Ratings News - 4th November 2011 *Full Tables Added*

Metered Market Thursday Ratings Update
CBS Wins, Solid Return for Bones on Fox

Thursday 11/03/11

Household
Rating/Share
CBS 8.3/14
Fox 6.9/11
ABC 5.3/ 9
NBC 3.3/ 5
CW 2.1/ 3

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening (Thursday 11/04/10):
Fox: +41, CBS: - 8, CW: - 9. NBC: -11, ABC: -21

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-Winners:
The Big Bang Theory (CBS), The X Factor (Fox), Person of Interest (CBS), Bones (Fox), The Mentalist (CBS)

-Down But Not Out:
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), The Office (NBC)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
Charlie’s Angels (ABC), Community (NBC), Parks and Recreation (NBC), Whitney (NBC), Primse Suspect (NBC)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS dominated this first Thursday in November in the metered markets with its combination of The Big Bang Theory (#1: 9.8 rating/16 share), which topped the night, recent returnee Rules of Engagement (#2: 6.9/11), Person of Interest (#1: 8.0/12) and The Mentalist (#1: 8.8/15). Comparably, the Eye net’s advantage over second-place Fox was 1.4 overnight rating points.

Of note on CBS:
-Rules of Engagement remains a vast improvement over recent failed occupant How To Be a Gentleman, with 70 percent retention out of The Big Bang Theory. But compared to year-ago occupant $#*! My Day Says, it is only equal.
-Person of Interest deserves a “thumbs up” for dominating the 9 p.m. hour in the overnights. But chances are it will finish third among adults 18-49, and its overnight average dipped by 12 percent from year-ago occupant CSI (9.1/14 on 11/04/10).
-Aging The Mentalist was down by nine percent from one year earlier.

In season-premiere news, Bones on Fox was on the 9 p.m. map with a third-place 6.6/10 in the overnights. Comparably, this increased by 94 percent from year-ago occupant Fringe (3.4/ 5 on 11/05/10), with retention out of the 8:30 p.m. portion of lead-in The X Factor (8.0/13) of a respectable 82 percent. The X Factor finished second overall from 8-9 p.m., with a 7.5/12.

Over at ABC, Charlie’s Angels earned its cancellation stripes with a distant third-place 3.6/ 6 at 8 p.m. Grey’s Anatomy at 9 p.m. perked up to a second-place 7.2/11 at 9 p.m., and that should be enough to win the hour among adults 18-49. But versus one year earlier, the aging medical drama dipped by 20 percent (9.0/13 to 7.2/11).

ABC’s Private Practice at 10 p.m. capped off the evening with a second-place 5.1/ 9 at 10 p.m. One year earlier it was considerably stronger at a 7.9/13 on 11/05/10.

Elsewhere, NBC is not benefiting from the lack of Thursday anchor support from struggling Community (#4: 2.8/ 5) and Parks and Recreation (#4: 3.0/ 5) from 8-9 p.m. Year-to-year, Community dropped by 18 percent (3.4/ 5 to 2.8/ 5), while Parks and Recreation was off 21 percent from year-ago occupant 30 Rock (3.8/ 6). The Office remains NBC’s strongest Thursday entry, with a fourth-place 4.1/ 6 in the overnights at 9 p.m. But compared to the year-ago evening (5.1/ 8 on 11/05/10), this is down by 20 percent. Recent entry Whitney sunk to a 3.1/ 5 (#4) at 9:30 p.m. -- down 16 percent from failed year-ago occupant Outsourced (3.7/ 6 on 11/04/10).

At 10 p.m., Prime Suspect on NBC continues to languish at a distant 3.4/ 6 in the overnights at 10 p.m.

Over at The CW, healthy The Vampire Diaries (#5: 2.5/. 4 at 8 p.m.) was equal to the year-ago evening, while recent entry The Secret Circle (#5: 1.8/ 3 at 9 p.m.) was also close to year-ago occupant Nikita.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Source: Marc Berman@TVMediaInsights

55 of 56 metered markets reported.

No reports from Hartford-New Haven.

Primetime Averages
ABC 5.3/9
CBS 8.3/14
NBC 3.3/5
FOX 6.9/11
CW 2.1/3

8:00 – 8:30PM
Charlie’s Angels ABC 3.6/6
Big Bang Theory CBS 9.8/16
Community NBC 2.8/5
The X Factor FOX 6.7/11
The Vampire Diaries CW 2.5/4

8:30 – 9:00PM
Charlie’s Angels ABC 3.5/6
Rules of Engagement CBS 6.9/11
Parks & Recreation NBC 3.0/5
The X Factor FOX 8.0/13
The Vampire Diaries CW 2.5/4

9:00 – 9:30PM
Grey’s Anatomy ABC 7.1/11
Person of Interest CBS 7.9/12
The Office NBC 4.1/6
Bones (Season Premiere) FOX 6.8/10
The Secret Circle CW 1.8/3

9:30 – 10:00PM
Grey’s Anatomy ABC 7.3/11
Person of Interest CBS 8.0/12
Whitney NBC 3.1/5
Bones (Season Premiere) FOX 6.4/10
The Secret Circle CW 1.7/3

10:00 – 10:30PM
Private Practice ABC 5.3/9
The Mentalist CBS 8.7/14
Prime Suspect NBC 3.5/6

10:30 – 11:00PM
Private Practice ABC 4.8/9
The Mentalist CBS 8.8/15
Prime Suspect NBC 3.2/6

11:30PM – 12:00AM
Nightline ABC 3.1/8
Late Show with David Letterman CBS 3.6/9
Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC 3.3/8

12:00AM – 12:30AM
Jimmy Kimmel ABC 1.8/5
Late Show with David Letterman CBS 2.5/7
Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC 2.4/7

12:30AM – 1:00AM
Jimmy Kimmel ABC 1.3/5
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson CBS 1.7/6
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon NBC 1.6/5

1:00AM – 1:30AM
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson CBS 1.3/5
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon NBC 1.2/5

1:30AM – 2:00AM
Carson Daly NBC 0.9/4

All Times Eastern.

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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