BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: ABC:  The line-up was down:  PRESS YOUR LUCK by 0.05 to 0.42, THE $100,000 PYRAMID by a tick to 0.50, and SUPERSTAR by 0.05 to 0.30. CBS:  BIG BROTHER dropped 0.04 to 0.90  HOUSE CALLS WITH DR PHIL premiered at 0.27, followed by the special DECLASSIFIED at 0.21. NBC:  AMERICA’S […]

American Idol returned to the air last night, winning the night handily but continuing the show’s long slide from phenomenon to mere mortal status.  The two-hour premiere last night averaged a 6.0 adult 18-49 rating from 8-10 pm, down 19% from last year’s premiere (7.4 rating) and down 38% from the 2011 premiere (9.7 rating). Next […]

  Only one fresh hour of broadcast TV. 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 […]

  THE TITAN GAMES wasn’t THE MASKED SINGER, but it’ll do. 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 […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

        NOTE:  Over time, we’ll be publishing posts like this for the gap period in which ShowbuzzDaily wasn’t operational.  Those posts will not have analysis.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a […]

> Somewhere, Edward R. Murrow weeps. CBS:  The attempt to resurrect Murrow’s 59-year old celebrity interview vehicle PERSON TO PERSON with Charlie Rose and Lara Logan flopped badly with a 1.1 (wait, people didn’t want to see the inside of Warren Buffet’s house?).  But Survivor will be back next week, so no long-term damage done.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for 9-1-1: LONE STAR.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.60/0.57/0.53 compared to last week’s 0.54/0.48/0.44, and STRAIGHT UP STEVE AUSTIN was down 0.07 to 0.16.  Bravo’s […]