Last night, 12/10/09, BONES posted a 3.1/9 among Adults 18-49, matching its highest rating this season among Adults 18-49 (tied with its season premiere on 9/17/09) and delivering its highest ratings of the season among Adults 18-34 and Total Viewers. In fact, BONES posted its highest telecast among Adults 18-34 since its Thursday premiere last season (1/22/09). It also delivered its highest Thursday telecast among Total Viewers in 10 months (since 2/5/09).
BONES gained +7% versus its telecast last week among Adults 18-49 (3.1/9 vs. 2.9/8), +8% in Adults 18-34 (2.6/8 vs. 2.4/7) and +9% in Total Viewers (10.8 vs. 9.9 Mil.). BONES outperformed its prior season average by +11% among Adults 18-49 (3.1/9 vs. 2.8/8), +13% among Adults 18-34 (2.6/8 vs. 2.3/7) and +11% in Total Viewers (10.8 vs. 9.7 Mil.). BONES ranked No. 2 in the 8p hour among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 (tie).
So far this Fall BONES outperforms its Thursday average last season by +4% among Adults 18-49 (2.8/8 vs. 2.7/8), +10% among Adults 18-34 (2.3/7 vs. 2.1/7) and +4% among Total Viewers (9.8 vs. 9.4 Mil).
Compared to FOX’s Fall’08 time period performance with regular programming, BONES is up +65% among Adults 18-49 (2.8/8 vs. 1.7/5), +35% among Adults 18-34 (2.3/7 vs. 1.7/5) and +145% among Total Viewers (9.8 vs. 4.0 Mil).
At 9 pm, FRINGE posted a 2.3/6 among Adults 18-49, matching its prior season average. Compared to its prior season performance, last night’s FRINGE showed increases among Adults 18-34 (+12%, 1.9/6 vs. 1.7/5) and Total Viewers (+3%, 6.3 vs. 6.1 Mil.). FRINGE ranked No. 3 in the 9p hour among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34. So far this season FRINGE shows substantial gains compared to FOX’s regular programming in the time period last Fall, increasing +21% among Adults 18-49 (2.3/6 vs. 1.9/5) and +42% in Total Viewers (6.1 vs. 4.3 Mil.)
FOX ranked No. 2 for the night in Adults 18-49 (tie) and Teens and No. 3 among Adults 18-34. So far this season FOX’s Thursday night outperforms its Thursday average last Fall (excluding sports) by +39% among Adults 18-49 (2.6/7 vs. 1.8/5) and +80% in Total Viewers (8.0 vs. 4.4 Mil.)
Competition
ABC aired repeats of Flash Forward (0.9/3), Grey’s Anatomy (1.4/4) and Private Practice (1.2/3).
On CBS, Survivor: Samoa (4.3/12), CSI (4.1/11) and The Mentalist (3.8/11) were high.
NBC’s Community (2.3/7), Parks & Recreation (2.3/6), The Office (4.4/12), 30 Rock (3.5/9) and The Jay Leno Show (1.9/5) were all above average.
The CW ran repeats of Vampire Diaries (0.8/2) and Supernatural (0.7/2).
(source: data and information provided by FOX. Live+Same Day Nielsen Ratings)
