> Showtime had a very solid premiere Sunday for its winter series.  The night was highlighted by a fine debut for HOUSE OF LIES, the Don Cheadle management consultant comedy, which had over 1.03 million viewers in its initial broadcast (this is total viewers, not 18-49, which we won’t have until tomorrow and which will […]

With the end of the broadcast season comes a flurry of press releases from the broadcast networks.  FOX had the most to crow about as it won the entire season and the May sweep with Adults 18-49.  FOX’s headline: “FOX sets new broadcast industry record with eight consecutive victory among adults 18-49”.  FOX went on […]

Monday ratings last night, last year and last week.

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE at 0.58 was followed by a rerun of CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS at 0.28, and another sequel-related special AVATAR: THE DEEP DIVE at 0.21. CBS:  Airing for the first time since November 22, FBI gained 0.05 to 0.58, FBI: INTERNATIONAL ticked down to 0.40, and FBI: MOST […]

  Time for the Utopia?  More like Dystopia! gag. FOX:  UTOPIA crashed by more than half from its preview airing on Sunday night, down to 0.9 against mostly weak summer competition.  To say this bodes badly for the new series once the real competition (NCIS, The Voice) arrives is an understatement.  A special MOTEL HELL […]

  The broadcast networks continued to show gains from homebound audiences 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 […]

> Ow, says FOX.  See FOX say Ow. FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL‘s 4.4 rating was its lowest since the show began as a summer series 10 years ago.  That was down 14% from last week, 38% from the first hour of last year’s parallel episode, and 43% from last season’s Thursday average.  The combined Wednesday/Thursday average […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s regional MLB coverage and the 9PM hour of 48 HOURS lost 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s UFC PRELIMS led Saturday cable at 0.44, up 0.02 from last week, the network’s morning WIMBLEDON coverage was […]