Wednesday’s Numbers
By fred | May 8, 2008
We might be right in the middle of the May Sweeps, but that doesn’t mean there are more good stuff on, nor does it mean that more people are watching. This season has been seriously hurt by the strike, and I think it clearly shows. So when you hear that the AMPTP are pulling the same crap again, walking out of negotiations with the SAG and pretty much daring them to strike, you have to wonder : do they even want to have viewers ?
At 8.00 it was pretty much a tie between Deal Or No Deal on NBC and The Price Is Right on CBS both about 7.6 million viewers, though NBC won on the demo (not by much). The fact that those two shows were the most watch programs of the slot is already bad enough, but to see that the number one show on the demo was on ABC, Wife Swap, with 7.0 million viewers and a 2.5 on the demo, well…
Back To You usually does better but it was down this week from a 2.5 to 2.0, while loosing 100 000 viewers.
At 9.00 there’s no surprise : American Idol won, of course, with 22.4 million viewers and a 8.0 on the demo, which is 300 000 more viewers than a week ago yet it did slightly better on the demo last week.
Meanwhile on CBS Criminal Minds remained constant, with 12.9 million viewers and 3.1, pretty much exactly as one week ago.
1.2 million more viewers watched CSI: New-York at 10.00 than they did last week (12.6 M vs 11.4 M), while Law & Order was loosing 800 000 of them (8.8 M), and on ABC Barbara Walters’ Journey performed better than a little better than Boston Legal one week ago, with 7.4 million and 2.0 on the demo.
All numbers of the night below :
| Wednesday, May 7th | ||
| Show | Network | Viewers (18-49) |
| 8.00 | ||
| Deal Or No Deal | NBC | 7.6 M (1.9) |
| The Price Is Right | CBS | 7.6 M (1.8) |
| Wife Swap | ABC | 7.0 M (2.5) |
| Back To You [8.30] | Fox | 6.9 M (2.0) |
| ’Til Death | Fox | 6.0 M (1.9) |
| America’s Next Top Model | The CW | 4.0 M (2.0) |
| 9.00 | ||
| American Idol | Fox | 22.4 M (8.0) |
| Criminal Minds | CBS | 12.9 M (3.1) |
| Deal Or No Deal | NBC | 6.9 M (1.9) |
| Supernanny | ABC | 5.1 M (1.9) |
| Farmer Wants A Wife | The CW | 2.1 M (1.0) |
| 10.00 | ||
| CSI: New-York | CBS | 12.6 M (3.3) |
| Law & Order | NBC | 8.8 M (2.9) |
| Barbara Walters’ Journey | ABC | 7.4 M (2.0) |
| Global | Adults 18-49 | ||
| Fox | 14.4 M | Fox | 5.0 |
| CBS | 11.0 M | CBS | 2.7 |
| NBC | 7.7 M | NBC | 2.2 |
| ABC | 6.5 M | ABC | 2.1 |
| The CW | 3.1 M | The CW | 1.5 |
Posted in Numbers/Ratings
Shows: Back To You, Criminal Minds, CSI: New-York, Law & Order
