Primetime Ratings: Thursday Leaders Dip Week-to-Week
‘Office' comes down after wedding special, ‘Grey's' continues to decrease
By David Tanklefsky -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/16/2009 12:19:10 PM
Thursday's primetime leaders declined this week, with The Office bringing expectedly lower ratings after last week's one-hour wedding special, and Grey's Anatomy falling below a 5.0 after registering a 6.0 two weeks ago.
CBS' Survivor pulled a 3.5/10 with 11.9 million viewers at 8, up a tick from last week (3.4/10). ABC's FlashForward ticked up as well to 3.1/9. Fox's Bones was third at 2.6/7. NBC's Community pulled a 2.0/6 at 8, while Parks and Recreation did the same at 8:30. The CW's Vampire Diaries came in at 1.8/5.
Grey's Anatomy was still first at 9, but dropped to a 4.9/13 from last week's 5.3/13. The show also fell significantly since two weeks ago, when it was at 6.0/15. CSI came in at 3.6/9 and was first in viewers at 15.1 million for CBS. NBC was just behind at 3.5/9 with The Office (4.0/10) and 30 Rock (3.0/8). The Office dropped from the 4.5/12 it rated for last week's wedding special. Fox's Fringe delivered a 2.2/6. The CW was fifth at 1.2/3 for Supernatural.
At 10, ABC stayed in first at 3.9/11 with Private Practice. CBS' The Mentalist came in at 3.4/9 and was first again with 14.4 million viewers. The Jay Leno Show pulled in a 1.8/5 on NBC.
ABC was first on the night at 4.0/11. CBS was next at 3.5/10 and first in viewers with 3.5/10. NBC was next at 2.4/7. Fox had a 2.4/6. The CW was fifth with a 1.5/4.
