NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST as well as the MOM rerun lost the same in final numbers.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With no NFL game this Thursday, MTV’s TEEN MOM took the night, steady at 1.00, while a lead-out special was at 0.46, and ONE BAD CHOICE, which aired at 11:30PM, […]

CBS won Thursday night, as NBC got into the game on the night (kind of — if you call a 2.1 rating from 8-11 pm competing).  Once again, The Voice solved some more problems on yet another night, improving 90 of the 180 minutes on NBC Thursday.   ABC came back down to Earth after winning the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS adjusted up 0.1 in finals.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Both the night’s high-profile premieres received more critical love than audience attention:  BBCAmerica’s KILLING EVE debuted at 0.10, and Starz’s HOWARDS END didn’t even make the […]

  A slow night for CBS. 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) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons […]

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 dipped 0.03 to 0.46, and GREY’S ANATOMY was down 0.09 to 0.40.  ALASKA DAILY aired for the first time since November 17, up 0.02 to 0.22. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, YOUNG SHELDON edged up 0.02 to 0.63, GHOSTS dipped 0.04 to 0.54, SO HELP ME TODD  (back […]

  Decent starts for some summer programming. 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 analysis and comparisons follow […]

  Now that NFL football has returned to Sundays, the weekly ratings for NBC, FOX and CBS will be subject to more than the usual amount of adjustments, and we won’t know exactly where those networks stand until final ratings are released on Tuesday morning. NBC:  Preliminary numbers for NFL SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL have the […]