TV Ratings: 'American Idol,' 'Bones' score another Thursday win for FOX
'The Office' returns strong, while 'Paul Reiser' tanks
Emily Deschanel and TJ Thyne of 'Bones'
Credit: FOX
With ABC and CBS in repeats, FOX's "American Idol" and "Bones" both scored convincing hourly wins among overall and young viewers on Thursday night.
Meanwhile, was Paul Reiser the solution to NBC's ratings problems? As he might say, "Not so much."
For the night, FOX averaged a 4.9 rating among adults 18-49, easily topping NBC's 2.1 rating in the key demographic. CBS' 1.6 rating and the 1.3 rating for ABC followed, with The CW's 1.0 rating taking fifth.
Overall, FOX averaged an estimated 16.45 million viewers and a 9.6 rating/15 share. CBS was a distant second with a 5.5/9 and 8.53 million viewers, still far ahead of NBC's 2.9/5 and 4.625 million and ABC's 2.8/5 and 4.415 million. The CW was fifth with a 1.5/2 and 2.47 million viewers.
8 p.m. - "American Idol" kicked primetime off for FOX with 20.98 million viewers and a 6.1 rating among adults 18-49, up in viewers and steady in the demo from last week. CBS' repeats of "The Big Bang Theory" and "Rules of Engagement" finished second with 6.65 million viewers, beating the 6.2 million viewers for ABC's "Wipeout," though ABC had the advantage in the key demo. NBC got dismal returns for both "Community" (3.48 million viewers and a 1.4 demo rating) and the series premiere of "The Paul Reiser Show" (3.31 million and a 1.1 demo rating). [Those "Paul Reiser" numbers were still better than recent performances by "Perfect Couples."] The CW's "The Vampire Diaries" averaged 2.79 million viewers and a 1.2 demo rating in fifth.
9 p.m. - FOX stayed in first for the 9 p.m. hour with 11.93 million viewers and a 3.7 key demo rating for "Bones." CBS' repeat of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" was second overall with 8.15 million viewers. NBC was third overall and second in the key demo with new episodes of "The Office" (7.69 million viewers and a 3.9 demo rating) and "Parks and Recreation" (5.23 million viewers and a 2.6 demo). ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" repeat was fourth with just under 4.2 million viewers. Fifth place went to The CW's "Nikita," which averaged 2.16 million viewers and a 0.8 demo rating, both up from last week.
10 p.m. - CBS moved into first in the 10 p.m. hour with the 10.78 million viewers and 1.9 demo rating for a repeat of "The Mentalist." NBC's new episodes of "30 Rock" (4.5 million and a 2.2 demo) and "Outsourced" (3.54 million and a 1.7 demo) were second overall and tied for first in the demo. That left ABC's "Private Practice" repeat in third with 2.845 million viewers.
All ratings information comes from preliminary Fast National Nielsen data, which includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are subject to change.
A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.
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April 15, 2011 at 3:41PM EST Reply to CommentIs Outsourced certain to be cancelled? A 1.7 in an awful time slot is better than "bubble" shows like Chuck or Community. And Outsourced did better numbers in the post-office timeslot than P&R
John No it didn't. Perhaps at first, but not after people watched it and realized it was terrible.
April 15, 2011 at 4:28PM EST