Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday August 30 through Sunday September 5, 2021.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week two years […]

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques shouldn’t be taken as full TV pilot reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content […]

STUDIO SCORECARD. Another very good week for Universal with the moderate domestic success of The Purge and the continued strong overseas performance of Fast & Furious 6.  The perennial also-ran studio (Universal) is now about $300 million away from #1 Disney for 2013 to date.  Universal is actually #1 for the year to date domestically but […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  After a GLOBAL CITIZEN LIVE special at 0.20, it was an evening of season premieres, with CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE down 0.76 from its January premiere to 0.40, SUPERMARKET SWEEP at 0.44 compared to its 1.0 premiere in 2020, and THE ROOKIE down 0.13 from its January premiere to 0.36. CBS:  […]

> This weekend is all about the holdovers.  It looks like Dolphin Tale and Moneyball will lead the way this weekend, followed closely by The Lion King in 3D.  Courageous and 50/50 look like they will be the strongest of the four openers, while the poorly reviewed Dream House and What’s Your Number? trail.  Business […]

  Things picked up for The Voice as it neared its belated season’s end.   NBC:  THE VOICE was up 0.2 in preliminary numbers to 3.5 with its final Monday telecast of the season, and may rise more when final ratings come in this afternoon.  THE WINNER IS… was also up 0.2 to 2.0, although it […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premiere of THE BACHELORETTE was at 0.79, down considerably from the 1.4 for the October 2020 premiere.  QUEENS premiered at 0.36. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.43/0.35. NBC:  THE VOICE fell two-tenths to 0.66, LA BREA was down 0.08 to 0.55, and NEW AMSTERDAM dipped 0.03 to 0.34. FOX:  THE RESIDENT […]

>Wednesday ratings are settling into predictable patterns for the most part, and Suburgatory on ABC had a decent second week.  FOX’s The X-Factor seems to settling around a high-3 or 4 rating. ABC’s Suburgatory fell to a still-good 3.0 rating in its second episode but still grew from its Middle lead-in.  Last week Suburgatory grew […]