The Big Bang Theory ratings

The ratings for last night's episode are out, the show ranked 2nd in it's slot with 8.71 million viewers and a 3.3/9 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic.

The vanity card for last night's episode can be found here on ChuckLorre.com, there are 2 as it was censored on TV for reasons quite clear.

CBS IS NUMBER ONE IN ADULTS 18-49 AND ADULTS 25-54 ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE 2008-2009 SEASON
CBS Wins Premiere Monday in Adults 18-49 For the First Time Since 2002.

The Second Season Premiere of "Big Bang Theory" Notches Its Best First Run 8:00 PM Deliveries in Viewers and Adults 18-49.

CBS comedies achieved several high water marks, including BIG BANG THEORY with its most watched 8:00 PM telecast ever, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER with its best ever season premiere in adults 18-49 and TWO AND A HALF MEN with its strongest premiere in adults 18-49 since 2004.

At 8:00 PM, BIG BANG THEORY (P) was second in households (5.7/09), viewers (9.36m), adults 25-54 (4.2/11) and adults 18-49 (3.6/10). This is BIG BANG's best first-run delivery at 8:00 PM in households and viewers, matches the best 8:00PM adults 18-49 delivery and is the second best 8:00 PM adults 25-54 performance.

We have more information on the ratings for last night's episode, "The Bad Fish Paradigm".

It was second in the slot in total viewers and viewers aged 18-49. It was viewed by 9.36 million people, and got a 3.6/10 rating in adults 18-49.

The ratings for the second season premiere of The Big Bang Theory are out. Last night's episode was #2 in it's slot (8/7c) and got a 5.6/9 rating. How I Met Your Mother, which followed BBT, increased the rating to a 5.9/9.

Two and a Half Men started off it's 6th season with a 9.0/13 rating, also placing it second.

The ratings for Monday's episode are in and they were down on the previous week, the weather playing a large part in the willingness of people stay in at 8PM and watch TV instead of being outside.

The Big Bang Theory (Viewers: #3, 7.56 million; A18-49: #2, 2.8/ 9).

Ratings for episode 1.14 are out and we should be happy that the show seemed to rebound a bit.

The show was watched by 8.16m people giving it a 5.0/08 household rating, in adults 18-49 it got a 3.0/09 rating and with adults 25-54 it got a 3.7/10 rating.

ChuckLorre.com has the episode's vanity card.

We hope to have screencaps for this episode and last week's, but we've not been able to update the site as much as we'd like. We hope to be updating it fully as soon as possible.

More ratings for last night's episode have been released.

The show was watched by 7.51 million people with a 4.7/8 rating in households which placed it 4th in the slot. The episode got 2.9/08 in adults 18-49 and was second.

The ratings for yesterday's episode are out and the show didn't do very well. It placed 4th in it's slot with a 4.6/7 rating. This is another week of falling ratings. The show did fractionally better than a repeat of How I Met Your Mother did in the very same slot this time last year. Is The Big Bang Theory imploding?

We will have screenshots from the episode later and hopefully the vanity card. Right now ChuckLorre.com is down because it has reached it's bandwidth limit.

Firstly, we're sorry we haven't added screencaps from last night's episode. Our man in Rochester hasn't been able to do them yet, hopefully we'll have them for you later.

ChuckLorre.com has the vanity card and its his 200th!

First look at the ratings, the show was second with 5.6/9. How I Met Your Mother beat it slightly with 5.9/9.

The preliminary ratings for last night's episode are in and the show did OK, but as expected Britney Spears on "How I Met Your Mother" left BBT trailing.

The show got a rating of 5.3/9, for adults 18-49 it was 3.4/10 and it was viewed by 8,627,000 people.

How I Met Your Mother scored an entire point higher with 6.3/10 and got 10,622,000 viewers.

The fast affiliate ratings are out and The Big Bang Theory did relatively good considering its new timeslot & the effects daylight savings time has on TV viewership.

The show had 9.11 million viewers, 3.7/11 in the adults 18-49 demo, with 5.5/9 over all rating.

This compares to the shows last episode (1.08 The Grasshopper Experiment) which was seen by 9.32 million viewers with a 3.8/8 A18-49 rating and a 5.8/8 over all rating. So while viewer numbers fell, the share actually rose, so more of the TV viewing public were watching the Big Bang Theory than before.

The reasons for the fall in viewership are largely unrelated the show. Daylight savings time means less people are watching TV at night, opting to take advantage of the extra light outside, the new timeslot of 8PM always has fewer viewers than other slots, Dancing with The Stars was on at the same time - a powerful show, and of course any damage the writers strike might have inflicted.

CBS had this to say of last night's ratings: THE BIG BANG THEORY returned with first run episodes, finishing second in households (5.5/09), viewers (9.11m), adults 25-54 (4.3/11) and adults 18-49 (3.7/11). Compared to the program's live plus same day first-run delivery this season, BIG BANG THEORY was up +2% in adults 25-54 (from 4.2/09), +6% in adults 18-49 (from 3.5/09), added +320,000 viewers (from 8.79m +4%).

The first indications of last night's ratings are out, The Big Bang Theory was second in the 8PM slot and got a 5.4/9 rating.

How I Met Your Mother which took Bang's old slot posted a 5.7/9 rating.

We'll have more ratings information later.

Yesterday marked the first rerun of The Big Bang Theory, a repeat of the Pilot episode. The ratings were obviously down as many fans chose not to watch the rerun.

It was #4 in the slot with a 4.7/7 rating, down from a new episode of How I Met Your Mother at #2 and 5.0/8.

The fast affiliates are out and BBT was impressive again.

The show was #2 and viewed by 9.39 million. With adults aged 18-49 it was also #2 and got a 3.8/9 rating.

It built on lead-in How I Met Your Mother by 800,000 viewers and .5 in adults 18-49.

The first look at the ratings for last night's episode are out, yet again it built on its lead-in How I Met Your Mother by a .3 rating giving a 6.1/9 rating. It was second in the slot.

The Nielsen ratings were delayed for a long time yesterday so we are quite late in bringing these to you. On to the ratings ... they are quite astonishing.

6.1/9 rating in households, up .6 from How I Met Your Mother.

3.8/9 in the 18-49 demographic, up .4 from How I Met Your Mother.

9.675 million viewers, up 800,000 viewers from How I Met Your Mother.

The fast national ratings are out, The Big Bang Theory scored a 6.2/9 rating in its slot, building on its lead-in "How I Met Your Mother's" 6.0/9.

The fast affiliate ratings are out with ratings to be proud of the show was #2 in viewers, with 8.92 million of them, placing #2 with adults aged 18-49 also, garnering a 3.6/9 rating.

The show built on How I Met Your Mother's by 370,000 and a .3 rating in both viewers & adults 18-49.

The first indications of the ratings for last night's episode are out, the show was second in the slot, with a 5.3/8 rating, a .3 increase on lead-in "How I Met Your Mother".

More ratings to follow.

Over the last few years there has been significant change in the Entertainment Industry, specifically how we watch TV. Many of us are no longer watching shows live on our TVs, we are recording them with our DVRs or getting them on the Internet - from the streaming service offered by CBS to the download services from Apple and Amazon.

USAToday did the maths and found that an extra 540,000 people watch the show on their DVR within 7 days of its original airing.

They also found 911,066 full episodes were watched online and 430,372 clips - this doesn't even factor in iTunes.

Full article at USAToday.com.

The final ratings for the last night's episode are out and The Big Bang Theory did better than expected.

It got 8.806 million viewers, 5.5/8 in US households and a 3.5/9 rating in adults aged 18-49. It got .30 million viewers more than How I Met Your Mother and built on both HIMYM's household and 18-49 rating by .1.

From the CBS press release:

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER and THE BIG BANG THEORY - each posted significant week-to-week gains in viewers and key demographics, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Monday, Oct. 22.

THE BIG BANG THEORY was second in households (5.6/08), viewers (8.72m), adults 25-54 (4.2/09) and adults 18-49 (3.5/09). THE BIG BANG THEORY built on its HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER lead-in by +2% in households, +5% in adults 25-54, +3% in adults 18-49 and added +120,000 viewers.

Compared to last week, THE BIG BANG THEORY was up +8% in households (from 5.2/08), +14% in adults 25-54 (from 3.7/09), +13% in adults 18-49 (from 3.1/08) and added +780,000 viewers (from 7.94m, +10%).

More ratings out for last night's episode, the show was second in its timeslot in viewers and viewers aged 18-49, it was watched by 8.72 million people, built on How I Met Your Mother by .12 million viewers and .1 in the 18-49 rating point giving the show a 3.5/9.

We have the first look at ratings for last night's episode, based on 55 of the top markets in the US, the show got a 5.7/8 rating and was placed second in the slot.

This was quite a bit higher than How I Met Your Mother's 5.4/8.

Ratings are subject to change,we will have more information later in the day which will better reflect how the show fared.

The final ratings for Monday's episode are out and they are less than stellar: 7.94 million viewers, 5.2/8 rating and 3.1/8 rating in the 18-49 demo.

The show did build on How I Met Your Mother in some metrics but was generally flat.

This is a new feature on the site called Ratings Recap, each week I will post a condensed and simplified look at the ratings so even I may finally understand them. Here is the ratings recap for last night's episode  (1.04 The Luminous Fish Effect).

The ratings from last night's episode (1.04 The Luminous Fish Effect) are out and the show continued to lose some viewers. It was watched by 8.15 million viewers (down from 8.36 last week) which placed it 4th place (behind ABC's Dancing with the Stars, NBC's Chuck & Baseball on Fox). With viewers aged 18-49 the show ranked 3rd behind Dancing with the Stars & Chuck. The show did continue to build on its lead-in How I Met Your Mother but only slightly.

The ratings in full - Viewers 8.15 million, Households: 5.5/8 (#4), 18-49: 3.2/8 (#3).

The fast affiliate ratings are out. Last night's episode was watched by 8.15 million people placing it 4th in its slot with households and 3rd with 18-49ers. It got a 3.2/8 rating in 18-49ers and 5.8/8 rating in households.

Early numbers for last night's episode are out. It looks like the show was place #3rd with a 5.8/8 rating but still building on the lead-in How I Met Your Mother.

More to follow.

More information on the ratings for last night's episode.

8.36 million viewers (0.33 higher than lead-in How I Met Your Mother), 3.4 rating 8 share in 18-49 demo and it was second in the slot.

The first indications of the ratings for last night's episode are out and look reasonably good.

The show got a 3.4 rating building on How I Met Your Mother's 3.2, placing CBS second in the hour.

More ratings out:

The Big Bang Theory dipped only 5% from its premiere and still built on its lead-in How I Met Your Mother.

The show placed CBS' second in the slot with 5.9/9 and 3.4/8 rating with Adults 18-49, it was watched by 8.58 million people.

The show got 13% more viewers 18-49 than How I Met Your Mother.

First indications of the second episode ratings are coming out and look reasonably well.

The Big Bang Theory slipped about 8% from last weeks numbers, while Rules of Engagement slipped a weightier 11%. The show had a 3.4 rating in 18-48 demographic, up from its lead-in (How I Met Your Mother) of 3.2; This placed CBS second for the night.

The final ratings are in and The Big Bang Theory did well, beating its lead-in (How I Met Your Mother) by a whopping 1.4 million viewers and beating NBC's Chuck by 0.31 million viewers.

The fast affiliate ratings are out. The Big Bang Theory was watched by 9.57 million people, was ranked 3 in its time slot and improved 16% on its lead-in (How I Met Your Mother).

3.9% of American households watched it and 9% of American households watching TV watched it.

We've updated our Episode Guide with the ratings. 

The first indications of the ratings for The Big Bang Theory Pilot/Premiere last night are out and are midly disappointing.

The show built on its lead-in, How I Met Your Mother which has lost a lot of viewers, but was 3rd place in the slot. 6.2% of US households watched Big Bang compared to 5.6% for its lead-in. Its lead-out Two and a Half Men was watched by 9.1% of US households. Rules of Engagement kept 88% of the Two and a Half Men audience.