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| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 3.7/11 | 3.4/10 | 2.6/7 | 2.4/7 | 1.7/5 | 1.3/4 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 2.5/8 | 3.2/10 | 2.8/9 | 2.1/7 | 1.8/6 | 1.5/5 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 14.369 | 9.428 | 5.731 | 7.812 | 4.138 | 3.394 |
CBS won the night in adults 18-49 and viewers and ABC was second and NBC third.
Big Bang Theory scored a 4.8/15 (rating/share) with adults 18-49, up 1/10th over last year’s premiere on Monday night at 9:30 following Two and a Half Men. It was also up 41vs. the first half hour of the Survivor premiere last year. $#*! My Dad Says was second best in the hour with a 3.9 adults 18-49 rating and nearly 12.5 million viewers, and was up 7% vs. the second half hour of last year’s Survivor premiere.As expected Community got crushed at 8:00pm but it performed as well as or better than it did most of the time last season. It was down against last season’s premiere, and by a lot, but last season it premiered a week earlier and was on at 9:30 after The Office. It was actually up 16% vs. its first 8pm episode last season, despite the Big Bang competition.
The Office was up a couple of tenths from last year’s premiere on September 17, 2009 when it had more of the night to itself. The premiere of Outsourced, with a 3.5 rating was down, but just a touch from what Community premiered with following The Office last year.
30 Rock was down 0.4 from its debut last year to a 2.6 rating with adults 18-49, but last year it had a 4.1 lead-in from The Office rather than a 2.2 lead-in from Community. 30 Rock was up about 25% vs. last year’s premiere of Parks & Recreation at 9:30p on September 17, 2009.
Justin Bieber is no Taylor Swift when it comes to CSI. CSI was down 17% with adults 18-49 versus its premiere last year to a 3.4 rating.
Grey’s Anatomy had the highest adults 18-49 rating of the night with a 5.3, but this was down 21% from last year’s final numbers with adults 18-49. The Mentalist was the night’s most-watched show with over 15 million viewers, and its 3.3 rating with adults 18-49 was down 8% vs. last year’s finals.
Bones held up OK at 8pm with a 2.7 adults 18-49 rating, though it too was down 13% from last year’s premiere. Last year Bones premiered a week earlier. As was typical last year when there was full competition, and new shows on NBC at 9pm, Fringe wasn’t strong with a 2.1 adults 18-49 rating. Fringe was down 30% from last year’s premiere, but like Bones, last week it premiered a week earlier (that night its only new competition was on NBC and CW).
Here are some notes on the CW shows:
Vampire Diaries was up from last week in key categories, including 12% in adults 18-34 (1.9/6), 8% in women 18-34 (2.6/8), 14% in adults 18-49 (1.6/5) and 20% in viewers (3.6mil). Vampire popped back up to premiere levels in adults 18-34 and 18-49.
Vampire Diaries ranked first in the hour in female teens. TVD also beat the premiere of My Generation (if that means anything) in adults 18-34 and women 18-34.
Nikita was flat week to week in total viewers (3.2mil) but off a 0.1 in demos.
Late-night results are below the primetime table.
Overnight ratings for Thursday, September 23, 2010
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| 8:00 | CBS | Big Bang Theory (Season Premiere) | 4.8/15 | 13.95 |
| FOX | Bones (Season Premiere) | 2.7/8 | 9.79 | |
| NBC | Community (Season Premiere) | 2.2/7 | 5.01 | |
| ABC | My Generation (Series Premiere) | 1.6/5 | 5.22 | |
| CW | Vampire Diaries | 1.6/5 | 3.57 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | $#*! My Dad Says (Series Premiere) | 3.9/12 | 12.48 |
| NBC | 30 Rock (Season Premiere) | 2.6/8 | 5.85 | |
| 9:00 | ABC | Grey’s Anatomy (Season Premiere) | 5.3/14 | 14.04 |
| NBC | The Office (Season Premiere) | 4.3/11 | 8.40 | |
| CBS | CSI (Season Premiere) | 3.4/9 | 14.57 | |
| FOX | Fringe (Season Premiere) | 2.1/6 | 5.83 | |
| CW | Nikita | 1.1/3 | 3.22 | |
| 9:30 | NBC | Outsourced (Series Premiere) | 3.5/9 | 7.44 |
| 10:00 | CBS | The Mentalist (Season Premiere) | 3.3/10 | 15.33 |
| ABC | Private Practice (Season Premiere) | 3.3/10 | 9.02 | |
| NBC | The Apprentice | 1.4/4 | 3.85 | |
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via NBC press note:
• In Nielsen’s 56 metered markets, household results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” 2.9/8; CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman,” 3.1/8; and ABC’s combo of “Nightline,” 3.2/8; and “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” 1.6/5.
• In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” 0.9/4; “Late Show,” 0.8/4; “Nightline,” 1.3/5; and “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” 0.8/4.
• At 12:35 a.m., “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” (1.4/5 in metered-market households) trailed CBS’s “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” (1.5/6). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, “Late Night” (0.6/4 in 18-49) topped “Late Late Show” (0.4/2).
• At 1:35 a.m., Last Call with Carson Daly” averaged a 0.8/4 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
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