Home Television TV Ratings Primetime Nielsen TV Ratings: October 18-24, 2010
Primetime Nielsen TV Ratings: October 18-24, 2010
Written by US Townhall staff   
Thursday, 28 October 2010 01:38

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

 

 

FALL'S NEW SERIES: HOW THEY PERFORMED

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

 

 

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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