BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Thanksgiving Eve will heavy on reruns, here at 0.37/0.28/0.27/0.18/0.16. CBS:  SURVIVOR gained 0.05 to 0.99, TOUGH AS NAILS rose a tenth to 0.49, and CSI: VEGAS was up 0.06 to 0.49. NBC:  Reruns at 0.35/0.59. FOX:  Reruns at 0.34/0.20. CW:  LEGENDS OF TOMORROW ticked down to 0.07, and BATWOMAN ticked up […]

> There are good movies and there are hits, and given the choice, there’s never been any doubt which Hollywood prefers. OPENINGS:  A March filled to the brim with wannabe blockbusters is off to a big start.  THE LORAX (Universal) may be a bad movie (spoiler alert–it is), but the studio sold the hell out […]

  The WORLD SERIES once again failed to create ratings fireworks. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Sandwiched between reruns at 0.35/0.21, PARENT TEST was at 0.25. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.26/0.20/0.19. NBC:  THE WHEEL was at 0.30, followed by reruns at 0.19/0.24/0.25. FOX:  Reruns at 0.19/0.15/0.14. CW:  POPSTARS was at 0.04, followed by reruns at 0.03/0.03. AMAZON:  THURSDAY NUGHT FOOTBALL was at 3.32, up half a point from […]

  Regular line-ups were largely steady. 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 analysis and comparisons follow the […]

The PaleyFest panel for FOX’s NEW GIRL was as goofy and likable as the show itself, as Jake Johnson (Nick) was talked into not just performing the show’s theme song–after Zoey Deschanel (Jess) demurred–but Nick’s woeful moonwalk as well (Johnson took credit for the flipper-like hand gestures that went with it), Max Greenfield (Schmidt) reveled […]

  It was a dull week for the broadcast networks, with little variation from the week before.  CBS had the advantage, thanks to the series finale of How I Met Your Mother, giving it a 2.16 average in 18-49s for the week (5 nights same day finals, 2 nights overnights), up 0.08.  ABC followed with […]

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques shouldn’t be taken as full reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content of the […]