Rock Center Can get Large Story, Ratings Boost

Rock Center with John Williams The most recent show while using smallest audience inside the Monday-at-10/9c time slot made the finest news - but got a ratings boost. Within the third week round the air, Rock Center with John Williams acquired its first large "get" as Bob Costas asked former Penn Condition assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky in regards to the child sexual abuse accusations against him, getting in 4.49 million audiences and posting single.3 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds - a thirty percent increase in the demo. Furthermore, it marked the newsmagazine's finest viewership yet, though that bar is low with audiences of three.51 million and 4.13 million within the initial few days. In Rock Center interview, Jerry Sandusky declines sex abuse charges Still, Nielsen overnight figures demonstrate that it ongoing to become a distant third with a unique of ABC's 20/20 - which itself acquired a scoop with Diane Sawyer ending up in Repetition. Gabrielle Giffords - and CBS' Hawaii Five- people shows attracted audiences of 13.35 million (2.8 demo rating) and 11.47 million (3.3), correspondingly. Read our Dwts recap Dwts averaged 18.50 million and three.34 demo rating over two several hours beginning at 8/7c on ABC. Inside the same span, NBC's The Sing-Off attracted in 4.75 million (1.5). Fox's tandem of Terra Nova and House attracted 7.06 million audiences (2.3 demo rating) and 6.66 million (2.5, correspondingly, throughout The CW, Gossip Girl came 1.24 million (.6) and Hart of Dixie 1.58 million (.6). See the relaxation in the day's news on TVGuide.com For that CBS comedy block, it aided the network to have an overall ratings victory: The Way In Which I Met Your Mother (10.38 million/4.5 demo rating) 2 Broke Women (11.68 million/4.8, finest demo since the series premiere) two and a half Males (14.59 million/5.3, the night's demo high) and Mike & Molly (12.23 million/4.4).