Monday, August 20, 2012

Stars Earn Stripes plummeted half a point to 1.2 in the demo. Hotel Hell rose a tenth from last week's series premiere, as Gordon Ramsay won the night again. Grimm fell three tenths from last week's season premiere.

rating	show	slot	network	last week	season low	series low
0.2	Remodeled "Hold 'Em or Fold 'Em"	9pm	CW	0.1	0.2 (2)
0.7	The Glass House episode 9	10pm	ABC	0.7	0.6 (2)
1.2	Stars Earn Stripes "Search and Destory"	9pm-10	NBC	1.7	1.2
1.3	Bachelor Pad episode 5	8-10pm	ABC	1.2	1.1 (2)	1.1 (2)
1.7	Grimm "The Kiss"	10pm	NBC	2.0	1.7	1.2 (2)
2.0	Hotel Hell "Cambridge Hotel"	8pm	FOX	1.9	1.9
2.6	Hell's Kitchen 5 chefs	9pm	FOX	2.7	2.0	2.0
0.2	rerun - Remodeled "Sending the Wrong Image"	8pm	CW	0.1	0.2 (2)
1.0	rerun - Hawaii Five-0 "Lekio"	10pm	CBS	1.2	2.3 (2)	2.3 (2)
1.1	rerun - America's Got Talent episode 21	8pm	NBC		2.0 (2)	2.0 (2)
1.2	rerun - How I Met Your Mother "Karma"	8pm	CBS	1.2	3.1	2.5 (3)
1.5	rerun - Mike & Molly "Bachelor/Bachelorette"	9:30	CBS	1.4	2.9	2.3
1.5	rerun - 2 Broke Girls "And the Kosher Cupcakes"	8:30	CBS	1.2	3.3
1.7	rerun - 2 Broke Girls "And the Spring Break"	9pm	CBS	1.3	3.3

sources: spotted ratings and tv by the numbers

Programming Notes

Jimmy Kimmel will move to 11:35 on January 8. Nightline will move to 12:35 and, starting in March, will get a primetime hour on Fridays at 9pm. Kimmel will have spent 10 years at 12:05. Nightline usually beats Letterman and Leno in the 18-49 demo, though it's unclear how often it wins the common half hour. ABC plans to have five new episodes of Kimmel per week rather than the current four.

This will be the final season of The Office. Despite dwindling ratings, it will likely go out as NBC's top comedy.

Broadcasting & Cable is claiming an exclusive: Michael Strahan will be Kelly Ripa's new co-host.

Good Morning America will host the CMA nominations on September 5.

'Burgeoning' Starts with 'B'

"...Ed Helms, John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer have burgeoning film careers."