Ratings Information for 9x06, Thirst

[chicklet_girl]

Here we go, with information from TV by the Numbers:

Overnight Ratings
9x01, Nature of the Beast: 4.2/12, 19.55 million
9x02, Restless: 4.15/12, 19.181 million
9x03, The Penelope Papers: 4.1/12, 18.86 million
9x04, Enemy on the Hill: 3.9/11, 18.657 million
9x05, Safe Harbor: 3.8/10, 19.01 million
9x06, Thirst: 4.0/11, 19.05 million

Final Ratings

Comments

[tejas]

Thanks! So glad to see the numbers up. I think they made a mistake with Safe Harbor's promo by making it look like it was heavily focused on Ziva's family. I'd be willing to bet they lost viewers last week because of that.

[cyndrarae]

Actually the numbers are clearly telling us that the McGee and Abby episodes were down on viewership and Safe Harbor in fact brought them back.

[tejas]

The McGee and Abby episodes were, I believe, both up against the baseball play offs, which pretty much screw with trying to figure out if there would have been a dip due to content. There was no play off, or anything else out of the ordinary, opposite Safe Harbor. There have also been reports all over the net about people thinking Safe Harbor was going to be yet another Ziva family ep and that they'd skip it.

[cyndrarae]

Oh okay, I didn't know about the playoffs. But I still am skeptical that the content being Ziva-centric is statistically significant as a reason for lower viewership. Don't know how these things work but I'm having trouble believing that one character out of a hugely popular ensemble cast can sway viewership by this much. Unless it is Tony DiNozzo heh *shrugs* ;)