Thanks to a supercharged game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers, NBC increased its average viewership over last week by 900,000 people, enough to bounce back into third place and unseat ABC from the top of the leaderboard as Dancing with the Stars waltzed into third position. Football also enabled Fox to lose only 100,000 viewers over last week in spite of a rerun of its top series, Glee.
As for the new series, they seem to have stabilized somewhat and, for better or worse, have found their audiences. All are ranked very closely to what they were last week, although Blue Bloods has now surpassed Hawaii Five-O as the top new network series and the only new series to appear in the top 20 this week. ABC announced its cancellation the other day – the legal drama, The Whole Truth. Despite strong performances and good chemistry between its stars Rob Morrow and Maura Tierney, the show just couldn't find an audience up against the more heavily promoted The Defenders on CBS and Law & Order: Los Angeles on NBC.
Beyond football, NBC is still having major problems on pretty much every night of the week as only two other of its series land in the top 40 shows – both from the Law & Order franchise on Wednesday nights.
NETWORK AVERAGE
VIEWERS FOR THE WEEK:
CBS: 11.6 million
ABC: 8.9 million
NBC: 8.0 million
FOX: 7.5 million
The CW: 2.1 million
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FALL'S NEW SERIES: HOW THEY PERFORMED
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Rank |
Series |
Viewers |
Net |
Timeslot |
20 |
Blue Bloods
|
11.2 million |
CBS |
Friday, 10:00 |
23 |
Hawaii Five-O |
10.9 |
CBS |
Monday, 10:00 |
23 |
Mike & Molly |
10.9 |
CBS |
Monday, 9:30 |
23 |
Shit My Dad Says |
10.9 |
CBS |
Thursday, 8:30 |
28 |
The Defenders |
10.0 |
CBS |
Wednesday, 10:00 |
39 |
Detroit 1-8-7 |
7.9 |
ABC |
Tuesday, 10:00 |
43 |
No Ordinary Family |
7.4 |
ABC |
Tuesday, 8:00 |
48 |
Better with You |
6.8 |
ABC |
Wednesday, 8:30 |
50 |
The Event |
6.4 |
NBC |
Monday, 9:00 |
53 |
Undercovers |
5.9 |
NBC |
Wednesday, 8:00 |
61 |
Chase |
5.2 |
NBC |
Monday, 10:00 |
66 |
Outsourced |
4.9 |
NBC |
Thursday, 9:30 |
74 |
The Whole Truth (canceled) |
4.5 |
ABC |
Wednesday, 10:00 |
77 |
Raising Hope |
4.3 |
Fox |
Tuesday, 9:00 |
91 |
Outlaw (canceled) |
3.2 |
NBC |
Saturday, 8:00 |
94 |
Running Wilde |
2.9 |
Fox |
Tuesday, 9:30 |
95 |
Nikita |
2.8 |
The CW |
Thursday, 9:00 |
95 |
School Pride |
2.8 |
NBC |
Friday, 8:00 |
108 |
Hellcats |
1.5 |
The CW |
Wednesday, 9:00 |
canceled & off air - My Generation, ABC |
canceled & off air - Lone Star, Fox |
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PRIMETIME NIELSEN TELEVISION RATINGS TOP 20 |
Rank |
Series |
Viewers |
Net |
Timeslot |
1 |
Sunday Night Football |
25.7 million |
NBC |
Sunday, 8:30 |
2 |
NCIS |
19.4 |
CBS |
Tuesday, 8:00 |
3 |
Dancing with the Stars |
19.3 |
ABC |
Monday, 8:00 |
4 |
NCIS: Los Angeles |
16.0
|
CBS |
Tuesday, 9:00 |
5 |
60 Minutes |
15.8 |
CBS |
Sunday, 7:17 |
6 |
Dancing with the Stars: Results Show |
15.5 |
ABC |
Tuesday, 9:00 |
7 |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |
14.5 |
CBS |
Thursday, 9:00 |
8 |
Criminal Minds |
14.5 |
CBS |
Wednesday, 9:00 |
9 |
The Mentalist |
14.4 |
CBS |
Thursday, 10:00 |
10 |
Football Night in America pt. 3 |
13.7 |
NBC |
Sunday, 7:57 |
11 |
Two and a Half Men |
13.5 |
CBS |
Monday, 9:00 |
12 |
The Big Bang Theory |
13.1 |
CBS |
Thursday, 8:00 |
13 |
Survivor: Nicaragua |
12.3 |
CBS |
Wednesday, 8:00 |
14 |
Desperate Housewives |
12.2 |
ABC |
Sunday, 9:00 |
14 |
The Good Wife |
12.2 |
CBS |
Tuesday, 10:00 |
16 |
Modern Family |
12.0 |
ABC |
Wednesday, 9:00 |
16 |
Undercover Boss |
12.0 |
CBS |
Sunday, 9:17 |
18 |
Fox Saturday Night Football |
11.6 |
Fox |
Saturday, 7:52 |
19 |
The Amazing Race |
11.4 |
CBS |
Sunday, 8:00 |
20 |
Blue Bloods |
11.2 |
CBS |
Friday, 10:00 |
20 |
Fox Thursday Night Football |
11.2 |
Fox |
Thursday, 7:51 |
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