Thursday, September 20, 2012

The first of this year's SNL Weekend Update Thursday specials rated a sad 1.6.
NBC's premiere Thursday was beaten by reruns on CBS. The Office was at a series low. Parks and Rec and Up All Night were only a tenth above their series lows set in the Spring.

The X Factor rose four tenths from last week and won the night for FOX. Glee was down two tenths from last week's season premiere.

rating	show	slot	network	last week	season low	series low
0.3	The Next "Los Angeles"	9pm	CW	0.2	0.2
1.1	Rock Center Steve Buscemi	10pm	NBC	1.4	1.1	0.5
1.2	Wipeout "Back to School: Students' Revenge"	8pm	ABC	1.1	1.1 (2)	1.1 (2)
1.3	Up All Night season premiere "Friendships & Partnerships"	8:30	NBC		1.3	1.2
1.6	SNL Weekend Update Thursday week 1	8pm	NBC
1.7	Parks & Rec season premiere "Ms. Knope Goes To Washington"	9:30	NBC		1.7	1.6
2.1	The Office "New Guys" season premiere	9pm	NBC		2.1	2.1 (2)
2.9	Glee "Britney 2.0"	9pm	FOX	3.1	2.9	2.5 (4)
3.5	The X Factor episode 4	8pm	FOX	3.1	3.1	2.6
0.3	rerun - The Vampire Diaries "Before Sunset"	8pm	CW	0.4 (r)	1.0	1.0
0.9	rerun - Scandal "Grant: For the People"	10pm	ABC	0.6 (r)	1.9 (2)
1.1	rerun - Grey's Anatomy "Flight"	9pm	ABC	0.7 (r)	2.8	2.8
1.3	rerun - Person of Interest "Firewall"	10pm	CBS	1.0 (r)	2.4
1.7	rerun - Two and a Half Men "Oh Look! Al-Queda!"	9:30	CBS		3.6 (2)	3.6 (3)
1.8	rerun - Two and a Half Men "The Straw in My Donut Hole"	9pm	CBS	1.5 (r)(8:30)	3.6 (2)	3.6 (3)
2.1	rerun - The Big Bang Theory "The Launch Acceleration"	8pm	CBS	1.9 (r)	4.1	2.8
2.5	rerun - The Big Bang Theory "The Countdown Reflection"	8:30	CBS		4.1	2.8

sources: spotted ratings and tv by the numbers

Programming Notes

The season premiere of Raising Hope will be available online for a week, starting today. TNT adds Castle reruns to its roster on Monday, starting with a marathon from noon to 11pm.

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