Overnight Ratings - Wednesday 5/10/06

Last week's and last night's data The Programming Insider
by Marc Berman:

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

Ken from Chicago...

Overnight Ratings - Wednesday 5/10/06

Metered Market Ratings

FOX: 9.4 rating/14 share (12.3/18)
NBC: 8.7/13 (7.5/11)
CBS: 8.1/12 (8.2/12)
ABC: 7.2/11 (6.5/10)
UPN: 3.3/5 (3.2/5)
WB: 0.9/1 (1.7/3)

-Percent Change From the Comparable Year-Ago Evening (Wednesday 5/11/05):
NBC: +16, Fox: + 7, CBS: + 3, UPN: - 8, ABC: -12, WB: -65

Fast National Ratings (Live Plus Same Day data).

-Total Viewers:
FOX: 14.91 million (18.93)
NBC: 12.76 (10.28)
CBS: 11.98 (11.40)
ABC: 10.16 (9.41)
UPN: 3.52 (3.32)
WB: 1.00 (2.28)

-Adults 18-49:
FOX: 5.9 rating/15 share (7.5/20)
NBC: 4.2/11 (3.4/9)
ABC: 4.1/11 (3.6/10)
CBS: 3.8/10 (3.7/10)
UPN: 1.7/4 (1.5/4)
WB: 0.4/1 (1.0/3)

-Yesterday's Winners:
Deal or No Deal (NBC), American Idol (Fox), Lost (ABC),
Criminal Minds (CBS), CSI: NY (CBS)

-Honorable Mention:
Bones (Fox), America's Next Top Model (UPN), Law & Order (NBC)

-Yesterday's Losers (excluding repeats):
Alias (ABC), The Bedford Diaries (WB), Invasion (ABC)

Marc's Note: While 5-additional minutes of Lost lifted the 10 p.m. half-hour
to an 8.1/12 in the overnights, 9.89 million viewers, and a 4.0/10 among
adults 18-49, Invasion on its own at 10:30 p.m. sunk to a 4.7/ 8 in the
overnights, 7.32 million viewers, and a 2.8/ 8 among adults 18-49.

8PM - NBC - "Deal or No Deal" - 9.5/15 (7.9/12)
FOX - "Bones" - 6.6/10
("House", 11.8/18)
CBS - "The Amazing Race 9" - 5.5/9 (5.1/8)
ABC - "Alias" - 4.7/7 (4.1/6)
UPN - "America's Next Top Model" - 4.3/7 (4.1/6)
WB - "The Bedford Diaries" - (2 eps, finale) - 0.9/1
("One Tree Hill", season finale, 2.3/4;
"The Bedford Diaries", 1.1/2)

9PM - FOX - "American Idol" (results) - 16.4/23 (17.7/25)
ABC - "Lost" - 10.6/15 (10.2/15)
CBS - "Criminal Minds" (season finale) - 9.0/13 (8.9/13)
NBC - "Dateline" - 6.8/10 (6.0/9)
UPN - "Girlfriends" (season finale, repeat) - 2.2/3
("Everybody Hates Chris", 2 eps, repeat, 2.4/3)

9:30PM - FOX - "Unan1mous" - 8.1/12 (8.0/11)

10PM - CBS - "CSI: NY" - 9.9/15 (10.5/16)
NBC - "Law & Order" - 9.9/15 (8.6/13)
ABC - "Invasion" - 6.4/10 (5.1/8)

Shows ranked by Adults 18-49:

FOX - "American Idol" (results) - 10.9/26
ABC - "Lost" - 7.1/17
FOX - "Unan1mous" - 6.0/14
CBS - "CSI: NY" - 4.9/13
NBC - "Deal or No Deal" - 4.8/14
NBC - "Law & Order" - 4.2/11
CBS - "Criminal Minds" (season finale) - 3.6/9
NBC - "Dateline" - 3.5/8
FOX - "Bones" - 3.4/10
ABC - "Invasion" - 3.4/9
CBS - "The Amazing Race 9" - 3.0/8
UPN - "America's Next Top Model" - 2.4/7
ABC - "Alias" - 2.2/6
UPN - "Girlfriends" (season finale, repeat) - 1.2/3
WB - "The Bedford Diaries" - (2 eps, finale) - 0.4/1

Shows ranked in order of ratings:

FOX - "American Idol" (results) - 16.4/23 (27.18 million)
ABC - "Lost" - 10.6/15 (15.71 million)
CBS - "CSI: NY" - 9.9/15 (14.84 million)
NBC - "Law & Order" - 9.9/15 (12.64 million)
NBC - "Deal or No Deal" - 9.5/15 (15.37 million)
CBS - "Criminal Minds" (season finale) - 9.0/13 (12.63 million)
FOX - "Unan1mous" - 8.1/12 (14.08 million)
NBC - "Dateline" - 6.8/10 (10.27 million)
FOX - "Bones" - 6.6/10 (9.19 million)
ABC - "Invasion" - 6.4/10 (8.60 million)
CBS - "The Amazing Race 9" - 5.5/9 (8.46 million)
ABC - "Alias" - 4.7/7 (6.16 million)
UPN - "America's Next Top Model" - 4.3/7 (4.67 million)
UPN - "Girlfriends" (season finale, repeat) - 2.2/3 (2.36 million)
WB - "The Bedford Diaries" - (2 eps, finale) - 0.9/1 (1.00 million)

William George Ferguson...

Cheers,

TD (aka Rhonda)

Ken from Chicago...

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