THE WINTER OLYMPICS have been doing what they were meant to do for NBC.  In the first full week of ratings to include the Sochi Winter Games, NBC completely dominated the (mostly sleeping) broadcast competition with a 5.5 average primetime rating (Live + Same Day) in 18-49s.  Far, far behind were FOX (the only […]

BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a rerun week, SHARK TANK gained 0.05 to 0.44, and 20/20 ticked up to 0.33. CBS:  Back from their NCAA break, SWAT was up 0.03 to 0.40, FIRE COUNTRY was steady at 0.41, and BLUE BLOODS ticked up to 0.31. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ ticked up to 0.21, GRAND CREW […]

> For those who don’t know, PaleyFest is a yearly 2-week program sponsored by The Paley Center For Media in Los Angeles, in which every night (or occasional weekend afternoon) is devoted to saluting a particular television show, usually a mix of the season’s brightest new series and a few older shows.  Each presentation begins […]

  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: ###