Prime-Time Ratings:
Saturday 4/19/08

-Total Viewers:
Fox: 5.17 million, CBS: 4.83, NBC: 4.20, ABC: 3.95

-Adults 18-49:
Fox: 2.0 rating/7 share, ABC: 1.3/ 4, CBS: 1.1/ 4, NBC: 0.9/ 3

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Note: Any prior rating results are based on the final nationals. Since the level of DVR penetration has increased from 13 percent at this same point last year to approximately 23 percent at present, the overall results may be negatively impacted.

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-Saturday’s Winners:
Nothing

-Saturday’s Losers (excluding repeats):
The night overall. Worth repeating: All in the Family, MASH, The Jeffersons, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, The Golden Girls and Walker, Texas Ranger -- we miss you!

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-Ratings Breakdown:
Fox led the lackluster Saturday troops with its perennial line-up of Cops (original and repeat – Viewers: #1, avg. 4.96 million; A18-49: #1, avg. 1.9 rating/7 share) and America’s Most Wanted (Viewers: #1, 5.37 million; A18-49: #1, 2.1/ 7). First overall in households, second in total viewers and third among adults 18-49 was CBS’ combination of a repeat of Cold Case (Viewers: #2, 4.16 million; A18-49: #3, 0.8/ 3), and back-to-back episodes of 48 Hours Mystery, which fared as follows:

48 Hours Mystery (CBS)
9:00 p.m. – Viewers: 4.42 million (#2), A18-49: 0.9/ 3 (#3)
10:00 p.m. – Viewers: 5.92 million (#1), A18-49: 1.5/ 5 (#1t)

ABC populated the evening with repeat theatrical Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which averaged a mere 3.95 million viewers (#4) and a second-place 1.3/ 4 among adults from 8-11 p.m. And NBC aired repeats of two episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (8 p.m. - Viewers: #4, 3.25 million; A18-49: #4, 0.6/ 2 --- 9 p.m. – Viewers: #3, 4.23 million; A18-49: #3, 1.0/ 3) and a repeat of Law & Order (Viewers: #2, 5.12 million; A18-49: #3, 1.2/ 4).

Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat)

So CI really is the least liked of the franchise.

Saturdays are just a terrible night for TV. All of the networks have given up on the night, although NBC programming new Datelines on Saturdays in the fall is a start. However, if ABC ever decided to actually program on Saturdays a schedule that looked like:

8:00 Oprah's Big Give
9:00 Supernanny
10:00 Welcome to the Newlyweds

wouldn't be much more expensive than airing movie repeats and would bring in higher numbers.

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Originally posted by RoyBoyCF:
So CI really is the least liked of the franchise.

Well seeing as that's repeat number 5 or 6 of that episode in just 4 months, I wouldn't base anything on these numbers for NBC. If anything, its time to just stick it out with some movies on Saturdays and spare the L&O trio more agony. Also, just give CI a breather in general, but seeing as how NBC has nothing to air these days, I'd say its more of the same to come. The Sunday repeats of SVU are also just nonsense. Dateline could expand to 2 hours on Sunday and Monk and Psych can go back an hour each.

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Originally posted by RoyBoyCF:
So CI really is the least liked of the franchise.

My least favorite!

The NBC numbers are not a knock against CI, but rather a recent trend that the L&Os always build on Saturdays across the night no matter the order. I believe in the past they've had mothership at 9 leading into CI, and CI always built then.

SVU is the strongest repeater on its own, which is why they were previously airing it at 9 on Saturdays, to try to strengthen the whole lineup.

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Originally posted by WlcmBlueBloodWorstEnemy:
Saturdays are just a terrible night for TV. All of the networks have given up on the night, although NBC programming new Datelines on Saturdays in the fall is a start. However, if ABC ever decided to actually program on Saturdays a schedule that looked like:

8:00 Oprah's Big Give
9:00 Supernanny
10:00 Welcome to the Newlyweds

wouldn't be much more expensive than airing movie repeats and would bring in higher numbers.

And Fox Skould Have
8:00pm Skating with Celebrities
9:00pm Mad Tv

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Originally posted by yankeesrj12:

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Originally posted by RoyBoyCF:
So CI really is the least liked of the franchise.

My least favorite!

It's everyone's least favorite. It's so boring.

I miss Law & Order: Trial By Jury. I wish that would be revived.

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Originally posted by Walter:

quote:

Originally posted by WlcmBlueBloodWorstEnemy:
Saturdays are just a terrible night for TV. All of the networks have given up on the night, although NBC programming new Datelines on Saturdays in the fall is a start. However, if ABC ever decided to actually program on Saturdays a schedule that looked like:

8:00 Oprah's Big Give
9:00 Supernanny
10:00 Welcome to the Newlyweds

wouldn't be much more expensive than airing movie repeats and would bring in higher numbers.

And Fox Skould Have
8:00pm Skating with Celebrities
9:00pm Mad Tv

Why would Fox change its programming? It wins Saturdays. To account for your early bedtime appease your personal tastes?

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

quote:

Originally posted by Walter:

quote:

Originally posted by WlcmBlueBloodWorstEnemy:
Saturdays are just a terrible night for TV. All of the networks have given up on the night, although NBC programming new Datelines on Saturdays in the fall is a start. However, if ABC ever decided to actually program on Saturdays a schedule that looked like:

8:00 Oprah's Big Give
9:00 Supernanny
10:00 Welcome to the Newlyweds

wouldn't be much more expensive than airing movie repeats and would bring in higher numbers.

And Fox Skould Have
8:00pm Skating with Celebrities
9:00pm Mad Tv

Why would Fox change its programming? It wins Saturdays? To fit your tastes and apparently early bed time?

I think MadTV would do well in primetime, but Skating With Celebs would be a huge flop.

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Originally posted by Justin:

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Originally posted by yankeesrj12:

quote:

Originally posted by RoyBoyCF:
So CI really is the least liked of the franchise.

My least favorite!

It's everyone's least favorite. It's so boring.

I miss Law & Order: Trial By Jury. I wish that would be revived.

I like CI with D'Onfrio. Noth on the other hand...

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:

quote:

Originally posted by Walter:

quote:

Originally posted by WlcmBlueBloodWorstEnemy:
Saturdays are just a terrible night for TV. All of the networks have given up on the night, although NBC programming new Datelines on Saturdays in the fall is a start. However, if ABC ever decided to actually program on Saturdays a schedule that looked like:

8:00 Oprah's Big Give
9:00 Supernanny
10:00 Welcome to the Newlyweds

wouldn't be much more expensive than airing movie repeats and would bring in higher numbers.

And Fox Skould Have
8:00pm Skating with Celebrities
9:00pm Mad Tv

Why would Fox change its programming? It wins Saturdays. To account for your early bedtime appease your personal tastes?

Oh well your a nice person.

Any thoughts about tonight's Desperate Housewives?

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Originally posted by Justin:
Any thoughts about tonight's Desperate Housewives?

A lot better than last week.

Travis, still curious about the ratings for The Tudors. Showtime just renewed it for a third season, touting its strong ratings, without actually telling anybody what they were, after the premiere.

So what were they?