> Welcome back to Network Scorecard, where we consider the perplexing case of AMERICAN IDOL. FOX:  It’s now clear that the biggest story of the 2011-12 television season is the slump in established reality-competition franchises.  Idol joins Dancing With the Stars and The Biggest Loser with a nearly 30% decline from last year’s Wednesday average.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The BULL rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     NOTE:  At this time, we don’t have Monday cable ratings lower than the Top 150 on the charts below. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN continued its COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl game reign […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.75 (Lakers vs. Dallas)/0.36 (New Orleans vs. Knicks).  A&E’s LIVE PD was steady at 0.61, and the pre-show hour was down […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post.   Week 18: April 27-May 3, 2020 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY ticked down to 0.54, THE PARENT TEST ticked up to 0.36, and THE CHASE was up 0.02 to 0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.40/0.37/0.28/0.26. NBC:  Reruns at 0.45/0.43/0.31. FOX:  HELL’S KITCHEN lost 0.04 to 0.41, followed by reruns at 0.18/0.17. CW:  WALKER dropped 0.03 to 0.10, and WALKER: INDEPENDENCE ticked […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The heavily-promoted “epic” GRIMM episode gained 0.1 in final numbers.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Discovery’s pair GOLD RUSH and ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE remained at the top of Friday cable, GOLD RUSH down 0.03 to 1.43, and BUSH […]

> JOHN CARTER:  Watch It At Home – Never Goes Into Orbit All signs suggest that JOHN CARTER will be a financial failure of historic proportions, mostly because of its colossal cost (Disney admits to $250M, which almost certainly means close to $300M when reshoots and last-minute CG are included–and that doesn’t count the $100-150M […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change from this morning’s numbers was a 0.1 bump for NCIS: NEW ORLEANS. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Bravo was at the top of Tuesday cable with REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS, down 0.05 to 0.89.  […]