Ratings Just Below Average For Final 'Jericho'

"Jericho" earned a 3.8 rating/6 share according to Fast National ratings from Nielsen Media Research Tuesday night, slightly below its season overnight average of 3.9/7, The numbers, however, were up nearly 9 percent over last week's audience, which was a series low.

"Jericho" finished last in its 10 p.m. timeslot behind "Primetime" on ABC (7.0/12) and a rerun of "Law & Order: SVU" which gave NBC a 5.7/10.

For the final time, "Jericho" didn't get much help from its lead-in, "Big Brother," despite holding nearly 100 percent of the reality show's audience. But that was after the network lost nearly 38 percent of the audience that tuned in to see a rerun of "NCIS" on the network.

For the night, CBS finished last among the big networks with a 4.6/7. Fox took the night with its "American Idol" audience, pulling in a 12.1/19, according to Zap2it.

Fast Nationals usually provide a snapshot of what Americans are watching by pulling numbers from the top urban markets that includes both live viewing and same-day timeshifted viewing. A rating point generally represents more than 1.1 million households while the share indicates the percentage of televisions turned on that was tuned to the specific program. These numbers typically shift when final ratings are issued.

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