Ratings Up for NBC's Drama SAVE ME

At 8 p.m. ET, "Save Me" (0.7/3 in 18-49, 3.1 million viewers overall) is currently up a tenth of a point versus last week's 0.6 rating, while facing competition last night that included CBS's "Big Bang Theory" encore, Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" and ABC's pre-NBA "Jimmy Kimmel Live." In total viewers, "Save Me" is currently up week to week by 15% at 8 (3.010 million vs. 2.662 million), pending updates.

From 8:30-9 p.m. ET, a second telecast of "Save Me" (0.7/2 in 18-49, 2.7 million viewers overall) is currently up versus last week by 17% in 18-49 rating (to a 0.7 from a 0.6) and by 18% in total viewers (2.678 million vs. 2.260 million). The 8:30 "Save Me" is currently retaining 100 percent of its lead-in from the 8 p.m. "Save Me" in 18-49 rating, pending updates.

From 9-9:31 p.m. ET, a rebroadcast of "The Office" averaged a 0.6/2 in 18-49 and 1.9 million viewers overall against time-period competition that included ABC's coverage of the first game of the NBA Finals.

From 9:31-10:01 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Parks and Recreation" (0.7/2 in 18-49, 1.8 million viewers overall) is currently building on its 18-49 rating by 17%.

From 10:01-11 p.m. ET, "Hannibal" (0.9/3 in 18-49 and 2.3 million viewers overall) built on its lead-in by 29 percent in 18-49 rating and 32 percent in total viewers.

"Hannibal" is a highly time-shifted series, with last week's telecast growing by 79 percent going from these next-day "live plus same day" ratings (0.99) to "live plus three day" results (1.77). That moved "Hannibal" into the time-period lead among ABC, CBS and NBC, ahead of ABC's "Rookie Blue," which grew by 43 percent going from L+SD (1.20) to L+7 (1.71).

In Late-Night Metered Markets Thursday night:

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.4/6; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.2/5; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," delayed by basketball.

In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 0.7/3; "Late Show," 0.5/2; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," delayed by basketball.

From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" was delayed by basketball.

From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.2/4 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.1/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.4/3 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.3/2).

At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.7/3 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated.

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