Prime-Time Ratings:
Saturday 3/08/08

The following results are based on the fast affiliate ratings (Live Plus Same Day data)

-Total Viewers:
Fox: 6.77 million, CBS: 6.52, NBC: 5.26, ABC: 4.24

-Adults 18-49:
Fox: 2.4 rating/7 share, CBS: 1.7/ 5, NBC: 1.4/ 4, ABC: 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 9 percent in early 2006-07 to approximately 20 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

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-Ratings Breakdown:
Fox led the low-rated Saturday troops, with a first-place finish in total viewers and adults 18-49 care of the perennial combination of two repeat episodes of Cops (Viewers: #1, avg. 6.92 million; A18-49: #1, avg. 2.5/ 8) and America’s Most Wanted (Viewers: #1, 6.62 million; A18-49: 2.4/ 7). CBS was second in total viewers and adults 18-49 with its line-up of a repeat of CSI: NY (Viewers: #2, 5.12 million; A18-49: #2, 1.2/ 4) and a two-hour edition of 48 Hours Mystery (Viewers: 7.21 million; A18-49: 2.0/ 6 from 9-11 p.m.).

Next was NBC with three more encore telecasts of the Law & Order franchise: Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Viewers: #4, 3.76 million; A18-49: #4, 0.9/ 3 at 8 p.m.), Law & Order: SVU (Viewers: #3, 5.65 million; A18-49: #3, 1.6/ 5 at 9 p.m.) and Law & Order (Viewers: #2, 6.37 million; A18-49: #2, 1.8/ 5 at 10 p.m.).

Lowly ABC capped off Saturday with a repeat of theatrical The Road to Perdition at just 4.24 million viewers and a 0.9/ 3 among adults 18-49 from 8-11 p.m. All together now…what an evening!

Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat)

How different would NBC look if the L&O's were in a different order?

Did 48 Hours Mystery do better then usual?

It did, and so did Cops and America's Most Wanted.

quote:

Originally posted by yankeesrj12:
Did 48 Hours Mystery do better then usual?

repeats of Cops and America's Most Wanted outperformed new episodes? What do you make of that?

If anybody get information about how ESPN did last night with the classic North Carolina/ Duke game please post? -- thanks in advance.


I bet ESPN out did all the nets in the demo save for maybe FOX - and they might have done that as well.

Can somebody PLEASE tell me the ratings for show's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Friends and The Simpsons since season 1? I've looked into Google, but didn't find anything.

Thank you.

quote:

Originally posted by dimushi:
Can somebody PLEASE tell me the ratings for show's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Friends and The Simpsons since season 1? I've looked into Google, but didn't find anything.

Thank you.

Friends (and Joey) - http://newmusicandmore.tripod.com/friendsratings.html

With much of the northeast under a blanket of snow, I would have expected to see higher HUT and demo levels due to all the cancelled plans to be out.

And I thought ABC's Saturday Movie of the Week would have garnered a much higher number than it did. Movies with Mr. Tom Hanks usually pull in bigger audiences.

quote:

Originally posted by Jamie:

quote:

Originally posted by dimushi:
Can somebody PLEASE tell me the ratings for show's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Friends and The Simpsons since season 1? I've looked into Google, but didn't find anything.

Thank you.

Friends (and Joey) - http://newmusicandmore.tripod.com/friendsratings.html

Now when i see those numbers they're not as impressive as i've always thought (back then i wasn't so interested in ratings so i've always thought Friends to be a phenomenal success due to media coverage)

quote:

Originally posted by RoyBoyCF:
How different would NBC look if the L&O's were in a different order?

I would bet not much different. You might get the same numbers if SVU switched with L&O.

If CI was in the 10pm slot, I would think the nightly average would be down though. It seems to be the least liked of the L&O's

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quote:

Originally posted by dumont:


And I thought ABC's Saturday Movie of the Week would have garnered a much higher number than it did. Movies with Mr. Tom Hanks usually pull in bigger audiences.

I was not surprised. Movies that make you think don't do well on Saturdays. Viewers don't want anything remotely cerebral on Saturdays, as is the case with FOX's lineup of COPS and AMW winning the night most weeks. True, most of Tom Hanks' movies do well, but Road to Perdition wasn't even a big hit in the movie theaters. There's a reason for that.

But this goes to show you that I believe ABC will misuse its Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia theatricals this April and May -- they're using them on Saturdays where I think they would do much, much better on Fridays, as other family-oriented theatricals such as Santa Clause and The Polar Express have demonstrated.

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quote:

Originally posted by Chimera:
But this goes to show you that I believe ABC will misuse its Harry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia theatricals this April and May -- they're using them on Saturdays where I think they would do much, much better on Fridays, as other family-oriented theatricals such as Santa Clause and The Polar Express have demonstrated.

I don't think that the May TV audience is the same as the December audience. In December, the kids are couped up inside by the weather. In may, they are out playing in the street or doing kids sports. Besides, May has the big summer film releases of Speed Racer, Narnia, and Indiana Jones.