Thursday, July 26, 2012

America has rejected another reality show. CBS's 3 debuted with a number below 1. Wipeout rose half a point to tie Big Brother and a rerun of The Big Bang Theory at the top of the chart.

rating	show	slot	network	last week	season low	series low
0.6	Saving Hope "Heart Sick"	9pm	NBC	0.5	0.4
0.8	Rock Center	10pm	NBC	0.7	0.5
0.8	3 series premiere "My Guy Is Out There"	10pm	CBS
1.2	Take Me Out episode 8	8pm	FOX	1.2	1.0
1.5	Rookie Blue "The Girlfriend Experience"	10pm	ABC	1.4	1.1	1.0 (2)
2.2	Wipeout "Blind Date 2012"	8pm-10	ABC	1.7	1.4	1.3
2.2	Big Brother	9pm	CBS	2.2	2.0 (2)	~1.8
0.2	rerun - The L.A. Complex "The Contract"	9pm	CW	0.2	0.2 (3)
0.4	rerun - The Vampire Diaries "Our Town"	8pm	CW	0.3	1.0	1.0
0.5	rerun - Glee "Choke"	9pm	FOX	2.5 (4)	2.5 (4)
0.5	rerun - Parks and Rec "Lucky"	8:30	NBC	0.6	1.6	1.6
0.6	rerun - The Office "Angry Andy"	8pm	NBC	0.6	2.1	2.1
1.9	rerun - Two and a Half Men "A Fishbowl Full of Glass Eye"	8:30	CBS	2.1	3.6 (2)	3.6 (3)
2.2	rerun - The Big Bang Theory "The Isolation Permutation"	8pm	CBS	2.5	4.1	2.8

sources: spotted ratings and tv by the numbers

Programming Notes

The Olympics open tonight. Spot recaps the primetime ratings from the last Summer Olympics. Forbes points out that spoilers provided by social media will take away the excitement, before the tape-delayed big events air in primetime, and hurt ratings.

AMC axed The Killing.

ABC revealed its "ALL-STARS" for the Fall cycle of Dancing with the Stars: Kirstie Alley, Pamela Anderson, Helio Castroneves, Joey Fatone, Shawn Johnson, Drew Lachey, Giles Marini, Kelly Monaco, Apollo Anton Ohno, Bristol Palin, Melissa Rycroft, and Emmitt Smith.