NETWORK FINALS:  The NCIS: NEW ORLEANS rerun went up 0.1, but DATELINE lost the same in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  In the absence of any major sports events, Adult Swim’s late-night animation block had the lead on Saturday cable.  DRAGON BALL […]

  UPDATED with reactions to FOX trailers, which are available here:   The FOX fall schedule is a puzzlement. FOX seems to have done little to help itself with its fall 2016 line-up, leaving two of its weakest nights unimproved, and burying one of its highest-profile projects on low-rated Friday.  The network will be more […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  GRIMM and THE AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while 20/20 lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game topped Friday cable (and broadcast) at 1.43. Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE edged up 0.02 to 0.75.  NBC Sports […]

  Season finales continue not to thrill. 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 and comparisons follow […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 14 and Sunday May 15, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. Golf PGA: Players Championship (Ponte Vedra, […]

Here are the official Fall 2016 prime time schedules for NBC and FOX.  New shows in italics.  A separate midseason grid will follow at a later date. Look for ShowBuzzDaily instant analysis of FOX’s schedule later today.  In the meantime, enjoy the NBC schedule analysis. ###

  OPENINGS:  MONEY MONSTER (TriStar/LStar/Sony) held up well over the course of the weekend, thanks to an older audience that doesn’t rush out on Friday nights, and tripled its opening day to a $15M weekend total.  Not that many years ago, that would have seemed like a crazy low number for a thriller starring George […]

  Thanks to SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, THE VOICE and Dick Wolf, NBC is in stable–if unexciting–shape as the 2015-16 season ends, and the Peacock’s fall line-up is as notable for what it doesn’t do as for what it does.  Although the network has ordered a dozen new series, only 3 of them will begin airing […]