Wednesday’s Numbers
By fred | April 24, 2008
There really isn’t any suspense as it which network won the night, since American Idol was on. Many argue that it’s not what it used to be, that it might never get 30 million viewers again, and while that may be true, it also is truth that last night American Idol had 10 million more viewers than the second most-watched program of the night. Fox could have aired nothing but a black screen at 8.00, with Idol they’d still have won the night, easy.
At 8.00 it wasn’t on yet, and the numbers were pretty low : except for Deal Or No Deal with 10 million viewers, nothing could do better than 7.3 million viewers (Back To You, Fox). Worth noting I guess though, is that while behind in viewers, Fox’s sitcom beat NBC’s game on the demo (2.7 vs 2.3)
At 9.00 I don’t have to tell you what 22.6 million of viewers were watching. Other than that, nothing reached 10 million viewers. Deal Or No Deal was down to 9.8 million viewers, followed by a rerun of Criminal Minds with 9 million viewers, which is pretty good I guess, given the competition and the fact that it’s a rerun!
Finally at 10.00 with 12.6 million viewers, Law & Order ruled the slot, being the second top program of the night. It also did just as well on the demo, being the only program (except for Idol) to go over 3.0 with a nice 3.7 !
Meanwhile an ABC, Men In Trees might be fading away never to return… with 5.2 million viewers and 1.5 on the demo, it was dead last, beaten by a rerun of CSI: New-York. Not good. And if it wasn’t for Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious (1.2, The CW), it would have been the only program not to at least reach 2.0 on the demo…
All numbers of the night below :
| Wednesday, April 23rd | ||
| Show | Network | Viewers (18-49) |
| 8.00 | ||
| Deal Or No Deal | NBC | 10.0 M (2.3) |
| Back To You [8.30] | Fox | 7.3 M (2.7) |
| Big Brother | CBS | 6.7 M (2.3) |
| Til Death | Fox | 6.2 M (2.3) |
| Wife Swap | ABC | 5.9 M (2.2) |
| America’s Next Top Model | The CW | 4.2 M (2.0) |
| 9.00 | ||
| American Idol | Fox | 22.6 M (8.4) |
| Deal Or No Deal | NBC | 9.8 M (2.4) |
| Criminal Minds (R) | CBS | 9.0 M (2.1) |
| Supernanny | ABC | 5.4 M (2.2) |
| Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious | The CW | 2.3 M (1.2) |
| 10.00 | ||
| Law & Order | NBC | 12.6 M (3.7) |
| CSI: New-York (R) | CBS | 7.7 M (2.1) |
| Men In Trees | ABC | 5.2 M (1.5) |
| Global | Adults 18-49 | ||
| Fox | 14.7 M | Fox | 5.5 |
| NBC | 10.8 M | NBC | 2.8 |
| CBS | 7.8 M | CBS | 2.2 |
| ABC | 5.5 M | ABC | 2.0 |
| The CW | 3.3 M | The CW | 1.6 |
Posted in Numbers/Ratings
Shows: Back To You, Law & Order, Men In Trees
