Saturday 3/03/07

Note: The following results are based on the fast national ratings (Live Plus Same Day data).

-Total Viewers:
CBS: 6.77 million, NBC: 6.09, Fox: 5.90, ABC: 3.94

-Adults 18-49:
Fox: 1.9 rating/4 share, CBS and NBC: 1.6/ 5 each, ABC: 1.2/ 4

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-Saturday’s Winners:
Nothing

-Saturday’s Losers (excluding repeats):
The night overall.

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-Ratings Breakdown:
CBS and Fox split another low-rated Saturday, with the Eye net first in total viewers and Fox’s perennial combination of Cops (Viewers: #2, 6.39 million; A18-49: #1, 2.4/ 8) and America’s Most Wanted (Viewers: #1, 6.81 million; A18-49: #1, 2.6/ 8) No. 1 among adults 18-49. CBS opened the evening with a repeat of NCIS (Viewers: #1, 6.83 million; A18-49: #2, 1.4/ 5 at 8 p.m.), followed by a repeat of Cold Case (Viewers: #2, 6.51 million; A18-49: #2, 1.5/ 5), and an original installment 48 Hours Mystery (Viewers: #2, 6.96 million; A18-49: #2, 1.8/ 6) from 9-11 p.m.

As usual, the pickings were slim elsewhere. NBC finished second in total viewers and adults 18-49 (tied with CBS in the demo) as a result of Dateline (Viewers: #3, 5.21 million; A18-49: #3, 1.3/ 4), a repeat of Law & Order: SVU (Viewers: #3, 5.74 million; A18-49: #2, 1.5/ 5), and a repeat of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Viewers: #1, 7.32 million; A18-49: #1, 2.1/ 6). ABC ranked last with its uneventful line-up of a repeat of special Building a Dream: Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy (Viewers: 4.24 million; A18-49: 1.1/ 4), and repeat theatrical Head of State (Viewers: 3.79 million; A18-49: 1.2/ 4 from 9-11 p.m.). How do you like that -- low-ratings for Queen Oprah!

As I say every week, what a pathetic night of programming!

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

It seems to be getting worse.

oh, God, that's awful!

It's really torture writing up Saturday.

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Originally posted by pty:
oh, God, that's awful!

One of the big nets flirting with dropping below a 1.0 in the demo. Would have seemed unimaginable when they first started keeping that demo.

Marc do you have the Household Info for the night..

You could take the night off, just like the networks do.

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Originally posted by Marc Berman:
It's really torture writing up Saturday.

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Originally posted by pty:
oh, God, that's awful!

Now, that's an idea!

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Originally posted by SW:
You could take the night off, just like the networks do.

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Originally posted by Marc Berman:
It's really torture writing up Saturday.

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Originally posted by pty:
oh, God, that's awful!

It may be awful but I bet the networks like those extra bucks those repeats and cheap to produce reality/news shows brings in.

What's really pathetic is that ABC couldn't find a better movie than "Head of State".

look at those american idol like ratings!
the cw really should consider moving smackdown to saturdays, their fans, and i would watch any day of the week. I think they could easily get 2nd in adults 18-49 any saturday.

Why move it when its doing well on Friday? Its not like the CW has an overflow of amazing, highly rated programs to air on Friday. Maybe they could add another night of WWE, but don't move Smackdown. Its the network's second highest rated show.

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Originally posted by TheCWFan:
look at those american idol like ratings!
the cw really should consider moving smackdown to saturdays, their fans, and i would watch any day of the week. I think they could easily get 2nd in adults 18-49 any saturday.

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:
Why move it when its doing well on Friday? Its not like the CW has an overflow of amazing, highly rated programs to air on Friday. Maybe they could add another night of WWE, but don't move Smackdown. Its the network's second highest rated show.

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Originally posted by TheCWFan:
look at those american idol like ratings!
the cw really should consider moving smackdown to saturdays, their fans, and i would watch any day of the week. I think they could easily get 2nd in adults 18-49 any saturday.

True, maybe like a clips show on saturday, along with sneak peaks at whats coming up next friday.

That would be fine and maybe use Smackdown to give Supernatural, Everybody Hates Chris, and All of Us some extra exposure. Hell, even give VM a few Saturday airings. I think eventually Saturday may be turned back over to the affiliates by the big networks. They could probably make as much money with syndicated fare as they do with this stuff.

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Originally posted by TheCWFan:

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:
Why move it when its doing well on Friday? Its not like the CW has an overflow of amazing, highly rated programs to air on Friday. Maybe they could add another night of WWE, but don't move Smackdown. Its the network's second highest rated show.

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Originally posted by TheCWFan:
look at those american idol like ratings!
the cw really should consider moving smackdown to saturdays, their fans, and i would watch any day of the week. I think they could easily get 2nd in adults 18-49 any saturday.

True, maybe like a clips show on saturday, along with sneak peaks at whats coming up next friday.

does anyone know what the ratings for the WB's big sunday were? cause if they didn't suck to terribly, maybe the CW could do a Big Saturday or something, where they air the repeats of the shows during the week, or maybe even airing past shows that made the WB something worth watching