Premiere week TV series ratings

Set out below are the ratings for the prime time series broadcast in the major US network Fall season premiere week. The first set of ratings are for the key age demographic (that advertisers target) and the second set is for overall viewership levels for all viewers.

Adults 18-49 viewing for the week ending September 27, 2009:


Rank Shows.... Net.... 18-49 Rating.... 18-49 Viewers (000)

1 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL..... NBC..... 6.8..... 8,901
2 HOUSE P.....FOX.....6.7.....8,862
3 GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM P.....ABC.....6.7.....8,848
4 FAMILY GUY P.....FOX.....5.2.....6,900
5 THE CLEVELAND SHOW P.....FOX.....4.9.....6,485
6 SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK.....NBC.....4.9.....6,460
7 NCIS P.....CBS.....4.8.....6,351
8 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES P.....ABC.....4.7.....6,185
9 BIG BANG THEORY, THE P.....CBS.....4.7.....6,149
10TWO AND A HALF MEN P.....CBS.....4.5.....5,879
11NCIS: LOS ANGELES P......CBS......4.4.....5,835
12COUGAR TOWN P.....ABC.....4.4.....5,767
13CRIMINAL MINDS P.....CBS.....4.4.....5,738
14CSI: MIAMI P.....CBS.....4.3.....5,705
15SIMPSONS P.....FOX.....4.3.....5,602
16MODERN FAMILY P.....ABC....4.2.....5,568
17 CSI P.....CBS.....4.1.....5,381
18DANCING WITH THE STARS P.....ABC.....4.1.....5,360
19CSI: NY P.....CBS.....4.0.....5,328
20FLASHFORWARD.....ABC.....4.0.....5,328
21OFFICE.....NBC.....3.9.....5,153
22FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3.....NBC.....3.7.....4,883
23SURVIVOR: SAMOA P.....CBS.....3.7.....4,830
24 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER P.....CBS.....3.6.....4,793
25AMERICAN DAD P.....FOX.....3.6.....4,787

Overall viewing (all ages 2+) for the week ending September 27, 2009:


Rank Shows.....Net.....# Viewers (LIVE+SD) (000).....HH RATING .....HH SHARE

1 NCIS.....CBS.....20,600.....12.4.....20
2 NCIS: LOS ANGELES.....CBS.....18,730.....11.3.....17
3 DANCING WITH THE STARS.....ABC.....17,794.....11.3.....17
4 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.....NBC.....17,469.....10.7.....17
5 HOUSE.....FOX.....17,156.....9.8....15
6 GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM.....ABC....17,034.....10.9.....18
7 CSI.....CBS.....16,009.....9.7.....15
8CRIMINAL MINDS.....CBS.....15,841.....9.6.....15
9DANCING W/ THE STARS-9/22(S).....ABC.....15,367.....10.1.....16
10 DANCING W/STARS RESULT SP(S)....ABC....15,356.....10.0.....17
11 MENTALIST, THE.....CBS......15,067.....9.5.....16
12CSI: NY.....CBS.....15,062.....9.2.....16
1360 MINUTES.....CBS.....14,884.....9.6.....17
14CSI: MIAMI.....CBS.....14,195.....9.0.....15
15GOOD WIFE, THE.....CBS.....13,714.....9.2.....16
16DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.....ABC.....13,643....8.6.....13
17TWO AND A HALF MEN.....CBS.....13,629.....8.5.....12
18SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK.....NBC.....13,347.....8.2.....14
19BIG BANG THEORY, THE.....CBS.....12,956....7.9....11
20MODERN FAMILY.....ABC.....12,605.....7.8.....13
21FLASHFORWARD.....ABC.....12,467.....7.7.....13
22SURVIVOR: SAMOA.....CBS.....11,664.....6.7.....11
23COUGAR TOWN.....ABC.....11,280.....7.1.....11
24EXTREME MAKEOVER:HM ED-8P.....ABC.....10,419.....6.4.....10
25 AMAZING RACE 15.....CBS.....10,404.....6.2....10

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KEY

Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.


Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time.

Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs which are currently in approximately 24.4% of all U.S. TV households. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing.