Thursday, August 23, 2012

Big Brother and a rerun of the Big Bang Theory were on top, as usual, with Wipeout trailing.

rating	show	slot	network	last week	season low	series low
0.3	The Next "Baltimore"	9pm	CW	0.3	0.3
0.4	Oh Sit! "Episode 104"	8pm	CW	0.3	0.3 (2)
0.6	Saving Hope "A New Beginning"	9pm	NBC	0.6	0.4
1.1	Rock Center	10pm	NBC		0.5
1.0	Rookie Blue "The Rules"	10pm	ABC	1.1	1.1 (3)	1.0 (2)
1.3	Wipeout "Uncle Stevie's Squid Pit and BBQ"	8pm	ABC	1.6	1.2	1.2
1.5	Wipeout "Family Matters"	9pm	ABC		1.2	1.2
2.3	Big Brother	9pm	CBS	2.2	1.8	1.8 (2+)
0.6	rerun - Parks & Rec "Bus Tour"	8:30	NBC	0.7	1.6	1.6
0.7	rerun - The Office "Turf War"	8pm	NBC	0.7	2.1	2.1
0.7	rerun - Glee "Props"	9pm	FOX		2.5 (4)	2.5 (4)
0.7	rerun - Raising Hope "Men of New Natesville"	8pm	FOX		1.8 (2)	1.8 (2)
0.8	rerun - New Girl "Kids"	8:30	FOX		2.3	2.3
1.1	rerun - Person of Interest "Flesh and Blood"	10pm	CBS	1.0	2.4
1.7	rerun - Two and a Half Men "Not in My Mouth"	8:30	CBS	1.8	3.6 (2)	3.6 (3)
2.0	rerun - The Big Bang Theory "The Weekend Vortex"	8pm	CBS	2.1	4.1	2.8

sources: spotted ratings and tv by the numbers

Programming Notes

Craig Ferguson's new set debuts on Monday.

FX's Totally Biased with Kamau Bell is getting rerun on FOX on Saturday nights at 12:30 am after "Touch" reruns. It replaces reruns of "30 Seconds to Fame" from ten years ago.

SPOARTS

The Little League World Series wraps up this weekend on ABC. Both the International Championship and U.S. Championship games will be played on Saturday afternoon, starting at 12:30 Eastern. The winners will play each other on Sunday at 3pm Eastern.

CBS has golf this weekend. FOX has an MLB day game on Saturday.

This Friday night, ESPN has the Food City 250 NASCAR race at 7:30 Eastern. ABC has the Sprint Cup Irwin Tools NASCAR race on Saturday at 7:30 Eastern.

CBS will air an NFL Pre-Season game on Saturday night, FOX will have one on Sunday at 4pm Eastern, and NBC will follow with another at 8pm Eastern.

FOX has primetime College Football games, and FX has daytime doubleheaders, starting Saturday, September 1. FOX will have a pre-game show at 7pm Eastern and the games are slotted for 7:30 to 11pm.