[UPDATE] Ratings quick hit: 'The Vampire Diaries' sinks teeth into the CW's biggest premiere audience ever
"The Vampire Diaries," the CW's other priority launch this fall, was watched by more people than any other debut in the network's history.
Thursday's 8 p.m. premiere delivered 4.84 million viewers and a 2.1 overnight rating among adults 18 to 49. That tops the series launch of "90210," which was the previous record-holder (4.67 million in September 2008.)
[Updated at 1:59 p.m. Final numbers are in. The premiere was watched by a total 4.91 million viewers, up a tick from overnight estimates.]
Numbers are especially good for the CW, which gave big promotional pushes to "Vampire" and the reboot of "Melrose Place." The latter drew just 2.3 million to its Tuesday opener.
Among the target female audience, "Vampire" scored a 3.0 rating/10 share in women 18 to 34 (second only to football in the time period) and a 2.8/8 in women 18 to 49.
-- Denise Martin
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VAMPIRE DIARIES IS AWWSOME. CANT WAIT FOR THE NEW EPISODE
Posted by: cesar loza | September 11, 2009 at 11:47 AM
the show was nothing like the book is.....it was a good show but i didn't see a meredith like the book says and i don't know i expected something more. The show like i said was good but nothing like the book
Posted by: kristy | September 11, 2009 at 12:15 PM
i agree with you Kristy, the show was nothing like the books. They didn't mention Meredith and elena had a younger sister not brother and vicky was not related to matt. but it was a good show and i will totally watch it. even my brother was into it
Posted by: michelle | September 11, 2009 at 12:53 PM
I liked the show but I was really disappointed with it not following the book. Where is Meredith, what's up whit the brother (as if Elena needed more turmoil so you added a drug addicted brother) and Matt didn't have a sister, especially Vickie, and the Aunt Janis what happened to Judith and She might be a little older, and not in school. I’m not sure if I am going to continue to watch the show. The books were so great I am confused as to why they went away from the story line, it makes me wonder what they will change next.
Posted by: JoAnn | September 11, 2009 at 01:12 PM
OMG I loved the show it remined me of Twilight in a lot of ways, but I can't wait for the new episode. :)
Posted by: Crystal | September 11, 2009 at 03:33 PM
I love the books and I for one am glad that the show has taken a different route. It'd be boring to me if they followed the books exactly for I have already read them, I like seeing change. I was never a fan of te Twilight series and never will be, this show definitely triumphs over that pathetic series in my book. I enjoyed Paul and Ian far too much! They were great. I'm glad to see that the show started off wonderfully.
Posted by: Jen. | September 11, 2009 at 09:16 PM
I LOVE STEFAN (Paul Wesley) he is so gorgeous!!!!! The show was great!
Posted by: Jasmine | September 14, 2009 at 09:34 AM
I think they should introduce Meredith at some point in the show because she was very important in the book. I do like how they are changing from the book, although it seems they dont expect the show to go that far because they are cutting out parts that are important in other books. But overall it is a good show as well as a good series (fyi L.J Smith has a 4th vampires diaries coming out in March)
Posted by: Alicia | September 21, 2009 at 07:57 PM