NETWORK FINALS:  The Final Four NCAA TOURNAMENT games on CBS adjusted to 5.5.  In addition, the SNL rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Adult Swim took the lead on a low-rated Saturday for cable.  Its primetime RICK […]

>American Idol has finally stopped falling this season, while Modern Family had a good night for ABC.  Two news magazines joined the fray on Wednesday night, both pulling only a 1.1 rating.  The good news for CBS is that Person to Person was a special that they might never speak of again.  The bad news […]

NBC:  AQUARIUS (remember, already renewed for a 2d season!) fell 0.1 with its move to Saturday to a new low 0.3.  The sparse but committed fans of HANNIBAL, though, followed their show, which maintained its 0.4.  Both were outrated by the 0.5 for a rerun of RUNNING WILD. CBS:  Still burning off episodes of THE […]

  Remember this morning when we were remarking on the confusing NBC promos last night that made it sound like GRIMM wouldn’t be airing again on Mondays, when it was scheduled for another Monday broadcast next week?  Well, it turns out those promos weren’t so much wrong as premature:  today the network announced that Grimm […]

  FRESH OFF THE BOAT and SPEECHLESS ended their seasons quietly. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, lots of adjustments, as the entire CBS and NBC line-ups dropped 0.1 across the board.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network had THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL to itself, and the game gave it a 2.58 rating, while the […]

  The holiday drought of original programming continued. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL at 0.39 was followed by an ABBOTT ELEMENTARY rerun at 0.22. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON rose 0.11 to 0.58, and UNITED STATES OF AL lost 0.05 to 0.41.  The season finale of GHOSTS slipped 0.04 to 0.56, and HOW WE ROLL fell 0.08 to 0.35.  […]