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Nov 2, 2009

In dayparts for the week ended Nov. 1, ABC’s “Nightline” and CBS’s “The Late Show with David Letterman” led the week, each with 4.0 million total viewers, followed by NBC’s “Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” with 2.4 million. In late late night, CBS’s “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” averaged 1.8 million total viewers, with ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” at 1.7 million, NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” at 1.3 million and NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly” at 0.7 million. Among 18-49s, “Nightline” and “Tonight” each averaged a 1.0, while “Late Show” averaged a 0.9. In late late night, “Late Night” and “Late Late Show” each averaged a 0.6, with “Kimmel” at 0.5 and “Last Call” at 0.3. Monday's "Last Call" and "Kimmel" were encores.

NBC’s “Meet the Press” was the most-watched Sunday morning show on Nov. 1 with 3.15 million tuning in, followed by ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” with 2.75 million, CBS’s “Face the Nation” with 2.52 million and Fox “News Sunday” with 1.54 million. Among the 25-54 demographic, NBC averaged 1.007 million viewers, followed by ABC at 897,000, CBS at 872,000 and Fox at 601,000.

In evening network news, NBC’s “Nightly News with Brian Williams” was first with 8.50 million total viewers and a 2.0 rating among adults 25-54. ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” averaged 7.95 million viewers and a 1.9 rating, followed by CBS’s “Evening News with Katie Couric” with 5.88 million and a 1.4 rating.

In daytime, CBS was first with 3.63 million total viewers, NBC second with 2.96 million and ABC third with 2.95 million. Among women 18-49, NBC was first with a 1.4 rating, followed by ABC at 1.2 and CBS at 1.1.

In morning shows for the week ended Oct. 25, NBC’s “Today” was first for the week with 5.45 million total viewers, followed by ABC’s “Good Morning America” with 4.12 million and CBS’s “The Early Show” with 2.74 million. “Today” averaged a 4.1 household rating and a 16 share, followed by “Good Morning America” at 3.2/12 and “Early Show” at 2.0/8.

SUNDAY MORNING SHOW RATINGS
Week ending Nov. 1, 2009
Sunday averages

Program

Network

Households

 

Rtg%

Shr

Adults 25-54 (millions)

Total viewers (millions)

Meet the Press

NBC

2.2

6

1.007

3.145

This Week With George Stephanopoulos

ABC

1.9

5

0.897

2.745

Face the Nation

CBS

1.7

4

0.872

2.516

News Sunday

Fox

1.1

3

0.601

1.542

Source: NTI

LATE-NIGHT RATINGS
Week Ending Nov. 1, 2009
Five-day averages

Program

Network

People 2+

Adults 18-49

Total viewers (millions)

Rtg%

Nightline

ABC

4.0

1.0

Late Show with David Letterman

CBS

4.0

0.9

Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien

NBC

2.4

1.0

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

CBS

1.8

0.6

Jimmy Kimmel Live*

ABC

1.7

0.5

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

NBC

1.3

0.6

Last Call with Carson Daly*

NBC

0.7

0.3

* Monday's "Last Call" and "Kimmel" were encores.

Source: NTI

MORNING SHOW RATINGS
Week Ending Oct. 25, 2009
Five-day averages

Program

Network

Households

People 2+

Rtg%

Shr

Total viewers (millions)

Today

NBC

4.1

16

5.448

Good Morning America

ABC

3.2

12

4.120

Early Show

CBS

2.0

8

2.735

Source: NTI

DAYTIME RATINGS
Week Ending Nov. 1, 2009
Five-day averages

 

Total viewers (millions)

Women 18-49

Network

(millions)

Rtg%

CBS

3.63

1.1

NBC

2.96

1.4

ABC

2.95

1.2

Source: NTI

 

EVENING NETWORK NEWS RATINGS
Week Ending Nov. 1, 2009
Five-day averages

Program

Network

25-54s

People 2+

Rtg%

Total viewers (millions)

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams

NBC

2.0

8.503

ABC World News with Charles Gibson

ABC

1.9

7.951

CBS Evening News with Katie Couric

CBS

1.4

5.876

Source: Nielsen Media Research

SYNDICATION
Ranked on Households
Week Ending Oct. 25, 2009

#

PROGRAMS

Syndicator

Households

US Rtg%

(000)

1

ESPN NFL REGULAR SEASON

8.7

9952

1

2

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

7.1

8141

2

3

JEOPARDY

5.8

6686

3

4

OPRAH WINFREY SHOW

5.1

5838

4

5

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT(AT)

4.3

4935

5

6

JUDGE JUDY (AT)

4.1

4756

6

7

CSI NEW YORK-SYN(AT)

3.3

3798

7

8

INSIDE EDITION (AT)

3.1

3533

8

9

FAMILY GUY-MF-SYN (AT)

3.0

3488

9

10

DR. PHIL SHOW (AT)

2.8

3264

10

10

OFFICE-SYN (AT)

2.8

3259

10

10

LAW & ORDER:CI-WKL (AT)

2.8

3274

10

13

DR. OZ SHOW (AT)

2.6

3011

13

13

GEORGE LOPEZ (AT)

2.6

3000

13

15

LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY

2.5

2892

15

15

TWO-HALF MEN WKND B (AT)

2.5

2823

15

17

EVRY LVS RAYMOND-SYN(AT)

2.4

2812

17

17

MILLIONAIRE (AT)

2.4

2790

17

17

SEINFELD (AT)

2.4

2720

17

20

CSI MIAMI-SYN (AT)

2.3

2680

20

21

SEINFELD-WKND (AT)

2.2

2540

21

22

TWO-HALF MEN WKND A (AT)

2.1

2442

22

22

JUDGE JOE BROWN (AT)

2.1

2372

22

22

KING OF THE HILL-SYN(AT)

2.1

2392

22

25

DOCTORS

2.0

2338

25

25

HOUSE-SYN (AT)

2.0

2341

25

25

BONES-SYN (AT)

2.0

2342

25

25

ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW

2.0

2316

25

25

FRIENDS (AT)

2.0

2319

25

25

WWE FRI NITE SMACKDOWN

2.0

2320

25

Source: Nielsen Media Research






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