Ratings: 'FlashForward' starts strong, 'Grey's Anatomy' premiere keeps ABC on top
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All that enigmatic hype paid off: ABC’s FlashForward premiered to an impressive 12.4 million viewers Thursday, portending a considerably bright future for the sci-fi drama. The net logged a good night overall, with 16.8 million showing up for George O’Malley’s funeral on the two-hour Grey’s Anatomy season premiere. ABC’s victories took a bit of a bite out of CBS’ strong lineup, particularly CSI, whose 15.7 million-viewer audience was down a whopping 33 percent from last season’s October premiere. Numbers for NBC’s Jay Leno-in-prime-time experiment were even more alarming now that fall programming is in full force: The talk show notched just 5 million viewers, a low point in its steady decline since debuting to 18.4 million viewers nearly two weeks ago.
| TimeShowViewers (in millions) | ||
|
8 p.m. |
FlashForward (ABC) |
12.4 |
|
8:30 p.m. |
Parks and Recreation (NBC) |
4.2 |
|
9 p.m. |
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) |
16.8 |
|
9:30 p.m. |
Community (NBC) |
5.4 |
|
10 p.m. |
The Mentalist (CBS) |
14.3 |
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