{"id":22962,"date":"2014-03-02T16:05:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T20:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=22962"},"modified":"2014-03-02T16:05:30","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T20:05:30","slug":"saturday-night-live-ratings-fall-jim-parsons-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2014\/03\/02\/saturday-night-live-ratings-fall-jim-parsons-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; Ratings Fall for Jim Parsons Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most-watched comedy on television by a country mile, Jim Parsons&#8217; &#8220;The Big Bang Theory&#8221; is a significantly bigger series than Melissa McCarthy&#8217;s &#8220;Mike &#038; Molly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, host Parsons was unable to drive this weekend&#8217;s &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; to stronger ratings than the McCarthy-hosted preceding telecast.<\/p>\n<p>Down from the 2.9 adults 18-49 rating (in the top 25 markets) and 5.4 overnight household rating for the McCarthy&#8217;s February 1 episode, this weekend&#8217;s &#8220;SNL&#8221; 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