CBS gets big boost from DVRs
March 13th, 2012 by TerrySeven of the top ten most DVRd shows were from CBS during the week of February 20th, including Hawaii Five-0′s “Kūpale.” The show benefited from a 31% bump in DVR views, giving the episode a total viewership of 13,666 million, up from the previous week’s numbers.

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Largest 18-49 Ratings Increase From DVR Viewing for Broadcast TV Shows:
Rank Programs Net 18-49 Live+SD (rating) 18-49 Live+7 (rating) Post Airdate 18-49 Rating Absolute Increase From DVR Viewing Post Airdate 18-49 Rating % Increase from DVR Viewing 1 Modern Family-02/22 ABC 4.80 7.60 2.8 58% 2 Big Bang Theory, THE-02/23 CBS 5.30 7.00 1.7 32% 3 GREY’S ANATOMY-02/23 ABC 3.10 4.70 1.6 52% 4 New Girl-02/21 FOX 3.00 4.50 1.5 50% 5 OFFICE-02/23 NBC 2.60 4.10 1.5 58% 6 Criminal Minds-02/22 CBS 3.10 4.50 1.4 45% 7 Glee-02/21 FOX 3.00 4.40 1.4 47% 8 NCIS-02/21 CBS 3.60 4.90 1.3 36% 9 Alcatraz-02/20 FOX 1.80 3.10 1.3 72% 10 Grimm-02/24 NBC 1.50 2.80 1.3 87% 11 CSI-02/22 CBS 2.90 4.10 1.2 41% 12 Private Practice-02/23 ABC 2.10 3.20 1.1 52% 13 Hawaii Five-0-02/20 CBS 2.90 4.00 1.1 38% 14 Person Of Interest-02/23 CBS 3.10 4.20 1.1 35% 15 American Idol-THURSDAY-02/23 FOX 4.50 5.60 1.1 24% 16 2 Broke Girls-02/20 CBS 4.00 5.00 1.0 25% 17 How I Met Your Mother-02/20 CBS 3.80 4.80 1.0 26% 18 Mentalist, THE-02/23 CBS 2.60 3.60 1.0 38% 19 Two and a Half Men-02/20 CBS 4.20 5.20 1.0 24% 20 American Idol-WEDNESDAY-02/22 FOX 5.10 6.10 1.0 20% 21 HOUSE-02/20 FOX 2.40 3.40 1.0 42% 22 Up All Night-02/23 NBC 1.70 2.70 1.0 59% 23 MIKE & Molly-02/20 CBS 3.40 4.30 0.9 26% 24 NCIS: LOS ANGELES-02/21 CBS 2.80 3.70 0.9 32% 25 Law And Order:SVU-02/22 NBC 1.60 2.50 0.9 56% Largest 18-49 Demo Percentage Increase From DVR Viewing for Broadcast TV Shows:
Rank Programs Net 18-49 Live+SD (rating) 18-49 Live+7 (rating) Post Airdate 18-49 Rating Absolute Increase From DVR Viewing Post Airdate 18-49 Rating % Increase from DVR Viewing 1 Grimm-02/24 NBC 1.50 2.80 1.3 87% 2 Alcatraz-02/20 FOX 1.80 3.10 1.3 72% 3 FRINGE-02/24 FOX 1.20 2.00 0.8 67% 4 Up All Night-02/23 NBC 1.70 2.70 1.0 59% 5 Modern Family-02/22 ABC 4.80 7.60 2.8 58% 6 OFFICE-02/23 NBC 2.60 4.10 1.5 58% 7 Law And Order:SVU-02/22 NBC 1.60 2.50 0.9 56% 8 Parenthood-02/21 NBC 1.70 2.60 0.9 53% 9 Private Practice-02/23 ABC 2.10 3.20 1.1 52% 10 GREY’S ANATOMY-02/23 ABC 3.10 4.70 1.6 52% 11 New Girl-02/21 FOX 3.00 4.50 1.5 50% 12 Glee-02/21 FOX 3.00 4.40 1.4 47% 13 Body Of Proof-02/21 ABC 1.50 2.20 0.7 47% 14 Criminal Minds-02/22 CBS 3.10 4.50 1.4 45% 15 HOUSE-02/20 FOX 2.40 3.40 1.0 42% 16 CSI-02/22 CBS 2.90 4.10 1.2 41% 17 Parks and Recreation-02/23 NBC 1.70 2.40 0.7 41% 18 30 Rock-02/23 NBC 1.50 2.10 0.6 40% 19 FINDER-02/23 FOX 2.00 2.80 0.8 40% 20 Smash-02/20 NBC 2.30 3.20 0.9 39% 21 Mentalist, THE-02/23 CBS 2.60 3.60 1.0 38% 22 Raising Hope-02/21 FOX 2.10 2.90 0.8 38% 23 Hawaii Five-0-02/20 CBS 2.90 4.00 1.1 38% 24 NCIS-02/21 CBS 3.60 4.90 1.3 36% 25 Person Of Interest-02/23 CBS 3.10 4.20 1.1 35%
Largest Average Viewership Increase From DVR Viewing for Broadcast TV Shows:
Rank Program Net Viewership Live+SD (000) Viewership Live+7 (000) Post Airdate Absolute Viewership Increase From DVR Viewing (000) Post Airdate % Viewership Increase from DVR Viewing 1 Modern Family-02/22 ABC 11555 16759 5,204 45% 2 NCIS-02/21 CBS 19288 22887 3,599 19% 3 Big Bang Theory, THE-02/23 CBS 16198 19773 3,575 22% 4 Mentalist, THE-02/23 CBS 13364 16848 3,484 26% 5 Criminal Minds-02/22 CBS 12770 16160 3,390 27% 6 Hawaii Five-0-02/20 CBS 10400 13666 3,266 31% 7 Person Of Interest-02/23 CBS 14555 17746 3,191 22% 8 CSI-02/22 CBS 11914 15066 3,152 26% 9 GREY’S ANATOMY-02/23 ABC 9060 12203 3,143 35% 10 Glee-02/21 FOX 7462 10472 3,010 40% 11 Body Of Proof-02/21 ABC 6640 9372 2,732 41% 12 Alcatraz-02/20 FOX 5983 8690 2,707 45% 13 Grimm-02/24 NBC 4788 7474 2,686 56% 14 Blue Bloods-02/24 CBS 11349 13902 2,553 22% 15 New Girl-02/21 FOX 6270 8773 2,503 40% 16 NCIS: LOS ANGELES-02/21 CBS 15504 18001 2,497 16% 17 OFFICE-02/23 NBC 5016 7513 2,497 50% 18 Unforgettable-02/21 CBS 10697 13181 2,484 23% 19 American Idol-THURSDAY-02/23 FOX 15644 17983 2,339 15% 20 Two and a Half Men-02/20 CBS 13328 15610 2,282 17% 21 Smash-02/20 NBC 6469 8700 2,231 34% 22 Private Practice-02/23 ABC 6316 8514 2,198 35% 23 American Idol-WEDNESDAY-02/22 FOX 16104 18240 2,136 13% 24 FINDER-02/23 FOX 6180 8288 2,108 34% 25 HOUSE-02/20 FOX 7085 9192 2,107 30% -
Nielsen TV Ratings Data:©2012 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.
