AFTERNOON UPDATE:  All movements were of the 0.1 variety, with AMERICAN IDOL, BIG BANG THEORY, GREY’S ANATOMY, SCANDAL and PARKS & RECREATION getting the bump.  That meant IDOL and PARKS tied their lows rather than setting new ones, but even though THE MILLERS also went down 0.1, IDOL still lost that competition (IDOL did […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.44.  FOX’s USFL game was at 0.13.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION dropped 0.02 to 0.04, and TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY fell 0.03 to 0.03.  Telemundo’s soccer match was at 0.31, and Univision’s LIGA match was at 0.36.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

>The most recent Promo Watch numbers are based on prime time broadcast network programming between March 4 and March 8, with about 10 hours of programming sampled for each network over that period.  (Click “read more” to see the latest chart.)ABC.  Missing has become the top promotional priority for ABC over the past week, now […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the morning’s preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, despite a 0.09 drop to 0.60, with CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST at 0.43 compared to last week’s 0.50/0.41, and the official […]

Wrapping up our week-long series, here is a look at the television audience for the final night of the 2016 Democratic National Convention: Average audience for all four 2016 DNC nights: ###

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Year to date, Warner Brothers has pulled ahead thanks to the opening of 300: Rise of an Empire and recent overseas grosses from The LEGO Movie, as it really kicks into gear outside North America. Scroll down for domestic and overseas grosses for each film individually so far in 2014.   YEAR TO DATE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS gained 0.05 to 0.59, JUDGE STEVE HARVEY ticked down to 0.27, and a rerun followed at 0.22. CBS:  The FBI franchise included the mothership up 0.04 to 0.45, FBI: INTERNATIONAL up 0.06 to 0.40, and FBI: MOST WANTED up 0.03 to 0.37. NBC:  After reruns at 0.21/0.19, THE WALL […]

>Earlier today in our post on the Tuesday fast nationals for the broadcast networks, we posited that Tosh.0 on Comedy Central would be the #1 program in the 10 pm time period Tuesday.  Turns out that Tosh.0 came in significantly below last week’s level (1.3 rating with Adults 18-49 last night versus 1.6 last week).  […]