TV Ratings: 'Charlie's Angels' tumbles, 'X Factor' holds, 'Big Bang' strong on Thursday
CBS wins overall, while FOX takes the key demographic
The "X Factor" team
Credit: FOX
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FOX continued to see consistent numbers in the second week of "The X Factor," as the singing competition helped the network secure its second consecutive Thursday win among young viewers. Meanwhile, it was "The Big Bang Theory" and "The Mentalist" leading CBS to yet another overall win.
In other ratings highlights, a slew of new shows took second week drops, with NBC's "Prime Suspect" and possibly ABC's "Charlie's Angels" inching closer to cancelation and CBS' "How To Be a Gentleman" dropping a hefty percentage of its lead-in for its premiere.
Among those bucking the downward trend were NBC's 8 p.m. comedies and The CW's "The Vampire Diaries."
On to numbers...
Among adults 18-49, FOX averaged a 3.8 rating, comfortably beating the 3.0 rating for CBS in the key demographic. ABC's 2.6 rating was third, followed by NBC's 2.1 rating. The CW averaged a 1.1 rating for the night.
Overall, though, CBS averaged an estimated 12.29 million viewers in primetime along with a 7.6 rating/12 share, beating FOX's 6.9/11 and 11.92 million viewers. ABC was third with a 5.6/9 and 8.35 million viewers, comfortably ahead of NBC's 3.4/5 and 5.25 million viewers. The CW averaged a 1.5/2 and nearly 2.4 million viewers.
[Univision averaged 3.8 million viewers and a 1.7 rating among adults 18-49 for the night.]
8 p.m. - CBS started primetime in first both overall and among adults 18-49 with "The Big Bang Theory" (14.545 million viewers and a 4.8 key demo rating) and the premiere of "How To Be a Gentleman" (8.96 million viewers and a 2.7 key demo rating). FOX's "The X Factor" recovered from a slow opening half-hour against "Big Bang" to average 11.27 million viewers and a 3.5 key demo rating for second (easily winning the 8:30 half-hour overall and in the demo). ABC's "Charlie's Angels" dropped to 7.15 million viewers and a 1.5 key demo rating, third overall and fourth in the demo. NBC's "Community" (4.045 million and a 1.8 demo rating) and "Parks and Recreation" (4.36 million viewers and a 2.1 key demo rating) were both up a hair. The CW's "The Vampire Diaries" was also up with 2.7 million viewers and a 1.3 key demo rating. [Adding to the "Charlie's Angels" pain, The CW notes that "The Vampire Diaries" topped ABC among viewers 18-34 and women 18-34.]
9 p.m. - FOX moved into first for the 9 p.m. hour with 12.57 million viewers and a 4.2 key demo rating for "The X Factor." CBS' "Person of Interest" was second overall with 12.42 million viewers and fourth in the key demo with a 2.7 rating, though neither drop from premiere week was extreme. ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" was third overall with 10.02 million viewers and second in the key demo with a 3.5 rating. NBC's "The Office" (6.6 million and a 3.4 key demo) and "Whitney" (5.37 million and a 2.5 key demo) were both down from last week, with "Whitney" posting bigger percentage drops. The CW's "The Secret Circle" averaged 2.095 million viewers and a 0.9 key demo rating, steady from last week.
10 p.m. - "The Mentalist" won the 10 p.m. hour overall for CBS averaging 12.71 million viewers, but finishing second with a 2.5 rating among adults 18-49. ABC's "Private Practice" premiered to 7.89 million viewers and a 2.8 key demo rating. That left NBC's "Prime Suspect" in third with 5.5 million viewers and a 1.5 key demo rating, a drop from last week, but not a huge drop (and still better than "The Playboy Club," "Free Agents" and a couple other cancelation candidates).
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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Login or create a HitFix account Login SignupSheldon
September 30, 2011 at 12:11PM EST Reply to CommentHow does that Office rating compare to last year? It seems low to me.
Crow3711
September 30, 2011 at 12:58PM EST Reply to Commentwhitney is a terrible show. i can't believe more people would watch that than parks & rec. sick.
Jennifer
September 30, 2011 at 1:38PM EST Reply to CommentI am pleased that ABC's new programming is already on the line to be axed. Since they gave up on daytime soaps I and many others refuse to watch any of their new programming. Soap fans do count. Here's hoping that ABC's low ratings continue.
September 30, 2011 at 2:06PM EST-Daniel
Ricardo As Tom Haverford likes to say, you're caraaaazy!
September 30, 2011 at 4:42PM ESTStormshadow4life
September 30, 2011 at 2:07PM EST Reply to Commentis .9 good enough for a CW show to stick around?
September 30, 2011 at 2:09PM EST-Daniel
Stormshadow4life I don't think the show is all that great at the moment, but I regret quitting Vampire Diaries early on...to later hear how much everyone enjoys it now. I don't wanna miss out on a potentially fun show again
September 30, 2011 at 2:38PM ESTRicardo Or you could just, you know, watch The Vampire Diaries.
September 30, 2011 at 4:42PM ESTIsaac
September 30, 2011 at 11:33PM EST Reply to CommentI don't understand this numbers, i thought 7+ million viewers was good for a series but it says that Charlie's Angels it's doing BAD, and i also don't understand that Vampire Diaries was better than Charlie's Angels even though CA was 1.5 and TVD was 1.3. I know that im wrong but i just don't understand ratings overalls.
September 30, 2011 at 11:46PM ESTFor a series on the ABC, FOX, NBC or CBS, 7 million viewers isn't particularly good, though obviously it would be ridiculously good for a show on The CW (and on Thursday, it would apparently be great for a show on NBC). So it's all relative. Where Charlie's Angels is struggling, though, is among adults 18-49, where you can see that it finished fourth for the hour and a 1.5 demo rating, particularly for an expensive hour-long drama, is dreadful.
Just keep following ratings each day and you'll catch on!
-Daniel
Isaac Daniel - Got it! thank you!
October 2, 2011 at 7:45PM EST