What a difference a year makes: on the same Sunday night last year, NBC averaged an 11.6 rating with adults 18-49 in prime time for the second night of competition at the London Summer Olympic Games, and the four broadcast networks added up to a 14.4 rating. Last night, the networks combined for a 4.0 rating, with CBS and FOX tied for first place with 1.3s, while NBC averaged 0.7 (in fourth place behind ABC’s 0.8).
CBS: UNFORGETTABLE returned to the airwaves with a 1.3, about half a point behind its in-season numbers last year, and not even able to keep up with the animation reruns on FOX. Still, in the universe of network scripted summer programming (Under the Dome aside), that’s an OK rating. BIG BROTHER was down 0.3 from last week to 2.2, still the highest-rated show of the night. A MENTALIST rerun at 10PM won the hour, even against new content on NBC.
ABC: The season finale of CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP edged up 0.1 to 1.1, and WHODUNNIT was likewise slightly up to 1.1.
NBC: CROSSING LINES remained mired at an ugly 0.5, behind the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and SVU reruns that preceded it (both at 0.7) and the 10PM retreads on the other networks.
FOX: As usual, the animated reruns held up well, sparked by a 1.6 for FAMILY GUY–the 2d highest show of the night on any network, despite the new content on the competition.
A typical Monday summer line-up tonight, with only FOX offering an all-rerun evening.
Related Posts
-
-
WEDNESDAY Ratings
Preliminary ratings are delayed by Nielsen until at least 9:30 am PT (90 minutes past due). The ratings service is performing extra “quality checks,” so be prepared for unusually high quality ratings later this morning!
-
The Sked: SUNDAY Ratings
Sunday preliminary broadcast ratings: 60 Minutes and the CBS 7:00-7:30 half hour specifically inflated by 10 minutes of the end of Masters coverage from 7:00-7:10 pm (mostly the monumentally awkward and amazingly tense ceremony in “Butler Cabin,” where the Green Jacket is awarded).
-
THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/14/13
Summer: when the network airing reruns beats all the networks with new programming. CBS: BIG BROTHER was the highest rated show of the night with a preliminary 1.9 (starting 20 minutes late, like the rest of the network’s line-up, due to a golf overrun), but the reruns afterward were…
-
THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/23/13
It’s not that no one was watching television last night: Discovery’s SKYWIRE LIVE WITH NIK WALLENDA delivered 13M viewers during his actual Grand Canyon walk. What viewers weren’t watching was broadcast TV, as the networks combined for a 3.6 adult 18-49 rating, 6% below last year’s results for the parallel night…
About the Author
Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."
More articles by
Mitch Salem »
