'Celebrity Circus' ratings without a net

NBC’s all-American bummer continues: The 90-minute premiere of “Celebrity Circus” had a modest opener Wednesday night with a premiere on par with the network’s other recent reality debuts.

Still, there's some silver lining here.

With lots of repeats on the schedule last night, “Circus” (6.5 million, 2.3/6) was the second highest-rated show.

And after it got out from under Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance,” “Circus” won the 10 p.m. hour. “Deal or No Deal” (8.5 million, 2.1/7) served as a lead-in.

Fox won the night with “Dance” (8.8 million, 3.4/11). NBC was second. CBS was third with repeats (averaging 7.9 million, 1.7/5). ABC came in forth with repeats and the series finale of “Men In Trees” (4.5 million, 1.1/3). The CW aired a repeat and “Farmer Wants a Wife” (2 million, 0.8/2).

Comments

[Marie]

Damn! Celebrity Circus did pretty well for itself! Winning it's night is a huge deal! I bet the producer is super happy to have won it's slot. Anywho I want to catch it next week Wednesday at 930pm. I am also pretty impressed with NBC's line up this summer!

[Marie]

They won their night!

[Joey Scott]

I think this show will continue to win its slot. With the WEE MAN how can you go wrong. I will keep tuning in Wednesday nights on NBC!

[Jessi Fuller]

Yeah, there is something irresistable about seeing Mr. Wee Man and a freaking canon!! I think word of mouth will help this show soar like he did:) What else is going on Wednesdays at 9:30 anyway?? Nothing like this.