> NBC’s sitcoms don’t get a fond farewell. NBC: How bad was the network’s night? Its highest rating was a 1.5 for the season finale of WHITNEY. About the best you could say about that number was that it was stable: the show’s ratings have stayed within the same 1.4-1.6 range for the past 6 […]
GRAND HOTEL’s arrival wasn’t particularly grand. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and […]
> SMASHWatch has plenty of company in Season Low City. NBC: For the past 2 weeks, SMASH‘s initial rating has declined in the final daily numbers. So although right now it’s at its 3rd consecutive 2.1 rating, a drop to a new season low 2.0 could be in the cards by the end of the […]
A clip-show AMERICA’S GOT TALENT slowed the night down. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). […]
> FRINGE has discovered one last universe where it can air for a 5th and final season on FOX, and it’s widely rumored that the name of that universe is: Low License Fee. As it did with Chuck this season, Warner Bros Television will take a larger-than-usual deficit on the remaining episodes of Fringe so […]
Disney/ABC accomplished its corporate goal. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons […]
Not a good night for grand dames. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT got things off to a 3.4 start, by far the biggest broadcast rating of the night, and enough to singlehandedly give the night to NBC. But LOVE IN THE WILD, despite host Jenny McCarthy, flopped down to a 1.6 afterward (off a big […]
Hello? Anyone? Bueller? NBC: The Peacock had the highest-rated show of the night with 1.3 for DATELINE, but still lost the evening because of the 0.5/0.4 for its WHITNEY/COMMUNITY rerun duo. ABC: And the winner is… a 1.2 for 20/20 and a 1.1 for SHARK TANK was good enough. CBS: UNDERCOVER BOSS was the best […]