| Scoreboard | FOX | CBS | NBC | ABC |
| Adults 18-49: rating/Share | 1.0/4 | 0.6/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.4/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 3.90 | 3.62 | 2.64 | 1.92 |
Due to the nature of live sports programming the ratings for FOX (MLB) are approximate and subject to more than the typical adjustments in the final numbers. See below for more information on these Fast Affiliate Ratings.
FOX won the night among adults 18-49 and total viewers.
Note: Sorry, we only have half hours ratings today. In the meantime, averaging these half hours into ratings for each show will often lead to errors.
Broadcast primetime ratings for Saturday, July 7, 2012:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | Viewers Live+SD (million) |
| 8:00PM | FOX | MLB Baseball | 0.9 | 4 | 3.460 |
| NBC | America's Got Talent -R | 0.4 | 2 | 2.270 | |
| CBS | NYC 22 | 0.4 | 2 | 3.140 | |
| ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition -R | 0.4 | 2 | 1.670 | |
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| 8:30 PM | FOX | MLB Baseball | 0.9 | 3 | 3.700 |
| NBC | America's Got Talent -R | 0.5 | 2 | 2.690 | |
| ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition -R | 0.5 | 2 | 1.780 | |
| CBS | NYC 22 | 0.4 | 2 | 3.160 | |
| 9:00PM | FOX | MLB Baseball | 1.0 | 4 | 4.160 |
| NBC | Law And Order SVU -R | 0.6 | 2 | 2.850 | |
| CBS | NYC 22 | 0.5 | 2 | 3.280 | |
| ABC | Ball Boys -R | 0.4 | 1 | 1.290 | |
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| 9:30 PM | FOX | MLB Baseball | 1.2 | 4 | 4.280 |
| NBC | Law And Order SVU -R | 0.8 | 3 | 3.380 | |
| CBS | NYC 22 | 0.5 | 2 | 3.390 | |
| ABC | Ball Boys -R | 0.4 | 1 | 1.340 | |
| 10:00 PM | CBS | 48 Hours Mystery -R | 0.8 | 3 | 4.11 |
| ABC | Castle -R | 0.4 | 1 | 2.58 | |
| NBC | The Firm | 0.4 | 1 | 2.24 | |
| 10:30 PM | CBS | 48 Hours Mystery -R | 1.0 | 3 | 4.94 |
| ABC | Castle -R | 0.6 | 2 | 3.17 | |
| NBC | The Firm | 0.4 | 2 | 2.29 | |
Saturday's Ratings Via TV Media Insights
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Definitions:
Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings, including demographics, are available at approximately 11 AM (ET) the day after telecast, and are released to subscribing customers daily. These data, from the National People Meter sample, are strictly time-period information, based on the normal broadcast network feed, and include all programming on the affiliated stations, sometimes including network programming, sometimes not. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. For example, with a World Series game, Fast Affiliate Ratings would include whatever aired from 8-11PM on affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, following the live baseball game, but not game coverage that begins at 5PM PT. The same would be true of Presidential debates as well as live award shows and breaking news reports.
Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.
Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. (See also, Rating, which represents tuning or viewing as a percent of the entire population being measured.)
Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
For more information see Numbers 101 and Numbers 102.
First Comment!
Fox had good matchups and popular teams. Always helps.
NBC will be glad to be rid off The Firm. What a flop.
It was a good game on FOX
That’s the best baseball can do? 1.0? For the 2 most popular teams? Well the regular season is a ratings failure
I surely thought a red sox vs Yankees game would get at least 1.5. Guess not
I agree with A, the firm is a flop
Not surprised, Boston and New York usually guarantees good ratings
Hey ladies and gents. One of you wouldn’t by any chance have a fresh heart laying around would ya? My son is in need of one.
Maybe they should start running soaps at night to bring in those ratings?
Looking at tonight, just how many times does nbc rerun AGT in a week? Save a buck, lose more viewers.
What the hell is Ball Boys and when did it air originals to be repeating yesterday? Also, why is ABC running repeats of a show they cancelled over 6 months ago?
Texas (Dallas, Houston etc) got the Rangers. Don’t know if that hurt or helped Fox.
SJ
Ball Boys is a bootleg Pawn Stars or something like that about a pawn shop that collects sports stuff. I saw it a couple of weekends ago at 2pm on my local ABC station and thought it was just some throwaway filler programming aired by the station until I saw the ABC logo at the bottom of the screen. Guess they only air Ball Boys during the day on weekends.
oh my god i feel as if the firm has been on the air for years…how many episodes are there of this flop?
The MLB was different in parts of the US. You could have seen any one of three different games. The #s were higher because six different markets had home teams, not just two.
@sam
There are 22 episodes. I think this is the last.
This Saturday schedule is messed up. Here’s a better one-
ABC:
Once Upon a time/Duets burnoff
Revenge/Glass House burnoff
Work It burn-off (hey, I’m just working with what I’ve got here)
Apartment 23
CBS:
NYC22 burnoff
POI or Unforgettable
48 Hours
FOX:
Take Me out burnoff (a 1.2 still sucks and Mobbed would get better)
Touch
NBC:
AGT
Grimm
SVU
I expect Duets, The Glass House, and Take Me Out to be taken off the schedule for July sweeps. They, along with Work It (which, sadly, ABC has to air under contract) will probably pop up in August. They could help promote returning shows, like NYC22 before POI or Unforgettable or Work It helping The B in Apt. 23 (it’s better than Suburgatory).
OUAT, Revenge, Touch, and Grimm should also be promoted more.
Wow it feels the firm has been airing forever.
so, anyone remember breaking in?
@Nick
I expect Duets, The Glass House, and Take Me Out to be taken off the schedule for July sweeps.
You have unrealistic expectations.
July sweeps started a week and a half ago. FOX was going to exile Take Me Out to Saturday and changed their mind; I doubt they will do so again. There’s no way ABC is going to pull live airings of Duets when it only has two episodes left. However, if The Glass House continues to fall, I can see it and the Castle repeats switching timeslots.
@sam
oh my god i feel as if the firm has been on the air for years…how many episodes are there of this flop?
The finale is next week; NBC managed to burn it off with a full week to spare before the Olympics!