One network defied the holiday season to air new episodes of its regular series. 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 […]

  CBS had a very CBS audience for its tribute to itself. 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). […]

Tuesday prime time averages from last night show another 24% decline in live+same day DVR viewing for the four broadcast networks (from an 11.6 combined Adult 18-49 rating for the four networks on the same night last year to a preliminary 8.8 last night).  Not exactly, the sky is falling, but it’s pretty serious. Note: […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  On ABC, THE MIDDLE and MODERN FAMILY gained 0.1, but NASHVILLE lost the same.  EMPIRE, ARROW and SURVIVOR also rose 0.1 each. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL plunged 0.84 from last week’s season premiere to a still-big 2.15.  That was exactly the same drop […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was dominant at 1.63, with FOX’s game at 0.68.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was again ESPN’s COLLEGE GAMEDAY (at 0.63) atop a pile of games at 0.59/0.42/0.41, with ESPN2’s at 0.20/0.13.  Hallmark aired a double feature of original movies, with CHRISTMAS […]

  Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here and Midseason Pilot Reports here. WE ARE MEN:  Monday 8:30PM on CBS – Change the Channel It hasn’t been a great fall for new sitcoms.  On CBS, WE ARE MEN (which could have better been called We Are Mediocrities) joins Mom, The Crazy Ones, and The Millers, […]

  The following are my final predictions for the 2014 Academy Awards (you can find a much more detailed analysis for all the major categories in our Why and Why Not? posts).  Keep in mind:  (a) I’m often wrong, (b) these are predictions and not my personal choices (Go, Team Her!), (c) the Academy loves […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  NBC seems to be burning off TRANSPLANT on Saturdays, where it started at 0.12.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.33.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.62, and it had a FORMULA 1 race at 0.26 and COLLEGE SOFTBALL at 0.23/0.18/0.16.  TUDN’s […]