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[12/29/13 - 08:55 AM]
Encore Telecast of "Saturday Night Live" Is the #1 Telecast of the Night in 18-49 Rating in the Local People Meters
NBC spins the numbers for Saturday, December 28.
[via press release from NBC]

In Late-Night Metered-Market Household Averages for Saturday night:

· An encore telecast of "Saturday Night Live," with host Paul Rudd and musical guest One Direction, averaged a 3.2/8 in household results in Nielsen's 56 metered markets and a 1.5/7 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with Local People Meters, making it the #1 telecast of the night on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in 18-49 rating in the Local People Meters, topping all primetime programming on those networks.

Saturday Primetime Results:

· From 8-9 p.m. ET, "WWE Tribute to the Troops" (0.6/2 in 18-49, 2.3 million viewers overall) equaled NBC's highest 18-49 rating in the time period since Nov. 9. "WWE Tribute to the Troops" ranked #2 in the slot among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49, tied for #1 in adults 18-34 and was #1 outright among those nets in men 18-49 and men 25-54.

· From 9-10 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "The Blacklist" averaged a 0.4/1 in 18-49 and 1.9 million viewers overall.

· A rebroadcast of "Saturday Night Live," with host Jimmy Fallon and musical guest Justin Timberlake (0.8/3 in 18-49, 2.9 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET) finished within a tenth of a rating point of the slot lead among ABC, CBS and NBC in adults 18-49, tied for #1 in adults and men 18-34 and was #1 outright among those nets in men 18-49. From its first half-hour to its second, the 10 p.m. "SNL" rebroadcast grew in every key measure, including gains of 43% in adults 18-49 (to a 1.0 rating from a 0.7) and 30% in adults 25-54 (1.3 vs. 1.0).

On the Other Networks Saturday night:

· ABC (0.9/3) took the night with the 2011 Adam Sandler movie "Just Go With It" (a first-place 0.9/3 from 8-10:30 p.m.). CBS (0.7/2) followed with "Comedytime" repeats of "Mike & Molly" (0.5/2, tied for #2 at 8) and "Mom" (a fourth-place 0.4/1 at 8:30) and two encore hours of "48 Hours" (a second-place 0.7/2 at 9 and a 0.9/3, tied for #1 at 10). Fox (0.4/1) trailed with repeats of "Almost Human" (0.5/2, tied for #3 at 8) and "Bones" (0.4/1, tied for #3 at 9).

NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.





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