> One of the most heartening developments of the past couple of years has been the spreading popularity in theaters of cultural events presented in HD video.  Operas and ballets have become monthly features in many cities, and stage shows are now joining in:  Britain’s National Theatre has been presenting several productions on screen for […]

Thursday ratings last night, last year and last week.  CBS and ABC ratings subject to significant change (up to 0.4 rating point) due to pre-emptions in New York (WCBS) and Boston (WCVB ABC) for the Jets-Patriots game aired nationally on NFL Network.  A tough night for The X Factor (up only one tenth from yesterday’s […]

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). Weekly Rating Apr 1-7 18-49 Rating vs Last Year CBS 2.68 -4% Up from 2.25 last week NBC 1.67 +7% Up slightly from 1.64 last week FOX 1.64 -27% Up slightly from 1.61 last week […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The new MASTERS OF ILLUSION and the rerun of the NEW AMSTERDAM pilot lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, down 0.03 to 0.61, with the preceding clip show down 0.09 […]

  BACHELOR IN PARADISE began the Monday part of its run. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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 […]

> Forget about prestige drama and comedy:  it turned out all NBC needed was some dining on bugs. NBC:  FEAR FACTOR returned to the airwaves with a tremendous 3.4 average over 2 hours.  This is great news for a network that sorely needs some, but it’s worth noting that in this same holiday period last […]

Note: The fast affiliate nationals below for three of the four broadcast networks are subject to change. The ABC and FOX live sports coverage will go up +10% or more in the official nationals when viewing in the Pacific Time Zone from 5-8pm PT is factored in. Conversely, the NBC numbers below from 8:30-10:00pm will […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR each gained 0.1 in final numbers. MONDAY CABLE:  PARTNERS didn’t get off to much of a start for FX, with 0.35 in the demo for the first half-hour, and 0.3 for the second.  It’s hard to believe that would be high enough to trigger the […]