BROADCAST FINALS ABC:   THE BACHELOR ticked down to 0.65.  In what turned out to be the final straw for PROMISED LAND, which will be yanked to Hulu after next week, the series dropped 0.03 to 0.15. CBS:  THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT was at 0.53, and BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION ticked down […]

> After 2 nights of sinking numbers, stability returned to the ratings on Wednesday. ABC:  All in all, a good night.  The first half of the evening was down a tenth or so here and there, but the network got help where it mattered.  HAPPY ENDINGS is now hitting its stride in viewership as well […]

  STAR-CROSSED:  Monday 8PM on CW – Change the Channel If aliens are in high school, we must be on CW.  The network’s midseason entry STAR-CROSSED plays as a clip reel of CW’s greatest hits, from the supernatural teen romance of The Vampire Diaries to the forbidden love of Beauty and the Beast to the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR rose 0.09 to 0.86, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.02 to 0.40. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD edged up 0.02 to 0.63, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA lost 0.03 to 0.52, NCIS gained 0.04 to 0.56, and NCIS: HAWAII was up 0.11 to 0.46. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: EXTREME EDITION ticked down […]

STUDIO SCORECARD. The worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date remain the same as last week’s.  The anomalous weekly decline (down $8 million) for 20th Century Fox is a function of some downward revisions of some domestic final tallies. Reminder: the chart below has been reformatted and expanded to include a look at all releases […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.32/0.28/0.28/0.25, followed by the news special 24 MONTHS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD at 0.25. CBS:  SURVIVOR gained 0.06 to 0.90, BEYOND THE EDGE dropped 0.04 to 0.35, and GOOD SAM was up 0.02 to 0.24. NBC:  Reruns at 0.40/0.47/0.41. FOX:  THE MASKED SINGER rose 0.09 to 0.81, and DOMINO […]

> NBC has followed up its announcement of its midseason schedule with a surprisingly timid order for 2 back-up scripts for GRIMM.  (In comparison, last month the network ordered 6 back-up scripts for the now-deceased Prime Suspect.)   It’s certainly true that Grimm has only aired 3 episodes thus far of its initial 13 episode order, […]

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). A very quiet week ending the day before Labor Day, with all four broadcast networks averaging around a 1.0 or 1.1 adult 18-49 rating for the week in prime time.  Collectively, the four networks are […]