In its second week, FOX’s The Wanda Sykes Show was down from the premiere in overall viewers (2.441 million vs. 2.832 million) but  held steady with adults 18-49 with a .9 rating between 11p-12a, the same as it averaged for its premiere, so there was no big drop off.  It’s still doing much better than the averages for Spike Ferensten, however, it’s not up much over Spike’s last show on 10/31/09 when it had a 0.8 rating.

Update: the 10/31 episode noted above did not air until 12:53AM on the east coast and had a World Series game as its lead in.  But it was also a repeat. Unfortunately I only have access to this season’s data and all the Spike F. airings from 9/12-10/31 were repeats.  The repeat on 10/24 (which started on time) pulled a .3 adults 18-49 rating.  The repeat on 10/10 also started on time and it had a .6 adults 18-49 rating

And for the few fans who are dying to know how Sit Down, Shut Up does at midnight, last Saturday it averaged a .5 adults 18-49 rating and 1.176 million viewers.

More people saw January Jones on Saturday Night Live last Saturday night than ever watch her on Mad Men.  For all the talk I saw about how horrible she was, the ratings were definitely not bad.  SNL averaged a 2.6 adults 18-49 rating and 6.634 million viewers, down slightly from the previous week with Taylor Swift that averaged a 2.8 adults 18-49 rating (tied for a season high) and 6.817 million viewers (a season high).

via CBS press release:

“LATE SHOW” TOPS “THE TONIGHT SHOW” IN VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54, AND IS TIED IN ADULTS 18-49

“The Late Late Show” Wins in Viewers and Adults 25-54

CBS’s LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN beat “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” in viewers, adults 25-54 and finished in a tie in adults 18-49 while THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG FERGUSON won its time period in viewers and adults 25-54, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Nov. 13.

LATE SHOW posted a 3.0/08 in households with an average of 4.13m viewers, up +15% in households (from 2.6/07) and +11% in viewers (from 3.73m) compared to the same week last year.  LATE SHOW beat “The Tonight Show” in households by +88% (vs. 1.6/04), viewers by +81% (vs. 2.28m), adults 25-54 by +30% (vs. 1.0/04) and tied in adults 18-49.

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via NBC press release:

NBC LATE-NIGHT RATINGS RESULTS FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 9-13

CONAN TIES ‘LATE SHOW’ FOR THE WEEK IN 18-49 RATING, WINS DECISIVELY IN 18-34

JIMMY FALLON DEFEATS ‘LATE LATE SHOW’ AT 12:35 A.M. IN 18-49 AND OTHER KEY DEMOS

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – November 20, 2009 – NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” averaged a 0.9 rating, 4 share in adults 18-49 and 2.3 million viewers overall for the week of November 9-13, tying for #1 among the broadcast networks with CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman” in adult 18-49 rating and out-delivering the ABC combination of “Nightline” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”

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Eight weeks into the disappearance of Conan’s Tonight Show adults 18-49 lead over Letterman’s Late Show and the two shows are still neck and neck in the 18-49 demo. Since late September/ early October, the shows have had exactly the same overall average (1.0) for adults 18-49 ratings.

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While comparing a half hour Nightline to the hour long NBC and CBS shows is still apples to oranges, it’s closer than I’d have imagined.

via press release:

“NIGHTLINE” IS #1 FOR THE WEEK: BESTS “LETTERMAN” AND “TONIGHT SHOW” AMONG TOTAL VIEWERS, A25-54 & A18-49

“NIGHTLINE” POSTS BEST TOTAL VIEWER AND A25-54 DELIVERIES SINCE START OF THE SEASON

NIGHTLINE” GROWS +2% AMONG TOTAL VIEWERS YEAR TO YEAR WHILE “TONIGHT SHOW” DECLINES -56%

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via press release:

Growing in Adults 18-49 for the 4th Straight Week, ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel”

Marks its Top Viewer and Adult 18-49 Results Since Season-Premiere Week

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Saturday’s second episode of Fox’s “Wanda Sykes Show” drew a 1.9 metered-market household rating, down 14% from its debut. That slips just under the “Mad TV” average for the fourth quarter last year.

via THR.com.

via press release:

LOPEZ TONIGHT Scores Big First Week,

Beating the Competition Among Young-Adult Viewers

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