MTV's VMA Ratings Rocked

2008's MTV Video Music Awards delivered!

In the key 18-34 demographic, this year's show ratings were 15% higher than the 2007 broadcast and 41% higher than the 2006 edition.

The show was also the highest-rated telecast on all of cable in the 12-34 demo this year.

Dayum!

We guess casting the unknown Brit comic Russell Brand didn't bite the net in the ass!
MTV.com also saw a boost this year.

Its VMA-related pages delivered more than 10 million page views, a 110% increase over last year.

But, y'all know there's a certain someone MTV needs to tip its hat to for the massive ratings.

Britney. Spears.

You know you tuned in just to see her!

Source: Perez Hilton

Britney 'Didn't Save' CBS Sitcom

The following italicized article is from www.digitalspy.co.uk:

CBS has denied claims that Britney Spears' appearance on How I Met Your Mother "saved" the show.

Ratings for the sitcom were given a boost when Spears starred as ditzy receptionist Abby in two episodes. It was only after Britney's episodes had aired that CBS announced the programme's renewal for a fourth season.

However, the network's entertainment president Nina Tassler has now insisted: "It was never in danger; we just took a while to make the announcement [of its renewal]."

The show's co-creator Craig Thomas has confirmed that "the door is open" for further appearances from Spears. Her role has also been praised by the sitcom's stars Alyson Hannigan and Neil Patrick Harris.

Source: Digital Spy

And The Ratings Are In...

Last night's "How I Met Your Mother" episode came out with a rating of 5.5/9 according to zap2it.com, averaging out to about 9 million viewers in total. While it's a million viewers lower than her first appearance with a 6.3/10 rating, it's still a million viewers higher than that show's average ratings, and pulled in an extra 600,000 viewers from last week's episode. By no means a flop.

Source: Breathe Heavy

Britney Back On Set!

The following italicized article is from www.ok-magazine.com:

On March 24, beleagured pop star Britney Spears made her How I Met Your Mother premiere as Abby, the quirky, love struck receptionist. The episode was met with the show's highest ratings to date.

Today Britney marks her return to the show's set when she tapes another episode of the show. The episode finds Britney (Abby) and Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) still dating and hoping to use the relationship to anger their mutual nemesis, Ted. Word is Barney will even a pop a question to Abby.

The show's executive producer and co-creator, Craig Thomas, said, "We're all so thrilled to have Britney joining us once again. And just to head it off at the pass this time around: Yes, Mom, Britney's very nice and no, I can't get her autograph for you."

A couple weeks back, NPH said that he didn't want to use casting as a way for the show to gain attention. He quickly apologized about the statement. Britney's episode will air on May 12.

Source: OK Magazine

Britney Won't Return To 'How I Met Your Mother'

The following italicized article is from www.acesshollywood.com:

Contrary to reports, Britney Spears is not in talks to return to CBS' hit comedy “How I Met Your Mother,” Access Hollywood has learned.

Reports were circulating online, suggesting the pop singer was discussing another appearance on the show.

Last month, she played a slightly bonkers (and sexually charged receptionist) with a mega-crush on Ted (Josh Radnor).

Despite helping to propel the sitcom to their highest ratings in the show’s three-season history, she will not return to the program.

Source: Access Hollywood

Britney Back on 'Mother'?

The following italicized article is from www.etonline.com:

After high praises -- and ratings -- for her appearance on "How I Met Your Mother," BRITNEY SPEARS may just be heading back to the CBS comedy.

TV Guide's MICHAEL AUSIELLO is reporting that the pop star is in talks to return as Ted's (JOSH RADNOR) stalker. "It all depends on her availability," a source reveals.

Source: ET Online

Britney Spears' West End Role

The following italicized article is from www.mtv.co.uk:

She’s been offered the lead part in a London play after her successful sitcom appearance…

Britney Spears could be heading to the UK after being offered an acting job on the West End stage.

The Star reports that the troubled popstar has been offered the lead role in a London production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

This week her cameo appearance in sitcom How I Met Your Mother aired and doubled the shows’ ratings. Britney even received good reviews from US critics.

A theatre source told the newspaper they want her for the character of Blanche DuBois whose character parallel’s Spears’ own problems.

MTV News would definitely be in the front row for any Britney theatre appearance…

Source: MTV/Slave For Britney

Britney Spears to Get Her Own Sitcom?

The following italicized article is from www.hollywood.tv:

U.S. TV bosses are so thrilled with BRITNEY SPEARS' guest spot on sitcom HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, they want to give the pop star her own show.

The singer's cameo as a secretary in the comedy was a huge success when it aired this week (24Mar08), attracting 10 million viewers - its highest ever ratings.

And network chiefs at CBS are now planning to hand Spears future guest appearances, before creating her own spin-off sitcom.

Sources tell the National Enquirer, "Britney did a great job playing the cute, funny receptionist - and really enjoyed herself.

"Doing a TV show will help Britney keep focused - plus keep her in Los Angeles, where she can see her kids regularly and create a positive work routine."

Source: Hollywood.tv

Yes, Mother, Britney Can Still Draw a Crowd

The following italicized article is from www.eonline.com:

Britney Spears gawking lives.

Spears' guest appearance on Monday's How I Met Your Mother helped boost the sitcom by 1 million viewers, Nielsen Media Research stats show.

The CBS show averaged a season-high 10.7 million viewers, up from last week's 9.7 million.

It was the most-watched prime-time Spears moment of the Spears family's especially tumultuous last six months. It topped Britney Spears' sleepwalking routine at the MTV Video Music Awards (7.1 million). And it topped the first new Zoey 101 (7.3 million) to air in the wake of teenager Jamie Lynn Spears' announcement that she was pregnant.

How I Met Your Mother was Britney Spears' first gig since the MTV debacle gave way to months of personal, but not terribly private, drama. On it, she plays a sensitive secretary at a dermatologist's office visited by Josh Radnor's Ted. She appears about, rough estimate, 1,000 percent more engaged than she did at the Video Music Awards.

Spears curiosity factor or no, How I Met Your Mother remained an also-ran on Monday.

Source: E! Online

Britney Spears Earns HIMYM Its Highest Rating Ever

The following italicized article is from www.people.com:

Britney Spears’s return to television has scored big with some critics — and in the ratings.

Monday’s episode of How I Met Your Mother featuring the pop star earned the CBS comedy its highest rating ever — netting a 4.5 preliminary rating among adults 18-49, according to the Hollywood Reporter. That means about 10.6 million viewers tuned in to watch Spears, making Mother the fourth-highest-rated show of the evening.

On the sitcom, Spears played a receptionist at a dermatologist’s office who develops a crush on a patient played by Josh Radnor.

Source: People

Britney's Back….and On Top!

As we mentioned last week, Britney Spears was set to appear in the CBS sitcom, How I Met Your Mother.

And, surprisingly enough, when it aired last night, the show received its highest ratings ever!

Even more surprising, the critics liked it!

The Associated Press stated, "Britney the Trainwreck showed how she can still be Britney the Performer. The 26-year-old pop star, who previously was on a 2006 episode of Will and Grace, appeared fresh-faced and relaxed, capably filling the small role."

The Daily News stated that for "those who hang on every one of Britney's career moves, this bold casting decision worked out. Spears proved she can act every bit as well as she can sing, and with some of the nuances she brought to the character, you'd almost swear she'd been there before."

Could this possibly be the comeback Britney and the rest of the world has been waiting for?

We sure hope so!

Source: Perez Hilton

Spears delivers 'Mother's' highest ratings

The following italicized article is from www.hollywoodreporter.com:

A guest appearance by Britney Spears on Monday gave the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" its highest rating ever.

"Mother" spiked to a series high 4.5 preliminary rating among adults 18-49, even as the rest of the CBS comedy lineup fell from last week's record-setting return to original episodes.

Critics were relatively impressed. "Britney the Trainwreck showed how she can still be Britney the Performer," wrote the Associated Press. "Spears proved she can act every bit as well as she can sing," wrote the New York Daily News. "Brit looked slim, (OK she was behind a desk), trim and gorgeous," wrote the New York Post.

The second week of strong "Mother" ratings (10.6 million, 4.5/12) assures the one-time bubble comedy will be renewed for the fall. "Mother" was the fourth-highest-rated show of the evening, and CBS won the night (averaging 12.5 million, 4.4/11).

Source: Hollywood Reporter