Posted March 26, 200817 yr Britney delivers 'Mother's' highest ratings ever !! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Britney delivers 'Mother's' highest ratings ever A guest appearance by Britney Spears on Monday gave the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" its highest rating ever. "Mother" spiked to a series high 4.5 preliminary rating among adults 18-49, even as the rest of the CBS comedy lineup fell from last week's record-setting return to original episodes. Critics were relatively impressed. "Britney the Trainwreck showed how she can still be Britney the Performer," wrote the Associated Press. "Spears proved she can act every bit as well as she can sing," wrote the New York Daily News. The second week of strong "Mother" ratings (10.6 million, 4.5/12) assures the one-time bubble comedy will be renewed for the fall. "Mother" was the fourth-highest-rated show of the evening, and CBS won the night (averaging 12.5 million, 4.4/11). At 10 p.m., "CSI: Miami" was the first major broadcast network drama to return with post-strike original episodes. "Miami" easily won the 10 p.m. hour and outperformed its previous season average by 7% (15.8 million, 4.8/12). CBS' other comedies dropped slightly from their post-strike returns last week, however. "Big Bang" was down 6% (8.6 million, 3.4/10), "Two and a Half Men" was the highest-rated show of the night but also fell 6% (14.2 million, 5.1/13), and "The New Adventures of Old Christine" dropped 12% (9.9 million, 3.8/9). ABC was second with the second week of "Dancing With the Stars" falling off 11% and "The Bachelor" dropping a steeper 16% to place last in the 10 p.m. hour, matching its series low amid the increased competition from "Miami." Fox and NBC tied for third. NBC aired "My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad," dropping to a new all-time low and going below the line for a major broadcast network series (7.1 million, 1.2/3). NBC then aired "Deal or No Deal" (7.1 million, 3.0/7) and "Medium" (8.8 million, 3.0/8). Fox had a repeat and "New Amsterdam" (6.3 million, 2.0/5). The CW had a repeat and "Girlicious" (1.5 million, 0.8/2). Source
March 26, 200817 yr Yeah, I'm not surprised either. :D Of course many people were curious and looking forward to seeing how Brit would do on the show! It turned out very well though and she was sooo good! She was pretty funny too. :lol: I think it's pretty funny that the South Park episode featuring Britney and this How I Met Your Mother episode are both in the top 10 TV downloads on iTunes! Just goes to show that Britney still isn't losing any influence in the media.
March 26, 200817 yr This "How I Met Your Mother" doesn't air in the UK :( I had to watch the episode online :(
March 26, 200817 yr Author You guys would be very surprised at how people have warmed back up to Britney after this episode, it's just weird having random people come up to me and be like OMFG Britney was amazing last night, [because I am known as the crazed britney fan by my friends :P ]
March 27, 200817 yr I watched the episode today..she made that episode. I don't even like that show otherwise.
March 28, 200817 yr You guys would be very surprised at how people have warmed back up to Britney after this episode, it's just weird having random people come up to me and be like OMFG Britney was amazing last night, [because I am known as the crazed britney fan by my friends :P ] Ditto - a couple of people at work have been like "OMG, I heard she was amazing!!"
March 28, 200817 yr I havent seen this! Why dont we get this over here in the UK :angry: but :yahoo: i think now Britney knows shes got public back on her side, she will be able to relax more and become a bit stress free! :D She deserves it most!!
