Mixed recent results for nets' weekend fare

The broadcast systems do a reasonably good job of delivering rankings for that low-ranked weekend hrs with unscripted and news programs -- but not every one of them work. Fox struck out Saturday using its Jennifer Lopez-fronted Latin Americas talent show "Q' Viva! The Selected." And on a single evening, NBC's burnoff of "The Firm" ongoing to create small amounts. Based on preliminary Nielsen national estimations for Saturday, "Q' Viva" came only .7 rating/2 be part of grown ups 18-49 and a pair of.two million audiences overall from eight to ten p.m. -- behind ABC, Univision and CBS within the demo. 1 week earlier, Fox did single. rating for Saturday by having an hour of "Cops" along with a repeat of "The Finder." And also at NBC, "The Firm" -- demoted from Thursday recently -- settled for any prelim .4/one in 18-49 and a pair of.two million audiences, doing exactly the same demo score since it's repeat "Smash" lead-in. Faring better on Saturday was ABC's limited-run news series "20/20: My Extreme Affliction" (prelim 1.3/4 in 18-49, 4.9 million), which compares the lives of individuals with a few of medicine's most two opposites or who've unbelievable capabilities. It won from 9-11 p.m. using the net's best showing within the slot because the Miss America Pageant in The month of january. As well as on Friday, the Large Four have started to the realization that alternative series are the best way to use the outlet hour, where roughly just 30% from the country's under-50 adult human population is watching tv. CBS and NBC began the growing season with costly scripted skeins "A Gifted Guy" and "Chuck," correspondingly, but go inside a new direction this winter. On Friday, the attention won with feel-good reality show "Undercover Boss" (prelim 2./7 in 18-49, 9.six million) and NBC was around the upswing with genealogy-designed reality show "Who Do You Consider You're?Inch (prelim 1.5/5 in 18-49, 7.six million), which appeared to obtain a week-to-week boost by spotlighting Reba McEntire. ABC remains enhanced within the hour too with entreprenuerial-designed reality show "Shark Tank" (second-place 1.7/6 in 18-49, 6.a million) and Fox is solid with Gordon Ramsey restaurant skein "Kitchen Bad dreams." Despite a repeat "Kitchen Bad dreams" within the mix (1./3 in 18-49), the Large Four combined for any combined 6.2/20 in grown ups 18-49 in Friday's 8 o'clock hour -Up from the 4.4/15 around the comparable evening last year. Also of rankings note over the past weekend would be a strong perf for "Saturday Evening Live," located by She. The show averaged a 5.5 household rating/14 be part of Nielsen's metered-market overnights, its the second best result of year (behind just the evening NBC broadcast a Saturday playoff game in primetime). Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com