Tuesdays this fall look like another win for CBS.  Last fall, FOX battled CBS to a draw on Tuesdays, partly because New Girl started at a smash-hit pace, then CBS moved ahead in the spring.  But with Glee moving off the night to create a Tuesday block of four half-hour comedies, and with heavy new comedy competition for the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SVU lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 3.9, down 0.3 from last week’s final.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.90/0.75.  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and the 2 BROKE GIRLS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the BACHELOR IN PARADISE POST-SHOW and SIGNIFICANT MOTHER both fell 0.1.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  LOVE & HIP-HOP was in its accustomed place at the top of Monday cable ratings, down 0.05 to 1.41, but with a new lead-out this […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE dipped 0.07 to 0.62, and QUEENS was down 0.02 to 0.26. CBS:  Reruns at 0.47/0.38/0.36. NBC:  THE VOICE slipped 0.03 to 0.79, LA BREA fell 0.14 to 0.46 (between the 2 shows, the network ran a 5-minute promo for next summer’s JURASSIC WORLD installment, which was rated at 0.67).  […]

Thursday preliminary broadcast ratings:

  Valentine’s Day may have affected some of the night’s shows. 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 […]

  There was nothing to get excited about on the first night of the new season. 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 […]

  On a reality-heavy night, chefs came out on top. FOX:  MASTERCHEF was down 0.2 from last week, but still won the night at 1.8.  MOTEL HELL lost 0.1 to 1.3. CBS:  UNDER THE DOME dropped 0.1 from last week to tie its series low 1.5.  Prior to that, the night’s sitcom reruns were led […]