RATINGS RECAP: 9/8/11

ABC
8:00 Wipeout (Repeat)
Viewers: 5.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
9:00 Rookie Blue
Viewers: 4.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
10:00 Rookie Blue
Viewers: 5.1 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2

CBS
8:00 The Big Bang Theory (Repeat)
Viewers: 6.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
8:30 CBS Fall Preview
Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7
9:00 Big Brother
Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
10:00 The Mentalist (Repeat)
Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 

NBC
8:00 NFL Kickoff Special
Viewers: 14.7 million, 18-49 demo: 5.1
8:30 Sunday Night Football Kickoff
Viewers: 27.2 million, 18-49 demo: 10.9 

FOX
8:00 Bones (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:00 Bones (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 

Thursday night was all about NBC with its Sunday Night Football kickoff game (on Thursday) - a thriller between Green Bay and New Orleans! It was down slightly in viewers but up slightly in the demo from last year's kickoff game between New Orleans and Minnesota. Elsewhere, ABC had two episodes including the season finale of Rookie Blue. The 10pm finale was up a million viewers and a tenth in the demo which was up from last week. That is quite impressive with the competition. The show has already been renewed for a third season, presumably next summer. CBS's Big Brother was up four tenths in viewers but down a tenth in the demo. It's surprising that shows weren't affected more by the NFL game. A Fall Preview special on CBS pulled decent numbers.