> CBS has moved slightly ahead of FOX season to date, while NBC moved past a sagging ABC on a strange Sunday night.  ABC is simply falling apart on Sunday:  its three-week 18-49 rating track for the night is 2.5…2.3…2.0.  As Mitch Salem pointed out earlier this morning, Desperate Housewives and Pan Am are just in […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC had bragging rights on the PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS at 0.73.  There were no significant changes from the morning preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS topped Wednesday cable, with CNN at 0.58/0.77/3.3M, MSNBC at 0.38/0.59/4.1M, and Fox […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCIS: LA season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE SIMPSONS rerun went down the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sunday scripted cable was led by the return of Adult Swim’s MIKE TYSON MYSTERIES at 0.67.  AMC’s […]

  Due to MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL simulcasts in Baltimore and Boston, ABC and NBC ratings will likely dip 0.1-0.2 in final numbers. 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 […]

  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT didn’t get much of a bump from a return to its regular format. 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 […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): March Madness continued to reign over Saturday cable, as NCAA TOURNAMENT games took all of the Top 4 slots, paced by the late-evening TBS game at 1.42.  (Even an NIT game hit the Top 10, with […]

> Click on SHOWBUZZDAILY‘s reviews from this year’s Sundance Film Festival, in alphabetical order: 2 DAYS IN NEW YORK (Magnolia) BACHELORETTE (No Distrib) BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (Fox Searchlight) CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER (Sony Pictures Classics) COMPLIANCE (Magnolia) FILLY BROWN (No Distrib) THE FIRST TIME (No Distrib) FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL… (Focus) GOATS […]

  Viewers weren’t excited by the return of THE MILLERS. 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 […]