THE WEEK. For the recently completed week ending Sunday (February 11-17, 2013), FOX won with a preliminary 2.11 adult 18-49 rating in prime time, down from last week’s 2.25 rating but still ahead of the horrible performances by the other networks. CBS will fall to second place with a preliminary 1.89 adult 18-49 rating, down from last week’s Grammy-boosted 3.32 […]
CBS reruns don’t change much for the other networks. FOX: Last night’s THE FOLLOWING felt a lot like an episode of 24, and parts of it were borderline ludicrous, but it was the game-changer the series needed, allowing it to broaden its canvas from here on. In CBS’s absence, it was the highest-rated show of […]
The gang’s all here, now that ABC has joined NBC, CBS, FOX and CW and announced the dates of its season finales. Here’s the rundown: WEDNESDAY MARCH 27 8:30PM: The Neighbors WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 8PM: Suburgatory (1-hour finale) THURSDAY MAY 2 8PM: Wife Swap SUNDAY MAY 5 10PM: Red Widow TUESDAY MAY 7 8PM: Splash […]
If there were any die-hards out there still nursing some flicker of hope that SMASH could survive its move to the basement of network television on Saturday nights, the ratings for its debut (which featured a fairly painful appearance by Liza Minnelli) snuffed them out. Not only did Smash fall to its all-time low […]
Even with a slip from last week, Mondays still belong to The Voice. NBC: THE VOICE was down 0.4 from last week, a number that nevertheless doubled the next-highest rated show of the night. Currently REVOLUTION is at its third consecutive season-low 2.2, but the show has tended to drop a bit in final […]
Updated rankings for the week ending Sunday (with the prior week for comparison).
FOX’s most highly-touted drama pilot the entire development season was RAKE, which is indeed on the air. The price of scoring Greg Kinnear as a lead (much as it had been last year with Kevin Bacon) is that he would only commit to a limited number of episodes, so the show will air on […]
CW has released a :30 promo and a little more than a minute of REIGN, the teen Mary, Queen of Scots soap that will have the showcase spot on its schedule next fall, Thursday 9PM after The Vampire Diaries. Here’s what we’ve got: Promo Clip Well, there’s Mary all right, and there’s Francis, whom […]