BROADCAST FINALS ABC: THE ROOKIE gained 0.07 to 0.55, THE ROOKIE: FEDS ticked up to 0.33, and WILL TRENT ticked down to 0.29. CBS: FBI dipped 0.04 to 0.48, FBI: INTERNATIONAL lost 0.06 to 0.35, and FBI: MOST WANTED was down 0.04 to 0.34. NBC: NIGHT COURT edged up 0.02 to 0.51, AMERICAN AUTO […]
NETWORK FINALS: CASTAWAYS and the NBC Fall Preview promo special lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: FX’s MAYANS MC fell 0.27 from last week’s huge premiere, but at 0.78 it was still the Tuesday cable leader. On USA, […]
A slow Memorial Day evening for the networks. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the night’s big show with a 2.7, and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR won the rest of the night with 2.0, but both were down 0.4 from the previous week. In the battle of reruns at 10PM, GRIMM was in 2d place […]
ABC’s lesson for the night is that lead-ins matter. 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). […]
>Super Tuesday was anything but for the broadcast networks last night. Each broadcast network was down significantly from the same night last year (worst hit was FOX at 8 pm — a 5.9 rating for a Glee original episode was replaced by two original comedy episodes that rated a 2.1 and 1.6). Worse, the Super […]
NETWORK FINALS: Lots of football-related adjustments in final numbers. On CBS, the reruns of KEVIN CAN WAIT, LIFE IN PIECES and MOM dropped 0.2, and the reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY and SCORPION were down 0.1. ABC’s TO TELL THE TRUTH lost 0.1. NBC’s MIDNIGHT, TEXAS was also down 0.1. […]
NETWORK FINALS: ABC’s NBA game adjusted up to 0.9 in final numbers. In addition, DATELINE lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: It was a very quiet Saturday for cable, dominated by COLLEGE BASKETBALL on ESPN and animation. The top game was Kentucky vs. […]
> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]