The Office Nielsen Ratings, Season 5
Friday, May 15th, 2009 | 88 commentsMay 14, 2009: ‘Company Picnic’
Overnight ratings: 6.72 million viewers, 3.5/9 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: The Office was 2nd place in this timeslot in rating/share 18-49, behind Grey’s Anatomy.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Past ratings after the jump.
May 7, 2009: ‘Cafe Disco’
Overnight ratings: 7.71 million viewers, 3.8/11 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: The Office was 2nd place in this timeslot in rating/share 18-49, behind Grey’s Anatomy.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Apr. 30, 2009: ‘Casual Friday’
Overnight ratings: 7.31 million viewers, 3.7/10 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: The Office was 2nd place in this timeslot in rating/share 18-49, behind Grey’s Anatomy.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Apr. 23, 2009: ‘Broke’
Overnight ratings: 7.21 million viewers, 3.7/10 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: The Office was 2nd place in this timeslot in rating/share 18-49, behind Grey’s Anatomy.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Apr. 16, 2009: ‘Heavy Competition’
Overnight ratings: 8.24 million viewers, 4.1/11 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: The Office was 1st place in this timeslot in rating/share 18-49!
Source: TV By The Numbers
Apr. 9, 2009: ‘The Michael Scott Paper Company’
Overnight ratings: 7.94 million viewers, 3.9/11 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: The Office was 1st place in this timeslot in rating/share 18-49!
Source: TV By The Numbers
Apr. 9, 2009: ‘Dream Team’
Overnight ratings: 7.20 million viewers, 3.3/11 rating/share 18-49.
Placement: The Office was 2nd place in this timeslot in rating/share 18-49, behind Survivor
Source: TV By The Numbers
Mar. 26, 2009: ‘Two Weeks’
Overnight ratings: 8.445 million viewers, 4.3/11 rating/share 18-49.
Competition: Grey’s Anatomy, Hell’s Kitchen, NCAA Basketball
Source: TV By The Numbers
Mar. 19, 2009: ‘New Boss’
Overnight ratings: 7.953 million viewers, 3.9/10 rating/share 18-49.
Competition: Grey’s Anatomy, NCAA Basketball
Source: TV By The Numbers
Mar. 12, 2009: ‘Golden Ticket’
Overnight ratings: 7.513 million viewers, 4.0/10 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Mar. 5, 2009: ‘Blood Drive’
Overnight ratings: 8.627 million viewers, 4.5/11 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Feb. 12, 2009: ‘Lecture Circuit Pt. 2′
Overnight ratings: 8.887 million viewers, 4.6/11 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Feb. 5, 2009: ‘Lecture Circuit Pt. 1′
Overnight ratings: 8.396 million viewers, 4.3/11 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Feb. 1, 2009: ‘Stress Relief’
From press release:
Last night, the special one-hour telecast of “The Office,” which aired following NBC Sports’ coverage of Super Bowl XLIII, set new ratings records for the award-winning comedy, according to time zone-adjusted “fast national” “live plus same day” viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research.
Sunday from 10:40-11:40 p.m. ET, “The Office” averaged a 10.6 rating in adults 18-49 and 22.0 million viewers overall. This marks a new series record for “The Office” and the highest 18-49 rating and biggest overall viewership for any NBC entertainment telecast in more than four and a half years (since the May 13, 2004 telecast of “ER”).
An estimated 37.7 million persons watched all or part of Sunday’s telecast of “The Office” (six minutes or more).
Yowsah!
Jan. 22, 2009: ‘Prince Family Paper’
Overnight ratings: 8.739 million viewers, 4.6/11 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Jan. 15, 2009: ‘The Duel’
Overnight ratings: 8.346 million viewers, 4.3/10 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Dec. 11, 2008: ‘Moroccan Christmas’
Overnight ratings: 8.79 million viewers, 4.8/12 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Dec. 4, 2008: ‘The Surplus’
Overnight ratings: 8.33 million viewers, 4.3/11 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Nov. 20, 2008: ‘Frame Toby’
Overnight ratings: 8.4 million viewers, 4.3/10 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Nov. 13, 2008: ‘Business Trip’
Overnight ratings: 8.18 million viewers, 4.0/9 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Nov. 6, 2008: ‘Customer Survey’
Overnight ratings: 8.35 million viewers, 4.2/10 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Oct. 30, 2008: ‘Employee Transfer’
Overnight ratings: 9.32 million viewers, 4.7/12 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Oct. 23, 2008: ‘Crime Aid’
Overnight ratings: 7.74 million viewers, 4.0/10 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Oct. 16, 2008: ‘Baby Shower’
Overnight ratings: 8.07 million viewers, 4.1/10 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Oct. 9, 2008: ‘Business Ethics’
Overnight ratings: 8.998 million viewers, 4.6/11 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
Sept. 25, 2008: ‘Weight Loss’
Overnight ratings: 9.195 million viewers, 4.9/11 rating/share 18-49.
Source: TV By The Numbers
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I knew Grey’s season finale would kill us. Didn’t think it would be this bad. I bet The Office was heavily DVR’d though. Anybody have that info?
The season finale pulled in just a little over 6 million viewers, the lowest rating in 2 years for regular shows and season-finales. I’m not sure why ratings have been going down, perhaps it’s just the consistent failures of the rest of NBC’s programming bringing it down. Not sure, but for a season finale that’s not good at all. They need to get those ratings up next year!
It would be a huge waste of resources to start a Save The Office campaign during its highest rated season yet
84- Don’t worry. Ratings are down for all network channels across the board due to the NBA playoffs. Broke and Casual Friday were on during the Bulls/Celtics series and both games went into overtime. This is not a problem with The Office, I assure you.
Everyone’s comments are worrying me. Do we need to start a ‘Save The Office’ petition? The shows weren’t as strong as the beginning of this year, but they’ve gotten better.
The ratings haven’t been GREAT the last several weeks, however, DVR viewership remains through the roof and the 18-34 share is still good.
I’ll admit was watching the Celtics last night, but I was up all night watching my DVR lol. Vacation week : )
This comment, from the April 3 online edition of Variety, puts The Office ratings in context:
“The Office” is also enjoying its highest-rated season to date, standing as the No. 2 half-hour comedy in 18-49 (behind “Two and a Half Men”) and No. 1 in adults 18-34.”
Link
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I’m sorry, but that’s BS. Since when do you speak for the entire audience of Office fans? I’m hardly a “casual” fan. Ratings always go up and down throughout the season. You’re just making stuff up.
Pretty good numbers, considering it was up against basketball!
I know quite a few people had mentioned this before, so I’ll just jump right on the band-wagon. I, too, blame NBC for their poor marketing of the show!
WHAO! I was NOT expecting 8.4 mil this week! Competing against March Madness and all…
Wow! I guess their cliff hanger really helped draw in the viewers this week!
Expect another drop in the ratings for the March 26 episode.
Obama is preempting American Idol next Tuesday, so it’ll be on Wednesday and Thursday. That means American Idol results will be competing with The Office and 30 Rock. :(
Oh I hope the smart fans of The Office don’t fall into the trap of the AI results show. It’s such a waste of time. Just watch the end! Or check online!
“I would tend to agree, except the thing is, this season the ratings have jumped around a lot. And the season ratings have steadily increased over the years with seasons four and five being the highest rated seasons so far, especially in the demos.”
Yeah, I should have been clearer. The ratings for season 4 and 5 are higher because the show is now attracting lots of casual fans–ones who flip through the channels and end up on The Office because of the wacky antics that appeal to the masses. However, I believe that the show has lost most of its original hardcore fans who enjoyed the subtle humor. In other words, the show has been “dumbed down” to appeal to the masses.
I’m so glad you guys mentioned basketball. I would have had no clue otherwise. :)
I attribute the ratings drop to a combination of it being Daylight Savings Time, and the fact that a few television markets aired basketball instead. Also, if you compare previous seasons, you will notice that the tail end of each and every season sees a drop in the ratings. I’m sure this season will be no different.
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I would tend to agree, except the thing is, this season the ratings have jumped around a lot. And the season ratings have steadily increased over the years with seasons four and five being the highest rated seasons so far, especially in the demos.
So it’s tough to say. But ratings-wise, it’s stronger than it’s ever been.
Well, it’s tough to tell with ratings. CSI and Grey’s both had their lowest ratings of the season too, I think.
67/66 — Yeah, I wasn’t able to watch it last night because of the basketball. I had to end up finding it on the internet somewhere.