The Marriage Ref Won Its Time Slot!
American Idol lifted Fox to the overall win Thursday for adults 18-49, but The Office & The Marriage Ref topped the adults 18-49 ratings from 9-11pm. Check out the full episode below, featuring Tina Fey, Eva Longoria Parker and Jerry Seinfeld!A special one hour The Office put an adults 18-49 beatdown on the competition at 9pm, up 27% over 2/11 to a 4.7 rating. That likely gave The Marriage Ref a nice boost, as its regular timeslot premiere scored a 3.4 rating, winning the 10pm hour. Earlier in the night, Community (2.3 rating) and Parks & Recreation (2.3 rating, matching a season high) were both flat vs. their last originals on 2/11. Besides Winter Olympics weeks, it was NBC’s top 18-49 rated Thursday of the season.
At 9pm, Grey’s Anatomy was up 8% (vs. 2/18) to a 4.0 rating, likely as some Olympics viewers returned, but Private Practice may have been hurt more by Marriage Ref, it fell 4% to a 2.7 rating, it’s lowest original episode rating on a Thursday.
Free of competition from the Olympics, Survivor recovered a bit (+3%) to a 3.8 rating. CSI got a big bounce, up 16% (vs. 2/4) to a 3.7 rating. The Mentalist also seemed hurt by Marriage Ref, falling 14% (vs. 2/11) to a 3.2 rating.
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (Millions) |
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| 8:00 | FOX | American Idol | 5.9 | 18 | 17.899 |
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| CBS | Survivor: Heroes v. Villains | 3.7 | 11 | 12.401 |
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| NBC | Community | 2.3 | 7 | 5.056 |
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| ABC | Grey’s Anatomy (repeat) | 1.1 | 3 | 4.794 |
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| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.8 | 2 | 1.787 |
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| 8:30 | FOX | American Idol | 7.1 | 20 | 20.714 |
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| CBS | Survivor: Heroes v. Villains | 4.0 | 11 | 12.983 |
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| NBC | Parks & Recreation | 2.3 | 6 | 4.643 |
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| ABC | Grey’s Anatomy (repeat) | 1.3 | 4 | 5.298 |
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| CW | The Vampire Diaries (repeat) | 0.7 | 2 | 1.603 |
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| 9:00 | NBC | The Office | 4.5 | 12 | 8.708 |
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| ABC | Grey’s Anatomy | 3.9 | 10 | 11.784 |
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| CBS | CSI | 3.7 | 10 | 15.522 |
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| FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | 3.5 | 9 | 8.990 |
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| CW | Supernatural (repeat) | 0.6 | 2 | 1.565 |
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| 9:30 | NBC | The Office | 4.9 | 13 | 9.349 |
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| ABC | Grey’s Anatomy | 4.1 | 11 | 11.792 |
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| CBS | CSI | 3.7 | 10 | 15.610 |
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| FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | 3.1 | 8 | 7.192 |
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| CW | Supernatural (repeat) | 0.6 | 1 | 1.538 |
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| 10:00 | NBC | The Marriage Ref | 3.7 | 10 | 8.059 |
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| CBS | The Mentalist | 3.3 | 9 | 15.233 |
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| ABC | Private Practice | 2.9 | 8 | 8.109 |
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| 10:30 | NBC | The Marriage Ref | 3.2 | 9 | 7.355 |
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| CBS | The Mentalist | 3.1 | 9 | 14.323 |
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| ABC | Private Practice | 2.5 | 7 | 7.194 |
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