Ratings and Audience Profile
According to Nielsen Media Research, Boston Legal drew the richest viewing audience on television, based on the concentration of high-income viewers in its young adult audience (Adult 18–49 index w/$100k+ annual income).
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Boston Legal on ABC.
Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps. All times mentioned in this section were in the Eastern and Pacific time zones.
| Season | Timeslot | Season Premiere | Season Finale | TV Season | Season Rank |
Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sunday 10:00 pm | October 3, 2004 | March 20, 2005 | 2004–2005 | #28 | 12.5 |
| 2nd | Tuesday 10:00 pm | September 27, 2005 | May 16, 2006 | 2005–2006 | #47 | 10.3 |
| 3rd | September 19, 2006 | May 29, 2007 | 2006–2007 | #62 | 9.6 | |
| 4th | Tuesday 10:00 pm Wednesday 10:00 pm |
September 25, 2007 | May 21, 2008 | 2007–2008 | #51 | 9.6 |
| 5th | Monday 10:00 pm | September 22, 2008 | December 8, 2008 | 2008–2009 | #47 | 9.6 |
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