Sunday, August 26, 2012

Pre-Season football gave NBC the win. FOX's cartoon reruns (and football overrun) placed second.

rating	show	slot	network	last week	season low	series low
0.9	Madden NFL 13 Pigskin Pro-Am	7pm	NBC
2.6	Big Brother	8pm	CBS	2.4	1.8	1.8 (2+)
2.6	NFL overrun	7pm	FOX
3.3	NFL Pre-Season: Panthers at Jets	8pm Live	NBC	1.8
0.8	rerun - The Good Wife "Gloves Come Off"	9pm	CBS	0.5	1.7 (2)	1.7 (2)
0.8	rerun - Once Upon a Time "Desperate Souls"	8pm	ABC	0.6	2.8
0.8	rerun - Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition "Sally"	9pm-11	ABC	1.1	0.8	0.8
1.0	rerun - The Mentalist "Something's Rotten in Redmund"	10pm	CBS	0.8	1.8	1.8
1.2	rerun - Cleveland "Flush of Genius"	7:30	FOX	1.0	1.2 (3)	1.2 (3)
1.2	rerun - America's Funniest Home Videos	7pm	ABC	1.1	0.9	0.9
1.2	rerun - 60 Minutes - treating cerebral palsy with stem cells	7pm	CBS	1.1	1.2 (2)	1.2 (2)
1.7	rerun - The Simpsons "The D'oh-cial Network"	8pm	FOX	1.5	1.9	1.9
1.8	rerun - The Simpsons "Exit Through the Kwik-E Mart"	8:30	FOX	1.5	1.9	1.9
1.9	rerun - Family Guy "You Can't Do That On Television, Peter"	9:30	FOX	2.0	2.4	2.4
2.0	rerun - Family Guy "Burning Down the Bayit"	9pm	FOX	1.8	2.4	2.4

sources: spotted ratings and tv by the numbers

Programming Notes

Robin Roberts's last show before leaving to get treatment for cancer will be on Friday Thursday. Starting Monday, "guest anchors, including Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters and Katie Couric, will fill in for Roberts."

The Count from Sesame Street died.

When the Hub launched, it had a Nick-at-Nite-style block of sitcom reruns from 8pm to Midnight: Family Ties, The Wonder Years, Doogie Howser, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Batman. Two years later, those shows have been pushed into the wee hours of the night (or off the channel). This Fall, the Hub will strip Sliders at 10pm and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys at 11pm. 8pm to 10 will have a movie on Monday, and two-hour blocks of Sabrina on Tuesday, The Facts of Life on Wednesday, and ALF on Thursday.