via press release:
Thursday Results:
* At 8 p.m. ET, " Community " averaged a 1.1/4 in 18-49 and 2.7 million viewers overall in a highly competitive time period opposite CBS's "Big Bang Theory," Fox's "American Idol," ABC's premiere of "Zero Hour" and CW's "Vampire Diaries."
* At 8:30 p.m. ET, " Parks and Recreation " (1.5/5 in 18-49, 3.2 million viewers overall) built on its lead-in by 36 percent in 18-49 rating and by 15 percent in total viewers.
* From 9-10:01 p.m. ET, " The Office " (2.0/6 in 18-49, 4.0 million viewers overall) ) matched NBC's highest rating in the hour, excluding sports, since Nov. 8 (2.1).
* In the time period, "The Office" is #1 among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in men 18-34 and #2 in men 18-49 and 25-54. Note that last season, " The Office " added an average 50 percent to these next-day " live plus same day " ratings when Nielsen reported " live plus seven day " results.
* From 10:01-11 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of " Law & Order: Special Victims Unit " averaged a 1.0/3 in 18-49 and 3.4 million viewers overall. This is NBC's highest 18-49 rating in the time period since January 17 and biggest overall audience in the slot since January 24.
I enjoyed the Office especially the story line with Dwight and Angela. I think NBC shouldn’t have passed on the Dwight ‘The Farm’ spin-off, my feeling is that it would have done better than most of the sitcoms NBC has been showing this season.
It makes you wonder why NBC didn’t throw everything they have at The Office cast/producers to keep them around for Season 10. It’s the only comedy they have that they can rely on to bring in a halfway respectable rating. And it sounds like the 18-34 ratings are still relatively strong.