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Sarah Palin once again proved she is a magnet for ratings, as her appearance on Saturday Night Live over the weekend boosted the show's ratings to its highest point since March 12, 1994.
The late-night show averaged a 10.7 rating and a 24 share, far higher than any primetime show that aired earlier in the evening and in fact drawing a bigger audience than any show of the week, except for ABC's Dancing With the Stars and CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
The figures are especially remarkable given the fact that they represent about a third of the total audience for the show. The other two-thirds are reportedly watching it via the Internet.
In an interview with New York TV station WWOR on Sunday, Palin said that she would be willing to appear on SNL again "in a heartbeat," adding: "Everyone was so nice, and you know, you have to have a sense of humor through all of this. You have to have some levity through this. Otherwise, it would really, I think, grind on you and wear you out."
In a review of Palin's appearance, New York Times critic Alesssandra Stanley wrote today (Monday) that the Alaska governor "proved she has a sense of humor at a time when the country is still debating whether to take her seriously as a potential commander in chief."
Meanwhile, John McCain's appearance on CBS's Late Show With David Letterman Thursday produced the show's biggest audience in almost three years. According to Nielsen figures, it drew 6.53 million viewers, beating NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, which attracted 4.57 million.
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SHOULD BE LOWEST RATINGS EVER FOR WORLD SERIES
There may have been much cheering in Swampville Sunday when the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Boston Red Sox to become the American League's representative in the World Series against the National League's Philadelphia Phillies.
But the cheering likely did not extend to the executive offices of Fox Broadcasting. Tampa Bay, which had finished dead last in the standings in every season except one before this year, has been unable to develop a fan base for its players in its own city, let alone the nation.
And although the Phillies have come a long way from the time when they, too, were perennial losers, they have only a tiny fan base outside their own market.
Ratings have suggested that in recent times it takes the Yankees, Dodgers, Braves, Mets, or Red Sox to attract better than decent ratings. (And with the Red Sox defeating the hapless Colorado Rockies in a four-game sweep last year, the Series drew its second-lowest ratings in history.)
Analysts are predicting a new all-time low this year.
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