BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY dipped 0.04 to 0.64.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY lost 0.03 to 0.58, BLACK-ISH ticked down to 0.40, and QUEENS was up 0.04 to 0.30. CBS:  A night of reruns at 0.41/0.37/0.37. NBC:  AMERICAN AUTO fell 0.12 to 0.38, GRAND CREW dropped 0.05 to 0.33, THIS IS US shrank by 0.15 […]

>Airing on a special night, The X Factor returned with a vengeance, averaging a 4.3 Adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals.  Look for that to rise to a 4.4 or 4.5 in the official ratings later today.  With a number like that, FOX must be itching to get its regular schedule back on and […]

  There’s everything else on television… and then there’s NFL football. NBC:  The preseason exhibition HALL OF FAME GAME is about as meaningless as any “NFL” game can be, but nonetheless it was the first sign of pro football since winter, and last night’s rating (currently at 3.5, which we estimate will rise to 3.8 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP kicked off at 0.64.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY slipped 0.02 to 0.57, and BLACK-ISH ticked down to 0.41.  QUEENS returned from a 2-week break, down 0.07 to 0.23. CBS:  SUPER BOWL GREATEST COMMERCIALS was at 0.47.  Reruns followed at 0.33/0.35. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS was at 1.57, down 70% from […]

>Five days into the November sweep, FOX is still in the lead but its percent increases over 2010 are coming back down to Earth, as expected, as the impact of Thursday and Friday’s Games 6 and 7 recedes.  Last night was a down night for FOX (2.3 for Terra Nova and House versus a 4.1 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 26 and Sunday December 27, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same NFL and college football weekend or the same calendar weekend […]

  Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here and Midseason Pilot Reports here. SUPER FUN NIGHT:  Wednesday 9:30PM on ABC starting October 2 – If Nothing Else Is On… Anyone who’s seen Rebel Wilson confidently walk away with chunks of Pitch Perfect, Bachelorette or Bridesmaids knows that she’s a breakout comic talent, and possibly even […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS ticked up to 0.57, THE WONDER YEARS dropped 0.05 to 0.33, THE CONNERS slipped 0.02 to 0.46, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.08 to 0.25.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS fell 0.07 to 0.21. CBS:  The season finale of THE AMAZING RACE was at 0.66, up 0.12 from last week […]