>The return of Dancing to Tuesday brought ABC back above a 2 rating and into second place, but far below the lofty 3.4 rating the network scored on this night a year ago.  Steady as always, CBS held on to first place for the night.  Dancing‘s recap and results shows did damage NBC, which sunk […]

> CBS was so confident in its returning schedule this season that it barely ordered any back-up shows (and it wasn’t far wrong).  Its sole midseason drama, the high-profile cop drama now known as NYC 22 (after previous flirtations with Rookies and The 2-2) will hit the network’s schedule starting April 15 on Sundays at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers, but both MACGYVER and THE EXORCIST lost the same, putting the latter at a scary 0.6.  In addition, all CW’s shows were down, the new and rerun MASTERS OF ILLUSION by 0.1, and the rerun PENN & TELLER: FOOL US by […]

The AUDIENCE MAP series returns with a look at fall 2015.  ABC’s primetime lineup is shown below.  As a reminder, the programs are arranged by broadcast schedule, with each show placed on the night it spent most of the season so far.  The audience share for each of 30 gender-age subgroups is noted for each […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  GREY’S ANATOMY, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER and THE BIG BANG THEORY eaxh rose 0.1 in final Thursday numbers   Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games topped Monday cable at 1.39/1.05.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK dipped 0.05 to 0.56.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.50/0.48/0.45, compared to last week’s […]

  Check out our looks at the NBC and FOX fall line-ups. ABC’s 2016-17 season was a tale of two genres.  On the comedy side, things were relatively smooth, with American Housewife and Speechless painlessly integrated into the Tuesday and Wednesday line-ups, and The Goldbergs functioning well as the Wednesday night opener.  Dramas, though, were a disaster. All the new 1-hours […]

NOTE: A Presidential address at 9:00 pm ET delayed the start time for broadcast programs at 9 and 10 pm ET Friday by about 15 minutes. More accurate ratings will be available Monday afternoon with the official nationals for broadcast and cable Friday.  Today we’ll limit our comments to the 8PM shows, with more detailed […]