NETWORK FINALS:  Game 4 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 2.9, down 1.4 from 2019’s Game 4.  In addition, FBI DECLASSIFIED and ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s MLB PLAYOFFS games were at […]

  A couple of veterans began their farewells. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The game portion of CBS’s primetime NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 2.0, and ABC’s NBA game rose 0.1 to 0.5.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Saturday cable was all about the NCAA TOURNAMENT and animation.  Honors for the top-rated […]

  NOTE: The CBS numbers below for the AFC CHAMPIONSHIP game will go up by around 15% when the official nationals properly count West Coast viewing (available tomorrow morning).  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 […]

> 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 […]

After the “First Four” play-in games, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament really gets going on Thursday with the traditional 64-team format. The chart below illustrates the build in TV audiences as March Madness 2014 rolled out.  Each bar represents one of 67 telecasts in the playoff format, from the “First Four” games on Tuesday and […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, even down 0.14 from last week to 0.81, while lead-out SHOOTER fell 0.11 from last week’s premiere to 0.39, a number that was […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BACKPACKERS adjusted down to a truly horrifying 0.1 rating, which would get it canceled on most cable networks. MONDAY CABLE:  An even bigger night than usual for VH1, where LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA and HIT THE FLOOR were both up 0.2, to 2.1 and 1.2 respectively.  (The former’s re-airing added another 0.8.)  […]