NETWORK FINALS:  Note that because the ABC town hall special THE PRESIDENT AND THE PEOPLE ran without commercials, it wasn’t counted in Nielsen’s final numbers for Thursday. Elsewhere, BONES and SPARTAN each rose 0.1, while AQUARIUS and the LIFE IN PIECES rerun were each down the same.         Broadcast […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s shows shuffled a tenth in final numbers, with AMERICA’S GOT TALENT up and BETTER LATE THAN NEVER down.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  There were two high-profile arrivals on cable Tuesday night.  After the 0.90 season finale of THE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, and SEAL TEAM lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  18 of the top 19 cable telecasts on Wednesday were news, led by Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.50/0.81/5M, with CNN’s INSIDE POLITICS at […]

  See Also:  THE SKED’s Pre-Upfront Projected NBC Fall 2013 Schedule                  THE SKED’s Pre-Upfront Projected FOX Fall 2013 Schedule We’re continuing with SHOWBUZZDAILY‘s versions of the Fall 2013 network schedules, which may or may not reflect what the networks will actually announce at their Upfront presentations next week.  These schedules, as usual, were put […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the morning’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MLB BASEBALL returned on Thursday night, and it was pure oxygen for ESPN, which aired a doubleheader at 1.22/0.94 (even a rain delay was at 0.88).  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Even with the night’s football simulcast removed from the CBS ratings, THE BIG BANG THEORY managed to go up by 0.1 in final numbers to 4.3.  However, the rest of the network’s schedule crashed, as MOM fell 0.3 to 2.3, 2 1/2 MEN by 0.2 to 2.1, THE MCCARTHYS by 0.2 to […]

  A pair of lackluster premieres. 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 follow the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, while SHADES OF BLUE and the rerun of TKO: TOTAL KNOCK-OUT lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  SHARK WEEK is the happiest week of the year for Discovery, and it was […]