Ratings Chart Attack!

The kids stayed in the picture as NBC’s “The Baby Borrowers” held steady from last week’s solid debut, while “So You Think You Can Dance?” boosted Fox to a nightly win.

“Borrowers” brought in a 2.8/8 in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic, according to preliminary Nielsen research, a tick down from last week. “Celebrity Circus” (1.9/6) was on par. NBC finished second with a 2.0 rating/6 share.

Fox’s “Dance” (3.2/10) ended a tenth of a point up from last week, leading Fox to an easy first-place finish with a 3.2 rating/10 share.

CBS placed third with a 1.7 rating/5 share, ABC was fourth with a 1.5 rating/5 share and The CW took fifth with a 0.4 rating/1 share.

ABC’s “Wipeout” held steady from last week’s solid debut, while “I Survived a Japanese Game Show” dropped 16% in last night’s ratings.

As I desperately try to resist the easy “‘Wipeout’ didn’t wipeout” analogy, ABC’s “Wipeout” dipped just 5% from last week, landing at a 3.5/12 in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic, according to preliminary Nielsen data.

“I Survived a Japanese Game Show” (2.6/8) and “Primetime: The Outsiders” (2.1/6) both fell 16% from last week. “Game Show” also lost 26% of its lead-in from “Wipeout.” ABC finished second for Tuesday night with a 2.7 rating/6 share, tied with Fox.

“Hell’s Kitchen” (3.6/11) remained steady from last week, while “Moment of Truth” (1.8/6) dropped 25% from its most recent showing two weeks ago.

NBC narrowly captured the top spot of the night with a 2.8 rating/9 share, with an on-par “America’s Got Talent” (3.3/10) and “Celebrity Family Feud” (1.9/7), which slipped 17% from last week’s premiere.

CBS took fourth with a 1.5/5, and The CW was fifth with a 0.4/1.

Reruns ran on par with ABC’s fresh reality, as CBS’ Monday repeats tied with ABC to win the night in the ratings.

ABC’s “The Bachelorette” scored a 2.3/8 in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic, according to preliminary Nielsen research. That’s down 8% from last week, but nearly on par with its season average.

A special “Men Tell All” episode of “The Bachelorette” pulled in a 2.6/7, while “The Mole” stayed flat with a 1.6/5.

ABC ended the night with a 2.2 rating/7 share.

Also scoring a 2.2/7 for the night, CBS saw its “Two and a Half Men” (2.7/8) rank as Monday’s highest-rated show, edging out the “Men Tell All” episode by a tenth of a percentage point.

Fox, with drama repeats, placed a close third with a 2.1/7.

NBC’s “American Gladiators” (1.8/6) was average, while “Nashville Star” (1.5/4), now in its fourth week on broadcast TV, continued to slide from its premiere, down 17% from last week. NBC landed in fourth with a 1.6 rating/5 share.

The CW was fifth with repeats, ending with a 0.4 rating/1 share.

Waltzing into one of the lowest-rated times of the year (right before Independence Day), ABC’s “Dance Machine” made little splash during its Friday premiere, placing last in its time slot and tying for the lowest-rated show of the night.

“Machine” racked up a 1.0/4 in the 18- to 49-year-old demo, according to preliminary Nielsen data.

“Duel” tied that rating and “20/20” ended the night with a 1.3/4, down 19% from its last showing two weeks earlier. ABC finished Friday in fifth place with a 1.1 rating/4 share.

NBC placed first for the night with a 1.5 rating/5 share, bolstered by a new “Dateline” (1.6/6), off a tick from the previous week.

The CW, with a 1.4 rating/5 share, took second thanks to an on-par “Smackdown” (1.4/5). Fox and CBS tied for third with a 1.2 rating/5 share.

Fox’s cop block on Saturday gave it the win with a 1.6 rating/6 share. NBC’s 1.0 rating/4 share was good for second, ABC took third with a 0.9 rating/3 share and CBS was fourth with a 0.8 rating/3 share.

On Sunday, Olympic track and field trials (1.6/5) and a new “Dateline” (2.2/6) boosted NBC to a win with a 1.9 rating/6 share. Repeats dominated the rest of the schedule, as ABC was second with a 1.6 rating/5 share, Fox placed third with a 1.5/5 and CBS took fourth with a 1.4/4.

CBS did air a new episode of “Million Dollar Password” (1.7/5), up two-tenths of a percentage point from the previous week. CBS ordered six more episodes of “Password” last week.

The CW was fifth with a 0.3 rating/1 share.

On an incredibly ho-hum Thursday, with only two shows breaking a 2.0 in the 18-49 demographic, Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance?” dominated the night, beating its closest competition by 43% in the preliminary Nielsen ratings.

“Dance” posted a 3.0/9, down a tick from last week. Also down a tick was “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” (1.8/6), giving Fox a win with a 2.4 rating/8 share.

NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” (2.1/7) grew one-tenth of a ratings point from last week. “Fear Itself” (1.5/4) stayed flat, and NBC placed second with a 1.9 rating/9 share.

“Swingtown” (1.9/6) on CBS slid again for its fourth straight week, dipping 10%. CBS ended the night with a 1.7 rating/6 share.

An update of “Hopkins 24/7,” “Hopkins” (1.6/5) debuted last night on ABC, which grabbed a 1.1 rating/4 share. “Hopkins” placed second in its hour against originals on both CBS and NBC.

The CW placed fifth with a 0.5 rating/2 share.

After some blah-ish summer starts, NBC’s “Baby Borrowers” arrived yesterday with a solid ratings premiere, second in the Peacock’s summer only to “America’s Got Talent.”

“Borrowers” posted a 2.8/8 in the adults 18-49 demo, according to preliminary Nielsen research. The show placed a close second to the highest-rated show of the night, just behind Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance?” (3.0/10).

NBC rounded out the night with “Deal or No Deal” (1.6/6), down 27%, and “Celebrity Circus” (2.0/7), flat from last week. NBC finished second with a 2.1 rating/7 share.

Fox unsurprisingly took the night with “Dance,” which dipped 9% from last week. Fox ended the night with a 3.0 rating/10 share.

ABC ended another season of “Wife Swap” (1.7/6), on par with last week, while “Supernanny” (1.4/4) dropped 18%. “Primetime: Crime” premiered in its time period to a 1.8/5. ABC finished third with a 1.7 rating/5 share.

CBS was in repeats, ending with a 1.5 rating/5 share, while The CW finished fifth with a 0.7 rating/2 share. “Farmer Wants a Wife” ended its season, posting a 1.0/3, two ticks up from last week but around average for the show.

ABC’s “Wipeout” and “I Survived a Japanese Game Show” didn’t fall down during their premieres Tuesday night, coming out of the gate with solid summer numbers.

“Wipeout” averaged a 3.6/12 in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic, according to preliminary Nielsen research. That tied “Hell’s Kitchen” (3.6/10) as the highest-rated show of the night.

“Wipeout” increased over its time period’s last summer season premiere, “Just for Laughs,” by 24%. “Laughs” had its season premiere in mid-July 2007.

“Japanese Game Show” rang in with a 3.1/9, improving over its time period’s last summer debut, “Shaq’s Big Challenge,” by 72%. However, it dropped 14% from its lead-in.

ABC finished the night with the season premiere of “Primetime: The Outsiders” (2.5/7), a tick down from its season start in February 2007. ABC won Tuesday with a 3.1 rating/9 share.

NBC debuted “Celebrity Family Feud” to a 2.3/8, increasing the time period’s previous four-week average by 28%. The revived game show scored the time period’s highest numbers in 10 weeks.

“America’s Got Talent” (3.0/9) dipped 19% from its summer start last week, but still gave NBC second place with a 2.8 rating/8 share for the night.

Fox’s “Hell’s Kitchen” (3.6/10) declined 10%, giving Fox a third-place finish with a 2.4 rating/7 share.

CBS placed fourth with a 1.4 rating/4 share and The CW was fifth with a 0.6 rating/2 share.

New reality shows tied old scripted programs as the kings of the hill in the ratings last night, as new episodes of ABC’s “Bachelorette” and “The Mole” matched CBS’ Monday-night lineup of reruns.

ABC pulled in a 2.2 rating/7 share in the 18-49 year old demographic, the same as CBS, according to preliminary Nielsen Media Research numbers.

“The Bachelorette” (2.5/8) and “The Mole” (1.6/5) placed near their previous season averages. Meanwhile, a rerun of CBS’ “Two and a Half Men” (3.0/9) was the highest-rated show of the night.

Fox posted 2.1 rating/6 share, placing a close third with repeats. NBC trailed Fox with a 1.8/5. NBC’s “American Gladiators” at 1.7/5 tied its lowest rated original episode while the network’s “Nashville Star” (1.9/5) continues to hover near the 2.0 mark for its third week on broadcast.

The CW’s0.5 rating/2 share took fifth place.

On Univision, which scored a 1.7 share/5 rating for the night, “Al Diablo con los Guapos” (1.8/6) fell 10% week-to-week, while “Fuego en la Sangre” (1.9/5) and “Cristina” (1.6/4) improved slightly.

(Editor: Baumann)

ABC’s Friday airing of the Daytime Emmys saw the awards telecast hit its lowest ratings ever, while Saturday’s broadcast premiere of “Camp Rock” drew solid numbers in key teen and kid demos.

“The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards” fell 40% from last year’s show to a 1.2 rating/4 share in the 18- to 49-year-old demo, according to preliminary Nielsen data. The broadcast preview of SoapNet’s “MVP” (0.6/2) followed, ending up the lowest-rated show of the night.

ABC finished fifth with a 1.0/4.

Fox’s (1.4/5) showing of “Planet of the Apes” (1.4/5) took a narrow victory for the network Friday, while CBS, NBC and The CW ended with a three-way tie for second (1.3/5).

“The Wonderful World of Disney: Camp Rock” gave ABC so-so numbers in the 18-49 demographic on Saturday (0.9/3), but in the Jonas Brothers-fueled movie’s key demos, the show returned great ratings: a 2.3 in 2-11, a 3.1 in 6-11, a 3.2 in 9-14 and a 2.6 in 12-17. ABC’s touting the showing as “Wonderful World of Disney’s” best appearance in those demos since a December 2006 airing of “The Santa Clause 2.”

In the 18-49 demo, however, Fox (1.7/7) unsurprisingly took first with its police block. NBC (1.1/5) placed second with women’s gymnastics Olympics trials (1.1/4), ABC was third (0.9/3) and CBS (0.8/3) brought up the rear.

NBC (2.1/6) stuck with gymnastics trials (2.0/6) and “Dateline” (2.3/6) on Sunday, gaining a nightly win. Fox (1.7/5) finished second, ABC (1.6/5) took third and CBS placed fourth with “Million Dollar Password” (1.5/5) falling 29% off its previous two-episode average. The CW (0.3/1) was fifth.

New summer series “Swingtown” on CBS and “Fear Itself” on NBC aired for the first time without competition from dominating NBA Finals, but continued to slide or post lackluster ratings Thursday.

In its third week, “Swingtown” declined 9% week-to-week, ending with a 2.1 rating/6 share in the 18-49 year old demographic, according to preliminary Nielsen data.

“Swingtown” has fallen 25% from its premiere. CBS placed second with a 1.8/6.
Meanwhile, NBC’s “Fear Itself” stayed steady from last week with its 1.5/5. “Last Comic Standing” improved 18% to a 2.0/6, landing right near its average. The network pulled a 1.7/5 for the night.

First place Fox’s (2.5/8) Thursday night of question-mark themed shows increased slightly over last week. “So You Think You Can Dance?” ran away with the night, showing a 3.0/9, an increase of one tick over last week. “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” (1.9/7) also improved a tenth of a percent.

ABC (1.0/3) repeated at fourth place and The CW (0.7/2) placed fifth.

(Editor: Baumann)