Just wanted to start a thread so we can talk about it all season long...
What a start to the season the last 2 nights
This is the Best Show On TV right now...JMO
'24' Blasts Way to Series Records
The season premiere of "24" grabbed some of the best ratings in the show's history Sunday (Jan. 16), taking advantage of a huge lead-in from an NFL playoff game to hit all-time highs among viewers and adults 18-49. The two-hour premiere, which started at 8:13 p.m. ET (following the end of the Carolina Panthers-Chicago Bears playoff game), averaged 16.2 million viewers, a bump of more than a million viewers over last year's premiere on the same weekend. (Numbers are based on fast national ratings from Nielsen; final numbers will be out later in the week.)
The first hour of the premiere, which opened with the presumed-dead Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) being forced out of hiding by an assassination, drew 17 million sets of eyes and a 7.3 rating among adults 18-49, the network's target demographic. Both are the best in the show's history.
Hour two slipped a little, to 15.5 million viewers and a 6.7 adults 18-49 rating, but still held on to better than 90 percent of its lead-in audience. The show also cut into the lead usually enjoyed by "Desperate Housewives." The ABC show still won the hour with 22.5 million viewers and a 9.5 18-49 rating, but those figures are below its season averages.
What a start to the season the last 2 nights
This is the Best Show On TV right now...JMO'24' Blasts Way to Series Records
The season premiere of "24" grabbed some of the best ratings in the show's history Sunday (Jan. 16), taking advantage of a huge lead-in from an NFL playoff game to hit all-time highs among viewers and adults 18-49. The two-hour premiere, which started at 8:13 p.m. ET (following the end of the Carolina Panthers-Chicago Bears playoff game), averaged 16.2 million viewers, a bump of more than a million viewers over last year's premiere on the same weekend. (Numbers are based on fast national ratings from Nielsen; final numbers will be out later in the week.)
The first hour of the premiere, which opened with the presumed-dead Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) being forced out of hiding by an assassination, drew 17 million sets of eyes and a 7.3 rating among adults 18-49, the network's target demographic. Both are the best in the show's history.
Hour two slipped a little, to 15.5 million viewers and a 6.7 adults 18-49 rating, but still held on to better than 90 percent of its lead-in audience. The show also cut into the lead usually enjoyed by "Desperate Housewives." The ABC show still won the hour with 22.5 million viewers and a 9.5 18-49 rating, but those figures are below its season averages.
