NETWORK FINALS:  The primetime CBS NCAA TOURNAMENT games adjusted to 1.35/1.14.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: FX’s BREEDERS returned at 0.13/0.08 compared to last year’s series premiere at 0.12/0.09.  The finale of HBO’s BEARTOWN ticked up to 0.02/115K. TNT’s NCAA TOURNAMENT game […]

  Welcome to Upfronts week, when the broadcast networks (or what’s left of them) announce their Fall schedules and attempt to generate billions of dollars worth of excitement from advertisers.  It’s harder than ever to authoritatively analyze the thought process that goes into a broadcaster’s cancellation, renewal and pick-up decisions, because network ad revenues directly […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox News naturally dominated cable on Inauguration Day, with every one of the Top 11 telecasts, topped by 1.80/11M for the noon hour when the oath of office […]

Sunday preliminary broadcast ratings:

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NO EXIT special, DYNASTY, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and DATELINE all lost 0.1 in final numbers         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was at 1.57, and the network’s afternoon coverage of the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP was […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 51: December 12-18, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

  On a mixed night in recent OLYMPICS rating history, Rio had a small dip. 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 […]

> 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 reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content of the […]