 In its original American broadcast on March 12, 2009, "Golden Ticket" was watched by 7.7 million overall viewers and received a Nielsen rating of 4.1 among adults aged between 18 and 49, despite directly competing with ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" and CBS's "".For the week of March 9–15, the episode ranked number 10 among adults 18–49, within two shares of the time-period lead in that age group.