Thursday’s numbers [09.18.2008]
By fred | September 19, 2008
Sure, CBS won the night in total viewers last night, thanks to a couple reruns of CSI and a new Flashpoint, and Fox was winner on the demo thanks to Kitchen Nightmares, but I think if some people are out to celebrate, it shall be over at The CW, and even more so the Supernatural fans.
At 8.00 Smallville was back with 4.4 million viewers, less than last season’s premiere (5.1 million) which at the time had some stronger competition to face (Ugly Betty or Survivor), but then again, more people were in front of their TV also. Still, the show hasn’t really been that good so it’s understandable, plus there were actually 600 000 more viewers than for last season’s finale, so it’s all good for Clark and whoever else if left.
And at 9.00 it was the terrific return of the Winchester brothers, and what a great return that was! The episode was awesome, and people were there to see it : with 4.0 million viewers, this was the most-watched episode ever of Supernatural on The CW (not a series high though, as the show went above 5 million viewers back in the days, on The WB).
Still, pretty awesome stuff, and the boys had 1.1 million more fans last night to see Dean coming back from Hell, than there was during last season’s finale when he got there. The show is also up 1 million viewers since last season’s premiere. I sure hope those numbers will stay as high as ever in the following weeks, cause the show definitely deserves it.
Finally at 10.00 Flashpoint did quite well, clear winner of its slot both in total viewers and on the demon, with 9.7 million viewers and a 2.6 on the demo. I gotta say, it’s a but depressing to see the most-watched program of the night was a rerun of CSI, and seeing how the 9.00 slot performs better than any other on its own, one might wonder why CBS didn’t took the chance to bring Flashpoint an hour earlier, it’s not like the show was filled with violence and blood or anything…
Anyays, all numbers of the night below :
| Thursday, September 18th | ||
| Show | Network | Viewers (18-49) |
| 8.00 | ||
| America’s Got Talent | NBC | 9.8 M (2.3) |
| CSI (R) | CBS | 8.0 M (1.9) |
| My Name Is Earl (R) | NBC | 5.2 M (1.6) |
| Hole In The Wall | Fox | 4.7 M (2.0) |
| Ugly Betty (R) | ABC | 4.4 M (1.3) |
| Smallville | The CW | 4.4 M (1.8) |
| 9.00 | ||
| CSI (R) | CBS | 10.2 M (2.5) |
| Kitchen Nightmares | Fox | 6.2 M (2.8) |
| Grey’s Anatomy (R) | ABC | 5.8 M (1.9) |
| The Office (R) | NBC | 4.4 M (2.0) |
| Supernatural | The CW | 4.0 M (1.8) |
| 10.00 | ||
| Flashpoint | CBS | 9.7 M (2.6) |
| Grey’s Anatomy | ABC | 6.1 M (2.2) |
| E.R. (R) | NBC | 3.8 M (1.5) |
| Global | Adults 18-49 | ||
| CBS | 9.3 M | Fox | 2.4 |
| Fox | 5.4 M | CBS | 2.3 |
| ABC | 5.4 M | ABC | 1.8 |
| NBC | 5.2 M | NBC | 1.8 |
| The CW | 4.2 M | The CW | 1.8 |
Posted in Numbers/Ratings
Shows: Flashpoint, Smallville, Supernatural
