> The networks (well, most of them) returned from their winter holidays only to find less viewer interest than they may have hoped. CBS: An easy win for the night with an all-new line-up. But 2 1/2 MEN, MIKE & MOLLY and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER were all down from their last original airings, […]
> An atypical night gave the win to ABC, but CBS may have the key to Fridays for the rest of the season. CBS: UNDERCOVER BOSS ran away with 8PM, ahead of the nearest competition by almost a full ratings point. A GIFTED MAN, running the rest of its episodes at 9PM, did better than […]
> NBC’s sitcoms don’t get a fond farewell. NBC: How bad was the network’s night? Its highest rating was a 1.5 for the season finale of WHITNEY. About the best you could say about that number was that it was stable: the show’s ratings have stayed within the same 1.4-1.6 range for the past 6 […]
FLIRTY DANCING didn’t dazzle. 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 follows the chart. […]
> Big Bang makes one. CBS: THE BIG BANG THEORY roared back from last week’s decline, up half a ratings point for its best number since March, and zooming past American Idol as the highest-rated show of the night. That pushed RULES OF ENGAGEMENT up a couple of ricks as well. The rest of the […]
Some exits. 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 and comparisons follow the chart. […]
Another Sunday with Game of Thrones probably beating everything on broadcast TV. CBS: BIG BROTHER was the highest-rated show on the networks last night, with a 2.2 that was about 10% below the show’s Sunday premiere last year. That wasn’t enough to give CBS the nightly win, because nothing else on the schedule was higher […]
Another step toward the end of original programming on Fridays. CBS: MADE IN JERSEY is the worst flop of the season’s first week, a disaster at 1.1 any way the numbers are cut. The show could only tie a repeat of the low-rated Last Resort pilot, and started out even with Fringe, TV’s poster child […]