Sunday, August 19, 2012

Big Brother rose a few tenths from last week. Pre-Season football beat it by a point. The return of Once Upon a Time and The Good Wife reruns to the schedule didn't go too well. FOX's cartoon reruns held steady.

rating	show	slot	network	last week	season low	series low
1.1	Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition "Jarvez"	9pm-11	ABC	0.9	0.8	0.8
1.2	Dateline	7pm	NBC		0.7 (2)	0.7 (2)
2.4	Big Brother	8pm	CBS	2.0	1.8	1.8 (2+)
3.2	NFL Pre-Season: Colts at Steelers	8pm Live	NBC
0.5	rerun - The Good Wife "Long Way Home"	9pm	CBS		1.7 (2)	1.7 (2)
0.6	rerun - Once Upon a Time "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"	8pm	ABC		2.8
0.8	rerun - The Mentalist "Pink Tops"	10pm	CBS	0.7	1.8	1.8
0.8	rerun - American Dad "Stanny Tendergrass"	7pm	FOX	0.8	1.8	1.6 (2)
1.0	rerun - Cleveland "American Prankster"	7:30	FOX	0.9	1.2 (3)	1.2 (3)
1.1	rerun - America's Funniest Home Videos	7pm	ABC	0.9	0.9	0.9
1.1	rerun - 60 Minutes - Lehman Brothers collapse	7pm	CBS	1.1	1.2 (2)	1.2 (2)
1.5	rerun - The Simpsons "Ned 'N' Edna's Blend"	8pm	FOX	1.4	1.9	1.9
1.5	rerun - The Simpsons "At Long Last Leave"	8pm	FOX		1.9	1.9
1.8	rerun - Family Guy "Internal Affairs"	9pm	FOX	1.8	2.4	2.4
2.0	rerun - Family Guy "Killer Queen"	9:30	FOX		2.4	2.4

sources: spotted ratings and tv by the numbers

Programming Notes

Phyllis Diller died. She was 95.

NBC continues to be the only network foolish enough to regularly order series before a pilot is shot. This time, it's a 22-episode order for a single-cam sitcom starring Michael J. Fox.

Good Morning America regained its viewership lead over The Today Show starting Tuesday morning. It has yet to regain the demo lead.

Variety Headlines

Kelly Ripa co-host to be named Sept. 4

Sundance renews 'Push Girls'

Kevin Reilly upped to Fox entertainment chairman