Ratings Winner
Katherine's show Grey's Anatomy retained a huge post-Superbowl
audience last Sunday posting stellar ratings for the two-part
special.
Following coverage of the game, ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" posted
the series' highest-ever numbers, with an average audience of
37.9 million viewers and a 16.5 rating, 38 share among Adults
18-49. The sophomore ABC drama surpassed its previous series
highs by 15.7 million viewers and by 68% in Adults 18-49, set on
its first season finale last May (22.2 million & 9.8/24 on
5/22/05).
In Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, "Grey's Anatomy" delivered
the strongest numbers for a post-"Super Bowl" entertainment
program in 5 years - since CBS' premiere of "Survivor II" on
1/28/01. In fact it was the 3rd-most-watched telecast to follow
the "Super Bowl" in the last 16 years - since the start of the
Nielsen electronic database in 1991, behind only "Survivor II"
in 2001 and "Friends" in 1996.
"Grey's Anatomy" stands as the top-rated entertainment program
on TV this season among Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 - best
for any regular entertainment program since the series finale
"Friends" on 5/6/04.
In Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, "Grey's Anatomy" is ABC's
strongest series telecast in close to 9 years - since 4/30/97.
Awards For Grey's Anatomy
The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and The Writers
Guild of America, west (WGAW) announced the winners of the 2006
Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for
the screen, television, and radio in gala ceremonies at The
Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and the Waldorf-Astoria in
New York on Saturday, February 4, 2006. Grey's Anatomy won the
top writing award for a new TV series.
