1.08 "The Equation" Ratings

[D-Roc]

Ratings going back in the right direction with 9.36 mil.

Fox’s Fringe was up in viewers and in both demos versus last week’s overnight number, growing to 9.36 million from last week’s 8.88 million. It’s 18-49 demo rating grew from a 4.0 to a 4.2. There is usually a little spillover into the 9pm hour from House, and I’m not sure if that was greater than it was last week.

Looking at the half hourly data for Fringe, it continues to be the case that Fringe bleeds out a lot of viewers from the first half hour to the second. Last night at 9pm it averaged 9.95 million, but at 9:30 only 8.76 million. Still, even in the 9:30 half hour Fringe bested The Mentalistamong 18-49 year olds and crushed it among 18-34 year olds. I’m sure CBS is still pretty happy with The Mentalist’s 15.83 million average viewers for the hour, and it’s demo numbers are as good, or better, than NCIS. But NBC’s Biggest Loser: Families bested The Mentalist in the demos, and though it still trails Fringe, it give Fringe a run for its money in the 9:30p half hour where Fringe is better than Biggest Loseramong 18-49 year olds by only a tenth of a ratings point (3.9 to 3.8)

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[Rocky]

Thats a pretty nice increase; lets hope we can hold this or keep increasing.

[jords]

TBL had a surge in that 9:30 slot due to the fact that a.) that's when they have the final weigh-in and then elimination, and b.) Vile Vicky was "below the yellow line" and all of America was tuning in to see if she was going to be off our screens for good. (She's not...boo hiss.)

I'm going to be really curious to see how the new line-up affects Fringe ratings this spring. Has Fox confirmed that they're sticking with the shorter commercial breaks?