Posted June 19, 200619 yr MediaLifeMagazine.com: It's been years since Britney Spears had a hit song, but her fans remain devoted to, or at least concerned about, the former pop princess nonetheless. Last night her primetime chat with Matt Lauer was the night's highest-rated non-basketball show among adults 18-49, even outdrawing Fox hit "So You Think You Can Dance." The special Spears edition of Dateline averaged a 3.8 adults 18-49 overnight rating, placing first in its 9 p.m. timeslot. It outdrew ABC's Game 4 of the NBA finals by some 10 percent and finished a full 0.7 ahead of Fox's "Dance," which has been this summer's breakout hit. The Spears chat boosted NBC to No. 2 for the night behind ABC on a very slow Thursday. But it did not do quite as well as past celebrity summer chats with Brad Pitt, which averaged a 4.1 on ABC last summer, or Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, who averaged a 5.1 on NBC three years ago. Spears told "Today's" Matt Lauer that things are totally awesome between her and husband Kevin Federline, despite tabloid rumors to the contrary. She denied a story in Us Weekly that Federline, with whom she’s currently expecting baby No. 2, is living in the basement. She also took digs at the paparazzi, saying they've crossed the line and that she feels like a target. Meanwhile, ABC was No. 1 for the night with a 3.4 rating and 11 share among adults 18-49. NBC was second at 3.0/9, followed by CBS at 2.5/8, Fox at 2.4/8, Univision at 1.7/3, and the WB and UPN each at 0.7/2. At 9 p.m., NBC led with a 3.8 for "Dateline," followed by the first hour of Game 4 of the NBA Finals at a 3.5 on ABC. Fox was third with "So You Think You Can Dance" at 3.1, followed by CBS's "CSI" repeat at 2.9 and Univision's 1.9 for "Barrera de Amor." Trailing were WB at 0.6 for a "Supernatural" repeat and UPN at 0.5 for repeats of "Eve" and "Cuts." Almost 9 Million Viewers Tune In and Nearly 100,000 Online Visitors Vote on "Dateline's" Spears/Paparazzi Poll on MSNBC.com Updated Online Poll Results to be Revealed Throughout Tonight's Rebroadcast NEW YORK -– June 16, 2006 -- After millions of Americans tuned into Matt Lauer's exclusive interview with pop star, Britney Spears, "Dateline NBC" has decided to hit its viewers "one more time" with an encore presentation, airing tonight, June 16, at 8:00 PM/ET. In addition, nearly 100,000 online users voted on "Dateline's" Britney Spears/Paparazzi online poll, available on MSNBC.com. According to preliminary "fast affiliate-based" live plus same day viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research, almost nine million viewers tuned in last night. "Dateline" was Thursday's #1 non-sports telecast in adults 18-49 and other key demographics.
June 19, 200619 yr Author :cheer: Good for Britney!!! And she's always had the heat Allysa -_- <_< excuse me? I never said she lost it now did i :P
