Primetime Ratings Report
For the week of June 13, 2011
(Based on National Live + Same Day Program Ratings)
ABC Airs 3 of the Week's Top 10 Non-Sports TV Shows in Adults 18-49
ABC Wins Monday for 14th Week in a Row in Viewers, and 10th Straight Week
In Adults 18-49, Marking its Longest Viewer Winning Streak in Nearly 14 Years
ABC's "The Bachelorette" Continues to Win its Slot in Viewers and Young Adults, Qualifying as Monday's Most-Watched Program for the 3rd Week in a Row
ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition" Boosts its Time Slot Year to Year
Surging Over the Same Night Last Year by 1.3 Million Viewers and by 56%
In Adults 18-49, ABC is Up Year to Year for the 3rd Straight Summer Wednesday
Building on its Lead-in Opposite the Stanley Cup Finals, the "ABC News Special:
Caught in the Act" Draws the Net's Largest Audience in the Hour in Over 4 Months
Opposite the Opener of Fox's Dancing Results Show, ABC's "Wipeout" Generates
The Series' Most-Watched Repeat Telecast in Thursday's 8pm Hour This Season
Posting Repeat Season-Highs, ABC's "Wipeout" Finishes in a Virtual-Tie
With Fox's "Dance" Premiere as Thursday's No. 1 TV Show Among Adults 18-49
ABC's Repeat "Rookie Blue" Tops NBC's Original Drama in Thursday's 10pm Hour
Hitting its Highest-Ever Repeat Adult 18-49 Number, ABC's "Shark Tank" Beats Originals of CBS' "Flashpoint" and NBC's "Friday Night Lights" on Friday at 8pm
ABC's "America's Funniest Home Videos" is the Top Series in its Slot in Adults 18-49
ABC's Replay "Body of Proof" Defeats CBS' Replay "The Good Wife" on Sunday
WEEK No. 39:
During the week of June 13, 2011, ABC delivered 3 of the Top 10 non-sports TV programs among Adults 18-49: "The Bachelorette" - No. 6, "Wipeout SP" - No. 9 and "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition" - No. 10. In addition, ABC's "The Bachelorette" (No. 7) placed among the Top 10 most-watched TV shows overall for the week. The "ABC News Special: Caught in the Act" on Wednesday registered as the week's No. 1 primetime news program among Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 (tie).
Monday
With "The Bachelorette" and "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition," ABC led it nearest competition on Monday night by 1.2 million viewers (7.2 million vs. 6.0 million - CBS) and by 15% among Adults 18-49 (2.3/7 vs. 2.0/6 - NBC with the Stanley Cup Finals Game 6).
· Continuing its winning streaks on the evening, ABC registered as Monday's most-watched television net for the 14th week in a row and ranked No. 1 in Adults 18-49 for the 10th consecutive week. The network is delivering its longest Total Viewer winning streak on the evening in nearly 14 years - since a streak that ran from w/o 9/1/97 - w/o 12/22/97.
"The Bachelorette" (8:00-10:01 p.m.)
At 8:00 p.m., ABC's "The Bachelorette" won its time slot for the 4th week running, topping 2nd-place NBC in the 2-hour time period by 46% in Total Viewers (7.9 million vs. 5.4 million) and by 26% in Adults 18-49 (2.4/7 vs. 1.9/5 - NBC). Building its numbers from its first to its second hour, from 9:00-10:00 p.m., ABC's "The Bachelorette" defeated Fox's "Master Chef" by wide margins in viewers (+2.9 million - 7.9 million vs. 5.0 million) and Adults 18-49 (+25% - 2.5/7 vs. 2.0/6).
· Monday's No. 1 TV show in viewers and young adults, ABC's "The Bachelorette" registered as Monday's most-watched show overall for the 3rd week running.
"Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition" (10:01-11:00 p.m.)
Up against the final hour of NBC's Stanley Cup coverage, ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition" ranked No. 1 in the 10 o'clock hour for the 3rd week in a row across all key Women demographics (W18-34/W18-49/W25-54). The new ABC unscripted series continued to exhibit strong retention lead-in among Adults 18-34 (89%) and Adults 18-49 (83%). Gaining audience throughout its broadcast, "EM: Weight Loss" increased by 7% in viewers (5.7 million to 6.1 million) and by 11% in young adults (1.9/5 to 2.1/6) from its first half-hour to its second half-hour.
· ABC's "EM: Weight Loss" continued to improve the hour year to year, up by 11% in Total Viewers (5.9 million vs. 5.3 million) and by 5% in Adults 18-49 (2.0/6 vs. 1.9/5) over original programming on the year-ago night ("True Beauty" on 6/14/11).
Wednesday
With 4 comedy repeats and the "ABC News Special: Caught in the Act," the Network was up year to year for the 3rd consecutive Wednesday this summer, surging over the year-ago evening (6/16/10) by 1.3 million viewers (4.5 million vs. 3.2 million) and by 56% in Adults 18-49 (1.4/4 vs. 0.9/3) with the same mix of repeat and original programming.
· ABC grew its numbers week to week in both Total Viewers (+10%) and Adults 18-49 (+8%).
"Modern Family"/"Modern Family" (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
In the 9 o'clock hour, back-to-back repeat telecasts of ABC's "Modern Family" beat out CBS' replay "Criminal Minds" by 15% in Adults 18-49 (1.5/4 vs. 1.3/4). In fact, ABC's 9:00 p.m. repeat "Modern Family" stood as Wednesday's No. 1 scripted TV show on the major nets in the key young adult sales demo.
"ABC News Special: Caught in the Act" (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Building on its lead-in against the high-rated deciding Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals in the 10:00 p.m. hour, the "ABC News Special: Caught in the Act" finished as the No. 1 non-sports program in key Adult demos: Adults 18-49 (1.6/5) and Adults 25-54 (2.1/5). The program, anchored by Chris Cuomo, showcased incredible events all caught on tape.
· The ABC News special attracted the Net's biggest audience in the time period in over 4 months and qualified as its 2nd largest summer audience in the hour since 2009 - since 2/9/11 and 9/2/09, respectively.
Thursday
With its repeat lineup of back-to-back installments of "Wipeout" into "Rookie Blue," ABC nearly tied Fox-- with the season premiere of "So You Think You Can Dance Results Show" in the opening hour of the night-- for No. 1 on Thursday in Adults 18-49 (pacing within 1-tenth of a rating point and tied in audience share - 1.5/5 vs. 1.6/5). In addition, ABC ranked No. 1 on the night with Men 18-49 (tie) and led the broadcast pack with Teens 12-17 (tie) and Kids 2-11.
"Wipeout" (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
During the 8 o'clock hour, ABC's rebroadcast "Wipeout" (1.6/6-tie) ranked No. 2 to Fox's original "So You Think You Can Dance" in Adults 18-49. The broad-appealing ABC unscripted series was the dominant broadcast program with Kids 2-11, beating Fox's dancing results show premiere by 55% (1.7/7 vs. 1.1/4).
· "Wipeout" generated the series' most-watched (5.5 million) replay in the time period this season.
"Wipeout" (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
In the 9 o'clock hour, a second repeat of ABC's "Wipeout" moved up to a definitive No. 1 in Adults 18-49, beating CBS' replay "CSI" by an impressive 62% (2.1/6 vs. 1.3/4). Overall, the "Wipeout" replay finished as the No. 2 TV show of the night in the key young adult sales demo, nearly tying Fox's first-run "Dance" for the lead.
· In Total Viewers (6.2 million) and Adults 18-49, "Wipeout" scored season-high repeat numbers.
"Rookie Blue" (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
In the 10:00 p.m. hour, ABC's repeat "Rookie Blue" outdrew NBC's original drama "Love Bites" by 1.2 million viewers (3.5 million vs. 2.3 million).
· "Rookie Blue" matched its highest repeat Adult 18-49 number (0.9/3) and hit new repeat highs with key Men (M18-34/M18-49).
Friday
"Shark Tank" (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
During the 8 o'clock hour, ABC's rebroadcast "Shark Tank" finished No. 1 against its network rivals in Adults 18-49 (1.1/4), beating CBS' original "Flashpoint" by a solid 38% (0.8/3), NBC's original "Friday Night Lights" by 22% (0.9/4) and Fox's replay "Bones" by 22% (0.9/4). The broad-appealing ABC unscripted series also ranked No. 1 against its network rivals in the hour with Men 18-49 (1.0/4), Women 18-49 (1.2/5) and Teens 12-17 (0.7/4). Overall, the "Shark Tank" replay stood as the No. 2 TV show of the night in the key young adult sales demo, behind only NBC's first-run "Dateline."
· "Shark Tank" matched its highest-ever repeat Adult 18-49 number and hit a new repeat high with Women 18-49.
Sunday
"America's Funniest Home Videos" (7:00-8:00 p.m.)
Up against NBC's high-rated U.S. Open Golf overrun in the 7 o'clock hour, ABC's repeat "America's Funniest Home Videos" (1.1/4) beat out replays of CBS' "60 Minutes" by 22% (0.9/3) and Fox's animated comedies by 38% ("American Dad"/"Bob's Burgers" = 0.8/3) in Adults 18-49. The rebroadcast of ABC's wide-appealing video-clip show ranked No. 1 in the hour with Women 18-49 (tie) and was the top-rated broadcast program with Teens 12-17 (tie) and Kids 2-11.
"Body of Proof" (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Building on its lead-in during the 10:00 p.m. hour, ABC's repeat "Body of Proof" defeated CBS' repeat "The Good Wife" by wide margins in Total Viewers (+28% - 4.1 million vs. 3.2 million) and Adults 18-49 (+20% - 0.6/2 vs. 0.5/1), despite the CBS drama's decided lead-in advantage coming out of the final hour of the "Daytime Emmy Awards."
Source: The Nielsen Company (National, Live+ Same Day Program Ratings), week of 6/13/11, unless stated otherwise.
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