Friday, August 10, 2012

The Olympics averaged more than 18 million viewers and more than 5.5 in the demo.

Preliminary ratings were inflated by local NFL pre-season telecasts.

rating	show	slot	network	last week	season low	series low
6.6	The Olympics	7:30-midnight	NBC	8.7
0.2	rerun - Nikita "Origins"	9pm	CW	0.2	0.6	0.6
0.2	rerun - Nikita "Rogue"	8pm	CW	0.2	0.4 (6)	0.4 (6)
0.5	rerun - Blue Bloods "Women with Guns"	10pm	CBS	0.4	1.3	1.3
0.5	rerun - CSI: NY "Crushed"	9pm	CBS	0.5	1.1	1.1
0.5	rerun - Bones "The Suit on the Set"	9pm	FOX	0.5	1.9 (2)	1.9 (2)
0.6	rerun - Bones "The Family in the Feud"	8pm	FOX		1.9 (2)	1.9 (2)
0.7	rerun - Undercover Boss "The Dwyer Group"	8pm	CBS	0.7	1.1	1.1
0.9	rerun - Shark Tank garbage gold	8pm	ABC	0.8	1.4	1.1
0.9	rerun - Primetime Nightline "My (Extra) Ordinary Family"	9pm	ABC
1.1	rerun - 20/20 "True Confessions"	10pm	ABC	0.7	0.9	0.9

sources: spotted ratings and tv by the numbers

Programming Notes

Conan and Craig Ferguson will be off for the next two weeks and will return on August 27. Marc Maron will be back on Chelsea Lately this Monday. On Thursday, Tracy Morgan will appear on Letterman, and Paul Scheer will appear on Kimmel. Colbert starts his end of Summer music stunt this week.