Primetime Ratings: September 2011

[Toups]

Monday, ,September 19

Total Viewers (in millions)

1. Two and a Half Men: 28.74

2. Two Broke Girls: 19.37

3. Dancing with the Stars: 19.03

4. Castle: 13.28

5. How I Met Your Mother (8:30pm): 12.22

6. Hawaii Five-O: 12.19

7. How I Met Your Mother (8pm): 11.00

8. Hell's Kitchen (8pm): 6.04

9. Hell's Kitchen (9pm): 5.94

10. The Sing-Off: 5.30

11. The Playboy Club: 5.02

12. H8R (RR): 1.03

13. Ringer (RR): 0.82

Adults 18-49

1. Two and a Half Men: 10.7/25

2. Two Broke Girls: 7.1/16

3. How I Met Your Mother (8:30pm): 5.2/13

4. How I Met Your Mother (8pm): 4.7/13

5. Dancing with the Stars: 4.0/10

6. Hawaii Five-O: 3.4/8

7. Castle: 3.2/8

8. Hell's Kitchen (8pm): 2.6/7

8. Hell's Kitchen (9pm): 2.6/6

10. The Sing-Off: 1.9/5

11. The Playboy Club: 1.6/4

12. H8R (RR): 0.4/1

13. Ringer (RR): 0.3/1

[Toups]

Tuesday, September 20

Total Viewers (in millions)

1. NCIS: 19.96

2. NCIS: Los Angeles: 16.71

3. Dancing with the Stars (9pm): 14.79

4. Unforgettable: 14.09

5. Dancing with the Stars: Meet the Cast (8pm): 10.97

6. New Girl: 10.28

7. Body of Proof: 9.41

8. Glee: 9.21

9. Raising Hope: 6.73

10. The Biggest Loser: 6.17

11. Parenthood: 5.28 (-1,010,000)

12. Ringer: 1.94 (-900,000)

13. 90210: 1.47 (-140,000)

Adults 18-49

1. New Girl: 4.8/12

2. NCIS: 4.3/12

3. Glee: 4.0/11

4. NCIS: Los Angeles: 3.6/9

5. Raising Hope: 3.1/8

6. Unforgettable: 2.9/8

6. Dancing with the Stars (9pm): 2.9/7

8. The Biggest Loser: 2.3/6

9. Body of Proof: 2.2/6

10. Parenthood: 2.1/6 (-.1)

10. Dancing with the Stars: Meet the Cast (8pm): 2.1/6

12. Ringer: 0.9/2 (-.3)

13. 90210: 0.7/2 (-.2)

Woah for the New Girl!! It grew out of Glee and it beat it.....and it beat NCIS too.

[Toups]

Wednesday, September 21

Total Viewers (in millions)

1. Modern Famiy (60 mins): 14.53

2. Criminal Minds: 14.14

3. CSI: 12.74

4. The X-Factor (120 mins): 12.49

5. Survivor: 10.46 (-280,000)

6. Revenge: 10.02

7. The Middle (60 mins): 9.74

8. Law & Order: SVU: 7.63

9. Harry's Law: 7.53

10. Up All Night: 6.05 (-4,900,000) *

11. Free Agents: 3.87 (-2,250,000) **

12. America's Next Top Model: 1.60 (-360,000)

13. H8R: 1.03 (-260,000)

Adults 18-49

1. Modern Famiy (60 mins): 6.1/15

2. The X-Factor (120 mins): 4.4/12

3. Criminal Minds: 4.1/10

4. Revenge: 3.4/9

5. Survivor: 3.2/9 (-.2)

5. CSI: 3.2/9

7. The Middle (60 mins): 3.1/9

8. Up All Night: 2.4/7 (-1.3) *

8. Law & Order: SVU: 2.4/6

10. Free Agents: 1.3/4 (-.8) **

11. Harry's Law: 1.2/3

12. America's Next Top Model: 0.7/2

13. H8R: 0.4/1

* Compared to last week at 10pm

** Compared to last week at 10:30pm

[Soapsuds]

Surprised by modern familys big numbers in demos and HHs. Glad for Criminal Minds for doing well and still beating MF in HHs. The X Factor had a weak start. I expected at least a 9 HH rating. It was third during the 8pm hour. Moving Harry's Law to Wednesday night was a big mistake on NBC part.

[AS THE WORLD TURNS]

American Idol had a weak start also, but it could be cause it started in the summer.

[Soapsuds]

I hope the Xfactors ratings pick up. I didnt see the show but did DVR it. I hope the show succeeds although its up against one of my favorites Criminal Minds.

[Toups]

Modern Family has the potential to get even bigger, especially once it hits syndication.

It's only up against CI when it's a 2 hour show - it's not up against CI regularly.

[wingwalker]

I don't think you can compare the two. When American Idol debuted there's wasn't any singing shows, AI started the whole singing/talent competition craze. X Factor's ratings might pick up a little bit (and it's still performing better than what FOX had last year) I don't see it becoming as big as AI. It was promoted heavily, everyone and their mother knew about it. Thing is, and this is what I said last year, we are hitting an over-saturation of singing/reality shows. We have AI, The Voice, America's Got Talent, The Sing Off, now X Factor. It's too much. X Factor isn't unique, nearly all the reality shows are down this year, DWTS is way off from last year & starting to skew really old. Where as most scripted shows (at least on CBS) are up to even from last year. It seems we are starting to see a shift away from reality back to scripted.

[Toups]

Thursday, September 22

Total Viewers (in millions)

1. The Big Bang Theory (8:30pm): 14.94

2. The Big Bang Theory (8pm): 14.30

3. The Mentalist: 13.56

4. Person of Interest: 13.33

5. The X-Factor (120 mins): 12.51

6. Grey's Anatomy (120 mins): 10.38

7. Charlie's Angels: 8.76

8. The Office: 7.64

9. Whitney: 6.84

10. Prime Suspect: 6.05

11. Parks & Recreation: 4.11

12. Community: 3.93

13. Vampire Diaries: 2.52 (-580,000)

14. The Secret Circle: 2.12 (-930,000)

Adults 18-49

1. The Big Bang Theory (8:30pm): 5.1/14

2. The Big Bang Theory (8pm): 4.9/15

3. The X-Factor (120 mins): 4.3/12

4. Grey's Anatomy (120 mins): 4.1/10

5. The Office: 3.9/10

6. Whitney: 3.3/9

7. Person of Interest: 3.1/8

8. The Mentalist: 2.8/7

9. Charlie's Angels: 2.1/6

9. Parks & Recreation: 2.1/6

11. Prime Suspect: 1.8/5

12. Community: 1.7/5

13. Vampire Diaries: 1.2/3 (-.3)

14. The Secret Circle: 0.9/2 (-.4)

[Soapsuds]

Glad for Big Bang..it was really funny last night. Surprised The Mentalist didnt do better. Person of Interest did just blah ratings..and Charlies Angels ratings were mediocre. The X factor stayed steady......

[dragonflies]

Yes I'm being petty but I'm glad SVU only got 7 million

[Toups]

Just blah? That's pretty good for a new show and it beat Mentalist in demos and almost in Viewers.

[Soapsuds]

The Big Bang Theory beat it though....although I thought the show was hilarious last night.....and Criminal Minds beat it too on Wednesday. I can see the ratings dropping. I just didnt get the show...it was just too boring for me to follow. I am really surprised by The Mentalist low numbers. I expected at least a 9 rating. It looks like comedies are what people are watching this season followed by the same tried and true....NCIS ...NCIS Los Angeles and Criminal Minds.

[wingwalker]

While Person's of Interest's ratings weren't bad, I'm sure CBS was expecting better. It didn't get any better that what CSI got there last year, which they moved. I love POI and hope it improves, but I have feeling if this only does "okay" and it's Monday lineup remains stable, we'll probably see CBS expand the comedy block to 2 hours next season.

[jcar03]

Exactly. The show has been talked about non-stop ever since Simon left AI. The Voice had a different element that attracted me to watching it.