Image Credit: Bob D'Amico/ABC; Florian Schneider/FOX; CBSIs Jennifer Grey on her way to winning Dancing with the Stars, or will those (mature) lady viewers throw all their support behind Bristol Palin? The audience size continues to reflect the intense interest in the competition show this season: ABC won Monday in viewers (15.2 million) and key female demographics after Stars attracted 20 million during the special 90-minute telecast, according to preliminary results.

The dancing show did particularly well in the 9 p.m. half-hour among women 25-54, earning an astonishing 9.1 rating/20 share (each rating point in the demo is worth 628,200 gals). You may think they’re mostly Tea Partiers, but ABC has gotta be seeing them as money in the bank, man. In women 18-49, the show earned a 6.4/15 at 9 (each women 18-49 rating point is worth 659,700 persons, or 1 percent of the women 18-49 population of 65.97 million). Wow. READ FULL STORY »

Modern Family and Grey’s Anatomy continue to tango at the top of the most DVR’d shows list in week 6 of the TV season. Modern Family took Grey’s spot at the top of the overall DVR viewers list, notching an additional 3.09 million viewers, while the medical drama secured Modern Family’s title as most DVR’d show among viewers 18-49.

The top ten:
1) Modern Family (ABC): 3.09 million gained from DVRs*
2) Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): 3.03 million
3) Hawaii Five-0 (CBS): 2.90 million
4) The Mentalist (CBS): 2.90 million.
5) Glee (Fox): 2.44 million
6) Castle (ABC): 2.31 million
7) Criminal Minds (CBS): 2.31 million
8 ) Blue Bloods (CBS): 2.22 million
9) NCIS (CBS): 2.18 million
10) CSI (CBS): 2.17 million

Also noteworthy was Parenthood‘s 38.5 percent increase in ratings as a result of DVR viewings, which was the largest percentage gain of all shows in week 6.

* DVR playback is measured by the number of viewers who watch their recordings within seven days of the show’s airing

TLC’s Sarah Palin’s Alaska premiere attracted 4.96 million viewers last night, according to the network. Nielsen fast nationals reported 1.8 million viewers in the 25-54 demographic, 1.1 million in the 18-49 demographic, and 3.9 million in the 35+ demographic. The debut was the top-finishing TLC program launch in history, beating What Not To Wear‘s series premiere in 2003.

AMC has renewed its zombie frightfest, The Walking Dead, for a 13-episode second season. Since premiering in Mad Men‘s Sunday night timeslot on Halloween, the Frank Darabont-produced series has reached more adults 18-49 than any cable show in history. The premiere drew a total of 5.3 million viewers.

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In the fifth week of the fall TV season, Grey’s Anatomy and CBS freshman action series Hawaii Five-0 continue to be among the most-DVR’d shows, beating out top-rated shows like Dancing With the Stars (No. 44) and NCIS: Los Angeles (No. 14). For the week of Oct. 18 to Oct. 24, Grey’s notched an additional 3 million viewers from DVR playback (which is measured by the number of viewers who watch their recordings within seven days of the show’s airing), while Five-0 gained 2.98 million viewers.

Top ten:
1) Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): 3.02 million gained from DVRs
2) Hawaii Five-0 (CBS): 2.98 million
3) Modern Family (ABC): 2.89 million
4)The Mentalist (CBS): 2.63 million.
5) House (Fox): 2.59 million
6) Castle (ABC): 2.43 million
7) Criminal Minds (CBS): 2.33 million
8 ) NCIS (CBS): 2.30 million
9) CSI (CBS): 2.23 million
10) The Big Bang Theory (CBS): 2.14 million

In the 18-49 demo, Modern Family and Grey’s topped the list, with 1.4 million in gains each.

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is now the top-rated late-night program among viewers aged 18-49. According to the Nielsen Co., Stewart drew 1.3 million viewers to his Comedy Central program during the month of October, eclipsing major network stalwarts like The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) and The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) for the first time since 2000. Stewart also recently drew 215,000 supporters to his “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” in Washington, D.C., while 2 million viewers watched from home.

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NBC has opted to not order the back nine episodes of J.J. Abrams’ spy-centric show Undercovers. But don’t expect the series to disappear from your DVR anytime soon: The network will air three more episodes of Undercovers — scheduled for Nov. 10, Nov. 17, and Dec. 1 — and may run three more finished episodes at a later date.

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear pulled in 2 million viewers Saturday, The Wrap reports. The rally boasted 1.1 million viewers age 18-49. CBS News estimated that 215,000 people attended the rally, based on aerial views.

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The DVR ratings for the fourth week of the broadcast TV season are in. CBS is sitting pretty with five shows in the top 10 DVR slots for total viewers, including the show with the highest post-premiere day DVR viewership, The Mentalist.

1. The Mentalist (CBS): 3.06 million viewers via DVR*
2. Grey’s Anatomy (ABC): 2.94 million
3. Modern Family (ABC): 2.89 million
4. Hawaii Five-0 (CBS): 2.89 million
5. House (Fox): 2.54 million
6. Criminal Minds (CBS): 2.54 million
7. Glee (Fox): 2.38 million
8. Castle (ABC): 2.31 milion
9. NCIS (CBS): 2.28 million
10. Blue Bloods (CBS): 2.25 million
(*DVR numbers cover the 7 days after a show’s premiere date)

ABC earns its own bragging rights for having the two most DVR’d shows among the all-important 18-49 demographic: Grey’s Anatomy and Modern Family. There was less for NBC to brag about: its highest rated show on the DVR +7 list is The Event at #13 with 2.02 million more viewers.