“Nightline” averaged 3.878 million viewers during the month of February 2012; 1.460 million in the A25-54 demo. In November, the most recent Sweep in the earlier timeslot, “Nightline” topped its competitors in total viewers and the two younger demos. Last month, the show fell to third place in all measurements in the later timeslot.

ABC’s ratings are based on a 25-minute broadcast, while CBS and NBC are based on approximately :50 minutes (prior to the final national commercial break of each program).

• February 2013 Sweep:

Show	Network	Total Viewers	A25-54	A18-49
Late Night	NBC	1.719M	777K	684K
Late, Late Show	CBS	1.615M	721K	562K
Nightline	ABC	1.605M	716K	527K

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Jackson Squre, in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter, will become “CBS Super Bowl Park” from January 8-February 3, leading up to the big game. All told, 15 CBS programs will originate from the park from four different sets.

From the news division: “CBS This Morning” will originate there from Thursday-Saturday. ‘The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley” will originate there Friday and Saturday. “Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer” will kick off the network’s Super Bowl programming Sunday morning. In addition, the President usually gives an interview to the network broadcasting the game, expect that to happen again with CBS.

Sports shows include: “The Super Bowl Today,” “Super Bowl Live,” “Inside the Super Bowl,” “Rome,” “NFL Monday QB,” “Lead Off” and “Inside the NFL.”

Entertainment shows include “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” “The Talk” and “OMG! Insider.”

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“Nightline” topped “The Tonight Show” with its largest A25-54 lead (+45,000) in 17 years – since the 1994-95 season. “Nightline” beat “The Late Show” by its largest margins in both Total Viewers (+728,000) and Adults 25-54 (+186,000) in 13 years – since the 1998-99 season.

In January, “Nightline” will move to 12:35pmET/11:35pmCT as “Jimmy Kimmel Live” gets the coveted timeslot after the late local news, going head-to-head with Jay Leno and David Letterman.

While “Nightline” gets the win, the show is down from the 2010-2011 season: down -6% in Total Viewers and -10% in both A25-54 and A18-49 viewers. But “Nightline” is not alone in seeing a drop-off. Collectively, year-over-year “Nightline,” Leno and Letterman are down -7% in total viewers and down -12% in both the A25-54 and A18-49 demos as cable programs and other media vie for consumer attention, especially among younger viewers. And the loss of younger viewers is not an anomaly: the shows are down -13% (A25-54) and -19% (A18-49) vs. the 2009-2010 season.

ABC’s ratings are based on a 25-minute broadcast, while CBS and NBC are based on approximately :50 minutes (prior to the final national commercial break of each program).

• Averages for the 2011-2012 Season:
  

The numbers for the week of Sept. 17 and the third quarter of 2012 show the downward trend as all three shows are down from their season averages. Not a good sign and likely another factor in ABC’s decision to move Kimmel up a half hour.

• Averages for the week of Sept. 17, 2012:
  

• Averages for Q3 2012:
  

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Back to Olbermann. Earlier today, the New York Post published parts of internal emails between Current TV president David Bohrman Olbermann’s manager, Michael Price, in the weeks leading up to Olbermann’s dismissal from the network.

[T]he final straw came … when the “Countdown” anchor threatened to take off the day before the all-important Super Tuesday primaries on March 6. Price was so adamant about getting his boss his precious vacation day that Bohrman was reduced to begging. “The night before Super Tuesday is a BIG night for us … I would hate to have our main anchor off on such a night. Can we slip this please?” Bohrman pleaded. Price then nagged the former CNN executive, asking him why it was so important for an anchor with a $50 million contract to broadcast during a major political event. “Please indicate, with specificity, why Keith is essential to that day,” Price taunted Bohrman.

More of Olbermann’s side of it tonight on “Late Show.” Speaking of which, it was also announced today that Letterman and “Late, Late Show” host Craig Ferguson have extended their CBS contracts for another two years – through 2014. Both series are produced by Letterman’s Worldwide Pants, Inc.

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On Monday, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer stopped by CBS’ “Late Late Show” to talk to Craig Ferguson, in what turned out to be a very serious conversation:

Meanwhile, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow was on “The Tonight Show,” where Jay Leno pulled our her old high school graduation photo. “Were you auditioning to be a Fox News reporter there?”

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Olbermann’s Fox News competitor, Bill O’Reilly, discussed the matter with Bernie Goldberg, without ever mentioning the MSNBC host by name:

On MSNBC, both Lawrence O’Donnell and Rachel Maddow paid tribute to their former colleague:

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At 3pmET yesterday, @keitholbermann tweeted:

At exactly 8 Eastern tonight I will issue my first tweet. Well, other than THIS one

And then…five hours later…@keitholbermann tweeted:

Citizens Of The Free World: Greetings! …….. (more to come) #FOK

Then he tweeted again minutes later:

My humble thanks to all Friends of Keith for the many kind words. The reports of the death of my career are greatly exaggerated #FOK

@keitholbermann then posted a Twitpic (right) and thanked his followers for making #FOK trending on Twitter.

And then he instructed his followers to do what most planned on doing anyway:

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Much like he did during Katie Couric‘s interview on the show last week, Ferguson asked the kind of “out there” questions he is known for. Luckily, the team was game:

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Couric recalls a blind date she had with comedian Bob Saget (yes, really) she dances with Ferguson as two staffers dressed as Triple Crown-winning horse Secretariat enter from stage right, and she recalls a conversation she and Ferguson had after the 2008 White House Correspondents Association Dinner, which Ferguson hosted.

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> Jon Stewart‘s take on coverage of the Baucus health care plan and Sen. Olympia Snowe.

> Craig Ferguson discussing his appearance with Larry King.

> Nothing like ol’ cameraman vs. the-guy-who-does-not-want-to-be-filmed. A local TV cameraman for KATU in Oregon gets into it with the man he is filming. Here’s the full story.

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*Technology out of control

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> Joy Behar brings in Mad Men’s Bryan Batt (a.k.a. Salvatore Romano) and columnist Dan Savage to discuss gay discrimination on HLN.

> Chris Matthews on Rush Limbaugh during his “Morning Meeting” fill-in: “…at some point somebody’s going to jam a CO2 pellet into his head and hes going to explode like a giant blimp.” (?)

> CBS “Late Late Show” host Craig Ferguson mocks CNN, MSNBC, FNC and the current state of TV news. (Begins around 4:30)

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Williams described it as “Harvard vs. Harvard,” and had a theory as to why there may have been some tension between President Barack Obama and Chief Justice John Roberts.

“For the first time in American history, this was a chief justice swearing in a president who had voted against his confirmation,” said Williams. “So, here we have your natural tension.”

Williams wasn’t the only NBC’er to appear on the Tiffany Network last night — Chris Matthews was a guest on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

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