Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here and Midseason Pilot Reports here. THE MILLERS:  Thursday 8:30PM on CBS – If Nothing Else Is On… When Bad Shows Happen To Talented People, Chapter 2456:  you wouldn’t think a network comedy would need more to succeed than Greg Garcia (My Name Is Earl, Raising Hope) as […]

  NBC did November sweeps the old school way last night. 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 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.2 in final numbers, with the rest of the CBS line-up remaining as-is.  NBC also remained at the morning numbers, but it’s worth noting that in quarter-hour ratings, THE GOOD PLACE fell from 2.8 to 1.9 in the course of its hour, not a sign […]

>AMC’s Walking Dead was clearly the top program on cable last week with Adults 18-49, with the season finale scoring an impressive 4.7 rating, up from a more typical 3.6 last week and beating the season premiere’s 4.2 rating on February 12.  How good is a 4.7 rating?  Just look at the broadcast competition last […]

  After a campaign that’s felt so long it seems like there should be a presidential inauguration at the end of it, here we are.  The 86th Academy Awards are about to begin, and while tedium is inevitable (Ellen DeGeneres, although certain to be less obnoxious than last year’s Seth MacFarlane, isn’t exactly a fount […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up a tenth to 0.58, with the pre-show hour up 0.08 to 0.33.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.57/0.42.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH […]

  NOTE: Several networks had MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL preemptions in local markets, so there may be a variance in afternoon finals. 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) […]

  THE RAVEN:  Watch It At Home – Not Much Tell-Tale Heart (Or Brain) Sometimes less-than-great minds think alike, too.  The idea of Edgar Allen Poe as a detective investigating strange phenomena was at the center of ABC’s busted pilot Poe last year (see our pilot report here), but it seems the failure of that […]