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Thursday Night: More People Watched “Big Bang Theory” Than All the Shows on NBC Combined

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Last night: more people watched CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” than all the shows on NBC combined. “BBT” had 18.59 million people tuned in from 8 to 8:30pm on CBS.

Over on NBC, the Peacock Network’s feathers drooped as the entire line up didn’t garner a commensurate audience. The numbers were 2.98 million for “Parks and Recreation”; 2.69 for another “Parks and Recreation”; 2.97 for “Sean Saves the World”; 2.80 for “Michael J. Fox’ and 3.1 for “Parenthood.”

The NBC total came to 15.01. That’s considerably lower than the “BBT” total. Basically almost no one is watching NBC on Thursdays. It’s hard to say if there’s anything that can be salvaged. “Parks and Recreation” is over. I hope they get to film a finale. No one cares about “Sean.” And “Michael J. Fox” — it needs a complete overhaul. “Parenthood” is the “Sisters” of this generation. No one knows it’s on.

 

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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