Overnight Ratings - Monday 5/22/06

Last night's Metered Market Ratings from Marc Berman:

http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/newsletters/proginsider/index.jsp

Last week's Fast Nationals from Zap2it.com:

http://www.zap2it.com/tv/ratings/zap-ratings051506,0,1860232.story?coll=zap-tv-ratings-headlines

Last week's adults 18-49 and total viewers data from Rick Kissell at Variety:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117943285?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2563

Overnight Ratings - Monday 5/22/06

Metered Market Ratings

CBS: 9.7 rating/14 share (7.6/11)
FOX: 9.0/13 (6.2/9)
NBC: 7.8/12 (8.4/13)
ABC: 6.7/10 (11.4/17)
WB: 2.2/3 (1.8/3)
UPN: 1.8/3 (1.9/3)

-Percent Change From the Comparable Year-Ago Evening (Monday 5/23/05):
ABC: +49, Fox: + 7, NBC: - 1, CBS: - 6, UPN: -40, WB: -44

Fast National Ratings (Live Plus Same Day data).

-Total Viewers:
CBS: 13.95 million (11.4)
FOX: 13.52 (9.9)
NBC: 11.33 (13.0)
ABC: 8.30 (17.7)
WB: 2.47 (2.7)
UPN: 2.05 (2.9)

-Adults 18-49:
FOX: 5.4 rating/14 share (4.1/10)
CBS: 4.7/12 (3.8/9)
NBC: 4.1/10 (4.3/10)
ABC: 3.0/8 (7.5/18)
UPN: 0.9/2 (1.2/3)
WB: 0.9/2 (1.1/3)

-Yesterday’s Winners:
Deal or No Deal (NBC), Oprah Winfrey’s Legends Ball (ABC),
24 (Fox), Two and a Half Men (CBS), CSI: Miami (CBS)

-Yesterday’s Losers (excluding repeats):
The King of Queens (CBS), The New Adventures of Old Christine – 8:30 p.m. (CBS),
Alias (ABC)

Marc's Note re: Alias' series finale (5.1/8, 6.68 million, 2.7/6 adults):
Ratings for Alias in the final 10:30 p.m. half-hour did not even pick-up
steam, with a distant last-place 4.8/8 in the overnights, 6.52 million
viewers, and a 2.8/7 among adults 18-49. Call me crazy, but I will
never understand what all the hoopla was about this spy thriller.

To the fans of Girlfriends, don’t forget to catch the underrated comedy
in its new Sunday 8 p.m. time period next season.

TD Note: All data from last week for NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX includes
the approx. 20 minute presidential speech.

8PM - ABC - "Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball" - 9.9/15
("Grey's Anatomy", repeat, season finale, part 1, 5.9/9)
FOX - "24" (season finale, 2 hrs) - 9.0/13
(breakdown: 8.2/13, 8.5/12, 9.4/13, 9.8/14)
("Prison Break", season finale, 5.5/9; "24", 7.7/11)
NBC - "Deal Or No Deal" - 8.5/13 (8.8/14)
CBS - "The King of Queens" (season finale) - 5.9/9
(new, 5.2/8)
WB - "7th Heaven" (repeat) - 1.6/2 (2.1/3)
UPN - "One On One" (repeat) - 1.5/2
(season finale, 2.0/3)

8:30PM - CBS - "The New Adventures of Old Christine" - 5.7/8
("How I Met Your Mother", season finale, 5.5/8)
UPN - "All Of Us" (repeat) - 1.6/2
(season finale, 2.1/3)

9PM - CBS - "Two And A Half Men" (season finale, part 2) - 10.5/15
(part 1, 6.7/10)
NBC - "The Apprentice 5" - 7.1/10
("Deal or No Deal", 10.9/15)
ABC - "Alias" (season finale, 2 hrs) - 5.1/8
("Grey's Anatomy", season finale, part 2, 15.0/23)
WB - "Everwood" - 2.8/4 (1.6/2)
UPN - "Girlfriends" (repeat) - 2.2/3
(season finale, 1.8/3)

9:30PM - CBS - "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (season finale) - 8.7/12
(new, 7.0/10)
UPN - "Half & Half" (repeat) - 1.9/3
(season finale, 1.8/3)

10PM - CBS - "CSI: Miami" (season finale, part 2) - 13.6/21
(part 1, 10.5/16)
NBC - "Medium" (season finale) - 7.9/12
("The Apprentice 5", 5.6/9)

Shows ranked by Adults 18-49:

CBS - "CSI: Miami" (season finale, part 2) - 6.7/16
FOX - "24" (season finale, 2 hrs) - 5.4/14
CBS - "Two And A Half Men" (season finale, part 2) - 5.2/13
NBC - "Deal Or No Deal" - 4.5/12
CBS - "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (season finale) - 4.5/10
NBC - "The Apprentice 5" - 3.9/9
ABC - "Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball" - 3.8/11
NBC - "Medium" (season finale) - 3.8/9
CBS - "The King of Queens" (season finale) - 2.7/8
ABC - "Alias" (season finale, 2 hrs) - 2.7/6
CBS - "The New Adventures of Old Christine" - 2.4/6
WB - "Everwood" - 1.1/3
UPN - "All Of Us" (repeat) - 0.8/2
WB - "7th Heaven" (repeat) - 0.7/2
UPN - "One On One" (repeat) - 0.7/2
UPN - "Girlfriends" (repeat) - 1.0/3
UPN - "Half & Half" (repeat) - 1.0/2

Shows ranked in order of ratings:

CBS - "CSI: Miami" (season finale, part 2) - 13.6/21 (19.41 million)

Ian J. Ball...

CBS - "Two And A Half Men" (season finale, part 2) - 10.5/15 (15.70 million)

Ian J. Ball...

ABC - "Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball" - 9.9/15 (11.54 million)
FOX - "24" (season finale, 2 hrs) - 9.0/13 (13.52 million)

Ian J. Ball...

Ian J. Ball...

CBS - "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (season finale) - 8.7/12
(13.28 million)
NBC - "Deal Or No Deal" - 8.5/13 (13.99 million)
NBC - "Medium" (season finale) - 7.9/12 (9.87 million)
NBC - "The Apprentice 5" - 7.1/10 (10.14 million)
CBS - "The King of Queens" (season finale) - 5.9/9 (8.40 million)
CBS - "The New Adventures of Old Christine" - 5.7/8 (7.53 million)

Ian J. Ball...

Ian J. Ball...

Ian J. Ball...

ABC - "Alias" (season finale, 2 hrs) - 5.1/8 (6.68 million)

Ian J. Ball...

WB - "Everwood" - 2.8/4 (3.10 million)

Ian J. Ball...

UPN - "Girlfriends" (repeat) - 2.2/3 (2.39 million)
UPN - "Half & Half" (repeat) - 1.9/3 (2.26 million)
UPN - "All Of Us" (repeat) - 1.6/2 (1.90 million)
WB - "7th Heaven" (repeat) - 1.6/2 (1.83 million)
UPN - "One On One" (repeat) - 1.5/2 (1.64 million)

Cheers,

TD (aka Rhonda)

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You never get to stop and open your eyes
One day you're waiting for the sky to fall
The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all
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