption | Fox | 11.72 M (3.9) |
| Easy Money (R) | The CW | 0.41 M (0.1) |
| 10.00 | ||
| Sunday Night Football [8.30-11.00] | NBC | 12.29 M (4.7) |
| American Music Awards | ABC | 11.17 M (5.0) |
| The Unit | CBS | 9.99 M (2.5) |
| Global | Adults 18-49 | ||
| Fox | 13.14 M | Fox | 4.6 |
| CBS | 11.68 M | ABC | 4.3 |
| NBC | 11.49 M | NBC | 4.3 |
| ABC | 10.53 M | CBS | 2.6 |
| The CW | 0.59 M | The CW | 0.2 |
Posted in Numbers/Ratings
Shows: 24, Cold Case, The Unit
