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VIEWERS GO FOURTH DURING HOLIDAY WEEK Wednesday, July 9 2008 
The
major
television
networks
recorded
their
lowest
ratings
of
the
year
last
week,
as
CBS
came
out
on
top
with
an
average
4.2
rating
and
an
8
share,
representing
6.3
million
viewers.
NBC
came
in
second
with
just
a
3.7/7.
Fox
placed
third
with
a
3.4/7,
and
ABC
trailed
with
a
3.0/6.
Researchers
were
scouring
the
record
books
to
find
a
lower-rated
week.
(Viewership
traditionally
declines
during
the
Independence
Day
week.)
For
the
second
week
(more)WHO'S WATCHING TV? Wednesday, July 2 2008 Only three scripted television shows wound up in the Nielsen top-ten last week, CBS's Two and a Half Men, Criminal Minds, and CSI: Miami, all of them reruns. During a week in which the average entertainment show attracted fewer viewers than the evening newscasts, only one show, NBC's America's Got Talent, drew more than 10 million viewers. CBS won the week with an average 4.4 rating and an 8 share representing just 6.6 million viewers. (more) |
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Suggesting that television networks may have little to lose by continuing to take a tough stance against the Screen Actors Guild, not a single TV program featuring actors made a significant showing in the ratings Tuesday night with the exception of NBC's always dependable Law & Order: SVU. All of the other top shows featured AFTRA -- rather than SAG -- members, who were covered by a previously negotiated contract with the television networks. The top-rated show of the night was NBC's America's Got Talent which drew a 7.7 rating and a 13 share, while ABC's Wipeout, the biggest new hit of the summer, wound up with a 6.1/11 and finished on top among the 18-49-year-old group chased by advertisers. Drawing the most viewers in that demographic group was Fox's season finale of Hell's Kitchen. It was pretty much the same story on Wednesday as Fox's So You Think You Can Dance won every half hour between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. However, another "old reliable," CBS's CSI: NY took over the lead at 10:00 p.m. 
