The Salt in the Wounds – RATINGS

Post links to ratings for this week’s epi here; crossing fingers that the love for our show just keeps on growing

OK, so here were are. Some good news is in da house! Find TV by the Numbers's report on last night's Nielsen Ratings:

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On a night of strikingly close overall competition, ABC and CBS
finished in a tie in both main adult demos for the night each with a
3.5 rating for adults 18-49 and a 3.1 rating for adults 18-34. Just
behind, NBC and Fox tied for 3rd in adults 18-34 and nearly tied for
adults 18-49. That’s the most closely contested night overall we’ve
seen in the past 2 years.

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The NCAA Basketball Tournament ruled the 8pm hour, easily besting all competition in the adult demos. Against basketball, Bones was u[Only admins are allowed to see this link]. Ugly Betty was near its season average. Smallville was down in both demos from last week.
Grey’s Anatomy was strong enough to hold off the Hoops and triumph at 9pm, but in doing so it delivered its lowest original 18-49 demo rating ever. Hell’s Kitchen, The Office and 30 Rock each slipped a bit from last week in the demos. Supernatural was close to last week’s level.
Private Practice also managed to beat the NCAA Tournament, and was up a tick in the 18-49 demo from last week. Without George Clooney, ER fell back to near its season averages.

Net	Show	Viewers Live+SD (000)	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	18-34 Rating	18-34 Share
FOX	Bones	9,405	2.8	9	2.2	8
CBS	NCAA Basketball	9,360	3.2	10	3.1	11
ABC	Ugly Betty	7,282	1.9	6	1.7	6
NBC	My Name is Earl	6,417	2.4	8	1.8	6
UNI	Cuidado con el Ángel	4,124	1.5	5	1.6	6
CW	Smallville	3,116	1.3	4	1.4	5
FOX	Bones	10,983	3.2	9	2.6	8
CBS	NCAA Basketball	10,193	3.6	11	3.2	11
ABC	Ugly Betty	7,827	2.2	6	2.0	7
NBC	The Office (repeat)	4,644	2.0	6	1.8	6
UNI	Cuidado con el Ángel	4,627	1.8	5	1.9	6
CW	Smallville	3,462	1.5	4	1.6	5

Here is TV Guide's very own report...

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Ratings: Supernatural Grabs a Few More Viewers

• Mar 20, 2009 01:00 PM ET
  
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Thursday's ratings rundown:
8 pm/ET
With Survivor benched by basketball, Bones topped the hour with 10.2 million total viewers, a week-to-week gain of 650K. CBS' NCAA tourney coverage followed, averaging 9.42 mil across the night. In third, Ugly Betty inched up 360 thou, to deliver 7.56 mil.
Trailing NBC's Earl (6.42 mil)/rehashed Office combo, Smallville hit some "Turbulence," dropping 12 percent to 3.29 mil. Next week: Zatanna hits town, played by my new BFF, Serinda Swan (Q&A to come).
9 pm
With CSI riding the pine, Grey's Anatomy rebounded from last week's so-so numbers to deliver 14.36 million viewers, up 810K. NBC's The Office (7.95 mil, +450K) and 30 Rock (7.02 mil, +620K) both enjoyed gains, as did Supernatural, which at 3.15 mil scared up 11 percent more viewers.
10 pm
Private Practice capitalized on Eleventh Hour's time-out to secure first with 10.03 million viewers, up 11 percent week-to-week. ER understandably slipped 12 percent from Clooney's visit, yet still bested basketball to place No. 2 with 9.46 mil.

EW's own take on the ratings:

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Ratings: March Madness shakes up Thursday

Mar 20, 2009, 01:43 PM | by Margaret Lyons
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With CBS' coverage of the NCAA basketball tournament preempting juggernauts Survivor and CSI, competitors Bones, The Office, and 30 Rock all saw modest increases in viewership on Thursday night. Bones led the 8 p.m. bloc, narrowly besting CBS's March Madness coverage (which averaged 9.7 million viewers that hour). Grey's Anatomy and The Office saw gains over last week, while Hell's Kitchen fell slightly, and 30 Rock picked up about 600,000 viewers. While down slightly from last week's episode with George Clooney, ER still finished with its second-strongest showing of the season, but it still wasn't enough to top Private Practice.

Time	Show	Viewers (in millions)
8:00 p.m.	Bones (Fox) NCAA Basketball (CBS) Ugly Betty (ABC) My Name Is Earl (NBC) Smallville (The CW)	10.2 9.4 7.5 6.4 3.2
8:30 p.m.	The Office (NBC)	4.6 (repeat)
9:00 p.m.	Grey's Anatomy The Office (NBC) Hell's Kitchen (Fox) Supernatural (The CW)	14.3 8.0 7.5 3.1
9:30 p.m.	30 Rock (NBC)	7.0
10:00 p.m.	Private Practice (ABC) ER (NBC)	10.0 9.5

holy crap we beat March Madness!!

i definitely gave up watching some madness to watch bones

Wow! That's totally impressive!!!! Too bad Fox's ratings will go in the pooper next week b/c of the presidential speeches. *sigh*