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Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	1.7/6	1.5/5	1.4/5	1.0/4	0.7/3	0.4/2
Rating/Share: Adults 18-34	1.3/5	1.0/4	1.4/6	0.9/4	0.6/2	0.4/2
Total Viewers (million)	5.879	8.052	3.434	2.923	2.624	1.197

Against mostly repeat competition, Fox and So You Think You Can Dance? had an easy time winning a slow pre-holiday Thursday with a 1.7 rating in the adults 18-49 demo for the night.

At 8pm, a burn off of the canceled Samantha Who? was even with last week (1.0 18-49 rating), but but much better at 8:30 than the yanked (for good?) In the Motherhood. Edit: Unhappy SW? fans have a point, the show did a lot better than Better Off Ted on Tuesday, and Ted’s coming back.

So You Think You Can Dance? towered over its repeat competition, but was still down 10% in the 18-49 demo from last week (2.25 vs. 2.5).

The very few people that are watching The Listener on NBC seem to be sticking around, it had identical ratings to its last outing on June 18.

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Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	3.0/10	1.9/6	1.8/6	1.6/5	1.4/4	0.4/1
Rating/Share: Adults 18-34	2.8/10	1.3/5	1.4/5	0.8/3	1.5/5	0.5/2
Total Viewers (million)	7.646	7.684	5.443	6.832	3.694	0.839

In their second week of competition, Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance? beat NBC’s America’s Got Talent head to head and put Fox in the winner’s circle for the night with a 3.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demo.

Like last week, the 9pm competition between the summer reality flagships was close, but this week their positions were reversed, with Dance scoring the 3.1 demo rating in the hour and Talent grabbing the 2.9.

One of the few things ABC has to be happy about this summer is Wipeout. It was down a tick in the 18-49 demo from last week to a 2.6 rating, but is still doing well. On the other hand, I Survived A Japanese Game Show slipped 0.2 demo ratings points vs. last week to just a 1.4 rating. And the premiere of Primetime: Crime did two ticks better in the 18-49 demo (1.4 rating) than the Primetime Obama heathcare show last week.

In its second outing, NBC’s The Philanthropist slid sharply, down 25% in the 18-49 demo to a 1.5 rating, compared to its reasonable debut numbers (2.0 rating) last week. It’s first half hour had a 1.6 demo rating, and its second a 1.3, not a promising trend.

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Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	2.6/8	2.0/6	1.5/5	1.1/3	1.0/3	0.3/1
Rating/Share: Adults 18-34	1.9/7	1.2/4	1.5/5	0.7/2	1.0/3	0.3/1
Total Viewers (million)	9.479	9.722	3.713	3.476	2.887	0.907

NBC’s America’s Got Talent is on a roll, at 9pm it surged to a 3.7 rating in the 18-49 demo, and it pushed NBC to a convincing win on Tuesday night. ABC’s line up of all new shows put in an even more pitiful showing than last week, falling to just a 1.1 demo rating for the night.

ABC’s Superstars started slowly last week, and took things down a notch again last night, falling 17% in the 18-49 demo. Fans of the show can take heart in the fact that I’m sure it’s crazy cheap. I’m not sure what fans of Better Off Ted can take heart in. It fell 25% in the 18-49 demo from last week vs. even less new show competition. Completing the slide for ABC, Primetime: Family Secrets was also down 25% in the demo from last week.

The finale of Hitched or Ditched was largely ditched by viewers, falling to just a 0.4 rating in both major age demos.

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Rating: Adults 18-49	2.4/7	2.2/6	1.5/5	1.5/4	1.4/4	0.4/1
Rating: Adults 18-34	2.2/7	1.4/5	1.0/3	1.5/5	1.1/4	0.3/1
Total Viewers (million)	6.983	7.383	5.763	3.645	4.222	0.829

ABC took the nightly win behind ratings gains in The Bachelorette and Here Come The Newlyweds with an average 2.4 rating in the adults 18-49 demo.

The Bachelorette was up nearly 20% in the 18-49 demo from last week, and Here Come the Newlyweds were up 20%. ABC Summer Mondays Tuesdays look like they are beginning to gain some traction.

Dateline NBC was the only other new show on broadcast TV last night, and I’m guessing it was somehow Michael Jackson related, as it won the 10pm hour with a 2.1 18-49 demo rating, up 33% from last week.

Note that the Law & Order:CI at 9pm is labeled “new-ish” because while it had already been telecast on USA, it is new to NBC. And I rarely comment on repeat episodes, but I am surprised that the American Idol repeat of the Michael Jackson song episode did as poorly as it did.

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Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	1.5/5	1.1/3	1.1/3	1.0/3	0.6/2	0.2/1
Rating/Share: Adults 18-34	1.6/5	0.8/3	0.7/2	0.6/2	0.6/2	0.2/1
Total Viewers (million)	3.005	4.300	4.372	6.706	1.595	0.790

On its second Sunday, NBC’s Merlin nearly perfected its vanishing act, managing only an anemic 1.0 rating for the adults 18-49 demo. ABC’s Impact mini-series didn’t do much better, but the good news for ABC is that it’s over. Fox animated repeats needed only a 1.5 demo rating to rule the night.

ABC flip-flopped America’s Funniest Home Videos and Just For Laughs vs. last week, and both saw their ratings improve. 60 Minutes was up a tick in 18-49 demo from last week.

Note: Fast Nationals for FOX from 8-10p are approximate. FOX added a tribute to Michael Jackson at the beginning of The Simpsons resulting in irregular running times: The Simpsons aired until 8:34p, King of the Hill was 8:34-9:04p, Family Guy ran 9:04-9:34p and American Dad aired 9:34-10:03p.

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Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	1.4/6	0.8/3	0.8/3	0.6/2
Total Viewers (million)	4.02	4.16	3.70	2.69

The (un)dead show burn offs kept on coming Saturday (Kings, Harper’s Island and Eli Stone), and Fox crime reality again won the night.

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Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	1.4/5	1.0/4	0.9/3	0.5/2	0.4/1
Total Viewers (million)	5.30	4.02	4.66	1.80	0.897

For a second night in a row, Michael Jackson/Farrah Fawcett shows were featured, with NBC’s winning the night. The maybe-pilot movie Virtuality co-written by Battlestar Galactica producer Ronald Moore was virtually unwatched.

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Rating/Share: Adults 18-49	2.0/6	1.6/5	1.6/5	1.5/5	1.5/5	0.5/2
Rating/Share: Adults 18-34	1.8/6	1.0/4	1.0/4	1.6/6	1.1/4	0.6/2
Total Viewers (million)	5.711	7.563	5.717	3.592	4.708	1.295

On a night when So You Think You Can Dance? lead Fox to a win with a overall nightly 2.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demo, the bigger story was the wall to wall tribute specials to Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett which made for an extremely tight race for second place.

Update: Typically well back in the ratings, CNN benefited from the surge in “Jackson” viewers last night.

New episodes of the canceled Samantha Who? and In The Motherhood managed only a 1.0 and 0.7 18-49 demo rating respectively against all repeat competition.

So You Think You Can Dance? Was down 0.4 ratings points from last Thursday against 2 specials at 9pm.

In the battle of the dueling Jackson/Fawcett specials it was dead even in the 18-49 demo at 9pm between NBC and ABC. With CBS in the mix at 10pm, ABC’s 20/20 special had a clear advantage with a 2.3 demo rating.

In the battle of the dueling Jackson/Fawcett specials it was a tie in the 18-49 demo at 9pm between the Michael Jackson specials on Dateline (NBC) and  20/20 (ABC). At 10pm, the ABC 20/20 special on Farrah Fawcett was the winner with a 2.3 rating, as the NBC Dateline Fawcett special, and the CBS Jackson special trailed.

Edits: Since the actual schedules diverted from the planned schedules by so much last night, I am making ongoing changes to the post during the day today as I receive corrections.

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