BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS dropped 0.06 to 0.71, and THE GOOD DOCTOR returned from a week off up 0.02 to 0.41. CBS:  Reruns at 0.48/0.38/0.29/0.26. NBC:  THE VOICE rose 0.09 to 0.85, but ORDINARY JOE was down 0.06 to 0.31. FOX:  With THE MASKED SINGER preempted by the World Series on […]

  TBS has done extremely well with off-network reruns of Family Guy, and now it’s getting into the Seth MacFarlane business in a bigger way.  After the upcoming 2013-14 broadcast season, his AMERICAN DAD will move to cable, with 15 episodes ordered (its affiliated Adult Swim will air the new TBS episodes after their premieres […]

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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night […]

  In a very unusual move, NBC has already made major changes in the fall schedule that it announced just 2 weeks ago.  In fact, it’s changed the centerpiece of that schedule, reversing the move of its breakout hit This Is Us to Thursdays, and leaving it instead on Tuesday.   As the chart indicates, This Is […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CON was at 0.28, followed by 20/20 at 0.32. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION rose 0.07 to 0.25, followed by reruns at 0.18/0.18. NBC:  COLLEGE BOWL was at 0.24/0.25, followed by a DATELINE rerun at 0.24. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN climbed 0.08 to 0.57. CW:  KILLER CAMP ticked down to 0.02, and […]

  Because of the holidays, all numbers other than morning network ratings are coming in a day late, so this post combines last night’s network with Wednesday’s cable results. WEDNESDAY CABLE TBS was the unquestioned cable king of Christmas, with every one of the day and night’s Top 10 telecasts airing on the network.  4 […]

  From a network point of view, the only thing better than a football game is one that goes to double overtime. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes to the preliminary Wednesday ratings.  (In response to a query from this morning, the final A MILLION LITTLE THINGS number was 0.74.)         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 1.01 for Lakers vs. […]