TV Ratings Thursday
ABC Edges CBS; FlashForward Keeps Sliding, Fringe Plummets



ABC edged CBS for the overall adults 18-49 ratings on Thursday night, but FlashForward continued to slip in the ratings. After a two week layoff, Fringe dropped sharply to a 1.7 rating.

The extraordinarily good results for Univision on the night were all the 2009 Latin Grammy Awards, which aired during their entire primetime from 8-11pm. [2.4 rating/7share, 5.6million viewers]

Although it won the night, all ABC shows slid a bit in the ratings. FlashForward was down 4% to a 2.6 adults 18-49 rating. If that number holds up in the final ratings that would be the show’s lowest rating ever. Grey’s Anatomy pounded the competition again at 9pm, but was down 4% from last week as well to a 5.0 rating. Private Practice inched out The Mentalist at 10pm, but was down 3% to a 3.5 rating.

CBS was mostly status quo from last week, Survivor: Samoa and CSI were both even, while The Mentalist was down 6% to a 3.4 rating.
Some actual good news for NBC at 8pm, as both Community (2.3 rating, its best results at 8pm) and Parks & Recreation (2.2 rating, its season high) were up 10% from last week. The seesaw went the other way at 9pm as The Office was down 7% to a 3.9 rating, and 30 Rock was down 6% to a 2.9 rating. The Jay Leno Show was up 7% to a 1.6 rating.

Perhaps Fox was in a bit of a World Series hangover, after a 2 week baseball hiatus it slumped on the night with Bones down a tenth of a rating point to a 2.5 adults 18-49 rating, and Fringe plummeting 0.5 points to a 1.7 rating.
For the CW, Vampire Diaries was flat vs. last week in adults 18-49 ratings, and Supernatural had a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating, down from a 1.3 rating last week.

In Late-Night Local People Meters Thursday night:
Conan O’Brien (0.9/4 in 18-49 in local people meters) tied CBS’s Late Show (0.9/4) in Nielsen’s 24 local markets with People Meters.
At 12:35 a.m., Jimmy Fallon (0.5/3 in 18-49 in local people meters) tied CBS’s Late Late Show (0.5/3).



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I watched Flash Forward, Supernatural and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia last night. What did you watch ONTD?