Ratings: Shrek Ogre-powers the Competition

Shrek the Halls courtesy DreamWorks Animation/ABC

Here are this Wednesday's numbers. Tuesday's ratings, which I didn't get around to crunching yesterday, can be found in comments:

8 pm/ET
Welcoming 21.07 million total holiday guests to the swamp, ABC's Shrek the Halls special was far, far and away the night's most-watched program and tops in demos. Lead-out Grinch didn't flinch much, holding onto 18.74 mil of that audience. NBC's Rockefeller tree special did nine mil, followed by Kid Nation (7.3 mil), a pair of 'Til Deaths (six mil) and Top Model (5.03 mil, up 1.4 mil).

9 pm
Criminal Minds topped the hour with 16.26 mil (up 440 thou), and was No. 1 in demos. Bolstered by the 'toons, Pushing Daisies was up 2.6 mil, to 10.18 mil. Kitchen Nightmares (seven mil) hit an all-time high, while Bionic Woman's season (series?) finale fell just shy of six mil, shedding another 300K. Gossip Girl flirted with three mil, its second-largest audience to date.

10 pm
CSI:NY dropped 330K but led the pack with 14.03 mil. Dirty Sexy Money (see Cheers & Jeers) followed with 7.15 mil (up 630K), while Life (6.26 mil) slipped 670 thou.

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Nov 29, 2007 12:53 PM

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Tuesday's ratings:

8 pm/ET
NCIS... 17.06 mil, down 320K

Charlie Brown Christmas... 13.56 mil (tops in demos)

Bones... 9.62 mil, up 1.1 mil

Biggest Loser... 6.93 mil (first hour)

Geek... 2.52 mil

9 pm
Dancing with the Stars results show... 24.93 mil, up 20 percent week-to-week and up 10 percent from last season's finale

House... 16.88 mil (tops in demos)

The Unit... 10.48 mil, down 220K

Biggest Loser... 7.57 mil

Reaper... 2.26 mil

10 pm
SVU... 12.29 mil, up 530K

Cane... 6.46 mil, down 1.18 mil

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Nov 29, 2007 12:57 PM

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I actually watched the Shrek special (I was waiting for The Grinch and I was blowing off going to the gym). It wasn't too bad. Gingerbread man's reaction to Santa was the only thing that made me laugh. What shocked me was how great The Grinch looked in HD! It looked brand new!
Posted by achyfakey Nov 29, 2007 1:18 PM Report Abuse

Thanks for posting Tuesday's ratings too. While Life slipped a bit, it still did better than BW, and I believe the demos were a bit better as well. Nice to see the Grinch still has ratings power. I must admit I totally skipped over Shrek.
Posted by abbeyroad21 Nov 29, 2007 1:18 PM Report Abuse

Gingerbread man's reaction to Santa was the only thing that made me laugh. I neerly pooped a gumdrop when he tore off, screaming! Shrek was much funnier than I had hoped. Lotsa good music, too. Oh, and Pinnochio's sticking?!
Posted by Matt Webb Mitovich Nov 29, 2007 1:21 PM Report Abuse

Great news for Pushing Daisies =)
Posted by Chmarin Nov 29, 2007 1:31 PM Report Abuse

Great news for Pushing Daisies =) Yeah, but what happens when it's back to opening the night cold, without a boffo lead-in? Oh, who cares — it got its full-season pick-up!
Posted by Matt Webb Mitovich Nov 29, 2007 1:33 PM Report Abuse

YES!!!! Gossip girl ratings increased again!!!! WOHOO!!!! I guess word of mouth finally increasing ratings of this GREAT show This show is AWESOME...and wednesday's episode was no exception... LOVE LOVE LOVE gossip girl
Posted by karaleefan Nov 29, 2007 1:39 PM Report Abuse

Anybody think Dirty Sexy Money would do better on Thursdays after Grey's?
Posted by zack89 Nov 29, 2007 1:45 PM Report Abuse

I thought yesterday's episode of P.D. was the best yet.
Posted by NYCGirl Nov 29, 2007 2:05 PM Report Abuse

I actually thought Shrek was pretty funny.
Posted by smoothspace Nov 29, 2007 2:12 PM Report Abuse

I love Gossip Girl, too. Forget "guilty" pleasure...it's just a pleasure!
Posted by gdADV Nov 29, 2007 2:19 PM Report Abuse

I thought Shrek was pretty hysterical - Gingy throwing up a Hershey's kiss? How can you go wrong???
Posted by Susan Marvin Nov 29, 2007 2:24 PM Report Abuse

Shrek was ok. There were a some funny parts, but I wasn't laughing as much as I expected to be. I just felt like they were trying to hit you with so much stuff in a short time, it was a little overwhelming. I think it would have been better as a one-hour show.
Posted by Shel Nov 29, 2007 2:26 PM Report Abuse

I hope bones keeps it's audience while it's off til the new year. I'm gonna miss it. I dvr'd the shrek/grinch hour, so I'll have to watch it later. I'm glad Life got a full season pick-up. I actually enjoyed that more than daisies last night.
Posted by Leah Nov 29, 2007 2:30 PM Report Abuse

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