Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, November 22, 2006

CBS has no problem taking care of its competition, easily winning the evening in households, viewers and adults 18-49. “Day Break” and “The Nine” falter without the benefit of “Lost”.

CBS finished in first place with an 8.6/13 HH rating (13.83M viewers), and a 3.6/11 A18-49 rating.

• Last Week’s Numbers:
  
  • 8.8/14 HH rating [#2]
    
  • 13.99M viewers [#2]
    
  • 4.4/11 A18-49 rating [#2]
    

• 8:00 PM, “Jericho” (6.2/11 HH rating, 9.75M viewers, 2.5/8 A18-49 rating).
  
  • Week-to-week numbers:
    
    • Households – 6.2/9 to 5.8/9 to 6.2/11
      
    • Viewers – 9.79M to 9.41M to 9.75M
      
    • A18-49 – 3.0/8 to 3.0/8 to 2.5/8
      
• 9:00 PM, “Criminal Minds” (10.3/18 HH rating, 16.56M viewers, 4.3/12 A18-49 rating).
  
  • Week-to-week numbers:
    
    • Households – 11.2/17 to 10.4/16 to 10.3/18
      
    • Viewers – 17.54M to 16.56M to 16.56M
      
    • A18-49 – 5.1/12 to 4.9/13 to 4.3/12
      
• 10:00 PM, “CSI: NY” (9.4/17 HH rating, 15.17M viewers, 4.2/12 A18-49 rating).
  
  • Week-to-week numbers:
    
    • Households – 10.9/19 to 11.2/17 to 9.4/17
      
    • Viewers – 16.69M to 15.99M to 15.17M
      
    • A18-49 – 5.4/15 to 5.1/14 to 4.2/12

ABC followed in second place for the evening with a 3.8/7 HH rating, but was third in viewers
(5.67M) and was fourth in adults 18-49 with a 1.8/5 rating in that demo.

• Last Week’s Numbers:
  
  • 10.5/16 HH rating [#1]
    
  • 16.10M viewers [#1]
    
  • 4.8/12 A18-49 rating [#1]
    

• 8:00 PM, “Show Me the Money” (5.2/9 HH rating, 7.78M viewers, 2.1/6 A18-49 rating).
  
• 9:00 PM, “Day Break” (3.4/6 HH rating, 5.12M viewers, 1.9/5 A18-49 rating).
  
  • Week-to-week numbers:
    
    • Households – 7.1/11 to 3.4/6
      
    • Viewers – 10.54M to 5.12M
      
    • A18-49 – 3.7/9 to 1.9/5
      
• 10:00 PM, “The Nine” (2.9/5 HH rating, 4.10M viewers, 1.5/4 A18-49 rating).
  

NBC finished in third place with a 3.7/6 HH rating, but was fourth in viewers (5.66M), and third in adults 18-49 with a 2.0/6 rating in the demo.

• Last Week’s Numbers:
  
  • 5.5/8 HH rating [#3]
    
  • 8.39M viewers [#3]
    
  • 3.3/8 A18-49 rating [#3]
    

• 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, “Madonna: The Confessions Tour Live From London” (3.2/5 HH rating, 4.78M viewers, 1.8/5 A18-49 rating).
  
• 10:00 PM, “Medium” (4.8/9 HH rating, 7.41M viewers, 2.5/8 A18-49 rating).
  
  • Week-to-week numbers:
    
    • Households – 6.2/10 to 4.8/9
      
    • Viewers – 9.43M to 7.41M
      
    • A18-49 – 3.7/10 to 2.5/8
      

FOX followed in fourth for the evening with a 3.6/6 HH rating (6.42M viewers) and a 2.2/7 A18-49 rating.

• Last Week’s Numbers:
  
  • 4.3/7 HH rating [#4]
    
  • 6.81M viewers [#4]
    
  • 2.5/6 A18-49 rating [#4]
    

• 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM, Fox aired the movie “Cheaper By the Dozen” (3.6/6 HH rating, 6.42M viewers, 2.2/7 A18-49)
  

The CW finished in fifth for the evening delivering a 2.3/4 HH rating (3.29M viewers) and a 1.5/4 A18-49 rating.

• Last Week’s Number’s:
  
  • 2.6/4 HH rating [#5]
    
  • 3.96M viewers [#5]
    
  • 1.7/4 A18-49 rating [#5]
    

• 8:00 PM, “America’s Next Top Model” (2.7/5 HH rating, 4.05M viewers, 2.2/6 A18-49 rating).
  
  • Week-to-week numbers:
    
    • Households – 3.5/6 to 3.1/5 to 2.7/5
      
    • Viewers – 5.39M to 4.67M to 4.05
      
    • A18-49 – 2.6/7 to 2.2/6 to 1.9/6
      
• 9:00 PM, “One Tree Hill” (1.9/3 HH rating, 2.53M viewers, 1.0/3 A18-49 rating).
  
  • Week-to-week numbers:
    
    • Households – 2.3/4 to 2.2/3 to 1.9/3
      
    • Viewers – 3.52M to 3.25M to 2.53M
      
    • A18-49 – 1.5/4 to 1.3/3 to 1.0/3
      

The ratings for all the programs that aired last night are viewable below in chart form (click to enlarge).

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Note: Fast Nationals are used when comparing week-to-week numbers, while Final Nationals are used when comparing year-to-year/episode-to-episode numbers, unless otherwise specified.

Source: Fast/Final National Ratings Data from Nielsen Media Research