Old news, but it’s a slow weekend, and it’s not so old that you can’t still set your DVRs!

via Warner Bros press release:

JUDGE JOSEPH WAPNER RETURNS TO THE PEOPLE’S COURT ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 AND RECEIVES STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME

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(November 5,2009 New York, NY) On Friday, November 13, Judge Marilyn Milian welcomes Judge Joseph A. Wapner back to the bench of “The People’s Court” to litigate a special case in honor of his 90th birthday. Judge Wapner bangs the gavel on the Emmy-nominated court show that launched the entire court show genre and paved the way for a multitude of reality television shows. “The People’s Court was the original reality series featuring real litigants, real cases and real justice.

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Before the appearance of V, FlashForward was the new scifi darling of the season. In October, its adults 18-49 ratings seemed to have stabilized in the renewal-worthy 3.0/3.1 range, but its last two airings have fallen to a 2.7 (against the World Series) and a 2.6 rating (with no World Series).

If it doesn’t recover from that 2.6 rating, its future on next season’s schedule is in doubt. And if the ratings go lower than that, its got no future at all.

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Scoreboard
Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	7.87	7.00	5.90	4.00	1.96
Total Viewers (million)	1.8/6	1.6/5	1.8/6	1.2/4	0.9/3

20/20 hit a season high with adults 18-49 and had its best 18-34 demo numbers in three years as an ABC News 20/20 featuring an exclusive interview with music superstar Rihanna by Diane Sawyer, revealing publicly for the first time what happened last February with singer and ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. 8.2 million watched and the show had a 2.7/9 rating/share with adults 18-49.  It had a 2.3/9 with adults 18-34, 20/20’s best since 12/1/06.

FOX reruns continued to outperform the original schedule of Brothers, Til Death and Dollhouse which averaged a .8 adults 18-49 rating in their last outing.  Last night FOX averaged a 1.2 adults 18-49 rating between 8pm-10pm so the House and Bones reruns are still doing about 50 percent better.

I’m still waiting for the full details, sorry, but I do know Smallville had 2.76 million viewers and a 1.2/4 rating/share with adults 18-49.   Here are some more details via our friends at the CW:

Smallville won the 8-9pm hour among adults 18-34 (1.3/4), men 18-34 (1.5/7) and men 18-49 (1.5/5-tie).

Smallville again climbed to a new season high in adults 18-34 (1.3/5), adults 18-49 (1.2/4), men 18-49 (1.5/5) and total viewers (2.76mil).  This also marks our best performance here in these demos in over a year (Sept. 08).

Smallville was up vs last week by 8% in adults 18-34, 7% in men 18-34, 9% in adults 18-49, 15% in men 18-49, and 14% in total viewers.

At 8pm, Ghost Whisperer and Law & Order tied with a 1.8/6 rating share with adults 18-49.  At 9pm  another Law & Order edged out Medium (1.9 vs. 1.8).  Probably a little fist-pumping going on at NBC, but so far, no press release.  At 10pm ABC (see above) easily led Numb3rs on CBS (1.8/6).

Full details:

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Reader MikeS has once again graciously updated his 8pm Cable News ratings charts.

Long Term Trend of O’Reilly vs. Olbermann vs. Campbell Brown TV Ratings:

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I have to admit that my first reaction when I read this was “He’s been on eight years already?”.

Syndicated talk show “Dr. Phil” has been renewed through the 2013-2014 season in 70% of the country, including 20 of the top 25 markets.

The three-year renewal will take “Dr. Phil,” now in its eighth year, through its 12th season.

via THR.com.

Here’s some ratings detail on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The League via FX (note the ratings noted are “coverage ratings” but the viewer averages still are comparable to other data you normally see on the site):

Sunny posted a 1.51 P18-49 rating for episode eight.  A lift of +68% over last week and the highest rating since week one.   Among M18-49, last night’s episode delivered a 1.94 rating or more than a million impressions.  Equally, if not more impressive, were M18-34 which notched a 3.06 rating or 853,000 impressions – highest since the premiere.

The League delivered a 1.10 rating among P18-49 for episode two, up +56% from its premiere (0.71).  Men 18-49 posted a 1.58, while M18-34 generated a whopping 2.61 rating — retaining 85% of its Sunny lead-in.

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CNN’s fourth place primetime finish during Tuesday’s off year election could perhaps be explained away because “nobody cared about it, but the Ft. Hood murders yesterday were the kind of big event that would typically send casual news viewers flocking to CNN. However, as the Ft. Hood news was unfolding, CNN found itself in a distant second place in the ratings.

Here’s a 3pm-12am time period slice of the data we don’t normally see:

3PM-12AM
FNC: 3,039,000 in P2+ (837,000 in 25-54)
CNN: 1,576,000 in P2+ (471,000 in 25-54)
MSNBC: 820,000 in P2+ (248,000 in 25-54)
HLN: 428,000 in P2+ (177,000 in 25-54)

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via press release:

BRAVO’S “THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY” FIFTH SEASON DEBUT SCORES SERIES HIGH NUMBERS

OC Season Five Premiere Tops Previous High by 44 Percent

“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” Season Two Reunion Delivers Over Two Million Viewers

NEW YORK – November 6, 2009 – The blondes are back with a score to settle as Bravo’s season five “The Real Housewives of Orange County” debut became the highest rated episode in all of “Orange County” history, according to Nielsen Media Research.  The premiere shimmied in with series high numbers across all demographics; double-digit growth over season four’s premiere, and attracted 2.58 million total viewers.  And, the season five premiere marks the highest rated season premiere in all of “Real Housewives” franchise history among the key adult 18-49 demographic. Additionally, part two of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” season two reunion special delivered over 2.4 million total viewers. Bravo ranked as the No. 1 cable network among adults 18-49 and women 18-49 in Prime.

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