A genuine changing of the guard. NBC:  REVOLUTION slipped a bit last night (to 3.2), but it commandingly beat up both CBS and ABC, and is looking like a true hit, at least in the short term.  THE VOICE, of course, provided a dominating 4.5 lead-in that didn’t hurt. CBS:  This was supposed to be […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS, aided by an NBA PLAYOFFS lead-in, jumped two-tenths to 0.72.  A 3-hour AMERICAN IDOL dipped 0.03 to 0.70. CBS:  60 MINUTES fell 0.36 from last week’s Masters-boosted score to 0.55.  THE EQUALIZER gained 0.03 to 0.56, NCIS: LA rose 0.13 to 0.57, and SWAT was up 0.04 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of THE CATCH only got lower in final numbers, down 0.1 to a dismal 0.8.  GAME OF SILENCE also fell 0.1.  BONES, however, gained 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another day, another NBA PLAYOFFS win, this time for […]

Note:  CBS numbers below inflated by local pre-emptions for ESPN NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL in Minneapolis (for all of local primetime) and Seattle (for the first hour of local primetime).  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 […]

  Tonight’s originally scheduled episode of HANNIBAL, entitled “Ceuf,” was pulled from the US air by NBC (it will air elsewhere in the world) because of its main storyline, which involved children induced to kill other children.  Since Hannibal tells a somewhat serialized story, however, the network has stripped out that storyline (or “cannibalized,” as […]

The ShowBuzzDaily AUDIENCE MAP returns with a look at Late Night programs on the broadcast networks. This new format goes beyond the 30 gender-age demographic segments to include ratings performance in key segments of household income and the education level attained by the head of household. And the income and education ratings are not just […]

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night […]

  At this late point in the network summer, it wouldn’t make sense to expect much change from the norm. ABC:  The move of MISTRESSES to 9PM had only mild effect, as the show climbed 0.1 to 1.0.  That was below the 1.1 for the rerun SHARK TANK that preceded it. NBC:  With less competition […]