NBC thanks whatever it worships for The Voice.  (Note:  there were an unusually large number of 0.1 victories and ties last night, so bragging rights to various slots may shuffle when final numbers are released this afternoon.) NBC:  Back with a new episode after last week’s clip show, THE VOICE was up almost 50% to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  No changes at all. TUESDAY CABLE:  Despite weeks of hype, TYRANT didn’t have much of a launch for FX with 0.6 (subsequent re-airings added 0.3 and 0.15)–and given its quality issues and lack of critical support, its arrow may not be pointing up.  USA’s plight continues, with the season premiere of COVERT […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Note that most shows were preempted by last week’s State Of the Union address, so unless otherwise noted, comparisons are to January 31. ABC:  THE ROOKIE dipped 0.05 to 0.48, THE ROOKIE: FEDS ticked down to 0.32, and WILL TRENT was up 0.03 to 0.30. CBS:  Airing new episodes for the first […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  GRIMM gained 0.1 in final numbers.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH owned Friday cable, with the entire primetime slate in the Top 4:  GOLD RUSH itself up 0.03 to 1.34, an AFTERSHOW at 1.00, and GOLD RUSH: THE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of BLUE BLOODS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while both episodes of MASTERS OF ILLUSION and the reruns of RIVERDALE and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On a quiet pre-holiday night, cable […]

  As a rule, broadcast network schedules are released to the media about two weeks in advance, so as the fall season moves toward the beginning of November sweeps on Halloween night (ooooh, scary!), any  network that wants its changes to have effect during sweeps–still very important to stations, especially the 10PM hour that leads […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The premiere of AMERICAN ODYSSEY lost 0.1 in final ratings, bringing it to an even more unpromising 1.1.  60 MINUTES gained 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): The launch of the final episodes of AMC’s MAD MEN put […]

A fairly typical week at the top of the adult 18-49 rankings, with The Voice the top broadcast network program and Duck Dynasty the top cable entry.  But the riveting events in Boston last week also had an impact in the middle of the week’s chart.  NBC’s special Monday night at 10:00 pm (the day of the bombings at […]