BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  It was fall finale night, and STATION 19 gained 0.05 to 0.50, with GREY’S ANATOMY up 0.11 to 0.51.  Both will return on February 23.  A promo run of Hulu’s REASONABLE DOUBT was at 0.23, up 0.06 from last week’s episode of ALASKA DAILY (albeit with a higher lead-in). CBS:  YOUNG […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Game 3 of the NBA FINALS adjusted up to 7.3 in final numbers, and JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE adjusted to 1.1.  In addition, HELL’S KITCHEN received a 0.1 boost. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  PRETTY LITTLE LIARS (ABCFamily) topped Tuesday cable, down 0.07 to 0.99, and with a towering 2.61 in its F12-34 target demo (down 0.04 […]

  TELENOVELA didn’t start well. 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 chart. […]

> It’s taken far, far too long, but the news that COUGAR TOWN fans have been longing for has finally arrived:  the smart, quirky, hilarious ensemble comedy that isn’t about cougars of any kind has found a home on the ABC schedule, Tuesdays at 8:30PM (thank you for dying, Work It), beginning on Valentine’s Day. […]

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]

>Jersey Shore’s finale took the top spot on the cable chart this week.  Not so much because it was up (it increased only one tenth of a rating point from last week) — rather, ESPN’s Monday Night Football was way down to a 3.3 Adult 18-49 rating (down from 5.0 last week and 6.9 the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK was at 0.49, and 20/20 was down 0.03 to 0.31. CBS:  GREATEST @HOME VIDEOS was at 0.30, followed by reruns at 0.23/0.27. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ gained 0.03 to 0.27, YOUNG ROCK ticked up to 0.23, and DATELINE was down 0.05 to 0.26. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN slipped 0.03 to […]

  Only a few originals. 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 2). Ratings analysis follows the chart. […]