TV NEWS ON MARCH 11

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2011-12 Week 25 TV Ratings (first four nights, Mon-Thu):

Households: #1. CBS 6.6 rating/10.6 share; #2. Fox 6.1/9.6; #3. NBC 4.0/6.5; #4. ABC 3.6/5.7; #5. The CW 0.7/1.2
Total Viewers: #1. CBS 10.42 million; #2. Fox 10.28 million; #3. NBC 6.59 million; #4. ABC 5.38 million; #5. The CW 1.09 million.
Adults 18-49: #1. Fox 3.3 rating/8.9 share; #2. CBS 2.4/6.5; #3. NBC 2.4/6.5; #4. ABC 1.6/4.4; #5. The CW 0.5/1.3

Week 25 (March 5-11) Analysis: Week 25 saw a lot of repeats for some of the networks. Fox didn't have six-hours of Idol to boost their average this week. Through the first four nights, CBS has the slight edge in HH/viewers over Fox, but Fox has a bigger lead in 18-49 over CBS (and NBC is tied for second with CBS). For third, NBC is third in HH/viewers while being tied with CBS for second in 18-49. ABC, which had a lot of repeats, is in fourth across the board. When the week is over by tonight, ABC could overtake NBC in HH/viewers maybe. More on the prediction of week 25 below. As for last week, week 24, Fox took the crown in 18-49 and also total viewers (CBS had the slight HH edge). CBS was a close second in total viewers and a distant second in 18-49. ABC was third in HH/viewers, while ABC was tied with NBC for third in 18-49. NBC was fourth in HH/viewers.

On Monday, it was NBC with an easy win over mostly repeats. First, on ABC, The Bachelor Women Tell All Special started it off from 8-10pm with 8.19 million and a 2.5 18-49 rating, down just a tenth from the previous week's regular episode. The season finale is tomorrow night. At 10pm, Castle was a repeat and did 6.63 million and a 1,4 18-49 rating, a solid repeat number for it...it returns with new episodes starting March 19. For CBS, How I Met Your Mother was a repeat doing 6.14 million and a 2.0 18-49 rating, a solid repeat performance. Then a repeat of breakout hit 2 Broke Girls followed doing a better 7.0 million and a 2.1 18-49 rating, but seems below normal for a repeat. At 9pm, a repeat of Two and a Half Men did a below normal 7.94 million and a 2.1 18-49 rating. A repeat of Mike & Molly followed and did 6.89 million and a 1.8 18-49 rating, which is also below normal. A repeat of Hawaii Five-0 was next doing 6.67 million and a 1.5 18-49 rating. Fox preempted House for two new episodes of the struggling new drama Alcatraz and it did 5.82 million and a 1.9 18-49 rating at 8pm and a second episode at 9pm did 5.47 million and a 1.8 18-49 rating. NBC was in first place (gasp!) and started it off with a two-hour The Voice and did 16.85 million and a 6.2 18-49 rating, which up a good eight tenths from previous week. Yes, against mainly repeats, but still great. Then at 10pm week five of critical darling Smash was next at 10 and benefited with limited competition doing 7.76 million and a 2.7 18-49 rating, which was up four tenths from the previous week. The real test begins March 19 and it will likely be third place in 18-49. The CW was in repeats, at 8pm a special repeat of America's Next Top Model aired and did 920,000 viewers and a 0.3 18-49 rating. At 9pm a repeat of Hart of Dixie did just 630,000 viewers and a 0.2 18-49 rating. Yes, repeats, but wow...bad.

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