Little to be GLEEful about. FOX:  Despite a major episode that included NY auditions for 2 of the characters that the season had been building to (as well as, this being GLEE, a musical spousal abuse subplot, and a rock version of “The Rain In Spain”) Glee fell once again to a 2.4, tying […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The season premiere of MASTERCHEF gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR premiere as well as WAYWARD PINES lost 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hockey and soccer scored well on Wednesday cable, with 0.95 for NBC Sports Net’s […]

  Even with a slip from last week, Mondays still belong to The Voice. NBC:  THE VOICE was down 0.4 from last week, a number that nevertheless doubled the next-highest rated show of the night.  Currently REVOLUTION is at its third consecutive season-low 2.2, but the show has tended to drop a bit in final […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The NCIS: NEW ORLEANS rerun went up 0.1, but DATELINE lost the same in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  In the absence of any major sports events, Adult Swim’s late-night animation block had the lead on Saturday cable.  DRAGON BALL […]

The Independence Day holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next several days. We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday June 30 nationals available Wednesday July 5 at 7 am Saturday July 1 nationals (cable only) available […]

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

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.34/0.35/0.25. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.19/0.19/0.17. NBC:  A NASCAR race at 0.43. FOX:  A USFL game at 0.13. CW:  Reruns at 0.04/0.02/0.03/0.02. TELEMUNDO:  Movies at 0.21/0.12. UNIVISION:  A COPA ORA match at 0.85.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The BET AWARDS got the Paramount “roadblock” […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE and the new MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The cable day and cable news were led by CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.29/0.44/2.7M, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.22/0.36/3M, […]