So far, Wednesdays are working out just about the way ABC had hoped. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment) Wednesday, 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 […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR earned an extra 0.1 in final numbers, as did the season finale of BACHELOR IN PARADISE (and the SHARK TANK rerun that preceded it).  The NCIS: LA rerun dropped 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On the Monday before the NFL takes over ESPN’s Monday night, the network aired the season’s first COLLEGE […]

  A slow premiere for HOLMES FAMILY EFFECT. 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 2). Ratings analysis […]

Madagascar 3 has ballooned to $244 million overseas to date (up from $157 million through last week).  The third Madagascar has now tied the overseas take for the first Madagascar ($244.2 million) and is now gunning for the $423.9 million overseas total for Madagascar 2. Meanwhile Snow White and the Huntsman had a nice weekly gain to $189 million overseas to date (from […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while GRAND HOTEL and the reruns of BULLETPROOF and the 9:30PM WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a busy but not particularly high-rated […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The season finale of THE AMAZING RACE gained an extra 0.1 in final numbers, but the already-canceled THE MESSENGERS fell 0.1 to a tiny 0.2. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader ruled the night at 1.99/1.20.  Discovery’s BERING SEA GOLD was up a tick to 0.54, and UNEARTHED was down a tick […]

Two new shows premiered last night, both at 10 pm: Nashville (2.8 Adult 18-49 rating on ABC) and Chicago Fire (1.9 on NBC).  More on the individual shows below in the network sections, but looking at the networks’ overall nightly performance, ABC had a very good night (thanks to two original Modern Family episodes to set the table for a decent Nashville premiere). […]

  Viewers have started to exit the season before it’s even ended, as neither premieres nor finales excited anyone last night. NBC:  THE VOICE, as usual, won the night for NBC, but with its lowest-rated Monday episode ever, a 3.4 that was down 0.4 from last week.  In that context, REVOLUTION looked good by holding […]