TV Ratings for "Prey"

[Kevin24]

Disappointing that it went from 4.22 down to 4.15.

[ClarkyBoy14]

It's too bad it went down, but 4.16 million is still good.

I wonder if SV was pre-empted anyway, and that's what caused the finals to go down?

[DGirlLois4Clark]

Yay for smallville getting over 4million again
4.15 is still good IMO.
Hopefully identity shows an improvement

[LaneKent-Hero]

what are the half hour breakdowns??

[Kal-ed]

Why do finals go down???

[ShelbyKent]

Disappointing that it went from 4.22 down to 4.15.

Is that normal ???

We're we up against baseball or something?

[tariksam]

Yes against game two of the world series

[JAMHEXXX]

what are the half hour breakdowns??

I don't have the exact numbers but I know that Smallville increased 8% in households from the first half hour to the next, and 12.5% in Adults 18-49 from the first to second half hour.

Supernatural went down -4.76% in households and -14.29% in adults 18-49.

[ClarkyBoy14]

Thanks for the stats, JAMHEXXX.

Nice to see it increased once again.

[SupaBoy]

above 4 millions still great

[Poweranimals]

I still don't understand why it went down. The final numbers usually go up.

[oqllcksmallville]

it went up . = )
i'm glad ,
that it's going up .
people are tuning in more and ,
there is GREAT & BIG hope for season 9 . = )

[ClarkyBoy14]

I still don't understand why it went down. The final numbers usually go up.

There could have been an error in calculation in the earlier numbers. Or Smallville may have been pre-empted by another program on some of the affiliates.

[6-Super-Man -5]

It's all good, the numbers aren't so bad, a Season Nine is still very possible!

[smallvillerocks45]

There could have been an error in calculation in the earlier numbers. Or Smallville may have been pre-empted by another program on some of the affiliates.

That definitely is possible.
Although I do not have a Nielson TV or TiVo, Smallville in my area started two minutes early, and was frozen for a few seconds before it began. ...So I actually missed the beginning (just a few words) of Mary's talk at the Isis Foundation.

Either way, I still don't understand how suddenly fewer viewers watched the show. Either 4.22 million viewers watched it, or they didn't, but I don't understand how DVR/TiVo numbers could be added to the 4.22 million and equal 4.16... What am I missing here? How are the final numbers calculated?