U.S. Ratings for Thursday October 27

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Primetime Thursday Ratings:
CBS Rules

Thursday 10/27/05
Metered Market Ratings

Note: The following overnight results exclude the Miami, Hartford, New Orleans, West Palm Beach and Ft. Myers markets.

Household Rating/Share
CBS: 13.7/21, NBC: 7.3/11, ABC: 4.5/ 7, WB: 3.8/ 6, Fox: 3.5/ 5, UPN: 2.9/ 4

-Percent Change From the Comparable Year-Ago Evening (Thursday 10/28/04):
WB: +73, Fox: +25, ABC: no change, CBS: -13, UPN: -24, NBC: -27

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Fast Affiliate Ratings

-Total Viewers:
CBS: 20.79 million, NBC: 8.68, ABC: 5.69, WB: 4.84, Fox: 4.82, UPN: 3.35

-Adults 18-49:
CBS: 6.9/18, NBC: 3.9/10, ABC: 2.1/ 6, Fox and WB: 2.0/ 5 each, UPN: 1.4/ 4

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-Yesterday’s Winners:
Survivor: Guatemala (CBS), Smallville (WB), CSI R (CBS), Without a Trace (CBS)

-Honorable Mention:
Everybody Hates Chris (UPN)

-Yesterday’s Losers:
Alias (ABC), Love, Inc. (UPN), Night Stalker (ABC), Eve (UPN), Cuts (UPN), Primetime Live (ABC)

-Ratings Breakdown:
As always, CBS dominated on Thursday, ranking first in every half-hour and beating distant No. 2 NBC by a considerable 88 percent in the overnights, 12.11 million viewers and 77 percent among adults 18-49. Proof of the power of CSI was a repeat of the crime solving drama still finishing first overall for the evening with a 16.0/23 in the overnights, 23.79 million viewers and a 7.9/20 among adults 18-49 at 9 p.m. Comparably, that beat an original episode of NBC’s competing The Apprentice 4 (Overnights: #2, 8.8/13; Viewers: #2, 10.52 million; A18-49: #2, 4.9/12) by 82 percent in the overnights, 13.27 million viewers and 61 percent among adults 18-49.

Earlier in the evening, CBS’ Survivor: Guatemala opened with a typical 10.7/16 in the overnights, 17.26 million viewers and a 6.1/17 among adults 18-49 from 8-9 p.m. At 10 p.m., Without A Trace capped it off with a rock-solid 14.5/23 in the overnights, 21.27 million viewers and a 6.7/17 among adults 18-49.

Also on NBC were repeats of Joey (Overnights: #2t, 5.0/ 8; Viewers: #3, 6.08 million; A18-49: #2t, 2.4/ 7) and Will & Grace (Overnights: #2, 5.6/ 8; Viewers: #3, 6.27 million; A18-49: #2t, 2.7/ 7) from 8-9 p.m., and a repeat of ER at 10 p.m. (Overnights: #2, 7.8/12; Viewers: #2, 9.34 million; A18-49: #2, 4.2/11). As a reminder, total viewers and adults 18-49 are based on the fast affiliate ratings.

The WB remained the fastest growing network on Thursday, courtesy of the relocated Smallville (Overnights: #4, 4.7/ 7; Viewers: #4, 5.55 million; A18-49: #2t, 2.6/ 7) and Everwood (Overnights: #5, 3.1/ 5; Viewers: #5, 4.13 million; A18-49: #5, 1.4/ 4).

Over at ABC, the Thursday news was grimmer than usual with hiatus-bound Alias (Overnights: #3, 4.9/ 8; Viewers: #2, 6.36 million; A18-49: #4, 2.1/ 6) at a season low, struggling Night Stalker (Overnights: #3, 3.9/ 6; Viewers: #4, 5.09 million; A18-49: #4, 2.0/ 5) at a series low, and Primetime Live a mere (and last-place) 4.8/ 8 in the overnights, 5.62 million viewers and a 2.2/ 6 among adults 18-49 at 10 p.m.. Chances are the axe will be swinging on Night Stalker at any moment.

Baseball-less Fox plugged up Thursday with a repeat of theatrical Maid in America, which scored a 3.5/ 5 in the overnights (#4), 4.82 million viewers (#5), and a 2.0/ 5 (#4t) among adults 18-49 from 8-10 p.m.

On UPN, still potent Everybody Hates Chris dipped to a series-low 4.3/ 7 in the overnights (#4t), 5.23 million viewers (#4) and a 2.1/ 6 among adults 18-49 (#4), followed by the underperforming (and last-place) Love, Inc. (Overnights: 2.7/ 4; Viewers: 3.12 million; A18-49: 1.4/ 4), Eve (Overnights: 2.2/ 3; Viewers: 2.85 million; A18-49: 1.2/ 3) and Cuts (Overnights: 2.0/ 3; Viewers: 2.22 million; A18-49: 0.9/ 2) from 8:30-10 p.m. As good as Everybody Hates Chris still is, the rest of UPN Thursday is a disaster.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data